CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 244: The Deal

Ray landed heavily on the floor. But he didn’t faint. Instead, he growled.

"The effect of the Hemoglobin Adrenal Synthesizer is coming." The black cat stroked his whiskers.

Ray stood up quickly. Veins popped up on his face and glowed like melting metal. His muscles tensed up and enlarged.

The capo that gave Ray the pill smiled, "Let’s see how our chosen one deals with that."

Tommy leaned forward to take a closer look.

Ray wasn’t just an ordinary human. He was a Psychic. In the heat of madness caused by the drug, he still remembered to use Body Enhancement, the basic skill that any Psychic needed to know.

Chaos leaked out from Ray’s Psycho Force and wrapped around his body. His bones, tendons, and even muscles were enhanced once more.

Ray turned into a blur and dashed forward. He jumped into the air and delivered a flying spinning back kick to Crow.

Crow felt like he could take the kick but he wasn’t going to stand still and eat it.

The Abomination didn’t even use his dash ability and simply made use of his natural agility. Crow sidestepped, evading the flying kick.

"You aren’t the only one that can kick." Crow said.

Aaron Cage liked to use boxing. But he also knew how to kick efficiently.

Crow kicked forward, landing at the abdomen of Ray, sending him flying.

Ray smashed on the cage. The steel cage bent outward.

The crowd went wild.

"Fuck yes!"

"Kick his ass!"

The people that bet for Ray screamed.

"Stand up!"

"Fight back!"

"Ice that bastard!"

Ray stood up quickly.

Crow’s feet still felt the heat coming from Ray’s body. Some smoke still lingered on his dark skin.

"Funny drug. But that won’t be enough for you to win." Crow said.

Ray didn’t hear any reason anymore. The fighter shouted at the top of his lungs and rushed at Crow.

This time Ray also punched. He delivered repeated straights and crosses at Crow.

Crow showed off his agility and skill, dodging every attack in split seconds.

Ray connected his fist.

The crowd roared.

"End him!"

"Finish his miserable life!"

But Ray didn’t hurt Crow. Crow caught his fist. In the moment of madness, Ray gained a little bit of consciousness back. He widened his eyes.

"How can this be?" Ray mumbled.

Crow twisted his fist and countered. A straight cross over his face, sending the guy backwards a few steps.

Crow didn’t throw all of his power. Because he wanted to show the difference in skill between him and Ray.

Crow marched forward. Each step accompanied with a barrage of combos.

Straight, Cross, Uppercuts. Crow threw some elbows inside just to mix it up.

Ray ate everything. As ’enhanced’ as he was, he was no match for a creature from him.

Crow grabbed Ray’s neck and pulled his head downwards. The Abomination kneed Ray repeatedly in the face.

The fight became a slaughter as Ray felt the pain penetrated his madness.

A final knee with a lot more power sent Ray stumbled onto the wall of the cage. Blood shot out from his nose.

"Focus, Ray. Never let your pain control you." Crow said. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

His words were encouraging. But his fighting didn’t stop. A straight cross into Ray rocked his head backwards.

Ray helplessly raised his hands to guard. Another cross from Crow hitting his defense.

"Argh!" Even with his defense, Ray could feel the pain spreading on his forearms.

Crow turned his hip and kicked at Ray’s side.

A desperate scream came out of Ray. His entire body was flung to the side.

He rolled a few times on the ground.

"No way!" The capo said. He thought that Crow would win. But he never expected it would be one sided like this.

Ray struggled to get up. But the side of his abdomen had completely shut down. His legs felt like noodles as they wobbled.

Crow approached him. He looked down at Ray but didn’t attack.

"It’s an honor to lose to a great fighter, Annihilator. There is no shame in it." Crow said.

Ray smiled. He had never been so outmatched in his life.

He was proud of his skills. Maybe he was only a Menace Psychic but he deemed his fighting skill to be superior to a lot of people. That day, he felt what it was like to lose completely.

Crow was stronger, sure. But he also had superior skill. Ray had lost completely.

The fighter fell back down and fainted.

The fight club fell into utter silence.

Crow turned to the crowd and spread his hands.

"Are you not entertained?!" He screamed.

They were. The crowd shouted to the top of their lungs.

"Crow! Crow! Crow! Crow!"

Even the people that bet Ray didn’t feel so defeated anymore. Because they were entertained deeply.

"30,000 credits to Mister Sparrow!" The staff shouted.

Tommy stood up and clapped. Ray Johnson was his best fighter. He was not peak Menace but he was not far from it either.

If Ray fought the enemy, he would lose. But he would put up a fight much more than with Crow. The victory of the Luciente was secured.

Sparrow walked over to Tommy.

"I saw that one of your capo gave Ray a red pill." Sparrow said.

"Yes. Just insurance to make sure he can give Crow enough of a challenge." Tommy said.

"You misunderstood me. I have no problem with it. On the other hand, I have another proposition for you. That pill is a Hemoglobin Adrenal Synthesizer, isn’t it?"

Tommy nodded. He frowned deeply. He couldn’t anticipate what Sparrow was hinting at.

"We can provide you with HAS pills. You’re interested?"

Several capos stood up. HAS was the single thing that could make their non-Psychic soldiers capable of dealing with Psychics. But since the Haland Boys disappeared, the HAS pill had become a luxury.

"How much can you provide us?" Tommy said. His tone was low and serious. He remained calm but Sparrow could already sense his desire.

Sparrow took out his Adventurous Lute and played a heroic tune. Crow walked out of the cage in applause and screams.

The Abyssal Abomination arrived in front of Tommy. His trench coat floated up and landed on him.

"That depends on how much you need." Crow said.