Chapter 85 - Capturing Lhun Marchand

France, Marchand Family Estate.

"How come I can't sense my connection with Red Lion? Did the people from the Tyrannical Tower discover something about the sword?" A young man with handsome features muttered to himself with a confused expression. He then thought for a moment and a smile can now be seen on his face.

"Interesting!

He laughed manically with one leg on top of the other while clutching his stomach exaggeratedly.

Two men wearing long black robes can be seen behind him standing like a statue. Their features were indiscernible, but their strength was unfathomably deep.

Outside the room, standing on the terrace, a masked man clad in black clothes lurked like a shadow. His presence was not even felt by the three men inside the room, but the man was sweating profusely as he stared warily at the robed men behind the young man.

'Emperor-Class level fighters! Impossible!'

One of the robed individuals suddenly felt a strong presence nearby. He kept on glancing around the room as if he was looking for something. 

"Is there something wrong?" Asked the young man after seeing one of the robed men's actions. The latter did not even glanced at Lhun Marchand and just shook his head in response. He then glanced at the other robed man beside him and gestured him to check the terrace with a slight motion ot his head. The other robed man nodded his head and went towards the terrace when he suddenly felt a presence moving far away with great speed. He then dashed and followed after the presence he had felt. 

Lhun Marchand and the remaining robed man were surprised at the actions of their companion, but they remained standing as they knew how strong the man was.

***

Outside the Marchand Family Estate.

A robed man was following the aura he had felt with great speed. He then felt that something was amiss when the aura he had followed stopped from moving. 

The aura stayed on the same spot as if it was unafraid of the robed man who was moving towards his direction.

The robed man walked carefully and scrutinized the surrounding terrain in great detail. He then saw a dagger embedded on a tree ten meters away from him. He walked towards it and realized that the aura he had been following earlier was actually a strand of aura attached on a dagger. He pulled the dagger with a humiliated expression. 

The dagger was completely black in color. The robed man then a saw small chip attached on the dagger. And suddenly, the small chip emitted a bright ray or light. The robed man felt cold and he could not help but curse in his mind.

'Shit!'

"Booom!"

Many of the surrounding trees were upooted following the explosion. The ground was dyed black and countless ashes danced with the wind.

The robed man's body was thrown far away because of the explosion. His body was still intact because of armor he was wearing. The mask that covered his face suddenly cracked and a pale blue face with burnt marks all over it can now be seen. His crimson red eyes contained a sense of regret and hatred as he stared the calm blue sky. 'I was played with. The humans actually had this kind of expert.' He thought to himself before the light inside his red eyes was gone.

Purple blood flowed out of his mouth as his breathing stopped. The bomb attached on the dagger was a small Energy Bomb that Cale bought from 'The Black Market'. He gave some to Zero several days ago as it may come in handy during his missions.

The Energy Bomb was a powerful weapon that costed Cale five million Black Coins each, but its power was enough to kill an Emperor-Class fighter if caught unprepared. So despite Cale's aching heart, he bought more than a hundred with him.

And the dead demi human would never have thought that humanity actually had this kind of bomb with them. He was complacent and confident, and due to him underestimating humanity, he died a humiliating death.

***

Inside the Marchand Family estate.

Lhun Marchand stood up from his seat after hearing the loud booming sound produced by the explosion of the Energy Bomb. The robed man behind him glanced outside the window and felt the strong energy produced from that explosion. He could not believe it, but to think that the humans actually had this kind of weapon.

'How powerful! That explosion was enough to kill an Emperor-Class level fighter! How can the humans have this kind of weapon?!' He was absorbed in his own thoughts that he had even failed to sense the presence of someone inside the room.

Zero who was now inside the room saw that the two were occupied by the explosion. 'It is time!' He dashed with his full speed and threw his dagger on the robed man's neck. 

"Puchi!" 

"Rghhgr." The robed man emitted a gurgling sound as the dagger pierced him accurately. He clutched his neck which was now bleeding purple blood and knelt down on the ground while glancing at the man clad in black clothes with a shocked expression. He was now holding Lhun Marchand by the hair and the latter could only flail his limbs madly as Zero lifted him by the hair, but Zero's hold was tight and escaping his hold was impossible.

"Thud!"

The other demi human dropped on the ground with his eyes wide open. Purpled blood flowed on the ground ceaselessly while Zero and Lhun Marchand's silhouette can no longer be seen inside the room.

Several individuals clad in the same long black robe came inside the room, their expressions hidden by their mask, but the overpowering aura that they were producing could make any men tremble in fright.

They saw a slightly messy room and one of their companions who was still clutching his neck as he gurgled purple blood. Before they can even approach him, they realized that he already stopped moving. 

The leading demi human among the group glanced at his dead underling with a contorted expression which was hidden by his mask, and his rising aura brought chills towards the other demi humans inside the room.