Bottom A, Top O - Chapter 123

Asahi had the advantage and so, he would be a fool to miss the chance of defeating these two!

If he ignored them, they might disturb him again, and again so it was wise to get rid of them today.

Asahi was not fond of killing but that did not mean he was not willing. In consideration of what this organization did and how many lives were suffered.

It was only right.

In any case, Asahi did not dare to be reckless despite having the advantage. These two guys were powerful albeit many times weaker than Narukami.

I can do this, he said to himself to boost his confidence.

He dashed about in the thick, dark smoke. It covered any presence of living beings inside and vision to a certain degree.. In addition to his recent stealth effect, it was stacked and Asahi’s presence right now was extremely thin that he was akin to empty air.

The two of them even doubted they were facing an enemy and thought that Asahi tricked him as he went into the experiment room.

They believed this was the case until Hawk got blown away as he let out agonizing pain.

He spurted out blood as he got a powerful kick from Asahi. As soon as his attack succeeded, Asahi disappeared into the shadows and Hawk crashed into a wall.

Debris flew out as it fell to the ground with a bounce. Hawk’s impact formed a deep crater with his figure carved into the wall.

The Commander was alarmed. A single kick was enough to cause Hawk in such a state, just how powerful this monster was?

Thinking again, Asahi was only a Level 1 Sorcerer, and thanks to his monster form, he could get considerable strength.

It was terrifying to think this kid could grow and could become more powerful and unfathomable!

I must kill this kid, now! The Commander vowed himself. He could not allow this kid to grow as it threatened the existence of their organization!

However, he soon fell into despair. There was no way he could take the initiative to attack.

If he did so, he only hastened his death and so, he was put into a passive state.

Unlike Hawk who got blown away because he underestimated Asahi’s strength, the Commander did not.

Asahi noticed this as he narrowed his eyes.

There’s no opening… Asahi said to himself. He kind of expected this and was mentally prepared but when it happened, he couldn’t help but feel troubled.

He wanted to end this quickly to avoid the reinforcement coming, still though, it looked like he had to spend a bit of time dancing with the Commander.

Additionally, that was not the only reason. His monster form constantly drained his spiritual energy so he had limited time.

Bam! Bam!

Asahi sent out two white arrows and the Commander decisively parried it but he didn’t expect the arrows to explode!

The impact was strong enough to shake his defense as he took a few steps back, he made an opening for a brief moment.

Asahi rushed forward as he sent consecutive punches to the Commander.

The Commander felt his danger senses tingling and so, he covered his entire body with spiritual energy.

Indeed, his senses were not wrong. As soon as his body was cloaked with powerful spiritual energy, a barrage of attacks landed on him.

He was beaten black and blue. Fortunately, thanks to the great difference in their Level, the Commander could endure Asahi’s attacks.

Asahi skipped a beat as he saw the Commander abruptly smile, showing his white teeth.

He was alarmed and stopped his attacks as he retreated but disrupted as the Commander blocked his retreat with thick spiritual energy. It was like a wall blocking his way of retreat.

He felt indescribable danger as he hurriedly distanced himself from it. However, the spiritual energy chased him as if it was a sentient being. Its form looked like a transparent jelly.

Asahi could not escape from its chase. He was swallowed by jelly-like spiritual energy.

Feeling it stopped and felt something struggling from the inside, the Commander was pleased as his smile widened.

“Caught you!” The Commander yelled as he clenched his hand to a tight fist.

Boom!

The flame of the explosion spread out as it engulfed everything in its way. The Commander was prepared for this as he pulled an item out of his spatial ring. It was a shield!

It then formed a barrier in a dome shape. The dome shook as the flame hit it but the Commander was calm.

In his field of vision, he only saw red fiery flames around him as they try to get in but the barrier prevented that.

Next, he silently heaved a sigh of relief, for the fact his enemy had been killed.

What a troublesome enemy, he said to himself as he retracted his gaze to Hawk.

The dome could form a few times as long as it was in range. So as long as Hawk was in it, the Commander could easily make a barrier around him with the shield item.

It was an expensive item the Commander bought in the black market. He felt stifled by using it.

It was as if he was burning a great amount of cash! The barrier could be formed a few times and then, that was it.

It has limited use.

He could, however, use a defense item with the same effect but the explosion earlier was no stronger than fifty tons of TNT!

The whole lab got caught in the explosion and turned to ashes. Before he did this, he quickly told the nearby scientist and staff to leave the lab.

He did not know if those people made it out alive but that’s none of his concern.

He already warned them. If they died, it was their fault for being slow.

The black smoke was no more as the explosion had already used up all of its energy and began to die out.

Although that was the case, the fire had already engulfed the entire laboratory. The ceilings crumbled as they fell, the smoke of fire began to fill the area and oxygen started to thin out.

As the Commander was still in the barrier, he looked around as he spread out his spiritual energy and detected nothing.

He was confident his enemy had been killed. There was no way they could escape after being caught by that.

They exploded as if there were a bunch of TNT around them and detonated!

The Commander’s wound then closed on its own. It recovered slowly and the Commander nodded in satisfaction.

Becoming a Sorcerer, the recovery rate was common. The higher one’s Level was, the fast one’s recovery state going to be.

Of course, it all depended on the individual.

In any case, with the situation, they were in now. The fire probably spread to the other location of the HQ but the Commander did not bother, as the other members noticed it and put off the fire.

They were not lacking in Hydro Sorcerers.

The situation was under control, the Commander succeeded his mission and no one died, only a casualty which would not have endangered Hawk’s life.

Although the entire lab was destroyed, rebuilding it was not a problem. They did not lack money either.

The barrier then dispersed as the Commander formed a rectangle made of spiritual energy and he was in it.

The rectangle’s height was the same as his and its width was no different.

The spiritual energy was thicker than any steel. It protected him from the fire and the smoke.

With the rectangle on his side, he walked to where Hawk was. He touched the barrier with the shield and it vanished.

Hawk was coughing the moment the smoke entered his lungs.

The Commander did the same thing to Hawk, protecting him with spiritual energy.

Coming in Hawk’s side, he supported his shoulder and walked away as they left the crumbled laboratory.

As they walked, more and more debris fell from the ceilings.

Then, a few seconds later, the air shook and rippled like water. Finally, the air cracked and made a gap.

A hand came out and a figure came out as it collapsed on the ground. He was in a bad state with injuries all over his body, he spewed out blood a few times as he rolled over.

“Did not expect for the enemy to have a weird technique, cough cough!” He said to himself as he coughed.

Fortunately, I get his help before it happened, he sighed in relief. However, when recalling the explosion, he couldn’t help but shiver in fear.

If he did not escape in time. He probably left nothing in this world as he turned to ashes!

In any case, he was saved but he couldn’t relax just yet. His mission had yet to be completed and with his bad state, it would be hard to do so.

“Thankfully,” he said as he fished out a small marble. He poured in a tiny amount of spiritual energy and it began to shake.

Quickly afterward, it was covered in white light and its shape changed to that of a glass bottle.

This marble was called the Shape Storing Marble. By storing an item in it, its size would change a lot, making it more convenient.

The glass bottle filled with red liquid. He opened the lid and swallowed the entire contents.

By the way, the Shape Storing Marble was found from the corpses of the Fallen Nightless’ members he had killed.

These guys had a lot of these and one might think they want to play marbles.