VOLUME 2: CHAPTER 106 – MAN-EATING TIGER III
Status
Race Goblin
Level 37
Class King; Ruler
Possessed Skills Ruler of the Demon Children of Chaos; Defiant Soul; World Devouring Howl; Sword Mastery A-; Dominator; King’s Soul; Ruler’s Wisdom III; Household of the Gods; One-Eyed Snake’s Evil Eye; The King's Dance at the Edge of Death; Magic Manipulation; Soul of the Berserk King; Third Impact (The Third Chant); Instinct; Blessing of the Underworld Goddess
Divine Protection Goddess of the Underworld (Altesia)
Attributes Darkness; Death
Subordinate Beasts High Kobold Hasu (Lv77); Gastra (Lv20); Cynthia (Lv20); Orc King (Bui) (Lv82)
Abnormal Status Blessing of the One-Eyed Snake; Protection of the Twin-Headed Snake
I tried to bind the enemy’s movements with my World Devouring Howl, but the enemy howled again. My World Devouring Howl seemed to have slowed it down, but that second howl allowed it to shake those effects off.
Equal? No, he’s a little weaker.
He’s mad though. If I’m careless, I’m the one who’ll end up injured. I still have three swords left. Can I finish him off with just those?
“Turn Me into a BladeEnchant!”
Black flames clad my sword as I faced the enemy again. The centaur kicked its hooves against the ground as it inclined its body toward me. It looked just like a bull about to charge.
“GYaaRUAaAAa!” The maddened centaur charged toward me.
I swung my sword from below.
I filled my legs with ether and kicked off powerfully against the ground to close the distance and nullify the long reach of the enemy’s spear. At the same time, I unleashed my sword from below toward the centaur with a force capable of breaking even a boulder.
The centaur swung down its spear as I swung up my sword.
—It’s a small difference, but the faster one is me!
The lower part of the centaur was cut as my sword slashed up to meet the descending spear. I stopped for a moment to confirm the enemy’s wounds.
“GYaaRURUAAAA!” The centaur howled.
But the enemy didn’t care about its wounds even a little, and it swung down its spear again. Taking on the force of the descending spear was just like taking a falling tree head on. I was pushed back.
—Is the enemy stronger!?
My legs sunk into the ground as my arms endured the pressure of the spear. When I tried to move, I found that I couldn’t. I clicked my tongue.
The enemy howled a deafening cry as it swung down its spear a second time. There was no hesitation nor pain to it, only the desire to crush the enemy before it.
“My life is like a cloud of dustAccel!”
I blew up ether behind me and rammed my body into the centaur again. I expected to send the enemy flying, but it managed to endure the force this time.
The centaur’s legs sunk into the ground, but the one suffering was me. The heat emanating from its body was just too hot.
The part that touched its body had already started to burn.
“Let my body be inviolableShield!”
The burns stopped when I invoked Shield, but then the enemy’s spear came swinging from the right. I dodged it by bending down my body, and then as I jumped back, I swung my sword toward its arms.
—It’s hard!
The skin of the demihuman was hard like an armor. As my sword flicked off, it affected the direction of the enemy’s spear. I managed to cut the enemy, but it was a shallow wound, unable to reach to the bones. Regardless, the enemy raged as it looked to kill me.
“GYaAaaRURUAaAA!”
Seemingly having lost itself in its rage, the centaur charged at me with its spear held high. It was a charge that wouldn’t lose out even to the human cavalry.
“Turn Me into a BladeEnchant!”
I invoked enchant along with theThird ChantThird Impact and the King’s Dance at the Edge of Death. All the damage I’ve been receiving until now would be inflicted double to the enemy. That power burned in the black flames that clad my sword. My Sword Mastery A- helped perfect my movement as much as it could.
Using only the necessary power to move my arms as my elastic legs supported them, I took a breath in preparation of the fastest attack I could muster.
The enemy was pointblank.
The spear was the first to descend, and then my sword.
—But the faster one is still me!
Spear and sword clashed in midair. Red flames mingled with black. It was a battle of strength as our weapons clashed, but in the end, we both deflected to the side.
Both of our stances broke, but I managed to endure it, and as I turned to the centaur, I saw the enemy wide-open.
Forcefully, I took my sword back and thrust it toward the enemy.
—I’ll be taking your life!
My sword entered the chest of the centaur, and it stopped moving.
Still clad in black flames, I gradually pulled out my sword from the body of the unmoving centaur.
When I’d pulled it out, it suddenly occurred to me that the battle might not be over just yet, so I reassumed my stance.
“Get back!” Gi Za said.