"Love... ah, yes! My father always said the world would be better without it because, for it or against it, man will always fight."
These sudden words caught the attention of most, undoubtedly confusing some. Was this supposed to impress Rhino? But this wasn't Will's voice. Within microseconds, Aurora would understand the meaning of these words. Will's silhouette was split in two by a sword, but there was no blood, the visage quickly dissipated into mist.
"Eric are you fucking crazy? Do you not enjoy breathing?"
Rhino brought out two Ranger Shotguns and held them akimbo at the so-called Eric.
A blonde man stood behind where Will was supposed to be. He had unusually long hair. In his hand was a sharp weapon akin to a rapier.
Eric was adorned in white all over. A white suit that had medals, similar to what one might assume Napoleon wore. Eric was indeed dashing but in quite a feminine way. Were it not for his height and broad shoulders, one could have thought him a woman. Just looking at him gave Rhino the chills. She hated girly men the most. Alas, Eric thought otherwise.
"There is no need to associate with such trash, lady Rhino is already betrothed to me, as is part of the regulations of our alliance!"
Rhino was a strange one, and logic dictated that only stranger people would worship her over Aurora, and Eric was one such man. Suffice to say, he was a well-known booty man. How did people know? Well, the answer was simple: whenever Eric spoke to her, he would ignore her face completely and adjust himself to see her ass. It was blatant disrespect and perversion, but they had no choice but to deal with due to Eric's unique identity.
"Rhino! Stand down. Do you really think that could take him down?"
'Right! It's him!'
"Yeah Rhino, shouldn't you have a little faith in me?" Will's voice rang out. Everyone was stunned. Rhino was shocked to the point that she dropped her guns...
And Rhino never drops her guns.
This time, the reason was simple, yet shocking. Will was leaning on Eric, Sasuke-style. You know, like when he met Naruto for the first time in shippu-
Ahem, anyway, everyone was like 'Oh shit. It's about to go down', or something...
Rhino never detected a thing. Will appeared in front of everyone as if he had been invisible the whole time. Eric was outraged due to loss of face, but his anger wasn't red hot fast. It was cool, calm, and collected. At that moment, he had become ice.
Not only had Will somehow appeared magically, but he had also spun Eric, so they were now facing opposite directions. Eric was now facing emptiness, while Will was looking at Rhino and Co.
"Lady Ashley must surely have faith in me." Will's words did not garner the response they were supposed to, for one simple reason.
Certainly, Eric and Will were as different as an apple from an orange. Alas, both were still fruits.
"Solitary, what are you looking at! That's not her face!" bellowed Eric. The young man looked stupid, but he clearly had some skill. He didn't even need to look behind himself to notice where Will's line of sight was.
Will merely replied, "Sorry bro, my no homo dude touching time limit is about to be reached, peace." As such, he pushed at Eric's face. It wasn't a fast motion. In fact, it really was rather slow, as if it were taking its time. Or perhaps, it would be more accurate to say it was moving at the speed of a regular mortal. To people at high levels, it was no different to slow motion. Eric got angry once more.
'This fool is shaming me once more! He needs to die!'
Eric saw himself as a judge, a jury, and... the third thing. He couldn't stand this and tried to move, but it was hard. For some odd reason, his body felt as if it was in a swamp? Or was it hardening cement? Maybe quicksand? Eric was not sure, because he had never felt any of those things. All he knew was that there was some strange sensation all over his body about being wet. Indeed, Eric was getting wet.
He couldn't understand this as he was clearly dry. Microseconds passed and Will's palm was well on its way. Eric could not understand what was happening. Then Will's palm finally reached his face. It was as if Eric was a dam facing a tsunami. With each passing second, the force was getting stronger and stronger, until it finally reached the peak. The swamp-like sensation disappeared, but it was the only thing keeping Eric from facing the full brunt of the wave of power. Now, however...
Boom!
Eric's body was launched into the skies. To those observing it was ridiculous. It was as if Eric stood there and did nothing. Wating to get palmed. If a level 85 user pushed you, then it's obvious you would get blown away!
'It's almost as if he couldn't move.' A few, such as Aurora came to the same conclusion. Before they could bask in the wonder and strangeness of what just happened, Will arrived before Aurora and sent a message via intent. Aurora remembered this sensation; the same as during the global message!
She no longer had a reason to doubt him. She turned and bellowed orders. "Solitary, Rhino and I are going to have a meeting. Everyone, stay here and meet with Eric's followers and explain what happened. This is a direct order!"
The aura of a commander burst out of Aurora, soliciting a reaction.
"Yes, ma'am!"
One would not expect a group that dressed in such a haphazard manner to have discipline. But they saluted loudly regardless.
Will sensed this sudden change. There was no doubt that Aurora had used some sort of charm ability. It was slightly similar to very weak intent, hence why Will was sensitive to it.
Before the trio could arrive, a huffing fatty came and shouted, "I have sent the information you needed sir."
Will smiled, "Thank you."
Will turned away and began walking.
'Ah yes before I forget.'
While everyone was about to move on, they heard a small thump. Mein's headless body had fallen to the ground. His head had rolled a few feet away from the corpse, with its eyes wide open from fear.
Will waved toward Mein's home and said, "Ladies, after you."