The S-rank elf wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth.
"What now... A third evolution monster.
He clicked his tongue in annoyance. He was already annoyed by the fact that an A-rank expert made him bleed and now a third evolution monster would add to this.
No A-rank has done this to him. This only means that Bryan was a special person among the A-rank experts that he met before.
"I don't want to play anymore. I'm taking this seriously."
The elf said as he raised his left hand. Then, one of the S-rank experts who were watching the battle from behind threw a saber at him. After that, the arm guard, gloves, helmet, etc.
He wore a high-grade equipment that will boost his strength. His entire focus was only on Bryan and he simply needed to defeat this young man who had a power of an A-rank.
"Defeating a genius like you is what makes it more interesting."
He said with a smile as he tightly grabbed the saber in his hand. His energy flowed through the blade and it emitted a dim blue light.
[Mana Blade]!
He didn't need to worry about the third evolution monster. With his perception, he could sense that there were two third evolution monsters but that's not a problem. The sixty-two B-rank and forty-seven A-rank experts were enough to handle it. The twenty-nine S-rank experts didn't even need to make a move.
"It seems that you want to stop the ritual but if you just stand there and do nothing Lord Algard will complete the ritual. At that time, your efforts will be in vain."
The S-rank elf smiled as he taunted Bryan to attack him. He wasn't going to lower his guard anymore and he was going to use all of his power to this genius young man.
That's right. If Bryan didn't make a move then the ritual will be completed before he could save those women.
"That's why..."
Bryan compressed his energy. Even with all the added boost of his techniques were still not enough to defeat this one S-rank and yet there were still dozens of S-rank experts waiting for him behind this man.
He didn't bring his orange grade equipment with him so he was at disadvantage against someone who was fully equipped.
...
Two people were walking on the streets in the Eternal Empire while watching the commotion in the Bentley Family's territory. They were Number Ten and Number Six.
"Brother Hexan, are you sure that it's fine to leave Brother Bryan alone?" Number Ten asked curiously.
"It's fine... Bryan couldn't be killed. Also, when he shattered the prison he awakened the magical human bloodline. That's just the start of it and since he fully awakened this bloodline on his own his other bloodlines will leave its dormant state." Hexan said with a calm expression as if he knew what will happen to Bryan.
"Hmm... I didn't see Brother Bryan's file in the white lab. Just how many bloodlines did he have?" Number Ten asked.
"You have three bloodlines and I possessed five bloodlines. The boost that it gives to us let us fight someone at a higher level than us." Hexan paused for a moment as he hesitated. In the end, he decided to open his mouth, "Bryan is the perfect being that that man has created so far. Just imagine having the bloodline of all humans and the specialties of the top 30 races of demi. That's not all, the project will not be called [Project God Slaying] if he didn't have the power to slay gods. Of course, he had the power of a god just like Number Two, Three, Four, and Five but Bryan is exceptional."
Hexan slowly explained what he knew about Bryan to Number Ten. All the things that he knew were passed and Number Ten listened to his words with a surprised look. The passerby couldn't hear their words as they set up a field around them to prevent people from eavesdropping on their conversation.
Even gods would miss their words if they didn't focus on their senses.
"But Brother Bryan's pain sensitivity is a hundred times higher than normal people?!" Number Ten was shocked.
"Yes, and he himself didn't know it. He just thought that it's normal but it's true so I couldn't imagine how he felt when he was tortured." Hexan sighed with a deep sigh.
"..." Number Ten was speechless.
...
Alea, Lumilia, Lynn, and Eunice searched throughout the entire red light district. Alea and Eunice even used their forces to search for Bryan but they still didn't found him. Even the Lanny corp couldn't find Bryan's figure nor his body.
They were getting worried.
"Where did Brother Bryan go?" Eunice muttered with a concerned look.
"I don't know. Where did he go without even notifying us?" Lumilia crossed her arms on her chest while observing the traces of battle in this place. She then glanced at Lynn and asked, "How is it, Lynn? Is the one who fought here is Bryan?"
She was getting anxious as she didn't know what really happened here.
"Yes, the lingering mana in the air is similar to Bryan's magical signature but it's somehow different. It feels like this is his mana and at the same time it's not his." Lynn said to her. It's been an hour since the battle occurred here so the lingering mana was slowly dispersing. If not for her high perception, she wouldn't even be able to detect it. "Mila, I'm afraid that Bryan isn't here in this place anymore. He must have left this place after the battle. If I only mastered my [God's Eye] ability, then I would use it to search for him."
Lumilia looked at her friend and smiled gently, "Don't worry about Bryan. He is stronger than the two of us. Also, we will find him no matter what happens. He is a core member of our legion and everyone should be present here when Souta returned."
"Yeah..." Lynn nodded as she remembered Souta. She missed him. She wanted to hear his voice, wanted to see his face, and stand beside him.
Lynn, Lumilia, and Eunice turned their head and saw Princess Alea walking towards them with her subordinates following her from behind.
"How is it, Princess?" Lumilia asked while glancing at the people behind Alea who were releasing powerful energy.
"We've found documents in the underground. It's the evidence that the Bentley Family is doing something illegal." Alea said as she passed a bunch of papers at her.
Lumilia received it and skimmed through the documents. She read some important details of the plan of the Bentley Family.
The Blood Awakening Ritual...? What is this?
She glanced at the princess to inquire about this certain ritual but the princess shook her head and said, "I don't know but according to the details they wanted to bring back their diluted bloodline so that their innate ability will grow stronger also the possibility to reach godhood will increase."
"Maybe, Bryan got to know this information and is in the pursuit of the Bentley Family..." Lumilia said while glancing at the documents in her hand.
"I think that he wanted to stop the said ritual quickly. Read more and you will understand that the ritual will be held today." Alea said.
"Then, we should check it quickly. No matter how strong Bryan is, the Bentley Family isn't something that he could handle alone." Lumilia said and everyone reached an agreement.
They will leave everything to the Adventurers Guild the Bentley Family's territory while they were going to check the ritual and prevent it from happening.
...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sounds of explosion echoed in the area as two figures collided repeatedly.
Bryan was having a hard time as he couldn't keep up with his opponent anymore. The true strength of an S-rank was nothing compared to him. Other people would praise him as he could somehow fight an S-rank expert to a certain degree but for him, it wasn't enough.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
His figure flew away and crashed on the ground.
'I want to save those people... I don't want them to die...'
He stood up while looking at the elf. He raised his hand and wiped the blood on his mouth.
'But how...'
The elf smirked and said, "The ritual has already started and it will end in ten minutes. After that, all the sacrifices will take their last breath and I will let you see it so prepare yourself, young man."
Damn!!
Bryan roared as he charged towards the elf like a rocket. Lightning and flame spun around his fist.
[Dominating Lightning Flame Fist]!!
"It's no use. If I'm an A-rank, you would win right away but unfortunately, I'm on an entirely different level." The elf said as he gathered his mana on his weapon and swung it at Bryan.
BOOOM!!!
Bryan flew and crashed on his previous position. He glanced around and found that the two third evolution monsters were still watching the ritual sight. These two monsters must have felt the danger coming from the shackled realm experts.
They possessed some kind of intelligence and this type of monster was always dangerous.. The other S-rank experts were on their guard watching the movements of the third evolution monsters.