The giant fist splits up into multiple smaller fists that home in on Bruin. Bruin sees this and tries to use his insignia to block but he remembered he had not brought it back after his attack. The fists home in and barrage Bruin, sending him flying into a wall. Bruin falls unconscious

--- Chapter 36 ---

Sole: Man, I'm not finding anyone. Are they really supposed to attack today?

Sole says walking through the street. Out of nowhere a ring of metal rockets towards Sole, it opens and clips around his left wrist right below his watch.

Sole: Huh?

A man walks towards him, a muscular darker skinned man wearing the same ring, he has a shiny ring, with no shirt.

???: Heh, gotcha.

Sole: Tenyi I assume?

???: Yuup. What's it to yah?

Sole clicks his watch, causing his sun tattoo to glow a radiant yellow. His muscle mass increases exponentially, his shirt begins to rip, his entire child like persona seems gone.

Sole: You should take these cuffs off, based on your mana, your nothing more than a bug to me.

???: What? Heh, these rings won't come off until one of us dies. And to answer your mana statement, I don't use mana, or have an arcana for that matter, brotha. This ring on my finger allows me to fight toe to toe with someone who does tho.

Sole: I see, so by placing this ring, you ensured your own death.

???: Man, you sure are arrogant brotha.

Sole: A man who can live up to his ego, has earned it.

???: Whateva you say man.

He goes running in toward Sole. His right fist brought back, preparing to punch at full strength. Sole, not even phased, lifts his right hand into the sky. As he gets closer, Sole slowly lowers his hand. Doing nothing at first, the guys keep running in, but are met with a shockwave, creating a deep slash across his torso. He goes flying back, rolling across the ground. The man starts to get up, his ring glows as his wounds heal.

???: What the hell are ya!

Sole: I am the pinnacle of everything. The top of all food chains. The apex of all humans. No, the apex of all living things.

???: You arrogant mother fu-!

He says starting to run in, but is cut off by Sole disappearing. He reappears behind him.

Sole: I am Soleterus Synthesis Sataro. Remember it in the afterlife, you might get a free ale from telling my tales.

The man starts to turn around, but with a flash like speed, he feels a pain on his hand. He looks down, and to his shock, the finger his ring was on is missing, reduced to a bloody stump. He begins to look up, but Sole juts his hand forward, stopping centimeters from his head. His head is forced under incredible pressure, sending his skin rippling back, before his head disintegrates entirely.

Sole: I'm sorry I didn't allow you to gaze upon might righteous visage one last time, but that is your punishment as a criminal.

Across town, Red is walking before he covers his nose, as if a strong smell came over him out of nowhere.

Red: This mana… It's Sole’s but his route was the furthest from me… And so strong, it caught me off guard. Sole… What are you now?

Back with Sole, he looks at his form, and wipes the smallest spec of blood off him. His eyes drift swiftly to the corner of his vision.

Sole: Come out, maybe you will pose a challenge.

Potrus comes out of a nearby alleyway. His muscle mass is ever growing. A whole in him is still visible.

Potrus: You could tell huh?

Sole: Of course. I could sense your mana a mile away. A mana that is not your own. Full of darkness.

Potrus: Heh. I've been reborn.

Still his muscle mass grows. Potrus bursts forward.

Potrus: SHOW ME YOUR BLOOD!

Potrus punches at the expressionless Sole. Sole lifts his right hand up and grabs Potrus’s fist. Sole in a normal standing position stands there, and gets pushed back less than an in.

Sole: Impressive. For someone so much less than myself.

Sole, still holding his fist, throws him over his head into the ground like a ragdoll. Sole stomps on Potrus’s face still holding his hand, pinning him.

Sole: Your existence is darkness. But, darkness cannot exist without the light, so, thank me for allowing your existence, as I am the pinnacle of light and all things known and unknown.

Potrus swings his other hand in a desperate attempt of escape. Sole punches this arm, still looking like he's holding back. A ripple flows through Potrus’s arm before it explodes.

Sole: Now repent. For no man stands between me and victory.

Sole seemingly lightly pushes down on Potrus’s head, but when he does, Potrus falls limp. Sole steps off and looks around. But a little bug pulls itself out of where Potrus’s head was. It starts to scurry away, in seemingly a specific direction.

Sole: How intriguing. Something so fragile and beneath me, being what seems to be a navigator for a worthwhile combat. I will allow it to be in my presence for just a little longer.