Chapter 90: Overwhelming Power

Three hulking giant demons stood before us.

"I'm Brutus. The warlord of this kingdom." Brutus was a man three times as tall as me. His muscles was well built and veins were popping off of it. His red skin complimented the strong appearance he had. He has only one horn while the other one was obviously torn or has been cut.

"I'm Sylvana. Teehee." Sylvana was obviously a woman, her red skin and demeanor showed seductiveness and attraction. She was beautiful, and that's coming from me, a woman. Her weapon looked like a whip.

"I'm Grytua, an Archmage." Crap. They have an archmage. A title only fit for someone who has achieved more than 300 skills. But in a short span of time...? They achieved this much? Ever since Zieglind's and the so called "players" the level gain was far too easy. But to accumulate that much in a span of months is... worrying. Grytua held a floating book as his weapon and a staff on his right hand. The only thing abnormal about him is his eyes. It looked like his pupils have a red circle around it.

We three introduced ourselves to them but they didn't seem interested.

"Well, Let's do this our way. Sylvana, Grytua?" Brutus spoke. The three looked at each other and nodded.

With their unison in casting a single spell, "Hell Sanctuary!"

As soon as I opened my eyes, the environment around me changed. Lavas, molten rocks, the steams that can burn your skin, I could feel it all. But the Gazer Armor is protecting me. I looked around me and only saw two people. Me and Brutus. The other four was missing. I'm all alone in this 'hell.'

"Let's get this party started. Berserker Mode Activate, Grievous Wounds, Reckless!" Three spells of which I didn't know Brutus casted on himself.

"Stance Change, Kickboxing, Exploding Fists Minimize." I just need to get hold of his fighting pattern. I weakened the explosion on my Pugilist Gauntlets to lessen the knockback it causes after it explodes.

"Ground Split!" Brutus did a normal karate chop right down at the ground. But that wasn't all. The ground split up to where I was. That sheer power split the ground in half revealing the lava below me. I jumped back and he laughed. "At least you didn't die at the first attack. I congratulate you."

"Thanks?" I feel annoyed but I'll just be playing at his pace. "Blink." I teleported right under his face. "Sh, sh, sh" One, two, three, two jabs to his stomach, the exploding fists activated and created small explosions and one uppercut right at the middle of his chest, where to solar plexus is located. Demons are humans in a way too. Just corrupted. It made him lift off the ground just for a millisecond then I backed away. Small cuts were forming in the places where I punched.

"Not bad. To inflict this much damage even after I got this tough body. You impress me!" He then rushed at me. He swung his right arm so wide, it reached even though I was one and a half meter away from him. It got enough momentum to make a hard hitting punch. I blocked it but my hands were trembling after receiving a hit.

I can't win in a battle of strength. "Blink!" I tried the same thing again by getting under his huge body.

"Fade!" While I was under him, he activated a skill I didn't know. Just as I was about to do the three hit combo, he instantly stepped back really quickly and counter attacked with his right fist again sending me flying.

That was like two meters he stepped back how did it reach me? I hit a wall and I vomited some blood after colliding. I stood up and wiped it off my face. "Stance Change, Krav Maga!" Bonus stat points were distributed again to suit my new martial art. "Blink!" I rushed in front of him again.

Just as I hoped, "Fade!" He stepped back again and launched his insane range of an arm to me. But I dodged it this time. "!?" He was caught off guard.

As I did before to the demons, I turned around and grabbed his wrists. "I forg-" He then launched his other fist right to me and it sent me flying again. I forgot that we were two meters away so I couldn't possibly trip his other leg.

I collided again with the same wall that I was blown away. "System, Stance List." Despite my skill list having so much stances, I don't even know if any of these will work. I then looked over at the one stance that caught my attention. This stance was considered useless as it was only used since people were helping each other do it. It's unpractical in real combat. But I'll definitely lose if I don't do anything.

"Are you in a daze or something?" Brutus asked. "Ah damn. Are you dead already? That was just a couple of hits. This is boring."

"Wait." I stood up. "Give me everything you've got."

His head popped a vein. Demons are really easy to enrage. "You're really asking for it! Fade!" This time, he didn't step back but he stepped forward to me. It was instantaneous but I know where his attack will be. "Stance Change, Aikido." I grabbed his wrists and forced his palm to be open. I used his own strength against him. He's on his knees as I was the one standing. I'm actually overpowering him.

"HNG?! What?!" He was in complete shock. His hands were being twisted by me, who was once previously outclassed by his strength. He tried to get out but every single time he did, I changed the position of my hands on his hands to keep him grounded. He couldn't get out.

"Change Stance, Tai Chi." I opened my palm against his face. With slight push and the use of Fajin, he was blown away tearing his fists. "Change Stance, Karate." Just a precaution if he ever attacked.

"AGH! YOU BASTARD!" He cried as he held his torn fists. I threw away the fist that was still in my hands and he looked at it pitifully. "Now you've done it. I just need to kill you. Inventory!" He then pulled out something. A helmet? A weapon? Gauntlet? or these three combined?

He wore the helmet that had wires attached to the gauntlets. He forced his torn hand to wear his gauntlet. "I'll be converting all my mana to physical power. I'LL LET YOU FEEL THE PAIN I FELT! MANA TRANSFUSION!" The wires that were connected to his helmet and gauntlets glowed. It was unbelievable. His gauntlets grew twice its size and he can use it without restrictions. "Block this! Fade!"

He launched himself against me again. I was about to block it but I could feel the overwhelming pressure coming from that weapon. I parried his punch thrust by using the back of my fist to redirect his right fist from connecting. It redirected straight to the ground and I counter attacked with a straight left punch. He lost his balance and fell over. But when I looked at my side wherein his fist was redirected to, it literally broke the ground and the rocks behind it.

He stood up and smirked. "Round 2. Shall we?"