Ability Wielders

"Who the h.e.l.l is this?" Crimson Enchantress muttered with vigilance, prepared to protect Daniel. Activating her essence energy sensing, she was relieved, "Oh wait, it"s a mere Level 2 wielder… Daniel will be fine…"

In that instant, Daniel shot up, his eyes becoming silver as he outstretched his hands. "Woah, haven"t seen that color before…"

n.o.body told Hayden that Daniel evolved. Wanting to move to get things over with, Hayden discovered he couldn"t. "The power to restrain movement? Nice power…"

That was when he noticed that Daniel"s eyes became brown, a spike suddenly protruding out of the ground in front of Hayden and was going for Hayden"s stomach.

Unfortunately for Daniel, Hayden activated his Indestructible Devil, making his body inanely tough. Making contact with Hayden"s stomach, the sound of clothing ripping apart resounded as well as the breaking of the tip of the earthen spike. Needless to say, Hayden wasn"t damaged at all.

Snapping, Hayden"s trench coat disappeared into his s.p.a.ce Ring, all the while fully revealing the sculpted build outlined by the tight-fitting black military uniform.

Afterwards, white mist radiated from his own hands. Slamming his hand to the part where the uniform was torn, the clothes mended itself, the molecular bonds re-establishing.

Witnessing this, Crimson Enchantress was surprised of this unexpected development. "What the h.e.l.l is that? Is that his power?"

By that point in time, Daniel has changed his irises into light blue and blue, condensing water from the atmosphere and freezing it, changing it into ice spikes and sending it towards Hayden.

In response, Hayden used the Breathing Technique as large amount of white mists bundled up in his right hand. Forming a finger gun, Hayden shot plasma beams of life force containing extreme heat towards the ice spikes. This effectively vaporized the ten ice spikes.

"What in the world is that?" Crimson Enchantress exclaimed. At first, she thought of the possibility that Hayden was this guy disregarding the wings. However, once he did that plasma beam thing, she was quite certain that this was not Hayden. "If this is not Hayden? Is it a new Puting Araw agent? No…"

She was getting increasingly confused by the second, to the point that she blanked out as she watched the fight between the man in the white fox mask and Daniel.

With that, Daniel shifted both of his irises into a gray one, gathering large amounts of air and launching it towards Hayden, who stood there and received the brunt of the attack.

Instinctively, Hayden held his ground as easy as reciting the alphabet. Dialing the power of the air upwards, Daniel continuously sent wind towards Hayden.

"This is a waste of time." Hayden sighed, rolling up his military pants. He then disappeared from his position, with Daniel ceasing his attempt to push off Hayden.

Appearing in front of Daniel, Hayden released immense amounts of life force from his hands and programmed it to invade Daniel"s body to induce the four stages of non-REM sleep in the timeframe of a single second.

Just as he was about to touch Daniel to release the programmed Life Force, Daniel vanished from thin air. Through his Heavenly Sense, Hayden knew that Daniel teleported behind him and was throwing a punch at him.

At that moment, Hayden launched himself sidewards and rolled. During his roll, he sensed that Daniel was becoming covered by some sort of organic armor.

Changing his left iris into white, he manipulated light to create tons of "Daniels" in a futile attempt to confuse Hayden.

Every single one of the hulking illusions dashed towards Hayden and punched him. Much to Daniel"s expectation, Hayden didn"t move a single muscle, not even a flinch. The light merely pa.s.sing through him.

Without saying anything, Hayden burst with speed. Not letting Daniel react to it and teleporting, he kicked Daniel to the stomach, sending him flying, shattering Daniel"s organic armor.

"Holy…" Crimson Enchantress was tongue-tied. "He… Who the h.e.l.l is this guy? Such immense physical strength…"

Daniel was strong, but if anybody will be capable of stopping him, that was someone who is capable of defeating people with absolute brute force.

She decided to see first how this would play out as she didn"t really care all that much for Daniel. He was valuable, but he"s also a disposable p.a.w.n. In her opinion, Daniel was someone useful, yet is not that vital for anything at all.

Anyhow, if she can seduce the man in the mask, who owned such ludicrous physical power, capable of neutralizing most of Daniel"s powers, that"d be better. There was one concern though… "What the h.e.l.l is the ident.i.ty of this guy?"

If the man was here, then he"d definitely have ties with Puting Araw or Kamay ng Lagim. There was no way in h.e.l.l that Pangkat Anino would send in someone to defuse a threat that was acting against Puting Araw as Pangkat Anino held a grudge with Puting Araw.

What she didn"t know was that beside her, a person coalesced with the darkness of the night was present. It was The Stalker, watching Hayden fight against Daniel.

"Wait, Daniel did all this?" Instead of focusing on Hayden, The Stalker took notice of Daniel. After all, there was no doubt that Hayden, a wielder that can stand toe to toe with a skilled Level 3 wielder a.s.sa.s.sin, would be capable of defeating Daniel, a puny Level 2 wielder. "It seems that Daniel"s power is much stronger than we thought…"

It was not that Pangkat Anino didn"t take notice of Daniel at all the past six, seven, months. It"s just that Daniel was overshadowed by Hayden"s rare case, and the fact that The Stalker was there during their Level 1 wielder days. The Stalker witnessed how Hayden helped Daniel innovate upon his own powers.

"I"d have to report this alongside Hayden"s newfound… Abilities?" The Stalker"s hollow voice contained a hint of perplexity. "Seriously, what the h.e.l.l is that?"

First, back in Rain Sanctuary Hotel, Hayden created blow-torch flames, next, Hayden produced thrusters, and now, Hayden was freaking shooting what looked like laser beams from his hands to vaporize ice spikes. What in the world was happening?

Moving on, Hayden was back in front of Daniel, whose armor became nonexistent. For another time, Daniel disappeared, teleporting away from Hayden as he became invisible.

"Invisibility, huh?" Hayden bobbed his head. He was impressed of how much powers Daniel gained. "Level 2… Let"s see, first movement restriction, second is teleportation, third is that armor-like thing, and fourth is invisibility… Are there more?"

Meanwhile, Daniel was observing Hayden from 30 meters away, not knowing that Hayden actually knew where he was, not only from his capability of sensing airwaves, hearing heartbeats, and Daniel"s own distinct smell, but also his Heavenly Sense, which can apparently bypa.s.s invisibility. Or at least invisibility from Level 2 wielders.

In that instance, Hayden felt the airwaves surrounding Daniel moving that suggested Daniel was stretching his arms. Abruptly, Hayden felt the sudden rise of temperature. "Nice usage…"

Muttering that, Hayden stepped forcefully, launching backwards. On his hands, white mist seeped out, materializing into a thick stick shape and threw it towards Daniel, who responded by teleporting away again.

That was when Hayden noticed Daniel flying. He was unsure if this was a utilization of his gray iris, or not. Reappearing in his sights, Hayden perceived Daniel"s eyes to be of orange in color and gray, a new color, confirming that the flight wasn"t a subset of Daniels grey iris.

Thereupon, Daniel slammed his right hand downwards whilst facing Daniel, immense pressure building up on Hayden"s shoulders. "He never learns from his mistakes, does he?"

Hayden was irked of Daniel"s actions. Hayden has withstood a powerful wind force that Daniel threw at him, yet, Daniel endeavored to put air pressure to try and kill him. It was an idiotic thing to do especially since you can deduct from the last two actions alone that Hayden, a masked ent.i.ty, was more powerful than the average Level 2 wielder.

Revealing his wings in consternation, Hayden ascended at an amazing velocity, rushing at Daniel, a sonic boom produced behind him.

"Son of a…" In the invisible cover, Crimson Enchantress was once again captivated by Hayden. "What f.u.c.king kind of Ability does this man possess?"

Appearing in front of Daniel, Hayden has already prepared a complexly programmed block of life force in his left hand. Forcing this block of life force to Daniel"s stomach, Daniel"s eyes widened, narrowed, and he fainted.

This essence energy, was after all, more intricately programmed than the one earlier, adding the command to invade Daniel"s brain and brain stem so that it would instantly put Daniel to sleep.

Catching Daniel, Hayden slowly descended and placed Daniel down to check on him properly. Suddenly, a faint gut feeling pervaded Hayden"s mind, looking in a certain direction.

Without a warning, Hayden stepped back from Daniel, a lady appearing in his sights. It was Crimson Enchantress. Seductively, Crimson Enchantress spoke, "Oh, what a powerful man… Can I have the privilege to see the handsome face beneath that mask?"

"Go to h.e.l.l." Hayden said without remorse. "f.u.c.king wh.o.r.e. Step away from Daniel."

Much to Crimson Enchantress" chagrin, Hayden wasn"t affected at all. This impressed her further as no ordinary Level 2 wielder can possibly resist the effects of a Level 3 wielder"s Ability.

You may ask what Hayden did? Well, the second he saw Crimson Enchantress, Hayden cut off his visual cognition through Divine Perception, inducing blindness for himself. This effectively cut off Crimson Enchantress" first medium of seduction, visual stimulation. Withal, it also decreased the power of it, in conjunction with Hayden"s weak resistance to mental Abilities, it neutralized Crimson Enchantress" power.

As for how he figured that Crimson Enchantress was the one who came into view was that the second he laid his eyes on her, he was aroused. In fact, his removal of his own sense of sight was instinctual rather than voluntary.

"Come on darling…" This time, Crimson Enchantress activated the Level 3 power of her Ability, striving to take in a person that is mightier than Daniel. "Let me see it?"

This time, Hayden angrily replied, "f.u.c.k yourself, wh.o.r.e. f.u.c.king idiot. I won"t fall to your trap nor your Ability."

How did Hayden resist Crimson Enchantress" Ability, you ask? The second Hayden heard the word "come" come out of Crimson Enchantress" mouth, Hayden created a vacuum on his ears, decreasing the effectivity of Crimson Enchantress" power. When he replied, he was solely relying on the air vibrations of Crimson Enchantress and the shape that inside her mouth took.

In truth, he even created a small vacuum on his nose, and mouth by forcing out air molecules using life force to avoid literal transferal of sound energy. Evidently, it worked.

"It seems that all Abilities have its limitations." Hayden internally talked to himself, exclusively relying on his sense of touch. "Heh, okay then."

In the distance, the eleven members of CHORUS arrived in time to see Hayden having his eyes closed. They noticed that not far off from Hayden was a seductive woman.

Witnessing this and perceiving that Crimson Enchantress was a Level 3 wielder, Eun-ha wanted to charge immediately. She was stopped by Sayuri.

"Wait." Sayuri"s calm voice rang out. "Don"t be rash. Don"t you see that Hayden is fine?"

"That"s a Level 3 wielder he"s facing!" Eun-ha turned to Sayuri and cried out. "There"s too much a gap from Level 2 and Level 3. No Level 2 wielder can ever hope to defeat a Level 3 wielder!"

"But look!" Sayuri grasped Eun-ha"s head and forcefully rotated her head towards Hayden. At this point in time, Hayden had the railgun in his hands. "Look at that woman. She"s scared of Hayden-ah"s… Cannon?"

Taking off her focus from Hayden, Eun-ha ascertained that Sayuri"s words were correct. Crimson Enchantress was indeed scared. A Level 2 wielder resisting her regular Ability"s powers was not unprecedented. In fact, there were many precursors.

However, a Level 2 wielder resisting a Level 3 wielder"s Level 3 power was unparalleled. No one in the wielder world can ever achieve such a thing. If anything, it was impossible. No Level 2 wielder can feasibly resist a Level 3 wielder"s power.

"f.u.c.k!" Crimson Enchantress cursed, horrified. She wanted to retreat, enhancing her body essence energy.

As a Level 3 wielder, she was faster than any Level 2 wielder can possibly be. Regrettably, she was faced with Hayden, the wielder of Divine Perception. No matter how fast anything was, Hayden can perceive it through his touch.

Distinguishing that Crimson Enchantress desired to escape by running away with her tail between her legs, Hayden returned his visual cognition. On top of that, bit by bit, he removed the vacuum encapsulating his ears, nose, and mouth.

Quickly loading the railgun, Hayden slowed down his own perception of time and took aim at Crimson Enchantress. Hayden had to admit that Crimson Enchantress was pretty slow for a Level 3 wielder.

Taking into account the offset of Crimson Enchantress" zigzagging manner of running in a struggle to avoid Hayden"s gun, he calculated and fired. Hearing the loud fire of the railgun, Crimson Enchantress was shot straight in the head, exploding due to the extreme force that the projectile fired by the railgun carried.

"Finally…" Hayden sighed. Precipitously, Hayden looked into the sky and swore he saw a huge blur. Eyeing his surroundings in caution, his eyes narrowed into slits as he rushed to Crimson Enchantress to take out her Level 3 Origin Crystal.

"That was close…" Sayuri expressed her slight trepidation. "If Jae-hwa"s not Level 3, we"d probably been found out right about now…"

The other members agreed. Hayden"s instincts were too terrifyingly accurate, and powerful to boot. It was such an incredible sight actually.

"Such a weak wielder…" Hayden muttered disappointedly, shaking his head. "So much for being part of Kamay ng Lagim"s… Limang Daliri, was it…?"

Well, to be fair, Crimson Enchantress" power relies on her mental manipulation powers, making her combat power weak. Regardless, she didn"t know that her power had such a weak point as she hasn"t encountered failure once when using her Ability.

Then again, if Crimson Enchantress just explored her Ability, she"d know that… She could actually bypa.s.s Hayden"s simple counters by manipulating the Level 3 power of her Ability to directly invade Hayden"s body.

This goes to show that exploring one"s Ability"s limitation and power is of the utmost importance the second they evolve or awaken.

Back in the invisible cover, the man roused from the control of Crimson Enchantress with her death. Shaking his head, the man stood still, inching away little by little. Hayden couldn"t sense him as he was relatively far from Daniel. And as the man was Level 3, even The Stalker couldn"t detect him.

Walking back to Daniel, a human entered Hayden"s Heavenly Sense. Focusing into the direction of the lifeform, the alarm bells in Hayden"s mind started ringing off, his face darkening.

The man was evidently from Puting Araw as he was wearing the standard Puting Araw uniform. The white polo wasn"t b.u.t.toned on the collar, and the man wasn"t wearing a coat.

What alarmed him was that the badge on the man"s Puting Araw uniform had eight rays, indicating that he was a Level 4 wielder, as well as a golden number seven in the middle… Despite not knowing the man"s ident.i.ty, Hayden was sure that the man was one of the Walong Sinag ng Araw, the seventh seat to boot.

The man was Juan Tamad. A pretty lanky person that had quite a handsome face. He was also tall, standing at 200 meters in height.

"f.u.c.k!" Hayden was sure that he wouldn"t be able to escape from a Level 4 wielder no matter what he did, hence, he just stood there.

"Oho, somebody already intercepted the rampaging wielder!" Juan Tamad laughed. "A Level 2 wielder as well? Who are you anyways? And who are those in the sky."

"s.h.i.t," for the first time in her life, Eun-ha cursed. "That Level 4 wielder is rather mighty… He sensed Jae-hwa so casually… In this distance no less."

"Let"s descend. We can"t hide anymore." Jin-ae tapped Jae-hwa on the back, who let her enormous figure show to Hayden"s eyes.

Seeing the ten people wearing hanboks and making eye contact with the one on the fox mask similar to his, Hayden was nonplussed of their appearance. "She followed me…"

Hayden didn"t know how to feel in that situation. On one hand, Eun-ha was here to help him, on the other, he said that she shouldn"t involve herself… She even called upon the entirety of CHORUS to help him…

Blinking his eyes at Eun-ha, he tilted his head in confusion. When the ten alighted, Jae-hwa transformed back into a human wearing a brown hanbok and a hawk mask.

They lined themselves up behind Hayden"s in order of age from right to left, Aiko wearing the light green hanbok and snake mask, Mi-sun wearing the dark blue hanbok and rabbit mask, Jae-hwa wearing the brown hanbok and hawk mask, Madoka wearing the light gray hanbok and racc.o.o.n mask, Sayuri wearing the black hanbok and wolf mask, Jin-ae wearing the dark gray hanbok and koala mask, Mieko wearing a light blue hanbok and blue jay mask, Hsiao-Han wearing a dark green hanbok and turtle mask, Eun-ha wearing a white hanbok and white fox mask, Chung-hee wearing an orange hanbok and a tiger mask, and lastly, Shu-Ching wearing a golden hanbok and a black fox mask.

"A bunch of Level 4 and Level 3 wielders behind a puny Level 2 wielders?" Juan Tamad"s body limped, his head slanting. "Now that is interesting."

Subsequently, a woman donning the Puting Araw attire emerged on the side of Juan Tamad. The insignia on her chest had a crown on it instead of a number. It was the Branch Director of the Zamboanga branch.

"What is happeni-" She shut her mouth straightaway once she detected the four Level 4 wielders and seven Level 3 wielders behind a Level 2 wielder. Whispering to Juan Tamad, the woman asked, "Who the h.e.l.l is that?"

"I don"t know," Juan Tamad was as carefree as ever, laughing while in such an intense situation. "But it is a fascinating situation, don"t you think?"

"If you"re looking for Kamay ng Lagim, I killed that Crimson Enchantress right there." Hayden spoke nonchalantly, pointing at the corpse of Crimson Enchantress. "Hope you don"t mind me taking her Origin Crystal as she is my kill."

"A Level 2 wielder, killing a Level 3?" The woman loudly shouted. "What do you take us for? Idiots?"

"Speak that way again, and it will be your death." Eun-ha talked in English with anger. In spite of Eun-ha not understanding the woman as she spoke in Filipino, her tone alone, which contained blatant disregard for Hayden, was infuriating and was enough for her to comprehend that Hayden was being insulted. She would not let another woman disrespect his boyfriend, will she?

Extending his arm sidewards, Hayden looked at Eun-ha, his eyes gently and tacitly implying, "Don"t worry, she"s not going to harm me."

"Don"t be such an idiot." Before Hayden could speak, Juan Tamad oddly stood up for him. "Some Level 2 wielders can be stronger than Level 3 wielders, you know? Like… Him…"

"White fox." Hayden said coolly, utilizing the deep voice that came with Indestructible Devil. He cringed for himself as he didn"t, at all, enjoy playing some kind of hero or vigilante. "Call me White Fox. As for them, they are my trusty… buddies."

As for the man in the invisible cover, he has long escaped the location. He fled far away, not desiring to return to that wretched place of Kamay ng Lagim.

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