Magus Supremacy-Chapter 854: Gear 3? (1)

Chapter 854

The air crackled with a silent intensity as every single person there struggled to absorb the hybrid’s words.

It was like he was trying to justify his wrongdoings and at the same not justify them.

Nobody understood anything anymore.

Gunther just stared at the man blankly without any emotion appearing on his features.

He couldn’t believe it. His whole life was an experiment.

Unconsciously, his mind crawled back to his twentieth birthday when Orion asked a strange peculiar question after Gunther had come back from a mission:

"Do you feel hot inside? Like something crawling around in your cells threatening to break out. Or any peckish feeling inside your body. Do you feel any of these?"

Earlier, he had thought the man was concerned for his well-being especially because the beast he had gone to deal with were quite powerful and could affect a human’s metabolism.

So he had dismissed the question as a rare concerned father moment. But now...

... Now it didn’t sound like a concerned father moment. More like a scientist trying to figure out if his test subject was beginning to respond to their experiments.

Gunther finally showed an emotion. His hands were squeezed into tight fists. Teeth grinding back and forth in blazing anger.

He felt disgusted. He felt unknowingly used.

Now this further added to the resentment he felt towards the man before him. He thought maybe there was still a little bit of connection between them both.

But he was wrong. All illusions were shattered and now he wished for the man before him to die. He wished to kill him with his own hands.

Alas! He didn’t have that strength to do anything.

Not only was his Ki depleted, but even if he had his Dantian filled to the brim, there was nothing he could do against the monster before them.

Their case was a lost cause at the moment especially with the fact that not only was Grey weakened, his will was shattered as he kept relieving the memories of the past over and over again.

"Now," Orion uttered with a wide grin on his face, mist seeped out of his nostrils and mouth.

He uncrossed his hands.

"... Let’s get the killing started."

With an explosive bang, he exploded towards the kneeling mage with speed far beyond anything a human on earth was capable of.

Now that they had seen his beast form, it all made sense how he was so strong and fast all through the battle.

With nothing holding him back, he decided to go all out.

With the speed of light, he crossed the distance appearing before Grey with his pincer-like claws lifted above his head and sent crashing towards the mage’s head.

The claws split the air as a deafening bang echoed out with thunderous intensity while the claws sped towards Grey’s head aiming to split it in half like a pumpkin of some kind.

CLANG—!

Two red swords could be seen underneath the claws that were deadly close to Grey’s head.

A woman with crimson hair could be seen glaring at the beast before her with murderous intent.

Crack—! Shatter—!

The swords gave way almost immediately; unable to bear the brunt of Orion’s attack.

But the objective was completed already. Sera had already lunged forward pulling Grey out of the way in the nick of time as the claws proceeded to eviscerate the ground where the mage knelt a moment ago.

Debris billowed into the air with a violent shockwave flinging Alba away like a doll.

Skipping against the ground was Sera who covered the mage with her body against any lingering shockwave.

Tilting his head to the side, Orion caught sight of the unmoving mage only for him to take a single step.

He appeared before Sera as his claws were now hurled towards the woman with rapid velocity.

In a second, a tower shield appeared in the path of the claws.

CLANG—!

A deafening ring echoed out with vibrating force causing everybody to close their ears as it made their eardrums shudder.

A bright cadence immediately appeared on the surface of the shield illuminating Orion’s face for a moment then,

KA-BOOOOOM—! 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

’Shoot.’ Brook cursed inwardly as the blast that came out from the shield, the force sent his own body sliding uncontrollably backward like an out of a control truck.

BAM—!

The blast smashed into Orion with tremendous force that the man...beast was sent skidding backward for a few inches.

The light settled leaving Brook baffled.

’It-It did nothing against him? The blast had been enough to send Rowen flying earlier. How didn’t it—?’

Before the hybrid could move again, Thalos was already before him.

His greatsword was hauled forward with deadly speed.

But it was parried away by Orion’s claws which sent the sword flying away with full force.

Without wasting a second, the hybrid moved faster than Thalos could perceive. His jaws widened to unnatural length as it aimed at chomping his head off.

Before they could strike the gargoyle, two axes shattered into the hybrid’s face stunning him for a fraction of a second.

More than enough for Thalos to leap away in time.

SNAP—!

The jaws closed on the empty air with a deafening snap that sounded like the maws of a dragon shutting.

If Thalos had a human heart, it would have been pounding with incredible intensity.

Stepping a few inches backward, Orion decided to scan the hall to see the humans that were now banding together.

Alba, Thalos, Lance, Brook, Judy and finally, Lilly who had her arrows nocked on her bow.

The rest stayed far away as they couldn’t even hope to want to match the man’s speed before them.

"Ha~ and how are you weaklings supposed to stop me?"

"You are right,"

An unexpected voice spoke up with firmness drawing all eyes to his direction.

It was Grey.

He slightly pushed Sera away from his body and then staggered to his feet. Blood spilling down his face but was starting to close off.

A shimmering light appeared around his hand and in a second, Clara appeared in his grip.

With just a mental command, the sword glowed with a bright cadence.

Lifting his sleeve, he wiped the blood off his face as he turned towards Finral’s direction.

"I know you hate me at the moment, but unfortunately for you; I can’t die anytime soon unless I eradicate all Otherworlders. I have already promised my two mums this."

The light flowed to his hands and soon enough, his eyes crackled with lightning.

’Huh? Wasn’t his mana depleted just now?’ Fenrir wondered in confusion until,

"Time for gear three," Grey sighed as the sword disappeared from his hand.

Mana began overflowing in his body as his eyes began glowing a bright white glow; his hair floating above his shoulders.

"Breakthrough."

BOOOM!