Chapter 458 We Own You

"It's enough..."

Ryze loosened his grip under Rex's piercing cold stare, he slowly regained back his consciousness, he blinks a couple of times before he mutters, "R-Rex?"

"Calm down now, I'll explain to you in detail later", Rex said before putting Ryze down.

The others who are on the back slowly approach closer seeing that Ryze has already calmed down, they all still feel weirded out while looking at the new Ryze.

Especially Adhara and Gistella who just a moment ago thought Ryze is just a kid.

But looking at his manly muscular body right now, Ryze can't be considered a kid anymore even though he probably still has the mentality of a kid.

'At least he's still our Ryze, he's only confused', Rex sighed in relief.

Just as he wanted to say something, Rex saw that Adhara's face redden before she turns her body away in the other direction not intending to face Ryze.

Seeing this, Rex was confused before he turns his body and look back.

Upon seeing Ryze who has now regained back his consciousness and covering his crotch, Rex smiled wryly remembering that Ryze is still completely naked.

"Give him something to wear", Adhara suddenly said.

Hearing this, Rex chuckles as the situation is finally over, "Why is your face red like that, Ryze is still just a kid you know", he teased making Adhara even more embarrassed.

"Just do your space thingy and get him some clothes", Adhara replied rolling her eyes.

<Sudden Quest Completed!>

<Obtained 7,000,000,000 Exp, Teeth of Red, and Chaos Fire Rune>

<Level up!>

<Obtained 3 Attributable Stats>

<Sudden Quest Completed>

<Obtained 2,000,000,000 Exp, 100,000 Gold, and Ethos of Red Force>

Rows of notifications from the system appeared in Rex's vision as he completed the sudden quests, the exp he got managed to make him level up.

After briefly looking at the notifications, Rex opened the shop to buy some clothes for Ryze.

"Here, use this", Rex said before throwing a black robe.

Ryze who is still covering his crotch shyly which is very contrasting with his domineering and muscular body catches the black robe and instantly wore it hurriedly.

Although the quests are over, the main problem is still not over.

Billy has managed to escape before Rex even tries to find out about his goal, he only knows that Billy wants power, and he is even willing to absorb Zaddrass's power which is a Supernatural power just to become stronger.

Not that Rex can say anything about that though considering he's also a Supernatural.

This just shows the length Billy is willing to go through just to become powerful as if it was a matter of life and death for him.

'If he wants power this bad, then there must be a bigger picture here', Rex thought with a sigh.

With that, Rex then glances at the others, "Take Ryze back to the mansion before more FAA and UWO Awakened gets here, he's still unstable so make sure to not get caught"

Hearing this, the others nodded their heads.

But when they all wanted to bring Ryze back, Rex grabs Adhara's arm and said, "Prepare to depart as soon as tomorrow, we're going to the Vampire territory"

"Who's going to watch over the mansion?", Adhara asks in concern.

The incident where their families are in grave danger from the Atkins Family's pursuit is still inside Adhara's head, leaving her father without any protection even in sector 2 is still unsettling to her heart.

Rex smiles before he replied assuringly, "I'll let Edward bring his family into the mansion"

"He will be there to babysit our families while trying to reach the sixth rank, if something happened he will tell me instantly and we can go back. Don't worry"

Just as when Rex wanted to turn around,

He suddenly saw Adhara looking at Edward with a troubled look making him chuckle, "Edward is on our side, he will never betray me", he added seeing that Adhara is still skeptical about Edward.

After saying that, Rex then glances at Edward who is talking with Ryze, "Edward!"

"Yeah?", Edward replied while approaching them.

Rex then points at Adhara with his eyes and said teasingly, "Adhara doesn't trust you because of your betrayal, How do you respond to that?"

"Ouch... How could you doubt me Adhara? I thought we're closer than that", Edward said while holding his chest pretending to be in pain, and this sparks a roll from Adhara's eyes before she walks past Edward who is being dramatic.

"Come on! You really thought that I'm such a bad guy?"

"You're acting suspicious, of course, I will be suspicious"

"I'm not a bad guy! My acting is just really damn good! But wait, if you're being like this then in a way, you're complimenting my superior acting skills!"

"How about it? Should I quit being an Awakened and become an actor instead?"

"Shut up!"

Rex looks at the both of them bickering with a slight chuckle, but his eyes then shifted to Kyran on the side, "You stay here Kyran, let's gather the corpses of the masked people first"

"After that lead me to where you met with the Rirgas Family, we need to get our facts straight"

"Okay, follow me", Kyran replied before they both dashed away.

With the damage done not only to the buildings but also to the signature man-made lake that has its water level decreased by a huge amount, the FAA and UWO will definitely interrogate them.

The Rirgas Family is the first one they will interrogate so the facts must be straight.

A moment later,

Rex arrives at the place where the corpses of the FAA Awakened lie, the scene troubled him since there's not a trace of mana in all of their wounds, "This is certainly weird..."

The masked figures are still a mystery to Rex,

Not only does their power doesn't contain any sort of mana just like the black hand, but their race changed from human to Impure human.

Even the black hand who got power through a serum, they're still human.

So this development of the masked figures surely has a dark story behind them, the word Impure itself suggests that their bloodline might been tampered with.

"But the weird part about this is that there's no way the masked people can kill these many FAA Awakened, it's just impossible", Kyran said from the side with a frown.

They fought with the masked figures before and finds that not only do they possess weird abilities, their fighting skill is very weak compared to their peak sixth rank power.

It's relatively easy to deal with them, so there's no way the FAA Awakened can lose to them.

Rex frowned upon hearing this, the fact that these FAA Awakened died here means that there is someone that is able to wipe them all, 'Is it Billy? But he shouldn't be able to do this'

After checking the place, Rex and Kyran then dashed away again.

Not long after, they find Luisella commanding her men in front of a very huge Ice Dome that was probably a spell to protect the citizen used by Luisella,

'The people are inside the dome, she's certainly a seventh rank Awakened', Rex thought.

Luisella then notices Rex and Kyran approaching, they are carrying four corpses of the masked figures using mana. They both then landed right in front of her.

Seeing their arrival, Luisella slightly bowed politely.

"Oh? Not so cocky now huh?", Kyran suddenly said with a mocking tone.

Hearing this, Luisella bit her lips while bowing her head before her expression returned to neutral when she faced Rex, "I see that you kept the citizen safe", Rex said lightly.

"Of course, they're my citizen", she replied making Rex chuckle.

Without wasting any more time, Rex then threw the corpses of the masked figures in front of her before he said, "That's the people that attacked the sector, I don't recognize them being a part of any organizations"

Luisella looks at the masked figures' corpses before she knelt on the ground and open the masks.

Upon opening the masks of the corpses, Luisella frown in disgusts seeing that the face of these masks corpses are disfigured and even hardly human-like since their faces are skinless.

If not for their auras, some might even suspect them as Supernaturals.

"What are their goals here?", Luisella asks.

Hearing this, Rex already think of an excuse while on the way as he replied, "I don't really know but they're doing something inside the lake, almost as if they're searching for something"

"The lake? Then they're probably searching for the lake's core", Lusiella replied.

Seeing that Rex doesn't know what she's talking about, Luisella then explains, "There's a core inside the lake that is supposed to be an eighth-rank treasure, but the location of the core is hidden and that core is the thing that imbued mana into the water"

"If that's the case, then they must be searching for that", Rex replied.

After fooling Luisella so that they will state the same facts later if they're interrogated, Rex then said, "I have a business to attend, if the FAA wanted to meet me just send them to my mansion"

"These masked people are the perpetrator, hand them over to the FAA', he added.

Rex and Kyran then turn around intending to leave after saying that, there's nothing more to do here and they need to prepare for tomorrow.

But just after they walked a couple of steps away, "I got one more question..."

Luisella suddenly said from the back, Rex and Kyran stop their advance, and they both turn around to look at her with questioning gazes before she added, "These people are no doubt the perpetrator but why are you here, Rex?"

"How do you know these people are going to attack sector 3B?", she added suspiciously.

Thinking logically, many would find it suspicious for Rex to suddenly appear here just when these masked people are about to attack.

It's almost as if he knew that they would be attacking,

'Since Billy infiltrate my mansion, I have a solid reason to be here but I can't say that...', Rex thought while keeping his stoic and neutral expression.

If Rex uses that reason then Ryze will be put into the mix,

Although Ryze has only been with him for a couple of months, the Faraday University's students know how he looks, and seeing him suddenly turned into a muscular man like now will arise more suspicion which will eventually point to him being a Supernatural.

A Dragonman to be exact, and without a doubt, Ryze will be executed.

The situation might even escalate if Rex got investigated since he took in a kid that turns out to be a Dragonman, his identity as a Werewolf might even be found out if that were to happen.

While thinking hard in his head giving a couple of seconds of dead silence,

Rex then gazes at the sky that is slowly turning bright from the sun before he looks back at Lusiella who is waiting for him to answer, "Did you forget Luisella...?"

"I said that you're going to make a decision today, but I still haven't gotten your answer yet"

Hearing this, Luisella widen her eyes before she bit her lips.

The expression she's wearing right now makes a smirk appear on Rex's face, he then looks to the side and said, "I do still feel that I let Vanessa off too easily, maybe I should visit her..."

"Fine! I agree with your terms!", Lusiella finally decided helplessly.

After getting the answer, Rex turns back again slowly, "A wise choice, then I'll send someone to manage your family. For now, Goodbye..."

Swoosh!

Even after Rex dashes away, Kyran stood on his spot while looking at Luisella.

"As I said earlier, we own you...", Kyran said with a mocking smirk.

Many of the Awakened belonging to the Rirgas Family wanted to jump at him regardless of what Luisella might do after but they all stopped remembering the scene from before, where Kyran showed the disparity of their strength from just summoning his spirit.

Without a doubt, they won't be able to beat Kyran.

Even aside from the powerful spirit he possesses, Kyran is also a Dark Elementalist that is widely known to be terrifyingly evil and violent.

They held their urge to pounce at Kyran as their bodies trembled,

But upon looking at the dark faces of these Awakened and even Luisella, Kyran's smirks become even wider, "That's what I thought", he said before disappearing into the darkness.

~

The next day,

Rex and the others are currently on a dead plain with a city on a hill that can be seen on the side, they are currently in a place just beside Eqosa City.

The others are already strapped in their armors ready for a battle.

Gistella is wearing the same armor as she used back at the mansion that Rex gave her, she will become the Enchanter of the team that can also act as a tank if needed.

On her side is Adhara holding the Duality Daggers,

Adhara is wearing a purple combat suit with enhanced leather pants for the sake of mobility, she will need these kinds of wearing so she can move around freely, but she also wore a pauldron on her right shoulder that also covers her upper right arm and neck.

She looks like a rogue but still has a bit of fashion to her armors.

Just beside Delta who is currently eating something is Kyran,

Kyran is wearing a black robe with a hood that covers his entire body, above the black robe is a one-set black armor that protects his body, arms, and legs making him look like an assassin straight from the pitch of darkness itself.

Instead of a dagger, Kyran is holding a black spear.

At first, Rex suggests that he sticks to the daggers that he already trained in, but Kyran said that since merging with his spirit he feels like using a spear more than daggers.

Even when Rex test Kyran out, he surprisingly becomes very skilled in using a spear.

Rex already asked Devo about it, and he said that some spirits give that kind of effect so Rex finally bought Kyran a black spear.

Every piece of armor these three wore is seventh-rank equipment,

With the money Rex currently has, buying these armors doesn't even pain him like before he defeated Wesley Atkins and took over his business.

Then finally, right in front of the three of them is Rex.

Rex is still wearing the sleeveless black armor that he used during the mission, two scabbards are strapped on his back with one of them strapping the Amuerus Katana.

Unlike the usual silver sword, Rex bought a new one.

This silver sword is called the Silver Eye, a seventh-rank silver sword that gets its name from the cross-guard that is circle-shaped and has an eye carved on it. Just like before, the hilt of this Silver Eye is covered with an enhanced cloth so Rex doesn't get weakened by the silver.

After looking back at the others, Rex then looks at the far distance, "Rosie, Wait for me..."