Nick just continued charging towards the south with all of his speed, which wasn't very fast since his ability had been deactivated.
Time seemed to slow down as Nick saw the distant speck becoming bigger at an alarming rate.
Nick felt like he had barely taken a step before he could actually make sense of the speck.
Just as expected, it was a person. Updated from n0velbIn.(c)o/m
It was a tall man with black hair.
A huge growth of corals came out of the back of his head and seemingly created long, slithery, and spiky wings.
All over his body, corals were bursting out of his skin, but surprisingly, they only came out from the back parts of his body.
Back of his arms, back of his legs, back of his head, and, of course, the back itself.
The front of the man looked relatively normal.
This had to be him!
This had to be the Hero who had vanished in the Forbidden Zone several decades ago.
This had to be the Chief Zephyx Extractor of the previously biggest Manufacturer of Crimson City, Ambrosia.
He had been extremely powerful back then, and his power probably hadn't diminished.
This was an Early Hero, someone who had already worked with Demons for years before dying.
Anatomy did not have that opportunity.
Time seemingly moved in slow motion.
Nick felt like he was moving extremely slowly while the man moved at incredible speeds.
He was coming closer rapidly!
Three kilometers.
One kilometer.
300 meters.
Nick turned around and faced the approaching person.
'He can't kill me!' Nick thought. 'I'm certain that the Specter is Envy's servant! That means he can't possibly kill me! Envy wants the power of the Null!'
The man closed in on Nick, and Nick looked back.
100 meters.
50 meters.
BANG!
Suddenly, the ground between Nick and the man exploded, and dust was thrown everywhere.
Nick was covered by the dust immediately, but his ability didn't reactivate.
It wasn't possible to hide from someone who was this much stronger than him.
SHING!
Nick heard the sound of something being cut.
WHOOOM!
At the same time, a powerful shockwave appeared, which blasted away the dusty clouds around Nick.
But wasn't Mundus Anatomy's Hero?
Yes, he was.
This could only mean one thing.
Anatomy had two Heroes!
But then, Nick noticed that Zarren was flying through the sky alongside the other three Heroes.
No, Anatomy didn't have two Heroes!
Anatomy had three Heroes!
All three of their leaders had already become Heroes!
This put them on the same level as Kugelblitz when it came to the number of Heroes if one ignored the governor.
The only place where they were lacking was level.
Since Anatomy didn't have access to a Demon, none of their Heroes could advance within the Hero Stage.
This meant that all three of them were Initial Heroes.
Meanwhile, Kugelblitz probably already had more than one Early Hero.
Maybe they even had a Mid Hero.
While Nick was coming to this realization, the coral man fired his gun at the blue puppet.
BOOOM!
A brutal explosion occurred, and the puppet was shot right in the chest.
All this fancy maneuvering had not helped at all.
When the bullet hit the puppet's chest, it got buried deep inside.
Yet, surprisingly, the puppet didn't really seem very damaged, and it continued to charge at the man.
WHOOOM!
But then, huge green tentacles shot out of the puppet's chest and wound around the puppet in an instant.
Before anyone could react, the entire puppet was surrounded by green tentacles, and very soon, it became clear that these tentacles were actually green roots.
The puppet stopped in the air.
Apparently, the roots immobilized him.
The man retreated.
The four Heroes rapidly approached.
And then...
BOOOOOOOM!
A bolt of white lightning hit the bound puppet and brutally exploded.
The four Heroes in the air stopped for a moment as they saw countless cerulean pieces scattering across the surroundings.
While the bullet had only buried itself into the puppet's chest, this bolt of lightning had completely obliterated it.
Then, the gathered people noticed another person hovering in the distance.
They had been the one that shot the lightning bolt.
And by the power that lightning bolt exhibited, they could be sure of one thing.
This other person was definitely stronger than the coral man!
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