At the same time, he raised his hand. "Arise."
With those words, his shadow began to condense, forming into a familiar figure, the blue masked man he had killed previously using the SSS grade Death Puppet.
"Kill them all."
The moment the blue masked man appeared after being condensed from the shadows, Jarvis was stunned, and so was the other blue masked lady.
A few days ago, he had informed them that he was heading out to check the strength of Modret. However, Modret had returned grievously injured while he had not.
They assumed he had either been killed by a mysterious expert or had just gone into hiding, unwilling to speak with them anymore because he had failed to accomplish anything worthwhile.
Now, seeing him here…
"Aeron! What are you doing?" Jarvis screamed at him. However, Aeron did not even spare her a glance. Feeling a tug at his consciousness, he could only obey the master's words.
Light threads wrapped around him, and controlling himself like a puppet, he launched himself at Modret's uncles and aunts.
The three were stunned and could barely react when the figure crashed into them. Seeing that Aeron could handle everything for now, Modret turned his gaze back to his uncle, Ronald.
He let out a roar, and his figure blurred, heading directly toward the man. Ronald seemed hesitant to strike Modret, but the youth gave him no other option as his fist, covered in black flames, hurtled toward him.
He stomped his foot, lifting into the air as the ground cracked apart. It was like an earthquake had occurred, with deep fractures lining the surroundings and causing Modret to lose his footing.
The cracks turned from thin, fine lines into gaping chasms, and soon chunks of earth began compressing inwardly, surrounding Modret.
Modret's thoughts cleared slightly as he realized the perilous situation he was in.
'He is trying to trap me inside the earth.' His thoughts raced. However, he did not hesitate. He passed the order to his shadow servant.
By now, he was already buried several meters underground, and Ronald was gradually submerging him.
Just then, a whooshing sound echoed, and a figure with a pale blue mask appeared on solid ground a few meters above Modret.
The figure flicked his fingers, and thin threads latched onto Modret. Before Ronald could react, he pulled fiercely, and Modret was yanked from the burial ground with a powerful tug.
Swoosh!
Modret's figure moved swiftly out of the ground. Then, using another wave of the puppet shadow, he controlled it to stabilize himself.
He turned to his uncle, his eyes blazing with fury.
Ronald glanced at the blue masked man and then back to Modret. 'Even my nephew is colluding with the Illuminati, aside from being a monster…'
His thoughts ran wild as he looked across the battlefield.
His siblings seemed injured, a thin trail of blood tracing his second wife's lips.
His brother appeared to be slightly injured as well. His gaze sharpened as he stared at Modret.
As for the mysterious lady from the Illuminati, she did not seem to be injured much.
It appeared that despite colluding with Modret, she still had some lingering attachments to the organization and had not completely broken ties with them, which might have been the reason she went easy on them.
He sighed, then moved his hand slowly to his pocket.
'I have no choice but to do this. They are all too dangerous. Although after this, I will not be able to use my ability for a year, it is still worth it!'
Ronald thought with a frown, then tugged at his sleeves and pulled out a vial of liquid.
Upon seeing the vial, everyone's eyes shrank drastically. Only Modret did not understand what was happening.
He frowned slightly and glanced at Aeron.
"Lord, we have to leave now. If I am not wrong, that should be the latest invention of the royal family. By taking it, one can increase the grade of their ability forcefully, raising it a grade higher. His strength will become far more terrifying."
Modret listened and squinted his eyes. He stared at Ronald, a brief hesitation flickering in his gaze.
Arrrrgggghhhh.
He watched as Ronald trembled in pain, a low groan escaping his lips. He frowned slightly and stared as Ronald's aura began to change drastically.
It seemed as though something deeply unsettling was happening to him. His aura continuously fluctuated, and soon a devastating pressure erupted from his body.
He raised his head to glance at the sky, noticing it had begun to darken.
'This…' Modret's eyes widened in horror.
Up above, countless rocks had gathered together, forming a massive sphere. It looked no different from a mountain as it began to descend heavily upon Modret and the others.
Terror filled the eyes of the group as the pressure fell upon them.
Modret knew that even at his greatest speed, he did not have enough time to escape before the massive boulder struck.
His aura grew slightly faint, and his bloodline usage seemed to be exhausted. "Is this it? Is this where and how I die?" he muttered aloud.
Ronald did not seem to hear him. His eyes were wild, as if he had lost his mind. He pressed his palm forward, and the massive boulder plummeted rapidly.
Swoosh!
A bright light flashed the moment the boulder descended.
Boom!
A terrifying explosion erupted as Modret and Aeron were buried under the immense weight and pressure of the attack.
Ronald controlled the rocks to fly back into the forest as he stared at the place where Modret had previously stood.
There was nothing there anymore. It seemed the boulder had crushed Modret along with his shadow servant.
Ronald appeared exhausted, and his face had aged slightly, his vitality drained from using the vial of ability enhancement drug.
He turned to his wife and siblings. "Send the news to Donald and his wife. Their son… is dead."
After finishing his words, he collapsed limply.
…
After an unknown amount of time passed, Adam finally opened his eyes and found himself in a place no different from a world of ice.
He raised his head and looked around in a daze.
At that moment, as he stirred awake, a figure called out softly, "Young master."
'That voice?' Modret knew it could only belong to one person. He lifted his head and saw Axel standing not too far away.
At the same time, a line of words from the system appeared before his eyes.
[Congratulations on obtaining a shadow.]
[Congratulations on receiving the SSS grade lightning from your shadow.]