Chapter 68: Innate Techniques

Mute stared at the odd group of sorcerers approaching him, with several thoughts running through his mind, especially when he stared at one of the sorcerers...

Why does he not have a shirt on? It's like 25 degrees outside. I think to myself staring at a burly blonde man with heart-shaped nipples. I stared at the man blankly before I glanced left and right, seeing two more men and one woman. 

One of the men is wearing a black headband with a scar going down the right side of his face. He's wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans. The other man is wearing hoop earrings and is tall and slim. He's wearing a white hat and a gray button-up shirt. 

The woman is wearing a purple dress with a white scarf wrapped around her neck. I glance at Geto before he playfully smirks at me and points at one of the men. 

" His name is Miguel. " 

He's talking about the man wearing the hoop earrings, compared to the rest of the group. I can tell he's easily the strongest and the second strongest is probably the man with the scar. I watch as Geto points at the man with the scar and speaks.

" His name is Negi and the woman wearing the dress is named Manami Suda, the other one is named Larue. "

Larue is the man with the heart-shaped nipples. I don't even want to imagine what his cursed technique is. While I stare at Larue with a disgusted look on my face, in the corner of my eyes, I watch as Suda smirks at me before talking.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Mute. Geto says quite good things about you. However, I still remember how much you asked for, for each request in the past. "

Says Suda, with an annoyed look on her face. She glares at me while I stare at her confused. I glance to my left looking at Geto before he leans over and whispers into my ear. 

" Suda manages my money, and she used to complain all the time about how much you requested for each assassination. So, she has some bad blood with you. "

I hear Geto snicker before Suda glares at me annoyed until her annoyed face disappears in a flash. Suda glances at Geto trying to remember something before her mind clicks and she reaches into the scarf wrapped around her neck before pulling out eight black earpieces, she quickly tosses one to me, I glance down at it before putting it into my right ear. 

Geto looks at the group of sorcerers before speaking, explaining his plan. 

" Today is going to be a warm-up. Once I let down the barrier, I'll send twenty weak curses into the city. Everyone's job is to protect the curses from any sorcerers that might enter the barrier and attack the curses. While this is happening, Mute will be observing y'all's cursed techniques. It'll be easier to show your techniques instead of explaining them. You can communicate using these earpieces. But the warm-up starts now. "

I watch as the group of sorcerers grin wildly before their bodies vanish. I feel a gust of wind blowing past me as they sprint past me and Geto. I slowly turn around before I start sliding down the cliff heading towards the city while watching a black barrier start to spew down from the sky...

Twenty minutes had passed since Geto had explained his plan to the group of sorcerers. Twenty small curses could be seen ravaging an almost completely destroyed town. The sound of screams and death rippled through the dying town. Mute was standing on the tallest building's roof, observing. 

Mute was staring at the edge of the barrier before a group of four sorcerers walked through the black barrier. Mute glared at the group before a grin appeared on Mute's face watching Miguel appear in front of the group. 

Miguel stared at the group observing the amount of cursed energy leaking off their bodies, before he reached up and pressed onto his earlobe using the earpiece, to talk to Mute.

" Hey, I'm not going to use my cursed tool against such a weak group. My cursed tool becomes more destroyed with each use. " 

Mute quickly responds.

"It's fine, but I would hurry up and defeat that group. They're clearly a scouting team. I'm sure the main force of the group is going to enter this barrier soon. "

Mute watches as Miguel nods his head before he lunges toward the group with his fists tightly balled, catching them by surprise. As Miguel battled the sorcerers, Mute glanced over to the right side of the town and watched as Suda randomly threw coins around. Mute continued to stare at Suda confused.

Unbeknownst to Mute, Suda was using her cursed technique. Suda's cursed technique is strange. Instead of being useful in combat, it was more suited to command. Suda's cursed technique is called " Moedas", the property of the technique is simple, she can see through the coins, she's thrown like a security camera. 

Suda's cursed technique makes her a perfect commander for Geto, Mute stares at Suda throwing coins randomly until a loud bang is heard on the left side of the city, Mute looks over to the noise and sees a group of three sorcerers glaring at Negi. 

Negi is standing on top of a light pole looking down at the three sorcerers. Negi stares at them before his ears twitch, and he leans his head to the left, narrowly dodging a random arrow that was shot above him. 

Directly above Negi was a woman holding onto a wooden bow. She tried to sneak attack Negi by leaping into the air and abruptly attacking. Negi looked up into the air before a grin appeared on his face.

Trying to sneak attack Negi, is useless. Negi's cursed technique makes sure of that. His cursed technique is simply called "Sound Of Intuition". Negi uses sound to predict his enemies' next attack, making him an excellent hand-to-hand fighter. 

Negi quickly leaps off the light pole, before lunging toward the group, throwing a spinning kick. The kick slams into the chin of one of the sorcerers making them wobble back...

As Negi fought, Nanako and Mimiko could be seen standing under a dead body hung from a traffic light. Nanako and Mimiko had a casual conversation before Nanako felt Mute's gaze and looked over towards him before playfully waving.

Mute just scoffed watching Nanako wave at him. Until Mute heard footsteps behind him. Mute glanced back and saw Larue walking. A large cut was open under Larue's right eye. Blood poured down Larue's face. Mute looked at Larue before he pressed on his earpiece.

" What happened to you, Larue? "

Larue quickly responded, breathing heavily between each word. 

" I-I'm not sure myself, I was just on the right side of the town before I entered a building and a sorcerer appeared out of thin air and sliced my face using a knife, before vanishing again. "

Mute grows quiet and starts to glance around trying to find a hidden sorcerer before Suda speaks through the earpiece. 

" I saw, what happened to you Larue. The sorcerer's cursed technique has to do with shadows. He leapt out of the shadow casted by the building and sliced your face before hopping back into the shadow. "

A scoff could be heard through the earpiece, as Larue started to strut back towards the building he was attacked in. Mute watched as Larue walked before he extended out his hands and a bright yellow light appeared in his palms. 

Larue's cursed technique is " Solar power. "It's just as the name says, Larue's body absorbs the sun's rays before he can turn the energy into light. The main downside of Larue's technique is, that he can't use the light in any offensive means, the light can only be used defensively. Larue's only offensive abilities are all physical such as kicks and punches. 

As Larue hunted down the sorcerer that sneakily attacked him earlier. Mute calmly observed the situation. Miguel had already defeated the scouting party, standing next to eight unconscious sorcerers. Miguel was clearly starting to get tired as sweat dripped down his forehead. 

Mute stared at Miguel before he sensed around twenty sorcerers entering the barrier at once. Mute stared at the group. Each sorcerer was either grade two or three. Mute glanced back at Miguel seeing him staring at the group with his fists tightly balled. Mute crossed his arms and watched as Miguel lunged towards the group...