"Akira, protect Ai until she heals completely."
"As you wish Kazuki-sama."
Taking care of that, I looked back at the nobles but even if I couldn’t see my face, I knew the expression I had on it was unlike any other I had before. The emotions running through me were similar but unlike last time, I was a bit stronger. I don’t care about being the strongest, nor the most supreme being in all of existence on this planet. All of this means nothing to me. If I only have enough strength to protect the ones I care about.
That is all I want.
"Now, how about we get started," I said and charged at them and within a second, I was right in front of the nobles. Their eyes widened and I slashed horizontally only for them to dodge it.
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I landed behind them on my hands and spun around kicking the red-haired one in the face making him stagger. He was able to solidify his face just in time and it honestly hurts. I jumped up in the air avoiding the ice shards shot at me reaching the ceiling. I looked down at the nobles ready for me to come and get them and that was exactly what I was about to do.
I kicked off the ceiling making a crack in it and launched myself at the nobles. They attacked me with ice shards with lightning coming out of it and I dodged some and shattered the others with my scabbard. I plunged my katana straight and dug it in the shoulder of the lightning girl.
"Huh, they are not as strong as I thought before," I said mockingly and jumped back taking the katana blade out which worked in my favor.
How?
Well, some ice shards got fired right at me and as I jumped back, they hit the wrong person impaling their hands on the floor.
"For fuck sake Jack! Look where you are aiming!" the girl shouted at the boy named Jake.
I decided to leave her be and charge at the two boys. This room we were in now that I look at it was another storage room for things that were not used much on the floor so it was all dumped in here which made it a bit better for me to get the girl immobile because she may not have noticed it yet but so many things are made of metal here that I would be screwed.
Jack placed his hands down on the floor making a big wall of ice in front of me. I decided to speed up and crash into the wall breaking it down. Thanks to Ethan’s blood, my body was getting more durable as more damage I took.
"Kazu-kun, don’t!" Ai screamed.
But looks like I fell into a trap.
Right before me they stood with their arms ready and grabbed me by my shoulder stopping me. They then raised me in the air and brought me down furiously on the ground smashing me in the ground against my back. I coughed out some blood due to the hit but instead of slowing me down, the adrenaline started flowing in my veins.
I kicked them away from me and got up on my feet. Looking back at Ai and Akira, I could still see Ai not in a condition to fight. She was staring at the scene with terrified eyes and was somehow held down by Akira. I guess she lost a lot more blood than I thought while closing my wound.
"Guess I will let you take over me now," I muttered and looked at the two nobles taking out the ice shards from the palms of the female noble. "Now feel my wrath."
Wrath or a word meaning extreme anger is normally in the sixth place in the seven deadly sins. When one lets to overtake you, it can cause a lot of destruction of oneself and the things in the surroundings. It is not something that is welled up usually for a long time but a short yet explosive emotion that makes one want to hurt someone.
And as crazy as it sounds in this situation, I was going to let it completely take over my mind now.
"Don’t talk big if you could somehow get a hit on us," the noble with red hair growled at me. "Just because you are angry doesn’t make you a lot stronger than us."
"I will enjoy ripping his guts out so much," the girl said.
"We sound so edgy but who cares," Jack said.
I sheath my katana and get in a really low and wide stance. I stared at them not taking my eyes off for a single second and the three rushed at me moving in perfect coordination. They ran across each other as if they had practiced all this and were also doing it at a high speed making them only a streak moving around.
My eyes tracked their every single move and then they all appeared right before me stretching their hand out. I unsheathe my katana slicing through their arms in one clean motion and then blocked their attacks with my scabbard. A strong punch hit the scabbard which pushed me back a little making me lose my balance for a second.
As I stumbled back, I quickly stood straight as a big spear of ice got summoned from the ground sharp enough to impale me easily. I looked before me and a kick was on its way aiming at my face. I ducked down dodging the kick.
"Got you," the girl said as she placed her hand right at my chest and sent an entire power station worth of electricity right through my body.
"Aaaaargh!!" I screamed in pain as I felt my blood being boiled. This was how people get killed by electricity. It dries up their entire blood.
I fell down on my knees as I still felt the intense pain flowing through my body. My body started going numb and I was feeling weakened a lot. My limbs went limp and I fell on the cold ground with my chest on the floor. Oh god, this did not end well.
I slowly used up my entire energy to look up at the three nobles who walked right before me looking down at me. My fingers were shivering due to the shock and so was every single muscle of my body. Damn you human nerves, for showing little resistance to electricity. Damn you, the seventy percent water in our body.
"You sure talk big but look who’s in on the ground now?" the red-haired noble said to me mockingly. He bent forward and picked me up by my hair making my neck strain. "To think this is what father wanted us to bring to him. The boy who has the blood of the first in him. Kasuwagi was an idiot and that woman knows nothing about what it is really like to have powers. Doesn’t it sound interesting? Shiba Kazuki."
"I-I-I w-w-would l-l-love to answer you," I said while my teeth were still jittering due to the shock. "B-b-b-but I-I-I k-k-knew I-I-I won’t be able to defeat you."
Somehow getting the end parts of my sentences, my eyes fell on Ai and Akira and I could see Ai trying her hardest to get out of Akira’s grip. I looked my eyes looked at Akira which got noticed by the others.
"And how can we forget about the traitor and the freak," the girl said taunting at the two. "I have seriously no idea why Father wants us to bring him this freak though."
"We’ll do what we are ordered to, get Shiba Kazuki and the freak and let’s leave from here. I will tell Hiroto to get out of there with the others," Jack said.
The red-haired noble picked me up by my neck and started taking me out while the girl, walked over to Ai and Akira. She stretched her hand out to get Ai but just as she was about to get a hold of her…
Thud
Her arm fell down on the ground.
She looked at her chopped-off arm which started going away and looked back at Akira who had blood trickling down her palm.
"I am sorry but I won’t allow this to happen," Akira said letting go of Ai and the first thing Ai did was charge at the noble who was grabbing me by the neck.
She made him let go of me and I fell down again, face-first on the ground in a grand way. Looks like it all worked out in the end. My stupid plan worked again somehow.
I knew I won’t be able to defeat them on my own. It’s a three-on-one. Unless I am not as strong as Natsumi-san or Iwaguchi-san, I won’t be able to defeat them on my own. I knew the extent of my ability very well. That beat down was enough for me to realize that.
I decided to go ham was so I could save enough time for Ai to heal up which was taking quite some time honestly. Letting my wrath take over me was probably been to stupidest thing to do in other situations.
"Kazu-kun! Are you okay?" Ai said quickly picking me up in her arms. "Hey, Kazu-kun! You can hear me right?"
"A-Ai…" I somehow got her name out of my mouth. Raising my hand, I placed it on her cheek and brought her face down to my neck. "Drink my blood."
"No, I can’t do that right now. You are hurt," she said.
"Just do it or I will die anyway," I said as I got some control of my nerves back. Thank god I somehow survived it.
Though a little hesitant, Ai dug her teeth in my neck and I pressed her head against my neck as she started drinking my blood. With each gulp, I could feel her getting greedier wanting for more. She wrapped her hand around my head drinking more blood.
"Don’t think I will let you do that!" I heard the red-haired noble’s voice screaming.
"And don’t think I will let you hurt Kazuki-sama," Akira said and I turned my head seeing her kicking the noble away from us. "Please rest assured Kazuki-sama, I will keep you safe."
"Just wait till Ai is having a snack," I said and she nodded her head.
I looked back at Ai and her eyes started glowing. I started feeling a bit dizzy from the amount of blood being sucked out of my body. Ai then stopped drinking my blood and took out her teeth and closed my wounds. Both her eyes were glowing brightly and looking at me with a kind expression.
"Feel full now?" I asked her with a little smile on my face.
"I can’t have enough of you so, no," Ai said and giggled.
"Here, take this," I said to Ai handing her the scabbard. "This is more durable than the stakes."
"And y-"
"I still have the katana with me though," I said sitting up straight and pulling Ai in a tight hug. "And remember this, I don’t care what happens to me anymore. Just don’t you dare die on me, Ai. I won’t be able to handle it."
"And I won’t be able to if something were to happen to you," she said and I chuckled.
"Looks like your behavior has really rubbed off me," I said standing up with the help of my katana. "Not that I am complaining though."
I looked at the three nobles staring at us ready to attack us but I had other plans.
"Akira, get us out of here," I said and without another question, we appeared in another room in the same floor. It was more spacious than the other rooms.
I went up the wall and sat down with my back against it. Letting out a sigh, I looked at Ai and Akira and patted at the places right beside me. A bit confused, they walked up to me and sat down. The room was well lit since the medical and research floor did work on a secondary power supply. This place is used for testing out new weapons made on the floor so it was a perfect place.
I kept staring at the door across the room which was the only way to enter the room. Right now, they won’t be able to know where we are quick since we are pretty far away from there.
"Just catching a breath feels like a luxury," I said out my thoughts and placed my hand on the chest. "I have still not recovered from that shock so I may not be able to fight at my best."
"It’s fine Kazu-kun, you don’t need to worry, I will protect you at all cost," Ai said and Akira nodded.
"Hahaha, have I ever told you how lucky I am that you guys are fighting with me?" I said almost sounding like a person saying his last words before a death battle. "Also, make sure to keep your ears open for my signal."
"What signal?" Ai asked tilting her head in confusion.
"You guys will know," I said and then looked up at the ceiling. "When I signal, Akira swap positions with Ai and also get your air spear ready to attack. And Ai, make sure to clear the way for me. That is the only one to beat those three."
"I see," Akira and Ai said in unison.
"And now we wait," I said and we all looked at the door before us.
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