Knight Levin, 24 years old, from a wealthy family. His family was one of the four Wealthy Cla.s.ses of the Dark Council, the Augustus family. This ancient family dates back to the Scottish splendour of the 1970s, and like the aristocracy of the old generation, the family of Augustus still adheres to the purity of their lineage and the decorum of their n.o.bility. In the eyes of the people of the new era, this was completely undesirable, but because of this special characteristic, although the number of members of this family could not be compared with the other three Wealthy Cla.s.ses, they were still far more than the loyalty and cohesiveness of the other Wealthy Cla.s.ses.
The other reason was because of the family"s wealth, resources and the emergence of elites. Laine was one of the elites of the Augustus family. He had stepped into the domain of the eighth level before the age of thirty. Such talent was already sufficient to be described as a genius. Moreover, Levin"s ability was not just a simple domain, but also a cross-domain ability user.
A person with cross-domain ability would have two or even multiple domains that were compatible and could evolve abilities that were not only in one of the five domains, but also in any of the domains. In fact, there were many people with special abilities who weren"t limited to the development of a single domain. Most of the time, when a person focused on their Discipline, they would also develop abilities from other domains to a.s.sist themselves.
For example, Zero, what he specializes in is shooting and speed, while other abilities play a supporting role. Although this ability involved multiple areas of ability, they were unable to fuse various abilities to create special abilities. Laine, on the other hand, was a cross-domain esper. He had advanced from a fighting domain fencing master and an elemental domain wind element esper to a current stage 8 esper, the Hurricane Swordsman.
According to the information that Valkyrie had, the skills of the Hurricane Swordsman, such as Wind Blade Slash, Blade Storm, Hurricane Strike, were all destructive skills. Any of these skills were definitely above zero ability. Valkyrie only wished that he could reach the Shadow City before Laine made his move against Zero. Otherwise, he would not have any chance of winning against Laine!
On the highway.
Levin calmly looked at the armed mob surrounding him. They tried to scare him with shouts and weapons, but to no avail. Instead, it gave him the feeling of watching a circus performance.
The modified SUV stopped, but the machine gun in the front pa.s.senger seat and the heavy machine gun in the back were both aimed in Levin"s direction. If this traveler did any suspicious actions, the firepower from the machine gun and heavy machine gun would definitely tear the not very tall body apart in an instant. At the very least, Iron Bear, who sat in the back seat and smoked a lot of cigarettes, was convinced of this.
Tie Xiong was the leader of this group of armed bandits. They specifically s.n.a.t.c.hed travelers who traveled alone or from the Shadow City to Eternal Night City. In the eyes of the Iron Bear, Levin, who drove the new era"s locomotives alone, was undoubtedly a fat sheep. Although Levin held a long sword and did not seem easy to deal with, the Iron Bear did not think that a Levin holding a long sword could pose any threat to his side.
The Six Barrel Heavy Cannon on top of Tie Xiong"s head gave him unlimited confidence. At least, in his past life, no one had been able to ignore the threat of the Heavy Cannon.
"Hey, kid!" In the car, the Iron Bear called out, "Leave behind all your valuables. Also, seeing how beautiful you are, if you are willing to provide us with some special services, I can consider not killing you, hehe! "
The other riders on the motorbike circling Levin also let out unbearable laughter.
"A line without any new meaning, it really suits your ident.i.ty as bugs." Laine said softly, "I don"t have time to play with you. I just want all of you to die here."
With that, an unnatural breeze blew under Levin"s feet.
"Since you wish to die, then I"ll grant your wish. Kids, attack!" Tie Xiong gave a m.u.f.fled snort and waved his hand in a gesture.
Immediately, the Knights surrounding Laine howled and charged towards their target. One of the knights brandished an iron chain and aimed it at Levin, who was trying to tie him down to restrict his movements. Unexpectedly, just as the iron chain was thrown out, the breeze under Levin"s feet suddenly became very strong. Without any warning, a green wind rose, concealing Laine"s figure within it. The instant the iron chain bounced away, it turned into a tornado that soared into the sky!
Tie Xiong"s smoke fell into his pants. He suddenly realized something and shouted, "This is bad, he"s an esper from the Elemental Region. Fire, fire! "
Amidst the angry shouts of the leader, the machine guns and heavy guns in the car fired at the same time. At this moment, due to something unexpected, the Knights who were surrounding Laine were all sucked into the tornado and thrown into the air.
The metal tornado formed by the bullets swept into the tornado like a scorching long whip. However, he did not hear the screams that Iron Bear had imagined. He watched helplessly as the tornado did not disappear after a burst of saturated shooting and instead started to move in his direction. Tie Xiong"s face turned green. Just as he was about to order the driver to turn around, the tornado suddenly expanded.
In less than a second, the SUV was surrounded by tornadoes. The iron bear and the car were caught up in the whirling wind. He could not breathe in the wind, and the wind was so strong that he almost closed his eyes. Squinting his eyes, Iron Bear could vaguely see that in the center of the tornado, Levin was still standing straight.
Suddenly, the swordsman standing on the ground looked at him. The Iron Bear suddenly s.h.i.+vered. The next moment, he saw a strange and terrifying scene.
On the head of the iron bear, something had cut open the modified off-road vehicle and a few of its underlings. Whether it was the broken surface of the car or the wounds on the human body, both were extremely smooth, as if they were cut by a sharp blade. However, Tie Xiong could not see anything. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but the green whirlwind.
The next moment, he finally knew what was so sharp. It was an inconspicuous green stream of wind that brushed past the Iron Bear"s body. However, it cut through the Iron Bear"s body with the sharpness of a laser weapon. The Iron Bear clearly saw that wherever the gust of wind pa.s.sed, his skin first split open, then his muscles and fat layer tore apart, and finally his bones were split in half.
And green lines like these were nearly everywhere within the tornado. They were like blades that equipped this tornado into an efficient meat grinder!
The wind stopped.
The tornado dispersed and Levin did not move a single step. However, countless parts of the engine and corpses continued to fall from the sky. They scattered all around Levin as if they had a tacit understanding of each other. However, there was a circular blank s.p.a.ce where Levin stood, indicating the location of the eye of the tornado.
Laine"s sword didn"t seem to have been mentioned before, but who would have thought that in that instant, he had already slashed out hundreds and thousands of sword strikes. And what destroyed the Iron Bear group of armed mob was one of Laine"s evolved skills after fusing sword techniques with his wind element ability, Blade Storm!
Putting the one-handed sword back into its scabbard, Laine didn"t even look at the wreckage on the ground. As if he had done something trivial, he put on his cloak and goggles again, and Levin started the engine. The heavy locomotive roared out of the exhaust pipe and headed for the road.
At the end of the road, the mountains could be vaguely seen. Within the mountain range was the location of the Shadow Capital!