Evening had fallen, and Magi was still stuck at his work for hours.“Ngh. This is hard.”Looking at the screens that showed numerous data and prints of the Grant that Magi had tried to replicate, he could only sigh out of frustration. Violet's Gauntlets had a design that was original to its creator, and with it being detailed up until its inside, perfectly replicating it would be hard. Besides, it was also the cane that had been partly disassembled, revealing the nanotechnology it was built on. Retrieving the data on the Memory Card from Violet's Grant was easy, however, transcribing the blueprint data from it was the part that relied on luck. “Copy-pasting isn't easy here. I should just give up on completely recreating her Grant.”Swiping all the screens away with his hands, Magi dismissed the windows as all of them proved to be useless. He had been trying to reference several Grants that resembled Violet's Gauntlets but none could theoretically hold her.Magi had thought of giv
As the next morning arrives at the twin's residence, Magi was the first to wake up, preparing the necessary things like breakfast. Bahamut would be second, as he no longer needed the aid of a wheelchair, standing up with the help of cyber-augmented legs that was powered by a mana stone engraved inside his skin. “How is it?”Magi would ask Bahamut as he walked to the table, seemingly without any lag or problems. “It's perfect! I knew that this existed but I never thought of using it myself!”Bahamut was quite excited to be able to walk again, expressing his happiness as he took a stroll around the small space they had. “It also feels... lighter...”Not only that, Bahamut's body felt lighter than ever, with not only the ability to control his legs, but the legs were also built-in with an anti-gravitational pulse that can let the user jump a significant amount of distance if activated. It was something that Cian wanted before, but installing it was a huge risk, thus it was only reco
“V-Violet?!”Shouting atop his lungs, Bahamut was quick to pick up the pistols that had emitted the holographic screens, showing an image of Violet with her eyes closed. “——VIOLET!”He shouted once again, louder than ever as Magi looked back at him while tending to his brother. “——You're so damn noisy, why are you shouting, you big oaf?!”It wasn't Cian or Magi who replied, but rather it was the person from the pistol's projection, Violet. Her face moved along with his words, showing a face of anger and irritation as she spoke. It was like only as if Violet was on a video call with Bahamut, acting casually as ever. Hearing that voice once more made Bahamut's eyes water up as he began to chuckle, wiping them all off before they could run down. It was no time to cry, he was able to see his comrade again.“D-Damn you, you're as sharp-mouthed as ever!”Bahamut couldn't hide his happiness as he laughed together with Violet who resided in a 2D plane, whilst Magi watched them interact fr
"Cough... Cough...! What in the hell happened——"Coughing out as he emerged from the rubble, Bahamut had just been able to view the current situation as it is.He was surprised as he saw multiple men dressed in black on the ground, and as he looked over to the side, there was the twin, standing before a tall man that held a sword. “——Black Skulls?!”Bahamut knew who they were upon seeing the man with the sword. It was Izumo Riku, one of the rankers in Black Skulls. “Ah, at least someone recognizes me here! Bahamut of the Violet Hex! Or at least formerly, that's you, right?”Nonchalantly responding to Bahamut, Izumo had known of Bahamut's affiliation and retirement from Violet Hex despite it being recent. Information was one of the fastest things that would go around with the right amount of money, and so, it was no surprise that Izumo knew of that.“Bahamut. You know this guy?”Raising his pistol aimed at Izumo, Cian aired out his voice as he looked at and asked Bahamut.“He's a r
[Monthly Rankings][1. Rosa Kuro (Black Skulls)2. Subaru Hatsuji (Pandemonium)3. Baji Shiranui (Pandemonium)4. Sumire (Violet Hex)5. Izumi Riku (Black Skulls)]**Every month only five names are shown in the monthly rankings. Everyone knew that there was still someone that could be following them yet remained unseen due to the limit of five, not granting them the chance to be renowned at all. But what was the more frustrating thing for them was that the monthly rankings were not categorized by the whole world, but by region. Meaning, that they were only the top five highest-ranked Grant users in Newyark. It was just a small pond instead of the ocean, and those who wanted to become more than that were getting impatient as their name grows stale in a small ranking.It was a given that there were only always five shown rankers monthly, but some people would always have the access to information of others, creating the rest of the ranking on their own.**“...And so, a ranker like
Opening the doors to Bahamut's base, Magi was met with a white interior that had a minimalist design. There were stairs that led down to another room as Bahamut guided the way. It was the living room that was submerged and had a few gym equipment and white beds. It felt like a generic refuge house as the twins looked around.“This was a bunker for war before. We threw the rest of the beds in the basement and kept some of the furniture. This was created by those Tech Mages that were left behind. It was written on the computer there, but it seems like they were recovered in a bit.”Bahamut stood still as he observed the two inspect the bunker, seemingly new to the moving walls that had cabinets inside of them. They had normal weapons inside, swords and guns alike. Weapons without any special integrations were rare in themselves as they were useless against barriers, but they were good measures not against mages, but for those who would attempt anything within their group.Magi and Ci
“Alright. I'm going to head out for a bit!”Opening the magic portal back to the mainland, Cian held a mana stone that had been filled with a bit of his mana to work as a key for the portal. “Orphanage? The one you and Magi lived as kids before?”Bahamut inquired as he was just a few meters away, inscribing magic into notes for Magi as he had asked to tutor him about more magic. He was wearing glasses as he held a small pen and paper.It had been two days already since they kept a low profile away from the mainland and Cian had decided to take a stroll back to the orphanage to give them gifts as he would usually do. “Yeah. I know Magi's working on his magic right now but if he looks for me, tell him that I went out to buy things, alright?”Cian would just smile and put a finger on his lips, telling Bahamut to present a blatant lie to someone who could read the minds of people like an open book.“I'm not sure if you're even allowed to—”“Adios!”Before Bahamut could even finish his w
In the twin's youth, Magi had always been missing out on the fun that Cian had. He would always be standing by a window, and even if Cian had called out to him, he would only smile. Cian wasn't always having fun. He was making sure that everyone around him was happy. So when he noticed that Magi would begin to disappear and appear from time to time, he knew that there was something wrong. “Mother Teresa? Where is Magi?”He would ask Teresa one day. Magi was nowhere to be found and yet, Teresa and her mother weren't even worried.Yet, as Cian's worried face asked Teresa, she couldn't help but feel guilty. They knew what Magi were up to, but they were told that they cannot tell Cian at any cost. In just months, the orphanage became much wealthier as they miraculously had more money. Aside from selling sewn clothes, Magi had been working himself to gain money. Cian was able to eavesdrop on Teresa and her mother's conversation, thanking Magi for his kindness. But, Cian had remember
Chapter 161 "Go back to Newyark after this is done, huh? I suppose I'm being treated like a Deux Ex Machina."Whispering above the roofs of the building, Magi kept himself hidden from the eyes of those who were below him. The Brainless were everywhere as few of them survived, moving towards the office as a battle ensued right outside it, wrecking the place open.However, in his position, he could also see Cian, trapped in a barrier with Mia. It looked like it was because of their technology, however, that wasn't something that they would normally do. "An evil man like me cannot be the hero of this day."Cian fired his pistol, his bullet breaking the barrier instantly before Cian could attempt to stab himself with his bare hands. Cian was startled at first as Magi observed him, but his eyes immediately went in his direction, looking up with a look of gratitude. Even after all this, Cian was still nonchalant with his actions. He still cannot believe that they were twins in blood.T
Chapter 160: "Watch out!"Barely keeping up with Dokuji's speed, Sumire and the others couldn't get closer to force him into a close combat battle as they tried to dodge his attacks.His ranged attacks were too powerful for them to normally dodge as each slash would alter the terrain and create such a large breeze."I can't use my Blood Shackles on him. If anything else, I could use it if he was his normal size!"As Michael stood behind Kalina and Saeko, he was being protected by the ladies.It was far-fetched for a man like him to be useless right now, but he had to admit that he can't do the physical feats they can do right now. As he is now, he'll be a burden if he tried to help them."Tsk. We gotta close the gap somehow. Two people aren't enough to stop him."Sumire's assessment of the situation was right as all of them nodded in agreement. Sumire, Saeko, and Kalina might be able to stop him even by a moment if they worked together, however, that meant leaving Michael to his o
Chapter 159 "Tch!"Flying around, Sumire carried Saeko around as they tried to dodge the debris that Dokuji began to throw, firing and destroying the small ones, but dodging the hopelessly large ones.Sumire couldn't move all that well with someone on her back, and just as she thought Saeko could be the only one that could disable Dokuji, his transformation made it far harder."This is getting out of hand! If we spend too much time here, we'll lure the other Brainless in!"As they looked around, their battle was beginning to attract the other Brainleas that survived their battles, gathering up near them as they slowly walked up them.Their men had been slowly wiped out by the others. However."Boss!"As a voice called them from below, three surging arrows would whistle out as it splits the wind, hitting the other Brainless right into their eyes as they fall, defeated with one arrow each. Their heads were impaled through the eye. This was but an easy fit for someone capable of contr
"R-Red?!"Before her, was the almost disgusting sight of Red whose body was half rotten. On his back, there was a tube that seemed to be suctioning something out of his neck, delivering it to a machine that seemed to produce material on a tube.It was a purple substance that dripped down into a tube that glowed, and as far as Kurumi knew about it, this could be the substance that that Brainless runs with as their blood. "Kekeke... You aren't supposed to be here...""—?!"From behind, a voice suddenly spoke, laughing silently as he lurked within the dark corner of the basement.His eyes glowed green and each of his steps sounded metallic as it stomped into the concrete floor.Kurumi had her guard up, her magic flowing in the environment as she was ready to cast magic."Sniff... Sniff... That's a sweet smell. Do you mind if I...?"Just as the crazed man stepped out of the shadows, he began to suck in air with his mouth, and just as he did, Kurumi felt like her magic was being sucked i
Chapter 157 "Just where the heck are they all coming from?!"Amidst their travel towards the red light, Michael and his mercenary companions encountered yet another group of Brainless.They've been seeing almost countless numbers of Brainless inside the city, and if they were to be released and known to the public, his image was good as gone. Rather, his image was already gone when the whole attack began. As the mayor of this city, he shouldn't have let those criminals fool him in the first place."Tch. Mayor! Go ahead, I'll have my team take care of this! You are to assist the Boss!"The leader of the mercenary group would wield their Grants, taking on the three Brainless with his other companions. He pointed in the direction where the red light originated, urging him to rush."Alright!"Michael nodded in response, following through with their suggestions.Their group of twenty became reduced as similar encounters would happen, leaving Michael with the last three mercenaries that
"Heh. What's wrong? You're making a sad face when you're winning. Are you pitying me?!"Looking at the skies, Violet stood there with a sad expression. Her expression kept quiet for a moment as if grieving someone."Oi! Face me when I'm talking to you—"Unsheathing her blade, Violet had already taken two steps past her. It was all too fast. Violet was just a few meters in front of Asa earlier, but now, she was walking past her, stopping before long.But only then she realized that something happened as Violet sheathed her blade away."GUAAAAAGH!"Her right arm fell off, rolling down as a lifeless limb. No blood came out, but only immense pain came with it as she saw the organic parts that were the inner parts of her limb. "You won't die even if I cut your limbs. This blade severs the limb but prevents the blood from going out of the wound. It was a blade for surgical operations, yet perhaps, for Gods."Asa rolled on the ground as she held her severed arm, crying out as it turned
"That's everyone.""Yep—. Pretty much."Dusting away his hands, Vincent would respond to Kira as they wiped the floor with the enemies. With Kira using her abilities more proficiently with range, Vincent didn't have to constantly teleport in and out, treating Kira as some kind of explosive whenever she attacks. "Let's go."After all that, they entered the backdoor, and just as they thought that things were going smoothly, the corridor was blocked by Sentient Guards."Oh no," Vincent muttered.There were five of them and with both Kira and Vincent blacklisted, they all fired on sight.With less than enough space to dodge, Vincent quickly held Kira by the shoulder and blinked past them."Run!"Both of them ran deeper into the corridor and took a turn, hoping that it would be the way to the office.The Sentient Guards dashed to follow them, but as soon as they took the turn as well, the two were already out of sight, proceeding to clear the corridors."..."Vincent and Kira were able t
Chapter 154 "You're not going out alive."Standing before Cian, Violet, and Mia was Asa Narasu. She was the only remaining enemy and with her absorbing the blood of the Brainlesses as her weapons, she might as well be the final boss of this fight. "That's stupidly overpowered!"Cian muttered to himself observing Asa wield that kind of power.The blood around her flossed and encircled her in a sphere and if any of them were to be caught in it, their powers would be disabled. "Oh? That's troublesome. I might have to put this one away."Although, as Narash had the Blood Shackles on, the flames that were enveloping her hands and the Gravity Magic that made her afloat became weaker, seemingly reacting to the Blood Shackles' ability to disrupt magic itself. They all knew that it was an ability that made a mage a normal person if they made contact with it, however, seeing Asa have trouble using it with other abilities meant that it wasn't built to be along with another.It made Cian thi
"Hup...!"Jumping out of a portal, Magi would end up on another roof again, avoiding confrontation with the others as he helped them from a distance. He was able to get an array of weapons from the helicopter before it exploded such as a pistol and an automatic firearm which was a type he never had used before. He knew weak weapons like this wouldn't work against wouldn't work on Brainless, but he had something that most of the people in the fight don't have. He had deadeye accuracy, and when it comes to the Brainless's weakness, it was the eyes.There was one problem, however. "This is troublesome..."As he aimed down on the surface, there was still a thick cloud of smoke coming out of almost everywhere. He could barely see Cian as he had his back against a building, facing three Brainless that were running after him. Considering the air and the distance, Magi estimated that the bullet would travel less than a second and hit the Brainless, but if he misses, the distance between