I Can Upgrade My Talent In Everything

"Never mind. I don't want to talk about it."

"Cough, that's it." Michael coughed a mouthful of blood and his eyes were gradually losing their focus. He felt his breath get weaker and weaker. I still had a lot of questions, but it seems I won't be able to get the answers. What's special with Fein? Why kill me? Why does Niki want to meet with Fein?"

"I don't know... It might be because of Fein's talent?"

Kidd looked at his friend, that was slowly passing away with mixed emotions. 'Did I do the right thing? But I didn't do it. Niki will surely...'

A feeling of terror crawled over Kidd's entire body. Just the thought of it was enough to crush all his hopes. And he knew that the only way to escape was to gain power and continue his path. He had already walked on it, and he needs to see the end. Slowly climb the ranks of the Laughing Phantom and gain strength!

"A month ago, the Laughing Phantom decided to kill you, so Fein would take the initiative to face Niki. I don't know why Niki wants to meet Fein badly. So, Fein won't actually, we are only tasked to immobilize him and bring him to Niki..."

Kidd continued talking until Michael finally closed his eyes. But he could still see Michael's chest heave up and down, so he decided to reveal some more. Since Michael was about to die anyway, it was the last thing he could do. "Actually, the leader of the Laughing Phantom was the one in the frame with the captain. I don't know the story behind it, but that's it. Captain Gregory might have some connection with Niki in the past."

Michael couldn't hear anything anymore as darkness slowly consumed his consciousness and, slowly, his sense of the world started to grow faint. 'It's time to say goodbye? I hope Fein would live a good life.'

Michael wasn't really worried about Fein, who was surrounded by five S ranks. He was more worried about the Laughing Phantom's members that dared to fight him. After all, his friend could even fight Ceterus equally when he was still an A rank. Although each of the Laughing Phantom members was indeed elite, there's no comparison with Fein's talent.

"Well, it's time to say farewell."

Kidd took out a white cloth from his storage space and covered Michael's body with it.

...

In the forest, stumps of flesh and corpses of the enemies he killed surrounded Fein. As time passed, he became more worried about Michael's state and he had a bad feeling about it. Currently, his emotions were deadly cold.

Soon, the entire forest was covered with killing intent as Fein silently stood up from the ground.

"Once you come out, I'll chop you all into pieces..."

Suddenly, the abyssal sword in his sheath flew to the sky. The sword released a blinding light that pushed away the darkness of the forest.

"My will is as sharp as swords. My domain houses infinite blades... I am the blood of my sword and I have multiplied over hundreds of swords. And all the swords within my domain follow my will. Inside my domain, I am the emperor of swords! Unlimited Blade Domain!"

As the chant ended, the sword in the air multiplied continuously, swords filled the whole surrounding. Now, Fein had just to wait for the enemies to come out and he will surely kill them.

A few minutes passed, and a change finally happened. Fein felt the surrounding space rippled and immediately understood the principles behind the artifact that the masked enemies used.

Just like that, six figures emerged from the void with numbers ninety-five to ninety-one written on their face along with Kidd. He quickly tried to find Michael with his perception. That was when he sensed Michael's weak breath. His life was ready to get extinguished at any given time.

'Damn!' Anger surged through his heart.

On the other hand, the five members of the Laughing Phantom were confused as they saw body parts scattered around them, the corpses of numbers eighty-five to eighty-one, and the hundreds of swords floating in the sky that were aimed at them. Their confusion turned into terror as they understood what had happened.

They couldn't help but look at the cause of all of this who was currently staring at them with killing intent.

"T-this... Run!" A decisive decision, Number ninety-one knew that it would be their turn if they dare to stay within the range of the sword. Although he couldn't believe how Fein could kill five S ranks alone, the evidence had presented clearly what had transpired.

He knew that number eighty-one was already the strongest that Niki had sent for the task. Far stronger than him and the others. The gap between number eighty-one and eighty-two wasn't that big. But the gap between number eighty-nine and ninety was the gap between a cockroach and a rooster! There's a thin dividing line between the two. Similarly, number sixty-nine of the Laughing Phantom was far stronger than number seventy.

Hearing their attempt to flee, Fein controlled the surrounding swords with a thought. "Do you think you can escape? It's time for the hunters to become the prey."

SWISHHH!

Hundreds of swords cut through the air, and they turned into hundreds of blue lights that went toward the five masked figures.

Kidd looked at the previously arrogant members now tries to escape with fear. The situation quickly reversed. He didn't know what to do, and he was aware that Fein might kill him, considering that he betrayed them. 'I knew it. These bastards aren't enough! I told them to send the stronger one, but they didn't want to believe me!'

Yeah, he tried to convince the decision-makers of the Laughing Phantom to send numbers fifteen and twelve because he knew just how strong Fein was. But they ignored him even after how many times he tried to tell them about Fein's true prowess.

Suddenly, Kidd saw the blue lights reach the number ninety-five and number ninety-four.

They didn't even manage to activate their abilities before their bodies got divided into smaller pieces. Like garlic that was chopped to pieces on a chopping board. Such a bloody scene scared the wits of the remaining ones.

"Next," Fein uttered indifferently. One simple word turned into a death word that would claim the lives of the other three S ranks.