CHAPTER 223: CLEARING THE WAY

Liam touched Jason’s shoulder and Jason felt an invigorating feeling pass through his body as Liam’s mana washed over him. Jason turned to Liam curiously and Liam just shrugged.

"It’s not much, but that should boost your stats by about thirty percent for the next hour. Okay, so what now?"

Jason didn’t really need the stat boost, but he was grateful for it. Especially since he was running low on mana from the massive distance he had covered using the previous [King’s Substitute].

[Predator’s Gaze] has been activated.

Jason’s eyes bled to red as he activated this skill, and he watched as the area in front of him brightened up immediately. The hallway was lined with various broken vases and splintered wood, and there were dead bodies littering the floor. Jason narrowed his eyes to focus his [Predator’s Gaze] even more, and he gained a smile when he saw red silhouettes standing behind the wall at the end of the hallway. They were waiting for Jason to get closer so they could attack, and Jason couldn’t help but chuckle in amusement as he began to head into the darkness.

Jason activated his [Black Fog] and the entire hallway suddenly filled up with a dark smoke that prevented anyone from seeing anything at all! Liam immediately began to take steps back in surprise when he saw the fog, but Jason told him to stay still. Jason sent a message to two of his subordinates and he watched as they appeared from his Alternate dimension and walked into the real world. The first person was Rosa Santos, one of the twins who tried to kill Jason earlier, and the second person was the Dragonborn imperial guard that Jason had killed while rescuing Riyala. Jason immediately commanded both of them to go and clear out the various superhumans hiding in the shadows.

Rosa charged forward first! Her ability [Schrödinger] was already active so it didn’t matter how powerful the superhumans in front of her were or how much they had been supported by Katarina! Her base abilities immediately surged to match their own, and she turned the corner of the hallway in a perfect spin that positioned her right beside the first superhuman!

Slash!

Her blade tore through the superhuman’s neck and he let out a strangled cry as he stumbled back in pain and fell to the ground!

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The user has skilled [1] B Rank Superhuman

+150 Kill Points

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There was another superhuman beside him, and he immediately tried to use an artifact to fire at Rosa! But Rosa fell back into the fog before he could fire the weapon and his attack missed by a mile! He started to breathe heavily while looking around for where she had gone! The black fog had completely restricted all his senses, so he couldn’t find her!

’What the hell is this smoke!?’

The man thought this as he began backtracking. This entire situation was becoming too much for him to handle. He was one of the most loyal members of the BloodRaven guild. He had lived his entire superhuman life as a follower of Katarina, and he believed in all his heart that she was a goddess brought down to earth for their salvation! When the SMD agents appeared at the door of the mansion a few hours ago to try and capture their goddess, the BloodRaven guild members had all locked themselves inside to make sure that no one could get in. They knew that the Enforcers were there for Katarina, so they began thinking of a way to help her escape.

But what they didn’t expect was for Katarina herself to refuse their help. Katarina was still holed up inside her chapel, and when they told her that they needed to leave the building, she told them that she was not interested in going out of the chapel. She didn’t care if the Enforcers were there for her or if they wanted to arrest her. She was not going to leave this building and there was nothing anyone could do to change her mind!

After that, the members of the BloodRaven guild decided to split into two groups. Most of them came out here and began to hold the Enforcers back as much as they could, and the rest of them stayed back to try and convince Katarina to change her mind! They were still not sure if she was ever going to listen to them, but they were determined to make sure no harm came to their goddess!

The man gripped the weapon in his hand tighter and watched the darkness around him with a heated gaze! He couldn’t falter at this point! He was fighting to protect the goddess, so he was not going to fail! The man slowed his breathing and allowed his heart rate to drop as he waited for any sign of movement, and he was immediately alert when he saw a figure shift from his left! He turned around with the weapon and prepared to shoot, but before he could do anything, he felt a sharp pain pierce into his back! A sword burst out from his stomach and he let out a strangled cough as he turned around to look into the blood-red eyes of his killer. The Dragonborn twisted his sword sharply and pulled it out in one smooth motion and the man fell to the ground and slumped.

The man had been a B Rank that was being boosted by Katarina’s support, so if this had been a regular fight, then it was likely he would have won against the Dragonborn, but the inability to see anything was too much of a disadvantage, and it gave Jason’s Legion the freedom to move however they wanted!

The screams and shouts continued to resound across various parts of the mansion as the Dragonborn and Rosa continued their rampage. Jason decided that he wasn’t going to bring out any of his larger monsters in this fight since it would be overkill. The Santos twins and the Dragonborn were natural killers and they all had enough experience from their time alive to make sure they took out all the fighters without much effort. And Jason was also sure that there was no one stronger than an A rank among the Guild members here, so those two would have no problems since they were also A Ranks.

"What’s happening? I can’t see anything."

Liam spoke from behind Jason as they walked forward and Jason just shrugged as he spoke.

"I’m clearing the way forward. Just stick close to me and you’ll be fine."

Liam didn’t understand what Jason meant by that, but he had a guess that it had something to do with this fog. What was this, and how in the world was Jason able to use it? This was definitely another type of Gift, but Jason said that his Gift was necromancy. Liam was still trying to figure out the full truth about Jason’s abilities, but he decided that he would just let it go for now since they were in the middle of a mission.

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The user has killed [4] B Rank Superhumans

+600 Kill Points

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The user has killed [7] C Rank superhumans

+490 Kill Points

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"Resurrect."

Jason spoke after killing more than ten superhumans, and the atmosphere in the mansion suddenly grew even more oppressive as the superhumans rose from their dead bodies and stood by respectfully while waiting for Jason’s orders.