The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

148 Assassination (III)

Cain knew the exact location of the gang that worked for Clacius, but he did not directly go toward them.

He advanced deeper and deeper into the forest, reaching a place packed with Level 3 Wave Beast, and there was no small amount of Level 4.

If the gang were to die at the hands of a Wave Cultivator a few days before the Rouk City’s Mayor, it could raise suspicion. However, no one would bother with a bunch of people who perished beneath the wrath of a Wave Beast.

Although Cain would have liked to use his hypnosis powers to command some of those beasts to do his work, things were more complex. The mind of Wave Beasts was more straightforward than that of humans and other advanced races, which is why they were more resilient to compulsion.

Still, Cain was a 2-Star Elementary Hypnosis Master, so he should be able to overcome the mind of a Level 4 Wave Beast if he gave his all.

Nevertheless, there was a second problem. Wave Beasts’ minds do not respond well to commands, and Cain’s hypnosis was far from enough to influence others with a thought or intent.

Cain had a plan, and it was not long before he reached his destination, a small mountain range. According to Apex’s intel, this was the home of a Level 5 Wave Beast.

Cain’s eyes began to glow with red light as he activated his Red Hood. He stood at the foot of the mountain and took a deep breath before unleashing his Astral Wave at a 2000% Wave Burst.

“Boom.”

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A small shock wave emerged from Cain’s body as that blast of Astral Wave threw gales in all directions.

“ROAR!” Less than a second after that surge of Astral Wave, a roar came from the mountains, and a Wave Beast began to descend from them.

It was a gigantic bear-like beast, reaching almost two and a half meters in height, and metal plates covered every inch of its body.

Cain stared at the creature as he adopted a battle stance, not moving a single inch. When the Wave Beast was less than two hundred meters away, his eyes glowed as the [Pseudo Cellular Analysis] was completed.

[Target scanned.

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Race: Wave Beast

Lineage: Obsidian Bear

Path of Power: Wave Beast (Level 5)

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Stats:

Strength: 2.9

Agility: 1.7

Vitality: 2.1

Life Wave: 2.4]

Cain’s eyes narrowed as he saw those stats, and although a battle was about to start, he did not activate his Nullity Armor. The Obsidian Bear’s strength was impressive, making things more complicated, but he was ready.

Winning a battle against the Wave Beast would be easy for Cain. Even without Asura Form, he would be able to kill it, but that was not his goal.

When the Obsidian Bear was less than fifty meters away from Cain, its Life Wave concentrated on its right claw, making it burst into flames.

The Obsidian Bear jumped toward Cain, leaving a crater in its previous position and attacking with its flaming right claw.

“BOOM.”

A blast echoed through the forest when the Obsidian Bear’s claw landed. There was a fierce expression on the beast when it saw the waves of flames blasting in all directions.

However, that fierceness vanished once the flames disappeared, and the Obsidian Bear saw that the human did not move and had blocked its attack with nothing more than his left arm.

The Obsidian Bear was a Level 5 Wave Beast, so it had decent intelligence. It knew that humans like to use armor to enhance their weak bodies, which most beasts found despicable. Yet, the one in front of him faced it off with nothing more than his body.

The shock in the Obsidian Bear’s heart grew even stronger as he felt two red eyes reach his mind, throwing everything else into darkness.

“ROOOAAARRR!” The Obsidian Bear began to roar with all its strength as it resisted those red eyes and set ablaze both of its claws before attacking with all it had.

Lightning arcs covered Cain’s body as he moved his body just the right amount to dodge those attacks. His speed was not that far from the Obsidian Bear’s, and his mastery over Lightning Armament was close to level 3.

The Obsidian Bear attacked with absolute ferocity, but none of his strikes managed to land. It was frustrating that its claws always passed a few centimeters away from the human but could not truly reach him.

However, the one thing that disturbed the Obsidian Bear the most was that no matter how the human’s body moved, he never broke eye contact.

Those two red eyes were digging deeper and deeper into its mind and increasing the mental pressure.

It carried on for fifteen minutes, and the Obsidian Bear was already exhausted. The Wave Beast had immense strength, but its vitality was not that impressive, meaning its resistance was flawed.

That, plus the mental pressure of Cain’s red eyes, pushed the Obsidian Bear to the limit in less than twenty minutes.

Fear began to appear in the Obsidian Bear’s eyes as it fought to catch its breath and saw that the man in front of it stood as if nothing had happened.

It lacked the strength to run away and to continue fighting, which in the Wave Beast’s society meant only one thing.

Cain noticed the look in the beast’s eyes and jumped onto its back. The Obsidian Bear’s body trembled when it saw that and was preparing to receive a deadly blow, but nothing happened.

The Obsidian Bear slowly turned its neck and saw the human sitting on its back with his legs crossed. He then pointed in a direction before his eyes burst with red light.

It did not know what was happening but did not dare to disobey, and using what little strength it had left, the Obsidian Bear began to run in the direction Cain pointed.

There was no need to hide their presence since they moved through the domain of the Obsidian Bear. Although that sight confused the other Wave Beast, none dared to get closer as their instincts warned them about the danger of the human with the red hood.

After almost two hours of running, the Obsidian Bear felt a pat on its back and understood that it needed to stop. It then saw how the human got down from its back and began to walk forward calmly.

The Obsidian Bear did not know what to do, but when it saw that the human looked back with coldness, it trembled before walking by his side.

The man and the beast did not take long to reach a small lake beneath a waterfall. It was very shallow, and there was no presence of any other life form in the surroundings.

The Obsidian Bear saw how the human pointed toward the waterfall, and upon focusing on it, the beast detected a hidden cave from where the scent of more than a dozen of men emerged.

Cain took a fruit the size of a fist from his space ring and threw it toward the Obsidian Bear. The beast did not hesitate to swallow it immediately as it felt the fiery power in it.

That fruit was the Fire Heart, something he got alongside his Blood Refinement Art from the lair of the Metal Hyena during the events that led to the death of Nira and Dimitri.

Since he had ripped it ahead of time, making the Fire Heart lose most of its power. Still, it was more than enough to revitalize the Obsidian Bear and grant it a slight boost to its vitality.

After devouring the Fire Heart, the Obsidian Bear felt full of energy and stronger than ever. Still, it did not lose focus and saw the red eyes still concentrated on it.

The Wave Beast was smart enough to understand its job. Although more than a dozen people were inside that cave, it would rather fight all of them than enrage the monster by its side.

Once again, a sense of wildness and ferocity appeared in the Obsidian Bear’s eyes as it focused on the cave hidden by the waterfall before dashing toward it.

A second after the Obsidian Bear crossed the waterfall and entered the cave, Cain heard the sound of screams and explosions.

“?AHHHH!”

“A Wave Beast!”

“?BOOM!”

“Fight!”

“It is too strong!”

?Help me!”

“Run!”

Cain not only heard the chaos inside the cave but saw everything that had happened since he sent his invisible Ego Wave into it. That was not all he did since he had also disabled their alarms, which is why none of them noticed their arrival.

Although the group inside the cave had seventeen members, only three were Level 3 Wave Warriors, and most others were at Level 1.

There was no way a force like that could face a Level 5 Obsidian Bear in such a narrow space like a cave.

Cain turned around and left the forest while screams still rang behind him. None of those people would be able to escape, and there was nothing of value inside that cave, so there was no point in him wasting more time here.