Chapter 508 - 508: Changes
Andreas entered the city, hoping to see a scene where his men were wiping the floor with nobles, but something was wrong. Other than a few destroyed buildings, he couldn't find anything. Something was wrong.
Where were his men? What happened to them?
He couldn't find most of his men. It was as if they had disappeared into thin air? Where were they?
Confused, he flew deeper into the city in the direction of the Royal Palace, but he still couldn't find them. After a certain point, there was no trail of destruction.
"What happened to them? Are they eaten by the sky or swallowed by clouds? Where exactly are they?"
Boom~
He heard a loud explosion. The ground split apart, and a headless body flew outside.
Andreas moved back, avoiding the body, but seeing the attire, he was sure that it was one of his men.
The headless body dropped to the ground. The opening on the ground closed.
"They are underground?" Andreas muttered, frowning.
He flew downstairs, but he hastily retracted, avoiding the fist of Lucifer, which was about to land on his face. However, even though he moved back, he wasn't entirely safe as a round kick landed on his chest, making him fly back.
Rubbing his aching chest, he stood up. "You're here ag-"
He started speaking, but before he could even finish, a fist landed on his chin, making him fly straight up.
The sudden punch managed to break a few of his teeth. His mouth was filled with blood.
Thoo!
He spat the mouthful of blood as he balanced himself. However, another punch came towards his face. As if already expecting it this time, Andreas Teleported behind Lucifer and kicked the back of Lucifer, making him fly as well.
"If you want to try like that, then so be it! All I need to do is stop you from touching me!" Andreas declared as he Teleported above Lucifer and kicked down, however just as he talked about not getting caught, exactly that happened.
Lucifer caught his ankle before flashing a cheeky smile.
He stabbed the chest of Andreas, but before he could crush his heart, Andreas Teleported away.
Andreas held his chest as he appeared ten meters away from Lucifer. His chest had a big hole, but unlike Lucifer, he didn't have healing.
He looked down at the wound, pale faced. Even if he could escape, he was sure that the bleeding was going to be enough to kill him. He didn't have much time left. Even if he was going to die, he wanted to die with Lucifer.
He Teleported right before Lucifer and threw his hand to stab Lucifer's neck with his sharp claws, unending to cut his head.
However, once again, his hand was caught. Expecting that, he Teleported behind Lucifer and made the same attack against him. Once again, his hand was caught, but instead of moving again, he used his other claw for a similar attack.
Lucifer also grabbed his other hand without turning back. Firmly grasping both the hands of the man, he freed one hand and used the other to toss Andreas ahead before flying straight to him.
Andreas's body had started turning cold as the blood loss continued. His body also grew weaker. Soon, he wasn't even able to move his hands, which were trembling.
Lucifer appeared above Andreas and once again inserted his hand inside the chest of Andreas. This time, he grabbed the heart of Lucifer and pulled it out.
Andreas's pale face became even paler as he felt even the last glimpse of light disappear. His body started falling.
Boom~
The collar on his neck blew up, taking off his head while following the surrounding with flames.
Lucifer hastily brought out his gloves to hold the heart which had started decaying in his hands.
After carefully securing the heart, he flew down to the ground. Whatever remained of Andreas's body was decayed by him, leaving only the heart as his last remaining piece.
"I'm still not sure if it will work. But with the flaming Noble in the prediction, it worked because I absorbed whatever little bit of him remained. I wonder if it'll work too. His ability certainly is good.
He took off his cloak and placed it on the ground. Next, he placed the heart on the cloak.
He also took off his shirt, leaving himself bare chested.
"I hope it works," he muttered as he rubbed his stomach. Even though he was accustomed to pain, he still felt off after doing such things.
He changed his left hand to claws and stabbed them in his stomach, creating a home. He pulled out his hand, and before the hole could close, he picked up the heart and inserted that inside his stomach.
This time, he kept his fingers on the heart, letting it decay inside his body. Andreas's heart decayed inside the body of Lucifer, turning into pure energy which was absorbed inside his body.
After he finished decaying, he brought his hand out and let the hole close.
He closed his eyes and started feeling the changes inside his body. Unlike before, he didn't feel much different. That changed abruptly though.
He felt slightly uncomfortable. His back had started itching for some reason. That itching continued, only intensifying with time, which forced him to scratch uncontrollably.
The more he scratched, the more that itching increased. His back also started turning red.
"What is happening?" As he scratched, he could feel something coming off his body. He wanted to see what was happening. He needed a mirror!
Without stopping, he flew straight towards a building that had glass gates. He faced his back towards the glass door and tried to turn his neck to see behind him.
He couldn't turn his neck to that extent, but he was still able to see behind.
"That's that tattoo? When did it get there?"
The first thing he noticed was a circular tattoo. He hadn't known about that tattoo until now.
"Wait a minute. Did I always have that? It looks similar to what was on the key?" he muttered, confused.
His attention was soon shifted to the thing which was coming out of his back. It appears to be something black and feathery.
It kept getting bigger and bigger, and the itching stopped as well.
Lucifer soon recognized what it was. It appeared that he had actually managed to steal the powers of Andreas and these wings were one of those.
His wings were different from the wings of Andreas though.. His wings were black, unlike the white ones of Andreas.