Cosmic Paragon-Chapter 80: Rage

"HAH! You actually think that you who are merely just a 2 Star mage with your pitiful 2000 Battle Power can fight against a 30,000 Battle Power 3 star mage like myself?"

"Haha, you must be delusional." Bridge laughed disdainfully. "Did you let the rumors about you killing a Grade 3 Magic Beast go to your head?. You really are a fool if you did."

He was very unhappy that Drake dared to say such words to him. As a 3 Star mage, he felt Drake’s challenge to him was an insult to him.

’To think this insect dares to talk to me like this.’ Bridge felt fury surging in his heart.

Drake nodded and he said. "You are right that as a 2 star mage it would be delusional to think of fighting against you as I am right now. In fact I wouldn’t have been able to kill those Grade 3 Magic Beasts if it weren’t for my friends working together with me."

Bridge snorted, "Humph, at least you know your place."

"However, you fail to understand something. Don’t misread my words; I did not say I would be fighting against you. In a true one on one fight, the current me would definitely lose without a doubt. But that is why I will not be fighting but killing. I don’t really know how to fight, but I do know how to kill."

"As a 3 Star mage, it would take you about half a second to mobilize your magic power. But at this distance, I can kill you at least seven times in that half-second time it would take you to mobilize your 3 Star magic power."

"Don’t laugh, I’m not joking. I only play with my friends and I should remind you that you do not fall under that category of people. And if you don’t believe me, I will be more than happy to show you. Just say one more disrespectful thing about my parents and I swear on the last drop of my blood, you will not see tomorrow’s sunrise."

"You are already the first outsider to get away with a first warning, there will not be a second. So take this chance and run, but if you test me, you will fail." Drake finished on a low tone and his killing intent exploded. His killing intent completely covered the whole building.

It was so dense and sharp, that even the audience and others that were quite far felt like there was a sharp sword pressed against their necks.

Ever since Drake had lost his foster parents in that unfortunate incident with the Black Gate eight years ago, Drake had sworn that no matter how much bullying he went through in the Black Clan, he would bear it. But the one thing that he would never tolerate is if anybody ever dared to be disrespectful to or insult the image of his parents.

If anyone from the Black clan ever did so, then they would at least walk away with a bloody nose. However, if an outsider ever dared to cross that line, then it did not matter who their father was or whose father they were, Drake would bring down the whole fury of heaven and earth on the head of the offender.

There had been three different cases where someone had cursed Drake’s parents while he was out playing vigilante in his Paragon persona.

As for the result, let’s just say after the Federal Bureau of investigation, CIA and CSI were done with the crime scene. They classified them as under the list of the top five most painful and gruesome murders in history.

There had been some controversy over that claim among agencies, but after the Shield, MIB and the Plumbers had been invited the whole thing had calmed.

...

Cassandra and Sophia also shut up and were staring at Drake silently, they could sense a scary aura coming from Drake. It was something even scarier than the pressure from a Grade 3 Magic Beast.

This was no ordinary aura, it was the aura of Killing intent, the aura of death.

Bridge instantly sensed an ominous premonition.

He had no idea why but when he looked into those cold sharp eyes of Drake’s, he felt an aura of impending death, which frightened him.

His pride was telling him to put this ignorant little prick in his place. But his instincts were telling him otherwise.

They were screaming at him to run!

At this moment, Bridge could not advance forward or retreat. If he dared to advance, he would face death.

The turmoil that was caused inside him as a result of this contradiction gave him an upset stomach. And he suddenly didn’t know what to do.

The Twins, the Wolff Brothers, the girls and the audience all held their breaths, no one dared to breathe too loudly. Most of them did not understand what was going on, they just knew that the atmosphere suddenly turned stifling like a kind of invisible pressure had been placed on their chests and was weighing down on their backs.

Logan was still busy enjoying his smoke and joking around with the lady with the Panther tattoo in the upper room, when he felt the abrupt change in the atmosphere.

She immediately stood from her place, as the killing intent made her feel uncomfortable. She felt like she was in danger.

The Panther lady frowned, ’This is Killing intent!" she said in a solemn voice.

Logan also nodded and gave a command to his home AI, "Show me who is fighting and who is currently being provoked. Find the source of the murderous intent."

There was a feminine voice that responded, "Yes Master Logan."

Shortly after, a screen projected the situation over with Drake and his group in confrontation with Bridge..

"That’s the Vice leader of the Empyreans. It looks like he’s facing off with Drake and his group. The Wolff brothers are also there so it’s nothing to worry about. If he does anything rash the Brothers can easily cut him down to size." the scarred man with long arms said while still laying back in his chair.

The lady shook her head, "If it were them being provoked they would have already attacked by now, but from he killing intent I’m picking up and the situation on the screen, it’s clear that they’re not the ones being targeted."

Then she added, "The twins don’t have killing intent on this level. Even in their 7Day Wolf form, they only have that terrifying intimidating aura whose pressure can render any opponent weak in the knees. But they still don’t have killing intent. Only someone that has killed before can develop killing intent that gets stronger the more they kill. And even I don’t have killing intent this pure."

"It’s their boss." Logan suddenly spoke.

"That Drake?" the panther lady’s eyes narrowed.

"That’s right." Logan nodded and then gestured towards the screen. "Do you see the look in his eyes? That indifferent yet focused look, that’s the look only someone who has killed till they no longer consider killing anything has. He might look like that right now, but that is just the calm before the storm."

"Right now he is just like a true beast hunting it’s prey, calm, quiet and reserved. But if he were to attack it would be a thunderous strike that would kill the target in one blow." Logan grinned he liked that look in Drake’s eyes very much.

As a Transformer type mage, he had some of the characteristic berserk nature of beasts so he was very warlike.

The other two also stared at Drake with a more serious look in their eyes.

Logan suddenly ordered, "Get me the leader of the Empyreans!"

The long armed man inquired puzzled, "Huh, what for?"

"Logan is right. Drake will be in danger against a 3 Star mage like Bridge." the Panther lady nodded. The long armed man also realized this point.

But Logan was not thinking that. "On the contrary, I am more worried that Drake really will kill that idiot. If Drake really is as scary as I think he is, then that idiot is in mortal danger right now."

"He might be a 3 Star mage, but with how close they are to each other Drake can kill him a few times before he can even get the chance to activate his magic power."

The other two also thought about it and realized that he was really right.

Logan called out, "Get me Richard, and tell him to get his dog out of there before he get’s himself killed."

"Huh, you want to save him?" the long armed man raised an eyebrow at Logan. This wasn’t how Logan usually did things so it surprised him.

Logan sighed, "I know, as much as I really do want to see Drake in action, it would be bad if he started dropping bodies in my territory."

The Panther lady asked startled, "Do you actually really think that Drake will dare to kill him?"

"After speaking to Drake earlier I think I understand a little bit of his personality. People like this guy are usually very hard to anger, but if you do manage to touch on their reverse scale and piss them off they don’t give empty threats. His killing intent is like the devils sword. Once it’s drawn it won’t stop until it sees blood so it’s best to never push them or there will definitely be a calamity to follow." Logan said solemnly.

...

Drake stared calmly at Bridge. There was a knife he had been using with the food earlier in his hand that no one had noticed.

Right now he was waiting. He had already given the warning, so he was just waiting. Waiting for bridge to give him an excuse to do what he was feeling.

Actually, Bridge should be grateful. If they weren’t in Alpha academy right now Drake would have attacked first the moment the offense was made before talking later.

If it were not because they were in Alpha academy territory, Drake would have already attacked long ago. But because this was someone else’s territory and there were rules that were keeping him from doing as he pleased he had given a warning, so at least if the offender continued to court death nobody would say Drake did not give a warning.

Drake was waiting, and Bridge was stuck.

Continue or retreat? He didn’t know which to do. It was irritating him that it was taking him so long to decide on such a thing when the one on the other side was just a 2 Star mage.

"What’s going on here?"

"Master Richard, you’re here."

"What’s going on here? Why are you causing trouble? Alright enough of this we’re leaving now."

Miss Sophia, I’m sorry if my people caused you any inconvenience. If you’ll excuse me, my business here is done so I will be leaving now." he said softly.

Richard threw a glance at Drake one more time then turned and left.

Richard might have left but Drake’s gaze lingered on him for a second. ’This person is extremely powerful.’ That was Long Chen’s first thought. In just that one glance, Drake had sensed an incredible hostility and a threatening pressure from Richard.

Drake withdrew his killing intent and returned to his meal, but he had already lost interest after that. And even though the others tried to cheer him up it wasn’t really working so he gave an excuse that he was tired and needed some sleep and retired for the night.

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