Chapter 87: Monsters In The Sky
"What happened?! Was I blasted away by a kid?" Richard asked himself in confusion, and sat up, staring at Juliana in surprise. The sheer force of the impact had scrambled his senses, leaving a ringing in his ears that he hadn’t experienced since his days crawling through low-tier dungeons.
’That attack even cracked my life-saving treasure...’ He stood up, and the next moment, burst out laughing. The realization that an ant had managed to draw blood from a dragon shattered his fragile composure, twisting his humiliation into absolute, manic fury.
"Hahahahah!!! I got knocked down by a Kid!! This is so thrilling!!" He yelled, as his energy burst out from him, spreading all over the place:
"With that attack, it shows you are truly an F-Rank! Without that Armor, you are nothing!! How dare you look down on me!!" He yelled, and vanished completely, entering stealth.
’Shit!! The Guild Leader is going to use that move!!’ The Vice Guild Leader exclaimed, and with a sign, she and their members leaped backward, creating distance. To be caught in the crossfire of their leader’s ultimate attack meant certain death, regardless of their SS-Rank status.
Juliana moved her spirit energy, and gently picked up all the unconscious guards, placing them inside the house, her gaze fixed ahead.
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In the distance, concealed from everyone present, ten figures stood midair, with slight frowns on their faces. They were the true rulers of the Awakened society—apex predators who treated city-leveling battles as nothing more than afternoon entertainment.
"That fool said it, she is just an F-Rank, did he have to use his ultimate move?" An old woman asked, holding a golden walking cane.
"What can we do Dean? We can’t stop him." The young man standing beside her said with a smirk, clearly lying.
"The weakest amongst us could kill him with a single finger, why won’t we be able to stop him!" She snapped at him, raising her cane. The pressure radiating from the old woman alone was enough to suffocate an ordinary SSS-Rank.
"Calm down, he is right, we can’t just reveal ourselves." Margaret Celestial said, crossing her arms on her chest, and continued:
"That girl, she is Juliana Royalwood, daughter of a small noble family."
"Royalwood? That family is already bankrupted, and lost their noble title." Another lady said with a slight frown.
"I know that." Margaret exhaled, closing her eyes: "She married the youngest son of Starfire family, but they were all exiled to Silverspire without any assets to their names."
An old man said, shaking his head: "You shouldn’t tie them to Starfire family. You said they are exiled, but why don’t we ask someone from the family." He said, and turned to the four people standing some feet before them, three men and one lady.
"What do you say, Miss Luna?" He asked.
Luna looked over her shoulder at them: "I have nothing to say to that. But remember, Asher is my baby brother. I am the only one allowed to deal with him... For his wives, I don’t care." She said, turning her gaze back to the scene.
To her, Asher was more important than anyone in that Villa; but was he truly important? Her obsession with her brother was a toxic mix of possessiveness and a dark desire to break his spirit completely.
The red hair young man standing beside Luna turned his head to her side profile:
"Do you truly mean what you just said?" He asked in a calm tone.
"Of course, Tyson... And I also don’t care about the Mythic-Tier equipment." Luna said with a smile, but inwardly, she was cursing.
’I fucking care about those equipment! But what can I do? These ten are all monsters, especially these three men on my right... Even with my full strength, I might not win.’
She looked over her shoulder at the old man:
’Same with this old hag, even my Father won’t dare mess with her. The rest are also powerful... We might all be SSS-RANK, but there is still a gigantic difference between SSS-RANK Awakened... I am still too weak, so instead of offending these monsters, I could simply get to their best side.’ She turned to Tyson:
’Tyson Vulcan; The Guild Leader of Gods Guild, the top one strongest guild in the whole world, with more than one hundred SSS-RANK behind him, his influence is on par with my family.’ She turned to the man standing beside Tyson.
’Lord Daniel, The true Leader of Awakened Association, no one knows his strength, but no one has seen him fight.’ Luna exhaled, looking over her shoulder at the old woman:
’That old woman is the Dean of imperial Awakened Academy, the number one academy. They might look friendly, but they’re all ruthless. Oh well, I shouldn’t look down on myself, I can’t win against these four, but the others aren’t a threat.’
She turned her head to the villa, easily seeing through Richard’s stealth: ’I want to see how much my brother has developed.’
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On the ground, Juliana moved her gaze around, a frown appearing on her face: her Amulet gave her the ability to see through stealth, but it could only see through those five ranks above her... Richard on the other hand was beyond that radar. The mathematical reality of the system was absolute; F-Rank to SSS-Rank spanned eight vast tiers, rendering her divine artifact momentarily blind to his specific stealth.
"Divine-Tier Skill, Demonic Tornado." Richard’s words echoed all over the place.
BOOOOM!!
The wind instantly picked up, and before everyone’s gaze, a ten meters high tornado formed before them, and started spinning violently. The funnel clouded black with condensed, lethal energy, shredding the atmospheric pressure.
"What a useless Awakened, using his ultimate move just to deal with an F-Rank in armor... Truly an embarrassment." Tyson said with a cold expression.
"Then he should be taken down from his post!!" The young man behind him said with a smirk.
"No, he is just being cautious, that is a Mythic-Tier full set after all, we don’t know their true abilities yet." The old woman pointed out, staring at the tornado below.
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"Demonic Tornado!! Finishing strike!!"
BOOOOM!!
The tornado exploded, spreading out in all directions like a sonic wave with the strength of a mountain.
BOOOOM!!!
The attack smashed right into Juliana, moved past her, and smashed heavily on the Villa, creating huge cracks on the surface. The wave moved ahead, destroying every single decoration and flowers in the estate, turning everything into ruins. The shockwave pulverized the expensive marble pillars and tore the manicured gardens down to the bedrock, turning the luxurious compound into a desolate crater of dust and debris.