The Villain's Story

Edward rushed at the mysterious figure, his fists clad in golden flame.

His speed was incredible as if his figure vanished into thin air and reappeared only a meter away!

His fist was mere inches away from the face of the mysterious figure…and just then.

She smiled.

Edward felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately retreated.

“Damn.”

The figure sighed.

“…”

Edward had felt something…he had felt as if his hand would be cut off if he decided to attack.

“It seems he’s not the only one who’s a monster in your guild.”

Edward grew wary of the Figure and asked.

“Who are you talking about?”

The figure smiled. The atmosphere changed as whatever was in her shadow stepped out fully.

“…”

Before Edward’s eyes…was a monster unlike whatever he had seen before.

No…it seemed familiar to him. And that was when it clicked.

“Boneclaw.”

He muttered.

“Oh? You know about it?”

The figure was astonished. She truly had not expected Edward to know about a Monster as rare as a Boneclaw.

Little did she know, Edward already had a few bouts with Bone claws in the Primordial Dragon of Death Ariel’s domain.

“What did you do to it?”

He asked. Something about this bone claw was different…Very different. 𝘪𝑎.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Unlike the normal gray, dead skin normal Bone claws had…this one had a red, fiery skin that seemed as if it was like flames. Multiple stitches littered its body as if to connect it all together. Magma escaped from such stitches and a black fire clad its long nails. The stitches were proof that someone had done this…

“…Yes.”

The figure’s voice seemed to detest it. It was as if she didn’t like the question or rather even the one it was directed at. Edward found the reaction odd but dismissed it.

“If you think that’s going to save you…Should have brought more.”

Edward’s figure disappeared.

The mutant bone claw reacted. Although Edward was extremely fast, Boneclaw was still able to sense his movements.

“That won’t do anything!”

Edward appeared and punched the Boneclaw from the sides.

The bone claw raised its long nails to defend itself from Edward. However, the sheer force behind the punch sent it flying. It crashed into the building by the side.

It let out a shriek as the building caved on it. Its figure became clad in dark flames that melted anything that fell on it.

Edward didn’t miss this opportunity and quickly tried to punch the mysterious figure.

He was fighting a sort of summoner right now, that was easy to deduct. And when fighting someone like this it’s always better to go for them than the spirit.

His golden fists punched the figure and…the figure disappeared..?

“..?”

Edward was left confused. It had suddenly disappeared into smoke!

“..!”

Suddenly, he felt something above him.Edward looked up to see the mysterious figure sitting on the roof of a building in the alley.

“Too late.”

He could see a crimson glow from the hood…and his body froze for a second.

And that second was fatal. The bone clawed and attacked his frozen body. Edward was able to gain enough control of his body to raise his arm to defend himself.

The bone claw slashed his arm, his golden aura was able to deflect some of it but the damage was horrendous.

Edward jumped back and examined his arm. He grimaced as he saw the state.

The muscle had been torn and it was bleeding severely, his bones had also fractured.

And there was also a searing pain coursing through his body. If not for his aura his arm would have been sliced into multiple pieces.

…

…

…

“Heh.”

The laugh of the figure sent a chill down his spine. Edward hurriedly jumped from his location. He thanked his instincts for saving him from a pillar of fire that suddenly erupted below his feet.

“That’s it.”

Edward, still in the air said.

He kicked the air with enough force to propel his body and rushed at the Boneclaw instead of the hooded girl on top.

“KIEK!”

The bone claw breathed out a pillar of fire, hot enough to melt steel. Edward ducked down to dodge it and Kicked the mouth of the Bone claw close. The breath erupted in its mouth and exploded.

Edward jumped back to dodge the explosion. He didn’t pay attention to the bone claw anymore and rushed at the Girl on the rooftop.

“..!”

For the first time, she was showing a surprised look. Edward would have been certain that the figure was real if he hadn’t discreetly spread his aura in the surroundings before.

He suddenly changed directions when he was just about to punch the ‘figure.’

He turned left and grabbed the head of the real one, who was almost invisible.

“What?!”

Her muffled voice escaped her mouth as Edward slammed her into the ground. He grasped her head tight and threatened.

“Now, Tell me who you are before I crush your head.”

His grip on her head disappeared. Edward could now see more of her facial features. She possessed crimson hair and eyes, and quite a beautiful face.

But Edward didn’t give a damn about her looks.

“Argh!”

She let out a muffled scream as Edward tightened his hold on her head. She could feel her skull being crushed.

‘He’s serious.’

Lilith Cardeveras thought. She began talking.

“My name is l-”

Her sentence was interrupted by her figure melding into the darkness and disappearing, leaving an injured Edward behind.

Unlike her expectations, Edward proved to be a more difficult foe than she had expected.

“…Damn it.”

Edward cursed. He had let the attacker escape.

“That thing was unstable.”

He commented as he looked at the last place the Bone claw was present before its own breath exploded in its face.

He took out a communication device from his Inventory.

[What is it, Edward?]

Maxwell’s voice was heard from the device.

“Can you send some healers and other people to my location?”

Asked Edward politely. No one would believe he had brutally slammed a girl into the ground just a few seconds prior.

[What happened?]

Maxwell’s urgent voice echoed.

“I was attacked by a girl with crimson hair and eyes, she had a spirit as well, A Boneclaw that used fire.”

Explained Edward.

[Got it, I’ve sent some people there, Go to a place with a lot of people, reinforcements are coming.]

The call ended. Edward sighed and muttered.

“…Don’t think that’s necessary.”

The isolation technique he learned from Ariel had been disabled due to him lacking the amount of aura to support it…and people were already taking pictures.

Edward shielded his eyes from the flash of the cameras. He had a feeling this matter would escalate further than he had hoped.

******

[In an empty house, basement, Capitol.]

“Damn it.”

Cursed Lilith as she took off her robe and plopped down on the bed.

“…Twilight is stronger than expected.”

She commented that the strength of Edward was astonishing. She had thought it was just a minor member of Twilight when she saw the card he used at the kebab store…But that ‘minor’ member had managed to defeat her.

‘First Alan and now that boy.’

She was on a losing streak against Twilight.

“What the hell…”

She let out a sigh.

“Weren’t they the weakest out of the Big Three guilds…Why is everyone so strong?!”

She threw a tantrum, which was expected of her age. She summoned her bone claw again, the poor spirit was having trouble ‘managing’ the changes it had been ‘gifted’.

“…”

She had a sad expression on her face as she saw her dear spirit’s condition.

“…come here.”

She said, and the injured bone claw, currently even weaker than the time it had faced Alan obeyed.

It sat down right in front of her and She activated her skills, to heal her poor spirit.

“There there…I’ll fix you up.”

She soothed her spirit, even though she was in a condition where it would make sense if she worried about herself, she instead cared for her spirit.

Why wouldn’t she? It was the only one who had suffered with her…from her mother’s experiments.

A visible scar was present on her bare back, she had ‘experienced augmentations’ as well. To be able to support her spirit.

The problem lay not in her bone claw…but in her. She was unable to support its full form fully with her mana…so her mother had made adjustments.

“Clean the place a bit, I’m gonna go take a bath.”

The basement was quite messy, littered with electronics and other mechanical parts. All having been tinkered with.

Who would have known? The daughter of the Queen of Biology, the one who had a unique skill that allowed her to mess with life itself, was interested in Machines more than life.

The bone claw began to tidy the room. Lilith stepped into the bath, her body covered in more scars than what she showed normally.

It wasn’t just one or two, but several, all handiworks of her mother in order to make her…PERFECT.

𝑖.𝘤ℴ𝘮