After completing his "Grazing" of the "Reaper" Dick, Raphael used the powers of a "Zombie" to make the surrounding Beyonder characteristics precipitate rapidly.
He also selected the three abilities "Fire Control," "Reaping," and "Precision Strike" from the Reaper's soul. Creeping Hunger was now "Grazing" seven souls once again, and the new soul offered the long-range, high-damage attacks Raphael had dreamed of day and night.
After putting away his spoils, he tilted his head and lit a cigarette with a flame burning nearby. He took a satisfying drag, then "Flashed" into the carriage outside.
Only corpses and shattered remains were left strewn across the room.
A little later, the ordinary people nearby gradually recovered from their "Frenzy." A waiter bold enough to investigate came over, then scrambled back to describe the horrific scene in the room.
The hotel manager hurriedly sent someone to call the police while directing the waiters to put out the fire.
By then, Raphael was already on his way back in the carriage.
Varna and Moor looked at Mr. A before them, their eyes filled with panic and bewilderment.
The good news was that Mr. A had left the grand hotel alive. The bad news was that Mr. A was about to die.
Almost all of Raphael's clothes had been burned away. In addition to severe burns all over his body, he had several gruesome wounds.
They were thankful those wounds were on his shoulder, abdomen, leg, and arm. Otherwise, any one of them could have killed Mr. A.
What they did not know was that three of those wounds had originally been in vital areas.
Raphael said weakly, "Find me a trench coat to put on when I get out."
He knew perfectly well that his injuries looked far too alarming. If his subordinates saw them,