As the neared the exit to the big underground base, the light of the sun shone through.

Just as they exited, Royce suddenly felt something extremely sinister. “Royce!”

The only thing Royce could see was Gareth’s blade, upon him, as he held the child. ‘Confused and pitiful, is this how I die? Will I really die by my idol’s blade?’ These words paced through his mind.

“ROYCE YOU IDIOT, DROP THAT CHILD RIGHT NOW!!” Shouted Gareth in panic.

Without a second thought, Royce jumped back, loosening his grip on the child. He heard the general’s command, and followed it without any hesitation.

Just as he moved away from the child, Gareth’s sword was already set ablaze as it slashed forth towards the child on the ground.

*BOOM*

The sword’s flame erupted outward, engulfing the entire area in a sea of scarlet flames. The flame burned extremely vigorously, as it turned everything to ashes, even the winds turned searing hot, that the birds flying above started to get burned, by flying to close.

As the flame, smoke and dust cleared, a surprised expression emerged on Royce’s face. ‘What the hell?’

The General’s blade, was currently grinding against a broken and rust, hilt less blade that was held by the young child.

The child, didn’t even have a single scratch mark or burn mark on his body. The flames simply vanished as they neared him. 

“HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!” The child laughed like a maniac, as a sinister and baleful aura escaped his body, engulfing the surrounding in a dark atmosphere.

Seeing this Gareth slightly frowned. Although he hadn’t used majority of his magical strength, the blow he used was by no means weak. To think that a mere child was able to block it, hurt his hundred year old pride.

The boy’s hand that was holding the broke, rusted sword, suddenly flung outward, pushing the general a few steps back.

“Oho!” Muttered the General in surprise. With a snap of his finger, countless orbs of flame appeared all around him. “Suffer for your insolence.”

Seeing this the boy’s mouth curved into a sinister smile. “HAHAHAAAHAH” The baleful laughter, was chilling to the bone.

The orbs of flames, began to shrink as they neared the boy. Eventually they shrank into tiny specks of red dots that circled the boy. The boy willed and mana rushed to his broken sword.

“What?” Gareth shouted in surprise. Firstly his magic was subdued by the boy, secondly the boy was using pure mana.

Pure mana was perhaps one of the hardest form of mana to control. It had no attribute, at the same time possessed all the attributes. No one for sure knew what pure mana was, except that countless have died trying to use. Only certain beings were capable of using pure mana.

‘Could it be? That this brat is one of those monsters? Loved by mana, they walk the world like gods.’ The general’s mind suddenly flashed with some insight he had while reading a book.

The book spoke of ancient beings. Beings capable of killing and devouring gods. For millions of years the world have yet to see a new being of such power.

‘It can’t be.’  The captain slashed forth with his flaming sword.

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The sinister smile on the youth’s face grew larger, as he simply extended his hand forward. With a swift motion the youth caught the flaming sword. The moment the edge of the sword came in contact with his skin, the flames on the sword vanished without a trace. 

The youth held on to the sword with his left hand, while he channeled pure mana into his blade with his right hand. Without waiting, the youth struck out with his broken sword.

Although the blade wasn’t long enough to reach the General, the pure mana that was channeled into the sword was released in a vertically line, cutting everything in its path.

“This monstrous strength, and mad battle skills, is he a fucking berserker.” Snorted the General, summoning his gigantic great red sword, to block the condensed pure mana strike. It was a plain strike without any tricks or skills, but its power was on a whole other level.

*BOOM*

The pure mana strike, and the gigantic great red sword clashed, sending out a destructive shockwave to the nearby surroundings.

‘Huh. I somehow managed to block that blow.’ Sighed the General in relief. ‘This brat is a fucking monster.’

But just before the general could catch his breath, the youth was already right in front of him, holding on to his broken sword filled with pure mana. “Haa!” With a shout, the youth slashed his blade horizontally, sending out another strike of condensed pure mana.

‘Dammit. It’s too close.’ The General quickly steadied his mind, and channeled his mana into his sword. 

“Explosion.”

The gigantic great red sword gave off a vibrant red glow, followed by an explosion of flames. 

*BOOM*

The area were the fought was beyond repair, after being devoured by the explosion.

Smoke and dust rose into the air, turning the blue sky blackish-grey.

‘What the hell is going on?’ Royce didn’t understand a single thing that was going on. Suddenly he saw the youth holding a blade and clashing against his general.

The youth with his tiny body was actually pushing the general into a corner. ‘What the hell? Doesn’t that make that brat stronger than me?’

The smoke and dust cleared, to reveal the youth standing in the same position he was standing before the explosion, without a single scratch or burn. He gave of another sinister grin, and shot towards the general.

‘Fuck my hypothesis was correct. Mana doesn’t work on the brat.’ Sighed the general. ‘I guess I have to use it.’

The general’s muscles tightened and began to expand. “Aaararrrrrrggggggghhhhhh” The general shouted, as his body began to grow. The veins on his skin became visible and his skin started to turn red.

After the transformation the general was now almost 4 meters tall, with his a broad stature. He held the gigantic sword, which had shrunk to almost 9 meters to fit his hand. With his great red sword and new body, he seemed like a miniature giant. From his body he emitted a red smog that gave a red trail wherever he went.

“Come, let me educate you about brute strength.” Smirked the General as he mocked the youth.