As soon as Kaito crossed the perimeter, entering the courtyard of the Shinomiya mansion, he felt it.
A voice he had heard before, a long time ago, accompanied by a feeling, somehow nostalgic.
[단일 규칙: 루시퍼는 속도 사용을 금한다]
'Single Law: Lucifer is forbidden from using Speed'
As strange as it sounded, not being able to use his speed felt nostalgic to Kaito, who had long since grown used to his current state.
Of course, besides the nostalgia, he was also somewhat surprised. With the Demon King Body ability active at that moment, he also possessed its immunity, a skill that does not depend on stats, so it was not weakened.
That meant the origin of this and the previous law was powerful enough to surpass his immunity, or at least that was what Kaito thought before the system corrected him.
[It is not stronger than you, in fact, it is not even affecting you, it is affecting reality within the domain of the law]
'I see, it is as if, since it cannot freeze me, everything around me is frozen instead, achieving the same goal' Kaito quickly understood with the system's explanation, although altering reality might be even more impressive.
Meanwhile, the guards paid no attention to his thoughts or expression. Without asking anything, they aimed their weapons at him and started firing.
"It is him, he is here, shoot him!" shouted who seemed to be the leader.
Ratatatatata.
Kaito covered himself with his arms against the wave of bullets directed at him.
Almost three minutes later, everyone had emptied most of their ammunition into Kaito. Seeing the blood covered figure, some smiled and tried to approach, but the leader immediately stopped them.
"Stop, we were told not to let our guard down"
After stopping them, he took out a grenade and, after pulling the pin, threw it toward the figure in the center. Kaito did not move, to the guards' delight, the grenade landed at his feet and exploded immediately with a blast that echoed throughout the mansion.
When the smoke cleared, Kaito was still standing, but the lower half of his body was gone.
"W-we did it?"
"He was not that strong after all"
"Ha... hahaha"
They immediately started cheering and celebrating, but the leader did not dare relax, he knew what they were facing, so he never took his eyes off the supposed corpse.
To his horror, his instinct was right. The body began regenerating at absurd speeds while the embedded bullets fell to the ground one by one. Before he could even warn his subordinates, it had already fully reconstructed.
"Damn it, having only 5% of my normal endurance is not fun, at least regeneration does not depend on stats"
The voice echoed behind all the guards who had turned around to celebrate, making them freeze instantly.
But their leader did not give them time to react.
"Attack, empty your magazines, use heavy artillery!"
However, unlike before, this time Kaito did not stay still. Knowing they would not harm him, he ran straight toward the closest one.
"Damn it, s-stop!"
The guard he was heading toward panicked, shouting at him to stop while continuing to fire nonstop.
But Kaito did not stop. To the man in front of him, this caused deep terror, it was an unstoppable object heading straight at him. Even when he was shot point blank at less than a meter, Kaito only needed to cover his head.
When he reached the guard, to his terror, Kaito grabbed his weapon as if it were nothing with one hand while with the other he seized the guard holding it and threw him several meters away with his enhanced strength.
"Shoot him, shoot him, just keep shooting!"
The leader panicked, repeating the same order over and over without sense, but even though dozens were firing at the same time, none had a regenerative ability comparable to Kaito's.
He took hundreds of bullets and regenerated instantly, but when Kaito started firing with the stolen weapon, a single well placed bullet was enough to kill the guards.
In less than five minutes, the entire team had fallen, leaving only the leader standing. He looked around at the lifeless bodies of his companions, with whom he had shared life and death battles in hundreds of missions, then forward, where the red eyed man was approaching, his blood red eyes fixed on him at all times.
However, the leader could see it, those eyes were not looking at him, they were looking beyond, Kaito was reading his next actions, treating everyone in front of him as nothing more than obstacles in the process.
They had managed to take his weapon by blowing off his right hand, but the cost had been total. No one else remained alive.
With anger, he advanced toward Kaito without thinking, even though the wisest choice would have been to keep distance or wait for reinforcements. But anger clouded his mind, and it cost him his life.
By the time he reached him, Kaito's right hand had already fully regenerated. Without giving the leader a chance to even strike, he firmly grabbed his head and slammed him into the ground, crushing his skull instantly.
Kaito paused for a moment, looked at the bodies around him, and breathed before continuing.
Then he crouched and raised his fist.
Bip bip bip bip
Before he could bring it down, dozens of similar sounds echoed around him.
In the next instant, all the bodies around him exploded at once, engulfing him in a massive blast.
Before the smoke could dissipate, hundreds of other men dressed the same as the previous team arrived.
"This is Yama, team one leader, the plan worked, team three exploded with the target at the center. Permission to advance"
"Permission granted, proceed carefully," a voice sounded through the earpiece.
"Understood"
Yama made several hand signals and the group advanced, splitting into zones and surrounding the area.
However, after barely a meter, Yama stopped.
"Stop, thermal signatures confirmed, fire!"
Much more cautious, he immediately ordered them to open fire. Everyone started shooting and throwing grenades at once, following his orders.
"Stop!" Finally, after several minutes, checking with thermal vision, he found no signs of life, so he ordered them to cease fire.
"Target eliminated"
"Team leader!"
"Yama!"
At the sudden shouts filled with disbelief and concern from his subordinates, Yama knew something was wrong, but he had no time to react.
"Kughhh"
He looked down only to see a hand piercing through his chest from behind. Without even being able to say last words, he fell dead instantly.
Even for Kaito, with only a fraction of his abilities, that explosion could have killed him, but he did not take the full damage. Since crossing the gate, Kaito had been moving with a goal, trying to be as efficient as possible to prevent harm to Ai. He had chosen that particular team because with "Negative" he detected the machine sealing his speed right beneath them.
While everything was exploding moments ago, he destroyed the ground and the machine below, then vibrated to avoid most of the damage.
With little mana from the start and now his stats reduced to 5%, his magic was extremely weak in the real world, so his speed remained his greatest advantage.
Now, with it free again, he no longer needed to hold back.
"This is much better" he murmured in satisfaction while looking at the hundreds of people in front of him before starting to move.
Vibrating constantly, he took no damage. He only became tangible to kill, and if they managed to hit him in that instant, his regeneration handled it.
In seconds, the field was filled with corpses, most with frozen expressions of rage, as they had not even been able to react before dying.
After finishing there, Kaito checked his condition. His suit was heavily damaged from the explosions, so he activated its regeneration and cleaning function, restoring it to normal.
After quickly clearing the courtyard, Kaito finally entered the Shinomiya mansion.
The massive doors opened with a light push, revealing the interior.
There were no longer hundreds of enemies like outside, only a few dozen, but they were clearly stronger.
"It seems the useless ones outside could not stop you" said a man with green hair and eyes, wearing an arrogant smile.
"But do not feel proud, those outside were weaklings who could not even use abilities in the real world. Not like us"
As he said that, his body transformed into a mass of green slime, the fumes rising from it and the ground beneath clearly showing it was corrosive.
"Now, how will you defeat what you cannot touch?" His gelatinous body formed something like a smile as he spoke with mockery and disdain.
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