Chapitre 5: Training With Runeas and Sight Seeing(Edited)
Currently, Mark was sitting in his living room with Runeas watching TV. In her hands, she had some potato chips which he had to buy for her. She had been awake just 8 hours and in that time he learned she truly was a teenager at heart.
They were not even training yet as he was just entertaining her so far.
"So, are you having fun?"
She nodded as she watched Loony Toons on the TV.
"Yes, this TV is most funny. Who knew that a rabbit and a duck could get into such trouble? However, I can see you want to get started."
He nodded.
"That would be nice."
"Well, since I don't want my descendants to know I am awake or anyone else I guess here is a good place."
She tapped her foot on the ground and instantly she created a large bounded field just in the house. She created a massive Bounded Field in the house that was bigger than 5 Football fields.
Even the house vanished into an open field which not even the gods would feel.
"Show me what you know Mark."
Mark jumped back as the Boosted Gear appeared on his left arm.
[Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!]
Instantly his strength was increased several fold which caused his Draconic Aura to radiate like a tidal wave. Once the Boosted Gear was charged he drew that power in and reinforced his body. He charged toward Runeas and coated his arm in a mix of Dragon Fire and Space Magic. Meanwhile, he used Time magic to make himself 5 times faster.
At the same time, he tried to use it to slow her time down. He roared as he launched his most powerful punch toward her face. Her eyes went wide open as she reinforced her body with Demonic Power to dodge the punch by an inch.
The reddish-purple wave of aura blasted behind her striking her Bounded Field with the force of a typhoon.
'He is strong.'
At that moment she tried to palm-strike his midsection. However, surprisingly even he used the Boosted Gear to block the blow. She still launched him into the air where he recovered instantly.
Stepping in mid-air he landed back on the ground as he looked toward her. He exhaled as he looked toward his left hand.
"Ddraig? What was that?"
[She is a First Generation Devil who fought in the Great War. Did you think that would be easy?]
Mark grinned as he looked toward Runeas. This was actually fun.
"Wow, you actually blocked that. I am impressed. Try again."
Mark stood up and popped his shoulders.
"Let's try that again."
Mark exhaled hot steam as his heart began to beat with excitement. He grinned as his eyes glowed a bright green mixed with purple and Silver.
"One more."
Mark leaned forward and charged toward Runeas once more. She thought he was going to do the same thing, but mid-run he clasped both hands together. Time and Space Magic was condensed in his hands as he used the Boosted Gear to empower it.
[Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!]
He then opened his hands a massive blue vacuum was launched toward Runeas who increased the amount of Demonic Power she was using. She stepped forward and with her left hand she tossed Mark's attack behind her, but Mark appeared in front of her.
He uppercut with his left hand, but she blocked his blow with her right hand. Mark opened his mouth and a stream of Dragon Fire hit her straight in the face. He pulled back and watched as she stepped out of the flames with some small burns on her face.
She coughed as smoke left her mouth.
"That was not nice."
The burns were healing very slowly as Devils were not too good at healing magic, but her own healing abilities were quite strong.
Mark clenched his right hand as if he had not left a scratch on her.
[It is expected, you are just too young and weak to defeat her. Even if she barely trains. I can tell you now, as you are you will never defeat her. How can you of all people defeat someone like Runeas? You are just too weak.]
Ddraig wanted to piss him off to go Balance Breaker, but he was trained to control his emotions.
'Ddraig, that is not going to work on an assassin.'
[Let go then. Stop calming your self down, stop being in control, and let the dragon out.]
Seeing how Mark was talking with Ddraig, Runeas waited. Mark closed his eyes as he exhaled. He was not going to rage, he was not going to lose control. No, his anger was not to go wild, he needed not hot rage, but cold hatred.
When he opened his eyes they were an ominous purplish green. All his negative emotions from his long life began to rise up and Ddraig helped the process.
[Boost.]
When those negative emotions were doubled, they rose up along with the faint traces of the curses of his predecessors. The barrier of the Balance Breaker was broken with the tidal wave of cold fury.
[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!]
In a massive crimson glow, Mark's whole body was covered in the Scale Mail Balance Breaker. Even Runeas did not expect him to show this form. Ddraig knew that Mark could have always used the Balance Breaker. He just needed something to push him over the edge.
[Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!] [Boost!]
Almost endlessly Mark began to double his power until the entire bounded field was covered in the Green and Crimson glow of the Boosted Gear. Under Time Magic, he made himself over 1,000 times faster and slowed time down the same amount of times around him.
He instantly blitzed in front of Runeas who reached on pure instinct of her long life of war to dodge. She tilted her head out of the way to avoid being hit in the face by Mark's right arm covered in dark purple dragon fire.
Mark then followed it up with a massive kick coated in Space Magic directed at her gut, but this time it connected. If not for reinforcing herself with her potent Demonic Power she would have broken all her ribs. Instead, she just broke two and got sent flying.
She forced herself to stop as she spread her wings. Two large bat-like wings as her eyes glowed bright red. She activated her Bloodline ability for the first time in a long time. It caused the purity and strength of her Demonic Power to be increased to the extreme.
It began to reach similar levels to Demon Mana which was far purer and stronger than Demonic Power.
"OWW! You will pay for that."
She waved her hand and a massive stream of Demon flames surged toward him. Mark did not step back as he pulled his arm back. Shocking Ddraig, he coated his arm in his second ability, Penetrate.
This power allowed him to destroy any defense. He had not expected Mark to even use this power so soon. Mark boosted this power as he punched out toward the stream of flames splitting them in two. He then brought his other arm up and pointed downward.
"Come down."
Gravity instantly increased over 50 times, but Runeas using her own knowledge of Space magic pushed back against his gravity.
"You did well, now, sleep."
She vanished and struck him straight in the chest causing his armor to break in that area. He felt the air be all but forced out of him in that punch. But he was still a Draconic Human, that would not finish him instantly.
Mark pulled his head back and headbutted her with his entire remaining strength. His armor then began to fall apart as he did not have the experience to keep on for long. He then fell to the ground, but what Mark did not see was Runeas holding her face.
'BRUTE!'
Her nose was broken, and she even felt like she had a concussion. Blood began to drip down her nose which hurt badly. Using her Demonic Power she increased her body's natural healing abilities stopping the bleeding.
She shook her head as she looked down at Mark with a frown.
"Heartless monster."
She kicked him softly in the ribs, but he just rolled over. She even heard him snoring as he had fallen asleep.
[Thank you Runeas. Because of you, my partner is much stronger than before. Unless he runs into a monster like you, he should be much safer.]
Hearing his voice made her glare at the Red Gauntlet.
"You two are heartless."
[Yes.]
"I don't like you Ddraig."
[The feeling is mutual. Don't forget you were one of the Devils that killed me and Albion. But it does not matter what we feel about each other. What matters is my partner Mark.]
She looked away annoyed.
"He is a mean brute who hit a lady in the face."
[You did so much worse during the Great War so don't hate him.]
"I won't."
She waved her hand and replaced all his clothes with Demonic Power ones. These would be much stronger, self-repairing and they would even protect him better. She picked Mark up and placed him on his bed.
She sat down on his bed to watch TV as she allowed her body to heal. She began to watch Loony Toons once more waiting for Mark to wake up.
Mark currently awoke within the Boosted Gear itself. He appeared inside a coliseum of many men and women in white robes. Mark stared at these people before Ddraig spoke to him from the sky.
[They are your predecessors.]
"So, these are the former wielders of the Boosted Gear.]
"Correct."
Mark saw how they all looked on with vacant expressions.
"They don't seem very alive."
[No. But it is their negative emotions that curse the Boosted Gear's most powerful ability. The Juggernaut Drive. A forbidden move that makes use of a portion of my old power at the cost of your life span. The Negative Emotions of my former wielders caused the Life Span Drain. It requires a chant to use it. Want to hear it?]
"Yes."
[Don't repeat this unless you are sure it is your last resort.
I, who am about to awaken, I Am the Heavenly Dragon who stole the Principle of Domination from God. I laugh at the "Infinite", and I fret over the "Dream. I shall become the Red Dragon of Domination. And I shall sink you to the depths of the crimson purgatory.]
After hearing that chant, Mark closed his eyes as he remembered it.
"I see. So even the Juggernaut Drive is just a portion of your power."
[Yes. Just a portion.]
"So, the Juggernaut Drive is caused by these slackers who just taint my Boosted Gear with their useless emotions."
Ddraig wanted to grin.
[Yes. You will either have to resolve their grievances or get rid of them.]
"Looks like I will be choosing the latter. For now, it's time to leave."
Mark's consciousness returned to his body as he sat up. He sat Runeas sitting at the foot of his bed watching Loony Toons once more.
"You ok?"
She did not turn around and ignored him.
"Sorry for the headbutt and the ribs."
"I don't believe you."
[Might as well console her.]
'Fine'
He got up and sat next to her.
"I really am sorry."
"Are you really sorry?"
He nodded.
"Yes."
He wasn't.
"Well then, I want to explore the city. You have to take me around."
Mark did not mind though.
"Sure, but be careful. We are in the Greek Gods' territory."
"I could tell, but as long as we don't cause trouble we will be fine."
Mark stood up and looked at his leather jacket.
"Thanks for the clothes. They feel way better than before, but what about you?"
Runeas waved her hand and copied Alexander's outfit style, just more feminine.
"Now we look alike. Come on, I want to see what has changed since the last time I was awake."
Mark stood up and led her outside to his truck. He opened the passenger side her.
"Hope in."
When she sat down he got into the driver seat and saw her poking at the stereo.
"What is this?"
"You can play music on it. Also, we are in a car. It's a mechanical machine for transportation."
She began to mess with it until a song she liked came up. Once she found one, Mark drove off into the city to explore it. The first place he drove to was the Empire State Building which she stared out.
"Humans built something so big without magic?"
"Yup. They may not use magic, but when enough of them work together they can make wonders. And this is not even the biggest building in the world."
He drove off once more and took her to some other sights. The Statue of Liberty, Time Square, and sadly the 9/11 memorial. They both got out of his pick up and he walked to the memorial. Seeing the sight made Runeas look up at Mark.
"What is this for?"
"9/11 memorial. The worst Terrorist attack to strike this nation. It's not a happy sight is it?"
Runeas shook her head.
"No, but if only a memorial like this were a thing in the Underworld."
"Did you lose people in the Great War?"
She nodded.
"Many close friends, my brothers, my sisters, and so many more. How about you? Have you lost anyone?"
He nodded.
"My entire family. My father and my three brothers were taken to war where they died. My mother died of a broken heart leaving me alone."
Just then he felt Runeas hold his hand.
"Come on."
He looked down and smiled.
"Yeah."
They returned to his pick up so he decided to take her somewhere happier. The Bronx Zoo.
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