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[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]
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Chapter 206: Master class (2)
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The battle with the Weapon Master was extremely difficult.
Despite he temporarily increased his physical abilities by consuming elixirs, Damien was still far from being a match for a Master Class.
He could block the aurablade with Erebos, but he couldn’t pierce the Weapon Master’s defense.
Every attack was fierce and sharp. If he let his guard down for even a moment, he would be dead. In the process, he came close to having his neck sliced off several times.
He endured, endured, and endured again. But even that had reached its limit.
“This time, I’ll use it properly.”
The Weapon Master unleashed his second phase. The aurablades wielding weapons poured down to cut off Damien’s breath.
In that moment, Damien forgot everything. He simply swung Erebos to block the attacks.
First, second, third…
As he repeated his attacks, Damien noticed that the hand holding Erebos was growing lighter.
It wasn’t his imagination. The speed of his slashes was also getting faster and faster, and it was no longer a burden to deflect the weapons.
He felt it instinctively.
One step. Only one step was left. And that one step was completed when he cut through the Weapon Master’s final weapon.
The mana that had been surging through his body, threatening to burst him at any moment, suddenly subsided and then spread throughout his body.
His exhausted body, which had been pushed to the limit, absorbed the mana. Soon, a transformation began.
The wounds that had been deeply entrenched began to regenerate.
His muscles, organs, and everything else began to become even stronger.
[TL/N- ‘That’ thing too?]
[PR/N- Bonk!]
His stamina, which had been drained to the bottom was fully replenished. A vast amount of mana was stored in his body.
Damien gripped Erebos with both hands. A blue light spread out in all directions.
The broken blade was used as a wick, and a blue light extended. The blue light eventually took shape.
A sword.
An intangible blade of light stretched straight up towards the sky.
Aurablade.
The symbol of the Master Class had materialized in Damien’s hands.
The aurablade made from dark mana was dark and ominous. Just looking at it made one feel uneasy.
But the aurablade forged from mana was different. It was beautiful and pure.
“Finally, I’ve reached it.”
Master Class.
He had succeeded in setting foot in that realm of transcendence.
“…”
The Weapon Master watched Damien in a daze.
“Who the hell are you…?”
It was a voice that he had barely managed to squeeze out, as if it was incredibly difficult.
“A High Class… who fought against a Master Class and survived… and even… reached a Master Class in middle of fight… I’ve never seen… anyone like you…”
The Weapon Master’s voice was filled with sheer dread.
“No… no, that’s not important right now.”
A spark of life returned to the Weapon Master’s clouded eyes. His will to fight surged back.
“If I let you live, you’ll surely become a great threat in the future. So I must kill you here.”
He raised his demonic sword, Mergher, as he spoke.
“This sword’s name is Mergher. It has the ability to absorb the souls of those it kills and connect them to its wielder.”
Damien knew. Thanks to that sword, Joshua Silva was able to act like a genius.
“I was also able to possess Joshua’s body because this sword connected this body to my soul. But the abilities I can manifest through Mergher are very weak.”
The Weapon Master slowly drew out the sword.
“My realm, ‘All Weapons Beloved’ can draw out the potential of weapons. Using this realm, I can also increase the abilities I can manifest through Mergher.”
A thin, thread-like tendril emerged from the hilt of Mergher. The tendril pierced the Weapon Master’s wrist and dug into his body.
The Weapon Master’s entire body began to pulsate, and his veins bulged out.
“Originally, I could only summon about 30% of my abilities through Mergher, but…”
The Weapon Master’s body began to shrink rapidly. His muscles withered, and his skin clung to his bones.
“But now it’s different.”
A vast amount of dark mana brust forth. An enormous dark mana exploded, incomparable to what had happened just before.
“Now it’s 50%.”
The Weapon Master’s body disappeared.
There was no sound or presence. Damien was stunned.
“Behind you!”
The Weapon Master, who had appeared behind Damien, swung his aurablade. A black and purple shot forth to cleave through Damien’s body.
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However, the Weapon Master’s slash didn’t reach Damien.
Damien had blocked the attack by flipping Erebos behind his back.
“You…”
The Weapon Master’s face was filled with surprise.
Damien was currently not even turned his body, only swinging his arm back to block the attack.
Was it even possible to block his attack in such an awkward position?
“What’s going on?”
Damien said, turning his head back.
“Why is it so light?”
The Weapon Master’s face distorted in anger at Damien’s provocation.
“I haven’t even started yet!”
The Weapon Master put strength into his arm and pushed Damian back. Damien flew back and quickly regained his stance.
At that moment, the Weapon Master charged forward from the front.
He swung his sword repeatedly to kill Damien. Damien responded immediately.
The two aurablade blades clashed in mid-air several times. Every time they collided a terrifying sound echoed through the air.
However, as they continued to clash, the Weapon Master grew increasingly frustrated.
It wasn’t working.
Damien was standing in the same spot, blocking all of the Weapon Master’s attacks.
“This is ridiculous… impossible…”
Damien had just reached Master Class, and yet he was able to hold his own against the Weapon Master’s 50% power?
“Then… I can’t let you live!”
The Weapon Master put all his strength into his sword and swung it down. Damien did not dodge and blocked it head-on.
A loud crash and shockwave occurred. The Weapon Master’s body was pushed back.
“It’s not over yet!”
The Weapon Master tried to charge forward again, but then suddenly realized that his aurablade was broken.
A crack had formed in the part of the blade that had clashed with Demian’s aurablade.
“…”
The aurablade became stronger the more it was tempered. In other words, it would be weak when it first reached Master Class.
But… how could this be?
How did my aurablade get broken?
“Did you lose focus?”
A voice came from right in front of him. Damien was charging towards him.
Damien swung his aurablade, drawing a blue slash parallel to the ground.
The Weapon Master quickly raised his sword to block the attack, but his body was pushed back in the process.
“Don’t you have a stance?”
Damien continued to press the Weapon Master.
Blue slashes rained down relentlessly. The Weapon Master swung his sword mindlessly to block the attacks.
“Left Side.”
Damien passed by the Weapon Master’s side. At the same time, his side was slashed and blood burst out.
“Thigh. Block it.”
As soon as the words were finished, his thigh was split open. The wound was deep.
“This, this motherfucker…!
The Weapon Master gritted his teeth and resisted. He tried to regain the upper hand.
“Neck. I’ll spare you just once.”
But it was a futile effort. There was no chance of counterattacking.
It wasn’t a matter of speed. His swordsmanship was being read perfectly.
He had wielding his sword for decades, and yet he was being ‘technically’ outdone by a brat who had just reached Master Class?
“No way!”
The Weapon Master desperately tried to read Damien’s movements. But it was no use.
“Shoulder. I’ll spare you from being cut off.”
“Fingers. One was about to be cut off just now.”
The wounds on his body just kept increasing. He couldn’t keep up.
“Ugh, huff…”
The Weapon Master breathed heavily.
His entire body was covered in wounds, and blood was pouring out. Fortunately, it wasn’t his real body, so he didn’t feel much pain.
“Have you already shown your bottom line?”
Damien said from a short distance away. His emotionless eyes were fixed on him.
Clack.
Weapon Master clenched his teeth. But it was useless.
He couldn’t kill Damien like this. Facing the harsh truth, the Weapon Master decided to abandon his pride.
“Mergher.”
The reason the Weapon Master was able to ascend to great evil because he could control the demonic swords and use them without any cost.
In other words, it was when he wielded the demonic swords that the Weapon Master’s true power was revealed.
“I’ll have to sacrifice you.”
The Weapon Master brought out Mergher’s full potential.
Cracks began to appear on the surface of the demonic sword. And then it shattered and crumbled. And darkness burst out from within.
-%$#@^%
A terrifying cry echoed, and the darkness covered the sky, taking the shape of a massive monster.
“This is the power of the demon that Mergher possessed.”
The demon was a powerful being that humans couldn’t fathom. Even Damien would have a hard time resisting the demon’s power.
Damien silently looked up at the monster. The monster was taking deep breaths as if it was about to devour Damien at any moment.
“…Come to think of it, I’ve never used Erebos like this before.”
What did he mean?
As the Weapon Master wondered, Damien released the aurablade. And he stroked Erebos.
“Erebos, it’s time to wake up.”
In the next moment, a scream echoed through the air.
A strange sound reverberated throughout the world. The heavens and the earth shook. It was as if they were trembling with fear.
The Weapon Master stared at it like a ghost, mesmerized.
“…A demonic sword?”
At first, he thought it was that. But seeing that sight, his mind changed.
“No, this is… what in the world?”
At that moment, black waves spread out from Erebos.
Everything that touched the waves evaporated instantly. Not even dust remained.
-@#%@#$@!
The monster cried out in great pain as it was touched by the waves. It writhed and shrank, screaming.
“No, this can’t be. Other people will get caught up in it.”
Damien raised Erebos high. The waves subsided.
A gray storm raged around Erebos. In that moment, the Weapon Master’s instincts warned him.
“…Mergher! Attack!”
The monster charged towards Damien. Damien swung Erebos.
The monster and the gray storm collided. Immediately afterward, the gray storm engulfed the monster. The monster’s body was completely annihilated.
“Ah…”
The Weapon Master let out a short sigh at the spectacle.
Immediately after, the gray storm engulfed the Weapon Master as well.
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[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]
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