"Sir, "the dealers" have been completely destroyed," Lucius said. "Santiago was killed by...Rose, Alex and Kael. Though, Alex was the one with the most contributions as he killed almost every single guard, drug dealer and crack head that was present there. Not only that but he did the most damage to Santiago."
"Good," Todd said, satisfied. "What about Kael falcon?"
"He did well against Santiago," Lucius replied. "Though, currently, he's fighting against Tristan just like you planned. I hope everything that you made him go through was useful as Tristan is quite the troublesome opponent to have."
"I would love to have him as an opponent," Todd falcon admitted. "As long as you don't ask any questions and don't try to escape the realm, you can peacefully live there and do whatever you want."
"I wonder how I'll do," Todd falcon wondered with a slight smirk. "How fast will I be able to escape? What will it feel like?"
"Why not just fight him then?" Lucius asked, clearly disappointed.
Todd remained silent, his face unreadable.
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Meanwhile, Kael dodged one of Tristan's attacks and landed a powerful punch but suddenly, Tristan slowly faded and another Tristan appeared behind him, slashing him with the axe. "Fuck. I can't read him at all," Kael thought. "I can't kill him! Every single one is a fake! An illusion!"
"Would you like to be my masterpiece?" Tristan asked. "Shall I make you my Mona Lisa?"
"This guy is crazy. Why is everyone in this city out of their minds?!" Kael thought. "I'll kill this guy and get out of his hell as soon as possible!"
Kael rushed at Tristan, punching him and then instantly searching for the next Tristan since he knew that all of them were fakes. "...It's impossible to kill him if he keeps sending fakes. But if I can't kill him then I'll buy time for Alex and the others to figure out what to do deal with Santiago," Kael decided.
However, he blinked and was now directly staring at Elvis's dead body. He looked around and noticed that he was in the exact same spot as five minutes ago. "Can this guy...rewind time?!"
"No. This is different," Kael noticed. "The Tristan that I am facing isn't injured! Meaning this is a fake...also meaning that I am under an illusion! Kael, come on! Look for someone who's injured!"
"Found him!" Kael said, rushing towards the real Tristan. However, Tristan's axe reached him first, slashing his shoulder, causing the axe to get stuck on Kael's body, which Tristan used to his advantage by moving his stuck axe downwards extremely fast, causing Kael to be slammed onto the ground and his axe to be unstuck.
Furthermore, before Kael could even stand up, Tristan's axe was already going for his head. Upon noticing this, Kael slightly rolled over, causing the axe to miss him by a hair's breadth. And before Tristan could pull his axe from the ground, Kael grabbed his arm and started to burn it using his ability.
"Good!" A voice said, "Keep him like that!"
Kael listened as he found the voice extremely familiar. And soon enough, Alex appeared and beheaded Tristan, causing blood to burst out instantly and for his body to fall out with a hard thud. "We did it! We fuckin' did it!" Kael said, taking a moment to recover his breath.
"Tch. Not yet," Alex said, glancing at Tristan, who suddenly came out of nowhere. "That was also an illusion."
"But that one didn't faded? It had blood and everything? What the fuck?!" Kael said, extremely confused.
"He deliberately made that clone injured to throw you off," Alex explained. "Even gave him blood and everything to make it more realistic. That crazy bastard."
Alex sprinted towards Tristan but suddenly, froze because the person standing in front of him wasn't Tristan but his wife, Hazel. For a split second, Alex hesitated, which was more than enough for Tristan to land a devastating slash, which was almost life-ending for Alex since he had already been wounded and had lost a major amount of blood already.
"My healing powers aren't very strong," Rose said, coming out of nowhere, a worried look on her face. "They can only heal minor injuries and stop bleeding."
"...Rose," Kael said, who was staring at her for far too long. It was almost as if he expected Rose to turn into a demonic creature any second.
"Is something wrong?" Rose asked, noticing the intense staring from Kael, causing Kael to move his eyes somewhere else. "...nothing," Kael replied, who also joined the fight, causing Tristan to get overwhelmed from the sheer number of attacks.
However, it didn't stop him from slashing Alex again, causing Alex to faint instantly, the adrenaline vanishing. "Alex!" Kael yelled, seeing Alex faint made him distracted, which gave Tristan the perfect opportunity to slash Kael too.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to make you delicious," Tristan said, the axe about to behead Kael. "This...is it for me. For real this time," Kael thought, accepting death.