Chapter 4 High-speed Battle

Chapter 4 High-speed Battle

A red streak could be seen racing down one it the streets of Pantheon city. Many more streaks were racing along with it or coming from opposite it. What made it different was the fact that it was faster that them and it was also leaving a trail of blood red flames behind. It was weaving between the slower streaks at blazing speeds making some abruptly stop revealing the people inside. Many cursed while the six string elemental weavers tried to keep away those who were under six strings from the flames.

Damien was the blood red streak and his current appearance was scary. His glasses had failed to hide his blood red eyes which were now so red that they looked like molten blood. His entire body was clad in red flames and he was frowning and gritting his teeth deep in thought.

'How can tiredness also be felt by me? HUH?!? Isn't this city truly terryfying? First, hunger and now tiredness? Its like am back to the time I was a mortal? Some of my elemental strings are leaving my body which is causing hunger and tiredness. Its like sweating and I ran out of money. If it wasn't for the fact that i gotta find that bitch who sealed my hair from growing, I would have already left this damned city.' He thought as red veins popped out on his face due to his fury. His eyes were rotating around in his sockets at great speed enabling him to spot paths to be able to weave between the multiple other people moving at high speeds. He had ran out of money a while ago and he had activated his blood burning form to increase his speed but still the central tower still seemed far from him.

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One man clad in blue armor with a sword strapped behind his back was leaning by a food stall and eating Hus meal while looking at the passerbys. Though they were moving at great speed, hire eyes were swivelling in his sockets at a fast speed as he monitored them. His calm face didn't betray any emotion.

'I need to catch at least one pup to make a few million crystals as a side allowance but these people are too disciplined. It has been eons since I last caught one.' He thought as his piercing blue eyes erupted in electric sparks.

Suddenly, a red blur entered his vision from across the street. It was moving faster than the pedestrians and leaving a trail of red flames. It vanished beyond the horizon.

'Finally, my time has come. He is fast but not faster than me. My millions just ran past. I can't let them go to the others.' He thought as his lips curved into crescent. His body lit up with blue electrical sparks upon which he turned into a lighting bolt which took off in the direction of the red blur. His half eaten food only fell after he had vanished beyond the horizon. He was so fast that he had almost reached light speed.

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Damien, who was in the midst of running sensed something threatening had appeared at his right side. His right hand reflexively swatted at the threatening thing without him changing his direction or slowing down.

The blue haired guy had just instantly appeared at the red streak's side when the back of a right hand instantly appeared at the side of his face. His eyes widened in terror upon seeing it and he instinctively bent backwards. The hand missed its target but the air compressed upon it continued on forcing the demigod pedestrians to defend the others. Luckily no cars were in sight as that attack could have destroyed them. The buildings had automatic force fields which had instantaneously erected upon detecting the attack.

Damien didn't even look back as he continued on his way with gritted teeth still consumed by his murderous thoughts towards the person who had landed him in this predicament.

The blue haired man had temporarily stopped upon evading the attack.

'That attack was terrifying. It seems he was attacking instinctively. He must be from the outside the city as they are the only ones with such potent killing intent. It also means he is poor but I can't exactly let him run around dangerously like that.. Aaah.'.He thought as he calmed his rapidly beating heart. He frustratingly tussled his blue hair upon thinking that he wasn't going to get anything out of the guy even if he caught him.

The bystanders were about to argue with him but he removed an identity tile with the initials 'PP' upon which they fearfully ran off.

'I must teach this guy a thorough lesson before sending him to jail. Aaaah... I even dropped my expensive meal thinking he was a resident.' He howled in his mind upon which berserk lighting spread around him. He then proceeded to once again chase after the man.

Damien hadn't thought much when he swatted since idiots did try to assainate him on more than one occasion in the universe and since he wasn't thinking straight, he retaliated the same way he did in the universe outside.

"Hey baldy??? I am going to beat the rules of Pantheon city into you." Shouted a voice from behind.

'Baldy? It seems my perfect image is going down the drain. Now let's look at the imbecile who shouted.' Thought Damien as he rotated.his neck sideways and looked behind him.

'Blue hair and blue eyes. His divinity seems to be lightning? Or speed? From his pouting expression he seems angry at me. I don't remember meeting him let alone enraging him.' He thought as he turned his head back towards the front.

"Don't ignore me!!!" Shouted the blue haired man while gritting his teeth. He had learned his lesson the first time that's why he had shouted to get Damien's attention to prevent him from instinctively attacking him.

"You are breaking multiple laws right now. First, you ignored me an officer of the law.

Second, you are leaving traces of your laws which is dangerous for lower stringed people.

Third, you are running beyond the speed limit. You might kill.some people. Now stop." The blue haired man said.

"I have no time. There's some place I have to be within a certain timeframe." Damien shouted without turning back. They were talking via connecting their domains and passing vibrations between them.

'Heh... What a lame excuse. I have tried to stop him but it failed. No one will blame me if I give him a beating to compensate for my wasted too... Cough cough.' The blue haired man thought as his lips involuntarily curved into a smirk.

He accelerated and instantly appeared at Damien's right side once again. This time he unsheathed the sword at his back using his right hand at incredible speed and slashed at Damien.

Damien's reaction was no less as he used his right arm to block the attack. The blade collided with his suit and sparks were produced. The part of Damien's suit in connection with the blade had hardened into a metallic like form shielding his arm. It rippled as the force from the blow was spread evenly to every part of the suit. Damien barely felt any impact.

The blue haired man's eyes widened when the suit blocked his sword but he recomposed himself as such clothes weren't that rare in Pantheon city.

'It might be a treasure. If I strip him, I will earn a decent amount. Hahaha... There's no way am letting you escape.' Thought the blue haired man as his eyes and expression brightened up from the previous gloominess.

They drew their hands back and once again tussled. Multiple moves were exchanged as sparks flew. The sparks contained their divinities. They fought as they weaved through the dense crowd of rapidly moving pedestrians.

'It seems I will need to activate the tools a perfect gentle man uses to fight to get rid of him. He is too fast that some of his attacks are breaking through my arm defense and hitting my body. Even my suit won't be capable of dispersing the force from his attacks on time with the speed he is attacking at.' Thought Damien.

As his right hand tussled with the blue haired man's sword, his left entered his blazer's pocket and drew out a red spare button.

He used the opportunity as the man was distracted by his right hand and flicked the button with his thumb towards him. It travelled at a phenomenal speed and abruptly appeared near the man's stomach upon which it enlarged and crushed into him. His face distorted as pain, rage and unwillingness passes through his eyes.

Due to him not expecting it, it created a hole through which his organs could be seen as it hurled him into a passing car. The collision shattered the car and its occupants were instantly reduced to blood mist while the blue haired man's body continued across and collided with a building's forcefield. You could hear his bones break from the impact as a mouthful of blood was involuntarily spat from his mouth.

'He will survive. Its a pity he didn't die. Too bad for the people in the car though.' Damien had seen many deaths in the universe so the death of innocents didn't faze him in the least. He vanished as he continued with his journey without even stopping to check. His hair was more important than some strangers in his eyes.

The blue haired man took one last look in the direction Damien vanished to before he fainted. The button Damien had thrown contained his divinity of 'blood', so it had liquefied upon entering his body and was currently corroding his divinity. The bystanders crowded around as some called for help from their devices.