Rise of the Crusader

175 The Artyom Empire III

A horrified expression appeared on the people from the elite division.

Seeing, how Sonia’s lips were mashed against Raphael’s lips, fear swept all over their body instantly.

There was already a punishment awaiting them in the academy because of Alice’s death, though it had been on hold, it was inevitable.

And to the eye of the academy, Raphael was like a priceless gem, none of them could think of what the academy would do to them if he were to die.

There was no such thing as equality between them anymore.

Thud!

A few seconds after Sonia nibbled Raphael’s lips, he stumbled to the ground.

Raphael’s eyes twitched, his body became incomparably pale and a brief moment after, his eyelid which was previously open, closed shut.

“Don’t you dare!”

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Aliyah was about to make a move when she felt a gun behind her head.

She abruptly paused, and as the person behind her spoke, she complied with the request immediately.

“Good!” The slender build man muttered as Aliyah raised both her hands up.

Unbeknownst to the man, when Aliyah raised her hand, she moved her gaze to the owl that was staring at Raphael.

While no particular words escaped her mouth, she and the owl appeared to be reached an agreement.

“Move forward.”

Followed by Aliyah’s movement, Sonia burst into laughter. The laughter was a maniacal one, and as she seized Raphael, who was on the ground, a smile formed on her face.

“This is going to be fun.” Said Sonia.

As Sonia took delight in bringing Raphael down, the others in the room were in a disoriented state

The reason was quite simple, even if with some luck, they were able to avert from this crisis, the academy wouldn’t spare any one of them.

Sonia saw the expression on their faces, and her lips curved inwardly.

“No, no, no, don’t make those faces.” Sonia said, “I can assure you that each one of your deaths would be more excruciating than the latter.”

“Raphael is a different breed, so I needed to give him a different treatment, but for the rest of you I promise to put you through hell before I let you go into the land of the dead.”

If there was one thing they learned from the way Sonia spoke was that she was well-informed about some of the incidents occurring in the academy.

She must have known that it was the first year who would be coming after her, and also that Raphael was the one who won the first-year tournament.

It was still a mystery how she was able to get that information from the academy, but they all chose to put the thought of it past them, as it was the least of their worries.

“Willock, bring the foul-mouthed fellow over here,” Sonia commanded.

And as those words left her mouth, the people in the room all shifted their gaze to Bane.

Bane arched an eyebrow, “What is it?”

“Why are you all looking at me, it can’t be that I am the...” Before Bane could finish his words, he was moved to Sonia’s front.

Staring at the grim-looking Sonia, Bane gulped hard, and then flashed a rough smile at her.

Bane soon balled his hand into his fist, as the only time he swore to be on his knees in front of a woman was when he was on duty.

Anything other than that was only disrespectful to him.

“You will be the first to have a test of what hell feels like before you descend to hell itself.” Sonia blurted.

Bane would have retorted to what Sonia had just said, but she made sure that he wouldn’t get the chance to let any dirty words out of his mouth.

Suddenly, Sonia stretched her hand forward, and a man clothed in black brought a box case to her.

The case was then opened, and as if he were capable of reading Sonia’s mind, he gently placed a screwdriver in her hand.

Sonia then held the screwdriver in a way that one would hold a dagger, and as she stared at Bane, there was a sadistic grin all over her face.

“The organization you come from murder lives ceaselessly without remorse or even concern. All lives are like pigs waiting to be slaughtered before you people.” Sonia said.

“The Bass family, the Pierro company, burger queen corporation, the kidnap at the academy gate, Luther Fernandez aka metal man’s death, the vertigo destruction.”

“I can keep on going because this is all business and lives you have ruined. You consider us vile, but the truth is you’re more of an animal than we are.”

The killing intent around Sonia’s body only got stronger, and stronger.

She tightened her hand around the screwdriver in her hand, while her eyes were bloodshot.

“I lost my family support because they were terrified of your pursuit. But, unlike them, I’m no coward, and this vengeance is only the beginning.”

“Wherever you come from, wherever the boss in that organization of yours is hiding, I promise to have every single of you bathed in blood.”

“And this will be the starting of the bloodshed I will cause in mva.”

With that said, she struck the screwdriver at Bane’s skull.

The goal was to break his skull apart, and once the screwdriver was in his head, she would rip out any element that was there until it was completely barren.

However, as the screw was close to making contact with Band’s skull, he spoke in a loud and harsh tone.

“What the hell are you still doing, Naomi!”

His yell definitely affected Naomi, as right after Bane’s voice rang out, the handcuffs that were on his hands and the others began to bring out smoke.

A clanging sound was soon let out, and as the effect of the handcuffs was broken, Bane struck a full-force blow at Sonia.

But, even though their action was quick and sudden, Sonia was still able to block the punch that was coming toward her.

“So close,” Bane muttered.

And as the others regained control of their body, they launched at Sonia and the people in the room.

“Kill them!” Sonia exclaimed and ran towards the room across.

Upon Sonia’s instruction, the first to make a move was the man who was behind Aliyah with a gun.

His hand was already on the trigger, and all that was left was a little push. As he then attempts to apply a bit of force on the trigger, the gun was suddenly out of his hand.

Shock hit him quickly, and before he could even process how Aliyah had just taken the gun from his hand, a gunshot rang out.

Bang!

One gunshot wasn’t just enough for Aliyah, and after firing the first shot, she shot at the man four times.

Meanwhile, the moment Elisa was free from the handcuffs, she moved her gaze to the place Raphael was, and as her eyes came in contact with that area, her eyebrows furrowed.

“Where is Raphael?”

As Elisa spoke, whether it was the student from the academy or Sonia’s men they all abruptly paused, and turned toward where Raphael was.

Raphael, who was once laying there, was no longer there and as they scanned through the surrounding, there was still no sign of Raphael.

While Raphael’s whereabouts remain in question, Sonia raced towards one particular room in the house.

“It’s time to bring plan b into motion, hope the item is already prepared?” Sonia asked as she hurried towards the room.

Willock, who was beside her, nodded his head several times before saying, “Yes, ma.”

The truth was for meta-humans like Sonia when it came to combat they were the worst, it was mostly why she needed tropes who would work for them.

She acted as the brains, and providers, while they were the muscles.

Though her power made her one of the most deadly metahumans in the world, she was below average when it came to combat.

Bang!

As Sonia had arranged the plan b close to the room she was in, it only took a few seconds, before she arrived in the room.

However, what she encountered in the room wasn’t what she anticipated, and as she stared at the four unfamiliar faces in the room, her mouth opened slightly.

“Y-”

The four who were in the room were Devon, Sylvia, Xavier, and Martha.

And while Sonia and Willock were left stupefied by the four of them present in the most protected room in the house, Xavier waved his hand as they came in.

“I must say, nice stuff, by the way,” Xavier said as he stared at the figure standing close to Devon.

Sonia’s eyes were already on the humanoid robot, and as she moved her gaze to the four in front of her, they seem no different from corpses to her.

“Look, Raphael and Gus have come to join in on the fun.”

Those words, however, changed the expression on Sonia’s face. She gulped hard, and as she felt a cold hand on her shoulder, terror was written all over her face.

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