Chapter 227 Pain of dying Part. II
"Hey there dear guest" As he speaks unspeakable pressure pins into the newcomer.
"May I ask how long have you known I was here?" despite the threatening atmosphere that currently pins into everyone's body, the mysterious individual did not seem fazed and just asked. However, instead of answering, the leader began to laugh.
"Ahhh, this is getting even more fun!"
He said as he walked towards the new visitor, each step he took sent layers of shockwave that left the camp into dust.
"My lord please!" cried one of his subordinates since even they had been getting hurt due to their leader's sudden excitement. But it didn't reach the ears of the man he was trying to talk to instead his focus was on the individual who steadily observed them.
"I am impressed" he started to speak though his voice sounded as if he was restraining himself.
"I already noticed you from the moment I first met that bug over there" he said pertaining to the mage who is half dead lying on the broken ground.
"At first I don't really know what you are, I thought you were his pet or something but you didn't even help when he almost died instead you continue to watch. So to spice things up I didn't kill that bug and let him follow me here and...TADA! You really came just like I predicted!"
He excitedly explained while spreading his arm wide as if he were waiting for someone to praise him.
"I don't really know what is the reason for this, maybe you are someone who wanted to see our strength or maybe courting death is really your hobby...oh but well it doesn't really matter"
Then he made a sudden moment that made the surrounding mana blown away, the intruder having seen that power only made a move to completely dodge it.
"Impressive!" the leader's voice became even more sinister as he said this, while his eyes turned red and consumed with madness. He moved crazily while his red pupils glistened as he moved.
"Right!" the one who will receive his attack reads his movements and immediately dodges evading the strike that carves a huge hole in the ground. Then the ground vibrated because the leader made a follow-up move and threw a straight punch. Despite the distance between the two the sheer force made by the punch caused the surrounding mana and dirt to be blown away.
The focus point of the devastating energy drill into the defense of the leader's opponent. However, the defense soon crumpled, prepared for the worst, a spell was fired to intervene, fully dispersing the punch that almost injured him.
"So you are a mage, this is becoming interesting!" he smiled wickedly as he said those words.
A series of explosions can be heard and felt since with those two fighting aggressively the battlefield was left in chaos. Flames kept bursting while the ground was left broken.
"Hey mage my name is Rogue, how about giving yours?" between the rain of punching and kicks the leader introduces themselves as Rogue at the same time begins asking his opponent.
"Sun!"
The mage answer as he answered with a spell against his opponent's kick.
"Damn it!" Sun thought while calculating Rogue's next move. No matter how much he evades the mere residual power of his strikes would break his defense to pieces.
"So tell me mage which faction you belong to? The emperors? Or from the twelve lunatic gods?" Rogue began to ask though Sun felt pissed at how he wasn't out of breath despite executing dozens of punches while speaking.
"I have never faced anyone as good as you...hahaha" The strikes then began to intensify and Sun switched his spells to buff. That way he could keep up with the increased speed and strength of each kick and punches.
The energy inside the fighter mage circulated at great speed in order to distribute power to each fiber of his muscles. Slowly he began to keep up to the rhythm of Rogue's fighting intensity and finally was able to strike at least once or twice. This made the madman strike even more cruelly though this time Sun has gathered enough data to keep up.
"You are good! Too good! Tell me did you send that bug a while ago just to test how powerful my faction is? I am sure I have felt your presence in this region for three days now. Finding us is already impressive but planting a person to test the limits of our strength is a whole different matter" From his crazy tone of voice he went from an amazed person to a calm calculating individual.
Then his demeanor changed again when a smile curve up to his lips.
"Sun how about joining us instead? Leave everything behind and follow the new generation of Gods" his words became tempting and even Sun felt conflicted towards Rogue's words causing his mind to go haywire.
"Leave everything behind" he said again and the fighter mage felt dizzy.
"What the hell is this!" his mind screams as he clenches his teeth trying to erase the hypnotic voice that began whispering.
"As expected for a wizard, your mind is very strong" Rogue commented, though his fist broke another layer of Sun's barrier and almost reached his body. Failing to land a direct hit on his enemy drives Rogue into an even more crazy excited freak. He chased Sun who was able to teleport before the last minute.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"You are gonna be MIINNEE!"
he shouted though his body turned into a blur from the speed.
Sun on the other hand couldn't process what was going on due to the hypnotic spell clouding his mind. No matter what he did he couldn't hear, see or even sense his opponent. The only thing that was keeping him from falling was his will and instinct.
However, as the darkness numbed him a pain that he never felt before struck his mind and soul. He screamed in silence and tried to battle the pain, but it seemed his opponent was so powerful that he couldn't break free from the mind corrupting spell.
[Notification Alert!
You have died!]
[Notification Alert!
Mirror hundredfold had been activated!
The skill will multiply the attack received by 100 times!]
Jeremiah notifies causing the current Apollo to wake up.
"Ha, it was a dream" he realizes not expecting to actually feel the exact same pain he endured while fighting Rogue.
[I am sorry Creator I wasn't able to help you at that time]
Jeremiah told him though Apollo didn't really blame him.
"It's okay I did tell you to focus on gathering data about him and the other people I was simultaneously fighting at that time" Apollo just said while massaging his forehead.
While he tried to calm his mind the music of the night came to his ears. Crickets began to sing while the evening breeze touched the leaves of the trees and bushes creating a rustling sound, strangely these noises created a simple symphony that put Apollo's mind at ease.
[Do you feel fear or any kind of disappointment since we died back then?]
Jeremiah asked as he noticed his Creator's state of mind improving.
"Honestly no" Apollo answers while a crazy smile curves up to his face.
[You aren't? Are you sure?] Jeremiah wanted to be sure since Apollo's emotions also affected him.
"Well, don't you know how powerful the attack that killed me" he asked instead while his expression didn't change.
[Hmmm, according to my estimation the damage it causes is at least the same as ten to fifteen doomsday explosions. Considering the devastation you had caused in fifty different regions I think a fallout won't be long to happen]
"So it was ranging from ten to fifteen for each strike I received today, imagine since I received such a blow what will happen to those who attacked me if the damage I took was multiple to 100? I wonder if they can endure it"
That question made Jeremiah stun so he asked [Did Creator purposely let himself be killed to inflict such damage?]
"Hmm, they were strong too strong even for me. What's even more confusing is that we belong to the same realm of strength yet I was falling behind. I thought since I can't beat them I should just kill them"
[What?!]
"I don't have the means to defeat them but killing them by sacrificing myself is possible and I am certain I did since you showed me fifty refreshing notifications" his smile grew even more confident as if he wasn't the boy who was experiencing panic attacks a while ago.
By receiving the killing blow of his enemy and returning them 100 times stronger than before made it possible for Apollo to kill fifty strong leaders of the Revolutionary Church.
[You are reckless]
"Can't be helped, I will lose so all I could do is drag the person who killed me, though it was quite unfortunate I wasn't able to collect their souls since they died after me"
He said so not knowing the chaos he did in the empire.