756. Embracing Death Part Four
I felt the numbing pain erupt from my stomach. It wasn’t a fatal strike to say the least. In fact, it wasn’t even a direct attack to my abdon. It was angled slightly to the left— towards the edge of my waist, so it wasn’t a full-on strike that could have severely injured .
That was why my [Angelic Premonition] didn’t warn that the attack was coming. That was why I hadn’t been able to react in ti. I gritted my teeth as I moved to pull myself out the spear. But a warning flashed in my mind, and I wasn’t able to react as Chordus slashed out to the side, ripping the side of my waist open as I yelped in pain.
I stumbled back away from her as she laughed— her voice partially distorted because of the flas burning at her face. Her other self flanked from the side, grinning and raising an axe.
I cursed as I took a step back.
And Chordus’s attack missed , striking the ground and splitting the earth of my world open. Both her selves standing there just blinked, before the gazes snapped to the side. I was now suddenly standing next to Naro as he stared up at in confusion.
“How…?”
“[Title Skill: Rapid Disengage].”
I said simply as the two Chordus clones that had been pressing the [Hellprince] paused for a mont to stare at my abrupt appearance right before them. Then the two of them hissed and charged at , but I just raised a hand to the sky.
A wave of corruption poured down from above, crashing into all four Chordus’s, keeping them back. They tried to wade through the attack as I picked up Naro and flew up to the sky.
“This ability of yours…”
One of the Chordus’s spoke in frustration, and another one continued.
“...is annoying!”
And as she spoke, her four forms flickered. All the while, I continued to ascend to the sky.
“Alright, we’re changing plans.”
I said as I shook my head at Naro.
“We need to get Manos’s help—”
And right as the words left my mouth, I watched as the dozens of spades that had been in the air rapidly shot down straight at . I tried to dodge the array of attacks as they descended upon . For a mont, I managed to avoid them, along with Naro’s help.
I blasted them out of the way with my fire, while Naro sent out blades of ice, knocking them to the side. But as I ascended past the spades, the final one that was in the way ca to a sudden halt. It turned its flat side towards , and its crystalline surface rippled as I blinked.
My [Angelic Premonition] blared, warning of sothing dangerous that was coming. More dangerous than even Chordus had been. But how was that possible?
I didn’t know, all I knew was that a shadowed figure erged from the spade, moving faster than I could avoid the attack. It was a broadsword. The very sa broadsword that one of the Chordus clones had been swinging around. It just about reached my neck as my eyes grew wide.
And I reacted with another Skill.
[The Devil’s Grace].
Imdiately, ti went in reverse. The attack swung back, and I flew back to where I was ten seconds ago. Now, as the spade turned to face its flat surface to , I moved out of the way, circling around it. All the while, I watched the sa figure from before erge.
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But this was no [Queen Of Diamonds]. This was a different figure entirely. It was the sa size as , and it had only a pair of arms, rather than multiple, like the clones before. Its body was still crystalline, however the shape it took was more masculine. And it wore a crown on its head, although it still wore a smiling face, but it wasn’t a mask anymore.
[King Of The Wild - Lvl. 205]
The Chordus clones were gone, and only this single figure remained.
“You’ve gotta be kidding —”
The newly transford Chordus bared her teeth at . Her face was still burning from my [Sacred Hellfire], but it barely even bothered her. She flew straight at as I opened my mouth and unleashed a torrent of flas her way.
But she just cut through it as she laughed.
“I will kill you even if it’s the death of !”
The [King Of The Wild] scread as I continued pouring out my flas at her. I struggled to muster up more power to keep her back as my voice strained.
“Get… ̸̧͇͙̣̱̣̼̈́̔̑̑͂̆͂̈́͐̕͝B̶̨̥̣̩̟̩͙͍̣̖̭͖̯̠̄̅́́̎̅͗́̽̌͛͊͜͜ͅÁ̴̧̫͙̩̤̖̫̦̝̏̄̂̍̔̍̅͆͂̍̽͒̚̕ͅC̴̛̬̗̲̼̟̺͉͈͚͎͈̙̐͂́̓̕K̷̡͚̟̗̲̬̱̝̬̘̹̟͕̜̞̞̒́͐̃͊̒̍͛̋̂̃͘͝!̷̬̩͓̲̠̺̩͎͇̻͉̣͔̹̓̽̈́̌̀͛̈́̔̓̆̃̀́͜͠͝͝͠”̸̘̲̳̲̪͔̲͈̂͛̋̈́̄̐̾̀̆̈́͠͝͝
I scread, and a blast of corruption shot out of my mouth. It was divinity, magic, and corruption all combined into a single attack. It shot out in a wide cone, engulfing Chordus’s entire being.
And she shot through it, reaching anyway as I tried to fly back. But the [King Of The Wild] struck out with the broadsword, slicing off my left arm. I scread in pain, letting go of Naro as the [Hellprince] tumbled out of the air.
I clutched at my left shoulder. This wasn’t the first ti I lost a hand. But it was definitely the first ti I had completely lost an arm.
A searing pain erupted from the wound as Chordus raised her broadsword for a follow-up strike. And I just pointed at her.
“Stay!”
[Intimidation] caused her to pause for a fraction of a second, and I dove out of the way in ti to avoid a slash coming for my neck. I crashed into the ground, black blood dripping onto the soil beneath . Looking up, I watched as Chordus cast her gaze my way.
And then a box of ice suddenly engulfed her.
“[The Decay Of Heat Death]”
Naro called out as he flew above her, pointing down her way. The [Hellprince] brought his sword to his chest, despite his broken body, and he began to mutter another Skill.
“[Bequeath, Bestow, Grant Your Power—”
But the ice box shattered, and Chordus shot up. She reached him in an instant, cutting him off as she stabbed him through the chest. His eyes widened as I raised a hand, calling out to him in shock.
“Naro!”
And Chordus swung out with her sword, sending his limp body flying into the distance. All the while, I could only watch as my only ally in [The World Of My Mind] was tossed aside, leaving alone to face a Primordial Demon.
“Your little premonition Skill can only keep you alive for so long.”
The [King Of The Wild] said as she cast her gaze back down towards . Her heart beat even faster than before. At least three beats a second, hamring away in her chest faster than ever.
“And with each passing mont, I grow stronger. Tell , do you truly think you can win this battle?”
And I just gritted my teeth as I took a step forward. The ground beneath my feet began to lt away into motes of corruption, trickling up onto the wounds I had sustained. My waist began to seal shut as little pieces of earth ford over the missing skin. anwhile, chunks of rubble and dirt ford the shape of an arm, being held together by the distortion that shone with a dim iridescent light.
It was a brand new arm made of corruption.
This is [Corrupted Regeneration], huh? I thought as I flexed the corrupted arm. Then I pointed at Chordus as she tilted her head at .
“I’m not going to lose as long as I—”
I started, but both our attentions were drawn to the side as an explosion of ice erupted from where Naro had fallen. The [Hellprince] was now wreathed in an armor made of ice, almost in the shape of scales. He also had a pair of frost wings and an ice tail protruding from his back, as he raised his sword which had expanded in size.
“Just how are you still alive?”
The [King Of The Wild] asked, looking at him with wide eyes.
But I knew how— that this was the effect of his second Grand Skill. That it had managed to save him from the fatal injury she had inflicted upon him. And he simply hovered there, glaring at Chordus as he whispered to himself.
“[Rakintash, I Ask For Your Strength: Bones Of The Ice Dragon].”
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