A black cloaked man was jumping through one building to another, seemingly trying to escape from someones grasp. His back covered in cold sweat, he can still remember the ruthless doing of the hooded man towards Mark, when he knew that someone tried to attack Mark in a restaurant, he immediately went back from his House to CEO Phillips Mansion, but by the time he got there he was greeted by a hooded man torturing mark.
Enveloped in fury, he tried to save him but realized that his body cannot move. He then knew it was the doing of the hooded man, he knew he was discovered, he was being intimidated. He experienced this kind of pressure being emitted by the Head of his House but this time it was more powerful and forceful to the point of making his body completely frozen. His fury was now replaced by fear. He didnt dare to try and resist the pressure because he instinctly knew that if he ever resist, he would be killed.
After countless cycle of breaking Marks manhood, healing them and smashing them again, he finally tossed Mark aside as if he wasnt a human being but a lowly live stock instead. With a gust of wind, the hooded man disappeared together with the pressure directed towards the black cloaked man. The cloaked man knew that the hooded man allowed him to save Mark, or else he would kill Mark directly or even kill him.
It was no wonder that the cloaked man, as if fleeing with his life with Mark being carried by him, was now drenched in cold sweat as he recalled what happened.
After escaping from City A, he was now in the forest located outside City A vicinity, using the branch of humongous trees to jump one to another.
But suddenly, a wave of terror descending upon him, a much more extreme pressure being emitted by the hooded man earlier. He fell from the air and crashed in the ground creating a small crater, he ensure to protect Mark from the impact.
Despite being a peak of obsidian rank, he cant help but kneel on the ground as he uncontrollably trembled from fright, as he cant hold it anymore, he fainted.
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The cloaked man woke up and noticed that the sun was hanging up in the sky, he then inspected Mark concluding he was okay he then continues to travel towards their destination. But he can never forget the terror he felt that night for the rest of his life.
The dread he experienced.
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After arriving at the mountain of Apollo House, the black cloaked man, went immediately to the Grand Hall where the the Head of the house resided, he was expecting the very old white haired man, Rapse, the Head of the Apollo House, quietly meditating as per usual in the grand seat.
He didnt try to knock because he came for the purpose of Mark, he was strictly ordered by Rapse of giving Mark utmost securtiy and never have something happen to him or else he, the person who was given the role to, will be severely punished but now it really happened.
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He barged in through the huge golden gate holding Mark in his embrace. He was terrified of what will be the reaction of Rapse when he knew of the situation. He braved his guts as he walked in, instead of a huge solemn and desolte room, he was greeted by a dozen of people pacing back and forth as if they were panicking.
This fact didnt what shocked the cloaked man but that all of the people here, looking flustered and helpless, all posses high rankings and position he can only dream of.
No one paid notice of the intruder as every continued of what they were doing, panicking.
The cloaked man calmed himself as he looked in the direction of the Head, who was still sitting there in the Grand Throne looking contrary to the other people, calm and serene.
But only Rapse knew that although in the outside he was calm, inside he was the most frightened of all of them. He noticed the cloaked man barging in, his calm countenace was replace with frown and then fury. The dread he felt inside was now replaced with fury because Marks appearance, his legs dangling on a weird direction, his hands trembling as it tried to grip his manhood looking as if he was defending it from something, his face devoid of blood and is very pale.
"SILENCE!!" A deafening roar resounded across the room, all the high ranking officials composed themselves and went back to their respective seats. Rapse, the one who shouted, beckoned the cloaked man towards him. All the officials stared confusingly at the cloaked man and then broke in to outrage when they saw the person the cloaked man was carrying.
Mark, Mark Apollo, the prophesized hero that will supposed to be the person who will make their House prosper than ever before, having the chance of surpassing the House of Zeus, who is currently the House Head of the Gods, an organization made of Houses representing the 12 Gods of Olympians, one of the peak power of this world.
They put such importance in Mark to the point of treating him as their own son, spoiling him as much as they could, fully supporting him, and will make him the greatest warrior ever existed.
Now seeing the person whom they treated as their own son, looking like a vegetable, a cripple, their reactions are normal. All of the officials scowled as they glared towards the cloaked man, hoping for an explanation. If the Head wasnt here, holding them back, then the cloaked man might have already died a million times.
The cloaked man was intimitated by the pressure given by the officials. His teeths were chattering and his back drenched in cold sweat but he mustered his courage as he recalled everything that transpired to them.
By the time that the cloaked man finished, the rokm temperature dropped by several degress, the romm was silent to the point of being terrifying. All the officials, especially the Head was fuming with anger when they heard how Mark was tortured.
*Crack!! *
In a room filled with silence, this simple crack was deafening to the ears, the officials slightly trembled as they glanced towards the Head who was now standing because the throne cracked due to the tremendous pressure the Head was emanating.
'Such powerful Soul energy!' all of them thought.
For a long time there was only silence, then the Head spoke
"Deal with Phillip, let him suffer a million times more painful than what Mark experiences." but when the official heared that, they were confused for a moment but then realized.
'The Head didn' t target the person who tortured Mark because no one knew the real power of that hooded man, as expected of the Head, having clear thoughts with such anger. How frightful!'
"But not now, this time we should lay low, reject all requesting acitivites and forcefully stopped the on going ones. We will stay low for a while, until we understand what happened." the Head added.
They knew that the meaning of 'what happened' is not about Mark but that dreadful aura that descended not long ago. All of them, including the cloaked man, experienced the terror first hand.
All of them tacitly approved.