Mystical Journey

Garen turned over, and pushed his opponent’s elbow with the shoe. With a thump, he used the strength from his opponent and moved back a few steps, staring at this man who suddenly appeared.

“What’s wrong? No one said that it’s not alright to seek revenge between Elite Students, did they?”

“I don’t care if you’re seeking for revenge, but blatant use of Range Blasting Weapons on the streets is a violation of rules!” The man stared coldly at Garen. “Let’s go, come with me to the Administrative Bureau!”

“The Administrative Bureau?” Garen knew that the Administrative Bureau was the department in charge of the Inner Courtyard’s security. What he didn’t know was that he would be meeting them under these circumstances.

“Come with me!” The man reached out to grab onto Garen’s arm as sparks danced on the tip of his fingers. “It would be an assault if you resist. If you don’t want to be jailed up for about a year, you better be honest with me!”

“It was that woman there, just now, who used the Blasting Weapon. Surely you can’t blame me for that?” Garen argued.

“I don’t care. You’re the one with the biggest threat here.” The man did not bother, grabbing Garen by the arm.

How could Garen submit to an arrest like that? So with one step back, he dodged.

The man closed in with every step, but Garen continued to dodge. The both of them twisted and turned like a game of catch. In a short few seconds, they had exchanged more than ten moves.

“Many thanks, brother!”

From the distance, he heard a woman’s voice thanking him.

Garen’s face sunk. He instantly knew that this man was on her side. But as he looked at the shield of the Administrative Bureau’s on his arm, and he was indeed a real Police Officer. However, the Administrative Bureau here was not like the officers from other places, who were merely laypeople with the strength of Level One or Two. These team of officers was formed with the Inner Courtyard’s Elite Students. Most often, these officers would possess the quality of Level Two or Three. There were many masters of Level Four and Five as well, but more so, there were also masters of the New-Moon Level and Half-Moon Level.

He suddenly had a plan. As he took a step forward, he crossed over from the side of the man, like a phantom, and quickly chased after the woman.

“How dare you resist arrest!” The man’s eyes widened. This was the first time some had escaped from him so easily.

Though unfortunately, when Garen showed revealed his true strength, his speed was much faster than the man’s. In a few steps, he had caught up with her, few meters behind.

“At first, you almost killed me in the hospital. It was hard enough catching you this time, and you think you could escape?” Garen said with a straight face.

Only then did the woman recalled what was going on here, her eyes revealed a fierce stare.

“If I would have known, I would’ve gotten rid you little bastard!” She gritted her teeth, but she did not stop in steps. From the fleeting exchange they had a moment ago, she felt that her opponent’s close combat skills far exceeded hers.

If he was caught, he would be facing a situation with only death involved.

“If you knew? If that is just mere empty talk, then you will die here today!”

Before he could finish his last word, Garen fiercely rushed forward in a ghost-like manner. His palm was directed towards the woman’s chest.

No wind, nor whistling sound could be heard from the punch, only a black shadow flashed past. The heart of Garen’s palm was almost touching the back of the woman’s leather clothes.

As if she could feel a chill running down her back, she felt a strong dangerous instinct that enveloped her whole body. From the reflective mirror that was on the street in front of her, she could clearly see Garen’s movements behind her.

Immediately, her scalp went numb, and she knew she was in trouble.

Bang!

A wave of blast once again exploded around her as she violently shook away the palm that Garen hit her chest with.

“Brother, save me please!” She screamed out loud.

The blast wave shook Garen back for a few steps, but the same moves didn’t affect him much. He too had prepared for this explosion and that’s why he wasn’t blasted too far away. As he took a step forwards, he rushed towards her again.

Whereas it was a different case for the woman herself — she was blasted dizzy. After that, she slowly struggled to stand up.

Bang bang!

Suddenly, a pair of arms with electricity fiercely grabbed into Garen’s shoulders.

“I’ve caught you!” All these while, that Administrative Bureau man was taking the opportunity to catch him. It was unclear what tricks he used, but there was not a single sound was made as he was pressed onto Garen’s shoulders.

He then looked at the woman who was getting up, and a harsh look flashed across his eyes. When his knee jerked and slammed onto Garen’s vest, the area that was hit formed a black spark of electricity. This was the explosive current that came from the Traceless Personal Mech that he wore. Usually, it is only used for capturing criminals with heavy crimes. No matter how strong his body was, this hit would have given any other Mechs a huge hole, let alone a human. The metal would have made him physically disabled!

Seeing as his favorite junior was forced into a corner by this guy, he was immediately enraged. With one knee, he fiercely smashed it forwards.

At the same time, his Level Four Willpower rushed forward with a loud crash.

Spike!

For a moment, the Willpower turned into a sharp prick that was stabbing towards the back of Garen’s brain.

Sensing danger, Garen’s expression turned cold. His body was suddenly startled, and he broke free from the opponent’s grip. His body twisted and turned. In the end, he escaped the Willpower’s stab and punched the guy with his backhand.

“How are you assault me!” The man yelled.

Swosh!

The punch was a meter away from his face, and it stopped there. It scared him until he started sweating profusely.

Garen lifted his head to look at the monitoring camera that was placed on the top of the corner of the street. He let out a cold snot. He could say that he was seeking revenge when he was chasing the girl before this because that was still within the rules of the Inner Courtyard. However, if he had hit this Administrative Bureau’s officer, then he would have committed a crime.

Garen glared coldly at the sluggish man, turned around, and quickly chased after the woman. Unless his Willpower far exceeded his Level, then if not, there would not have been a Mech Pilot in this Mech. In his eyes, that was good-for-nothing; there was no difference between him and a normal person.

The man touched the wrinkle on his face that was agitated by the strong winds. He was lifeless for while, but then he roared out loud. From his waist, he pulled out a Laser Cannon and aimed it towards Garen’s vest.

“Die!”

Chi!

This time wasn’t the same as the safe white laser before, its effects weren’t much. This time, the laser carried a tint of silver, as if it immediately hit Garen’s vest the moment it shot out.

This was not the Authoritative Bureau’s standard Laser Cannon. Instead, it was the man’s own High-Energy Destruction Gun. This was an individual combat weapon that would only be used to tackle small battleships! It can even penetrate through armored alloyed plates.

The silver laser was like a silver line that was behind Garen in an instant.

In a flash, a strong sense of danger crept into his mind. There was no time for him to turn around, and so, his left foot took a step to the right.

Bang!

His whole body suddenly tilted and turned around to face the side, maintaining his standing position. At the same time, a powerful radiating field violently spread, and distorted the air density around the body for a moment.

Hiss!

It was a close call, but the silver laser did not hit the vest after all. Instead, from Garen’s back, it slanted slightly downwards and brushed outwards, away from him. It hit a rubbish bin not far from where they were, and penetrated in. Nobody knew how far down the ground it went.

However, Garen’s back was dug out by the laser, giving him a bloody wound. A red line stretched vertically across his back. His blood was dripping down, wetting the edges of the shirt that was burnt.

Garen grunted, as his muscles relaxed. It was activated in one second and then relaxed the next automatically, just like a worm that was trying to wriggle its way. Under his skin, the muscles naturally goes through peristalsis to replenish the blood from the wound. Once it recovers, just like closing a door, the wound would close into a red scar.

This terrifying individual combat weapon was not designed to oppose human, it was designed to attack battleships!

Even though he was proud of his physique, he was vulnerable under these weapons.

Although he avoided a fatal blow, just because of the blasting force that erupted when he was trying to dodge, Garen tumbled hard and fell on top of the rubbish bin.

With a bang, a rolled down from the top of the bin. He leaped down immediately with the help of one hand.

He did not chase after the woman. He lifted his hand, feeling as if he broke something. However, he quickly turned around and dashed towards the Authoritative Bureau’s man who was behind him.

That man’s face was evil. To one’s surprise, he still wanted to continue to fire, but before he could aim, he saw Garen’s distorted wondering. His figure was traveling in a completely irregular pattern as he rushed forward. A claw was silently directed towards his neck.

At that moment, the shadow of death loomed upon him.

A hint of fear finally surfaced on the man’s face. However, as it was already night time, the claw was almost at his neck. He could feel the sharp nails already on the skin of his neck.

Boom!

At this moment, a huge surge of Willpower suddenly rushed in from the side. It was as if this entire street was distorted with Willpower; even the light in the air was vibrating slightly.

The impact of the huge surge of Willpower was transparent and colorless. As it formed into a snake-like shape, it coldly rushed towards Garen’s presence.

The impact of the giant snake’s Willpower was quite fast. It was even faster than all the pilots that Garen has ever witnessed. That speed was instantaneous. The next moment, it was in front of him.

As Garen lifted his eyes, it seemed like everything had slowed down. His frantic Level Five Willpower in his body was aroused with a crazy sympathetic response. It wanted to broke out to defend this terrifying Willpower.

But in the end, he did not make it.

Rumble!

A loud noise echoed in his brain, causing Garen’s whole body to roll out, and was pushed away.

This surge of Willpower was exceeding Level Five, and it had achieved a strange degree of change. Even though the impact was from afar, all of Garen’s defenses on the surface of his body was instantly shattered. It was as if his body was attacked by a baseball that was shot at a high speed.

At this moment, not only did Garen’s wound that was just healed burst out with blood, all the organs in his body felt as if an invisible hand was squeezing them hard at the same time. It was like it wanted to tear all of it to shreds.

That surge of terrifying giant snake Willpower suddenly broke through his defense, and went into his body, wanting to tear all his organs in his body.

Ouch!

He couldn’t control it as he spat out a mouth full of black blood. Garen’s vision went black. This opponent’s aim was to kill him after all, not leaving any chance for mercy. If it was any other Pilot, the ones without the right physique would definitely die!

Without the slightest hesitation, Garen held onto the heavy damages on his body. After he was pushed outwards, you used a similar technique like the Gecko Wall technique the moment he was about to hit the wall. As he slid towards the wall, he channeled it into an upward momentum, and with a few movements, he disappeared on the wall.

From a distance, he heard the Authoritative Bureau’s man’s voice shout in surprise.

“Captain Fila!”

“Fila!”

Garen remembered this name while he moved at an accelerating speed. He bore the horrible pull of Willpower in his organs, and head towards his Inner Courtyard’s Master’s place.

The places where the major professors were, in the Inner Courtyard, absolutely did not allow fights. Between Elite Students, they were not allowed to kill each other. At most, it could only cause them injuries, but the rules were the rules. With the cruel and evil personalities of each Elite Students, as long as it was a non-monitored area, killing duels of sorts would often happen. There were even people who would use an aircraft to bombard and kill. Just as long as they weren’t caught, it would be fine.

This was also the reason why the Authoritative Bureau man was carrying with him a High-Energy Destruction Gun.