Acquiring a new power

"I regret not killing you when I had the chance" Draven's words startled Martiland. Never before in his life had he seen Draven. He wondered where and when this youngster got the chance to kill him.

But before he could get any answer or not that he wanted an answer, Agnes flicked her wrists as her mechanical claws extended in a blink of an eye.

"He's mine Harvey" Agnes coldly ordered the handsome youngster, swinging her steel claws at Draven.

"Shit," Margoth growled in Draven's head,

Draven, who possessed cat-like reflexes, was able to jump back before her claws could cut him,

Sarah quickly stepped behind a pillar with the sack. She prayed no one would pay her any attention while Draven was dealing with them. The thieves guild was the last place she should be in with fifty thousand etherials and the valuable armor pieces of the Black Knight.

Luckily for Sarah, everyone was focused on Draven and Agnes who kept swinging her claws at Draven violently.

"Yah eeeyyyaaw yaaw" Agnes increased her speed, screaming out loud. But Draven, on the other hand, made no sound. Instead, he just kept evading her claws while walking back towards the mini tavern.

Suddenly Agnes dashed at him as Draven raised his hand just in time to block her claws.

Ding!

They saw sparks flying when her steel claw clashed with Draven's gauntlet. Then, quickly using her momentary halt, Draven kicked her in the chest with enough force to send her stumbling back into the tables. All the drinks and food was on the table scattered all around the place.

While Agnes was picking herself up, Draven grabbed a bench and swung at her. In truth, he put all his strength behind the swing. As a result, she was unable to react in time.

Boom!

"AH!"

The table's edge collided with her head and opened it like a coconut. Blood splattered across the floor as she collapsed to the ground, twitching continuously. She wasn't a gifted one to begin with and had no armor protecting her head. Thus, when Draven hit her head with the table, she was immediately knocked out by force.

Still holding the table in his hand, Draven stepped forward towards Agnes. The thieves surrounding Draven stared at him in shock while he raised the table to the air and intended to bring it down to crush her head, thus ending her life.

"EEEYAAAW"

However, before he could do that, the twins with twin sai leaped at him letting out a screeching battle cry. Draven's heightened senses and a sort of radar sense he possessed enabled him to jump in the air, avoiding the twins from impaling his head.

He leaped almost eight feet in the air, and only then he realized that the suit of armor had increased his physical attributes, such as jumping. Otherwise, he couldn't have leaped to the point he touched the ceiling.

The thieves were startled by his athletics. Only Martiland guessed it was due to the suit of armor he was wearing. Because of Draven's familiarity with jumping from heights, he could quickly balance himself when he landed on the ground.

"Eeeeyyyyaaaw" the twins screamed, swinging their weapons at him. But, unlike Agnes, their moves were precise, deadly, and finesse. Hence, Draven had to raise his hand and block their blades instead of avoiding them because he simply couldn't.

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

The blades produced sparks colliding with the armor. Realizing they couldn't cut the armor, they aimed for Draven's head. The twins increased their speed. As a result, they cut Draven across his cheek.

"hrgh" Draven growled as he grabbed a mug of ale from the table behind him. The twins were skilled but not skilled enough to block the ale from splashing on their faces.

"Shit," one of the twins growled, trying to wipe the ale off her face using her wrist. Immediately Draven dashed at them and grabbed their heads before smashing them together with all his might.

"Ah," the twins cried as they dropped the blades in their hands. But unfortunately, Draven didn't stop as he kept banging their heads together repeatedly until their skulls cracked.

"Kill him Harvey!" Martiland stomped the ground, trembling in fury.

After Martiland barked at Harvey, Sarah saw Harvey turn his head towards her and wink. The next moment, he vanished into thin air and appeared next to Draven in a blink of an eye.

Draven sensed Harvey behind as he sent his elbow back. But Harvey disappeared yet again and appeared in front of Draven. Then again he disappeared from sight only to appear a few meters away from Draven.

Boom!

When Harvey disappeared and appeared closer to Draven, he punched Draven in the face.

Puch!

Puch!

Puch!

Puch!

Harvey kept teleporting around Draven and kept punching him repeatedly. On the other hand, Draven blocked a couple of punches only to receive several more.

"Fuck he's too fast," Margoth growled as Draven stumbled back. The armor absorbed the force of Harvey's punches. Still, it didn't make Draven invincible. The more punches he received, the more he felt pain, resulting in Draven slightly losing his balance.

"Thu," Draven spat out a mouth full of blood.

"Is that all you got, bitch?" Draven snarled,

Hearing Draven, Harvey frowned. Then, once again Harvey teleported. However, he didn't appear next to Draven as everyone expected. Instead, Harvey appeared several seconds later, with a bat that looked like it was made of red wood. What made the bat red wasn't its wood but the dried blood. The bat was Harvey's favorite weapon. He enjoyed beating people to death with the bat. Hence, the red color.

Boom!

Harvey teleported next to Draven and swung the bat as Draven blocked the bat with his hand. As soon as he blocked the bat, his hand went numb.

"How does this feel?" Harvey snickered before disappearing again,

Boom!

He appeared behind Draven and hit him in the back.

"Ah" Draven growled in Pain. The thieves saw Harvey teleporting back and forth and beating Draven repeatedly. When Draven was getting pounded, Sarah's eyes welled up without her control. If Draven didn't lose his powers, he could have knocked out Harvey in a flash. In fact, she couldn't help blaming herself for Draven's situation.

"Don't ruin the armor, kill him quickly and bring his body" Martiland shouted from the other side of the hall.

At this point, Draven dropped to his knees as his eyes began to close. Every fiber in his body ached. In addition, his vision was blurred by the blood covering his face.

He drooled blood, breathing heavily. Then, with an evil grin, Harvey walked toward Draven.

"See, you're not so tough when fighting a man" Harvey grabbed Draven's hair and lifted his head,

"Draven!" Sarah couldn't stay still as she tried to save Drave. But Martiland grabbed her by her head,

"Since he damaged my goods, you have to replace them" Martiland licked Sarah's face,

"This is a great time to do whatever you're planning Draven" Draven heard Margoth,

Harvey slapped Draven playfully,

"I can't believe this guy killed Scarface" He slapped Draven again as Draven saw a light flash across his eyes,

"Stop playing Harvey, end him"

"No-" Martiland put his hand on Sarah's face and prevented her from screaming. Meanwhile, Harvey raised her bat to bash his head open.

Sling!

However, everyone saw Harvey's face freeze as he stood without moving an inch like a statue. Afterward, the bat slipped from Harvey's hand and hit the ground. The thieves could not comprehend what had just happened until they saw something sticking out of Harvey's back. Soon, blood trickled down from the corners of Harver's mouth.

When Sarah saw what had just happened, she remembered the hidden sword on his wrist. Harvey tried to teleport away, but the sword prevented him from doing so. Slowly, Draven twisted the blade,

"Do you believe now bitch?" Draven grinned, revealing his blood-tainted teeth. It made him look like a devil's spawn.

Harvey was slowly losing his strength to stand on his feet while Draven stood up. Inch by inch, Draven moved his sword upwards, gutting Harvey alive. When Harvey dropped to his knees, Draven pulled out the sword and stabbed him through the neck. Immediately Draven's eyes began to glow, radiating a bright blue light.

Trembling in fear, they saw a cloud of white smoke coming from Harvey's mouth and traveling into Draven's mouth. Then, gradually Harvey's body began to wither away as his body started to mummify, losing all the fat and glow.

[Absorbing Harvey's soul…]

The handsome young man was reduced to a mummy in a few blinks of an eye. Draven's pain disappeared as his swollen face returned to its normal state.

[Soul Absorption finished…]

[1500 Soul Energy has been absorbed from Harvey]

[Received New Power!]

[The Host had received short-distance teleportation by absorbing Harvey's soul…]

He heard the system announcing in his mind.

"That's much better" Margoth sounded like he was licking his lips after absorbing Harvey's soul.

After Draven had terrified everyone in the hall, Sarah pushed away Martiland, grabbed the sack, and ran towards Draven. On the other hand, Martiland was shivering in fear. Harvey was the toughest man they had. Without him, he didn't know how to stop Draven so Martiland's fight or flight function kicked in as chose the latter.

However, the moment Martiland turned to run, Draven disappeared from where he was standing and appeared in front of Martiland.

Sling!

Draven placed the sword against Martiland's throat. As soon as the thieves realized that Draven used Harvey's power, their minds went blank. They had never heard of stealing someone's power. Every single one of them was shivering. Their faces were pale and remained without movies as though they were all petrified.

"Move and I will take your head off"

"Don't…don't kill me…"

"Give me all I want and I will let you live. Deal?"

Martiland immediately bobbed his head up and down,

"Yes, anything you want. Just don't kill me"