Grabbing hold onto the girl's arm tightly, the young girl cried out as she placed force into her arms in order to break free from the grip, however, she didn't have the strength to overpower the man.

"Tsk, stay put will ya? Stop giving us so much trouble." The man clicked his tongue as the grip on the young girl's hand became tighter.

"Ah...!" The girl screamed from the pain as she continued to resist.

"Persistent huh? Should I just knock her out for an easier time?" The man beside the person gripping onto the girl said.

"Do whatever you want. Whatever it takes to make her stop resisting and to make our lives easier. Just make sure not to harm her, as master will decide what to do with her."

"N-No...! Someone...! Someone!" Hearing the conversation, the girl began to cry out more loudly than before, putting all her strength into it.

"Ugh. Hurry and shut her up!"

"Right on it." The man moved closer towards the girl as he placed his hand over her mouth, suddenly white gas protruded out from his hand over to the girl.

"Mmm....!!!" The young girl's resistance slowly declined as she inhaled the gas.

"Hurry up get a better hold of her. We're leaving."

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go-" Just as the man was about to release his hand from the girl's mouth, a sudden loud sound rang through the alleyway.

"What the...?!" Following after the loud sound was a loud rumble. On the alleyway grounds, the cement began to freeze as large spikes protruded out from the ground over to the two men.

Quickly noticing the incoming froze spikes, the men quickly jumped back. As they glared with bloodshot eyes over towards the direction of the sudden attack.

"Come out! Who are you?!"

They shouted as they scanned the area. The once dry and humid alleyway became cold and frigid, the ground had turned to an icy field, with frozen spikes protruding out from where they once were standing.

"Grr... Fine. If you're not going to come out, and would rather play hide and seek, then I'll make you come out!" The man who was holding onto the girl's arm, quickly let go of her as he ran forward, a red aura jutted out from his hands as he clenched them. Turning them into fists as he struck the ground, quickly devastating the area.

Just as the man struck the ground, a figure jumped from wall to wall, as he sent multiple waves of frigid cold spikes over towards the man.

"There you are!" The man leapt forward as he headed over towards where the figure was. In that instance, he clasps onto the wall, causing about a rumble as it broke apart. The debris from the wall flew over towards the figure.

'Tch...!' The figure clicked his tongue as he avoided the debris coming right at him. Quickly he closed in on the distance between the man, as he leapt forward. As the distance between the two shortened, the figure of the man became visible. A white-haired male with his frigid cold eyes and serious expression, he held onto two frozen daggers as he mercilessly slashed at the man—Ryan.

"Arghhh...!" The man screamed in pain from the sharp ice that pierced him. However, he didn't falter, grabbing onto the opportunity in front of him, the man pushed his arms out as he grabbed onto Ryan. In the next moment, he flung him away towards a wall.

"...!" Unexpected of the situation, Ryan did not have any time to react as he flew over towards the broken wall.

'Argh...! His strength is more than I thought... A strength enhancement power?' He thought to himself as he meekly stood up. The impact had broken a few of his bones, however, he didn't care.

"Just what do you plan to do with her?" Ryan said as he glared at the man with a large red aura protruding out, and then over towards the man beside him, who was keeping a close eye on the battle with the young girl, gasping for air on the ground.

"It's none of your business!" The man jumped forward as he smashed the area where Ryan was at. Forcing himself to evade, he jumped towards the side.

"Huff... Huff..." Ryan gasped for air as he clicked his tongue, 'Damn it... I overused my usage of power with that frozen field I did earlier... Even with the help of the water pipes in the area, it still consumed a lot of stamina...'

"What's wrong? Tired already?" The man angrily stepped forward as his red aura became deeper.

'Ugh... At this rate, I won't be able to win...' Ryan continued to gasped for air as he looked around. The alleyway was a mess. Though that didn't matter to him, the authorities can deal with the aftermath of this battle. Instead, he looked over to the man who still had a lot of energy left to use against him. '...The only way for me to win is for me to use that attack which I haven't yet been able to do...' Ryan took a deep breath, quickly he focused on what's left of his stamina into a single force.

"Quiet? Hah, that's what I like." The man rushed forward, wanting to end the fight already. However, the moment he took a step, Ryan jumped forward, quickly Ryan clasped his hand as he unleashed a blue aura that collided with the man's dark red aura.

"W-What...?" The man astonished and confused about what Ryan was doing, took a step back.

In the next moment, a large domain of ice surrounded the man, as frozen spirals protruded from within, quickly cutting through him.

The man couldn't even scream as the domain shattered to pieces, leaving a tattered body on the ground.

"Huff... Huff..." Ryan's vision shook as he looked towards where the girl was. Then he heard a loud clap, an applause.

"Nicely done. You managed to beat him huh? But... You seem to have forgotten about me." The man smirked, as he stepped forward, smoke-like gas began to be released from his palms.

"Argh..." Belatedly noticing that the man was still unharmed, he cursed. Would this be the end for him?

Suddenly, a loud boom rang through the broken alleyway, as a vehicle rode through the air. Quickly, it drove right into the man's face, knocking him straight to a wall.