Walking through the town gates the first thing Ela and Damien noticed was the destruction brought by the shaking of the world, buildings had collapsed and people could be seen helping others stuck out of the rubble.
Looking farther down the street, Damien saw a huge group of people all looking at one man in front of them who seemed to be talking, but he was too far away to hear what was being said.
Tossing a brief look at Ela she had a look of intrigue on her face.
“Wanna head over?” Damien asked.
Nodding her head a trace of disgust crossed Ela’s face after she spotted the man speaking but Damien did not seem to notice.
“Who is the guy at the front by the way.”
“His name is Zack he was the person who created this town after the collapse of society and was also one of the first people in the world to hit level 20 as far as I'm aware.”
“Do you know how strong he is?” Damien asked curiously.
“Well, I would think so being one of the first to reach the “max” level back then usually meant you were pretty strong but then again there were quite a few people who just got lucky as to which one Zack is I have no idea you would have to figure that out yourself,” Ela responded.
Damien and Ela walked into the back of the crowd after her response, now that he was close enough he could hear what was being said by the man addressing the crowd.
“With the system now being fully integrated into our world or should I say universe a lot more opportunities are going to start popping up and with that also comes people who start leveling past twenty…”
Pausing for a moment Zack looked into the crowd with a piercing gaze before continuing.
“With this in mind, I already know people are going to start trying to cause trouble in the town or doing things that have been banned since they believe I and my men can no longer keep things under control.”
“So I am going to go ahead and let everyone here in the town know now any thoughts you have of getting out of line after believing yourself to be strong quell them because if you do not and you act on those thoughts you will be killed without mercy.” Hearing the last part of Zack’s sentence the crowd was outraged and a bunch of people started leaving the town while others stayed behind and yelled at Zack and his men and unsurprisingly there were a few stupid ones who decided to outright attack.
Seeing the random people from the crowd throw spells at the man Damien watched with interest as this gave him a chance to see Zack’s strength.
As the attacks approached Zack stood with his hands behind his back while tracking the spells with his eyes never losing site of them despite the speed of the attacks and without even having to react one of the men at his side stepped in front of him with a big shield and blocked the spells.
After the attacks had been blocked the crowd went dead silent and as everyone looked at Zack some showed surprise on their face while others were amazed at his lack of reaction.
He was just sitting there in the space position hands behind his back with an unbothered look on his face.
Before long though Zack let out a scoff and pointed at the men who attacked him from the crowd.
“Dispose of them,” he spoke while still having that same look causing the crowd to collectively shiver.
Seeing the guard from before jump into action everyone in the crowd separated themselves from the people who attacked Zack, the people who attacked seeing this adopted looks of horror, some tried to get others help while most turned and tried to run.
Unfortunately for them, they did not get far, and one after one they were killed by Zack’s men.
Watching all of this unfold Damien was a bit disappointed, to say the least, and if he was being honest he was also rather disappointed at the way Zack handled the situation thinking that Zack should have been the one to take care of it instead of relying on others. Not to mention that instead of telling the people of his town that he would have their best interests in mind and continue to keep them safe while they stayed in his town he instead threated them.
Looking over at Ela she had a bored look on her face and was not even looking at what was going on but instead staring into the sky at the clouds.
“Wanna go see if the inn is intact?” he asked Ela.
“Sure I was feeling like taking a nap anyway,” she said with a smile.
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Promptly turning around they both started to walk away from the crowd but unfortunately, they did not make it far as they heard someone call out to them.
“You two turn around please.”
Before Damien could turn around Ela let out a sigh surprising Damien and looking at her he could see a look of annoyance on her face.
Understanding that Ela was clearly annoyed at the idea that whatever conversation was going to unfold should they turn around Damien spoke in a hushed voice to her.
“Wanna just not turn around? I can use one of my skills to get us out of here quickly.”
After the system had fully integrated Damien and Ela hunted monsters for quite a while and during that time he tried out some of the other skills he had like “Flicker of the original” or as he called it “later bitch.”
The skill allowed Damien to flicker or teleport forward 50 meters and he could also use that skill to get him and Ela out of here or at least he hoped it worked that way.
Hearing his question Ela wanted to say fuck yes as the man who had just called out was of course Zack, during the time she spent in the town she had crossed paths with him on multiple occasions and each one was unpleasant, to say the least in her opinion.
Ela’s first time encountering the man he instantly had a look of infatuation and would not stop bothering her, even more annoying was that everyone around the guy or who knew him on a personal level would always talk to her about “how good they would look together” making Ela even more annoyed and disgusted by the man.
Unfortunately, though Ela did not want the man to get annoyed and try to cause trouble so with much difficulty she turned around after telling Damien no.
And of course, the moment she turned around Ela saw that look of infatuation she hated so much and instantly regretted her decision.
“What do you want Zack?” she asked in an annoyed tone.
Hearing Ela speak Damien smiled and thought to himself, ‘This is going to be funny’
In response to Ela’s question, Zack smiled brightly before speaking, “You know what I want El, just give me a chance I have everything you could ever need whether it’s money, power, or influence you name it why must you reject me at every turn?”
Listening to what Zack said Ela’s lips curled up in disdain. “Zack, are you an idiot? No, seriously I have told you time and time again I am spoken for, not to mention I could care less about your money and influence as it means nothing in the face of absolute strength. Now please stop deluding yourself and find someone WILLING to be with you and leave me be.
Zack hearing her response adopted a frown, “Spoken for? Yes, you have told me this but tell me Ela why is it that every time I have seen you, you are never with any man or even woman? In fact this is the first time I’ve ever seen you walking beside someone and I refuse to believe the man beside you is your significant other because if he was I am sure he would not have stayed quiet as I pursued his women… That is unless he is a coward. He finished with a mocking look at Damien.
Seeing the look he was giving Damien, Ela immediately became enraged and was about to attack the man but before she could move Damien put his hand in front of her.
Looking over she saw Damien staring at Zack with an unwavering gaze.
After a few minutes Damien looked back at Ela, “You never told me you were spoken for, you should tell me about it later. How about it?”
Hearing his question Ela blushed and looked away.
Laughing at Ela’s reaction he spoke, “Alright we will save that conversation for later let me deal with this first.”
Turning his head back to Zack the man was still looking at him with that mocking smile, “You two done having your lovers discussion? If so Ela please answer my question since your man seems to lack a backbone.”
Before anyone could react Damien used flicker and appeared in Zack's face.
“BOO”
“AH” Zack yelled startled as he was not expecting the man to appear inches away from his face yelling.
“HAHAHAHA” Damien burst out laughing at the man's reaction, “What’s the matter? A bit jumpy are we?” he said mocking Zack while laughing in between his words. Even some of the people in the crowd were trying their best to not laugh, and Zack seeing the reactions of Damien and others immediately became enraged tossing a look at one of his guards. Getting the signal the guard with a big shield from earlier took a step forward and yelled out.
“STEP BACK FROM THE TOWN LORD.”
Damien looked over his shoulder at the man and spoke, “No need to be such a hard ass, and you so-called “town lord” How about you stop hiding behind your guards and do something yourself?” Or are you the one lacking a backbone?” Damien taunted
Hearing Damien throw his own taunt back at him Zack became even angrier and instead of saying anything directly attacked, and surprisingly the attack was quite fast not fast enough to hit Damien but still fast enough to hit even strong level twenties.
Zack had thrown just a simple punch relying on raw strength and speed with nothing special so he was never going to be able to even touch Damien unless Damien let him do so, leaning his head to the side of the punch Damien raised his hand and flicked the man in the forehead.
Stumbling back after the flick Zack looked up with a shocked expression, while he was a bit slow the man was not stupid if Damien was able to do that with a simple finger flick then killing him would be no issue.
‘FUCK, I don’t stand a chance if we were to fight… for now, I should just apologize I can always kill him in the future for embarrassing me.’ Zack thought to himself. Reluctantly Zack looked up and just as he was about to apologize to make himself look better, Damien spoke.
“Anyways stay away from Ela and me alright? Later bitch.” promptly flickering back to Ela who was looking at Damien with a big smile. “Good job I had wanted to knock him down a peg for a while now but you did it much better than I would have.”
“No problem “El” Now shall we go check on the inn?” Damien asked smugly.
“Don’t call me that please it makes me feel disgusted,” she said while glaring at him.
“Noted,” he responded with a smile before heading in the direction of the inn.