Lucius teleported out of the fourth branch to avoid any other person noticing him. "Why does he always send me to gather information when he already knows everything?" Lucius thought, though his thoughts were soon interrupted by Lucia, who teleported in front of him.
"Looking for someone?" Lucia asked slightly coldly, her face emotionless.
"It's none of your business," Lucius replied almost instantly, turning to leave. However, before he could actually leave, his body was suddenly launched through multiple buildings. He didn't even see the attack coming.
And before he could even stand up, Lucia appeared right in front of him in the very next second, a yellow glowing sword made out of pure light in her hand. "Were you the one who destroyed the fourth branch?"
"No," Lucius answered, who tried to slash her in a sitting position, which would have caught anyone off-guard...but not her. She simply dodged without even blinking. "You're faster than expected. I thought Elvis Cornevis was the strongest female in the undead crow organization," Lucius said, his eyes narrowing.
"She is the strongest female...if we don't count the headquarters," Lucia said, stabbing Lucius in the very next second with her glowing sword, causing him to vomit blood. "Before I die, could you at least tell me your name?" Lucius asked.
"Lucia," She replied, who was about to cut off his head but before she could, Lucius stood up and blocked the attack, retaliating by launching her onto a wall using the rounded part of his sword. "I'll make sure to remember your name so that when I come back, I'll make sure to kill you first," Lucius said, adjusting his collar, his face expression not even showing a slight sign of pain despite him clearly on the edge of dying.
"Good bye," he said, who was about to teleport but before he could, Lucia cut off one of his arms, causing even Lucius to slightly widen his eyes in shock. "She slashed me so that the teleport would be cancelled? Does that mean she moved faster than my teleport?" Lucius thought.
Moreover, she didn't just stop there but she was about to finish Lucius, aiming for his neck. However, Lucius blocked it surprisingly easily. "It's over," Lucius said. "I have already figured out your power, you can travel at the speed of light and manipulate it."
"And? Just because you figured it out doesn't mean you can instantly move as fast as me," Lucia said, who looked as emotionless as ever despite her attack suddenly getting blocked.
"Even if I can't move as fast, I can still somewhat see your attacks," Lucius said, who was too calm for his dire situation. "Sir Todd must have predicted this to happen and he must have wanted me to last as long as possible."
"I see," Lucia said, who started to continuously attack him. Though, every attack was either blocked or would only scratch him. "Unfortunately you won't last long."
With that, Lucia attacked as fast and as many times as she could, causing Lucius to slowly get overwhelmed by the sheer number and speed of the slashes. However, all of this chaos led to Justin to notice it. "Interesting, seems like Lucia is fighting someone," Justin said with a slight smirk. "Maybe I'll join in on the fun too."
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Meanwhile, Draco teleported into the third branch as he was sent by Todd to "clean" the branch. "How lucky. A few people in this branch are on my list," Draco said while taking a look at the piece of paper before putting it in his pocket.
"Now then...where am I?" Draco said, looking around with his stoic face, which felt like he was looking for the TV remote rather than people to kill. "He specifically told me to start from the roof...so I guess I am supposed to kill the most important people first," he said, creating a large square shaped opening with a few slashes and soon entering it after, causing him to be immediately surrounded by members.
"Look at this chump," A bald, muscular man said. "Thinkin' he can mess with the third branch. Who the hell are you?"
"He seems to be quite weak. I already noticed his presence the moment he teleported," A girl said.
"Wait...doesn't his appearance look like the infamous owl?" Another member said, taking a step back.
"Stop pissin' your pants, Oliver. If he's the owl then that makes things even better," the muscular man said, cracking his knuckles. Though, before he could even think of punching him, Draco simply cut off both of his hands with a single slash.
Not only that but before any of the dozen of members surrounding him could run, they all were killed instantly, which caused other members to notice him as well, causing them to run away, screaming in the process. However, An extremely old man, suddenly approached him...very slowly.
"The third branch collects important data and approves missions," the old man said. "Which is why we don't have much strength in the fighting category...However, I heard that Justin was going to come as protection."
"Where the hell is he?! Did you kill him?!" The old man asked, who was the head of the third branch, his name being Walter.
"How the hell am I supposed to know, geezer?" Draco said coldly, slashing the man in the very next second, causing him to die instantly. "Just shut up and die like you were supposed to ten years ago."