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Terias had decided to stroll in his territory alone, his butler did not tag along, complying with the orders and reached the mansion before Terias.
To his surprise, after safely escaping the investigation from the Royal forces, there was another set of trouble waiting for him and his master.
Ekaros, the Viscount's youngest brother was there with his men. John could see and sense that the final act of rebellion had begun and it could not be suppressed any more.
The workers and residents inside the mansion were unaware of the upcoming battle. Ekaros invited John for a cha, while they chatted together, waiting for Terias to come.
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"Is it necessary? You have it all, Sir Ekaros."
John asked without any reservation, he had known the brothers from the very beginning. He wanted to avoid the skirmishes between them because the outcome would be bad, really bad.
"You don't understand John, I don't have it all. But now, I will have it." Ekaros corrected.
He believed he had nothing, he had the family forces under his control but he was not the first in command. Ekaros was the man who substituted for Terias, but not anymore.
"Do not worry, I have no intention to shed blood. From what I know about Terias, he would not mind as long as I have the necessary strength." He comforted the butler
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Ekaros had known his brother and understood him. That guy appreciated strength and respected the strong. If Ekaros could prove himself to be stronger than Terias, then he would undoubtedly get it all.
'He would have not minded, but the circumstances have changed and so have the Viscount's thought and opinions.'
John thought, recently the behaviour of his master had changed a lot. Terias could be said to have become a new man. John had no idea how Terias would make a decision.
"Let's wait, he would be coming anytime now." His men appeared tensed but ready for the upcoming battle, while dangerous and fit looking Ekaros enjoyed tea with John.
There were only four men with Ekaros but each was a level two ki warrior.
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"Haah" Ekaros countered the punch with his palm, not appearing hurt at all.
He instantly locked Terias by the shoulder before punching him hard in the stomach.
Terias felt great pain in his stomach, his concentration faltered. His ki depleted immensely in order to defend his body from serious injury.
Terias punched back, he successfully hit the head of Ekaros. Ekaros blanked out for a second before recovering.
Terias had already picked himself up from the ground and he was preparing for a kick he had trained into, to attack Ekaros. On adrenaline, he put his ki excessively in his leg before attacking.
Ekaros surprisingly decided to dodge the kick, he moved out of the direction of the kick which Terias could not change because of the explosive strength he put into it.
Ekaros did a reverse kick, his leg looked to be coated in ki, it looked like a level three warrior exerting ki outside his body.
Terias was hit hard and lifted in the air because of the force behind the kick. His shoulder was damaged and his ki was almost depleted by forty percent.
His technique of body reinforcement was a peculiar one where his body could not be damaged before fully depleting his ki.
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One, two, three, four kicks later, Terias finally coughed up blood.
His close to three hundred stats of ki was depleted from the explosive kicks covered in blush aura of ki from Ekaros.
Ekaros was not the one to stop, he had prepared for a long time for this day.
Not only had he hidden his secret of reaching level three from friends and family, but he had also hidden the mastery of his greatest skill, Reinforce.
He looked in the eyes of the always proud Viscount, he could see the presence of fear and Terror in those eyes, his elder brother's eyes.
It was a strange but good feeling, he liked it.
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