Chapter 215: Chapter 215 Help and Rage.
Across the building, Serafina's limousine and the girls were waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and suddenly, the three girls' eyes shot toward the building. They feel a huge spike of mana that makes their body tremble. The huge undulation of mana that could obliterate a single building began to gather, increasing in density.
"This mana…?".
"It's Soma".
Hina and Xiao Lian, who always had the chance to spar with Soma, already remembered his mana perfectly.
However, despite the two juniors' lack of surprise in their voice, it was different from Serafina's, so she began to open her mouth.
"Driver, hurry up and slam the building gate quickly because disturbing things are about to happen."
"Understood, ma'am."
Serafina suddenly let out her frantic order. The driver calmly received the order and started the engine, then stepped the gas pedal, causing the passenger inside to be pulled by the force.
"Senior Sera?".
"?".
"I don't know why, but my sense tells me to go there".
Then, a loud thundering roar shook the surrounding building, making the four of them open their eyes in shock. The blinding light that appeared from the building devastated the front gate, along with the people who stayed as guards.
"That was?".
"?!".
Serafina and Xiao Lian gasped in their breath, seeing that terrifying attack for the first time.
On the other hand, Hina stiffened her expression while clenched her teeth and fists because she saw the resemblance of the power Soma unleashed at that time in the trial gate. She knows how terrifying that attack is, and if she sees Soma forced to use it, it means that the enemy he fought has far surpassed his current strength. "Soma, please hang in there".
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The man who changed his demeanor brought heavy tension into the room, making Soma's body twitch because of his sense of danger alerted by the situation.
Soma's face tensed, and his body was paralyzed because of the pressure. Within this heavy atmosphere, like the sharp edge of the knives that caressed his neck, it was ready to dig deeper, ripping its skin apart. His body froze because of an intense chill that crept up on his spine.
In a moment of blink, the man disappeared from his sight, and Soma felt a huge jolt around his chest that made him get blasted and rolled on the floor a couple of times before slamming into the wall.
"Ha, ha, ha".
Soma's body was already paralyzed, and with the sudden jolt that blew away his breath, he felt that his consciousness began to slip away.
Within his blurry sight, he saw a shadow that looked down on him before it extended its claw, grabbing his throat, lifting him like a feather, and turning Soma's face to blue.
"Huuf, look at that bravery you showed earlier. What's left is a pathetic, ignorant boy who foolishly acts as a hero to save an unknown stranger, pretty laughable".
The man, slowly, using his other hand, traced the line of Soma's robust chest and abs, finding it to his liking. However, his mind had already decided.
"It's such a shame though, because if you take my offer. I would spoil you rotten and let you stay around me forever, Hihi".
With a gentle wave of the man's hand, Soma felt a sense of weightlessness before, once again, the man thrust his punch toward Soma's abdomen, making him throw up a mouthful of blood.
Soma's body rolled on the ground a dozen meters from where he was before stopping, and his vision began to dim. With his Adapt skill, which was still active, he couldn't feel anything but being thrown at. However, his mind began to whisper to him to stop and let the drowsiness engulf him into a void.
"Firewall".
Within the moment of passing away, Soma heard a nostalgic voice that he heard every day, accompanied by a bright flame that shone in his darkened sight, shielding him away from the man. "Hina?".
"Soma!".
Hina and Xiao Lian arrived at the scene and witnessed Soma lying on the ground, struggling to keep his mind intact, with her raised hand to control the wall that separates the man and Soma. Hina gradually shrinks her distance from him.
"Ah, great, another person is infiltrating my facility."
"Ice Lance".
Xiao Lian clenched her right fist, and the temperature surrounding her began to drop to zero degrees, forming dozens of lances that floated around her. She waved her hand and let all the lance launch in a straight line toward the man.
"Humph, what do you expect from this slow lance…?!".
However, the man's eyes opened wide because of the sudden acceleration from the lance directed at him, which caught him off guard. He began to shift his position and fluid movement, the man dodging the dozens of lance trying to pierce his body. As the last lance passed him, he noticed the swirling wind that acted as a propeller condensed behind the lance's back.
"Don't let your guard down, girls!".
Serafina, who came from behind, walked in front while her body was surrounded by a swirling Wind, swaying her clothes and hair gently. She gazed at the surroundings and found the white van a bit far away from her place, a man with a torn suit, and Soma lying on the other side, unmoving. At the same time, Hina was going toward him.
"Well, well, well. The most hideous living being on the planet, a woman".
While looking at the girls, the man uttered those words with contorted faces. He felt disgusted by the prospect of a girl that showed up at his door, as he was more interested in the same gender.
"Ha?!".
"?!".
Serafina and Xiao Lian, who suddenly thrust with the words, blanked for a moment, and all it took for the man to disappear from his place and reappear beside them. The man swung his fist to the side, destroying the wind that surrounded Serafina and blasted her away from the place.
Xiao Lian, who saw Serafina being thrown away, hurriedly created a shield from ice, but alas, it was too slow; a fist succeeded in embedding itself on Xiao Lian's abdomen.
"Uukh!".
An immediate pain and sharp blow pierced through her trained abs. Her inside was like being torn as her body flew from its place and rolled a couple of times on the floor. She had a difficult time breathing while also clutching her throbbing abdomen, struggling to get back on her feet.
Hina, who finished her treatment, gave Soma a mouthful of Elixir, and she stored it back in the storage. She saw Soma's body glowing in rainbow color, and she heard the cry from Xiao Lian; she turned her head only to find her vision was distorted, and the flame that stretched into a wall dissipated along with her blown body.
"Hmph, what a nuisance!".
Her sight began to flicker because of the intense jolt on her right jaw, shaking her brain out. Hina's resistance slowly lessens as her consciousness slips away from her grasp.
"Air blade".
A fiery shout that came from behind the man managed to attract his attention as he found Serafina on her feet, standing up, creating her spell. The air around her begins to compress into a thin slash with sharp edges, and she sends the blade toward the man.
The man sighs in exasperation. He begins to dodge using his superior physical ability, weaving through the onslaught. He feels the wind blade past him, its residual force grazing his skin but failing to find its mark.
With a swift motion, the man closes the distance with speed as he charges forward. Serafina tries to summon a whirlwind to hold him back, but the man's strength easily breaks through her plan.
He plants his feet firmly and delivers a powerful punch that disrupts Serafina's concentration.
"Kuh!".
Serafina's stance breaks but quickly recovers, summoning a vortex to lift herself above the battlefield. From the sky, she began to unleash a barrage of wind blades, each one of them sharp enough to cut through stone.
The man snickered and then shifted his step, dodging every transparent blade aimed at him. Then, with one strong stomp, the man figures vanished from the battlefield, alarming Serafina, who couldn't see his movement.
"Drop dead, bitch!".
A low and threatening voice echoed behind her, sending a chilling sensation crept up on her back. Then, a piercing blow struck her spine, sending her body down.
"Kyaa!".
Serafina's body shot through like a comet before it slammed to the floor, raising a cloud of dust that covered her being.
The man who unfolded his bat wings ascended toward Serafina's side, looking down on her with a gaze full of contempt.
"I will deal with you first".
"Not so fast! Bastard".