CH 422

Proficiency LV. 9.

The two skills that had reached their ultimate limit were Odin’s Wrath and Odin’s Ethereal Animal. Lightning power was concentrated at the tip of the spear, and the blazing flames grew even larger, pouring out like a tsunami toward Entegasto.

At that moment, Entegasto also increased its speed and dove into the fire that was flickering with lightning, just as I jumped into it before. After it raised a sword, the flames parted as if they were the ocean. The divided blaze shattered into embers like a swarm of burning flies, as soon as Entegasto put its sword down. I couldn’t afford to flap my wings and whip my tails to grow the flame again.

Although it was only slightly larger than me, its presence remained unchanged. It appeared as if it still had the gigantic shadow it used to have. With such an overwhelming momentum, it pierced through space in an instant, tearing through the flames.

I thrust my spear towards it, and brilliant blue light flashed. Its new form suddenly disappeared. Then, it was behind me. I felt something rushing at me, so I quickly bent my waist. The echo from there was not simply the sound of cutting through the air.

I hastily retrieved my spear while maintaining a bent posture and held it with both hands. I used it as a support to resist the force from above. Within a second, the lightning energy formed a barrier there. A scream burst from my tightly clenched muscles, and the injured parts were burning with pain.

As Entegasto’s gaze looked down on me, its sword and my spear collided. I instinctively clenched my teeth. Its sword spread the energy of death at the point of collision, and they began to cling to me.

However, I did not collapse. I successfully pushed back its attack by using the force of striking the ground with my wings, and it showed a brief gap. From this distance, Entegasto wouldn’t be able to avoid my strike!

[You have used Indra’s Sword.]

However, it was too high for me.

[Indra’s Sword has been destroyed.]

Entegasto appeared, slicing the lightning bolt embedded in it with its sword. Then, it fell toward me, vertically drawing its sword. It was swinging down the sword from high above, exactly at me. According to my sensory network, its power was formidable from the sky, but there were other sources of strength surging up from the ground.

Compression! It was trying to trap me just as he had done with its own grip before. A message broke through for a moment, but vanished in a blink of an eye.

[Warning: Leave the territory of Doom Entegasto.]

I barely escaped from its realm. Things in between the compressed space didn’t pop, but the moment the area became highly compressed, a vast region distorted to the point that it was visible even to the naked eye. Therefore, the scene of Entegasto changing direction and sprinting toward me looked shaky.

However, the massive darkness pouring in still felt vivid to my sensory network. An evil emperor was throwing itself from the throne to hell… It was coming at me again!

There was still distance left to collide directly with it, but the illusion it had released was closing the distance at a frightening speed. Its body was clearly flying from there, so I mistook the huge phantom that came out of its armor as an illusion.

Nonetheless, that was not true as there was no negative effect attached.

The specter’s sword was as large as its black body. It swung not to slash me, but to crush and burst me. On the back of the evil spirit, Entegasto was swinging a sword as well. There was no need to distinguish which one was real as both of them were.

The first shock came from the spirit swinging its sword, and the second shock occurred when the bastard lunged in as soon as the spirit disappeared. Although my Health had reached its ultimate level, I still felt pain. But thanks to the ultimate level, I managed to bear the agony.

I twisted my body as I gained consciousness for a short period. As expected, the asshole’s leg slammed down onto the spot where I had been lying. I swept its leg away with my tail and raised my spear towards the bastard’s face coming forward. I interfered with its staggering gait by shooting out lightning bolts, preventing it from coming closer.

Zap-!

The lightning bolts exploded at a point on the motherfukcer’s helmet where it first made contact. Right after that, my spearhead, which had my ultimate Strength and Agility imbued into it, struck its helmet. Its head bent backward, and the evil spirit, with its head bent in the same way, bounced out and entered the bastard’s body again.

However, my hard-won offensive did not last long. Entegasto’s sword began to ring again.

***

Its sword was fucking annoying. The vibrations bursting out of it were truly abhorrent. Its power was tremendous since it was made of its heart.

On top of that, the evil spirit that jumped out whenever the bastard carried out an attack was disgusting. Its ability to freely use its own spiritual body was also a piece of evidence that this bastard was ranked above me.

Nevertheless, I had inflicted injuries on it. Just as there wasn’t a single intact part of my body, the accumulated damage on the bastard was significant. I was aiming for one spot, the edge of its neck. It was originally hidden by the helmet, but a piece of it had fallen off, revealing my target.

If I couldn’t destroy its sword, which was also its heart, then I had to thrust into its neck. There was no skin or muscle there anyway as only bone and blood-red energy were connected like blood vessels.

[Remaining time (Man Who Overcomes Adversity): 59 minutes 21 seconds]

I took advantage of a brief gap to quickly check the remaining time. It had only been an hour and a half since I started confronting this asshole, but it felt like it had been days. That could have been true. The time in the mainland was difficult to apply here as the bastard and I were in the realm of the ultimate.

Even now, as we were watching each other from a distance that was created due to the recent collision, I kept my Sense at its peak since its attacks were unexpected. I needed to find the perfect time to prove my capability to Doom Kaos.

The bastard was no different. Its eyes no longer squirmed with rage, and the beating sound of the sword that rang fiercely at regular intervals had now become heavy and subsided. It pounded loudly only when it was attacking.

Right now!

Woooong-

The black armor with the attached bones of ancient dragons emerged, and the giant evil spirit inside the bastard appeared as well. When both of them swung their swords, countless intangible swords poured down at once. The powerful force tried to confine me, but it was not as strong as it was at the beginning.

However, the same went for me. Then, the message that made me calculate until the end popped up again.

[Warning: Zeus’s Thunder Spear is on the verge of destruction.]

Damn it. I couldn’t afford to lose my spear as well since I had already paid the participation fee with Ra’s Sun Cape. I put the spear back into my inventory and threw myself forward. The weight that had filled my hand vanished.

I dodged the first attack, but the second attack followed at the spot where I evaded. The sword swung horizontally by the evil spirit filled my vision and approached me in a huge and transparent shape, but I no longer had the spear to counter it. It definitely had the shape of a sword, but it was as gigantic as a house. It was no different than a huge wall flying towards me, and I needed to take the impact.

I wrapped my left arm with Alpha and my right arm with Gamma. I set the middle tail, Beta, on the ground as a support. Then, I spread my wings to their maximum size.

Baaam!

Screams echoed from every joint, but a different sound came from my lips.

“Ugh.”

A large amount of blood, that I couldn’t bear to hold in, came out of my mouth. I tolerated the first blow, but the second attack was right before my eyes. I suddenly had the intuition that this could kill me.

This attack was weird as it was different from the other ones. As the evil spirit returned into Entegasto’s form and the cruel sword of the bastard hovered before my neck, the vibration persisted relentlessly beyond a solitary sound.

If its intention was to control my mind, then it was making a grave mistake. Doom Dejire was a low-ranking lord, but I had a history of successfully escaping the suffocating mental realm it had created. However, the feeling that it would drop me into a hell hole vanished in an instant.

Moments after, my mind had been disturbed. The bastard’s blade glinted menacingly, poised to end my life before my very eyes. My instinct kicked in, enabling me to withstand the overwhelming pressure. Though I managed to block the attack with both hands, the blade still bore down on me violently.

I was forced backward. Although I managed to repel the invisible hand reaching for my ankle with the flames of my tail, the bastard’s primary attack had already landed. Death seemed inevitable, and I thought its blade would slowly close in on my neck.

I was immortal, so I was not afraid of death. I could replay this battle countless times and use my experience to better face the evil spirit and the bastard in future fights. However, I had no intention of meeting my end with grace at this moment. I needed to make it harder for it to kill me.

I was pissed that Doom Kaos had not given me the confirmation to remain as a Doom. I had even lost Ra’s Sun Cape!

But then, something happened. A wave of anger, which was more intense than mine, emanated from its helmet. The force of its blade pushing toward me had weakened gradually. When it eventually reached the point that I could push back, the bastard emitted a powerful sense of frustration and helplessness. It wasn’t trembling its limbs uncontrollably, but I could tell by seeing Entegasto looking up at the curtain.

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I could sense that its face was contorted hideously inside the helmet.

[Doom Mount has given up its position.]

[You have inherited Doom Mount’s position.]

The message continued.