Chapter 18: How am I not surprised?
The sound of light steps and clanging sound of blades surrounded me, despite the provoking remarks, I never underestimated anyone because arrogance can cost you an arm and leg, maybe even your life. Max, unlike me, is well trained and I barely managed to save my vitals from his precise attacks. His dagger had a faint red glint on the edges, like blood was used to cool it down instead of oil.
I carefully went behind him and slashed at his exposed neck but before my blade could make contact with his skin he used the dagger in his left hand to block it, suddenly he jumped up, now he was above my head, he threw the dagger in his right hand at me. I quickly moved out of the blood coloured dagger's trajectory.
"You are just a beginner! And you call me weak?." Max smirked while calling his dagger back at his hand. The daggers surprised me, because this function gave him more versatility while attacking me, but at the same time was a reminder that I still have little to no information about him.
I was at complete disadvantage without using my powers, I could've used my power like I usually did, but that would give me no experience, and using my power is really draining, if not attacked, I can maintain a barrier with little to no expenditure.
"Shall we step it up a bit!" Max said with a disgusting huge grin on his face. Suddenly, his body started getting covered by a thin crimson aura, his eyes glowing red, replacing the usual green. "Don't tell me you thought that all I had was a dagger and experience?, I wouldn't be the heir of a count if I was this simple." He said in a mocking tone.
"Tsk Tsk you get me wrong, you taking this fight seriously is better for me, like you said, I am a newbie when it comes to fighting anything supernatural. A little experience hurts nobody." I finally decided to use my power.
Raging Black flames started covering my body until I was completely covered in them. Max looked at me carefully, he was worried for the first time in this fight.
"You! what are you?." He asked, his voice was still calm but if one noticed carefully they could feel it shake.
"You don't need to know that." I said before moving faster than ever before, I quickly ran at him, evading a dagger that was aimed at my eyes. I moved at his side, his eyes followed me, but his body couldn't react in time and his neck suffered from a deep wound. He stumbled forward from the injury which gave me enough time to chop his hand off. His wounds started to heal at a speed visible to me without using my perception skill. Surprised by the healing ability, I stabbed his heart and then twisted it before kicking him in his back. He let out a cry of pain, but his hand was now back. He darted off to a wall on the front right corner.
I heard some loud claps, followed by a loud and hysterical laugh "Doesn't matter how much you increase your spe-" He was spouting some weird things which were of no importance in a fight. So I quickly shoved my sword in his mouth and twisted it inside and continued my attack by slashing his inwards, blood gushed out and he fell down, but he was still breathing. Before falling he tried stabbing my shoulders with his daggers but could not puncture my skin.
At Least he won't be able to talk for some time.
"Eww..Did you really just put me inside his mouth?, shit! Don't forget to wash me when you get home." Umbra replied with a mind equivalent of vomiting.
"Who are you fooling?, the blade is still clear like before." I continued to use my sword to attack him without stopping, not giving him time to heal. I decapitated every limb, every joint on his body repeatedly until I felt his heartbeat stop.
My eyes involuntarily looked towards my watch, currently it was past 8pm, I was not surprised by the time it took to kill him. I used the flames to destroy his body until nothing was left.
Maybe I should collect these bodies in a single place and use Time Control to create fossil fuels and get rich.
I slumped down on the ground, I was tired, my body feeling weak, the usual power I felt from my body was lacking which was giving me a headache. The only thought on my mind was.....hunger.
"I think mom is cooking some great things today." I sighed in relief that I was able to kill this guy without getting harmed.
"He could have killed you if you gave him time for recovery, next time please choose your opponent wisely." Umbra was worried about the outcome for the whole stretch of the fight. I will not deny that my unique power gives me a massive advantage against enemies but it also takes away too much energy.
My eyelids were about to meet each other but someone arrived. I felt a strong wave of power which blew away my drowsiness. I jumped back while summoning Umbra again.
"For the love of god! don't scare me like this." I looked at the woman who arrived like a falling missile, she was still wearing the clothes she wore earlier that day, her eyes glowing blue, her pupils were identical to mine, signifying that she was just like me, a dragon.
"How reckless can you be?Being an immortal does not mean you cannot be killed, and this especially applies to those who do not know how to use his powers properly.
"I know, but this was necessary because he was the one who tried to attack me first." I said while cleaning the dust off my clothes.
"But why are you here?You didn't go back to Selene's mansion?." I smiled slightly while glancing at her frowning face. I was thinking about how attractive she looked when she was angry but my thoughts were cut down by a flaming punch in my chest. I flew off to the other end of the alley where a man passing by looked at me with weird eyes. "Are you okay?." he said with a confused expression.
"Yeah man, I am good." I got up and asked the man to go away. I noticed deep burn marks on my chest which looked exactly like her fist but they were the least of my problems. My ribs were broken at multiple points and they were causing pain to a degree that would have been unbearable if I were a human.
I suddenly noticed that the injuries I sustained were healing really fast, followed by a deep itch inside my body. The process took 2 seconds to complete, after that I was good as new.
I looked at Tia who was still fuming in anger, for some inexplicable reason.
"Do you know the gravity of using Time Control so nonchalantly?The power to control time was something that belonged to a legendary titan and you are using it without restraint and to top it off, you are not even using it correctly. You waste mana like you have an unlimited amount of it." She was looking at me with great displeasure and anger.
Fucking hot
"Take your mind out of the gutter." Umbra said while I retracted her into my thought sea.
Fine.
"I am sorry." I looked at her with a sombre expression, her eyes turned back to normal. The highly condensed flames on her fist were also retracted as she said "Sorry for lashing out on you."
"So, how did you find me?." I stood in front of her as I maintained strong eye contact and asked "Weren't you supposed to be resting in her mansion?."
She smiled slightly and motioned me to follow her as she flew away. I didn't think much of it and followed her. The sky is really dark today, there are no stars or moon which can brighten the night and I can't really say that I don't like it. The darker the night, the more beautiful it becomes.
"Ryan, I'll start training you tomorrow, tell your parents that you'll not be home for a year." She said while looking at me with a bright smile.
"Okay, but why did you say I can't use my powers?." I looked at her as her visibility trembled when I asked about it. She cleared her throat and said "Ryan, some people are trying to find you relentlessly and if you use it without restraint then they'll find you before you can grow into something they fear and at the same time need."
"Enough information for now, you should return home." She said with an incomprehensible smirk. Suddenly a ring on her finger started glowing, a new set of clothes came outside and replaced my tattered ones.
"Now I know why you are shirtless most of the time." she laughed at me because my wings always destroy my shirts after I use them.
"Tsk I'll be going." I flew away after flicking her forehead. I heard her laughing even harder.
"Wow! your flick did not do shit to her." Umbra replied in a mocking tone.
"Who do you think dared me to do it?, not like it was my idea in the first place." I had to do it Because I previously lost a bet with her.
"Hehe.....but it was still fun, at least you will be able to brag that you are still alive after flicking her forehead. Fuck! do you even realise how old the women around you are?." She asked while she was still laughing her metaphorical ass off.
"Not that you mention it, if Selene is a titan, then her age should be atleast a few thousand years and on the other hand Tia should be older than her." My mind is thinking about some shameful things which are not something I would like to reveal.
"Oh god! your mind is so dirty, is this the way you are going to wait for that girl?, by thinking about sexual activities all the time." Umbra asked in a disgusted tone because the things I was thinking about were not the type of thing a piece of metal can understand.
"Oiii, who are you calling a piece of metal?" she screeched so hard that my brain almost surrendered and left my skull.
"I wanted to wait for Amaya because it was my way of paying respect to her, despite the fact that I did not believe in her death but there was a solid chance of it being true. Now that I found out she is Alive and doing really well, there is no need for me to hold myself back." I smirked while thinking about some random stuff.
"I guess it makes sense." She was only half convinced by me but did not bother asking about it.
I reached my home and landed silently so that no one could figure it out but it was not possible because a girl with wheat blonde hair and pink eyes was looking at me with curiosity.
"What do you want?Mika." I asked nonchalantly as she stood in front of me, although she had to look up to see my face and it was really funny, I kept my inner thoughts to myself.
Suddenly she smiled brightly and said "Max Bozworth, the future count of the vampire kingdom was killed by you. Nice, you helped me a lot by killing that scum."
Damn, I did not expect this reaction, was she not supposed to ask why I killed him?.
"Will you not report this to your queen?." I tried testing how deep the water actually is, the reply she gave me was surprising but at the same time concerning.
"Why?If I report this to her, she'll do nothing about you but she will definitely demolish the Bozworth family." she giggled like a child as she held a luxuriously embroidered hand fan.
Is that a red flag?, it definitely is right?
"Yes! No doubt that she is a full blown yandere. You should probably try to stay away from her for now." Umbra said with a mind equivalent of cold sweating.
"Well she always took things to the extreme when we were kids." I said before going inside the house.
"Things will only get worse from now, so prepare for the change." Mika said as she disappeared.
Inside the house
I walked towards the kitchen and saw three women working together. My dad was standing at the door too, his eyes were completely fixed at my mom. Then suddenly he said "Your mom is getting more gorgeous as time passes." He gave me a fist bump after complimenting my mother.
"So what happened here?." I was curious how they went from strangers to mates in a few hours.
"Your woman wanted to help her and Becca did not want to be left out." He smiled slightly as we went back to the living room.
"So where did you go?." He looked at me with his calm eyes as he patted my shoulders.
"Just getting rid of some maggots." I smirked while remembering the things that happened today. It was a truly hectic day for me.
"Nice, as expected of my son." He smiled like a proud father but suddenly that smile disappeared "But you missed one, my son." He crossed his legs and leaned back on the couch.
"A guy came here today to ask my daughter for a date." His voice got darker as he talked.
"Oh, asking out my sister huh, what did you do with him?." I unintentionally released a few wisp of dark flames. Luckily, he didn't notice because he was looking at the ceiling.
"I sent him home." He looked at me with an innocent smile.
"He did not send that guy home right?." Umbra knew my dad's line of work so she was not surprised.
Yes, that guy is in the basement now.
I stood up from the couch and started leaving the room but he suddenly said "At Least break one bone on his body, maybe a finger or a complete hand." He was still smiling like any normal dad but the things he said betrayed his expression.
"Whatever." I left the room and went towards the basement where that guy was kept.
As for how I knew it was the basement?, it is not the first time someone was foolish enough to try scoring points by showing their "brave" side to my sister.
"Will you torture him?." Umbra asked while yawning in my head.
"Hell no! He didn't do anything rash, so I'll let him go after some threatening." I opened the basement door before going inside.