"You cretin—" Aretrus screamed, but he couldn't finish his sentence.
Smack!—
As Ares suddenly appeared in front of him and struck him in the face.
The force of Ares' punch pushed Aretrus back from the sofa he was sitting on, and his nose appears to be bleeding profusely.
"Ahkk!" Aretrus clutched his bleeding nose and glared angrily at Ares.
"Did you really think I wouldn't notice this was a trap, my beloved brother?" Ares spoke up, as he suddenly reappeared in front of Aretrus again and punched him in the guts.
Smack!—
Aretrus attempted to make a shield out of his water affinity, but it did not appear to be strong enough to withstand Ares's strike.
And as soon as Ares' punch connected with his guts, Aretrus was thrown backward, gushing blood from his mouth.
"My master once shared a proverb with me that goes like this:
'You're probably walking into a trap if you're not setting one. But It is the mark of a conqueror to be able to do both at the same time'." Ares remarked.
"Shut up, you motherless bastard!" Aretrus screamed angrily as he wiped the blood from his mouth.
He then hurriedly cast several spells and directed them at Ares.
"Water Bullets!" "Water Spear!"
When they drew near, Ares effortlessly evaded them with his snake-step technique and arrived at Aretrus's front again.
He then grabbed Aretrus' face with one hand and slammed it against the ground.
Thud!—
Its impact caused cracks to appear on the ground.
Crack!—
"Did you really think you could intimidate me the way you used to before?" Ares asked as he delivered a punch to Aretrus face, while Aretrus was still lying on the ground.
Smash!—
"Look at yourself—did you really believe you could threaten me when you can't even defend yourself properly?" Ares said this as he punched Aretrus again.
Smash!—
"He..hehe, you dug your own grave, did you assume my mother would let this go? You will be held accountable for what you did to me today," Aretrus stated, his mouth bloodied.
"...."
"...Is it?" Ares spoke before abruptly resuming his repeated punches to Aretrus.
Smash!— Smash!—
Then, lifting him by the neck, Ares threw him in the direction of the wall.
Thud!
"Ahkk! Heheehe," Aretrus laughed maniacally, while he was leaning up against the wall.
Ares, meanwhile, encircled himself in electricity and instantly appeared in front of Aretrus.
***
Aretrus slowly raised his head to look at Ares, but all he could make out was the blue trail. Then, out of nowhere, Ares suddenly appeared in front of him and kneed him in the face.
Slam!—
As soon as Ares' knee touched Aretrus' face, the wall behind Aretrus started to crumble and began to fall apart.
"Tell your mother and the so-called older brother of yours, ...that Ares will be coming for them soon, until then, ask them to preserve their lives patiently," Ares declared.
Aretrus had a horrified expression when he heard Ares' declaration before losing consciousness.
***
Ares looked around the lounge while wiping his hand with a handkerchief, which was now stained with Aretrus's blood.
He noticed that the lounge was not the same as it had been when they arrived, as now many of the walls had collapsed, there were broken windows and furniture, and some of the walls had blood droplets painted on them.
"...What a mess," he muttered under his breath.
Soon after, Ayla and Lucas approached him, and as Ayla noticed Aretrus's bloodied body she immediately went to check on his condition.
"Has everything been taken care of?" Ares inquired.
"Yes, most of them surrendered after seeing Aretrus knocked out cold," Ziona replied, as she approach Ares alongside Livia.
"...You still don't seem satisfied," Ares observed.
"Well, after sparring with you and Miss Bianca on a regular basis, these students just seemed like me fighting with some little kids," Ziona responded.
"Yeah, these potatoes were all bark and no bite," Livia admitted.
"...."
"You see how I hit him? He came this way and I did a jab, and he was sent flying—" Kevin's words came to a halt as he arrived on the scene with Claude and Diana.
"Yeah, Yeah, shut up you moron, I don't want to hear how you beat them," Claude said in an annoyed tone.
"What the hell? This floor is in worse condition than the one below," Kevin remarked as they approached us.
"Is he all right?" Lucas asked Ayla, Ignoring the chatter going on next to him.
When everyone heard Lucas, their attention was drawn to Aretrus, who was now unconscious and covered in blood.
"...Yes, He's fine; he only had a broken nose, a cracked skull, and a few broken ribs.
But I'm afraid I can't say anything about his mental health!" Ayla stated.
The moment she revealed her diagnosis, everyone became silent.
"...."
'How is that being fine?' The same thought crossed everyone's mind.
"Guess who is the new rank 8 now?" Diana spoke out of the blue, not paying attention to the awkward atmosphere around her.
!?
After hearing her statement, everyone just stared at her.
"What? Isn't this the way things go? Ares will now climb up to rank 8 as be defeated him, while his unconscious brother who had previously held rank 8 will now fall to Ares's rank 10?" Diana stated as it was a no-brainer.
"...."
"Ohhh, That makes sense! Claude, go ahead and step on him to get ranked 10!" Kevin made an abrupt remark.
Hearing Kevin, we restrained ourselves from laughing.
"This bastard! Why don't I step on you to get your rank 9?" With a twisted expression, Claude said.
"How could you treat your own brother with such savagery?" With a solemn expression, Lucas spoke abruptly.
Everyone fell silent at Lucas' unexpected remark.
Some of them shared their concern that if he could beat his own brother so severely, what about them?
Would he treat them the same way if they decided to oppose him over something he was doing that they didn't like?
"...So you're worried that if I can treat my brother this way, I'll treat you guys even worse, right?" Ares inquired seeing everyone's expression.
Everyone remained silent and didn't respond to him.
"If you think that's the case,...then you are probably right, I don't give a fuck even if you are my family, so, if you decided to go against me, you should be prepared to face the consequences as well," Ares stated with a broad grin.
His audacious declaration stunned everyone.
But Ares chose to ignore their expressions and walked out of the villa, leaving everyone stunned.
Livia quickly followed behind him, as if she didn't care, while Ziona burst out laughing after hearing Ares.
"Hehehe..."
"...Did you find anything funny in what he said?" Diana asked Ziona a question because she couldn't understand why Ziona was laughing.
"Oh Gosh! No, I just find it amusing how similar our beliefs are," After stopping her laughter, Ziona said while wiping away her tears of laughter.
She then shook her head and walked away as well.
"...."
When Diana and Kevin heard her statement, their expressions changed.
"Hmm, He's more insane than I thought," Ayla muttered to herself as she walked away.
"Ah yes, call the infirmary," she said before departing with Lucas.
Diana soon came out of her thoughts and followed behind them.
Claude patted Kevin on the shoulder, seeming to console him.
"Man, thank you!" Kevin smiled as he looked at Claude.
"Fuck off! Don't look at me so strangely; I'm just reminding you to call the infirmary," Claude stated and walked away, annoyed.
"...."
"Why the fuck is it always me to call and wait for the infirmary to arrive!" Kevin screamed.
***