Chapter 10: He's Crazy!

A blood-red dagger was positioned sternly at Aces neck. It was obvious who it belonged to.

From behind Ace, Mayter stood unmoving and looked at Ace with anger.

"Can't move?" Said Ace sarcastically. He didn't remove the dagger that was positioned at his neck at all as he muttered that. He simply stood there with light grin.

"You...!" Mayter trembled in fury. He wanted to draw the dagger closer to the young man and decapitate him, but his arm and body can neither move. He felt something tugging every part of his body, deeming him incapacitated.

Just as Mayter struggled, Ace lightly raised his hand. On the white and delicate looking fingers, a thin thread-like object spread out. These threads were hardly visible due to the thinness and almost transparent color.

Just as the moon shone, the threads showed itself. Behind Ace, the area was completely covered in this thread that glowed silver due to the moonlight. And these threads wrapped Mayter from head to toe.

Since the before the battle, Ace had already observed Mayter from afar. He noted Mayter as an assassin type, with swift movement and flexible body. Ace was familiar with these people. And he knew their favourite spot to attack: from the back and to the neck.

So, he set up a trap for the guy. Using his masterful control of water, he hardened it like steel and thinned it to the point it was thinner that human hair.

Ace removed Mayter's arm that held a dagger and took a light step away. He turned around and faced the furious Mayter. Ace noticed that Mayter seemed to be more furious and possible crazed now, drool escaped from Mayter's mouth.

'Has he gone crazy?' Ace asked himself. He was certain that Mayter had a special relationship with Ellesse, but Mayter may be exaggerating the reaction.

Ace swiftly motioned his hand horizontally and clenched the fingers. The thread straightened and obviously became tighter.

"GHARGH!" Mayter cried in pain. His right arm was suddenly twisted strangely by the threads. His weapon fell to the ground and his expression showed pain. Because of the sudden pain, he broke out from his raged state.

Mayter paused for a moment before grunting in pain again. Another of his arm was twisted, making him unable to use his two arms. With heavy breathing, he looked at the young man in anger, but he was rational this time.

Ace looked coldly at the man. "Who sent you?"

Mayter feigned silence and hatefully glared at Ace. If a glares could kill, he would certainly be killer number one.

Seeing him remain silent, Ace clenched his hand performed a brief pulling motion. The threads wrapped around Mayter tightened strongly.

Mayter tried to suppress his pained voice but failed. He grimaced in pain as the chain twisted his left leg in a strange angle. Glaring at the young man in front of him, he mustered with ragged breath:

"N-Noble Bas...tard. F-Fuck y-you..."

Ace's lips twitched as he heard that.

"Vastly different, but you have the same mouth." There was amusement in his voice as he said that. But that amused tone vanished suddenly.

"But... Can you say the same if..." Ace looked at the bound Ellesse.

Realizing what was going happen, Mayter widened his eyes and growled, "You...f*cker, let her go! She's no part in this! Noble bastard, let her go! I'll f*ckin kill you!!" The threads wrapped around him shook as he attempted to struggled free.

"I can have my everyway to her, you know. I could call my knights and have them play with her..." He muttered with a malevolent smile.

"NOBLE B*STARD!!! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL F*CKING KILL YOU!!" Mayter yelled in fury. His eyes fiercely fixed in the young man.

The smile disappeared like it never existed. "Mayter. I don't have time for your cursing. So tell me who sent you and what your true purpose is." Ace stated coldly.

Although he didn't show it, he was inwardly baffled by not only Mayter's strength when running, but also the dagger to the needles. The force behind Mayter must be powerful. And this force is eyeing his Shawl Lizard corpses.

"And like what, we're going to be killed regardless... So screw you!" Mayter hatefully added with a grin. Once again, this man possess the nerve for a mouth. But Ace noticed something was off.

Ace raised an eyebrow in bewildered. He noticed this from their brief exchange, but Mayter seemed to have split personalities. Earlier, he wanted to save Ellesse. Now, he was willing to die with her.

'Just what is going on with this guy?' Ace voiced inwardly. He raised his hand and motioned his fingers. The threads wrapped around Mayter tightened once more, but his action didn't stop there. The chains on Ellesse visible tightened and the cracking sound echoed.

Hearing the cracking from Ellesse's body, the bound Mayter growled like ferocious beast. He struggled despite unable to break free from the constraints. He looked at the woman with worry and fear.

"LET HER GO!!! YOU F*CKER! LET HER GO!!!" Mayter yelled in fury.

Again, Ace noticed the shift in personality. He frowned. Obtaining information from this guy would undoubtedly be troublesome. Not only was Mayter mentally unstable, he was also stubborn.

'Should I just hand him over to the church? But my magic...' He contemplated. Mayter had already seen his magic. Hiding his magical abilities would be advantageous for him now. Enemies would undoubtedly underestimate him due to his physique.

'I should just hand him to the church.' Ace decided. Hiding his strength would have advantages but revealing his power would also advantageous for the long run.

Just as Ace was thinking, Mayter continued to growl loudly. His fierce voice echoed in the tree garden. Being in the dead of night, his voice sounded loudly.

Then, something unexpected occured on Mayter. The man's eyes glowed golden.

"Hehehe..." The man's frantic yells of hate subsided and was replaced with an evil grin. His breathing became ragged and heavy. Mayter gazed at Ace with possessive eyes.

Ace looked at the glowing pupils and frowned heavily. Ace obviously noticed the change again. Suddenly, he felt an unknown alarm from the very depth of his body. As if telling him to back away...

'F*CK!' Ace immediately backed away from the man. He didn't know the where the warning came from, but he sensed unknown danger from Mayter.

And he was fortunate to do so.

BOOM! Golden radiance exploded from Mayter.

The blast was so strong that the trees in the area were rocked and uprooted. Luckily, Ace reacted on time and erected a dome around himself, shielding him from the blast. If he had been a millisecond late, he would have been blasted and worst case scenario, heavily injured.

But that couldn't be the same with the woman, Ellesse. Since he was in a hurry, he failed to mind the woman at all. She was pitifully thrown to the side and was lying on the ground.

The golden glow subsided, and Mayter was revealed. He was now completely clothless and stood inside a small crater. Veins of gold spread out over every inch of his body. The man's eyes were now completely crazed as he stared at Ace unblinking; he didn't even glance at Ellesse.

Ace looked at those eyes and felt extremely uncomfortable. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and a massive 10 meter water wheel formed above his head. The water wheel spun and launched towards Mayter.

Obviously not in the right state of mind, the crazed man grinned from ear to ear and launched himself towards the incoming attack.

BAM!

The water wheel spun faster like saw as the two met. But unexpectedly, the bare man wasn't sliced into two or even injured.

The arms—which was unusable a moment ago—was now healed and covered in golden light. Mayter used these arms to intensely press on the saw. The wheel's advance was halted by Mayter's sheer force.

Seeing this, Ace's face hardened. He didn't know what happened to Mayter nor did he care. He now saw the man as very dangerous and had to be eliminated at all cost. The man had become completely crazy, and expecting information from a crazed man was an act of idiocy.

"HEHEHEHE~ Who would have thought that the young lord of Trion was actually a mage? Hehe~" The crazed Mayter giggled with a disturbing smile. The water wheel that pressing on his body had become weaker and he now advancing step by step towards Ace.

"You talk too much." Ace stated coldly.

SNAP! The spears floating above the trees descended at lightning speed towards the man.

Mayter simply laughed and jumped to the side. The wheel was thrown off course and crashed on the trees. The spot where Mayter stood a moment ago was completely razed and cratered by the blades.

Seeing the attack miss, Ace didn't hesitate for a second and shifted the direction of his aim. The blades followed and launched towards the man.

With a smiling face, Mayter stared at the incoming blades and raised his arms to block. The blades crashed to him and he was pushed a couple of steps back. But the arms covered in gold was not even scratched.

'Sh*t! What the fuck is this guy!?' Ace was startled inside. His attacks were deemed useless against Mayter; he was not even able to injure the man. He was only able to temporarily halt his advance.

Bam! A blade was caught by Mayter with hand. He held the blade and smiled gleefully. "Hehehe~ I never thought I'd be using this to the young lord! Hehe~ I've been saving it for the Blue Knight... To think the young lord was a mage!"

Mayter threw the blade back at Ace with force. Like a bullet, it hurled towards Ace in frightening speed.

'M*THER—F-' Ace hurriedly stomped his foot forward and largely motioned his hand horizontally. A wave of blue hurdled towards the blade.

BAM! The blade and the Blue wave met. The blade vertebrated and shook. Suddenly, it exploded in golden light.

BOOM!

When Ace saw the spear being held by Mayter, he felt the blade leaving his control. So, he didn't underestimate the blade that was thrown to him. But he was certain, the blade was somehow corrupted by the golden light.

Ace cautiously eyed Mayter. 'This man had become more mysterious and powerful.'

Not only did Mayter improve in strength by leaps and bounds, he also possessed unknown power. From Castileo's memory, he didn't find anything related to this power.

Unaware of Ace's thoughts, Mayter unexpectedly went down in all fours. Using his four limbs, he nimbly avoided a couple of sharp blades attempting to slice him. But despite being in all fours, he looked at Ace with a smile.

Ace frowned when he saw this. The clothless gold enveloped man was crawling while gazing at him with desirous eyes. He felt absolutely uncomfortable.

'What the hell is wrong him!?' He bellowed inside.