Download App
13.72% Reverse Apocalypse: The Devil's Revenge / Chapter 21: I'm stronger

Chapter 21: I'm stronger

Liam's left hand was not in the claw form anymore. That was the young man's fortune or else he would be lying on the ground, drenched in his own puddle of blood.

A faint smile could be seen on Liam's face as he looked at the quivering eyes of the young man who couldn't say a word even though his mouth opened and closed repetitively.

"I don't think you should act like a bigshot if you cannot even protect yourself properly," He gave him a word of advice as he loosened his grasp around the young man's neck. He pushed him lightly which resulted in the man stumbling backward before he tripped and slumped to the ground loudly.

"Don't provoke others if you cannot estimate their strength properly!" Liam added before he turned around to the others.

"Is everyone's Soultrait activated? If not…just increase your stats for the time being, and don't play around like this prime example of a donkey brain, otherwise, you will only gift yourself a quicker death!"

In order to complete his mission with the best possible result, Liam chose to teach those who were worthy of being taught. His explanations and tips were worth much more than a few Arcanium and everyone listened, no matter if they liked Liam as a person, or if they loathed him for his personality.

He didn't really care whether he was loved or hated since love and hatred were two sides of the same coin, either way.

While he handed out a few explanations, a few fellow athletes stepped up to their colleagues. They helped him up from the ground and stared threateningly at Liam, or they were trying to glare at him threateningly. It didn't really make Liam cower in fear since he had a tiny little bit more experience on the battlefield. In comparison to the rookies who picked up a weapon for the first time in their lives, Liam could basically be considered a Warlord!

That was also why Liam didn't think highly about the bunch of athletes whose clothes were still unstained and dry. They may hold a weapon but they didn't even know how to wield it properly, and they had yet to kill a monster using their perfectly new, shiny weapons!

Liam's expression only changed a little when someone wearing a uniform approached the athletes.

The young athlete whom Liam had taught a lesson rushed over to the man whose uniform was similar to the uniform humans in the Overworld wore when they practiced martial arts in a dojo.

"Felix, please help me…He nearly killed me!!" The young athlete shouted out loud, his voice sounding like the bleating of a sheep that was on the brink of death.

Liam had more respect for a desperate animal that was trying its utmost to survive until the last breath left its body rather than the young athlete who looked more pitiful and disgusting than the other people whose bodies froze when facing fierce monsters.

"Is that true?" The man wearing a martial arts uniform asked, his voice and expression showing no sign of malice let alone anger.

A few people began to speak up for Liam since they had witnessed what actually happened in detail, making the martial artist keep looking at Liam curiously.

"I could have killed him if I wanted to, but as you can see, I didn't," Liam responded which caused the martial artist to nod his head.

"I'm Felix, Martial Arts Champion of the Chivan Gotenksu University. Do you want to help me build a small base in the gym?" Felix, the martial artist, introduced himself and asked a question.

"I don't really intend to stay inside the gymnasium for too long. Furthermore, following someone is not really something I want to do, especially since I'm stronger either way!" Liam said, hinting that he was stronger than Felix.

The martial artist wanted Liam to become one of his subordinates because his presence was intense. One could tell at the first glance that Liam was not a pushover or someone to be taken lightly.

Yet, even before Felix could open up the discussion to entice Liam to become his subordinate, he was rejected.

Felix looked at Liam for a second or two before the corners of his lips curled upward.

"You seem quite confident. Are you certain that you're stronger than me?" He asked sharply while taking a step forward.

The moment his feet touched the ground again, the pressure exuded by Felix increased drastically.

"You can come at me if you want to give it a try," Liam replied in a calm and composed manner as he watched the changes in Felix's movements.

Currents of blue light burst forth from the martial artist as he changed his stance, the currents further intensifying the pressure around Felix.

Felix's strength underwent a sudden change as he turned into a blue flash that shot forward at once.

The artificial grass of the rugby field around Felix's feet burst as green bits were tossed around.

Liam didn't move an inch at first. He simply kept looking ahead, his eyes following the movements of the blue flash easily. His pupils seemed to enlarge and the sealed galaxies within his eyes were clearly visible through the hollow socket of the black devil mask as Liam triggered his Soultrait for a short moment.

He twisted his upper body, making it seem as if he wanted to move backward, and evade the incoming attack with slow and subtle motions just to change his tactic the moment Felix closed in.

When Felix was only three meters away from him, Liam kicked out all of a sudden.

His leg jerked upward, aiming at Felix's chin with tremendous force. The martial artist couldn't react fast enough to the sudden kick that took him by surprise as he was fully focused on reaching Liam's upper body. He failed to deflect the attack as quickly as possible and was flung around like a newborn calf.

While Felix had focused on Liam's upper body that'd moved backward, a tremendous force impacted on his chin.

His head snapped up even before Felix understood what had happened and something cold was pressed against his neck not even a quarter of a second later.

"Inner Strength…not a bad Soultrait, that's for sure. You just need a little bit more training and you might be able to wield it properly!" Liam muttered his observation next to Felix.

The young martial artist didn't even dare to move his head as the cold steel was still tightly pressed against his neck.

His hair stood up on its end and the fear of death crawled up his spine as he realized that Liam didn't retract his weapon.

Instead, Liam waited for a few seconds to analyze the Inner Strength of the young martial artist.

'A Soultrait that allows him to break his limits by unleashing his Inner Strength…to think that I would meet so many interesting people so soon… Now it makes sense why the rewards of the customized mission are so high…there are potential threats to the Nine Realms in here, and the Arcane System wants me to reassure their survival!!'

Liam figured out what the Arcane System intended to do and he was more than fine with that.

Felix could become someone extremely powerful provided he learned how to use his power and strength properly.

It hadn't even been half a day since the Arcane Apocalypse started. Of course, it was not possible for someone to be able to use their Soultrait as proficiently as Liam!

Felix couldn't control the sudden surge of power that erupted within him upon triggering his Soultrait.

It prevented him from using his combat knowledge properly and forced him to attack with brute force without a strategy.

He couldn't even evade attacks properly as of now, which led to his inevitable loss.

"As I said before, I'm stronger!"


Chapter 22: Suspicion

The battle between Liam and Felix, if one could call it that, to begin with, ended in an instant.

Felix had run straight toward Liam, whose upper body had leaned back just for his leg to flick up the moment Felix was about to reach for Liam's shoulders.

The moment Felix's head was pushed upward, Liam jerked forward to press the battle-axe's blade against his neck.

Everyone stared blankly at the two combatants. There was almost nobody in the city who didn't know Felix or was oblivious to his strength. Thus, it was an even bigger surprise to see how easily he had been defeated, especially after Felix's speed had increased so suddenly.

"I hope that you can create a strong defense in the gym. Did you consider turning it into a fortress?" Liam asked nonchalantly as he reached forward with his free hand.

He retracted the battle axe and acted as if the fight between them had never happened.

"Huh? What?" Felix responded barely. His mind was still shut off after realization struck him. He had been defeated in the blink of an eye, seemingly effortlessly!

Liam looked at Felix and reconsidered something for a moment before he sighed deeply.

'Should I rest for a bit, or go out and pull more Natives into the gymnasium?...Will the system count them as the people I saved here, to begin with? Probably not…I didn't really do much to save the Natives who were already inside, to begin with. If all those I saved personally are added by the system, I should have saved enough to finish the mission…but they might not survive until the rain stops. It might continue to rain for a few days, after all…so securing the gym is the most important…I guess?'

Liam's mind was rattling. He wanted to receive the additional rewards of his customized mission. To achieve that he had to protect as many Natives as possible.

"If you want to become stronger you should think about turning the gymnasium into your first hideout, or even a fortress. I will seal the entrances to make sure nobody will be able to enter the gymnasium unnoticed. Will you help, or are you playing to stay here like these hoodlums?" Liam asked, changing his question a little as he pointed at the idiotic young athlete who had pointed his sword at him before.

The young athlete was just about to grumble or snap at him when he began to shudder. He recalled how Liam had defeated him and Felix without breaking a sweat.

It was obvious that Liam was different from them…he was dangerous, far more dangerous than they assumed him to be!

Felix got up from the ground, his eyes warily staring at Liam. He couldn't help but feel overwhelmed since he had never expected someone to be able to defeat him after his powerful Soultrait had awoken.

For a while, he had also daydreamt of becoming one of the superhuman existences that were only known in movies, and webnovels. Liam had barely attacked him but his simple move had jolted Felix back to reality, whether he liked it or not.

"I will come with you…" He mumbled while trying to force a smile on his face. Liam nodded in response before he averted his attention to the surrounding area.

"How many people listen to you?" Liam asked when he saw the rugby goalposts of the three rugby fields. Many people were spread all over the football fields but none of them seemed capable enough to start fighting with their lives on the line. At most, the athletes and a few loners could fit his requirement.

"How many do you need?" Felix countered the question with another one.

"Enough to disassemble the rugby goalpost, carry them to the entrances in the outer layer, and block them off. I would also need a bunch of people who're willing to actually fight. Using monster corpses to block the main entrances will be quite helpful as well. Everyone needs to learn how to fight in order to survive in the Arcane Apocalypse sooner or later, either way!" Liam answered before he thought of something else as well.

"If you know where other furniture or sport equipment can be found, it would be good to use that as well to seal the entrances. As long as the doors are closed and several meters of a blockade erected, monsters would have a hard time paving their way through everything. Not even Elite Ratatuo are intelligent enough to force their way to the inner ring of the gymnasium if we put up a lot of difficult obstacles."

Once Liam finished speaking, he noticed that he was looked at weirdly. This was not actually something new for him so he didn't bother about the gazes and turned around when he heard Kian's voice from behind.

"How do you know that not even the Elite Ratatuo are intelligent enough to think about creating a pathway through the blockade you've been talking about? Did you analyze the intelligence of the rats that quickly?" Kian's voice was filled with surprise. He didn't seem suspicious of Liam but rather baffled to think how someone as intelligent as Liam could end up by their side.

It was as if their guardian angel had descended in the form of their mysterious savior, Liam. That was, at least, how Kian felt at this very moment.

However, Liam also noticed that many grew suspicious of him after hearing him. Nobody really knew him and it was not as if his mask made him look like a friendly and trustworthy person. The only reason why nobody chose to confront him was that Liam was evidently trying to help them.

One had to be blind, deaf, and stupid not to understand that Liam's words and actions were a clear indicator of what he wanted to achieve-safeguarding them, though nobody understood why he was going to such lengths to save them.

"The ordinary huge rats are merely normal rats, the Blazing Tooth Rats feel like mutations of ordinary rats while the Elite Ratatuo is more like advanced evolutions. When I fought it, I could clearly tell that it wasn't adept at using special tactics to fight, but that it relied on it's bestial instincts to fight," Liam explained nonetheless. He didn't know how long it would rain, which meant that he could hardly allow anyone to push him away even if that would make things a lot easier.

His explanation wasn't anything special but it was enough to disperse the suspicion of most people.

Felix didn't think much about it and nodded his head before he looked at the condition of Liam and the students behind him.

"You and your people should rest for a bit while I will gather everyone who is willing to have a rendezvous with some rats in the rain!"


Load failed, please RETRY

Gifts

Gift -- Gift received

    Weekly Power Status

    Batch unlock chapters

    Table of Contents

    Display Options

    Background

    Font

    Size

    Chapter comments

    Write a review Reading Status: C21
    Fail to post. Please try again
    • Writing Quality
    • Stability of Updates
    • Story Development
    • Character Design
    • World Background

    The total score 0.0

    Review posted successfully! Read more reviews
    Vote with Power Stone
    Rank 200+ Power Ranking
    Stone 1 Power Stone
    Report inappropriate content
    error Tip

    Report abuse

    Paragraph comments

    Login

    tip Paragraph comment

    Paragraph comment feature is now on the Web! Move mouse over any paragraph and click the icon to add your comment.

    Also, you can always turn it off/on in Settings.

    GOT IT