Nobilis of War novel Chapter 12

Once the outburst had died down and what was left was only the silence, Darren turned his back away from Marvin.

"That sword is possibly one of the most powerful I've ever seen!" Marvin resented admitting it. He couldn't help feeling a tiny bit amazed by Darren's superb talent.

Just as he was about to come to terms to the fact that he can't beat Darren, numerous injuries on his skin came into view and every inch of his body began to crack and crumble away. He started to collapse, and died before he even hit the ground.

"How is it possible that only one move of your sword was able to easily defeat someone at the eighth stage of the Primary Realm? You cut through him just like a piece of steak!" Elsa blurted out a few moments later. She had no words to describe Darren, especially when it came to his exceptional swordsmanship. It might have taken her months to completely grasp the skill as efficiently as he had.

Watching the ball of light as it flew out of Marvin's head, Darren absorbed his talent and walked towards where Elsa was.

"Are you alright?" he awkwardly asked.

Darren was perplexed at seeing Elsa absolutely dumbfounded by what had just taken place. He had no idea how the whole fight must have looked like from her perspective. He had no idea how impressed Elsa currently was. It was unlike anything she had ever seen from someone of his cultivation base, even from someone like her who came from a prestigious sect.

Although, in a blink of an eye, Elsa fell back to her usual apathetic self. "I'm fine, thanks," she nonchalantly replied.

Soon afterward, Kyle and Phil woke up from their coma to the sight of spilled blood and corpses all over the ground.

Darren filled them in on everything that happened. They were understandably shocked to hear about the events that took place while they were out cold.

"Jared, that son of a bitch! Poor Corrine did not deserve that," Kyle said. The two men grew furious just thinking about it.

"We had not expected that you are such a powerful guy. It is our mistake. Please forgive us if we've ever done something against you," Phil humbly said.

Darren accepted the apology and nodded his head.

"Why did you hide your strength from us? If you had told us about it, if you had used it sooner, Corrine would still be alive and wouldn't have killed herself!"

Elsa wasn't able to stop the emotions that burst out of her. She clearly had a bone to pick with Darren. She needed him to know that he was partly to blame for what happened.

What Elsa said did have some truth to it. Darren just stood by as his friends were injured by the Flame Tiger; he just stood by while Corrine endured humiliation which led her to kill herself; he just stood by and let it all happen. If he was a good man, he should have used his power to help them, he should have done something.

"It was beyond my power to be able to help at that time. I can't tell you the reason why right now. All I could say is that I'm really sorry," Darren explained.