Darren was enjoying the adrenaline rush he was getting from the exchange. Looking at the closest person to him, which was number one, who was recovering from being stunned by his initial attack, Darren bent his knees and waist, gathering strength in his legs. Darren shot out quickly, moving faster than the eye could track. Within seconds, Darren punched through the force field shield and turned the man into a donut, spreading fragments of torn body parts and destroyed spinal cord fragments all over the floor a move that completely shocked everyone around, including Darren's own maids.
Not waiting for anyone to recover, Darren made two complete moves and pivoted, hitting two more men and killing them, which caused blood and fragments to spray across the ground. This scared the other men, who turned around to run, and as they did, one of them shouted, "Mr. Lorde, please help!" which brought Lorde, who was equally surprised by Darren's power, back to his senses.
Seeing these men were no match for Darren, Lorde straightened his cuffs a pretentious habit that had become more of a reflex after years of doing it.
As Darren was about to punch someone else to pulp, a brief flash appeared in front of him. Before Darren could react, a leg was flashing toward his head. Although Darren could not initially keep up because of how the leg came out of nowhere, once his mind registered it, Darren disappeared mid-movement, reappearing a few metres backwards.
Looking at the owner of the foot, it was none other than Lorde. Darren was surprised Lorde could close the distance from where he had been standing, and by the way he appeared, Darren was sure he also had teleportation powers. After all, those attuned to the fluctuation of space can always sense its disturbance that was why Lorde had been able to initially sense it when Darren moved the first time.
Darren, seeing that Lorde had every intention of interfering in the fight, looked at the beautiful woman and said, "So are you going to help him, or is this just between us?"
Lorde, feeling offended that Darren was ignoring him to chat with his colleague and the fact that he had his eye on her looked at Darren with even more displeasure and dislike. Before Darren could say anything more, Lorde disappeared, reappearing with a punch aimed at where Darren was standing. To his surprise, Darren had already disappeared, reappearing behind Lorde with a punch of his own. Lorde, without even looking to confirm the attack behind him, disappeared again, and this became a routine where both men appeared and disappeared all over the place, exchanging punches and kicks.
While the two main players were exchanging moves, the remaining men gathered together and turned their attention towards the maids. After all, if they could not handle someone the organisation deemed important, they could at least handle some literal princesses in their opinion, Darren was probably the only competent person here. Swinging their whips mercilessly, they made their way to where the girls were standing.
Feeling absolutely confident about their chances after all, they were nine while the girls were only five they were certain about their odds. But unlike what they expected, the girls did not act like frightened chicks waiting to be harvested. Instead, the girls were looking at them like clowns, which to any self-respecting man would feel like an insult.
Just as they were about to make their move, three of the nine men felt ice crawl up their bodies as they were walking. It started out as a chill, but as they moved they felt an intense cold increasing in power. As the three men looked down, they realised their legs were encased in ice. As one man made to forcefully free his legs from the ice encasing them, his entire leg, encased in ice, broke off an outcome that scared the other two men into standing still, afraid that even a little more movement would kill them. But unbeknownst to them, the less they moved, the faster they would be entombed in ice.
As they turned to their companions for help, those men were not faring any better. Willow had used her illusion to cause two men to remove all their protective gear and start whipping each other, and with each strike a bloody gash appeared on their bodies. Looking at the remaining four, metal spikes had pierced their heads, making them look like olives skewered on a stick.
Seeing the bloody nature of their deaths, one of them said, "You fucking witches you are far more powerful than that guy. Why didn't you come forward?"
Hearing this, all the ladies laughed. Sofi, who was about to finish off the remaining two, said, "Actually, the only reason you are alive is because our master wanted to test you and your countermeasures, but you proved inadequate." Finishing talking, Sofi killed them.
As she looked at Rose and said, "Mom, how come I don't feel disgusted by killing? I was expecting to vomit from my first kill, like in movies and stories."
Although Rose also noticed this, she shook her head, not having an answer either. But what they did not know was that their collars were slowly influencing them, preparing them mentally and physically for the apocalypse.
Darren, who was exchanging blows with Lorde, saw the deaths of the other men and paused his teleportation, easily catching Lorde's next attack with his hand and slamming him to the ground so hard that he coughed out blood. Looking at Darren holding him like a piece of paper, Lorde asked, "How?"
Hearing this, Darren laughed, finding his reaction funny. The truth was Lorde had never been a match for Darren. The only reason he had been exchanging moves with Lorde was to better understand his ability and apply it to his own. Seeing that Lorde was of no further use, Darren caught him, ready to kill him, but Lorde was not ready to die like that. Channelling everything he had, Lorde tried teleporting again, but to his despair he could no longer do that. Screaming more out of fear, Lorde demanded, "What did you do to me?"
Darren, wanting his prey to die knowing, held Lorde up by his neck and said, "Of course my ability is space, not teleportation, so I can easily disrupt your ability." Finishing what he was saying, Darren broke his neck. Immediately after, he heard [Ding ,Ability Fragment of Space discovered. Absorb?]
"Yes please," Darren thought, and as he finished, a pure stream of ability poured into his ability tree, making him feel stronger.