Ex rank talent Awakening: 100% Dodge rate Chapter 63 CHAPTER 63: A CRUSHING DEFEAT

"We just need to hold on until Nesis defeats Kyle!" Scarlett shouted, trying to motivate everyone.

"Does it look like Nesis is going to win anyti soon to you? 'Cause it's clearly not what I'm seeing," Odin muttered, watching the chasing battle in the sky.

Everyone stopped at that mont and stared at the sky. Kyle hadn't taken a single hit, easily maneuvering himself out of every single attack that Nesis threw at him.

"Urgh," Odin muttered, several arrows hitting him and turning him into a porcupine, his HP dropping to zero.

After Odin's death, the fight beca even more strenuous for all of them, their stamina draining extrely fast until it hit rock bottom. Scarlett stared at her friends, dying one by one, and for the first ti, she felt helpless.

"That's about enough. Everyone else is dead, only you and your sister live. Well? Tell , Greg, how does it feel to be helpless once more—watching your friends die under your watch, unable to do anything about it? How does it feel knowing nothing has changed? Just like watching your parents' corpses, unable to do anything, you now watch your friends die, powerless. Or perhaps... are they not your friends?" Kyle taunted Nesis.

"Kyle... I guess I was so naive. All these years, I never saw you for who you truly were. You win this battle, Kyle, but I assure you, you won't be the one to laugh last," Nesis promised, stopping the pointless chase and flying towards Scarlett.

"You are wrong. I will always be the last man laughing, and you will always be my toy. This was just a little demonstration to remind you who is the master and who is the dog around here. I believe you finally know your place, Greg. I will be finding you soon enough, by the way, in the real world. I can't allow you to gain these crazy abilities of yours in reality—it'll be a pain in the ass for . Till we et again, Greg," Kyle said, smiling at him before teleporting away with the scrolls handed to him by the empire.

Nesis flew down to Scarlett and watched the sadness in her eyes. Seeing his sister like that caused a pain he never knew was possible.

"It's alright. I will make sure he pays for this," Nesis assured her.

Scarlett nodded at his words, silence taking control between them. But their thoughts were synced—the feeling of being bested by Kyle, of being helpless and unable to do anything, stung their hearts more than they could realize. Kyle toyed with them today, and it was a brutal experience they never wanted to live through again.

One thought filled both siblings' minds: to grow stronger. So strong that they would never face such humiliation again.

"I think I've been too laid-back in leveling up, in striving for power. I allowed my talent to cloud my judgnt and gave myself this level of arrogance and confidence that no harm could befall . It all ends now. I will be more brutal in my revenge, more enthusiastic in my quest for power. I will be stronger!" Nesis declared, the fire burning in his eyes.

After waiting for a while longer, the wyverns arrived. Riding on one wyvern each while the rest trailed behind, the sibling duo flew back to their respective guilds.

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"My lord, there was a battle between the guild masters that were invited to the banquet," a knight reported to Emperor Augustus.

"And the outco of the battle?"

"They were defeated. Every single foreigner was defeated aside from Nesis and Scarlett—by one foreigner, Kyle," the knight announced.

"Good. I guess I will have to make use of this Kyle to trample on Nesis," Emperor Augustus said, a calculating look on his face.

"My lord, pardon , but I think that would be a bad idea. The foreigner Kyle... it seems he is in cahoots with the demons. He had demon wings," the knight added with great courage, his life on the line for advising the emperor.

"Doesn't matter. I will make use of anyone and anything to get what I want. And what I want is to bring that arrogant brat under my feet," Emperor Augustus said coldly.

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"Jessica, how are you?" Nesis asked Jessica, who had recently respawned.

"Bad. I don't know what Kyle did to , but there's this countdown I'm seeing on my status screen," Jessica replied, staring at Nesis. Though he asked out of concern, his face remained expressionless—not a single trace of worry in it.

"What countdown?" Nesis asked, his expressionless face turning into a frown.

"A countdown to being demonized, I think. There's a 60-day countdown to demonization. I think Kyle didn't just kill us, but did sothing much worse," Jessica said.

Frowning greatly, Nesis ssaged the others about their status after resurrecting. They all had the sa problem—a 60-day countdown to demonization.

"Damn Kyle!" Nesis shouted, seething with rage. He had never felt so angry since his regression.

"What's wrong?" Jessica asked, surprised by Nesis' sudden outburst.

"Whatever Kyle did to you is pretty deadly and serious. If we don't put a stop to it, sothing bad is going to happen," Nesis said, his mind racing for a solution.

"Tell , Greg, what exactly is bad about our situation?" Jessica asked, seeking clarification.

"It's simple. For every day that passes during the countdown, you get closer to changing—becoming a demon. Not just a demon, but a demon with no free will, under the absolute control of the turner—which, right now, is Kyle," Nesis explained.

"And the worst part? The chances of being a low-born demon or above are extrely low. More often than not, you end up becoming a demonic beast," Nesis added grimly.

"That is really bad. We need to stop this. How do we stop it exactly?" Jessica asked.

"Well, it's either you kill the cause of the demonization or the cause stops the process himself. Either way, we have to deal directly with Kyle. And that's going to be extrely difficult. Knowing Kyle, this is just another ga to him... a ga I'm going to hate playing," Nesis said, extrely frustrated with the circumstances.