[Rage Mode had been activated]
A pulse of energy erupted from Mako as it quickly spread out in all directions. Everyone who got hit with it thought that something would happen to them, but nothing did. Suddenly all of them could hear a strange beating sound.
It was their hearts!
Their hearts were beating loudly, their hands were shaking and all of them started sweating profusely, these were all signs of one thing.
FEAR!
Pure and genuine fear occupied all thirty of the guards as they focused back on Mako who was now looking like he was on fire all over.
What followed was a mighty roar that was louder than any other Mako had ever produced announcing the reactivation of Mako's strongest skill and his last Ace in the hole.
*Gulp!*
[10 Minutes Later]
[All targeted enemies have been defeated]
[Deactivating Rage Mode]
[The remaining Rage mode bar will be compensated to the user by the system]
[10 Level 3 Opponents Have Been Defeated]
[+5000 EXP]
[15 Level 2 Opponents Have Been Defeated]
[+3000 EXP]
[The User is Exhausted]
[….]
The effects of Exhaustion were stronger than ever as even though Mako had a stronger body and better energy pool he could still feel his vision fading as he was about to blackout.
The last thing he heard before falling to the ground was someone calling his name.
"Mako.!!..."
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[A couple of hours later]
A luxurious car pulled into the parking area of the warehouse through the entrance that was built on the outer wall and was blasted apart by Mako. The warehouse itself didn't resemble anything as it did 12 hours ago with almost half of it completely crumbled down and turned into rubble.
A fire had spread everywhere on the property with smoke rising high into the clouds; however, there were no police or emergency service workers on the scene. This was because the whole event was covered up as soon as word about it hit the grid making it so that nobody knew of such a thing had happened.
As soon as the car parked near the entrance of the warehouse, the driver quickly got out of the car and quickly rushed over to open the backdoor of the car.
As the driver opened the door, a very tall and muscular man came out of the car. He had a physique that could melt away hearts with a single stare and was wearing a luxurious and well-tailored black suit with a black fedora that had a white strip around it.
The fedora was casting a shadow on his face as it was hard to make out his facial features. He slowly started walking towards the entrance of the warehouse. He walked past several bodies that were spread across the courtyard and still seemed to be alive but he didn't even care; even going as far as stepping on those that were laid out in his path, crushing them instantly.
The driver quickly followed behind him as he entered the warehouse. The scene was similar to the outside with wreckage everywhere and fire continuing to spread to even more areas. The part of the warehouse that was still intact had its sprinkler system triggered but it wasn't enough to put out all the fire.
The man started walking around while the water from the sprinklers kept pouring down on him like rain. Even though it looked as if the water was making contact with him; he wasn't getting wet. If one had great perception abilities, one could observe that there was a very thin invisible layer on top of his body that was repelling the water.
The man continued to walk around as if he was looking for something. There were more bodies littered around inside the warehouse with the ones that didn't catch fire or were crushed by rubble still being alive.
*Beep!* *Beep!*
A low beeping noise came from the man's breast pocket and he proceeded to take out a Holophone from his pocket which was making the beeping sound because he was receiving a call. The display read "UNKNOWN NUMBER" and they answered the phone.
He didn't say anything and only listened to what the person on the other side had to say.
"Sir, the reports were accurate as the three warehouses you sent us to are all on fire and destroyed. Most of the guards that were stationed there are alive but require medical attention. We are trying to recover the footage from the security cameras to find out who was behind this, but it will take some time since hard drives are damaged."
The man didn't respond, he just took the phone away from his ear and crushed it into small pieces without even showing a sign of exerting force.
The driver who was following him didn't even react to this as once the man was done and continued walking, the driver took out a small bag and picked up all the pieces of the broken device, and placed them in the bag.
The man walked over to where Alec's office used to be and he found a massive group of people all wearing the guard's uniform and laying on the floor with physical injuries that indicated that they were in a fight.
However, the fight was quite one-sided as there were major cuts and bruises on all of them with many of them having their limbs twisted in positions that looked incredibly painful.
Out of the bunch, only a couple still seemed to be breathing while the rest had died due to succumbing to their injuries, being burned by the fire, or being crushed by the collapsed warehouse.
Out of the few people that were still alive, one of them had a different uniform on and had caught the attention of the man. He walked over to him and grabbed him by the collar. The man was barely conscious and was several bruises and cuts on his face and body.
He was soaked in water and his clothes were ripped from several areas. Suddenly, a huge pulse erupted from the man and a force field was conjured around them making it so that the water couldn't penetrate through.
He tried shaking the guard who was obviously Alec, but he still wasn't responsive. Out of frustration, he dropped him back on the ground with a very small minuscule amount of his strength which created a small thud as he landed on the ground and cracks appeared on the floor beneath him.
The man turned toward the driver who understood his task and approached Alec on the ground. He proceeded to place a pill in Alec's mouth and made him swallow. After a couple of minutes, Alec started to regain consciousness as he finally opened his eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, horror and fear Alec's head as he wished he would have never opened his eyes in the first place. The man quickly grabbed Alec's collar again and brought him closer to his face.
"I will only ask you this one time. Who did this?" The man said in a deep and bone-chilling voice.
Alec gulped hard as he wanted to immediately reply but the words were stuck in his throat, unable to come out as fear took complete control over his body.
The man's intense stare wasn't helping as it was getting more intense and scary by the minute as Alec tried to form words.
"Mmmmm...mmm It-t-t-t... w-w-aasss the man-n withhhh the... Demon face" Alec managed to say before the man did anything to him.
"And all of this was done just by one man, was it?" The man asked Alec.
Alec couldn't take the pressure anymore; he started to have a complete mental breakdown and began muttering," I am so sorry, Boss! I tried... I tried to stop him! ....and he appeared weak at first but then out of nowhere, he was on fire and.... and... and he let out a mighty roar and got crazy strong. Even thirty of us were no match for him as he proceeded to fight uss all at once while his friends helped the prisoners escape."
The man stopped Alec from speaking further as he took his other hand and placed it firmly on the top of Alec's head.
Alec immediately realized what was about to happen as he started pleading for his life," No no no NO NO NO! Please... Please... PLEASE... I can still be of use, Boss! PLEASE SPARE ME! SPARE ME! SPARE ME!"
The sound of bone cracking could be heard as Alec could feel intense pressure on his head. Before he could utter another word, Alec's head blasted into a thousand pieces with blood and brain matter hitting everything except the man and the butler who stood behind him.
"We're leaving." The man said as he threw Alec's lifeless body alongside the others and started walking back to the cars.
The driver nodded as he quickly followed behind his back to the car.
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Mako slowly opened his eyes and it took him a couple of seconds to focus his vision, he was in a dark and warm room that looked quite familiar to him. He slowly started to move around and could see that he was covered with several bandages on several different places of his body.
It seemed like he was laying on a sort of sofa and he slowly sat up straight while holding his head which was still hurting a little bit.
"Where am I?" Mako asked as sat up and started to analyze his surroundings a bit better.
All of a sudden a familiar voice came from behind Mako," Welcome back, Mr. Grey!"
