Mana!
It hadn’t been two days since Ethan had been reborn, yet under the effects of his max-level comprehension, every second more and more ideas filled his mind on how to use this wondrous energy.
Even as he wrapped it around his fists, he couldn’t help but wonder why no one studied it in his past life.
If they did, the number of awakened would be much higher than the ten percent of humans it was, and even in terms of strength, everyone would be way stronger, and perhaps S class wouldn’t be the limit.
’Sigh... Maybe I’m thinking too much.’
’Although I have been reborn, I know compared to a lot of others in my past life, I’m not special.’
’Perhaps the likely scenario is not that no one ever thought about it, but that they couldn’t.’
’Only with a talent like max-level comprehension can one understand the true nature of mana and thus control it.’
’Thinking of it now, it’s almost like my rebirth was done to save the world.’
’Haha!’
Laughing inwardly, Ethan felt the flow of mana around his fist as he made his way towards the five guards.
He absolutely had no plan to save the world.
After everything he did in his last life, aside from saving his family and getting stronger, he had no other plans.
’Saving the world heh~’
’Let’s leave that to the future S classes.’
Recalling a familiar snow queen, a shiver ran down his spine.
"You there! Stop don’t move."
"This place is under the jurisdiction of Lord Marcus."
"Surrender now and your souls will be spared as you return into the arms of the lord."
Entering the room, the first thing that met Ethan’s eyes was five black muzzles all pointed towards him.
Such a situation, even Elena behind him couldn’t help but worry for a bit.
Feeling the distance of each gun, even she behind Ethan would turn into a sieve once they pulled the trigger.
For a while, her mind went black, as she began to think of what to do.
At first she thought of Ethan’s initial trick at the car park where he killed twenty of them.
However, these men seemed to be closer and more skilled than the ones they met before.
"I repeat lower your hands!"
’Bang!’
Shooting at the ceiling, one of the gunmen tried to frighten them both into submission.
Unfortunately, just like before Ethan remained calm as ever.
"Elena haven’t you been wondering why I’m so strong lately?"
"Actually it’s because of this thing called mana."
"Take a quick look at what happens next, because you’ll be learning it soon."
Saying this he didn’t give her any chance, as he began concentrating the mana from his chest into his legs.
’Bang!’
With a leap of strength, under the effect of mana in a blur, Ethan’s whole body lunged at a nearby gunman at breakneck speeds.
"Hey idiots, try not to die too fast."
"I have a lot of things to test out!"
......
[Elena POV]
’What the hell is going on!’
’What is mana!’
’Why so strong?’
’And is that really my brother?’
Talking to herself, Elena was in complete shock as she couldn’t believe what she was witnessing.
Her brother who only knew how to stay in an office as a shut-in was stronger than her the world’s greatest martial artist.
Not only that, but she could feel a suppressed bloodlust and fighting intent within his eyes.
’Brother...’
Crunch!
Turning her head, she saw Ethan’s body flash.
In a few seconds, he dodged the attack from one gunman while giving another one an uppercut that broke his jaw.
’Bang!’
Following the shot, he snatched off the gun from the dead gunman and began shooting back.
At this moment, Ethan seemed to have turned into a battle god.
Simultaneously dodging attacks while giving retaliatory blows.
Left right, left right, his pupils darted in every direction scanning the surroundings for any sneak attacks.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Releasing the last shots, in less than five minutes, Ethan had taken down and disabled five armed people.
Such a feat, she began to doubt even whether her brother was human.
Yet Ethan Hanging the dead bodies of the men he had just killed towards the hole in the wall and looked at Elena.
"Are you ready? If so Let’s go."
"Grandpa ought to be welcome for us."
"Haha."
However, although he was laughing, deep down within him Ethan felt a tinge of unease rise.
"Behind this hole isn’t this aura I sense."
"Could it be another awakened?"
Wandering through his thoughts, Ethan who had been calm all this while couldn’t help but turn solemn.
Another awakener appearing so early wasn’t something, he accounted for
In that case he had to be extra careful
"Hey Elena, if anything goes wrong hide behind me."
He said as he stepped through the hole with the corpses over his shoulder, his right fist covered in aura.
....
[Present Time, Smith Mansion]
Time goes back to the present and after entering the birthday ball, throwing the dead bodies on the floor,
Ethan looked at his grandpa with a smile.
"Happy birthday, Grandpa!"
"Haha, I don’t know if you mind if I decorate this place with a few corpses."
He said, a wide grin on his face.
Elena who was also behind him grinned as she saw the face of her familiar grandpa.
And watching his grandpa smile and wave back at him, even though just now he was also almost at his deathbed.
Ethan unknowingly began to feel respect for this old man.
As even in such a situation, it seemed Christian Smith was still Christian Smith.
Turning to look at the other billionaires and influential people in the room, Ethan just gave them a light glance before turning his attention to Marcus who still had quite a few guards around him.
"I take it you’re the mad person called
Marcus who dared to make trouble for the Smith family."
"Well, that’s fine, however since you’re here it saves me the trouble of dealing with you later."
"Now then Marcus, in honor of being a fellow awakener I’ll give you a choice."
"Tell me how you want to die."
Looking at Marcus in front of him, Ethan was one hundred percent sure he was an awakener.