Chapter 173: Punch, Punch, Punch!

KRRUUMMPP—!

A huge explosion turned the hill into ashes, killing every single being in the camp.

The soldiers decided to sacrifice their lives to kill their enemies, leaving behind their unaccomplished dreams and their families.

Some people would call them brainwashed, others would call them loyal soldiers, but it didn’t matter—in both cases, they committed suicide.

And the very being they wanted to kill was alive without a scratch, folding his eagle wings and unfazed by the destruction.

Fafnir and the others slammed into the ground, not strong enough to kill them, but not weak enough to be unfazed.

’W-why did that happen, and who is this?’

Fafnir and the others slammed into the ground, the impact not strong enough to kill them but not weak enough to leave them unfazed.

That was a demonic giant!

’Why did he save us? Is he unrelated to Uldor? Wait, why are they kneeling?’

At that moment, Fafnir noticed that he was the only one standing. Everyone else was either lying on the ground or on their knees.

“Are you the one who destroyed my relic?” The demonic giant suddenly spoke, his voice filled with annoyance: “And who allowed you to stand in my presence?!”

Slash!

Before Fafnir could react, a wind blade struck his stomach!

’Damn!’

The wind blade pushed Fafnir backward a few steps and cut half his stomach.

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

The next moment, five other wind blades appeared out of nowhere, cutting him in half alongside both of his arms.

“Why didn’t you respond to my question?” The demonic giant narrowed his eyes and extended his hand.

All of a sudden, an invisible pulling force pulled Fafnir to the demonic giant. The demonic giant held Fafnir by his head and asked: “You aren’t bleeding… What are you exactly?”

Demonic Shadow Spell — Consuming Shade!

A shadow spike suddenly emerged from the demonic giant’s shadow and attacked his leg. Simultaneously, a crimson energy emerged from Fafnir’s body, invading his arm.

He was trying to absorb him while he was alive!

However, a lightning burst eliminated the shadow spike before it could touch the demonic giant’s leg, and a golden demonic energy blocked Fafnir’s energy like an unshakeable wall.

The demonic giant’s lips curled downward: “A demonic shadow being? That’s rare to see—”

Before he could complete his sentence, an inky-black sphere covered both Fafnir’s figure and the demonic giant’s arm.

The demonic giant felt that something was wrong about that sphere, but all he did was enhance his body with mana and demonic energy, causing a layer of sky-blue color to cover them. He didn’t let go of Fafnir’s head.

And that was his biggest mistake.

Suddenly, the demonic giant felt himself holding nothing. No, he didn’t even feel his own arm!

Before he could make sense of that, a gloved arm emerged from the sphere before striking his chest.

BAM!

The punch felt painless for the demonic giant, but the moment he felt safe, one of his kidneys blew up from the inside.

STAB!

Next, a blade burst out of the back on the gloved hand, piercing the demonic giant’s heart and clinging to his bones and flesh with countless needles.

BAM!

A second hand emerged, punching him directly in the stomach with greater force than the first.

“Was it you?” The demonic giant asked with a hint of annoyance, staring daggers into Dante’s figure.

The inky-black sphere finally faded, and what remained was Dante wearing a blank mask.

A blank mask, the Shadow Aspect, strange magic, and strength beyond the normal Rank 2 beings.

That was everything he needed to confirm. He was the man he had been looking for!

“Scram!”

BAM!

The demonic giant’s leg disappeared from Dante’s perception and then kicked him in the stomach, sending him crashing through several trees until he hit the hill that had exploded.

“Cough… Cough…”

Coughing blood, Dante gritted his teeth and stood up before charging toward the demonic giant.

’What the hell was that kick?!’

The kick was faster than what Dante could follow, and the attack itself was strong enough to make him cough blood.

His sword had some of the man’s flesh and bones stuck on the edge, so Dante changed its form to remove them.

As Dante was walking, he suddenly saw a giant shadow getting closer to him.

’Wha—’

BAM!

A giant hammer smashed him, pinning him into the ground and cracking the earth on impact.

Dante tried to raise his demonic hand—

BAM!

—only for the hammer to crush it completely.

Dante stared at his smashed arm in disbelief.

’How…?’

Those attacks weren’t only fast, the power of one attack was enough to break Dante’s arm completely!

“Is this the strength of the one who turned my son into a mess of blood? How pathetic!”

BAM!

A giant leg slammed Dante’s head once.

BAM!

And twice.

BAM!

And thrice.

Despite all that, his mask wasn’t even scratched, which was noticed by the demonic giant.

He lifted up his hammer, revealing Dante’s arm that had turned into a mess. Then, he lifted Dante up by his hair.

Once Dante’s gaze fell on the giant, he immediately used a spell and an ability.

Misfortune-Chaos Spell — Intrusive Thoughts!

Tens of thoughts invaded the demonic giant’s mind. Simultaneously, Dante looked at his soul.

’150?!’

The giant was, without a doubt, Rank 3!

Dante immediately placed his draconic hand on the man’s arm and poured his chaos energy into it.

But… It wasn’t effective.

The chaos magic wasn’t working!

“Are those the strange thoughts my son talked about?” The man tilted his head, unfazed by the thoughts and the chaos energy: “I see. It’s really troublesome. Unfortunately for you, the clothes I’m wearing are artifacts made specifically to block black magic… or should I call it chaos magic? However you like to call it.”

Dante’s eyes trembled. The giant was telling the truth.

There was only one weapon he could use.

A green dagger suddenly appeared in Dante’s hand. With a swift movement, Dante slashed his dagger toward the demonic giant’s hand, black lightning sparkling in the slash path.

However, the giant didn’t take the hit.

Sensing the danger of that dagger, he left Dante’s hair and pulled his hand backward.

The dagger hit nothing but the air, and before Dante fell on the ground, the giant punched Dante’s face with golden lightning dancing around his arm.

BAM!

Dante was thrown away by the punch, but suddenly, an invisible force pulled him back toward the giant.

“Did you just dare use that fake lightning in front of me?”

BAM!

The giant punched Dante again once he reached the giant’s range, flying backward once again.

However, the same force pulled him back toward the giant.

BAM!

Another punch landed on his face, blocked by his mask but still strong enough to shake his bones and brain.

As he was flying backward, the force pulled him again.

BAM!

And again.

BAM!

And again.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Over and over, punch after punch, pull after pull.

Everything was happening with inhuman speed. Dante’s mind wasn’t able to process what was happening.

’Is this it?’

Subconsciously, as the lightning crawled around his face after every punch, Dante found himself thinking about Greed’s words.

Was that caused by him?

Was that demonic giant one of the consequences of destroying the relic?

Dante was about to give up, but then he remembered that his death wouldn’t affect only him this time…

He wasn’t the only one against that giant.

Everyone else was brought by that giant. He just targeted Dante for now.

If he died… what would happen to them?

’Damn you!’

Demonic Misfortune Spell — Demonic Ultimate Jinx!

Demonic Misfortune Spell — Demonic Ultimate Jinx!

Demonic Misfortune Spell — Demonic Ultimate Jinx!

Demonic Misfortune Spell — Demonic Ultimate Jinx!

Without hesitation, Dante used the Misfortune Aspect to increase the misfortune of the giant.

He used a spell that was an evolution of the normal Jinx, draining more energy but causing more misfortune.

Next, he used the only technique that could help him in this situation.

Silver Ether Spell — Runic Analysis!

All the runes were visible in front of Dante.

The runes in the giant’s clothes, the runes in the lightning moving through his arms… and the runes in the air!

Every time he was pulled, a structure of runes would appear in the distance between him and the giant’s mouth.

Whenever it activated, the air disappeared in that distance, causing the surrounding air to fill that gap.

That filling process made it look as though Dante was being pulled.

It also pushed the giant’s arm!

’No wonder it was that fast!’

Dante’s eyes sharpened as he noticed one important detail. The giant was chanting to cast that spell.

The chants were silent, caused by moving the tongue without speaking and making a sound.

That was advanced chanting. Only a few people could achieve that level of mastery.

That was his chance!

“That mask is really durable, huh?” The demonic giant frowned before punching again.

BAM!

Dante was sent flying again. Suddenly, the runes of the spell appeared, linked to the giant’s mouth.

’That’s it!’

Silver Ether Command — Link Severance Command!

“…!”

The demonic giant suddenly felt his chant stopping to drain his mana.

The runes that were already made turned into a chaotic state due to the spell interruption.

Swish!

The air disappeared in random directions and Dante wasn’t affected by it.

With this opportunity, he flew out of the demonic giant’s range until he was stopped by a tree that was more durable than steel.

Coughing more blood, Dante quickly recovered and raised his dagger.

He immediately activated Demonic Shadow Detection and kept theRunic Analysis active.

Now, he only had to wait for the demonic giant to come near.

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