Lorne tilted his head, looking at Carlos's bloodshot eyes, and let out a contemptuous snort.
"Long ears?"
Lorne raised a hand and touched his beast ears, his gaze instantly turning as cold and dark as an abyss.
"The last bastard who called me that doesn't even have ashes left to find."
Lorne's presence made Carlos's heart pound.
But he immediately burst into wild laughter.
The crimson steam pouring from his body grew even more intense, and the deck beneath his feet even began to char and blacken from the heat.
"Quit putting on airs, you Marine brat!"
Carlos abruptly vanished, leaving a crimson afterimage behind.
"Regret your arrogance in hell!"
"Bloodburst!"
Bang!
Carlos's heavy fist, wreathed in boiling blood energy, smashed toward Lorne's face with an explosive crack that tore through the air.
Lorne stood where he was without so much as blinking, merely turning slightly to let the heavy punch sweep past the tip of his nose.
The force of the punch cracked the mainmast behind him.
"Too slow."
Lorne's voice was steady as his right hand shot out like lightning, his five fingers clamping around Carlos's wrist like steel hooks.
"What?"
Carlos's pupils abruptly contracted.
He felt as though he had run into a towering mountain. No matter how much strength he exerted, he could not budge his opponent in the slightest.
"That's impossible!"
"My Boiling Mode triples my strength! How could you..."
"Not bad strength. Unfortunately, I'm not your opponent."
Lorne abruptly exerted his strength, flinging Carlos toward the recruits' position behind him like a piece of garbage.
"Ryan!"
"Bakel!"
"Kuina!"
Lorne turned and roared at his blood-covered subordinates.
"Take a good look!"
"This is a Supernova worth a hundred and twenty million!"
"**If you can't even deal with trash like this, then every last one of