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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Mod7
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Kanion went flying, crashing to the ground and rolling several times. The impact rattled his bones. He thought he might have broken a rib.
“…Cough.”
Blood rose in his throat, spilling from his lips.
“Damn it… that crazy bitch…”
He had been hit by a five-year-old. He had been careless, but it was still humiliating.
Kanion sat up, gasping for breath. Questions raced through his mind.
A five-year-old releasing mana? It was unheard of. But it had happened.
He hadn’t been able to release mana until he was sixteen. And even then, he had been considered a prodigy.
“They’re full of surprises…”
He wiped the blood from his lips. He couldn’t underestimate her, even if she was just a child.
“Change of plans. I’ll cut off her limbs and present them to Ethan as a gift.”
Four mana fists now hovered above Hessia’s head.
“What the…”
They weren’t increasing any further.
“What the hell are you?”
“I told you not to use bad words.”
Kanion charged towards Hessia. Janet shouted her name, but Hessia calmly controlled the four mana fists.
Whoosh!
The fists shot towards Kanion. He released his mana, countering the attack.
Their mana collided, creating a powerful shockwave.
Kanion stumbled back, his feet dragging across the ground.
But there was more than one fist.
Whoosh!
Another fist slammed into him, sending him flying. He crashed into a fountain in the middle of the plaza, shattering it.
“Gah! You crazy bitch…!”
“I’m going to punish you.”
A giant mana hand reached down and swatted at him. Kanion rolled out of the way.
But the hand changed direction, as if anticipating his movement.
Bam!
Another powerful blow. Kanion screamed in pain, his body aching.
“I hate you.”
The four mana fists rained down on him.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
Kanion felt like a boxer caught in a flurry of punches, his body reeling. If it weren’t for his years of physical training, he would have lost consciousness.
“Gah! Agh—!”
He screamed pathetically as the attacks continued. Janet and Lien watched in disbelief.
She was a dragon, but she was still a hatchling.
And he had even summoned the Dark Spirit King.
Kanion struggled to his feet, his body battered and bruised, his vision blurry with blood.
A giant mana hand grabbed him.
He struggled, like an insect caught in a giant’s grasp. But it was no use.
“I hate you. I want to kill you…”
“W-wait! Just wait a minute!”
Kanion desperately tried to buy some time. She was just a child.
‘She can’t maintain that level of power for long.’
He forced himself to look pitiful, his missing teeth and broken nose adding to the effect.
He was having trouble breathing. His ribs must be broken.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
“…”
Hessia paused, looking down at him. He was getting to her.
“I was… possessed by the spirit! I lost control! Please believe me!”
“…Liar.”
But she was a dragon, skilled in magic. Hessia’s gaze was cold and unwavering.
“I told you not to lie.”
She threw him to the ground. He crashed through the pavement.
And it wasn’t over. A mana hand lifted him into the air.
A giant fist slammed into him.
He raised his arms to block the attack, but his right arm snapped, and he was thrown against a wall.
Something cushioned his fall.
It was the dark spirit.
―Tsk, tsk, how pathetic. Beaten by a child.
While Kanion had been getting pummeled, the Dark Spirit King had been busy eliminating the undead assassins.
“Kill her! Kill that bitch! What are you waiting for?!”
Kanion screamed, his voice filled with rage. The Dark Spirit King looked down at him with disdain, then nodded.
―As you command.
Dozens of shadowy tendrils snaked out from the spirit, reaching for Hessia. Hessia unleashed her blue mana.
Her mana fists shot towards the Dark Spirit King. But the Spirit King was a skilled and experienced combatant.
The shadowy tendrils wrapped around the mana fists, binding them. Two pairs of mana fists were pinned to the ground.
“Ugh!”
Hessia struggled, trying to break free. But it was no use.
“Kill her! Cut off her limbs!”
Kanion grinned. But the Dark Spirit King could only restrain Hessia’s mana.
―I’ll hold her. You finish her off.
Even a Spirit King could only restrain her?
It was because Kanion didn’t have enough mana.
Kanion nodded. He pulled a potion from his spatial pocket with his good arm.
He drank the potion, the pain subsiding as his strength returned. He cracked his knuckles and approached Hessia.
“Don’t come near me…!”
Hessia’s eyes were wide with fear. But she couldn’t move. Her mana was bound.
“I’m going to cut off your limbs.”
“Don’t… don’t come any closer…”
Hessia pleaded, her voice trembling. Kanion raised his sword.
Suddenly, the mana connecting Hessia to her mana fists dissipated.
And her breath turned into a stream of indigo flames.
“What…? Breath…?”
He hadn’t expected that. He couldn’t dodge in time.
The indigo flames engulfed him, a searing pain coursing through his body.
“Aaaaaargh!”
He had experienced this pain before, when his arm had been severed and cauterized by Ethan’s flames.
But the indigo flames wouldn’t go out. The Dark Spirit King enveloped Kanion in darkness, extinguishing the flames.
Kanion’s entire body was burned, his once-flowing blond hair reduced to ashes.
He glared at Hessia, his eyes bloodshot.
Hessia was also exhausted. Beads of sweat dotted her forehead.
“Are you done?”
She took a step back as he approached. He could easily sever her limbs at this distance.
He wouldn’t be caught off guard again.
Just then, they heard a loud crashing sound, like a hammer striking a brick wall.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
The ground trembled. Kanion looked around, his eyes wide with surprise.
“What the hell…?”
Crack—!
Something was breaking. The barrier. Something struck it again.
“We’re not done yet, asshole.”
The voice came from behind him.
A giant golem stood there, its massive form emerging from a crack in the barrier. And Ethan was standing on its shoulder.
“How dare you touch my daughter?”
Kanion gulped, staring up at the colossal golem. Its sheer size was intimidating.
‘That bastard… he broke through the barrier?’
It was a double-layered barrier, created by the Dark Spirit King.
The outer layer was easy to penetrate, but the inner layer was incredibly durable. It shouldn’t have been possible to break it.
‘Ah…’
He realized. Ethan had been able to summon the golem in the middle of the city because of his double-layered barrier.
He had passed through the outer layer before summoning the golem.
“Attack.”
The Colossus slammed its fist down. Kanion raised his arms defensively, creating a translucent barrier above his head.
But it was useless.
The fist shattered the barrier and struck him, sending him flying.
He crashed against the edge of the barrier, his arms broken, his body aching.
The pain was far greater than anything Hessia’s mana fists had inflicted. He couldn’t even scream.
‘I’m screwed.’
He knew it.
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