-Slash!
-Clang!
Unlike the dark aura before, now Harik contained a silver aura in his attacks. His eyes, which were berserk before, were now focused as he tried to find an opening to attack me.
"And you are telling me this was a farmer before?" I was genuinely surprised at that information. I thought, maybe he was strong before because of that corrupted aura or whatever, but now looking at him calculating every move of his.
"!!" His eyes widened a little at the mention of his profession before he gripped his sword more firmly and then moved in to attack me again.
-Clang!
A heavy swing from above, which was easy to block and parried. The force of his own attack pushed him back a little before he took a stance and moved in for a slash from my left side.
Well, he got skills, but only the basics. Perhaps he had a tutor or something, or he picked up sword-fighting in his free time? Never too bad to do a side quest.
Anyway, I saw his attack coming at me from right and using the tip of my sword; I positioned it as such that it collided against his broadsword's edge, stopping its momentum completely.
"Since you are so determined to save your wife, I am a little curious. How are you going to fight against all those gods and angels when you can't even defeat me?" I asked as I pushed back a little, before taking one step towards him.
Though shaken, he gripped his sword again and attacked me from right this time.
Using a simple stroke, I parried his attack again, pushing him back one more step. And I took one more step towards him.
-CLANG!
-CLANG!
-CLANG!
-Thud!
I saw him stumbling on his feet and falling on his butt as he looked at me, just like before, with a narrowed expression, with an undying will and hope in those eyes.
"Why don't you give up? You are only throwing away your life," I warned him as I understood it was quite vain to try what he was doing.
Rather than being afraid, he stood up again as he spoke," what kind of husband would I be, if I don't even put my life on the line for her?"
And a wide smile appeared on my face as I then spoke," is that so? Let's see if you have the power to back those words."
I spoke as I changed my stance from defense to attack.
Meanwhile, he changed his form as two wings appeared from his back, and his powers increased exponentially.
[One Way Out: Agility Boosted!]
-Slash!
-Clank!
[Dimensional Shield!]
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I kept using all the [Constitution] and [Defense] based skills one over the other, increasing my defense as much as I could.
"You see... You shouldn't be underestimating me too much." There was finally a smile on Harik's face as he looked at me, cherishing this moment.
-BOOOM!!!!!!
And a loud bang occurred as I stood there, taking all the damage from that attack. While I could have dodged it, if I end up surviving this attack, the impact would be much more.
Though will I be able to?
[-3000 HP!]
[-3000 HP!]
[-5000 HP!]
[-10,000 HP!]
[-10,000 HP!]
[-10,000 HP!]
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Within a fraction of a second, I lost all my HP from that attack. The attack still continued for a few moments before it ended, while leaving me in a rather weakened state.
[HP: 34/1,000,000,000]
But I was still alive.
Because of the attack, dust and debris surrounded everything. And they probably can't even sense me, given the state I am in right now.
So before, they could see me.
[Purify (Legendary)!]
[+7,000,000 HP!]