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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

"What ….the….heck" Alex said in shock, breaking the silence. "I knew you would like it" said the masked stranger still grinning. "MOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!" Elizabeth screamed , rushing to her mother's head , falling to the ground as she hugs it and cries

Alex looks down , and in full view , sees his sister on the ground on her knees crying while holding their mother's decapitated head , drenched in blood. His face pale and in disbelief, looks up at the masked stranger, his eyes in shock , his vision blurry and he could not utter a single word.

"Why?" Alex asked in a feint voice. "Mmmmh?!Mind speaking up prince Alex, oh and while I'm on that your mother's last wish was for you to protect your sister" said the masked stranger. Upon hearing this, Alex immediately launched himself at the masked stranger, claws first but he was able to evade it.

"Oh(in a shocked but calm manner) that was close", said that masked stranger as he stared into the glowing red eyes of a now berserker Alex. "Man if that got me I wou….", he stopped talking and smirking all together after realizing Alex managed to scratch his cheek.

"…You ….little….piece of SHITT!!" yelled the masked stranger as he ran so fast towards Alex that he seemingly teleported right next to him. He swung his right leg towards Alex's side so fast that Alex couldn't react to the blow. Alex flew past his grandfather and crashed into the castle wall.

"I-i-i'm no-no-not, done yet", Alex mumbled as he stood up. "Oh?,you sure are resilient ",responded the masked stranger as he smiled, wider than before, "After my nap…" Alex then collapsed. "Eh?!, fuck! Maybe I kicked him too hard", the masked stranger said as he looked up.

"Ohoho! That was a mighty kick there little boy", said the king as he walked up to the masked stranger, casting his robe aside and unsheated his sword made of the purest silver Zenium. "Oh!?, this is interesting", said the masked man as he looked at the king in awe.

"Now young man listen close and listen well…" the king continued as his voice shook the earth and the people around him struggled to stand, his eyes started to glow a bright green , debris started flying of the ground , the guards were able to grab Elizabeth and run.

They also took Alex out of the wall and took him to the castle. Archers started to appear on the castle wall and with a sigh of courage , they all took aim with a mighty grip onto their bows, aiming at the masked stranger.

"A bit overkill don't you think?" asked the masked stranger as he glanced at the archers, then at the king. The king then raised his sword and with the drop of his foot , the ground shattered around him. The masked stranger began to put his guard up.

The king then spoke "As long as I can stand, as long as I can still draw breath, as long as blood moves in my body, as long as I can still move a muscle, I, king Beauwolf Draken the 2nd , of Draken, will not let anyone harm my grandchildren", He proclaimed, not as a king , but a parent.

"Oh , is that so!?", the masked man said as he put his hand out, above his shadow and a long black metallic object started to peer out. "Hmmm!?", the king spotted what he was doing. By instinct he raised his right leg into the air and brought it down with a mighty stomp.

His eyes glowed brighter as his stomp broke the ground surrounding him and the masked stranger. The masked stranger quickly glanced at the king , then back into his shadow and tried to reach for his weapon. The king saw what he was doing and said "Not on my watch!"

Using his mark of magic: Telekinesis he lifted all the debris along with the masked stranger, pulling him far away from his shadow as his weapon vanishes back into the depths of darkness. With a gesture of his palm closing, all the debris enclosed the masked stranger as well.

'What is this old geezer doing', the masked stranger thought to himself. "I haven't done this in a while( he chuckles as he looks at his sword) let's go…old friend" 'Well you look like your in shit a mysterious voice said in the masked man's head, 'Fuck you the masked stranger responded to the voice.

'He doesn't seem that strong' continued the masked stranger 'Then what's his rank and level?" asked the voice, 'First let me see' said the masked stranger as his eyes lit up purple, brightening up the giant mass of rock suspended in air. '5th level, superhuman said the masked stranger.

"Oh!...Well that's a problem', said the voice ,'Why?' asked the masked stranger with a hint of concern. He hurriedly looked below through the rock to try and find the king. In a flash the king started dashing upwards using some falling debris.

The masked stranger tried to follow his mana output to try and follow his movement but by the time he could catch up to the king's movement , he had already reached infront of the boulder like structure he was captured in. "Oh, Fuck! This is going to hurt", said the masked stranger.

"Now,(he let's out a gust of air from his mouth) full mana release!", and with those words the king's eyes glowed brighter, his hair, beard, mustache and eyebrows glowed a bright green as well and flowed like a river "Secret technique: Mountain…CLEAVEEEEERRRR!!!", yelled the king.

His sword released a large, green energy blade which the king used to slice through the pile of rocks that encased the masked stranger . The king appeared on the other side of the now falling earth cage which was severed in two.

Everything on the king's body returned to it's normal state, apart from his eyes. "Well that was a close one!" said the masked stranger as he appeared behind the king. The king in shock, tried to swing his sword towards the masked stranger.

As the sword was about to make contact with the masked stranger, the king suddenly stopped and dropped it. He fell on his knees and began to cough up blood and realized that he had a huge X wound across his chest.

He bowed his head down, then slowly drifted away until he passed out. "Oh?, over so soon old man?", as the masked stranger, mocking the king, "Fire!!", a soldier shouted as the archers all let loose their arrows. "Oh, now what do we have here?" said the masked stranger.

"Hey be careful where you aim those , you king is still hear!" he continued. He inhaled a large amount of air , then let it all out with an earth shattering roar that scattered all the arrows away from him and the king. 'Hey stop that!' yelled the voice.

'Heh?' gasped the masked stranger. 'Abel ain't happy about shaking the heavens while he's trying to sleep' continued the voice. "Oh, sorry" apologized the masked stranger, he continued "Now where was I? Oh! The old man" "Took the words right out of my mouth , you masked gramps" said Xavier as he arrived on the battlefield.

"Don't agitate him Xavier", said Elizabeth walking towards Xavier and standing near him. "Come on Elizabeth , now where's the fun in that ", said Kalin as he approached them and stood there smirking. "Oh what's this? The grandchildren here to take revenge", said the masked stranger mockingly.

Xavier called out, " Hey Alex! As much as I hate you how about we play our game ", Alex responded as he was walking towards the three of them, "You mean our game of Predator and Prey", "That's the one" Xavier responded. Alex smiled and looked at the masked stranger.

He spoke out words that excited the masked stranger, "Then let the hunt begin" .

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