"Radhaan, we can talk… don't act irrationally." remembering the quest's condition, Johan frowned. Unharmed. Maybe it already failed.
He nodded to Kirin and Melodis by his side, his gaze sharpening. 'After the transformation, my Aether reserves have evolved to another level… but the real Johan was just a… nerd, like me.'
Johan never trained anything beside basic martial arts, and daily workouts. Focusing all his time on complex healing spells—cures to different kinds of poisons, diseases, that probably only ten people effected by in the entire recorded history.
'Guess the guy was passionate…' Sighed Johan, remembering his past days at the medical school.
Kirin took a stance with dazed eyes, she obviously still didn't recover from the moment with Johan, 'He never acted so… direct… is everything okay with him?' she also clearly felt the change in Johan's aura, his aether reserves already above hers.
Whoosh!
Radhaan appeared right in front of Johan, his expression curious. "Can we? I don't have anything to talk about with a traitor." he said righteously, adjusting his top hat with a frown.
Sebastian was still raised high in his hand, grabbed tightly from his moustache, Radhaan's hand glowing with purple sparks time to time.
"Hehe, isn't that ironic…" Johan appeared right next to Kirin, still holding Marino, a mocking smile tugging at his lips.
Radhaan's eyes twitched, schooling his expression, he continued nonchalantly. "I am the supre commander of the entire army, serving my Empire duty fully for more than 25 years… are you suggesting, I am a traitor?" His voice dropped low at the end.
Johan walked closer, followed closely by Kirin, which made Radhaan raise his guard, but smile even colder. "There is this terrorist organization the entire world—all 5 human empires, folks from Devil's land, elves, dwarfs had been united to hunt for…"
Radhaan's expression faltered, some sweat appearing on his forehead, but he replied with a perfect poker face. "Alistar? I heard your father, Raymond Daystar, is the second in command of those terrorists." Radhaan chuckled, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
"There is no point deceiving me Radhaan, I know everything, and you also know the truth about my 'betrayal'... who're you even trying to lie to… yourself?" Johan smirked devlishly, his white teeth shinning in the dark night.
Radhaan's eyes widened, his hands moved, but—
"I already sent this information to certain people in the Aurelian Empire… if I don't stop them, Leonard will be getting a surprise…" Johan's cold voice instantly stopped Radhaan, his hand just 2 centimeters away from paralyzed Sebastian's throat.
Kirin scratched her white hair in confusion, she got the Alistar part, she had fought with one of their members, and formed a kind of rivalry with her.
She also used Flame magic, so when they fought, it was a competition of whose flames are hotter, and in the end Kirin was wounded all-over, while she escaped unharmed.
There's not a day she doesn't remember those hollow black eyes. 'But, what connection does that bastard Radhaan has with them?'
"...Are you threatening me?" Radhaan's face immediately darkened, he put more emphasis at the word "me".
It was given that Radhaan could, even now, kill all three of them all on his own, just like how he instantly neutralized Sebastian, who even had his guard up.
But it all meant nothing in front the speed of light. He perceives time much slower than everyone, so slow, it barely even passes.
So for him, Sebastian was just a toddler looking up at the sky in the middle of the road, and Radhaan was the one on a tank that can move like a sportscar. Ofcourse the toddler would be crushed.
'I guess the downside will be that he can't perceive the beauty of colours." Johan sighed with a trembling heart.
It was true, human eye perceives colour when the eye reflects the light from the sun, this process is obviously impossible when someone is light itself.
Radhaan is blind, and all he perceives is bunch of bobbly vomit of colourful lights, which made him rely completely on his Aether sensing to even walk.
"...What if I am." Johan said simply, patting the dust off his grey t-shirt nonchalantly.
Purple veins appeared on Radhaan's forehead, his breathing becoming ragged, "How do you know!?" he instantly assumed someone on his side had snitched.
There were only 8 people in the world who knew that Radhaan, the hero of the Aurelian Empire, Member of the seven seats, the commander of the Divine Generals, the supreme commander of the Military was the one behind—
The greatest threat to humanity; Alistar, the terrorist organization with the bounty of over ten billion gold pounds combined, responsible for thousands of terrorist attacks all over the world.
Crack!
Ground shook. Like an earthquake, but much worse, as if planet itself was crumbling.
Dark purple lightning flashed through the ground, instantly, dust flew high. Ground began to shatter, massive cracks appearing all over the area.
Boom! Boom!
Kirin, and Johan floated in air, using aether as a push themselves up, staring down with a frown.
Every last house, rocks, mountains, began to fall, crumbling to dust.
Fortunately, it seemed Marino had warned the town's mayor about something happening, and most were probably already evacuated.
It was Radhaan, he didn't move, attack, or anything, Just letting a little bit of his blood lust loose, and… Vexely was no more.
"Melodis!!" Johan yelled as loud as he could, covering himself in a full body slime armour long suit, with golden texture and millions of symbols arched on its edges—melted Aether reinforcement.
A high level technique original Johan learned to make sure he always stays alive, before leaving for anything risky, he always covered his body fully with melted healing Aether.
Burning giant wings manifested out of Kirin's back, the night brightening with the light coming from them.
Kirin stared at her body, startled. 'This… this is the great spirit's power!? Spirit magic? How? I don't have that kind of connection with the Great spirit Melodis…' her eyes widened, but then she thought back at what happened in limbo, her eyes softened.
Then, a blood thirsty grin appeared on her face. With this power, she could actually contest with Radhaan.
'No, it's nowhere close! But, it would be enough…" Mused Johan, an evil grin appearing on his handsome face.
He had used the upgraded version of Spirit pact to let both Kirin, and Melodis form a connection.
A.N.= Guys, your boy just got accepted for a curriculum that he was trying hard to get in at uni. I say it was brutal, but hey congratulations to me. I am so sorry for unedited chapter, I didn't had my laptop with me because of the trouble at uni (which has grammarly) I did the minor editing on my mobile to make it readable, but I will edit/update it tonight. Stay tuned so that we are going to go crazyyy.
One more thing, some people complained that you 'advertised' it wrong by giving a title like that, and going completely offrail( The daughter-father reunion) If you were thinking the same, I promise we didn't.
Selene is very much still effecting the story, for now she's actively hunting for Johan to kill him by her own hands, the hatred is only getting deeper. But I see the point people made, they expected a father redeeming himself, and the drama with the daughter: In short, its still relevant, I swear! Just wait, let the story flow, see new people, new locations, new stories, this world is very big, and beautiful!!