chapter 13

"Is it done yet, Leonard?" Sachi called out for him on the road.

"Almost! Just let me dig this one last pit!" he replied while waving a dismembered human limb high in the air, the limb was a hand.

"When you made a mess, you yourself are responsible for the cleanup, can't have the innocent passerby seeing it, can't we? I mean- they might have little kids with him!" Leonard tone was filled with righteousness and justice- however, he himself making a pose with a dismembered limb of a human being just contradicted everything that he said.

"Underage...you know… my eighteenth birthday is only a week from now right? So technically I still count as a little kid, and I already witnessed the show as a front row audience, how are you going to make it up to me?" Sachi said coyly.

"Erm…" Leonard was in disbelief...stunned speechless.

"Whatever." Leonard shrugged before tossing the last remaining limb into the hole and quickly filled it up, including the still alive man that spilled all of his secret who had all of his limbs broken and screaming as he was being buried alive.

"Count Bulsis eh? I'll make sure to have some "Fun" time with you when I get my hand on you...just you wait...ain't no one sending assassins after ME or my friend." Leonard declared in a dark tone before he headed to the Windshear beasts that were waiting with Sachi on the road.

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Back with Edward and his situation half a day after Leonard and Sachi left for the provincial capital and possibly the Northern Domain afterward.

Inside a dark alleyway, Edward was being surrounded by a group of thugs, while his bodyguard lay unconscious on the ground, all battered up.

"Alright fatty, give us all your valuable- unless you want a beating like this one down here." one of the thugs who had tattoos all over his bald head kicked Edward bodyguard body as he tried to extort Edward of his money.

"Y-you want to extort me?" Edward pointed at himself while muttered in a stuttering voice when the thug threatened him for a beating.

"B-but...do you have the guts to come and take it off of me?" however his expression changed in a one-eighty and his face had an enraged expression, seemingly wanting to rip these thugs into pieces, limb by limb.

"Pfftt!! Hahahaha!! Look at this stupid fat idiot! He-he's trying to act all brave and strong!" one of the thugs that surrounded Edward couldn't take it in and began laughing at Edward because he believes that the fat meatball was bluffing and putting on a false bravado in front of them.

One even came forward and pat his rough, dried hand full of calluses on Edward's head, seemingly trying to make fun of his height, as he looks shorter than other due to the massive amount of weight he had on him.

"That's cute!" this thug also laughed while commenting on Edward short end.

Edward was now really pissed off, as veins are popping out from his forehead and on the verge of bursting out from the skin.

"Ahh look at him getting angry! So cute! Pfffft!!!" the thug continued on making fun of him.

"...I'll make you regret all of that!....please don't fail me on this my brother…" Edward was raging like an infernal inside as he curses, he then pulled up a small round black orb from his pocket and clenched onto it tightly.

"Suit...ON!" Edward roared.

*cricket *cricket

However, nothing happened...the thugs were stupefied as they did not know what the hell just happened, all they could think of is that, Edward had gone haywire due to being under so much stress- caused by yours truly.

"...Enough fun for now, I guess this idiot doesn't want to pay us after all...I say we beat him up and take the gold from his pocket!" a thug got angry and went forward and throw a punch at Edward's face using all of his strength as a rank one.

"My brother! Why you do this to me!" Edward inner chibi cried out as he closed his eyes and braced the incoming punch, that would most likely knock him out and pulled a few teeth at the very least- as he was just a normal human being.

"If I die- I swear I'm going to haunt you!" Edward chibi declared.

*CLANK! "ARGHHHH!!!! IT HURT!!!"

He waited, however, no pain ever came to him, instead he heard a metallic sound of human fist punching onto something really hard, along with the sound of bones being broken like the crispy cracker that Edward usually had for a late night snack and the sound of a man wailing in agony.

"What the HELL IS THAT?!" one of the thugs cried out as he witnessed a strange yet terrifying phenomenon that happened right before his very eyes.

Metallic plating began to grow and spread throughout the body of Edward, turning him into a juggernaut like being encased in layer upon layer of steel starting from his left hand and finished with a boar-like mask with two eyes that burn bright with an unnatural red color flame with a mouth full of sharp fangs carved into the mask itself and tusks protruded out.

"Gahh! Monster!" one of the thugs shouted out in fear.

"Huh? I'm still alive?" Edward questioned as it felt so unnatural, he did not feel anything at all from the punch- he got curious so he opens his eyes- it was then that he flinched when discovered that he was in a heavy suit of armor that encased his entire body from head to toe with no opening except that could possibly be the eyes- however the moment he touched his "new face" he was once again astonished, it indeed has no opening...even the eyes socket was filled in with a gem like crystal.

"My brother, I knew I could count on you…" this almost brought Edward to tear.

It was then that he suddenly felt a heavy impact on his chest area as he did not pay attention.

*Bang! A thug had hit him with a metal club and sent him flying into the nearby wall.

"Ha! Not so tough now! Bois let break it open and sell the metal for scrap, we might earn something out of this!" the thug leader shouted out confidently.

"Ahh damn...that was a weird feeling, but why don't I feel any pain?" Edward wandered around as he stood up, the thugs seeing that Edward manage to survive a hit from the thug leader and was surprised that Edward didn't die yet.

"How! That was my best hit!" the thug leader shouted in astonishment.

"Best hit? strange...I don't feel anything at all…" Edward jeered.

"Best hit my ass! Look like my big brother gave me the best souvenir possible! Time for some revenge!" Edward chibi exploded out and so does his real body, Edward charged at the thug leader like a wild boar and rammed into him using his body which now encased in steel and spike.

*BANG! The charge from Edward pushed the thug leader into the stone wall and literally almost destroyed it by creating a large hole into the wall, sending stone fragment and kicking up blinding dust.

When Edward walked out from the storm of dust he caused, his entire body was blood red and covered in bits of human fleshes and bones.

"Wow...quite durable...I feel...invincible while wearing this! Bro if you ever get the chance to hear this! I will gladly trade a hundred Windsheer beast just for this baby here! Muahahaha!" Edward laughed and began pouncing on the rest of the other thugs.

Soon scream of pain and agony and sobbing sounded throughout the empty alleyway.

Occasionally sending chills down the spine of the passerby who was unfortunate enough to walk by the alleyway itself.

After causing quite a bloody mess, the suite on Edward reverted back to the same ping-pong ball size black orb and fits nicely onto Edward fat and fleshy palm.

"This is amazing…" Edward stuffed the orb back into his pocket and went over to his bodyguard and help carried him away to seek medical help.