Chapter 5: The Showdown

As we stared at each other, the man flipped a coin from his hand, we dashed at each other as the coin landed, our swords clashed, and the aura emitting from our fight shattered everything around, and shook the earth. We were an equal match; this was getting quite interesting; As we proceeded with our battle, I gained the upper hand and sliced his torso diagonally, which caused him to be pushed aback; I thought the battle was over but I suddenly heard a sinister laugh, I must have missed but I trusted my sword and pierced his hear after a while; yet again he laughed and was unfazed, after giving out another sinister laugh he said ' Don't be scared brat the fight has just begun', his words shook me as it reminded me of the experiment room, memories of that place came flooding into my mind, the memories of those deaths and the death of my father, after that, I lost consciousness.

Ayame

I had just arrived at Conmoditas and was headed towards my mansion, as I entered, I heard Sebastian preparing troops for the rescue of Max, I intervened as he was about to leave, ordered Sebastian to guard the mansion, and ordered the troops to disperse into the forest; while I used the king-tier spell Third Eye to locate the precise location of Max. I rushed to his location only to see horror. He had activated Satan's prowess, it was impossible at that age, It was too soon and he could die due to mana exhaustion. I had to save my nephew. And hence, intervened.

Max

As I regained consciousness, I saw the ceiling of my room in the duke's mansion. I had no time to rest with so many questions in mind; Who was that man? Why did he want to kill Suki? All those questions were burning in my mind