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Chapter 195: Stark is The Target (who would have guessed)
Chapter 195: Stark is The Target (who would have guessed)
The other participants of the trial were visibly disturbed, even Sora having a semi-confused look on her face (although it still pretty emotionless).
The wheel was going to land on Sora, this was a truth no one could deny, and yet… it just turned out of nowhere to land on Stark.
The very same Stark that had begun running away before the wheel could even reveal the target.
'Something fishy is going on…' they all thought as they stared at Stark, who was observing them from afar.
That guy somehow knew, and the smile on the crimson replica of him was still extremely cold.
"OH WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER!" Akira already had his katana in hand, so he just positioned it as he was ready to chase after Stark.
~TAP, TAP~
"Sorry," Kokoro entered this word on her tablet as the blue holographic aura surrounded her, and she began to float, "I need to survive."
Akira and Kokoro seemed ready to attack Stark in the hopes of being able to escape this trial.
Meanwhile...
"…" Sora just shook her head in disagreement as she turned in the opposite direction.
She was the only one not interested in killing Stark, or maybe it was a trap, and she would ambush him later? In the end it didn't matter as she turned around a corner, and he couldn't see her anymore.
"Are you sure about that," Stark asked as he smiled just as widely as his clone, "Are you confident you can take me and him, it is a 2V2 after all…"
"Quit chattering and just die, do it for the greater good…!" Akira proposed, holding his katana with one hand but pointing the other at Stark.
"Weren't you the one who put us inside a domain to guarantee your safety? And didn't you say if YOU were the target, then we would have to nicely look for the key?" Stark's smile grew wider, the crimson around him beginning to surround his body and face.
[EGO Meter: 20/100]
'Oohh…' Stark noticed the panel as it appeared before him: his ego meter had gone up by 20 for some strange reason.
"Well… this was the easy way, now we're going to have to kill you the hard way," Akira shook his head, "That's too bad, I truly wanted to make your death painless…"
"=)" but in response, Stark's clone just pointed at Akira and visibly laughed at him, no sound came out, but everyone could easily notice it was mocking him.
And so…
[3…]
Akira and Kokoro powered up their auras.
[2…]
Stark did the same, it was pretty much a 2v1, but thankfully his clone should also be counted as a person as long as it was alive.
[1…]
All participants face one another…
And…
[FIGHT!]
"HOLOGRAPHIC MISSILE!" the first to act was Kokoro, a blue missile coming out of her tablet, its texture seemed to be glitching as it was made from holographic aura.
And then…
~FWISH~
She sent it toward Stark, with the pure intent to get rid of him in one blow for the 'greater good' of their trial.
"=)" Stark's clone backed away as there was no need for it to stay in the radius of the explosion while it wasn't targeted.
And as for Stark…
'Come on…' he mumbled as the missile was approaching, 'Just a bit more…'
And when it was right about to explode in his face…
"INVINCIBLE DODGE!" he dodged the explosion at the perfect microsecond before it hit him.
[Perfect Dodge!]
[+10 EGO!]
The world around Stark turned gray, and it slowed down, Akira and Kokoro's movements now so minimal it almost looked like they froze in time, but some signs of movement were still there to confirm they could move.
"PERCEPTION!" without wasting time, Stark activated his skill to check out his two opponents, it was something he always did of course, but finding the good timing was something essential, and thankfully enough, doing a [Perfect Dodge] gave him exactly enough time to analyze them.
…
[Name: Kokoro]
[Level: 58]
[Class: Domination]
[HP: 49250]
[Strength: 1726]
[Speed: 6291]
[Stamina: 7314]
[Defense: 2409]
[Skills: Domination, All-Use Tablet, Holographic Weapons, Holo-Copy, Holographic Missile, Glitch Barrier, Virtual World (MYTHICAL), Practical Prediction, Time Dilation, Quick Hands, Rune Engraving, Element Simulation…]
…
'All her skills are related to the tablet probably,' Stark thought as his gaze turned to the tablet she was holding in her hands so tightly, her stamina was extremely high in that regard because it was needed for her to cast a lot of spells, and her speed was high as well, thus sacrificing strength (as she didn't need it), and defense.
But… now that he knew…
'That tablet…' Stark thought as he kept staring at it, 'If I somehow manage to destroy it… then… never mind, I don't have much time left…'
He immediately moved to Akira's status window.
…
[Name: Akira]
[Level: 64]
[Class: Domination]
[HP: 43700]
[Strength: 7371]
[Speed: 5938]
[Stamina: 3119]
[Defense: 3345]
[Skills: Domination, Power of the Moon, Moonlight Slash, Moon Domain, Half-Moon Technique, Lunar Strike, Shadow Dash, Celestial Sanctuary, Full Moon Form (MYTHICAL), Silver Illusion, Phase Shift, Cosmic Barrier, Phantom Dance…]
…
Akira's stats were mostly oriented toward attack and speed, leaving out stamina as each of his blows would be tremendous in strength, as well as leaving out his defense as he would be too fast and end the battle quickly.
Each of his skills, much like Leader with the snakes and Kokoro with the tablet, were related to his power, which was the [Power of the Moon]…
~TAP TAP~
Kokoro tapped something on her tablet for Akira, and the message [Got him] appeared.
Of course, from their point of view, Stark was just hit by a FUCKING missile straight up, and so they thought that he would be seen dead on the ground after the smoke from the explosion dissipated.
But that would be a mistake…
'Got them now…' Stark thought as he finished reading the panels.
He was surrounded by a smoke screen… and he wanted to take advantage of it.
"CRIMSON BALL TRANSMISSION!" he summoned the crimson ball in his hand and threw it, aiming for the spot right behind Akira and Kokoro.
The two participants were not suspecting Stark to be alive, or at least he would be knocked down as [Holographic Missile] was a skill that needed around a minute to charge up (without being able to cast anything else), meaning Kokoro had spent precious time powering it up, which is why it was so powerful, worthy of a being a legendary skill.
She had defeated many monsters and people using this skill, so she was absolutely confident in its ability to kill or knock down people.
But… had none of them learned yet that Stark could avoid all their attacks using [Invincible Dodge] when it was aided by [Focus]?
Or maybe they just couldn't understand how Stark did it? Thinking it was a rare skill that could only be used once in a while.
Well, frankly, it didn't matter much for the boy as the smile on his face grew wider.
~FWISH~
They didn't notice the crimson ball flying over them.
And the moment it was in midair at the spot right behind and between Akira and Kokoro.
~SNAP~
Stark snapped his fingers, teleporting behind the two enemies instantly.
Right at that moment, the smoke disappeared, and the two noticed that Stark was nowhere to be seen.
"Huh? Wait a damn minute-" Akira turned around, and his face turned livid as he saw Stark, a huge smile on his face, right behind them.
"…" Kokoro didn't even let out a noise, but her expression was clearly of someone that is surprised and scared.
"Thought I would go out this easily?" Stark smiled as he punched both of them in the face at the same time.
This time, the battle would truly begin.