Chapter 44: A Monstrous Family

Silence pervaded as all onlookers observed with bated breaths, unable to look away from the exchange between monster and child. It took only a few seconds for the Mantar Barkan to arrive before Grevlin, his eyes showing a fierce look like his lips curved into a savage grin that showed a few of his beast-like teeth.

"Haha, I'll break you with my Four Arm Snatcher!" Barkan yelled as he stretched his four muscular arms as hairy as an ape towards Grevlin's small frame, aiming towards his four limbs.

"Not good, he's using that brutal move on a child; how could he be so disgraceful!" One person said as he saw Barkan's attack.

"Kya, I can't look!" A woman said, closing her eyes.

"Such a shameless bastard; I would really love to kick his ass, but if the father doesn't care, why should I?" Another person said as he glanced at Marius.

"Your right. That man is nothing but a useless bastard!" Another person said.

Some in the crowd couldn't help but close their eyes from the destined scene of the disaster, while others cursed both Barkan for bullying a child and Marius, who was idly watching nearby, for being a worthless father.

Many began to reel a bundle of insults towards his direction, but as if the father knew his son better, he merely shook his head as the scene soon changed once more.

Barkan smirked as he felt that things were completely under his control; his arms were only seconds from grasping Grevlin's brittle and small looking limbs but right as this was about to happen, his mouth opened wide due to a shocking scene.

With a kicked of his feet, Grevlin dashed underneath the legs of the towering Barkan, easily slipping below his figure as he slid on the ground before arriving behind him.

'Crap, this little runt is slippery! Brat, wait until I get my hands on you!' Barkan thought in anger, he was about to try and react from this position, but suddenly, he felt a dangerous intent from behind him.

The eyes of the strange middle-aged man and Liola lit up when they saw the transformation. Their looks turned stern as they saw how Grevlin kept his stance for attacking with his fist tightly clenched, causing the space around it to wave even more due to immense force.

Suddenly, this force had influenced the surroundings, even the wooden ground beneath Grevlin's feet began to crack slight as bottles shattered on tables within his vicinity.

"Big dummy, get lost!" Grevlin's innocent voice yelled as he took a step forward and punch out with full power, his fist striking towards Barkan's back.

'It's over.'

Both the middle-aged man and Liola thought simultaneously as if instinctively sensing something from behind Grevlin's arms.

Marius smiled as Ria pinched his arm while Little Rose looked at Grevlin in excitement; the crowd, however, felt something different, an ominous and dreadful power that seemed to have come from a monster in the flesh.

"What in Alvaria is this child? He's only F Class; how can his punch have so much power?" One person said in shock.

Another person thought for a moment before their eyes showed shock and fear as they exclaimed, "This... I know what it is; it's an Innate Divine Talent. This boy has an Innate Divine Talent for strength!"

When the audience heard this, they all looked at Grevlin with even surprise. Some showed strange looks, each having unusual thoughts. Yet, unlike them, Barkan, who was only moments from meeting this attack, had an entirely different expression, his face sunk as he felt death was approaching at high speeds.

'Oh no! I made a mistake!' Barkan thought in alarm. Being a battle-hardened combatant in this world, he knew just which moment was considered a life-threatening disaster. Even more so, when he gave his back to a savage predator like none seen before.

Without even a moment of hesitation, Barkan tensed his entire body up as he rapidly spun around, crossing each of his four arms over. When this happened, his fur and skin began to change as it started to shine as if it turned to iron.

All took a while to describe, but in fact, this exchange had occurred with a few seconds as, by the time Barkan reacted, Grevlin's punch had smashed into his arms, which guarded his lower torso.

"Arghh!" With a pitiful wail and a harsh collision sound, no different from an ominous thunderclap, Barkan's husky body flew backward like a rocket that crashed into the walls at the opposing end of the inn.

A few tables tumbled over his large figure that was now blood-soaked as Grevlin's small arms had not only shattered the bones on his arms, it tore open a savage wound on his flesh while the excess energy from the punch damaged his internal organs.

Many onlookers made hissing noises as they looked at Barkan, who was now struggling gasping for breath due to his severe injuries; he couldn't even find the time to express his horror at Grevlin's move.

The crowd gulped as they moved their eyes from the defeated onto the small Grevlin that stood in attack posture with one of his arms held before him, the small fist that shattered his foe, having bits of blood on its wrappings used to conceal it as steam emitted from it.

Looking at Grevlin's face, one would expect to see a look of awkwardness or even fear, but strangely, the crowd saw a look that made them chill to their bones.

Grevlin licked his lips as his eyes stared at the broken body of Barkan with a hint of excitement as he spoke, "Aw, so weak, I wanted to play more."

His character now much different from his usual standard, his even his eyes had a vague blood thirty glint, but this soon faded as he returned to an innocent look with a bit of confusion on his face. Soon, he smiled as he recalled his parents.

"Mother, father, I won!" Grevlin said, as he now had the normal manner of a child as he ran over towards them; it seemed that his battle with Barkan was nothing more than another ordinary experience.

Ria rubbed Grevlin's head as she praised, "Good child, you did well."

Little Rose clipped her little hands and spoke with a slightly broken speech, "Brother was gud! Brother bweat up the big baddy!"

It seemed the small girl was thrilled that the older brother had beaten up the big guy.

Marius smiled and said nothing; he looked at Grevlin and gave a satisfied look as if he was saying, that's my boy.

The current scene no different from an ordinary loving family's exchange. Yet, it was at this point that everyone had come to a collective understanding, as many looked at each with similar eyes as they thought in the same manner, 'This is a monstrous family.'