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Chapter 216: Berserk Form
Chapter 216: Berserk Form
"WARDEN'S DARKNESS," Warden spread his arms, and the entirety of floor 0 was plunged in darkness, in which Stark couldn't see anything but the body of Sora, who was still lying, looking at them fight.
She truly couldn't understand where Stark was going, after all, isn't angering a powerful monster against everything they ever taught in schools or books?
And yet… it seemed like it was exactly what Stark was aiming for.
"SCULK SURGE," Warden transformed both his arms into cannons, and from the safety of the darkness began to shoot repeatedly while making sure to move as to not give out his position to Stark.
"Do you see why my justice will triumph?" he spoke, his voice echoing through the entirety of the floor.
But Stark just shrugged as he avoided four more cannonballs, "Nah, I still don't see it, how about you actually hit me?"
"You just had to ask," he heard Warden's voice from behind, his hammer lifted as to strike and finally kill Stark.
But…
"Now that's better," Stark turned around so fast it almost felt like he knew Warden was there since the beginning, and released everything he had in his arms toward the monster.
And what did he have?
Well… [Crystal Stun Potions], obviously!
"…?" Warden didn't expect that, where would he even get those potions from after all, he had nothing on him, and he couldn't hide them anywhere.
~SPLASH, FWISH~
He had grabbed four potions from [Spatial Inventory] and threw them all at the final boss, resulting in all of them hitting him and releasing the mist around him.
"You think this is enough?" he still tried to swing his hammer.
But…
[You have been stunned by the crystal mist!]
"I think it is, false hero," Stark threw a jab at him as he had essentially outsmarted the boss.
There was no chance for Stark to hit the boss straight on with his speed and strength, as well as his multitude of skills, which put him into complete advantage.
So what could Stark do…?
Well… how about FORCING him to get closer to him?
Using [Warden's Darkness], his own skill against him, Stark would force the boss to get closer to him, and when he expected it the least… he would surprise him with the potions.
And it worked…
"PRISONER," all Warden could do was watch, the vortex in his eyes growing more and more.
But…
"My time, false hero," Stark smiled as he began to summon his skills, "CRIMSON SPEARS, AURA SMASH!"
He summoned three spears and three fists, sending them all at the middle of Warden's torso, specifically at the spot where the rib bones protecting the spheres were.
And after these attacks…
"-12162! -13449! -14393! -13396! -15098! -12445!"
~CRACK, SNAP~
The [Protection] of his weakness was now holding by a thin thread, visibly shaking as if ready to crumble at any point.
And so…
"The winners are the good, and the losers are the evil ones," Stark charged up his right hand with an aura so dark it was blending by the darkness of [Warden's Darkness], "I'm sure you also know that."
And…
~SWING, BOOOOM~
He swung at the protection, shattering it in the process and his fist reaching the three dark spheres, punching them with his entire strength, an explosion occurring as the spheres were destroyed, and the atmosphere of the floor trembled.
[Warden's Darkness] was obviously deactivated since the warden had been hit by the attack, meaning that the surroundings of the floor returned to its original ones.
"GAGHZSHHA!" for the first time since this battle started, for the first time even after being hit by [Killing Spree] and getting up like it was nothing… Warden felt true pain.
~FWISH~
He was sent flying backward, the power of the punch so great it dealt immense damage to himself.
"-123828!" Warden crashed against the metal door of the Lucullus Prison again, creating a small crater in the door, although it didn't budge more than that.
"Hah~ Hah~" as to not allow himself to show any more weakness, Warden immediately got up, although it was visible that he was trembling slightly, still affected by the impact of the punch.
[Warden HP: 21339/640000]
Warden was clenching his [Dark Spheres] with his sculk arm, he was one shot away from dying as well, and the attack from Stark was so unexpectedly powerful that it actually created cracks in his spheres, which were basically his "CORES".
"Stark…" Sora's eyes widened.
She had recovered a bit, able to move her arms, yet her legs were too damaged to keep going.
"MOVE… PLEASE…" she was begging her own body, something she had never done before.
Since her birth and the moment she got this cursed class, she had been undefeatable, from monsters and people alike, able to dominate them all easily thanks to her flowers.
This trial… was the first time she actually felt hopeless in the face of two beings much more powerful than her, and yes, she now considered Stark stronger than she was after he actually managed to damage the boss even all the participants combined wouldn't be able to take down.
"Is that all?" Stark tilted his head while smiling at the warden, who had indeed tried to get up, but went back to kneeling down, holding his cores and breathing heavily, "Is that your justice?"
"You…" but Warden looked up, ACTUALLY, TRULY, mad for the first time since this battle started.
No human before had pushed him this far, no human before had made him feel so little.
And… no human before had ever forced him to use "THEM".
"My justice… is… UNBEATABLE," Warden's body began to glow and be surrounded by sculk.
And then…
"THE END OF THE LINE; THE DARK SPHERES!" he used his two [Mythical] skills, and yes, he has two.
The reason he hadn't used those skills before is because they are skills that require [Conditions] to be used.
Such skills are rare, but they do exist everywhere.
For example, [EGO] is a [Condition] skill, since Stark needs to make the [EGO Meter] reach 100 before being able to cast it.
Another example is [Superior Clone] since it requires three clones and 30 seconds for them to morph into it, the condition was pretty harsh, yet the result was a clone almost as powerful as the original Stark.
But there is one simple thing that is special with such skills… and it is… that the harder the condition is to be fulfilled, then the stronger the skill is.
And… Warden had two of those, now both activated and ready to be used, so just how strong would he get, just how much more terrifying would he be?
Warden's body was glowing with a deep blue aura, glowing so intensely it was impossible to see his figure anymore.
Almost… as if he was morphing?
And he was.
He was on the verge of using his ultimate form, the form he had never bothered to use against any of his other enemies.
~FWISH~
He threw his own hammer away, crashing it against the metal door and creating yet another crater because of the impact.
"…" Stark was actually cautious now, he didn't like it one bit, and although he tried to approach that thing to stop his transformation, his own [Focus] screamed for him not to get close.
And after a few seconds… a panel appeared in front of Stark.
[Warden has entered his "Berserk" form]
[Watch out!]
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I might occasionally start uploading one chapter a day (but in exchange it's going to be pretty long 1500–2000 words instead of two 1200-1300 words ones) as fixing mistakes and adding stockpile is taking more time than expected, sorry, also since I have to write another story.