NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 485: Three Minutes
Cough… cough…
He coughed, brushing off the rubble from his body… cough… cough…
Blood poured out of his mouth… he could feel the metallic taste of it on his lips…
His ribs were broken… that was a punch.
A single punch had sent him flying…
And he was in the Second Class Advancement.
He trembled with rage… he trembled with fear.
This was the same little runt he could have killed with nothing but a whim…
"No… in just a few short months… how… did he become such a monster…?"
That power… it was the power of Second Class Advancement…
He had been punched by someone supposedly in the same rank… with even less experience than him…
He coughed, forcing himself to stand…
He cleaned the blood from his mouth.
He could hear the sounds of battle…
No… the sounds of slaughter…
The screams of his people…
The sound of blood flowing…
He gritted his teeth…
Recalling something Back-to-Back had told him years earlier…
That kid… should never get a taste for blood…
"Because he'll become a demon…"
He muttered the last part out loud…
If not a demon… who would slaughter people he had known for years… with such calm… with such an indifferent expression?
He hoped… at least… the bastard would show something… rage… hate… anything…
But no… there was just a calm indifference…
As if he was handling a menial chore… something he had to do…
He reached into his back pocket as walls crumbled… as shadows rose… black flames consuming his gang members before they could even scream…
Shadows devouring their corpses…
A raven… eating the eyes of the fallen…
And a squirrel… ripping out parts of their… their…
It was their testicles…
He gritted his teeth… pulling out his pager as hell broke loose around him…
It was answered almost immediately…
"This is Lumberjack… we're under attack… help us!"
The voice on the other end heard the chaos… the sounds of battle… the screams…
"Huh… who would dare attack a group backed by the Charkata family? Did you tell them who you were with?"
Lumberjack almost popped a blood vessel.
"No shit… I told him… he doesn't care… our base is under attack! If you don't want to lose the merchandise… SEND HELP!"
He threw his pager away…
His pride as the boss of Quick Hand was on the line…
He had to hold out until the Charkata family sent their people…
"I'll flay that little demon shit alive myself…"
He grabbed his lumber axe and stepped into the fold…
When he came out… all he saw were deep bloodstains… wrecked tables…
The survivors stood around a blood-covered man… his long dark hair soaked in blood…
If there were any corpses left… he would be standing on a pile of them.
The survivors looked at him with dread…
None dared to attack him…
The female knight with him… hadn't even killed anyone… she merely followed wordlessly…
He had devoured the corpses.
He was a monster.
"Is this how you became so powerful…? You sold your soul… for power…? You sold your soul to a demon…"
Damon glanced at the terrified, familiar faces…
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"A demon…? No… not really… I sold my soul to a god… actually… and after I kill you… you'll get to meet him too… rejoice…"
Lumberjack clutched his axe… he glanced around… most of his stronger chiefs were dead…
This would be much better if Back-to-Back wasn't dead already…
He looked at a woman with light makeup and purple lipstick… she had a vial and a smoke canister in her hand…
Gubi…
He bit his lip.
She was the only one here who could help…
As long as she poisoned the bastard… they could win… or at least slow him down…
She was also the only person here at First Class.
"Back-to-Back and Makia are dead…"
Damon raised his hand…
"I'll stop you there… it was me. I killed them. I can see you're trying to buy time… that won't help you… no matter who you call… you'll all still die…"
He raised his hand again…
"Look around you… this building is surrounded by runes powered by my magic… you can't leave… unless I run out of mana… or I die… and between the two… I can do this all day…"
Gubi bit her lip… she glanced at Damon…
"Aren't you a bit ungrateful…? This is your own home… we practically raised you here…"
Damon tilted his head…
"Ahh… Gubi… almost killed you without noticing… you still smell like cheap perfume… and the red-light district…"
She bit her lip feeling insulted.
"I'm an alchemist… not a prostitute…"
Damon smirked, snapping his fingers…
"Right, right… what was your origin story again? Outstanding alchemist… got raped by your teacher… then forced onto the streets… eventually joined the underworld…"
Her face scrunched up…
"What… did I hit a nerve?"
Damon took a deep breath…
"There's no need to get your hopes up, Gubi… the poison you released into the air… has no effect on me…"
She gritted her teeth… glancing at her canister… her plan exposed unease rising in her gut…
Damon smiled…
This woman had a history with him… like most of Quick Hand.
She was not a good person.
Time and again, she had taken him hostage… force-feeding him poison, she had a tendency to take out her frustration with men on him.
Among other things… things he didn't even want to remember.
"I never forgot, Gubi… all the things you did… I promised you all and I will make good on my word…"
Gubi glanced at Lumberjack…
Before he could speak, Lumberjack thought he saw an opening—
He struck—
Damon dodged with ease…
Lumberjack sneered, stepping back—
The ground shook… his body began to grow… his skin turned red, steam seething off him… his aura doubled, his skin hardened…
He growled as his clothes tore…
"I didn't want to have to use my skill… but you forced my hand…"
Damon touched his chin with a mild expression…
"Hmm… a transformation-based skill… I've heard rumors of yours… never got a chance to see it though…"
Lumberjack waved his axe— rallying the surviving members…
"Swarm him… the Charkata family will be here in six minutes… KILL HIM!"
Damon smiled…
"Six minutes, huh… fine… I'll kill you all… in three."