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Chapter 44 - Master of Puppets & A Devil's Return

"Zombie, would you like to fill the emptiness in my heart with excitement?" Raven said, extending his hand.

"I would like to fill your heart with despair instead" Zombie replied without hesitation.

"Despair?" Raven said, crossing his legs, sitting like a true king. "Ah, spoken like a true man. I am starting to like you, Zombie."

"I don't" Zombie replied, who stopped walking as he was only a few meters away from Raven. "Any last words?"

"Not really" Raven replied with a smirk. 

As soon as Raven finished his sentence, Zombie instantly tried to punch him with all of his power and speed but Raven managed to teleport at the very last second, causing the punch to land on the throne, breaking it completely.

"Ah, that is unfortunate. I'll have to get a new throne after this" Raven said, cracking his neck with one hand.

"You won't have to since you are going to hell after this" Zombie replied, teleporting behind him and about to touch him.

But before he could touch him, Zombie's hand suddenly got cut off, blood spilling out instantly. "What?! My hand...!"

Before Zombie could move, Raven launched him into the brick walls of the castle with a quick backhand.

Raven then took out a small puppet from his pocket that didn't have any facial features or any clothes, it was just a plain puppet but it slowly transformed into a puppet that look weirdly similar to Zombie.

Raven then stabbed the puppet using a needle and suddenly, a hole formed on Zombie's body in the exact spot where Raven had stabbed the puppet using the needle. However, the hole was much bigger than the one in the puppet. It was almost as if someone had stabbed him using a knife or a small sword.

"Ah!! What's happening to my body?!" Zombie yelled. "Is your power?! That puppet...! It looks like me!"

"It seems that you aren't capable of filling my heart with anything, let alone despair" Raven said, slowly approaching him and grabbing his collar upon reaching him. "I must say, I am quite disappointed, Zombie."

However, before he could finish off Zombie, he felt a strange feeling on his feet and as soon as he looked down, he saw that the entire floor was covered in Ice, including his feet and slowly the ice was taking over his body, about to reach the thighs. "Hm...an Ice ability?" Raven thought.

He looked to the side to see a person who was touching the ground with his hand. "So you are the one with the Ice power. Let's see how capable you are" Raven said, suddenly disappearing and appearing right next to the unknown special grade. Before he could react, Raven twisted his neck by a full 180 degrees, causing the unknown special grade to die instantly.

"I assumed that the special grades would be quite capable but this is not what I expected" Raven, said, slowly approaching Vivian, who stood in shock, her face pale and her cigarette on the ground. 

"Luna should have came back already but it seems that she must have been killed. How unfortunate. It seems that I'll need a new toy to play with" Raven said, teleporting in front of Vivian and grabbing her neck. "that would be you."

Vivian finally got out of her shocked state and kicked Raven but the kick didn't land as Raven grabbed it with his other hand. "How about I test out my new toy?" Raven whispered in her ear, forcing her against the wall.

But just then Vivian grabbed a gun from her pocket and aimed the gun right at Raven's gut, upon doing so, she instantly shot him three times right at the gut.

Raven instantly let go and teleported several meters back. "Tch, I did not expect that, quite impre-" Before Raven could respond, he felt someone touching his leg. Which was no other than Zombie. "Good bye"

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Kenji finally reached the caves that led to the castle, however, before he could enter it, he found a presence behind him.

He turned around and saw Jackson, who was holding an axe and clearly had multiple injuries. "Aren't you the middle-aged man with the sword? I didn't expect to meet you here but I guess it's perfect for me."

"Have you seen someone called, Ronx? He was with you in the warehouse place" Jackson asked, his face fully serious.

"I don't know what you want from him but I have no intention of telling you" Kenji firmly replied.

"I see. I guess then you can die!" Jackson said, throwing his axe at Kenji at an incredible speed.

Kenji moved to the side but the axe switched places with Jackson and he had a small rock in his hand, which switched places with the axe, causing the axe to be in his hand, ready to slaughter the executioner. 

"What is this ability?! He can switch things?" Kenji thought, clearly surprising him.

Jackson then swung the axe horizontally which Kenji easily dodged. 

"You are too slow" Kenji said, unsheathing his sword in a fast motion and unleashing a powerful slash, almost about to land on Jackson but just then, Jackson suddenly appeared behind him by switching with the air molecule and instantly attacked Kenji, slashing his back.

Kenji teleported several meters away from him as he was just slashed but as he teleported, he noticed that Jackson was already behind him, waiting for him. Before Kenji could even react, Jackson already managed to land yet another slash, this time cutting off his arm.

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