The term 'male witch' naturally refers to male practitioners of witchcraft.
Raymond didn't know much about the background of wizards in this world, but he at least knew that witchcraft was typically matriarchal—meaning female witches were usually much more powerful than male witches.
Whether in quantity or quality, female witches far exceeded male witches.
Since this male witch (Warlock) Kingsman could become one of the three great war generals, on par with Monterey, he presumably wouldn't be weaker than Monterey.
This level of strength might not compare to top-tier Level 4s like Juggernaut, but in the superhuman world, he could already be considered an expert.
You have to know that even the current David, when not encountering unexpected situations, was only at this level.
For a male witch like Kingsman to possess this level of power, he must already be an anomaly among male witches.
As for the difference between wizards and mages—the latter primarily specialized in various elemental powers, whether white magic or black magic.
But the former focused on various peculiar powers, such as curses, bloodlines, summoning... and so on.
The two were similar yet had many differences.
Each considered the other heretical, believing their own path was correct, and their relationship wasn't exactly harmonious.
Raymond's understanding of the superhuman world was actually quite limited, and a large part came from exchanges with Red Devil and Gambit during the Hellfire Club's year-end gathering.
At that time, Red Devil had introduced Raymond to the vampire clan's situation and incidentally mentioned the general circumstances of various superhuman groups like werewolves and wizards.
Without that gathering, Raymond would probably be completely lost hearing about male witches.
At least now he had the basic concepts.
The only one he couldn't quite see through at the moment was probably the Archbishop beside Lucifer.
Lucifer hadn't introduced the Archbishop's abilities or profession, merely his position.
And regarding this Archbishop's information, it was basically just that he was Hell's Angels' strategist—there was never mention of any impressive battle records or abilities.
However, Kizaru's sub-personality's Observation Haki wasn't for show.
The evil aura on the Archbishop, second only to Lucifer, was enough to prove he wasn't simple.
Raymond didn't think the Archbishop would be an ordinary person, even if he looked as harmless as the KFC Colonel Sanders.
Lucifer wanted to put him in his place, but wasn't he also wanting to use this opportunity to establish his authority?
If he couldn't make these so-called upper echelon members sincerely convinced, the autonomy he wanted would be difficult to obtain, and joining Hell's Angels would instead become a burden.
This wasn't the result he wanted.
Therefore, establishing authority was imperative!
"So, how about them... they didn't disappoint you, did they?" Lucifer asked with a slight smile.
"Each one is like a monster, all so scary," Kizaru's sub-personality said leisurely.
Like monsters?
Was this praise or criticism?
Kizaru's sub-personality's description made Lucifer's mouth twitch slightly, feeling somewhat powerless to retort.
He also noticed that the current 'Raymond' felt somewhat different from when he was in the car earlier, but because he was certain it was the same person, he didn't pay too much attention and just continued asking:
"Then how do you think you compare to them?"
"Well... that's a bit troublesome," Kizaru's sub-personality stroked his chin, pondering.
"Oh? What do you mean?"
"Although each one is like a monster and indeed looks scary, if we really fought, I am afraid I wouldn't be able to hold back and might accidentally kill them..." Kizaru's sub-personality rolled his neck, speaking unhurriedly.
"Hmm?"
As soon as Kizaru's sub-personality said this, even the previously impassive male witch Kingsman frowned.
Because this statement was far too arrogant—it was literally stepping on their faces.
Monterey himself couldn't keep his composure, and hearing this, he breathed heavily in anger:
"Brat, are you looking for death?"
Of course, Kizaru's sub-personality wasn't a brat. Even Raymond's body wasn't very young.
But whether it was Monterey or male witch Kingsman, both were old enough to be Raymond's grandfather and then some. The Archbishop was even older.
Lucifer needn't be mentioned—though he looked like a shota, his actual lifespan couldn't be calculated.
Perhaps even more ancient than the origin of humanity in this world.
In front of these people, Raymond was indeed a brat.
However, strength and age couldn't be equated. At least among everyone present, except for Lucifer's main body, none were taken seriously by Kizaru's sub-personality.
"You all seem quite unconvinced? Then come at me together, it'll save me from dealing with you one by one." After rolling his neck, Kizaru's sub-personality cracked his knuckles.
"Arrogant brat, I alone can pound you flat!" Monterey roared.
Perhaps afraid that male witch Kingsman would steal his spotlight, he, still maintaining his demonized transformation, was already planning to charge before his words even finished!
However, he had just taken one step when a voice suddenly sounded by his ear, as if pressed against it:
"Speed is power. Have you... ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Not good!
Monterey's heart jumped in alarm!
Because the voice by his ear was very familiar—it was 'Raymond' who had just spoken arrogantly!
In fact, before this voice sounded, he had already seen 'Raymond' suddenly appear before his eyes. The voice came afterward.
But reactions require time. Whether it was 'Raymond' suddenly appearing before him or the voice belonging to 'Raymond' by his ear, both exceeded his reaction speed!
When he heard that sentence, he only felt a tremendous force strike his chest. Before he could even form the thought to dodge, his entire body was sent flying!
Boom!!
This time, it was unlike Lucifer's earlier strike meant merely to punish.
Even though Monterey was in his demonized state, he simply couldn't dissipate the force of this attack and was kicked directly toward the sky, breaking through the roof!
"What?!"
Seeing this scene, male witch Kingsman's heart pounded wildly. While shocked by 'Raymond's' speed, he also realized he would probably be the next target!
This wasn't his first time fighting. His reaction was also very fast.
Almost the instant he discovered Monterey was kicked away, he used summoning magic to summon a massive door-shaped creature, placing it between himself and 'Raymond'!
This door-shaped creature was named 'Hundred Elephant Gate' by wizards, meaning it possessed vitality and defensive power comparable to a hundred elephants combined, perhaps even more.
What kind of concept was this?
You have to know, ordinary firearms couldn't even kill one elephant, let alone a hundred or more?
Even with sniper rifles and armor-piercing rounds, they couldn't cause too much damage to the Hundred Elephant Gate.
Male witch Kingsman didn't expect to completely block 'Raymond' with just the Hundred Elephant Gate, because the gate's defense was too one-dimensional, only able to temporarily block one direction.
But all he needed was to use the Hundred Elephant Gate to gain some buffer time to make more preparations.
Because 'Raymond's' speed was simply too fast—so fast that neither he nor Monterey could react in time.
If he couldn't get buffer time, as a magic-type superhuman, he would only fare worse than Monterey.
However, just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief for successfully summoning the Hundred Elephant Gate... his pupils suddenly contracted!
At some point, 'Raymond' had already arrived before him, a step faster than his summoning of the Hundred Elephant Gate!
The Hundred Elephant Gate was successfully summoned, but 'Raymond's' speed was even faster, arriving ahead of it!
"I'll spare your life..."
Raymond's leisurely voice sounded by his ear, and he casually knocked him unconscious.
Before losing consciousness, he saw 'Raymond' had once again turned into a stream of light, rushing straight into the sky!
Monterey is done for.
This was the last thought in his mind.
When Kingsman was awakened, he discovered a human made crater had appeared on the ground.
Monterey had already reverted to human form, but he looked extremely miserable, his face black and blue with bruises.
Compared to Monterey, although he had passed out, at least he wasn't injured much.
He understood this was entirely because 'Raymond' had held back. Otherwise, he would have fared even worse.
His strength was actually above Monterey's. Even the night-enhanced version of Monterey was no match for him.
But in terms of physical attributes and defense, a hundred of him combined couldn't match Monterey.
Once someone got close, Monterey could easily crush him to death, let alone 'Raymond' who could casually beat Monterey black and blue.
Just that single kick that sent Monterey flying into the sky—if it had been him instead, he would either be dead or critically injured by now.
"No wonder he said he was afraid of accidentally killing us..." Kingsman's back was already soaked with sweat.
Earlier, he had thought 'Raymond' was too arrogant.
But now it seemed 'Raymond' wasn't arrogant at all.
Stating facts—how could that be called arrogance?
"Where did Lord Lucifer find such a monster? Even the leader probably isn't as strong as him..." The bruised Monterey was now completely convinced.
Having been taken down by 'Raymond' with two kicks, he had already developed some fear toward 'Raymond'.
Although Kingsman was also stronger than him, the difference was limited, and with their different fighting styles and respective strengths, he fundamentally wasn't afraid of Kingsman.
But 'Raymond' was different.
'Raymond' had completely dominated him in a direct confrontation, equivalent to crushing him in his area of expertise!
This sense of utter defeat was something he had never experienced before.
Their reactions at this moment were both caught by Lucifer sitting not far away with proper bearing, and he felt somewhat dissatisfied.
Lucifer had originally intended to use Monterey and Kingsman to intimidate 'Raymond'. Now it had turned out that 'Raymond' ended up intimidating the two of them instead.
Where could he go to reason about this?
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