Chapter 57 - 57

The Paladin has to admit that he really did not expect Reif to be this powerful. He thought that the kid was only a nobody and he don't need that much of an effort to kill him

Who would have expected that someone so young can be this powerful?

The Paladin's eyes flashed with a dangerous light as he muttered some incantations that Reif don't like hearing

He can feel a sense of danger coming from that incantation and he decided that he must attack before the paladin can finish whatever he was doing

Reif clicked his fingers together and he was instantly surrounded by crimson-colored balls that acted as if they have eyes of their own

The crimson balls followed the Paladin before they stopped in the air

Reif can feel something attacking his soul. It must have been the doing of the Paladin

Fortunately, Reif is not as weak as he used to be. He is only good at destruction magic but sometimes, the offense is also the best offense

Inside Reif's spiritual sea, some sort of bright golden runes were encircling around his soul. He doesn't know what it can actually do but if there is one thing that he knows, that would be to not take this matter lightly

Reif controlled his soul power and had them explode on the runes, obliterating them in the process

That greatly surprises the Paladin.. Reif was giving him a lot of surprises today and this made him covet Reif even more

His Holiness ordered him to kill Reif but what if this kid could be useful to them? It wouldn't hurt to take one under their wing

From the Paladin's hand, a broad sword appeared. It seems to weigh a lot but the Paladin was far from having a hard time carrying it

A shield also appeared in his other hand and it made him look like a real Paladin was

With fast rapid movements, the Paladin thrusts his sword on Reif that sent a crimson ray towards him

The Paladin tried to cut through that energy beam but it was not working as easily as he thought it would be

Every second that his sword is having contact with Reif's magic, small yet terribly powerful explosions would occur

It was not like Reif's other magic that created a loud and large bang. It was more of an explosive force pushing on the Paladin's sword making it hard for him to go on

If that wasn't enough, Reif even controlled his magic and some smaller beams detached themselves from the large beam to attack the paladin in another direction

Unfortunately for Reif, the Paladin has its large shield. The shield completely blocks the smaller beams as if they don't have the power to massacre a number of people already

The two didn't talk. Reif didn't even ask the Paladin why he was trying to kill him

Reif has greatly absorbed Rhash's teaching. No matter what, Reif should still make it to the point that he would be completely out of danger when someone were to try and kill him

If Reif managed to defeat the enemy while making sure that he wouldn't be able to retaliate anymore, it was still not late to try and inquire for why the assassin attacked him

Both of them are set on defeating the other and there is no backing out at all

Since Reif knew that the paladin was powerful, he decided not to hold back and use all of his strength

He stops supplying mana towards his crimson beam and another explosion occurred

This is what most people would find annoying when fighting Reif. Even the way he blocks attacks can still injure the enemies because of all that explosion

It was a real pain in the ass. Others can hack each other with swords for as long as they can but Reif's enemies cannot do that as every time they would clash, an explosion would follow

If the enemy won't do anything about it, they would just continue to accumulate injuries

Unfortunately for Reif this time, his opponent just has the right ability to counter him

The shield he was wearing was automatically shielding him from harm. If people want to pass through his shield, they would need to put more effort, and that would cost some time. The time that the Paladin can use to retaliate and not let his enemy destroy his defense

Despite the explosion, the Paladin was still safe thanks to his shield but Reif already made another move

This time, Reif also uses his gravity magic since the enemy is not a simple one where he can afford to hold back

With the influence of gravity, Reif sped up. The gravitational pull around him was altered and he was being pulled towards the Paladin that has cracks on the barrier around him

Bang!

Reif's gravity-infused punch shook the area. It sent aftershocks in all directions

It blasted the pieces of the Paladin's barrier everywhere. Since it was already on the verge of crumbling down, it didn't take that much effort

Reif managed to destroy the barrier yet his fist was blocked by the shield. Even then, the Paladin was not completely expecting that and he wasn't able to put that much power in his defense

As a result, the Paladin turned into a falling shooting star and he heavily landed on the ground

Smokes and rubbles were sent flying everywhere and Reif flew down

He slowly and cautiously walks towards where the Paladin landed when his muscles tensed

The Paladin run through the smoke to charge at Reif

Fortunately, Rhash's teachings were really great and effective. Reif was taught that one should still not lower their guards even if you think or even saw that the enemy is already dead

Rhash knows general fiction plot too much to the point that it gave him a lot of materials to teach Reif and both of their hard work were now paying off

If it was other people, they might have thought that the Paladin is already dead and lower their guards and the Paladin's sudden attack would turn them into a dead person

Not Reif though. He was still completely expecting retaliation and he has more than enough room to defend

He controlled the gravity around his fist again to give them even more power. It was even covered by crimson streaks of lightning

The fist met the sword creating yet another loud bang. The ground below them shook and turned into smaller pieces

One fist met the sword and the other met the shield creating a stalemate

The two went all out to win the clash but it just wasn't happening

Fortunately, Reif still has other cards. While the two of them are focused in their clash, Reif subtly use the power that his ring has

With the Paladin focused on attacking Reif, he should have been affected even by just a bit but that is far from what happened at all

The Paladin merely narrowed his eyes but he wasn't the least bit affected at all

Seems like soul attack won't work on this Paladin or maybe also the other Paladins

This was to Rhash's miscalculation. He was doing a great job already but he was not perfect

He thought that it would still be long before the two of them would encounter the people of the church but apparently, it wasn't

Reif was still not educated about the limited knowledge that Rhash has over the church

After all, his dreams only have Reif's sufferings as the highlight. There aren't much battles in there and what Rhash knew wasn't that much

Since Reif really aren't using soul attacks in the original timeline, Rhash didn't know that it was terribly hard to affect a paladin's soul

They have the blessings of their God. No ordinary soul attack would work, including Reif's ring

Since the ring failed then Reif has to use another thing

He controlled some of the chaos power inside him that gave him a crimson glow

An air of destruction appeared around Reif as his hair was being blown away by the intense winds

The hard ground below starts disintegrating just because Reif was having physical contact with then

The power he was born with was both a curse and a blessing. It was a curse if it went out of his control and hurt the people around him

On the other hand, it was a blessing if he can learn how to control it. It gave him so much power that Reif managed to punch the Paladin again that threw his body away

Although using the power inside him would result in greater strength, Reif still couldn't use it freely since his body cannot handle it

Hence, he needed to finish this as soon as possible. Reif continued to give the Paladin a beating

The Paladin has a great defense but Reif's offense was really merciless. One punch after another was given to his body, causing severe injuries