Desmond looked at him.
"Uh…you're Jack, right? How the hell do you look so different?"
Jack didn't answer. Staring deadpan forward, angry. His body was acting out against his will. It was angry. He wasn't. He didn't have any attachment to Luna, but at that moment he couldn't decide it. It was all the same. Lines between real and fake memories started to blur.
"You didn't answer my question. You did this to her, correct?"
"And what's it to you?"
"…"
Jack refused to respond to that question. He didn't even know it himself. He walked away and put her down. Why did he care? Is it really just because of the life he didn't get to live? He put away the sword using kings arsenal. And then bolted at Desmond. Desmond, quickly adjusting. Shot a bolt of lightning. Jack reached his hand out.
[Learned skill: Hand of the mage]
He manipulated the lightning in such a way it coated his body, turning into a black and red aura of lightning.
[Learned skill: Lightning Amplification (lvl 1)]
He coated his hand in the lightning and dashed forward yet again. Making contact with Desmond's body. An explosion of black and red lightning released from his fist. Desmond had blocked promptly, but still took damage.
"How the hell did you do that?"
"Trade secret."
Jack thrusted himself forward yet again. Driving his knee up while infusing it with lightning, Desmond blocked, feeling the shock. Jack propelled himself off Desmond's hand and swerved around his body in a jumping kick. Sending him flying off. Desmond picked up his spear and blasted himself forward, using lightning to propel him to breakneck speeds. Jack swiftly dodged and swept Desmond's foot with his sword.
"Tch. What the hell happened to you? You were only a shitty hunter a week ago!"
Desmond blasted Jack back with lightning. This time he connected. Desmond coated his spear with lightning and dashed forward. Jabbing at Jack. Jack infused his sword with lightning and hit the spear back. Sparks flew as Jack thrusted downwards. Desmond quickly collected himself and dodged. Kicking Jack in the rib. Jack punched Desmond across the face. His arm still infused with lightning. Sending him flying back.
"Tch, I won't stand this any longer!"
Desmond pointed his spear to the sky. Bolts of lightning hurled down onto the area. An almost endless amount. Jack sighed and collected his thoughts. He took a deep breath and started collecting all the mana in the air around him into his sword, he was able to use mana so masterfully because of his past life. He didn't need the skills. He could remember how he used it. How he manipulated the air.
[Skill: Lightning Amplification has leveled up!]
[Used skill: Lightning Amplification (Lvl 2)]
Jack unleashed the blades might. Cleaving the air around him, the air exploded into black sparks as he swung forward. Unleashing all of the mana in his sword and swinging it forward. The air cut as black and red lightning burst across the sky. All that was left was a cloud of dust.
[Congratulations! You have defeated an S-Rank hunter. Calculating rewards…]
Jack fell to the ground from exhaustion, the overexertion of mana and the physical harm caused by the lightning lead him to pass out.
[Received Reward: Key to the dungeon of the lords]
End of Volume 1.