Chapter 144: 2 vs 3

Adryan looked at the group in front of him calmly.

The Interrogator was a man who seemed to be already in his mid-forties but still had a strong and fast body, his hair was gray and his eyes emitted majesty.

The injured Hunter was a man in his mid-thirties, with several scars on his face and black hair.

The other Hunter was the youngest of the three, in his mid-twenties, with bright blonde hair and sharp eyes.

While still looking at the three Beyonders, he used his peripheral vision to scan his soldier.

'Apart from being dirty, he doesn't have any visible wounds... Can he even bleed? Also, his ability to use that weapon is quite impressive, it's the first time he's used it and he still controls it very well...'

While thinking that, Adryan simply snapped the fingers of his right hand and pounced at them at the same time the soldier fired.

"Shit!" The Interrogator cursed loudly and jumped to the side to dodge the bullets while the Hunters jumped to the other side.

The combat had been divided again, this time with the Hunters vs The Soldier, and the Interrogator vs Adryan.

Adryan wasted no time and as he lunged at the Interrogator, under his mask flashes of lightning shot from his red eyes.

The Interrogator had tried to buy time for the surviving guards to finish off the soldier, and Adryan had done the same.

He not only bought time for the Soldier to take down the guards but to digest the information on how to use Psychic Piercing that he got from stealing the Interrogator's ability.

The Interrogator felt how something inside him was hit, gritting his teeth, he endured the pain and jumped to the side, dodging several fireballs that hit the place where he was.

It was his ability and he had a resistance against it so he wasn't so helpless against the attack.

"Hey! Didn't your daddy and mommy teach you any manners?! Stay still so I can kill you!" Adryan taunted as other flashes of lightning shot from his eyes and he launched another Psychic Piercing at the Interrogator who stumbled but still dodge the Fire Ravens.

"You have fourteen minutes left." Flora reminded calmly, Adryan smiled sharply under his mask.

"I only need two~" the redhead said mischievously as he lunged at the Interrogator more Fire Ravens formed around him and quickly flew towards the man.

The Interrogator skillfully dodged the fire crows that hit the ground and stayed there like bonfires.

Before he could think of his next move he saw how Adryan snapped the fingers of his left hand and was engulfed in flames and disappeared from his sight, the flames to his side shot up, and out of it came Adryan who did a roundhouse kick towards the man's head who was barely able to block the surprise attack with his forearms but it didn't stop him from being sent flying back.

Still in the air, the redhead focused his eyes on the wounded hunter who was barely able to dodge the Soldier's bullets.

Flashes of lightning shot from his eyes…

The Wounded Hunter felt like something inside him was hit with a hammer with force and this caused him to stumble.

*bang bang bang*

The Soldier did not miss the opportunity and fired three precise shots at the hunter's forehead, gray streaks and streams of blood shot from the back of the Hunter's head who fell to the ground dead, the upper part of his head having been destroyed.

The Soldier quickly used his weapon to block the attack of the remaining enraged hunter.

The Soldier being smaller than the hunter was pushed back but before being outmatched he dropped to the ground.

This unbalanced the hunter who fell forward and the soldier took advantage of this and placed his foot on the man's stomach.

With the help of inertia and his strength, he pushed away the hunter who fell backward a few feet from him.

Raising his gun he quickly aimed and pulled the trigger.

*clack-clack*

Looking down, he saw how a casing had gotten stuck in the chamber.

It seemed that even the guards' weapons were of poor quality...

The Hunter did not miss this second chance and getting up from the ground quickly, he attacked the soldier who, with no other option, had to throw the stuck weapon aside and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the hunter.

Surprisingly, even though there was a slightly noticeable difference in strength, it wasn't very big.

The soldier was even in some cases able to push the Hunter back and land good hits that stunned the man.

Adryan blocked a low kick from the Interrogator with his left leg and deflected a cross jab with his left forearm.

Due to the Flaming Jump he did, the Interrogator hadn't let him get more than 3 steps away from him.

Now he was acting like a very annoying mosquito that wouldn't part with Adryan without drinking a little blood first.

The Interrogator knew that distance was his greatest weakness and that he would be in a bad situation if he allowed Adryan to get away...

With the same arm he used to block the attack, Adryan tried to strike the Interrogator's face who crossed his arms to block the blow.

But Adryan stopped his punch, a wide smile tugging at his lips, lightning flashing in his eyes.

The Interrogator felt a chill run up his spine as he watched Adryan suddenly open his palm.

'Shit' before he could move away, a Psychic Piercing hit him again and this momentarily stunned him.

This was enough for Adryan.

A powerful torrent of orange flames engulfed the Interrogator's upper body which he was unable to dodge and took the attack full on.

The Interrogator was sent flying several meters away and his body hit the ground hard, flames still burning, the simple shirt had been burned, and the upper part of his body had severe second and third-degree burns showing the whitish pink flesh underneath.

But despite his injuries, the man shakily got up!

His face was horribly burned, his eyes were melted, his nose was black, and his hair was on fire.

His breathing was rough and short, with every labored breath he took he coughed up blood, smoke, and pieces of burnt flesh.

He had had his mouth open when he was struck so the fire entered his mouth and burned his throat and lungs.

He barely stayed on his feet for a few seconds before falling back to the ground moaning in pain and tears of blood falling from his eyes.

The fire had also destroyed his tear ducts.

He should be screaming, howling in pain but the fire destroyed his vocal cords.

The only thing he could do was let out moans of pain and incompressible words...

He crawled trying to get away from Adryan, leaving a trail of blood...

"Glep *cough* meechy meechy glep *cough* *cough* " the guy tried to speak but couldn't form coherent words.

Adryan looked at the sorry state of the Interrogator with cold eyes, he formed a ball of fire that flew towards the man.

'From sequence 7 the Beyonders are slowly separating from normal humans...'

'An attack that would kill any normal human on contact can be survived by a sequence 7 beyonder...'

Halfway through, the fireball turned into a fire dagger.

The Interrogator stretched out his hand to nothing, groaning in pain, the dagger then pierced the man's skull ending his suffering.

"You are welcome" Adryan said calmly, he then turned his head to watch the combat of the hunter and his soldier.

The hunter who had managed to knock the Soldier to the ground looked at what had happened with pure horror in his eyes, his skin pale as paper.

He didn't even think about it and ran towards the exit trying to escape.

Adryan watched as the Hunter desperately ran to the exit.

He calmly raised his left hand and formed a Bow of fire.

He stretched out the bowstring and formed an arrow of fire.

He let go of the bowstring and the arrow flew with speed and pierced the back of the Hunter who lost his mind from fear and could not dodge in time.

The hunter's body fell to the ground dead...

Adryan undid the Bow of fire and looked around, not lowering his guard, he analyzed everything looking for any surviving enemies.

The only thing he found was the still sleeping civilians, guards, Lacopa, and all the dead bodies of the guards.

He then felt his spirituality and sighed as he stretched.

He still had more than half left of his tank so he could still fight against any unexpected event that may rise.

The Soldier got up from the ground with some difficulty and walked towards him.

With some difficulty, he gave a military salute.

"Sir! All enemies have been defeated Sir!"

Adryan nodded.

"Well done soldier you have done an extraordinary job"

The soldier nodded in acceptance of his master's compliment.

"And your weapon?" the redhead asked with a raised eyebrow not having seen the automatic weapon.

"It got stuck Sir! I was forced to discard it in order to defend myself Sir!" the soldier explained quickly and Adryan looked at the sleeping Lacopa somewhat surprised.

'You don't even give your own men decent weapons? You are a horrible leader' the redhead mentally insulted the fat man, he then returned his attention to the soldier.

"Finish off the remaining guards, and protect the civilians while I finish here." Adryan said as he pulled out his knife and handed it to the soldier who took it without hesitation.

"Also take advantage and grab one of their automatic weapons and empty their pockets for money or anything useful."

"Yes sir!"

The soldier gave another military salute and went in the direction of the first pair of guards being the men who had brought him here.

Adryan looked at all the people who, despite the noisy fight that had happened, were still fast asleep.

He was quite surprised by this.

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