Chapter 377: Battle of Supreme Swords... Part-2.

Chapter 377: Battle of Supreme Swords... Part-2.



*Splash* *Splash*

'There's even water here which is contaminated with miasma... if not for my miasmic control... it is very likely that this miasmic water would have restricted my mobility a lot...'

While following the guidance of the vague feeling, Rio was now passing through corridors that were filled with water about one feet deep.

Morever, there was creepy sound of something jumping in water and making splashes ringing out in the dark corridors again and again.

This place is definitely something that weak hearted people can't afford to visit.

Rio himself has no such emotion called 'fear' anymore so he wasn't feeling even the slightest bit of nervousness.

Moreover, the guidance was also asking him to go in the direction where those splashing sounds were coming from, so Rio had no choice but to go there anyway.

'I guess that's why people say that having 'fear' is important... if you don't have it, you will go head first into danger without caring about anything...'

'Fear is important to live... those who aspire to live a stable and long lives can only do so if they have fear...'

'I wonder when I will be able to feel it again though...'

As Rio is currently in a state where he's blessed by the miasma around him, he's moving in a more stealthy way and he doesn't even produce any noise when he walks on water.

Using Sword Intent and assuming his own body as a 'Sword' Rio can make himself float and so walking on water is not that big a problem for him even if it's polluted with miasma.

'Now that I think about it... there's no such place in the world whose environement I can't withstand... If I can deal with miasma then I can deal with others too...'

While thinking about various things in his head, Rio hurriedly made his way forward and finally reached the place where the splashing sounds were coming from.

And as Rio had expected, the sound was being made by a trap.

It was a spear that was constantly ramming a broken shield into the water and making loud noises.

The whole corridor was filled with broken armors and weapons laid out all over in the corridor and most of them were corroded by the miasma in the water.

'Hmm, don't tell me that these are the remains of a whole raid party that came here and died...'

'Then their bodies and even bones were melted by miasma so they disappeared without a trace...'

It's not too uncommon to find the remains of people who had died in the dungeons.

Most dead bodies end up getting eaten by monsters while others get destroyed by the harsh environments.

Similar things would have likely happened here.

All the party members died and their bodies got melted by the miasma in the water and all that's left of them are the corrupted empty armors.

*clinck*

Rio swung his sword and broke the shield that was stuck in the spear trap.

Once the shield broke away, the trap got deactivated and stopped thrusting itself into the water, finally the splashing sounds stopped and the environment became calmer.

'Strangely... I seem to have started to like this calm, dark and creepy environment... It's oddly soothing and comforting...'

Rio shook his head and took a few steps forward to observe the broken equipments around him.

Most of them were damaged beyond recognition but a few still had the scars of past battles imprinted on them.

'Hmm, most of them seem like sword marks... were they killed by something that could use swords?'

There are barely any monsters in the dungeons who use swords as weapons and most of them are usually just undead or those walking armors with contaminated souls in their body.

Rio glanced forward and noticed that the corridor ends not far away and it opens in a massive wide hall.

'This smells of a boss fight...'

Rio has played a lot of rpg style games before so he can see a boss fight coming when he sees the stage for it.

'A secluded dark place, broken armors and weapons outside, and a massive open arena...'

'All these indicate just one thing... I have reached the lair of a 'hidden' boss monster somehow...'

time.

Rio instantly jumped back and a rare look of shock appeared on his face.

'T-this!?'

Even when Rio fought and trained with Jin or had the fight with other talented sword users,

Rio's sword was never perfectly countered like this.

Even Jin had to use some tricks to see through his moves to block them.

But right at this moment, the blob of meat used that black sword to 'Parry' Rio's attack and

completely rendered it useless.

'Did that thing just use 'Handling' !?'

Only Rio's own skill, that is Handling, can do such a perfect counter to his attacks. While Rio was shocked for a second the blob of mass completed its transformation after

absorbing a lot of miasma from the polluted water filled in the arena and finally took a humanoid shape.

Covered in miasma and with a sword in hand, the enemy looked extremely familiar.

"Hoh... so it's a mimic type monster..."

What was standing in front of Rio was a literal copy of himself.

'This also explains how my attack was blocked so easily... If it's me, obviously I can block my

own attack easily...'

Originally Rio thought that the other party must have had some powerful countering skill like

his 'Handling' skill, but it turns out that the other party was an exact clone of himself so he obviously has 'Handling' too.

'Well, I didn't expect this to happen but, if it's this... I still have a chance to survive...'

If the boss monster was some extremely powerful SS-rank beast, Rio would have had nearly

zero chances of survival.

But as this is a mimic type boss enemy, it means that the other party will mimic your own powers and abilities, the other party will be 'Equal' to you and not stronger.

Rio clenched his sword and placed it beside his waist while taking his stance. The mimic did the same thing as if it was able to predict what Rio was going to do next.

'Fighting yourself is not something you get to do everyday... I guess I will have to prove it

here...'

'About who is the copy and who is the original...'

A rare excited smile appeared on Rio's face hidden by the shadow cloak.

'Let's dance!'

Author's notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here!

D*mn! We will get to see Rio fighting Rio this time!

Question of the day.

What would you do if you met a clone of yourself?

1. Fight him.

2. Share your pain and suffering with him?

3. Others (Tell me in the comments)

By the way, don't forget to use those power stones!!