Chapter 233: Reinforcements

Chapter 233: Reinforcements

After a while Lake started to wonder if it was stupid to wait here. For all he knew they were just going to wait till reinforcements arrived to take care of him. Turning to leave Lake heard. "Did the Metal Temple send you?" After thinking about this question Lake nodded and said. "Yes." He hadn't wanted to come anywhere near here until the Metal Temples head asked him to.

He had felt like he would have to say goodbye to any money he deserved if he had said no to the Temple Head. "What do you want?" Lake decided to not answer this question and instead said. "Can I ask a question first?" He wanted to know if they had just started talking when he tried to leave because they wanted to keep him here until the people they were waiting on arrived.

"Ok." Hearing this, Lake nodded a bit before asking. "Did you call for reinforcements?" Lake wasn't expecting to get a real answer but if they lied he would know. "Of course we did." Lake was surprised they were honest and asked. "Are they almost here?" This was the only reason he could see for them to be honest. The chapters is up by N0vEI__bin

"They should be here within a minute." Hearing this, Lake wanted to fall back from the sphere a bit so he didn't have to fight the reinforcements while worrying about the people inside the sphere coming out to help them. He didn't do this though. "When did you call for them?" He wanted to know how long it had taken the reinforcements to get here.

They didn't answer his question so Lake decided it was time for him to look around with Mana Vision. He hadn't wanted to take his eyes off of the sphere but letting the reinforcements get too close was worse. The Sight wasn't active yet so if the people in the sphere tried anything he would have a warning.

Looking behind him to where the front entrance he had entered was he didn't see anyone but that didn't mean they weren't there. He would have no way of knowing if they were just slightly outside of Mana Visions range. For all he knew they were outside waiting for him to leave to sneak attack him.

It wasn't a bad plan if they had confidence in the barriers' ability to protect the people inside it. He would eventually give up and when he tried to leave they would get him. He didn't think that was what was happening though. The people were probably outside talking to the people in the sphere planning what to do about him and that's why they hadn't talked to him since they said the reinforcements were almost here.

At least he knew what to expect this time so he wouldn't just fall into it like he had last time. He also went ahead and started to gather Wind mana in case he had to fly over a sudden pit opening at his feet. It seemed his move wasn't missed by the Demon Worshiper because they started to laugh and asked. "Have we fought before?"

Lake had changed his armor since the last fight so he wasn't surprised they couldn't tell right away like he could. He didn't want to answer this question because he felt like they might try to trick him harder if they knew so he asked. "What do you mean?" He didn't think this would actually change their mind but he might as well try.

He didn't want them to treat this fight like some kind of grudge match and go all out from the very start. Putting his sword to the side, Lake said. "I'm ready." He knew he was giving away the element of surprise by announcing this but with the other two strong people still hidden he didn't really have any chance of surprising anyone unless he moved as fast as he could.

His hopes were that when he disappeared they would be in shock long enough for him to have already taken off a few heads. Using Crunch Lake moved as fast as he could and when The Sight activated he used Burst. Feeling himself crash through a wall he pulled his speed down a bit and went for the closest person to him.

They were inside the building he had crashed into so they were extremely close to each other. Angling his sword so that it would Pass through their neck, Lake used Imbue Fire right as the cut started. Lake was looking for another target when he felt an impact into his stomach and looking down he saw a fist belonging to someone he hadn't seen yet caving in the armor plate on his chest.

This was obviously an attack meant to kill him but sadly for this brawler he was fast enough to cut their arm off before they could actually do any damage to him. Using Fast Hands Lake wiped his sword through their arm and continued it through their entire upper body.

After his attack he realized the person he had just cut in half wasn't real as it dissipated into Black Mana and not understanding what he was seeing ran away by letting himself go faster than he could control backwards until he felt himself go through another wall.

Once he was outside he stopped again to see the person who had come out to talk to him still standing in the same place as he was earlier. "One kill. Not bad." After they said this they held out their arm and Lake saw the flaming corpse of the person he had been able to decapitate fly from the building he was just in and stop in front of the main Demon Worshiper.

"Reverse Death." Lake saw the fire extinguish and the head fly back onto the neck. A second after this happened he heard them take a deep breath before they fell to the ground. He watched until they stood back up and looking at them Lake could tell they were completely fine like he hadn't killed them a second ago.