Chapter 117 - Losing A Body

The massacre Narukami did quickly spread throughout the HQ and made a sensation on the members. They felt like it was them next!

First was the reduction of members in the main hall by 80%! Their numbers went down considerably from that point on.

What monster did they provoke? They probably thought.

The same for the Leader. He received the report and was baffled. He wished this was only a dream, not the reality but it was too real for a dream.

The sweat and blood he had sacrificed over the last years gradually crumbled because of a single person! He was genuinely furious and wanted to make that person regret messing with him!

"Sixth! I'll make sure you wish you weren't born in this world and met me!" He gnashed his teeth as he punched the desk.

As the desk was only an ordinary one, it became fragments as they were scattered.

Next, the Leader left his room and went to where Narukami was going to go.

Ryu had been stalled in the energy source and that was his plan. With his understanding of Narukami, the latter most likely planned to save his friend.

With Ryu as bait, the Leader was confident he could ambush him. Narukami did far more damage to his organization. If he didn't intervene personally.

Things might get ugly.

His elite soldiers were on the way back but unexpectedly met with some Sorcerers of the five major organizations in the world.

They were being held and the Leader felt like this was Narukami's plan! He became more furious.

If this was a game, something like favorability would be reduced and appear in Narukami's interface!

[The Leader: -10,000 favorability!]

In any case, Narukami who watched the Leader leaving his office and going to handle him personally felt a certain weight.

Narukami knew his capabilities very well and rarely acted out of arrogance. It was fun and all bullying the Leader yet he couldn't help but feel pressured if he faced him head-on.

Furthermore, his target shifted from Asahi to Ryu. Well, Asahi going to go against Hawk and the Commander while Ryu with the Leader and this random Sorcerer.

Two sides were in trouble and Narukami couldn't possibly shift his attention to two. A single misstep in a fight with the Leader could cause him tremendous damage.

The Leader was the person which had a dangerous cult organization under his belt for nothing!

Narukami had many tricks in his sleeves but in front of true strength and great disparity between them, his chance of winning was less than 5%!

What a pathetic number, Narukami said in a self-deprecating manner.

However, with the five major organizations noticing his intention and on their way here, Narukami could stall time until they arrived.

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"There's nowhere for you to run, kid! Give up!" A man shouted with a wide smile.

Ryu smirked, "That's not for you to decide!"

Ryu bashed his opponent as a terrifying flame engulfed his entire body yet the man was calm.

"Didn't I tell you that it is useless? Your element is nothing before me!" The man roared and his voice was like thunder.

The flame vanished as it was replaced with pure spiritual energy. It was as though it was absorbed.

"Your technique is too perverted!" Ryu yelled as he pointed his finger at the man.

The man shrugged his shoulders as he shook his head, "Lament it on your bad luck."

After that, Ryu heard a mocking laugh in his head, Haha! Your luck sucks! To think you had to be against someone who could absorb an element and turn it into spiritual energy, it seems your luck ran out.

"Shut up, Bahamut. If I die, you will too. Why don't we work together?" Ryu suggested.

Bahamut smiled mockingly, "I don't want to. I dislike being ordered around, especially so from a brat like you. Second, I don't mind seeing you die, I've been in this universe even more than you could imagine.

"My soul may become faint but it doesn't mean it will disappear. My consciousness will also remain forever. Only a matter of time before my main body recovers and I get reincarnated."

Ryu fell silent as he fell in deep thought. Bahamut was hard to cooperate with and as a creature with pride as high as the heavens, probably piercing it.

It simply wasted his time to persuade Bahamut to work together. So, the only choice was to give it all to face his opponent!

Ryu took a deep breath as he closed his eyes before exuding it slowly. Next, the air around Ryu began to fluctuate and showed some changes.

The air was slowly covered in the mist! Not only that, it became dry and humid, and shortly thereafter, Ryu's figure was covered in red fiery flame!

The man frowned but it disappeared in the next moment as he mocked "have you not forgotten what I am capable of?"

Ryu smiled yet did not say anything.

Swoosh!

Ryu's figure disappeared and left a trail of flame. He looked like a comet as he came at the man and sent consecutive attacks.

The man didn't do anything as he continuously absorbed the flame energy. He was injured but thanks to the energy he got, it was replenished.

But then, his complexion gradually turned for the worst. He realized he accumulated too much energy and had nowhere to vent it.

Is this what this kid is planning? Well, no matter, I simply had to drain all of these energies, I probably should thank him instead, the man thought to himself as he prepared to drain the spiritual energy he had accumulated.

However, what happened next shocked him. The flame intensified and his body reflexively absorbed it greedily! His eyes were wide open and given enough time, it could probably fall from their sockets.

What is going on? His power suddenly soared! His expression quickly turned to fear and despair. Should this continue, he would die for sure, for his body to be overwhelmed with spiritual energy.

"Stop!" He begged with his face as white as paper.

Futile, however, Ryu kept attacking him with his flame madly bashed at him and devoured his body.

Cracks began to appear in the man's body, his expression twisted in fear.

"Stop!"

His eyes let out a binding glow like the sun. More cracks began to form on his body and white light escaped through the gaps.

The man then felt his body couldn't hold the amount of spiritual energy any longer. The glow intensified for a short moment and the cracks spread to his entire body.

"Noo!"

Boom!

Human flesh and blood raining down. Painting the entire place with beautiful red flowers.

Shockwave spread and Ryu was blown away by it. He stopped as he crashed the wall and fell to the ground.

He felt incredibly weak and a sense of fatigue followed.

"Just go to sleep and rest. Everything will be fine. I'll take care of your body. We're close, you know you could trust me," Bahamut said. His voice was like a devil's temptation to Ryu.

His head was buzzing as his thoughts turned sluggish. 

I used too much spiritual energy, damn it, Ryu clenched his teeth as he tried to stand, ignoring the pain all over his body.

"What a tough kid, you should rest now." Bahamut's voice was indifferent yet Ryu was alarmed. Perhaps this was just his feeling but he saw Bahamut smile!

In the next moment, his eyes rolled to the back as they had lost their luster and Ryu collapsed to the ground with a light thud.

A few seconds later. The body moved but the difference here was that its movement was stiff like a robot.

However, as time passed. It became natural and finally, after struggling to get up, 'Ryu' stood on his feet and looked at his hands as he observed his body.

'Ryu' took a good, long breath and exuded it with a satisfying smile.

He then laughed like a maniac, "Ahaha! The kid's soul has weakened and it would only be a matter of time before he dies!

"This world is filled with powerful souls! They are everywhere like maggots! I can't wait to devour them!"

Quickly afterward, his smile vanished, "Regardless, with that old man Narukami alive, I cannot do much. This is annoying." Bahamut scratched his hair as he was annoyed.

Bahamut indeed lived for a long time but he couldn't be compared with Narukami. He lived for a hundred million years in his previous life and that did not include all of his past lives!

"He's someone powerful in his past lives too and his soul brimming with thick and lustrous soul energy. I am tempted to kill him and eat his soul but that old man's skin is thick."

Bahamut then shook his head. Anything related to Narukami could be thought of later. In any case, he had to get out of here before meeting that old man.

"Heh, I have to admit. Among the bodies I've possessed, this kid's the most comfortable.

"I don't know if the kid is special or not but this body is now mine."

Just as he was about to do something with his body, something suddenly rose beneath him and swallowed him!

It was the hand with a mouth Narukami had encountered earlier! It easily devoured Bahamut!