"Now, would you be so kind as to tell me where is what we came for?" Adam asked
"I-I can't," Mayla answered weakly
"Oh that's such a shame, I thought we were finally getting along," Adam said with a faked disappointed look, then he smirked "Guess I'll hurt the kid until you spit it out"
"N-no please don't hurt him," said Mayla "he has nothing to do with this"
"Huh? So what? Innocents are every day's cannon fodder in this world. You of all people should understand that. Those who aren't strong enough to defend themselves are doomed to die."
BANG!
A lightning explosion could be heard as a purple blur dashed away from the city, heading towards the outskirts where the suburbs were located.
"General Vronti, where are you going!?" Someone talked to Micheal on his radio "We need you here, if you don't come back we'll lose the city"
"Focus on rescuing the survivors, you've already lost it, I'm not going back"
"Sir... What are you saying... You will be accused of treason!" asked the esper in disbelief as his general, the one who had sworn to protect the city, the strongest Control Stage esper, turned his back on them.
Crack
Michael crushed the radio in his hand.
The suburbs were quiet. No sound could be heard. All the people who lived there had run away when they saw the battle break out. The once lively and warming suburbs were now a ghost town. As Michael dashed through the suburbs the houses trembled under the pressure he exuded. And finally...
"There it is, '' Michael said as he spotted a plain of around 10 blocks of diameter in the place where his house had been. The plain had destroyed buildings on it, and mighty ice spears pointing to the sky could also be seen on it. "Mayla had to release the seal, this doesn't look good," Michael thought worried as he arrived.
BANG! Crackle!
A powerful purple lightning pillar hit the plain's ground as lightning exploded in all directions. Michael had finally arrived. As he stood up, bolts of lightning could be seen naturally forming in the air around him.
Adam stood around a hundred meters away from Michael. The soldiers were right beside him. "You finally arrived Michael, we were waiting for you, THEY were waiting for you." Adam signaled to Mayla, who was lying over a pool of her own blood, and Seth who had lost all will to fight and was lying weakly on the ground. "Now that you've finally arrived we finally can begin with the main act. Today will be your fall," he said as he spread his arms out wide while smirking.
"D-dad?" asked Seth while raising his head. His face reflected how much he had suffered.
CRACKLE! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Michael's lightning began crackling more violently as stray lightning bolts left his body and hit the ground. Even those unintentional lightning bolts stored so much power that they felt dangerous to Adam and the soldiers. 'Seth has a whole broken arm, from fingers to shoulder.' Michael thought as he analyzed Seth's body. 'And Mayla... No...' As he focused on Mayla's condition, his world broke down. The lightning around him went crazy.
CRACKLE! BANG! CRACKLE! BANG! BANG!
He gave a cold, kill-intent-filled gaze to Adam, whose body, even if for a moment, yelled at him to run. However, he didn't show it. Suddenly, the remaining sword user used his state-enhanced ability to teleport instantly next to Michael, ready to slash, taking advantage that Michael was fully open.
Pack!
However, without even looking at him Michael effortlessly grabbed him by the throat. The soldier wasn't even able to discern any movement from Michael before he fell into his grip.
Crash!
Michael effortlessly closed his grip destroying the soldier's throat and letting him fall lifeless to the ground. As he was on the ground the weird black mud began to heal the soldier. However, lightning bolts shot out from Michael and hit the soldier, completely devouring him and leaving nothing left to be healed. Michael did all this without taking his eyes off Adam. Even though these were all step 5 control stage espers just like Michael and their states had been somehow modified to be slightly stronger than a High-ranked state which was Michael's state rank, they remained insignificant next to the Control Stage's first ranked.
"Go get him," Adam told the remaining two soldiers
Without wasting a second they dashed at full speed toward Michael, arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye. However, for Michael, they were slow. Without unsheathing his weapons, he only tilt his head to one side, dodging the spear user's attack, and caught the dagger user's attack in mid-air. Then he grabbed the spear user by the throat and directly infused his ability on them. The soldiers fell to the ground unable to move. Just as for the last sword user, two lightning bolts shot from Michael and hit the espers' bodies, consuming them. Just like that, Michael had wiped off three step 5 control stage espers as if they were nothing more than bothersome flies.
"Really impressive, I wouldn't expect less from the "Purple Raijin". However they were not meant to be your opponents. Now that they are out of the way, shall we really begin" Said Adam while smirking as his eyes began shining blue and he began exuding sheer destructive power. 'Even though he's supposed to have a high-ranked state, that kind of power is almost an S-ranked state. Something's wrong here.' Michael thought as he felt Adam's state activating.
"Today you overestimated your own capacities, Adam. I'll make you regret being alive" As he said this, Michael began activating the full extent of his ability. Michael's body began to crackle intensely as his ability flowed through him. Dozens of balls of plasma began to appear behind him as lightning bolts shot between them, each one of them emanating the same amount of destructive power as an all-out attack of a normal step 5 control stage esper. All the earth shook as the destroyed buildings in the area began rising from the ground, huge debris quickly stood in formation behind Michael ready to follow his will. In addition, tentacles of iron sand rose from the ground and began agitating wildly around Michael. Finally, Michael unsheathed his swords, a pair of mighty katanas, and loaded them with an attack. This was the power of electromagnetism in all its glory, this was the power of the Control Stage's First Ranked.
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