Villain's Rising

Chapter 64 64. A Chance To Run

“I’m sorry, who?”

“… Apocalypse! I’m Apocalypse!”

“You’re… Apocalypse?”

“What’s so hard to understand dumbass?!”

“No, it’s just that, which Hero candidate in their right mind would call themselves Apocalypse?”

“Why do you think I’m a Hero Candidate?”

“You’re not? Then I’m sorry but you are not allowed on this island. Leave before I call the authorities or kill you myself.”

The golden-haired boy was left dumbfounded after the conversation with Lucas.

Massaging his eyebrows he decided to finally reveal himself properly so that even a dimwit like Lucas could understand it.

“I’m a villain. I’m here to kill one of your teachers, Apocalypse is my villain name.”

It sounded more like a class introduction than a villain monologue, to which Lucas only rolled his eyes.

“Is that what you call an entry? You don’t know how to be a villain!”

Lucas wanted to shout ”I got into this Villain business only a few days ago yet I can make a better entry than you!” But he did his best to restrain himself. There were two more people present there.

Nerves popped up on the forehead of the golden-haired boy, threatening to explode after listening to Lucas._.

“You…” He couldn’t remember the last time he was this angry. Gnashing his teeth, the boy spoke: “Before I kill Phoenix, I’ll kill you!”

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-Boom!

“What’s that?!” Upon hearing a loud explosion coming from the Island, Iroha asked.

“We’ve detected some unidentified life signature!” One of the assistants replied.

Currently, they were on the cruise ship in the faculty room. Many assistants were on computers, monitoring the students on the Island.

Getting up from her seat after hearing the groundbreaking reply, Iroha answered back: “How’s that possible? This Island is supposed to be invisible to the outside world!”

One of the top-class Sentry Heroes had covered this Island in an invisible veil after all! No way some random dude could find it just like that!

“We don’t know how the breach happened mam! But the fact of the situation is that we have a few Villains on our hands!” Another one of the assistants replied.

“A few?!” This time it was Red Runner who reacted, “Just how many are there?”

The assistant gulped a mouthful of saliva and replied: “210, sir. 210 Villains.”

“That’s a fucking army platoon number! That’s not ‘a few’ you dumbass!” Red Runner snapped.

“Calm down, Red.” Iroha, who had a hand on her chin up until now, spoke up. “Get Phoenix and Miss Atom from the clubroom and meet me on the deck. I’m informing the Head Quarters and then we are going in.”

Iroha was putting up a calm front even in this situation as befitting an international Hero.

Seeing her calmness, even a person as egoistic as Red Runner couldn’t help but admire her.

“Sure, but what about EagleClaw? He’s in his room, probably drinking, should I get him?” Red asked although he knew the answer.

“No. He’ll only drag us down.” Iroha replied sharply.

Red Runner nodded before activating his ability. Tendrils of red lightning enveloped his body before he disappeared, leaving red lightning sparks behind.

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-Boom!

At the same time, Sam was near the river with fishes automatically jumping out to his feet when he heard a loud explosion.

“What was that?” He questioned no one in particular.

(Maybe just another group of students fighting)

“Mhmm true,” he said before he called off his mind control. Yes, he was mind-controlling the fish of the river to jump out themselves. “Why can’t they just fight in moderation? Think about the forest a little bit.”

Before the voice in his head could ridicule his words and start a fight, Sam heard a foreign yet familiar voice in his head.

-“Sire!”

Sam instantly recognized the voice. It was Lucas communicating with him through their telepathic connection. Yes, the Progenitor and his demons share a telepathic connection much like Sam and his clones.

“What is it, Lucas? Didn’t I tell you I don’t like talking this way?” Sam said. Despite his words, he wasn’t annoyed with Lucas.

During the time he had spent with his first Demon General, Sam had come to understand Lucas. He knew that his right-hand man won’t do anything to disappoint him unless it was an absolute emergency.

-“I know sire, and for that, I deeply apologize! But I got an emergency, can you please hurry up to my location. I don’t think I can fight this monster alone without transforming!”

Frowning at his words, Sam answered: “What do you mean? Explain.”

But no response came from the other side. Sam wasn’t worried about his General. If anything then he was worried about the ‘monster’ he mentioned.

He was sure that only a few can match Lucas’ level of strength now. If he were to tap into his Demonic Transformation then Lucas would become almost unstoppable.

But since he did receive a help call, Sam wasn’t going to ignore it. He picked up a fish and activated his Biokinesis.

In the next moment, the body of the fish in Sam’s hand started melting. No… It wasn’t the fish that was melting, it was Sam’s hand that was absorbing the fish!

After a second or two, Sam was done and started walking toward where he was feeling Lucas’ presence.

“Thank you for the food.” He said licking his lips.

(That’s my second time seeing you do this, it was still as disgusting as the first time!) The voice in his head commented.

“Gotta fill up those nutrients somehow.” Sam replied without stopping his feet.

Although, he couldn’t even walk a few steps before he stopped.

“Can you feel it?” Sam asked to confirm his instincts.

(Yes Sam, I can feel it. Someone, or rather, some people are trying to surround you)

“Sigh, from the looks of it they aren’t students of the Academy. Villains? Anti-Heroes?” Sam touched his chin and began thinking.

But quickly dismissing such useless thoughts, he shook his head. “Doesn’t matter who they are. If they’re here to hurt me then they better be ready to get hurt themselves.”

As if waiting for that cue, a dozen people stepped out from the cover of the woods from all sides. Surrounding Sam from all the directions.

“You, boy! What’s your potential rank?” One of the big guys from the group spoke up.

“That’s the private information you’re asking for, sir. May I ask who you are first?” Playing along, Sam said timidly.

“Are you retarted? Just tell us your potential rank!” Another person spoke up with a fireball materializing in his hand.

“I-I don’t think I can reveal it! It’s against the Academy’s rules!” Sam said, clearly trying to annoy them.

“Is this guy stupid?! Never mind, I don’t think he’s above [B-Rank] anyways, just kill him, Albert, we all will go ahead.” As soon as one of the men present there said that everyone rushed into the forest immediately leaving only a tall burly black man behind.

No, it was wrong to even call him a man. He was more of a gorilla than anything. He was wearing sunglasses so his eyes weren’t visible but his physique was inhumane.

Large frame, ripped muscles, and a 7’7 towering height! Making any man look like a baby when faced with him. All that when added to his spiky dark brown hair, dark skin, and heavy aura that was oozing off from his body made him look more like a monster than a man.

After confirming that everyone was gone, Sam faced the gorilla of a man in front of him without a speck of fear.

“I’ll give you five minutes, run.” Sam said without any signs of hesitation.

But the man in front of him only tilted his head at Sam’s words. Was this some kind of a joke? He was probably thinking that.

As if reading his mind, Sam replied: “I’m not joking. I’ll really give you a chance to escape if you run now. So run!”

The burly man did run after hearing those words, but not away from Sam instead he ran toward him at his full speed.

“Sigh, I gave you a chance.”

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[Superhuman Speed]

•Users can move at speeds drastically beyond what is naturally possible over other beings in their universe because their capabilities are pushed far beyond the natural level, making them immensely faster than regular beings (in that verse) as they can travel anywhere from supersonic to hypersonic speed or even lightspeed and infinitely beyond.

-Limitations

•Weak against Time Reduction users

Will suffer severely from the side effects of accelerating to and moving at high velocities if the user does not possess Acceleration Immunity.

[Telekinesis]

•The user with telekinesis has the ability to manipulate or otherwise interact with matter or another aspect of a physical system through non-physical means. Commonly, its most fundamental trait is to move and control objects (or to generate and apply physical force on a target, or potentially, an area) without physical contact.

•Telekinesis is the basis of many superpowers based on “controlling/manipulating” subjects. It may evolve to the point that a telekinetic can control things on a subatomic level.

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