Other than the injury, Mikael felt nothing else. Whatever that blade was supposed to, it had failed in doing. And Mikael was equally surprised to see his innate ability taking action. It was not to his awareness that it had such a function.
This he still did not show on his face, he maintained the panicked look you would expect from someone who had been affected by the effect.
"Was that your trump card…" Mikael asked with gritted teeth, seeing that [Carnifex] was not pushing his new advantage, it was obvious he had something to say. Internally, he was trying to deduce the sudden burst of speed, or was it not speed at all.
"Are you ready to talk now. I'll ask again, tell me where Sarah is and maybe I'll give you a quick death." [Carnifex] His posture was casual. It came to a surprise to him that instead of answering, the newbie charged at him again ready to fight.
[Carnifex] vanished, appearing to the newbies' right side, his blade ready to strike, before he vanished again right as the newbie turned to attack and he slashed out at his side drawing blood. The newbie looked to be in great pain, raising his sword high charging forward once again to attack.
[Carnifex] vanished again, the newbie's sword passing through air and he appeared above the newbie. [Carnifex] while still in the air kicked out his leg connecting with the newbie's raised arms and throwing him off a distance.
His plan was to knock the sword out of his hands, but the newbie's grip looked to be stronger.
[carnifex] Vanished once again, appearing behind the retreating figure and slashed again drawing blood, he vanished as the attack came and slashed again this time across his chest. He did this over and over to the point he was starting to be surprised by the newbie's resilience.
But seeing how heavy his breathing had gotten, how bloodied his body had become and the mad gleam that was growing in his eyes, he was sure the newbie was about to fall. But he felt a strangeness to what was happening.
The newbie charged again, his speed obviously slowed and [Carnifex] noticed, it looked like it was time to end things. He had been trying as much as possible avoid instantly killing the newbie.
A dead man wouldn't give him the information he needed, he did the same routine, he waited for a perfect moment, vanished before the newbies attack could land and he again appeared behind him, once more to add another attack like many others before.
Thud
"I think…" He heard the newbie speak, but [Carnifex] was more fixed on what had just happened. Right before his attack could land, he wasn't sure what exactly had happened. But somehow the newbie attacked him, and it had landed!
"…I think I understand your pattern. "He heard the newbie speak, a provocative smile returning to his bloodied mouth. But that could not be, that was impossible, he suddenly had a sinking feeling.
He did it again, this time he attacked himself, vanishing around the newbie countless times waiting for the perfect moment to attack and it came soon.
'Now' [Carnifex] appeared at what he thought was a blind spot, the newbie attention diverted for a second and slashed outwards, just as his slash was approaching and he noticed the newbie was about to attack he vanished again appeared elsewhere this time his attack true, ready to loop of the newbies outstretched arm.
'You should train for a decade before you think you can predict me.' He though smugly and he even now believed that earlier attack was nothing more than a fluke. Maybe his body had simply reacted on its own.
SMACK!!
It happened then just as his slash was about to land, the newbie completely disappeared from his vision, suddenly, [Carnifex] experiences a burst of pain running throughout his chin.
Like a jolt of electricity that instantly numbed his entire body and made his reasoning mush, how was this possible!?
Mikael lowered his raised leg, quickly changing his body to another stance. His muscles coiled, his body ready for Impact!
[Water stream technique: Crashing stream impact]!!!
Boom
His arm was pulled backwards and in an instant while [Carnifex]'s body was still midair his arm punched forward, like a speeding train, flesh met flesh and the impact was like a collision of two opposing forces.
Mikael had felt his arm slam into a mass of extreme hardness, but his attack still collided. He exerted himself, drawing even more strength, his muscle releasing just before the full force could be exerted from his body and a second explosion was released from the point of contact. A second impact against flesh.
It was like a spring that had just released its accumulated energy and under the double force, the body was violently thrown off, impacting the ground harshly.
"Hahaha, you're truly predictable, [Carnifex]" Mikael was truly amused, this fight was truly interesting. Just by focusing on that sense of danger of his and ignoring everything else, Mikael had been able to predict how the man would attack.
He would ignore the feints, the attacks that would cause no damage and focus on the fatal blow. He could have chosen to not take any damage at all simply by using hardening to its max but where was the fun in that!
Safety would not allow him to grow stronger and by the system notification Micael was obviously doing the right thing
[Perception 35 -> 36]
But despite these, Mikael was still worried. Barely two minutes had passed, and the Terminators were still moving in his direction. It was a miracle that none had arrived yet. The fact he was still unaware of Pops' location only added to his worry.
"You were pretending. The Necrosis, it has no effect on you." [carnifex] stood slowly while clutching at his stomach. It was most likely he had internal bleeding but that could not hide his shock. How was that exactly possible.
How was a newbie unaffected by the curse within his blade, it made no sense. He was already aware that this newbie was an oddity, the clues already pointed out. But how was he doing all of these.
He had removed the possibility of this newbie having a backing, the fact that he had shown no overpowered equipment only proved these. For this moment, [Carnifex] even forgot about his mission.
"Ahh, we have a genius among us." Mikael said sarcastically but past [Carnifex] he finally saw something that eased his worries.
"Too bad for you, kid. You should have just told me what I wanted and let me kill you quickly. But now, you've caught my interest." [Carnifex] said, and for the first time, Mikael saw a part of his face. A long grotesque tongue came from under his mask.
The papillae within his tongue somehow giving it a disgusting look. Mikael noticed the excitement within his emotions, and he suddenly had this air as if he had already won.
"Now kid, you'll tell me all your secrets."
[Carnifex] brough the machete to his mouth, his tongue drawing a long line along the blade, but it was not the blade his tongue was licking, it was the blood still present on the blade.
His tongue took it all in and he suddenly felt an exhilaration as the blood entered his mouth. It tasted sweet, the taste of victory.
He saw the rising panic rising within the newbie's eyes, and he was sure. There would be no more surprises.
[Blood Curdle] this was an ability that despite having little combat destructiveness, its uses in killing was even more so great. This ability allowed him to paralyze his opponents under the condition that he was able to ingest their blood.
The time for which the paralysis lasted varied depending on the person's blood type as well as several other factors that did not matter for now.
What was important was that this ability allowed him to paralyze his opponent for a short period of time and for Dreamers, a short moment was a time anything could happen. It was like being in someone's palm without a way of escaping.
This ability, it was the reason he was able to kill all that had gotten in his way. It was the reason many thought of him as a monster to ignore, it was the reason he had gotten his most well-know Code name-Carnifex, which in simple translation was the Executioner!
Crack crack
[Carnifex] had already seen the newbie would not talk easily, so it was time to use harsher means. He cracked his knuckles in shear exhilaration.
"We're both going to enjoy this…" It happened fast, faster before his sentence could even exit his mouth, a fist appeared within his vision in an instant.
There had been no indication of the attack even happening, it had just appeared Infront of his face, as if that was where it was meant to be, he could not even react, that was how fast the attack had been. And then there was pain, pain greater than anything he had ever felt.
He could feel his own skull crack, his nose shatter and his brain become mush.
Boom! Thud! Crack.
…
[Notice: Dreamer has been affected by quirk ability-Blood Curdle]
[Notice: Dreamer has been affected by paralysis effect]
[Notice: Innate ability- Supreme body control has taken effect]
[Notice: Innate ability-Supreme body control has greater precedence]
[Notice: Paralysis effect has been dispelled]
The moment [Carnifex] had ingested his blood, Mikael had felt a weird sensation throughout his body. But before even he could understand what was happening, his innate ability took effect dispelling the strangeness in an instance.
Mikael seeing the opportunity once again presented to him showed no hesitation. It was easy enough for him to fake panic and fear, the fact he knew what was supposed to happen only made things easier as he waited for [Carnifex] to approach, and the time was now!
[Water stream technique: Viper fang + Crashing stream impact], [Skill Activated: Cyber rift}
BOOM!
His fist blasted forward, from the fake stillness to instance action and connected perfectly with the face of [carnifex]. Exactly at the same time, Mikael activated the skill within the Terminator's bionic arm.
It was like an accumulation of purple energy building up within his arm and when his fist landed, flesh meeting flesh, the shockwave of purple energy slammed into the man's body with savage fury.
He felt the crashing of bone on his hand, the implosion of blood vessels and the dislodging of teeth.
"Now!" Mikael shouted as the body was launched from him, still midair. His shout was for Pops who he had spotted on top of a building lugging along with the M134.
He was slightly injured, skin peeled of exposing hard steel, but his hold was firm. Pops aimed the M134 at the launched mass, his red eyes locking onto its movement path, he finally pressed down on the trigger.
"[Incendiary Storm]!!!
[WHRRRRR-BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR]
A trail of fire was released like a fury of burning Sulphur. It was like the end of days, all within the range of the bullet storm was reduced to burning rubble.
The body that had been impacted still midair was impacted by the Incendiary storm, shredding further into the still surviving mass. Flesh was torn apart reduced to nothing. The bullet storm finally stopped after 12 seconds.
"You have been Terminated." Pops gave a thumbs up to Mikael as he said these words. It was time they got out of here. They had wasted enough time already.
His rush was also partially because Mikael had received no system indication showing the death of [Carnifex]
Mikael used one of his Helicopter Extraction token. The only reason he hadn't used it earlier was fear that the Terminators would equally move to follow in an aerial pursuit, but so long had already passed without nothing of the sort.
[Notice: You ride will arrive in 20 seconds]
He signaled for the Terminator to be ready for extraction, but Mikael had kept his eyes on the burning body with the awareness that it was [Carnifex] was still alive.
CRACK CRACK
He noticed the movement from the burning flesh. The fire disappeared at a visible rate, and soon, he saw how flesh begun to heal, wounds knitting back together and burnt flesh replaced by new skin.
A new wave of danger washed over him, this time more lethal than the last. The man stood then, and Mikael sensed the chaotic emotions a mixture of shock anger and a sick killing intent.
The man's mask had been blown of somewhere during the fight.
"…Did you see… did you see my face!!??" [Carnifex] spoke with intensity in his voice. The calmness was gone replaced with nothing but anger. His teeth were clenched, his eyes red with growing madness.
"I understand now why you would hide your face. If I was as ugly as you, I would do the same." His mocking smile grew wide seeing the last shred of rationality of the man disappear.
His skin started to bloat, ulcers like injuries growing all over his body. His large mass only grew larger and even more monstrous unnatural muscles growth growing through his body.
Its mouth looked to rip apart wide and tentacle like appendages ripped through the opening that was its mouth.
ROARRRR!
A sound like death came from its mouth as it charged forward, its speed greater than anything it had shown so far.
[Skill Activated: Black Fog]
"I would like to chat but…" Mikael summoned a mass of dark fog, instantly covering the entire area. The beast with its speed had launched itself into the fog waving its arm violently in search of the newbie.
Cletch.
A sound of something ripping come from it and suddenly, its arm grew longer expanding into a long tentacle like appendage.
The appendage coiled and [Carnifex] whipped it forward, the sheer force of its movement blowing the black fog away.
It finally saw the newbie it had been chasing, now quickly becoming a black dot, waving his arm at him in a military fare well.
"…I have a flight to catch ugly." Mikael smiled while giving a bow to the raging beast down below. The fact that the beast had not teleported over only made his smile wider and only made [Carnifex] himself rage more.
ROARRRRR!
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