Chapter 265: Family Head Contest (9)

Chapter 265: Family Head Contest (9)

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Rudy's hand had definitely pierced through the heart.

He felt the sensation in his hand.

Raven didn't move an inch.

Instead, he smiled.

Seeing his face made Rudy shiver.

"Damn..."

Rudy quickly tried to pull his arm out.

But it wasn't easy to pull away.

Raven's skin, his body that had been pierced, tightly gripped Rudy's arm.

"Thinking of leaving just like that?"

Raven grabbed Rudy's arm with his hand.

"Since my arm got cut off, yours should too, right?"

"Ugh..."

Raven's grip on Rudy's right arm was strong.

It was stronger than any human could manage.

Despite reinforcing his arm with mana, Rudy felt pain.

'Mana reinforced...? No... the heart was definitely...'

Rudy had definitely burst the heart.

For a wizard, the heart does more than just pump blood.

It stores mana and distributes it, allowing for magic use.

With the heart burst, using magic should have been impossible.

Ian quickly assessed the situation and charged at Raven.

"What's a wizard doing coming close?"

Raven lifted his stone arm towards the charging Ian.

When his stone arm touched Ian, it emitted a strong light.

The stone turned into dust and scattered in the air.

Ian immediately reached out his hand towards Raven.

Rudy moved at the same time.

He gathered mana in his free left hand.

Ian and Rudy both attempted to attack Raven together.

Raven moved quickly, assessing the situation.

He twisted his body, pulling out the arm embedded in him, and ducked.

Rudy's arm, which hadn't moved until then, suddenly came free easily.

By ducking, Rudy and Ian ended up charging at each other.

"Get out of the way on your own."

"Ugh...!"

Ian kept moving forward, and Rudy twisted his body to avoid him.

Had Rudy's reaction been slightly slower, they would have collided.

Raven watched them miss each other and dodged to the side.

"Damn... That was close. 'Get out of the way on your own,' he says."

"It's better for one person to dodge than for things to get messed up trying to avoid each other."

"Then you could have dodged."

"You move better than I do."

Ian and Rudy started glaring at each other.

"Both of you seem pretty relaxed."

Raven narrowed his eyes and spoke to them.

They both looked at Raven, who made such a comment.

"How is that guy still standing?"

"I have no idea."

He had a huge hole in his body and was missing an arm.

It wouldn't have been strange if he were dead from such injuries.

There was no blood coming out of his body, nor did he seem to feel any pain.

"He's like a machine."

He was like a machine.

A machine without pain or emotions.

"Was he like that when you tortured him?"

"No, he was normal back then."

At a certain point, he completely changed from a person.

Not only the body but also the mind.

"Suddenly changing..."

It was not his real body then.

If he hid his real body with an explosion, that would make sense.

However, there was no other presence around.

Even when Rudy scanned the surroundings with mana, he couldn't find anyone hiding.

There was only an overwhelming presence coming from Raven.

The wind pressure from the mana engulfed Raven.

Simultaneously, the mana gathered in Rudy's fist was released, creating a massive mana storm.

Crash!

"Argh..."

Raven's body was briefly swept by the mana storm, resulting in numerous injuries.

To avoid this, Raven used magic.

He removed the gauntlets from his hands and placed his hands on the ground.

Then, sparks flew from Raven's hands, and his body was propelled into the sky.

It was as if the ground was pushing Raven away.

Seeing this, Ian laughed.

Rudy laughed as well.

It was exactly as the two had planned.

Rudy would block the opponent's movement, and Ian would look for an opening.

Though they had never coordinated before, their thoughts aligned.

And so did their actions up to this moment.

Ian reached out his hand towards Raven.

In mid-air, there's no escaping an attack.

Unless one uses telekinetic magic or something similar for aerial movement, there's no way to dodge.

Of course, there's the option to defend against an attack.

But the answer to that was quite simple.

Make an undefendable attack.

"Spatial Severance."

Raven had no means to block spatial magic.

It was a technique that left him with no choice but to dodge.

A black rift formed in the center of Raven.

Spatial Severance is a spell that's easy to dodge due to its activation time.

But when hit squarely by such an easily dodged spell.

Crack.

It was powerful magic.

Raven, hit directly, was swallowed by the rift in space.

The name of the spell itself was "Severance," but Spatial Severance was more about blowing away a certain space.

Since Raven was in the center of that rift, his body vanished.

Thud... Tinkle.

Parts of Raven's body fell from the sky.

His body was gone, but parts like his head or legs remained and fell to the ground.

"Ugh."

Rudy narrowed his eyes at the gruesome sight and turned his head.

"So much for his big talk."

"Want to say that after fighting 2-on-1?"

"He was overconfident even before the fight began. I could have won alone."

"Sure you could have."

Rudy sneered and laughed.

"Commander!"

At that moment, the soldiers shouted.

Crackle... Fizz.

The sound of sparks accompanied the soldiers' voices.

Rudy and Ian turned their heads towards the direction of the sound.

Dirt was clumping together with the sparks.

"What's that?"

"..."

That magic was definitely Raven's.

Raven's body had been blown away by spatial magic.

Yet, Raven's magic was still activating.

"What a headache."

Ian ran his hand through his hair.

The dirt kept gathering, and like a golem, the form grew larger.

"What will you do?"

"We fight. Are you planning to run?"

"Of course not."

Rudy rolled up his sleeves and walked forward.

"Let's go then."

"Yeah."

Rudy and Ian walked towards the golem.

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