Revenge (1)

The four men struggled, trying to get free but whenever they moved one of their limbs they heard a cracking noise, they were frozen to the point where if they wanted to get free, they're gonna have to lose them.

Red was still nowhere to be seen, they kept looking around terrified, except the man in casual clothes. He was looking around calmly, trying to assess the situation.

An hour passed by.

another

and another

With every passing minute they became more and more scared, they tried everything to get free but neither their skills or strength could work. even their leader started getting worried.

"Please, i don't want to die." the man in the tracksuit started yelling, he's face yellowish.

Like a chain reaction, the other 2 started yelling and begging. Even calling for help. The leader just looked at them, his eyebrows lowered, his upper lip raised and lower lip slightly protruding. he was disgusted, these guys are supposed to be the elite of their clan, but now they are begging and whimpering.

The huge injuries in their limbs were massive, but they felt no pain. The freezing managed to control the bleeding and made them lose feeling in that area.

"How about we have a little chat guys" red appeared behind them. his tone made it seem like they were his friends. the leader looked up after hearing him, his face turned from worry to pale.

Red looked off, his eyes completely dark red, inside his mouth one can see razor sharp teeth, his veins were visible being black in color. It made him look demonic.

"W..what the f**k" the leader muttered.

"From what i've observed, you are the leader right?" Red smiled, adding to his terrifying appearance "I'll speak with you later, sit tight." red grabs his bottom jaw twisting and breaking it. sounds of gurgles and wheezing coming out of him. He went from one to the other doing the same thing, leaving one of them.

"Ok, I'll start with you first." he smiles again. The track suit man's face was as pale as a ghost. He was an elite of his clan, the money and influence he received after joining was amazing. Now the thought of dying and losing everything made him lose it. he started screaming, begging red.

"No no, don't beg." Red was still smiling. "That just makes me want to rip you apart even more" red moved closer to him, standing right beside him.

"Listen, i have 3 questions for you. first, where is your clan located?" red tapped the man's forehead.

"I'll tell you, i'll tell you just please don't kill me. it's downtown, near the park with marlins statue, a building owned by the masins family. they started sponsoring us in secret for years now, they need us and we need them." the man finished, forcing a smile on his face, trying to satisfy red.

BAM!

Red slapped the man, breaking some teeth and leaving a bright red handprint on his face. "Don't f***ing smile."

"Second question, do you know where mr. masin lives?" red asked.

"Thir, it ith a thecret not anyone knowth, i don't know." losing his teeth and some of his tongue made him talk funny. "But our leader goeth to meet him a lot for mithionth. he knowth, i'm not high enough to know that"

"Useless" red muttered. putting his hand on the man's chest, dark red energy passing through his hand to the man.

While trading and buying books about mana and everything related to it from the guild or with other people. red managed to discover a lot of useful information, including its useful uses.

What Red knew before is that mana is what an awakened uses to turn spells into physical form and the many other uses it has, but what he didn't know is that the mana owned by one person is like poison to the other. mana runs through the body in specific channels, they are called the mana routes. If alien mana, as in mana that does not belong to that body, starts flowing in it's mana route, it would act territorial, not accepting the other and a clash would occur.

And that's what Red did. He wanted to see what would happen, and chose him.

After 5 seconds, Red pulled his hand, stepping back 2 feet and watching. The man didn't understand what the hell he was doing, a hint of happiness and relief appearing on his face, he thought red was letting him go.

"Thank you, thank you ..." he kept repeating. That's when he started screaming in pain, all his veins and arteries bulging out, as if they were trying to shake off the skin. The red of the blood turned darker as the mana that was invading his body.

When it reached his head, he started to bleed the dark red liquid from his eyes, nose and ears. The shrieks of agony showed no trace of his previous demeanor, only desperation.

His voice went from skrill to hoarse, until it didn't sound like a human voice anymore, he kept yelling and yelling, until he had no more air in his lungs, but he seemed incapable of drawing breath again. going limp with his eyes rolled back.

Red looked at the men, they were shaking. no longer from the pain in their jaws but from what they just witnessed. they understood what red did, but the reaction was odd. they tried the mana injection before, but it only causes a little pain and discomfort. but their teammates' reaction was new and terrifying.

Red took a step towards the man next to him.

"Your turn, ready to talk?" Red still has the smile on his face. He reached and healed the man, fixing his jaw and asking him the same questions. they were not able to hear what their friend said, with a silent barrier that red put around his hostage and himself, they were more worried that their answers won't match and go through what their friend did.