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Book 2: 240
Book 2: 240
Book 2: Chapter 240
Lukas looked at Kaz’s expression, realising that this was his greatest anguish.
[Krrrr…]
Like a beast, Kaz lowered his head slightly as a deep growl echoed from his throat.
But this didn’t scare Lukas at all. Instead, it caused the corners of his lips to raise up slightly.
“The solitude of an Absolute is something one can only experience after standing at the very top of at least one universe. Foolish creature.”
What happened next almost seemed to happen instantaneously.
Kaz’s figure disappeared from where he was standing.
“…kuk.”
And appeared in front of Lukas with his hand around his throat.
“You son of a bitch!”
Enraged, Sedi tried to kick Kaz’s hand away, but Kaz stretched his other hand towards her and fired a Dragon Breath.
“…!!”
He could fire breath attacks with his hands as well as his mouth?
Sedi crossed her arms and tried to block the Dragon Breath, but in her weakened state, it was impossible to perfectly defend against it.
Boom!
Unable to withstand the force behind the attack, her small figure was sent flying into the distance.
Lukas looked closely at Kaz.
He had completely lost his composure. Unlike before, he hadn’t restrained himself in that attack. This meant that in his anger, he no longer cared even about the wellbeing of Sedi, whom he called his partner.
Kaz probably didn’t think about Sedi for more than an instant, as his burning gaze once again turned to Lukas.
[…you… have gone too far.]
His voice was cold.
Lukas couldn’t breathe. Kaz’s grip was so tight that his fingernails dug into his flesh. If he were to squeeze even a little harder, then the bones in his neck would be crushed instantly and he would die.
However, the fact that he hadn’t done so immediately proved that his plan had worked.
Although killing him was as easy as twisting a baby’s arm, he was still keeping Lukas alive.
In addition, the pressure on his neck was just enough that he could only get the smallest amount of air needed to keep him conscious.
This meant that he wanted to see his reaction before he killed him. Kaz was an extremely arrogant being, and Lukas had looked down on him. So he wouldn’t let him die easily. Even if he was going to kill him, he still wanted to hear his last words.
“…eat.”
[What?”]
Lukas spoke more clearly this time.
“Eat this.”
Lukas pushed the jewel on the tip of his staff into Kaz’s mouth.
With the jewel in his mouth, Kaz stared at Lukas mockingly. His eyes seemed to be asking ‘What are you going to do with this stick?’
It was hard, but that was it.
It didn’t even have spikes on it. No, even if it was a sword, he wouldn’t be able to harm him.
Lukas also expected this reaction.
Kaz had the constant desire to show off. After receiving his opponent’s attack with just his body, he would show off his confident figure and enjoy the sight of his opponent drowning in despair.
‘It’s distasteful, but more than that, it’s dangerous.’
It was this very desire to show off that was working in Lukas’ favor.
It had paved the path for a comeback.
He felt bad for Nekdu, who worked hard to make it, but it was time to say goodbye to the [Staff of the Distant Night Sky].
Crack!
The staff broke.
Or to be precise, the jewel at the tip broke.
A large amount of mana was concentrated in that jewel which was refined from an Ancient Dragon’s heart. The mana within the jewel could be considered the dregs of mana that were left whenever the staff was used to cast spells, and usually increased at a gradual pace. However, Lukas had been using his mana constantly ever since he’d come to Death Island, which had caused the accumulation to be much faster.
There was enough mana in it to cast a single 7-star spell. Unfortunately, there was only one way to access that mana.
By destroying the jewel.
Crack!
[…!]
Kaz’s eyes widened.
Seeing this, Lukas smiled.
“This will be a little different from demonic energy.”
With those words, Lukas casted his final spell.
Explosion.
With his soft whisper, an explosion occurred in Kaz’s mouth.
* * *
[…!!]
He couldn’t even scream. For a moment, it felt like he’d lost consciousness.
What he was feeling far surpassed the level of intense pain.
A large explosion had occured in his mouth.
Right. A very large explosion.
Lukas’ observation had been correct. Kaz also had a few weaknesses, and his mouth was one of them.
There were no scales in his mouth. In other words, he couldn’t train or increase his mouth’s defense. There were very few creatures with armored tongues.
The explosion had ripped through Kaz’s mouth, crushing his tongue, breaking his teeth, and shattering the roof of his mouth.
His skull shook and his internal organs quaked.
Kaz’s entire body spasmed like a frog that had touched an exposed wire.
“Ku-, guk-, urk-…”
Blood poured from his mouth. Within this stream of blood that poured onto his chest were broken teeth and pieces of flesh from his tongue.
“Huff, huff…”
Lukas was gasping on the floor in front of him. He had used the last of his mana to stimulate the explosion. The mana needed to do so wasn’t much, but even ‘wasn’t much’ was ‘too much’ for Lukas in his current state.
This had forced him to use up some of his vitality and life energy to replace the mana. They were incredibly inefficient, and the side effects were horrific, but he didn’t have a choice.
This was the reason why he could barely pick himself up, and his consciousness was blurred. He was exhausted. To the point of not even knowing where he was at that moment.
Nevertheless, he knew one thing.
Kaz was still alive. He was in shock, but still not in a state that would allow Lukas to kill him.
But it wasn’t up to Lukas to finish him off.
“Se-, di.”
Just before collapsing into unconsciousness, Lukas muttered her name one more time.
Kaz’s scales were hard. Nevertheless, he still had weaknesses. If he couldn’t concentrate, he wouldn’t be able to put up a solid defense. Just as one clenched their muscles when expecting a blow, he focused his mind on his scales.
Since that was the case, Kaz’s defensive ability would naturally plunge now that he was in a situation where he could barely think or move his body because of the intense pain he was experiencing. But even in this state, his natural defense would still be enough to block the attacks of most beings.
However, Sedi didn’t fall under the same category as ‘most beings’.
Paht!
Sedi, who had been sent flying by the Dragon Breath, shot towards Kaz. She was bleeding all over, but there was venom in her gaze.
Paak!
[Kuk…!]
Kaz tried to defend himself, but the scales that he was so proud of shattered and fell like broken marble.
Her attack had dealt damage.
Sedi immediately realised that her attacks were actually working, unlike before.
Nevertheless, it was too early for her to be happy about it. She cleared her mind. This wasn’t the time to let her guard down.
‘If I miss this opportunity…!’
They wouldn’t win.
Papapapak!
She punched Kaz all over his body like he was a sandbag. In only a few seconds, she had already hit him dozens of times.
Sedi’s fists glowed with a dark red hue. Perhaps all of her skin covered by her clothes was also the same color. The demonic energy she was using, which had already surpassed the level that a mortal could handle, was slowly corroding her body.
But she didn’t stop.
She couldn’t stop.
She forced her screaming joints and muscles to move.
One more punch.
Hit a little harder.
[Kuk… guk… kuh…]
Kaz felt like his vision was spinning around.
His brain felt like it was bouncing from one side of his skull to the other, his mouth hurt like hell, his internal organs were gradually becoming mush. All of this, along with Sedi’s consecutive attacks, made it hard for him to regain his senses.
Nevertheless, Kaz reached an instinctive conclusion.
His current situation was extremely dangerous.
‘Have to stop her… somehow…’
Just as he had this thought, Sedi shoved even more demonic energy into her small fist.
Tutuk.
This time, it took her a few seconds to concentrate the energy into her fist. This was proof that she was preparing a big attack.
As the seconds passed, Sedi’s fist gradually became black, and her veins stood out starkly.
Danger.
Although he couldn’t see it very clearly, Kaz’s senses screamed at him. A chill went up his spine.