Chapter 229: The Second Seal

''Stand up and fight. Come take my head, it's right here.'' 

Ceros continued to provoke Alex unaware of a brewing storm. If only Ceros had seen the current look on Alex's face, he wouldn't dare to continue what he was doing. Unfortunately, he was too focused on what he was doing, unaware that the beast was about to wake up. He was the one that contributed to it. 

''You m-" 

Halfway through his next words, Ceros jumped back as a chill shot down his spine, he couldn't help but jump back for a safety measure. It was instinctual. 

Slowly but surely Alex got up before staring at Ceros, the latter couldn't help but take a step back because the current Alex even though bloodied was giving a dangerous feeling. 

Unlike most people who would show anger and started cussing after experiencing what he went through, Alex was strangely calm, there was no anger, no hatred on his face, absolutely nothing, only an eerie calmness that makes one spine chill. 

For the first time since eon, Ceros felt fear, fear of what was in front of him, one of his hands trembled. Furious with himself Ceros decided to end the match, how can he, a dignified commander of the Shadow army be reduced to such a state by a mere human weakling? Unforgivable.

''How dare you. You-" Ceros was cut short by Alex's words. 

''You talk too much.'' 

Alex's tone when he said this was too bland. 

Ceros' eyes almost shot fire when he heard Alex's words, he wanted to shout, however, he couldn't as the next moment Alex opened his eyes, and under Alex's heterochromia eyes, Ceros froze.

On the other hand, when Alex used his death eye on Ceros, this time something astonishing happened, he was able to see fragmented memories. An endless black monster forming a formidable black army, a young commander ready to experiment his first campaign. The scene moved, the black army clashed against another whose features were blurred, then the scene changed once again, the young commander was defeated and made prisoner by a woman. 

''From now you will be my slave.'' said the woman with silver hair.

The memories ended there. Alex's expression remained calm as he said. 

''So, you are a slave who must be planning to revolt unaware that your master had seen through your little scheme. No wonder you got the Clown title.'' 

Ceros who had just regained control of his body after experiencing hell bellowed when he heard Alex's blatant mockery.

''Die.'' 

''I don't think so,'' Alex said.

Ceros' pupils dilated as at the same moment, Alex appeared before him and grabbed his head.

Bam!

He thrashed his face into the ground, creating a small crater there. Before Ceros could release a cry, he pulled him out and tossed her into the air. He followed him in the air, his knee crashing into her belly to further propulse Ceros into the sky before he descended toward the ground. 

Everything happened too fast, Ceros felt like he had become slow, so slow that he was caught off guard by Alex's attacks. The truth was that he still under Alex's eye attack. 

Looking at the flying Ceros, Alex aimed his gun and shot. 

BANG! 

A flame bullet was shot toward Ceros and even though he was caught off guard by the previous attacks, this time he was prepared

The moment the fireball appeared he used his special ability to switch place with the fireball before shooting a black flame at Alex, the latter cleaved into two with his knife. 

Using this opportunity, Ceros distanced himself from Alex, he didn't dare to look at the latter in the eyes as he knew how dangerous Alex's eyes are, especially the blue one, since Alex stood up, this eye was shining with blueish light. Alex became faster and stronger as if some kind of seal has been removed. 

Sighing as he didn't want to open his trump card soon, Ceros had no other choice, or else he would lose even when he is stronger than Alex. The current Alex was different than the previous one, therefore he mustn't hold back any longer. 

''Rhashaka Eye'' 

The moment Ceros said that his third eye shot open, unlike his other eyes which are entirely black, his third eye was entirely white and was shining like a gem.

Alex's expression changed, turning deadly serious, Ceros with his Rhashaka's eye was giving him a suffocating feel, if not because of his right eye, he would have been on his knees gasping for breath, without hesitation, Alex activated his domain. 

''Hellsing.'' 

Ceros vanished, somehow Alex was able to know where he would appear, from what angle his sword would attack from, almost as he could predict his moves.

Bang! Clank!

Ceros' sword was bounced back unable to injure Alex. Ceros was astonished by what happened, one should know that his speed had doubled, he didn't send one sword strikes and yet Alex was able to block it, not with a knife but by firing a bullet to deviate the sword trajectory before slightly shifting his body to dodge the deadly strike.

While the first time may be attributed to luck, the second and third times were not. This meant that Alex could somehow predict his moves. This realization sent a chill down Ceros's spine as he couldn't believe that such ability exists if someone were to tell this in the past, however, he couldn't deny the truth as he was experiencing it.

Clank! Bang! Clank! Bang! 

The two moved at fast speed exchanging more than a hundred moves, no matter from which angles or how fast he moved Alex was able to predict it and used his two guns like a sword to deflect all the attacks. 

Even when he attacked Alex using his fists, the latter would dodge using minimal movement, his fists seemed to slow down, even his sword strikes. At first, Ceros didn't understand what going on but later he realized that it was because Alex was using a domain. 

So young and already possess a domain? Ceros wanted to possess Alex more than ever, therefore he must end the match.