Chapter 210: Fighting Armecolith, Part 1

Armecolith could feel Howard coming and couldn't help but smile.

Waxel would be falling down from the sky in less than an hour, and with his best estimate, that would be about the time he'd kill Howard. Though he could tell Howard got stronger, he was at best in the S rank. With such a disparity between their two strengths, he figured Howard's plan was probably to attack him and get his great grandfather enough time to escape before he himself fled.

However, he'd already planned for that. He had Gorgolith, and three other Night Lords waiting in the distant mountains. Though he'd fight him alone, if either of them tried to escape, the only thing they'd be receiving is death!

'Still, quite impressive that he made it to the S rank already. I-I wonder if it will take me more than ten minutes to kill him.'

'How about this? If I kill him in five minutes, I'll give myself a day off from creating Archelon Zombies, hahaha! If I do it in less than one minute, I'll have the other Night Lords sing a song over his dead body!'

Armecolith smiled before he held up his hand and summoned three gigantic shadows behind him. They instantly seemed to turn into gigantic beings with large swords that stood over 100 meters tall. He sighed, was he taking Howard so seriously? Why was a part of him saying he shouldn't hold back? If he was only in the S rank, there was no need for him to get serious, but he really wanted him to die quickly! What better way then to use his Shadow Giants to crush Howard instantly! 

'I already can see his little face. I wonder if he told his girlfriends bye bye? Hahaha! Oh well, even if he somehow escapes today, the first thing I will do is assassinate all his loved ones with my Archelon Zombies! I-I can't wait to see that look of terror on his eyes, when he disappears. Hahaha! The last thing I'll tell him is it will all be alright! His girlfriends will follow after him shortly!'

Swoosh!

Howard activated Fire King Sprint and instantly covered over 1000 meters while his body suffused with flames. He caused a large dust cloud to shoot up behind him before he almost instantly bridged the distance between him and Armecolith.

He looked up and noticed the gigantic shadow giants standing behind Armecolith while thousands of scythes appeared out of the ground from the shadows. Though he was at least 10 times stronger than Necrolith, right now, Howard wasn't scared.

"You… I see you didn't wait for me," Howard smiled, and stopped roughly 10 steps away from Armcecolith. He saw his amber eyes and his many skulls shattering with joy. "However, you waited over a 100 days. How about we talk for a minute before we fight?"

"Hoh, and what is it that you want to know, little dead one?" Armecolith smiled and took in the air. "What? Do you want me to give Waxel a fast death? Only if you let me kill you faster will I consider it! Lean down and lower your head and I can think about it hahaha! There, we done talking yet?"

"I wanted to ask you why you became a Night Lord? I know Necrolith was a hunter and got betrayed by his wife, but what about you? Why-why are you here? Why do you want to take over the Furance. I want to know before I kill you."

"Hmph, arrogant brat," Armecolith snapped his fingers before hundreds more shadow ki scythes began to float into existence. "I-I guess every Night Lord has there own story of suffering. Mine isn't that unique. My mother abused me. My father left home when I was a kid and got killed in a war."

"It was back in the days when everyone hunted for food, but I chose to become a scholar. I served the king, met a wife, she died too. Shit, who didn't die? Even the king died when I poinosed him! Hahaha! By that time, he deserved it! After all, he didn't like his wife visiting me in the middle of the night."

Armecolith really had been abused. Though not in the way that many would think. His mother had been working as a prostitute after her father left. Unfortuantely, in those days, women didn't have many choices for how to make income if they couldn't get married. 

Armecolith's father, who then had a much different name, had scarred her on the face and made her extremely unnatractive to anyone looking for a new wife. Widows also hardly ever got remarried. Often times, like his mother, they'd fall in desperation into the darkest pursuits.

However, when Armecolith was a child, often times, his mother would come home beaten so bad that she'd take out her rage on him. Yet, because of her, he learned to be smart. The first smart thing he ever did was pretend to get knocked out. And unlike others who got beaten by their mothers, though, he didn't turn into a monster. He never hurt anyone. He was nice to his wife.

However, when he got older, when the King brought him into his circle, he got greedy, and wanted it all! He began to teach the King's wife, and learn all he could about her history. Finally, one night, when he was in the middle of a scholarly session with his wife, he realized he had it all wrong! He could use his intelligence to get whatever he wanted! After all, he used it to get his wife!

He then decided to try and get the kingdom, and knowing that the wife would inherit the throne, made her swear to let him be the one to make the decisions if ever her husband fell. The next night, sure enough, when the king was with his concubines, he drank his last drink! Everything seemed to be going perfect, of course, until that same very wife backstabbed him so she could have power! That's when he ended up in the Furnace, but would he tell Howard all that? What he told him was already enough.

"So, you pretty much made a choice to be evil." Howard began to activate his Emperor's Ki with a smile on his face. "That's great, I knew I sensed something different about you then Necrolith. If you were backed into a corner, would you also be good again?"

"Kid, I've been like this for 1200 years! Don't joke around with me! Me- do something good again?" Armecolith laughed and created another two gigantic shadow giants. "The only good thing I'd do is bury your body. Hmph, now enough of the small talk. Shall we fight?"

"Why don't you attack me with all you have and I won't move?" Howard smiled, "There is this one problem I've been trying to solve, and I think through fighting you I may be able to find it."

"Very well, I'll kill you quickly then," Armecolith held out his hand before thousands of scythes flew towards Howard. His gigantic shadow giants instantly shifted in the ground before they appeared around Howard. 

Rather than walking, his Shadow Giants simply just used the shadows to move. It was convenient, and he could tell by the look on Howard's face he never faced any true opponent in the SS rank before.

"Now die," Armecolith slashed down with his hands before the shadow giants struck Howard with all his might. "Die you little brat! Hahaha! The only good thing I have left is this smile! Now begone!"