The Unlimited Talent System
Chapter 33 - User of Maqi

The pale man with a cut on his cheek chuckled and played like a circus on his knife.

Gin is not acquainted with the man but he has a premonition that the man did not come in peace. From the way he arrived, it is certain that River came here not with good intentions.

Just as it appeared the figure in front of Gin quickly, it was his father, Kuro!

Kuro's expression when he saw River was not good, he had a sharp look like he saw an enemy that was difficult to face.

Ava, Adelyn, and Maria also gather together to face each other with River.

River did not look at the crowd and walked up to grab a cup filled with drinks and drink it.

"Mm, I hate strawberries. " River spat out a drink and rubbed his tongue as if it was disgusting.

Kuro knew that River did not come with good intentions, so he directly launched a sword attack towards him with lightning speed.

The movement was very fast, if the person being attacked was not in a state of alert, then it would obviously be hit painfully.

But River seemed to have anticipated, he turned his head and it was like there was a glint in his eyes which then his body moved strangely holding back Kuro's swift sword with just a blade.

Ding!

The sound of gunfire rang out and Kuro was surprised that his attack could be contained.

"Is this your ability? Kikiki! Very weak!"

Suddenly another knife appeared from River's other hand that was about to stab Kuro. Fortunately Kuro has good reflexes from Toumei Haki and can dodge quickly backwards.

But even so, Kuro still suffered a slight cut on his cheek that inflicted a small wound.

River from a distance was still as if relaxing and licking the blood scar blade from Kuro, "Kikiki! Comeon! Is this the ability of Seiryu?"

Kuro was currently solemn and staring intently at River. From the other side, Adelyn said something to Kuro.

"Kuro, that guy's called River. He was recently very famous in “Sea Without Borders” for being able to kill one of the high-level Saint Knights of the Church of Verona! Currently the Verona Church gave her Bounty of 500 million Ryo! On the black market, the price keeps rising and adds to its prestige in the world!"

Kuro was shocked to hear Adelyn's explanation and could not look at River with wary eyes.

He knew very well that being one of the Saints Knights in one of the religious churches must have extremely strong combat abilities. No matter what, being a Saints Knight had already been trained since childhood and naturally his combat experience was overwhelming.

Moreover, it was a high-level Saints Knight, and it was at least not much weaker than Kuro himself.

River could kill him and it showed that River was a very powerful figure!

But Kuro is not afraid because he is confident in his abilities, especially now with Ava, Adelyn, and Maria whose strength is also not weak.

Without cue and approval, Adelyn had already cast a spell and fired black magic towards River.

The attack carried quite a strong momentum, requiring River to focus, but as was not expected, that River did a hand seal to also use magic.

It suddenly emerged from the void of a green magic circle pattern around River's hand which then enlarged the pattern to withstand the attack from Adelyn.

A BANG!

A collision occurred between two types of magic and it caused ripples to shatter the floor below. From the impact of the collision, it caused quite a shaking vibration making many people unable to stabilize their feet.

River still smirked cunningly assuming that the attack was nothing to him.

But just then, from the back side of River, Kuro appeared with an invisible movement! Kuro held the katana handle swiftly and swung it firmly.

River who was calm seemed to change his expression while clicking his tongue, he looked surprised and did not expect that Kuro's movements could be very fast.

Although River was aware of his perception that Kuro had moved on to him, he was too slow in responding.

The Sword Energy carrying Choetsu Haki was extremely powerful! Although it was just an ordinary swing attack, but the strength was also not weak.

The sword was already close to River's neck and with complete confidence could cut it, but at that moment.

A BANG!

The sound of gunfire ripped everyone's eyes, as Kuro's sword was brimmed by a copper bullet that suddenly appeared.

"Yareya! That was so thin."

The sound came from above the floor building. The figure of the man in the cowboy hat is seen smoking with his cigar still on. In his hand was a long-barreled sniper weapon that was still smoky because it was just used.

"the river! You almost died! You owe me one life!" The man bluntly shouted as if ignoring the others.

River just turned his head to look at Ethan and snorted, "I won't die that easy! I was just careless for being a little underestimating."

Ethan shrugged his shoulders and ignoring River, he turned towards Kuro and spoke, "Seiryu give up! We are here to catch you and “Holy Girl” Ava! You have sinned by kidnapping her and we are here by the permission of the G family to bring her back!"

Kuro stiffened after hearing the G Family hurled, but soon his eyes returned cold and sharp. Ava who heard that couldn't be angry.

"Omong empty! I wasn't kidnapped! I'm running away on my own! Seiryu only helped me then!" Ava's pretty face looks angry at hearing what Ethan is saying.

Ethan only scratched his head because all he knew when he asked NewYear, this mission was carried out on the basis of kidnapping “Holy Girl”, but because it seemed like the charges were wrong, it was wrong, he really wanted to beat up NewYear for giving me the wrong information.

"Well, whatever it is, we're here to catch you both! Surrender yourself! Or I'll use the rough way!"

Ava will certainly not want to be taken away again, and Kuro will also not be easily carried by giving up!

Seeing the determination in those eyes, Ethan sighed, "Then get ready you guys!"

Ethan takes aim again with his gun and shoots a barrage of bullets at Kuro.

Kuro certainly did not stay silent and fended off some bullets that were speeding towards him. He then uses the Voidwalk to accelerate towards Ethan to attack him from close range, but ...

River knew what Kuro was thinking and blocked his path with his various knife throws.

"It's not that easy as Shinto!"

River chuckles and displays a knife game that continues to float around him which makes Kuro have to keep his distance.

This situation is very difficult!

From that brief fight, Kuro had already at least estimated the strength River possessed. And he considers that River is a “MaQi” or “Double” user.

Maqi is a term used for someone who has the ability of two types of energy “Mana” and “Haki” simultaneously. With a few creations, a Maqi would be able to combine Mana and Haki energies that could display attacks that were several times stronger!

And evidently, River was an experienced expert Maqi user who could display his skills thoroughly. He can play knife, magic, and Haki games at the same time, and that creates an almost flawless field of expertise.

It could be said that a Maqi was a genius amongst geniuses. Because with the superiority of those two supernatural energies, he could display a power far from a single user.

And this would be a very troublesome opponent!

–––Bonus–––

A/N: Actually Haki is not a “energi” but “naluri” arising from inside the body. It's not like Mana can run out because of the predetermined capacity, Haki is much more complex because as long as “naluri” is still there, it will never run out. But many people consider Mana and Haki to be two energies that are almost the same but are actually different! Mostly after people use Haki, they will be mentally exhausted and assume that it is like Mana because the case is the same! But it's not really! Haki can continue to be used if the beliefs of “tekad” and “naluri” are still active, it is almost like a feeling that arouses one's spirit soul. Although it looks trivial, but it is more difficult than imagined.

Can be said Haki is “tekad”, “naluri”, “kebeli”, and “perasa”. I will make an example: when Gin in his hatred of Goro, it instantly arouses instincts in his body which then unexpectedly resurrects Shihai Haki! Not that with different people he can also do it, because it requires “bakat” and high “kunt”. And I will emphasize again, that Gin who can directly resurrect Shihai Haki is a very, very special case.