Chapter 366
"So your foster father came to the rescue, heh, how trite . " Richter scoffed as he watched through the monitors what was happening throughout the base . While Alex and the others were a bit busy fighting Leon . Even though Leon and Alex were evenly matched with Leon having a slight advantage, he was still able to keep the whole Mercenary Club at bay . His tenacity and the ability to heal from most damages were able to help him keep up .
'This guy is even more powerful than before . Damn it! We're already having trouble with this one guy if leader joins in it might become an impossible task to beat them . '
Oliver thought as he, Alex, Niel, and Rachel were fighting at close range, while Kei, Emily, and Evangeline were providing long-range support . Sayaka, on the other hand, was waiting for the perfect timing to give a lethal strike, yet no matter what they do Leon doesn't make any mistakes nor has he shown any openings to explot .
Rachel wanted to finish this fight as soon as possible before Richter joins the battle . It was then Rachel tried to enter her full RELEASE state, but then she felt something wrong was happening to her body . It felt like her body was getting destroyed from the inside . She might not have shown it on her face but she was truly hurting on the inside . Alex who was focused on fighting was able to notice the change in Rachel's expression .
He immediately backed away and took hold of Rachel . Oliver and Niel who were left on the front lines were now having an extremely difficult time .
"What the hell Alex! Why did you retreat?!" Oliver shouted as he blocked one of Leon's strikes . Yet Alex didn't answer and completely ignored him .
"Rachel are you alright? What's wrong?" Alex looked at Rachel full of worry . Hearing what Alex said made the others finally realized why Alex backed away . If you think about it, this was the only way to make someone like Alex do something so illogical .
"I . . . I don't know . . . My body hurts so much . . . " Hearing Rachel's weak reply made Alex feel hurt as well . When Alex was about to check on Rachel's body, Richter suddenly butted in .
"Oh, you don't know what's happening to your own body? Fine, I'll give you an answer to that question since my grandson likes you so much . Your body is reaching its limit, and if you continue using that technique of yours then I'm guessing after two or maybe one more use you'll die . "
When Rachel heard that answer she was completely shaken, Richter didn't even need to say which technique he was talking about for Rachel to understand . The others who heard what Richter said were also shaken to their core, even though the old man in front of them was a b*stard he wasn't a liar .
"Rachel . . . " Alex was about to say something, but then Richter interrupted him again . This time he didn't say anything but the intoxicating feeling of his bloodlust could be felt in the entire room . Leon backed away and everyone on the mercenary club's side got back to their corner of the room as Richter walked forward massaging his shoulders .
"Well enough of this playtime, I grow tired of it . I guess I can give you some praise for tricking me, but that's it . You still weren't able to reach that final goal, so I'm going to judge this experiment as a failure . Now as I promised, I'm going to kill all of your friends . "
Kei who wasn't used to feeling this kind of pressure started puking on the spot . Emily could not bother with what Kei was doing as her whole body was frozen as she couldn't stop focusing on Richter . Her survival instincts told her to flee, but it also screamed not to look away from the old man not even for a second .
Evangeline was also trying her hardest to stop her body from trembling in fear, and she even noticed that she had already backed away a few steps . Niel, who had been trained by the strongest merc to ever walk the continent was also wary of the old man . He had seen him battle his master before, but Niel had a feeling he was never going all out . This made the man trained by that battle crazed person extremely excited .
Even though they were in such a dire situation, Niel was truly getting excited as he held onto his weapon tighter than before . In the face of the overwhelming pressure, Niel smiled the biggest and brightest smile he ever had .
Sayaka who was hiding within the shadows couldn't concentrate anymore, forcing her to stop her shadow blend . She was in the line of work of killing, and she was sure that she had killed more than even Alex or Oliver, but this level of bloodlust was a first for her . It was a suffocating experience as if you could hear the screams of every living thing this insane man has killed .
Oliver who had known Richter for a very long time knew that this former boss of his was about to get serious . A part of him was scared for the safety of his friends, but another part of him was excited to see the very limits of the person deemed by the warrior family as a deviant .
Alex, on the other hand, couldn't be bothered by everything that's happening around him as he noticed that Rachel was trying to use RELEASE again .
"Rachel stop!" Alex hugged Rachel tightly .
"Sorry Alex, but there's no way we can face that monster without-" Rachel wasn't able to finish what she wanted to say as she lost consciousness . Alex had struck the back of her neck with enough force that Rachel fainted . He then stood up and handed Rachel to Oliver who was surprised by what he had done .
Alex stood in front of his grandfather with his weapons drawn . Richter seeing his grandson facing the full might of his bloodlust without flinching made him smile .
"Oliver take Rachel and the others and escape . "
"Ale-"
"I said go already!" Oliver saw the look Alex gave him and knew what needed to be done . This best friend of his was fully determined, he might not have known Alex for very long, and they were even separated for a year, and a lot has changed, but Oliver could understand what Alex thought .
"Let's go guys . . . we'll just be a burden if we stay here . " Oliver started running towards the exit, the others followed him while looking at Alex for one last time before leaving . Evangeline wanted to stay as well, but she knew that even though she wanted to help she'll only be a liability .
"Finish them," Richter ordered Leon who ran out following the kids . Alex didn't even bother to block Leon as he continued to glare at his grandfather .
"Are you not going to help your friends fight Leon?"
"They can handle him, I, on the other hand, have a different task I must fulfill . " Alex took a low stance pointing his sword at Richter . "I'm finally going to end you . "
"HAHAHAHA! My boy, my precious grandson! Now that's a fine dream to have!" With that as a signal, the final battle between grandfather and grandson began .