Chapter 73: Unexpected Encounter
The amount of disdain on Sadistic Flame’s face shut Lyle up. She did not even bother to explain, simply hanging up on the wall that Kaizer had telekinetically pinned her to while glancing at him with a slight smile.
After all, who cared if Lyle believed it? He was simply nothing more than a discarded pawn whose life was not even guaranteed past the next few seconds. The important thing was to make Kaizer believe it, because as the strongest person here, he was the most qualified to speak.
"I-"
BOOOOOM!
Sadistic Flame began to speak, but was cut off by a terrible explosion that erupted within the sewer area, searing hot flames and tremendous exploding force converging upon this area and sweeping outward, blowing the grate that led to the bay and boiling the dirty water there.
The heat caused the damp air to become hot, and the sheer amount of smoke blocked the view of the area within. It was only when the sound of agonized coughing was heard that one saw the dust being forcibly swept away by a strange power.
The area had been reduced to a blackened mess with debris everywhere but within the central area where Kaizer had stood. No, the scene within was that of the young man standing there casually with a deep frown, Barnes, Lyle, Sadistic Flame, and Crystal Ice wearing expressions of utter terror as they sat on the ground, their bodies trembling.
A translucent psychic barrier enveloped the area, but even this barrier had slight cracks on it, which was why Kaizer was frowning like this. He was scanning the area with his telesthesia, but there was something blocking his perception, like a searing wall of flame that burned his psychic force when it got close.
From the area where Kaizer had come from, a figure walked out of the ruined tunnel, capturing the attention of everyone still alive in the area. Seeing him, the pupils of the other four constricted, while Kaizer’s eyebrows were raised in surprise.
It was a recognizable figure, a hunchbacked old man in his sixties who had blazing red hair and a long crimson beard that reached his abdomen area. He wore bright red robes in the style of an ancient oriental emperor, and he wore a confident smile on his face.
Blaze!