“He actually did it.”

The others watched Miko mercilessly reduced the citizens to ash from inside the special space.

“With this, there’s no coming back right?”

Ace asked.

“Ahh~. I sure picked a troublesome guy to follow.”

Sora said while scratching his head.

“Really? I think it’s great that we get to follow someone who’s filled with surprises.”

“Where are you two going?”

Hina asked when she saw the two heading towards the exit.

“Where else?”

“If the boss is in trouble, it’s the job of the employees to help him out.”

The two turned around and smiled at Hina.

“Isn’t that right?”

“You two are going to fight against Nebulous? Even though it will be against the real one, who has the whole underworld behind him.”

“Real? Is she implying that I’m fake?”

Layla muttered.

“Well, that’s what we intended to do from the moment we joined Miko.”

Sora replied.

“I know, but….”

“If you find it hard to fight against someone you looked up to like a father, I won’t force you. But don’t you wish to know what really happened with your grandmother all those years ago, and what led to him becoming the way he is? If so, gather the courage to take the first step.”

He and Ace started walking towards the exit again.

“Either way, I’m always ready to protect you.”

Hearing that, Hina clenched her fists and started walking after them.

“I’m coming. He might be my old family, but you guys are my family now. I can’t just stand back and watch you do something so dangerous without me.”

She caught up with them and they all exited the special space.

“What about you?”

Tia asked Momo.

“If you want, I can stay here and watch Layla. I wanted to have a chat with her about a few stuff anyway.”

Momo nodded.

“Then I’ll be off.”

She too quickly exited the space. Only Tia and Layla was left.

“Now then, Layla Song.”

She smiled at Layla.

“Let’s talk about the past that led to this present, and what your future will be like.”

“A chat with a goddess? I feel honored.”

Miko remained floating in the air with his Dragon wings, while looking around for more enemies. It was at that moment he saw everyone exit the mansion.

“You really went wild, huh.”

Momo flew up to beside him and said.

“Momo, I don’t think Darry is the only one behind this attack. This mansion was supposed to be a secret even in the clan. He must’ve been informed by Krow about it.”

“You think that Krow will aid Nebulous in this battle? Well, it is likely. He isn’t here, but he doesn’t lack pawns he can use.”

Momo looked around.

“I’m starting to have a very bad feeling about all of this.”

“Me too.”

The area was quiet, only the sounds of fire burning could be heard. They found it hard to believe that was the end of Darry’s assault. And they were right.

*Bam!*

Suddenly Miko hit on the side of the head with a projectile, which made him fly to the side, and fall out of the air.

“Miko?!”

Momo tried to catch him, but before she could touch him he was hit with another projectile. This one however, dragged him away like he was a rat caught by a bird.

“What just happened?!”

The trio on the ground watched as Miko was dragged towards the horizon.

“Miko!”

*Bam!*

Hina released a pair of white dove wings from her back, and shot into the air like a rocket. She was so incredibly fast that she had turned into a dot in a mere second.

Momo tried to do the same, but something blocked her path. It was someone she knew very well. It was a man with short purple hair, a stoic face, a muscular build, and fierce blue eyes. Just from his physical features alone, it was obvious that he was from the Dragna clan.

“12th Elder.”

It was an elder of the Dragna Clan. From what Momo recalled, he was rumored to be in Krow’s faction, but because he never made any moves that showed any basis towards anyone, there was no proof that he was linked with Krow.

“Move out of the way, Elder.”

“No can do. At this moment I’m not the 12th Elder of the Dragna clan. I’m here as a member of the law enforcement sector. Simply, Hector will do.”

“Law enforcement sector?”

“Yes, I’m here to arrest a criminal for crimes like mass murder, plotting genocide, destruction of property, kidnapping, assault, and rebelling against the crown. I’m sure you know who I’m talking about.”

Hector spoke with his hands proudly behind his back.

“I see, so you’re here to use your duty as a law enforcement officer as an excuse to kill Miko. I take it that you were the one who separated him from me.”

“He was sent to where he could be rightly executed. I order you as your superior to not get involved.”

“Over my dead body.”

“I see.”

Hector took off the robe he was wearing and revealed his sleeveless top, which clearly showed his muscular body, underneath.

“Then I guess I’ll have to execute you for being an accomplice.”

“Try me, old man.”

Momo provoked hector and showed no signs of submitting.

“Ace, Sora. Go after Hina and Miko. I’ll handle this bastard.”

“Roger!”

Sora took out his headphones and placed them on his head. He then tapped them.

“1st Tempo!”

*Bam!*

An explosive sound rung out as power started flowing in his body.

“Leg Boost X2!”

Ace’s legs doubled in size and looked like they were overflowing with power.

“Take care, Momo!”

*Bam!*

The two left with a sonic boom, leaving Momo and Hector behind.

“?!”

Hector was shocked by the speed to two were able to display at their age.

“What kind of magic did those two just use?”

“Turning your attention away from your opponent already, Hector?”

He looked back at Momo who had a fierce look in her eyes.

“I’ll advise to not underestimate me because I’m not an elder.”

Her eyes became draconic.

“I’m the granddaughter of this empire’s invincible ruler after all.”

*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!*

While they were running to catch up to Hina and Miko, Ace and Sora heard loud explosions coming from where they just came from. They quickly looked back to see the entire area being devoured by a large explosion.

“Just what kind of battle is happening back there?”

They asked themselves. However, they quickly turned their attention back to their front. They needed focus on catching up to Miko.

Meanwhile, Miko was still be dragged through the air by an invisible force. He followed where he was being dragged with his eyes and saw that it was where he fought against Nebulous men before.

“Is it another ambush?”

He gripped his swords and readied himself. The force disappeared and he landed on the ground. The moment he landed, he saw many men dressed in red and black and wearing masks appearing one by one. These were the men Hina and the others saw at Layla’s base.

“These guys…..They’re strong.”

Everyone of them were armed with some kind of weapon, but mostly swords and guns.

“So I take it that you’re all here to kill me. But can you?”

“Whether we can or not is not important.”

One of the men answered.

“We’re only here to prepare you for our God.”

“Oh, so Darry is your god, huh?”

Miko started laughing.

“By prepare, do you mean giving up your lives so that I can warm up for the boss?”

“……….”

“I see. I’m surprisingly talkative, aren’t I?”

Miko activated his Dragon Rage and put away both his swords.

“Let’s dancing marionettes!”

The men all rushed towards Miko at the same time, he welcomed them with a bright smile.

*Bam!*

He swung his fist and sent a man flying back with his mask broken. He then spun around and slammed his foot in the face of another. He then jumped, grabbed another’s face and headbutt him so hard the mask shattered and the man’s skull cracked.

“You won’t be a warm up like this.”

Miko wiped the blood from his head and said. He then rushed forward and created dozens of fists with his aura and started raining down punches on the men in a frenzy. Mask men were being flung all over the place with Miko’s assault.

“Compared to your boss, you’re all weak. Where’s that strong aura I felt earlier?"

He said to the men laying on the ground.

*Bam!*

“Guh?!”

Miko was suddenly hit in the back by a bullet, which bored through right through him. He looked and saw more masked men. He even saw the ones he took out getting up.

“They’re tougher than I thought and they’re using anti-magic weapons.”

The men rushed towards him again, this time faster than before. Miko leaped back and turned his aura into spikes and made them pierced through the men. He then activated his Vita and increased his physical strength.

He avoided a shot to the head, and grabbed one of the men and slammed him into another man, who was trying to attack him with a sword. He took that sword and beheaded a few of the men with quick movements, causing it to break.

He broke a man’s arm and disarmed him, before blowing his brains out with the gun. He then turned the gun on the other men and fired at them.

A shoot out broke out with, Miko using the bodies laying around as meat shields while firing back.

*Bzzz!*

A strange sound caught Miko’s attention. He turned around and saw a bright light only a few feet away from him.

“Miko, get down!”

At that moment, he was pushed to the ground by Hina, who swoop down from the sky to help him. He was assaulted with tremendous heat and pressure that kept him rooted to the ground. He looked at the light again, which he recognized as a powerful laser.

When the laser past over his head, he looked at where it had hit and was shocked.

“What the hell?”

Everything behind him was burnt away without leaving a trance. Not even the corpses that were there remained anymore. The ground was scorched and he even saw a building melting like it was made of plastic.

He looked at where the shot came from and saw one of the masked men holding a weirdly shaped gun. It looked more like trisula than a gun, which made it easy for him to recognized what it was.

“MYTH’s Shiva Series, Trident. The anti-proxy rifle.”

He muttered the name of the high powered weapon.

“Miko, that thing is bad news. You mustn’t get hit with it no matter what.”

Hina said while on top of him. Miko looked at her back and saw that it was badly burnt, and immediately felt anger and guilt.

“Ah, don’t worry about this. It’ll heal soon.”

Hina’s face was covered in cold sweat while she talked. It was obvious that she was feeling pain.

“Hina, thanks.”

He thanked her.

“This is bad.”

He looked and saw that there were several people with tridents in his hand.

“Ishma, Regis!”

He shouted and his gloves turned into two bright lights, which shot towards the men. They appeared from the lights and instantly killed a man each. The other men saw them and turned the Tridents at them.

*Bam!*

They fired and hit the two point blank.

“Don’t underestimate my swords.”

The moment Miko said, that Ishma and Regis appeared from the blasted and thrust their bladed hands through their attacker’s chests.

“Hydrosphere!”

Miko then appeared behind the last two, who were distracted and slammed two large spinning spheres of water on them, which crushed them and devoured them completely. It was the moved that Momo thought him sometime ago. He had finally decided a name for it.

Miko looked at the Tridents laying around and picked them up with a smile.

“Trident collected.”

He examined the guns with a smile.

“I’m going to have fun with these.”