The most disturbing aspect of this being's appearance is the look in its eyes.

Its red orbs seem to be filled with pure hatred and malice, burning with a rage that cannot be extinguished.

It seems to be driven by some unfathomable thirst for destruction, a desire to inflict pain and suffering on those who stand before it.

The creature began to approach them, its steps thunderous and mighty, leaving fiery footprints behind its walk.

As if on cue, it lunged forward with incredible speed, its clawed hands reaching out towards Vincent behind the duo.

As for the duo, they scattered, diving out of the way just as its claws raked across the floor, leaving deep gouges in the stone.

"It's too fast!" Josh yelled, as the creature turned its gaze towards him. "We can't outrun it!"

While the unlucky Vincent, who had been caught in the grip of the creature, could only howl like a dying pig as his body was incinerated to ash.

Leaving nothing behind, as if it had a grudge with him that it didn't want a particle of it to remain. Now its gaze was fully set on the remaining two in the room.

Ella, seeing that gaze, nodded to Josh's words as she pulled down her sword, taking a battle stance.

The creature let out another roar, this time accompanied by a burst of flame that shot from its mouth like a dragon, its fists and legs like rocket thrusters.

The creature leapt forward, a fiery blur that slammed into Josh, sending him flying as it turned its attention to Ella, who stood her ground, brandishing her sword.

It roared again, its breath like a furnace. But Ella gritted her teeth and stood her ground, even as the heat threatened to scorch her skin. Vitality energy coated her figure, healing her skin from the effect of the burns.

She raised her sword and charged towards the creature, a clash of steel and hard claw resounded, sending sparks flying.

She ducked and weaved, dodging the creature's blows with surprising agility. Josh charged in from the side he had been sent crashing into, appearing beside the distracted creature battling with Ella's.

Leaping into the air, he did a maneuver twist, delivering a deadly slash aimed for the creature's head with his sword now glowing golden yellow like a living sun.

Same as Ella's sword battling with it, just when he thought he had it where he needed the creature evaded the strike a hair's length away as if it had eyes on its sides while counterattacking with a powerful flame punch of its own.

In a split second, Josh's body was engulfed in a ball of flames, the heat searing his skin and sending him reeling back in pain.

He landed on his feet a few distances away, with his feet skidding on the hard ground, creating a dragging sound as he had stabbed his sword into the ground to create friction and reduce his motion.

He hissed in pain, as the flame was quickly absorbed into his body, thanks to his family bloodline ability.

Ella, distracted for a split second by the attack of the creature on Josh, fell into a tight spot as the creature capitalized on the opportunity. Its claws slashing towards her in a deadly arc.

She quickly braced herself for the attack, a blinding light swirled around her, forming a light encasement that withstood the creature's attack and scattered its flames.

From out of the encasement, Ella's figure shot out with incredible speed, evading the next assault that broke the encasement.

As the battle raged on in the confined room, the creature's sheer power and ferocity began to overwhelm Josh and Ella.

Suddenly, the room began to shake, the walls and ceiling creaking under the pressure of some unseen force.

Dust and debris rained down, adding to the chaos of the battle.

Josh and Ella looked at each other, a flash of understanding passing between them. Whatever was happening, they needed to end this fight quickly.

With a nod, they both charged forward, their swords aglow with the power of their respective elements.

Josh channeled dark magic while Ella was using light manipulation and shapeshifting.

The creature let out a roar of defiance, its flames reaching new heights of intensity.

Still, they were pushed back, their swords barely able to hold off the relentless assault of the fiery beast.

The room around them was quickly being destroyed, walls crumbling and debris littering the ground.

Josh, using his dark magic and brute strength, tried to land a decisive blow on the creature, but it easily dodged his attack and countered with a devastating swipe from its clawed hand.

He was sent crashing into a pile of rubble again, struggling to regain his footing.

Meanwhile, Ella's agility and healing energy allowed her to dance around the creature, avoiding Its fiery blasts and striking back with precision.

But even her shapeshifting abilities were not enough to turn the tide of the battle in their favor.

Feeling the pressure mounting, Ella and Josh knew they needed to come up with a new strategy.

They separated, each focusing on engaging the creature individually from both directions, using a divided mind tactic.

Josh channeled his foresight and energy conversion to the limit, unleashing a barrage of starry projectiles at the creature while dodging its attacks with newfound speed and precision.

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Ella, on the other hand, used her light manipulation to blind the creature temporarily, allowing her to move in for a series of quick, calculated strikes.

But even with their combined efforts, the creature seemed to shrug off their attacks, its fiery aura burning brighter with each passing moment.

The duo found themselves in a tight spot, struggling to keep up with the relentless assault from the otherworldly being.

As a last resort, Josh and Ella decided to combine their strengths and fight as one.

With synchronized movements and coordinated attacks, they managed to trap the creature in a web of light and dark energies, momentarily immobilizing it.

Seizing the opportunity, Ella charged forward with her sword glowing with primal power, while Josh followed suit with his dark magic swirling around him.

Together, they unleashed a powerful strike that pierced through the creature's defenses, causing it to roar in agony.

Its roar of pain is like a trigger to a supernova bomb as its body seems to erupt in flame that threw the both of them off

Burning the trees and everything around it to ash

Just when it wanted to charge toward them to finish them off, a powerful gunshot resounded from seemingly nowhere, hitting it square between its brow

The shot sent the creature reeling, its body shuddering with pain. It turned its gaze towards the source of the shot, but there was no one there. It was as if the shot had come from thin air.

But then, another shot rang out, this time hitting the creature in the chest. It roared in fury, lashing out with its claws in all directions. But it was no use, the invisible assailant continued to pepper it with shots, each one more powerful than the last.

The creature writhed in agony, its form slowly shrinking as the energy that sustained it was drained away. Finally, it fell down unconscious as the flames surrounding it died off

Revealing a now unconscious Adrian, fiery pulsating veins and outstretched markings slowly residing toward the mythical mysterious bow and arrows marking on his right arm whose glow is slowly fading off till it completely dies out

The heaven-shaking battle had finally come to an end with just a few gunshots

A figure emerged from the woods, behind him is Gary and Matt with mouths wide open as they fixed in an egg

Josh still panting from the heavy battle gave this newcomer an annoyed look "You took your sweet time, Kael," struggling to put himself together and get back on his feet

"Hey, I had to make a dramatic entrance," Kael said with a wink, "that's part of the superhero code, right? You know I really don't know how this stuff works; it's not my thing, you know"

He walked over to Josh and offered him a hand, which Josh slapped away angrily.

"Seriously though, you guys did a great job holding the creature off. I wouldn't have been able to take it out if it weren't for you two."

Veins threatened to burst in Josh's forehead out of anger

"Can you just shut the hell up already, you are just too annoying," Josh said, still a bit breathless from the battle. "How did you manage to end up being our cousin?" The intention to just slice this guy in two could be seen from how he was struggling not to raise his sword

"Give up, Josh, we've been through this countless times," Ella said from the side, having recovered due to her healing energy

She walked over to Josh and healed him too as he got bruises and wounds on him from the battle

"Just ignore this lazy cousin of ours and think of a way to fix this," she added pointing at the unconscious Adrian and his two friends struggling with the decision to go closer to him as they had just witnessed him changing back from some sort of beast transformation

"I'm not just some lazy cousin," Kael said with a pout, "I'm your trusty sidekick, remember?"

"Ha, trusty sidekick, please," Josh said with a snort. "You are literally of no good use to the team. We always have to carry your ass or save it anytime we are out for a mission"

"That's not true!" Kael protested. "I'm always there to lend a hand, even if you don't always notice me."

"Alright, we get it. "You're a great help and all that," Ella said, trying to defuse the tension. "But seriously, Kael, can't you just take this a bit more serious? You are an Infernoblade for crying out loud. We don't want you being a sidekick, but an actual member of the team."

"Ha, you wish," Josh chipped in. "Has he finished flirting around or flaunting his family wealth, going to parties and beaches? This fellow is an embodiment of laziness. I should have been the one born in his place instead."

"Come on, man, don't be so hard on yourself. Life's too short to live it chasing bad guys around. I never asked to be an Infernoblade anyway. Have you ever thought of anything else aside from training and fighting bad guys?"

"What kind of other things?" Josh asked mockingly.

"Well for one, you could take a break from all the hero stuff and just enjoy life a little bit," Kael said. "Maybe spend some time doing the things you love, like going to school or hanging out with friends. You don't have to be so serious all the time."

"I have done all that, dumb head, even way better than you," Josh said with a sigh. "But I can't just stop being who I am. It's what I'm meant to do. The rest are just additions. FYI, I'm also the best at the things I do. I don't need to preach that. You already saw it yourself; I'm one of the influential guys in school. Or are you jealous of me being amongst the top best in our school while you are a nobody other than your family name?"

"I know it's important to you," Kael said, his voice softening. "But all that is nothing to me. I just want to be free, unlike some crazy dude who's always trying to prove himself," Kael replied carefree, putting his hands over the back of his neck, chewing on a blade of grass.

Josh felt like coughing blood from Kael's attitude, but it was interrupted by Ella's words.

"I've contacted the base, they are sending someone over to take care of those two, while we are to bring the boy in," she tactically stood in between both boys to stop any flare-up between them.

Josh breathed out a couple of times to calm down as he shot a look at the carefree Kael still munching on his blade of grass without a care in the world.

"Alright then, let's get a move on," Josh said, shaking off the tension and focusing on the task at hand. He approached the unconscious boy, who was still breathing heavily. "Let's get him out of here and back to HQ. We can figure out what to do with him once we're there."

Ella nodded in agreement. "Just be careful, we don't know what he's capable of," she said, her eyes never leaving the boy. "I suggest we bound him."

It didn't take long for a chopper to arrive at their location, three figures hopping out once it set down.

One was a middle-aged man, the other was a young lady in her twenties, while the last person was a guy in his thirties.

He had a smart device in his hands, typing away.

Once they arrived in front of the group of five, the middle-aged man gave the young man a knowing nod as he walked over to the unconscious Adrian.

After a few moments of facial scans and others, he walked over to the group once more to give his report.

"Name, Adrian Hearts, 18 years of age, with both parents dead, raised by his grandfather who is the current head of the Heart Corporation. He never had any encounter whatsoever with the Supes and always liked living life on the edge." He went on into other details along with the details of the other two.

The young lady listened to the report intently, taking mental notes of everything that was said. She turned to Josh and Ella, a look of concern on her face.

"So, it sounds like Adrian is an ordinary teenager who just happened to get caught up in this mess," she said, her brow furrowed in thought. "Do you think he's a threat, or is he just a victim of circumstance?"

Josh looked down at the boy, still unconscious in his arms. "I think he's just a kid who got entangled in a mess he knew nothing about. As for being a threat, the council will be the judge of that," he said, his voice a bit rude.

"Tim, set up a report that would cover this event to the non-Supes, make it more like a natural incident or something," the middle-aged man instructed, "also cover up the file of the dead kids as missing persons. We "Don't want to be mundane, asking too many questions."

He then turned to the pale, smooth-skinned Lady. "Nora, take care of those two. Make sure their story is believable and doesn't clash with Tim's work. If possible, don't link the two events."

Nora nodded and walked over to the curious Gray and Matt, confused about what was going on.

Her eyes turned crimson, while both of their eyes turned listless. She began narrating stuff to them that the others didn't bother with.

As for Tim, he had gotten to work, fixing the place to fit into a natural disaster.

In a short while, everything was done, and the chopper left the site with everyone in it.