CHAPTER 100: You And I… Only
Yay(not and excited yay)
I have now reach 100 chapters in this novel. I will soon continue the remaster of this novel like damn, my brain is craving to narrate this novel's ending.
I hope y'all enjoy
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The big masculine man landed on the ground, crushing the glass below him. The girls revealed their abilities, getting ready to attack. I was shock, eyes widen, I can't move. I only watch him.
"What was that?" A voice outside the room
The other girls came to the door behind me. They were shocked to see the man, they revealed their abilities.
"Who are you!?" Sarah shouted
The man raised and straightened his body. He looked at us and gave us a smirk.
"So this is your hiding spot eh? Such a jackpot" he chuckled while cracking the bones in his neck
"Who are you, what do you want!?" Hannah shouted to the man
"Well, I am finding a worthy opponent to fight with
He looked at the sharp dagger on his hand. His dagger was a bit big, it has a good design, it was dark, orange aura emitting from it.
"Most of the people I have encountered were easy to kill. I have this power and I can't just let it go to waste. And I actually believe that you kids really have powers"
"That's all?"
We remained quiet, doesn't know what to say.
"We have Mike here" Vera said and shoved me forward
Wait, no wait what!? The man looked at me.
"This one? Looked at him, he is trembling" he laughed
"Vera! Can you stop picking on Mike!" Maya shouted
"Well, he is the only boy we have here. There is no way he is going to let a girl fight that big man"
"Even if he is a boy, that doesn't mean he is going to do all the work"
"I... I'll fight you" I said, my voice shaking
Aaaaahhh!!! My mouth slipped! I said it out loud!
"There we go Mike, show your courage?" My ability cheered
"It's okay Mike, we can do the work" Isabel said
The man raised his eyebrow at me.
"Looking at you before even the fight looked like you would only last for 12 seconds"
I an instant, Sarah shot the man with her bow and arrow. Hannah followed, he shot the man with her shotgun. The bullets and arrow travelled fast to the man.
*Tak*
!?
What!? The man was unharmed. The pellets of the shotgun and the arrow only bounced off and landed on the ground. He was like a heavy sturdy strong metal, the dagger in his hand somehow was gone.
"One thing about my ability, the reason why I can't fight you all at the same time"
He looked at his hand, the dagger reappeared.
"My ability was designed for a one on one fight only. If it detects multiple threats or different enemy abilities at the same time, the dagger will merge in me, it will turn into my strong armor. There is no way I am going to find without any weapons"
The man made a trick with the dagger, he looked at us with a smile.
"So, you will be the contestant kid?"
Okay, deep breaths Mike.
"If you don't want, it's okay Mike, we will take care of him" Constantine said
"It will depend on the kid, if he want, he want. If he don't, give me another contestant"
My body is shaking, my heart racing. There is no way I can beat a grown man. But with my ability, I think I can?. Why is he picking up younger than him to fight? This is also the first time I saw an adult with ability like ours. I could try.
"Y-yes, I will fight you"
The man smirked at.
"Then You And I... Only"
He clenched the dagger tightly. His body was suddenly shredded. Then in a blink of an eye, he suddenly reappeared in front of me. Teleport!? What the-!? He grabbed the collar of my shirt and threw me out of the window. I am now outside, I landed on the rough road and started tumbling.
"Ow ow ow!"
I came to a halt. I stood up, my head and arms got small abrasions because of the rough texture of the ground. The man teleported outside the hospital, he started walking towards me.
"You said if I kill 10 people, I will level up and get stronger right?" The man said to someone
"Yessss, the more you kill, the more stronger you get. And this is the 10th" a growling voice
"I still don't understand what this leveling up thing you have. Kinda sounds like from a game"
Who and where did that came from? It sounded like it came from him. Wait, don't tell me, it was his ability talking. I readied myself, this is going to be the first time I am going to use my ability on someone.
I raised my arm, some and each of the skin and flesh of my arm started to turn into pieces of dark obsidian shards. They floated on the air, they made slicing sounds. With the missing skins and flesh, I could see the muscles and flesh on my arm.
"There we go Mike, you have finally shown your ability to someone"
I moved my arms around, the obsidian also moved, copying my arms movement. My arm shakes as I raise it, my legs shaking like I'm in a cold place.
"Courage Mike, courage. You have been a good boy. You have never used your ability to the ones who have bullied you. You kept it in you"
I took deep breaths, I opened my eyes. Inside me, I don't want to hurt this man, even if I had dreamed of wanting to hurt someone, I have never done it. I wasn't built to hurt someone, hurting someone felt different. It can be good, but it can be bad.
My goal... Is to defeat this man. But... Can I do it? I am coward, shaking, I can't even move and command my shards to attack this man. My heart is beating fast, I could even hear it. Even if I want to back out, that is not how a fight works.
Tell me
Can I do it?
Can I.... Beat this big man who is older, bigger, and masculine than me?
...
"Mike! You can do it!"
"We are cheering up for you!"
The girls in the hospital started shouting for me. I don't need your cheers!
"You're quite a ladies man, Mike. Are they your girlfriends? I'm jelous" The man said
....
Looking at the man, make me think that I can't do it, 0 percent chance of defeating him. I may have these numbers of shards, he has only one weapon with him, but, the one with the most quantity is scared.
I have never used my ability before, this is the first time. I only used it for a bit, but, it wasn't good enough for me. What should I do?
"Push yourself!" A voice inside me
Right, instead of just standing. I can try, I have to push myself. Maybe, I can achieve victory? Is it possible? Stop overthinking. Just do it! There is nothing I can do. But to...
PUSH YOURSELF!!!!!!!!
I moved my arm, pointed to the man, launching my floating shards to him. They travelled like an arrow. The man raised his dagger and readied himself. He started slashing the incoming shards, I was in shock.
His hand moves fast, nearly shattering most of the shards. Some of the shards made slices on the sides. He only slice the ones aiming at his internal organs and face. The shattered shards turned into pieces, landing on the ground. They merged again and went back to my arm where they came from, but one thing, they came back as a wound.
"I know you have tricks on you" the man said
I ordered all of my missed shards to come back to hit the man from behind. The man noticed, he teleported to the side. Wait a minute, if he can teleport in the first place, the. Why didn't he teleport that first attack I threw at him? Was his teleport on cooldown?
He ran up to me with his dagger raised. He slashed, I ducked down, some of the tip of my hair was cut off by the sharp dagger. He swung the dagger downwards, I stood up as I went backwards. He threw slashes at me as I walked retreat backwards
The man slashed from left to right, he made a small cut on the left side of my face. I could feel the burn and flow of blood from it.
!?
I suddenly felt a sting of pain from the right side of my face. I touched it, it was a small wound. I touched both of my wounds at the same time, they have the same size and felt in touch. How and when!? He is fast but not that fast for me to not see the blur of his moving arm.
He kicked me on the chest, making me stagger backwards.
"One thing about my ability is 'Opposite Damaging'. You don't understand it? Then, for an example"
He pointed the dagger to my left arm.
"If I slashed the arm off you with my dagger"
He then pointed the dagger to my right arm.
"Then that other opposite arm of yours will also be cut off. The wound would be the very same as the wound I gave you from first"
He threw the dagger to the right side of my chest. I felt a strong pain like I felt a bullet from a gunshot at me. I felt another similar pain on the left side of my chest. It was his Opposite Damaging!
The dagger banished in thin air, it reappeared into the man's hand. He can recall his dagger! I raised my hand to him and flicked my finger. 1 shard of obsidian travelled to him like a bullet. It hit the man.
"Kuheeee!"
The shard nearly hit the center of his neck. I ordered it to go left to make the wound bigger. He stopped it with his knife. He took it with his hand and threw it to me. I went to my face, it stopped and floated.
"Should have threw 3 kid"
He teleported in front of me. He grabbed my shirt and hit my stomach with his knee. I gasped out air, he threw me to his left. I stumbled, he followed, he slashed, I swayed backwards. He pointed the point of the dagger to my face.
I ducked down, I ordered my shards, they shot to his straightened arm. They dug deep, lots of blood splattered out. They got stuck on his arm, making big and long wounds. I closed my hand motioning a crushing gesture. The shards went deeper, slicing his flesh and bones.
"Kkhhhgeeee!!"
The shards sliced past through, his arms was turned into pieces. They dropped to the ground, the dagger made a steely sound as it hit the ground. The man looked at his missing arm in anger. The knife on the ground disappeared and teleported to his other hand.
I have never seen this kind of gruesome in my life. Looking at the pieces of flesh on the ground felt different inside me. He raised the dagger to his mouth and bit the point part of the knife, it took off. It was like a small lid that was taken off.
He raised it up high, blood started pouring out of the knife. He started drinking it like a water. Where is that blood coming from? And how can a knife store that much!?
Suddenly, his missing arm grew back in a splash instantly. He Healed!? He looked at his healed arm, the fingers can even move.
"That blood I just drank is the blood of people I recently killed. After this, you will be one of them"
He swung his left fist and landed a strong punch on my face. He followed other attacks, he punched me again, kicked me, he grabbed me and kicked my stomach. I stumbled backwards. Fuck, I don't know how to use my ability properly.
"Let me help you then. Give me permission to do it" my ability said
"Huh? You can? But how"
"Just say 'mabalin' then I can now fully can"
"Wait, my native language? How did you know about it"
"Each ability's place will adapt to the language of people it vesseled in. And when you want your ability to take control out of you, you have to use your native language for actual permission"
"Is that so? Then okay, mabalin"
The man swung his dagger at me. Suddenly, something pulled me away from him. It was a strong pull. I looked behind me, there is a bulge in my shirt. It was my shards that was pulling me under my shirt.
Suddenly, more shards went under my shirt behind me. Other shards sticked all over my body like an endoskeleton. We were left with a few shards.
"Willing to sacrifice some of your flesh and skin for more shards?" My ability said
I turned some of my skin and flesh from my forearms. The more I make shards, the deeper I can see the inside of my muscles and flesh. I don't feel them, no pain. My shards floated around me.
"Get ready kid"