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It wasn't just because of White, not at all.
These memories he had of his family's death by the hands of the assassin…
[You have earned enough proficiency, you learned the [Anger: Level 1] Skill]
They filled him with so much frustration, sorrow, and anger.
[The Level of [Anger: Level 1] has increased!]
To see how powerless he was against his fate, and how he was unable to change anything or help his family at all as they were slaughtered.
[The Level of [Anger: Level 3] has increased!]
He still can remember it all, yeah, those memories, or those dreams…
They simply felt too real, didn't they?
[The Level of [Anger: Level 5] has increased!]
But this world wasn't really a dream either, it was real.
This wasn't an illusion either.
This world was real, and he was here, existing and living through the past that his fragmented memories and dreams told him was the future.
[The Level of [Anger: Level 8] has increased!]
The death of White, her screams of agony, her pain…
Even if she was a Replica.
Even if she was just a damn Replica…
[The [Anger: Level 10] Skill has Evolved into the [Rage: Level 1] Skill]
It made Frank so furious, so frustrated with himself.
What could he have done to save her?
What could he have done to save everyone if it wasn't for her help before?!
And now…
[The Level of [Rage: Level 1] has increased!]
And now…
[The Level of [Rage: Level 4] has increased!]
And now!
[The Level of [Rage: Level 7] has increased!]
And now she died…
[The Level of [Rage: Level 9] has increased!]
He didn't know if she would return even after he summoned her again.
He had no idea what could ever happen to her now!
Her presence within his Soul Armory felt faint after her death, the tracing he had done seemed to have almost been destroyed because of what that witch did to her.
"F-Frank?"
Harumi looked at Frank, his body having changed completely.
Her eyes widened, as she truly grasped, at long last, the hidden potential within Frank.
The power hidden within him, which all these terrifying factions wanted for themselves.
The reason why that witch came after him.
"What… happened?"
Erika was also shocked, her attitude changed, she was way too serious now.
She admired Frank's form, completely different than before.
His slim body was gone, he had become twice as large and muscular.
His clear white skin turned black like charcoal and covered on blazing cracks of fiery red flames.
In his chest, there was a large blazing hole, breaking apart his charcoal-like skin, revealing his blazing, wrathful heart.
"Hey, Frank… You… you punched her?"
Matsuo was shocked that Frank was able to do something, defying all logic.
His attack broke through her Nullification Barrier and damaged her directly!
[The [Rage: Level 10] Skill has Evolved into the [Wrath: Level 1] Skill!]
[Conditions met; you acquired the [Zenith of Wrath] Title!]
[Due to the effect of the [Zenith of Wrath] Title, you acquired the [Wrathful Heart Transformation: Level 1] Skill!]
[The [Wrathful Heart Transformation: Level 1] Skill has been activated in conjunction with the [Wrath] Skill!]
[You have undergone a powerful transformation, becoming a {Paragon of Wrath}!]
[However, your Lifeforce, Mana, and your Soul are constantly burned by the {Flames of Wrath} to give you Ultimate Power.]
[All your Stats have increased exponentially based on your Wrath.]
[However, you're dying.]
[Time Left Before Death: 1 Minute, 3 Seconds.]
"White died… because of me…"
Despite having become the embodiment of Wrath, when Frank looked back at his friends, he was crying.
"F-Frank…"
Harumi tried to approach him, but his flames burned her hands.
"Hey, buddy, calm down…!"
Matsuo tried to do something, anything.
"We can solve things differently… that power… it's burning you! it's killing you man! Turn it off!"
"…"
Frank looked down at the witch, who was quickly standing up, ready to fight, and furious.
"I can't… let you die here."
"Frank…?"
Harumi tried to crawl towards him but…
Frank leaped down.
"FRANK! DON'T DO THIS!"
Matsuo screamed, as he saw Frank leap down towards the city.
BOOOMMM!!!
His landing brought with him so much power that an enormous explosion of flames erupted, blowing away dozens of gigantic skyscrapers cross the false city created inside the Domain.
"YOU! WHAT SORT OF POWER IS THAT?!"
The witch, encompassed by shadows, confronted Frank with a furious roar, her Aura erupting with immense magical force, twisting reality itself.
"YOU DARE BELIEVE YOU STAND A CHANCE?! YOU DARE FIGHT BACK AGAINST ME, THE GREAT WITCH MEDEA?!"
Frank slowly began walking towards her, his eyes blazing with the flames of wrath… and sorrow.
His hair continued growing longer and longer, red as flames, blazing like fire.
And his aura changed, the flames and "magma" which was his own blood leaked from his cracks, forming several threads of flames that waved by the wind as he moved forward.
"I won't let you kill them. Even if I have to die… I'll do it. What I regretted not doing before, what I wished I could've done so much before… Now that I am here, and I can change things… I will not let you ruin their lives. I will fight until the bitter end."
"HAH?! AS IF YOU COULD EVER-"
RUMBLE!
Frank suddenly appeared in front of her within a split second, his blazing, muscular arms moving rapidly, as the threads of flames made out of his own blazing, boiling blood wrapped around her shadow tentacles.
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
"UUGGH?!"
And before she could even respond, dozens of blazing punches pierced through her defenses, leaving massive, blazing holes through her entire ethereal body in a matter of seconds.
"AAAGGH!"
Medea was sent flying away in utter agony, as she fell to the ground and then ended bouncing off the ground due to the immense gravitational force around her body, blowing through several buildings one after another.
FLASH!
And Frank appeared above her, the witch's eyes widening as the young man's legs kicked her face and stomach down, rushing towards the ground and crushing her with an explosion of wrathful flames!
BOOOMMM!!!
"AAAAAGGGHHHH!"
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