Chapter 20 King Thomas

Lucas was walking through the dark alley until he found himself surrounded by a bunch of bandits who were busy robbing people on the street. The leader of the group had sharp blond hair and a beard.

"I said give us all your money!" one of the thugs ordered a man in front of them.

Lucas could barely hold his laughter back. He kept chuckling to the point he choked on his own saliva. His eyes were watering up as he tried to stop laughing, but it just wouldn't work. Finally, he burst out laughing. One of the thieves came closer and punched him in the jaw for not paying attention. The blow knocked him down.

"Hahahaha!" Lucas laughed even harder when the thief hit him again with his other fist.

The gang leader turned around and looked at Lucas. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, just..." Lucas answered, still trying to keep his laughter under control.

"Just what? Just nothing?!" the thug shouted angrily.

"It's just..." Lucas apologized as he stood up. "I am glad that they don't publicize murder on the news or internet."

The leader took two steps towards him. "Is that so?"

"Oh yes," Lucas said. His eyes started glowing and black mana bursted out towards the bandits. This time, Lucas was not using fire, but his dark mana instead, and it caught the bandits as if it was a large web. They were trapped in there as the black energy formed into a cage.

The leader stepped forward and grabbed the bars of the cage. "How dare you, fucker?" he screamed as he gripped the bars tightly and threw his weight against them. The cage was made out of dark energy, so it didn't have any effect on the leader, but he couldn't break free, either. The other bandits tried to help their leader by hitting the bars, but they too weren't able to do anything.

"Give me your hands." Lucas pointed at the leader and stretched his hand out towards him. The leader could only see blackness and darkness. He tightened his grip on the bars before jumping backwards away from Lucas.

"What the..." Lucas exclaimed after no vision came out of the bandit leader. "Not a sinner?"

"WHAT?!" the leader roared after looking around to see his entire group torn limb from limb.

"I will release you after I am gone." Lucas smirked. He covered his face in black as night mana armor grew on his body. It would protect his identity, but it also seemed like the dark armor absorbed the light.

Lucas walked away and disappeared into the shadows. When he reappeared in another place, he was standing in front of his house. There, he saw an unknown person standing.

The man was wearing a hat and casual clothes with a backpack on his back. His skin was pale, and he had white hair and blue eyes. He stood right in front of the entrance to Lucas's apartment building.

"Hey, could you step aside?" Lucas asked and gestured with his hand for the man to move.

"Why do you have scent of human blood on you?" the man asked. "It reeks."

"E-Excuse me?" Lucas asked. His face went beet red from anxiety. 'M-My scent? Can this man sense I killed someone?' Lucas's inner thoughts ran through his mind.

"Sorry, sorry..." the man chuckled. "I am just messing with you." The man extended his hand toward Lucas for a handshake. "My name is Thomas. Thomas Smith."

Lucas reluctantly took the man's hand, and a vision flashed in his eyes.

"DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!" A humanoid cat-like demon was rampaging in ancient Lightburn, killing all the men he could find. "Die, die, die, Die, die, die!"

The cat demon was smirking as a black miasma similar to the one of an angel was rising from its body. The black miasma spread throughout the city, killing dozens of people.

Thomas looked at Lucas and smiled. "You know who I am, right?."

"Y-Yes." Lucas stuttered. "K-King Thomas."

King Thomas - second most powerful demon in the Lightburn world; a demon lord. Demon-lords were the beings who achieved godhood through pain and suffering within the cage - alternative dimension of hell. What was worse was that from what Lucas learned by reading the novel was that both demon-lords could give the holy god Isaac's nameless daughter a run for her money in a fight. This meant that Lucas was in trouble.

"What do you want from me?" Lucas asked.

"Oh, well... I just really found you interesting." King Thomas took off his cap , revealing his cat ears. He then scratched his head and grinned. "Tell me, what kind of serial killer keeps leaving the traces of his mana in the murder scenes?" he pointed at Lucas, who was starting to become pale

"I can explain..." Lucas stuttered.

"Yeah, right," King Thomas sneered and crossed his arms. "You're Lucas Ciffer. An exiled royalty sent from the holy kingdom."

"You know me?" Lucas gasped.

"I have been following your story since you first landed on the shores of the Elemental continent." King Thomas shook his head and sighed. "Forgive my rudeness, but is this Holy kingdom's attack on the Elemental kingdom?"

"N-No..." Lucas said with a shaking voice.

"Then why are you here?" King Thomas raised his eyebrows in disbelief at Lucas' response. "WHY IS AN ANGEL HERE?!"

"I-" Lucas began to speak. Then he quickly closed his mouth and looked down.

"Spill it out, Lucas!" King Thomas shouted.

"I... I... Uh..." Lucas's voice kept shaking until his angel instincts took over and he released a black miasma from his body. "You know what? Fuck this shit." Lucas said as his eyes began to glow. He jumped forward at Thomas with a smirk on his face. "I keep looking for stronger and stronger opponents. But... Who can be better than you?!"

"W-What?" Thomas's eyes widened in shock and he quickly moved backward. "Are you out of your mind?! We're in the city!"

Lucas unleashed an energy wave from his body that tore apart the walls of the building as he charged towards King Thomas. Lucas's mana liquified and engoulfed, his body turning into a mana armor.

"Y-You idiot!" Thomas shouted as he dodged Lucas's punch, but instead was blasted by a fire magic. Thomas flew into the building by breaking through the walls.

The buildings crumbled beneath his feet as Lucas rushed at the king again.

"Dammit!" Thomas yelled out as he avoided Lucas's hit and grabbed the young man by his neck. Thomas released white 'spatial' energy and created a portal. He pushed Lucas through it and the two of them appeared in the desert outside the Elemental kingdom.

Lucas thrusted his palm forward and punched Thomas in the stomach. Thomas grunted from the impact and slammed Lucas onto the ground.

"Y-You know what... You're the first angel I ever met... And..." Thomas spat out blood. "I already fucking hate angels." Thomas released his mana and created a mana armor similar to that of Lucas's.

"Fun..." Lucas said with a grin. "THIS IS FUN." Lucas said as the adrenaline rushed through his veins. He hasn't had this much fun ever since he was on a run from a police on Earth. A thrill of fighting someone who can kill him never occurred to him on Lightburn, as he instinctively knew that bandits and monsters couldn't really keep up with his constantly improving strength and magic control. "Yes. The thrill of being in a world of a novel!~"