Chapter 03; A Legend meets a Sapling

Let's move away from both Lucas and Amanda for a bit. How about we focus on Evan Avalon. Now I know what you're thinking, 'Who's Evan and why is his name an island?' Well, I have the answer to your question (maybe not for why his name is an island).

We can see a man loading his vehicles with the groceries from his local market. He was expecting a quiet evening when a drainhole cover flied towards him. Luckily, he evaded it in the last second.

"WHO IN THE NAME OF ZELVORD IS THROWING DRAINHOLE COVERS AT ME?!!" The man cried out in frustration.

Not long after, he saw a group of people gathered near him. He went ahead and looked at why they were covering the area.

"Take this you OVERGROWN PANDA!!" A voice cried out.

It was a battle between a brown haired man and a... panda.

Well, it wasn't an actual panda. This was the Elvand-ranked hero; Pando. He belonged to the group 'Beast folk: Panda' meaning his appearance and physical abilities were similar to that of a panda.

[Fun fact; in Urthopia, due to the influence of Executive, pandas began to lose their status as endangered. There are currently over 56.7 million pandas left in the world.

Some Pandas have also gained physical abilities rivaling that of a tiger]

The person who Pando was fighting and who cried out earlier was the Demstran-ranked villain; Loran. He belongs to 'Beast folk: Serpent' .

'Pando? He can't beat Loran.' Evan told himself as the villain unleashed many attacks on Pando. 'Should I help him?' Evan asked himself.

But before he did anything, Loran cried out.

"[Normal class skill: Poison jab!]" Loran's hand began glowing purple. He rushed at Pando, who was exhausted from all the attacks landed on him.

'Definitely' Evan told himself before he vanished into thin air.

Loran launched the attack but it was caught by someone's hand. Loran looked up to see Evan.

"WHO do you think you are old man?!" Loran asked as he pulled his hand away.

"Oh, I'm no one." Evan spoke. "Just merciless." In an instant, Evan went up in flames and from them, he emerged wearing a new suit.

After a moment of silence, Loran began freaking out before crying out.

"MERCILESS!! IT IS MERCILESS!!!" The people around them began chanting 'merciless' before a whisper was heard.

"Why is the 1st Global rank... the most powerful hero in Zelvord be all the way down here?" No one dared to make a sound after Merciless gestured for silence.

"Tell me Loran. We could do this the hard way or the merciless way." Evan spoke to Loran. "Which one would you prefer?" Loran looked around before gas started coming out of his body.

"The EASY WAY OF COURSE!!" The gas blinded all. After it settled no one could see where Loran had gone to.

Evan turned around and looked down on Pando before looking at a person from the crowd.

"Inform the police what you witnessed". He said and turned around "I'm going after that snake."

And with it, he began to emit a bright light before saying.

"Phase 2: King of Beasts!!!" From the light, a large wolf with black fur walked out on two legs.

It jumped down into the sewer as police sirens closed in. The wolf examined the area with precaution. It sniffed some blood dropped on the floor before speaking in a dark voice.

"No matter where you are, I will find you, Loran..."

Meanwhile with the snake...

"CURSE my wretched unseen FANGS!! Why... OUT OF ALL THE GODDANG HEROES! WHY DID EVAN AVALONG HAVE TO SHOW UP?! YOU KNOW YOU'VE MESSED UP WHEN A PERSON CALLS THEMSELVES MERCILESS!!!" Loran cried out as he rested on a wall.

Now you have the answer you wanted, right? Evan Avalong was the 1st Global ranked hero; Merciless. He is the most powerful hero in Zelvord and was famous for giving his victims- I MEAN... villans a fate worse than Death. And right now, Loran the snake is his prey.

"Well curse my legs, seems I've made my way to Laron." A voice spoke.

Laron suddenly jumped up and looked at where the voice came from and saw Lucas.

"Who the hell are you?" Laron questioned our protagonist. Lucas let out a sigh.

"I don't mean harm Laron. I was only going home when I bumped into you." Lucas answered. Laron jumped back before realising his hand was still charged with poison.

"LIAR!!" saying that, Laron lunged at Lucas and pierced his body.

Lucas spat out blood before falling to his knees. Laron after realising what he'd done, apologised to Lucas.

"OH MY GOD!! I'm so sorry!! I didn't mean to do that!!" But before anything else happened, a voice spoke out.

"First you commit assault on a hero and now, child abuse?" Loran's eyes widened. He turned around to see Merciless "You'll be getting a heavy punishment for this." Saying that, Merciless cracked his knuckles.

Loran looked around and after a while, calmed down.

"No," Loran spoke "I'm not going down TODAY!" A wave energy realeased from his body. "Phase 7: Green scaled Vipor!!" A bright light was released.

The light settled to reveal a giant serpent with green scales and red eyes. It hissed at Evan. 'Challenge accepted.' Evan... or in this situation, Merciless told himself.

Merciless lunged at the snake and threw his claw. The snake was hit, but it managed evade somewhat of the attack.

Merciless launched several attacks which managed to damage the snake. But none of Laron's attacks landed on Merciless.

After a few moments, Loran wrapped around Lucas. He yelled at Merciless to stay back.

"Listen Merciless, if you take one step further, I'll inject this boy with all of my poison!" Loran said. Merciless, replied.

"You're bluffing." Merciless took a step towards Loran.

Loran, as he had said, bit into Lucas' arm. Lucas screamed in pain.

"STAY BACK!!" Loran yelled out to Merciless.

Merciless had no choice but to comply. If he did anything stupid, Lucas would have to pay and he knows this.

'SHIZZLE STICKS!!" Merciless told himself. "What am I going to do now?'

Meanwhile, in the mind of Lucas...

Lucas' mind has drifted off into a distant place where no noise or pain can enter. Lucas was floating in the air when a voice similar to his, spoke.

{The host has gone through severe poison injection. A chance of the host's physical body deteriorating is dangerously low. Shall I activate [Extra class skil: Poison immunity]?}

Lucas had completely forgotten about his skill; poison immunity which disabled any type of poison truly damaging him.

"Sure, why not." In an instant Lucas felt a surge of relief.

{The host is being threatened by the person known as Loran. The host currently doesn't possess enough power to defeat him. And thus, transmitting a new ability to the host is recommended. Shall I transfer [Special class skill: Quara] to your physical body?}

Lucas, who was in a state of confusion, answered the voice.

"Yes."

With Merciless and Loran...

Loran and Merciless are too scared to make a move. 'He could hurt the boy' and 'He'll kill me!' Are the primary thoughts going on in the mind of these two.

It was getting pretty boring when Loran suddenly flew to the sky. Both Merciless and Loran were surprised.

Merciless, with his ground point of view saw that Lucas had recovered and had an omnious aura around him. Loran fell beside them.

In a state of fury, he got up and charged at Lucas, saying.

"HOW DARE YOU?!" As soon as Loran was in Lucas' range, he held out his hand and said.

"[Special class skill: Quara ]" A powerful shock wave released from his hand and hit Loran make him fly backwards.

Before Loran got up, Lucas realeased many more similar attacks which left Merciless speechless.

'The [Special class skill: Quara ]? HE HAS IT?!' Merciless asked himself.

After a few more shock waves released from Lucas, he fell to the ground, exhausted. But the battle wasn't over. From the smoke, Loran lunged at Lucas.

But before he made contact, Merciless caught him by his fangs.

"[Unique class skill: Absorb ] Merciless spoke.

Not long after, Loran began feeling his body feel heavy before he lost his snake form.

"It seems you've forgotten Loran," Merciless spoke, grabbing Loran's attention "that I'm a Shadow." Loran's eyes widened but before he did anything, he fell unconscious.

[Fact; Shadows were one of the rarest and most powerful groups in Urthopia. They had the ability to absorb the energy of others. Along with one's energy, their abilities would also be transmitted. Their major weakness was extreme exposure to sunlight.]

In the far distance, Merciless heard police sirens. He let go of Loran and looked at the unconscious Lucas. 'If this kid can harness Quara at such a young age, imagine what he could do when he's older.' Merciless thought to himself. This was the first time Merciless had acknowledged anyone but himself.

After a few hours...

Lucas woke up on the top of Mt. Jasmine; the highest mountain peak in Amergin.

"You're awake." A voice spoke startling Lucas. He looked at where the voice came from and saw Merciless.

"Merciless? What are you doing here?" Lucas questioned the hero. Merciless answered,

"During the incident with Laron, you used a skill which awakened my curiosity." Marciless knelt down "you can use the Quara, right?" Lucas was left baffled for a moment.

Before he remembered the thing that happened on his way home.

"Yes, it seems so." Lucas answered. Merciless stood up and looked at the sunset.

"You have great potential Lucas J. Adams." He said. Lucas was taken aback.

"H-how do you know my name?" Lucas asked. Merciless pointed at Lucas' journal which was on the floor.

"Forgive me, but due to security reasons, I was required to look through it. In it I saw that you failed your phases test." Merciless looked Lucas directly in his eyes. "I can help you get more powerful"

Lucas' eyes beamed. He looked at Merciless with hope in his eyes and said.

"I'll do anything." Merciless smirked. He spoke,

"That's the spirit! I'll help you, but, you have to come to this specific place every day at any prefer time." Lucas, after a while, replied with a determined tone.

"At 10.00am." Merciless' eyes widened before he asked at fast rate.

"THE HELL ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO BY COMING HERE AT 10 AM?!!" Lucas was taken aback by this.

"Well, I have to be productive!"

[Fun fact; Urthopia is much larger than our own sun. So, Urthopia has a much different time system. One day there, has 100 hours. An hour has 150 minutes. And a minute has 356 seconds. 00:00-25:75 is am. 25:75-50:00 is pm. 50:00-75:75 is mpm (middle post medium). And 75:75-100:00 is e.m. (Elanor medium)]

Merciless gazed at Lucas' determined eyes and agreed.

"Alright, fine. But I expect unimaginable results!" Merciless said. Lucas bowed and replied.

"YES SIR!" an echo was heard throughout the mountain, showing how powerful Lucas' motivation was.