Chapter 267: Combustion
BOOM!
The building slammed into the dragon, and it flew back from the force and slammed into the ground! The Enforcer rocketed to the ground and slammed into the street before he slowly rose to his feet while looking towards where the dragon had fallen. It was buried under the building he threw at it, but he could already see the building moving, and he was sure that it would be coming out immediately!
The Enforcer was the same man who had been in Riverdale a few hours ago to take care of the incident at Jason’s house—Luthor, the Enforcer of Force.
Luthor hadn’t planned to come here today because he believed that there were other Enforcers in the region who could handle the Gate, but when he heard that the Yellow Gate had burst prematurely and released dragons, he immediately knew that he had to come here and see what was really going on. The incident at Jason’s house left Luthor with a lot of questions about what was really happening in this world, and now that he was seeing even more strange occurrences, he was going to get his answers one way or another.
Luthor watched with narrowed eyes as the large building began to shake and rumble before it suddenly burst upwards to reveal the dragon! The dragon spread its wings and roared into the sky, and Luthor began to gather his mana quickly.
Another figure appeared beside the dragon, and Luthor’s attention shifted to focus on the man with scales on his cheeks and neck. Luthor analyzed the man’s clothing and the way he carried himself, and he could immediately tell that this man was not a civilian. He was a soldier who had trained for years in the art of killing. The strange interworld traveler gave Luthor a glare, and Luthor felt a strange sensation travel through him when he looked into the man’s red, lizard-like eyes. This man was definitely not human.
"You are a warrior from this planet, so I will only ask this once. Bring me to your leader."
The dragon rider suddenly spoke to Luthor with a frown, but Luthor didn’t understand a single word that the man was saying. Luthor heard a beep echo from the communication device in his ear, and a voice came through from the other side of the city.
[Commander, I wanted to report the state of affairs on the western side of the city! The dragons have taken out an estimated fifty percent of the city, but they are currently being kept busy by Commander Agiel and other high-ranking Superhumans!]
Luthor’s eyes widened, and he felt a sense of relief filling him when he heard that Agiel was on the other side of the city. Luthor had been thinking of how he was going to get out of the situation here and go help the Lieutenants that were fighting in the western area, but now that Agiel was there, he didn’t have to rush. He could fully focus on eradicating this bastard.
"Leave the area to Agiel and give her space to work. Focus on evacuating any civilians or injured superhumans out of the city. And Ralph—tell the team that if any one of them dies, I’ll kill the rest of you fools myself."
Ralph swallowed in fear from the other side of the call before he answered that he understood in a shaky voice and clicked off the connection. Luthor turned back to look at the dragon, but he was shocked when he saw the dragon rider standing right in front of him with his sword flying towards Luthor’s neck!
’He’s fast!’
Luthor immediately put his hand forward and released a significant amount of mana, and the moment his mana came in contact with the air, a massive explosion erupted around him!
BOOM!
The dragon rider jumped back to avoid being hit by the blast, and Luthor saw a competitive smile appear on the dragon rider’s face as his sword quickly began to glow white before it erupted into flames! Luthor could literally feel the heat from a hundred meters away, so he knew that the fire must be insanely hot. The dragon let out a plume of smoke from behind the man as it began getting ready to join the fight, but the rider told the dragon not to interfere since this was his fight. Luthor did not understand what the rider said, and he only saw the dragon huff before it took off into the sky. Luthor immediately put his hands behind him and released his mana.
BOOM!
Luthor’s mana erupted into flames and lifted him off the ground like a rocket as he chased after the dragon! The dragon was the more dangerous of the two, so Luthor needed to make sure he dealt with it first. The dragon roared at Luthor in anger once it saw him getting close, but Luthor didn’t waste any time as he spun through the air and slashed his feet towards the dragon’s wing! The air erupted in yellow flames that flew straight for the dragon, but the dragon rider suddenly appeared between them and cancelled out Luthor’s attack with his sword. The dragon rider shouted something to the dragon again, and the dragon seemed to give Luthor a look of irritation before it took off once again! Luthor quickly tried to send another attack to make sure the dragon stayed with him, but the dragon rider appeared once more with his sword drawn back!
The dragon rider brought his sword down on Luthor, but Luthor dodged around the blade and grabbed the man’s hand! The man tried to power his way out of Luthor’s grip, but he was shocked when he realized that Luthor was stronger than him! Luthor didn’t even budge as he grabbed the dragon rider’s shirt and spun him around before unleashing his mana to create a point-blank explosion!
BOOM!
The force of the blast immediately rocketed the dragon rider in the direction of his dragon, and Luthor put his hands behind him and unleashed another explosion before shooting after the man with narrowed eyes. Luthor’s Gift was considered to be one of the most dangerous Gifts in the Superhuman Enforcers because of how uncontrollable it was. Just like Agiel, who had gone through various experiments and tests with her Gift as scientists tried to understand it, Luthor had also been put through the same processes. But instead of trying to find the limits of his Gift, the scientists were trying to figure out how to prevent Luthor from activating it.
Luthor’s Gift was called Combustion, and just like the name suggested, he was capable of creating explosions that could topple buildings and eradicate monsters easily! But the problem with Luthor’s Gift was the fact that he was incapable of controlling his combustions. Luthor’s Gift activated whenever his mana came in contact with air. His mana was a very potent form of fuel that remained dormant when it was inside his body, but the moment Luthor released even an atom of that mana into the atmosphere, it reacted with oxygen at an aggressive rate—and this led to Combustion!
When Luthor first gained his abilities, he caused millions of dollars in property damage due to unconsciously releasing mana all the time. Anytime Luthor felt any form of intense emotion and released his mana, everything around him was put in danger! This led to years of isolated training for Luthor, where he learned how to control his mana even in the most stressful situations. Now, Luthor was one of the best when it came to controlling mana output, and there wasn’t a single person in the Enforcers who knew how to use their mana better than him!