Seharusnya semuanya sudah berakhir dengan satu ayunan tanganku…
Itulah yang dipikirkan Mercurion, iblis berpangkat Marquis, saat ia mengayunkan tangannya ke bawah ke arah manusia di hadapannya.
Tubuh manusia itu cukup kuat.
Tubuh yang sulit dihancurkan dengan satu serangan dan membutuhkan kekuatan yang cukup besar, terlepas dari dirinya yang berada satu peringkat di bawah. Meski begitu, seharusnya tidak mustahil bagi Mercurion untuk mengatasinya.
Pada akhirnya, para orc memiliki tingkat ketangguhan yang serupa dan ia bisa membunuh mereka dengan mudah.
Clang—!
Mercurion terkejut ketika ia merasakan cakarnya menghantam sesuatu yang solid dan merasakan getaran menjalar dari tangannya akibat benturan itu.
"Ada apa ini?"
Ia bertanya keras sambil menunduk untuk melihat manusia itu.
Pada saat yang tepat ini, Mercurion tercengang melihat bahwa tubuh manusia itu telah berubah menjadi hitam sepenuhnya, dan garis-garis kuning tipis mulai muncul di sekeliling tubuh manusia itu.
Garis-garis itu memancarkan cahaya kuning samar dan memunculkan perasaan penindasan yang tak terlukiskan.
'Apa yang sedang terjadi?'
Mercurion menatap tak percaya saat ia merasakan ada sesuatu yang janggal dari situasi ini.
Bang—!
Sebelum ia bahkan sempat mencerna apa yang sedang terjadi, ia merasakan kekuatan yang dahsyat menyelimuti seluruh tubuhnya saat ia terpental beberapa meter ke belakang.
"Hyak!"
***
"Haaa…haaa…"
'Sakit!'
Saat Hein dengan susah payah menghirup udara, ia tiba-tiba dilanda rasa sakit yang luar biasa di seluruh tubuhnya.
Terutama, ia bisa merasakan denyut nyeri dan rasa panas menyengat di pembuluh darahnya, membuatnya sulit bahkan hanya untuk mengucapkan beberapa kata.
Meski demikian, bersama rasa sakit itu datang pula kekuatan yang tak terlukiskan.
"Aaaakhhh…"
Hein merintih kesakitan saat otot-otot di tangan kanannya mulai berkedut tak terkendali.
Ia mulai kehilangan fokus dan penglihatannya mulai kabur.
Rasa sakitnya begitu hebat.
'Sial… aku tidak menyangka harus menggunakan ini sejak awal perang.'
Hein mengumpat pelan saat gemetar di lutut kanannya dan kegelapan yang menguar dalam penglihatannya terus berlanjut.
'Ingat Hein, jangan pernah menggunakannya kecuali kau berada dalam bahaya. Karena kau baru saja mempelajari bagian tubuhnya, menggunakannya akan menimbulkan rasa sakit yang luar biasa hingga membuatmu ingin bunuh diri.'
Hein mulai mengingat-ingat beberapa kata yang pernah diucapkan Han Yufei kepadanya di masa lalu.
'Bukan hanya itu, karena kau belum sepenuhnya menguasainya, rasa sakitnya akan jauh lebih buruk dari yang bisa kuungkapkan… ingat, jangan pernah menggunakan Gravar style kecuali nyawamu benar-benar dalam bahaya.'
"Haha… seharusnya aku mendengarkan kata-katanya."
Hein tertawa tertahan.
Gravar style.
Ya, apa yang Hein gunakan saat ini adalah Gravar style.
Yah, setidaknya sebagian kecil darinya.
Ia sebenarnya tidak bisa mempelajari Gravar style karena ia tidak menggunakan pedang dan jurus itu tidak sesuai dengan gaya bertarungnya. Namun, dengan izin dari Han Yufei, ia bisa mempelajari sebagian kecil darinya.
Bagian yang berfokus pada tubuh.
"Ughhh…"
Denyut nyerinya semakin parah seiring berjalannya waktu.
'…Waktuku tidak banyak.'
Dua puluh menit yang sebelumnya ia miliki kini tinggal beberapa menit.
Hein menyadari bahwa dirinya berada dalam situasi sulit; namun, ketika dihadapkan pada iblis berpangkat Marquis, ia tahu bahwa ia tidak boleh menahan diri sedikit pun.
Boom!
Hanya dengan satu langkah, tanah di bawahnya tercabik-cabik dan penglihatannya terdistorsi. Sebelum ia menyadarinya, ia sudah berada di depan iblis berpangkat Marquis itu. Ia mengangkat lengan dan, mengepalkan tangannya menjadi kepalan, ia menebaskan pukulan dengan sekuat tenaga.
Gerakannya begitu cepat hingga saat ia melancarkan pukulan, iblis itu tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa selain tetap teguh di tempatnya sambil menyilangkan kedua lengannya untuk menahan serangan itu.
"Heukk!"
Akibat serangan Hein, iblis itu terpaksa mundur beberapa meter ke arah sebaliknya. Ketika ia akhirnya berhenti, wajahnya menampakkan ekspresi keterkejutan yang total.
"B…bagaimana"
Ia bertanya keras sambil mempertahankan ekspresi kosong di wajahnya. Namun, sebelum ia bahkan sempat mencerna apa yang sedang terjadi, Hein muncul kembali di hadapannya dan melancarkan pukulan keras lainnya.
Bang!
Serangan Hein tak kenal henti. Ia bahkan tidak menyisakan satu momen pun bagi iblis itu untuk mengatur napas. Gaya bertarungnya sangat mirip dengan Han Yufei. Tak kenal lelah dan menghancurkan.
Satu-satunya perbedaan adalah Hein perlahan kehilangan kekuatan dengan setiap detik yang berlalu.
Meski demikian, itu cukup baginya untuk menimbulkan kerusakan parah pada iblis itu.
Booom!
Hein menghantam kepala iblis itu ke tanah dengan tangannya sementara kaki kanannya menekan tubuh iblis itu ke tanah.
"Hiek!"
Saat tubuh iblis itu menghantam tanah, ia mengeluarkan pekikan menyayatkan dan matanya membelalak kaget saat menatap tanah dengan tak percaya.
'Bagaimana… bagaimana ini mungkin?'
Hein mampu menebak apa yang sedang dipikirkan iblis itu hanya dengan mengamati ekspresi wajahnya saat ia menunggangi tubuh iblis itu dan mulai menebaskan pukulan ke arah iblis itu dengan sekuat tenaga.
Bang!
Satu pukulan.
Bang!
Pukulan kedua…
Bang!
Pukulan ketiga…
Saat kepala iblis itu terpental ke satu sisi lalu ke sisi lainnya, laju pukulan itu mulai semakin cepat dan akhirnya mencapai keadaan yang liar. Pukulan-pukulan itu begitu dahsyat hingga iblis itu bahkan tidak bisa berteriak saat matanya terbalik ke belakang dan darah menyembur ke mana-mana.
"Khhh…"
'Seharusnya ini cukup.'
Ketika Hein telah menebaskan pukulan kelimabelasnya dalam rentang dua detik, ia bisa merasakan tubuhnya terbakar dan menyadari bahwa ia harus segera mengakhiri situasi ini saat itu juga.
Ia harus mengakhiri semuanya secepatnya jika ingin punya peluang selamat dan keluar hidup-hidup dari sini.
Ia mengangkat tangannya dan bersiap mengakhiri segalanya pada detik ini juga.
"…Hah?"
Tangannya membeku di udara saat ia hendak mengayunkannya.
Hein berkedip sekali, dan dalam momen singkat itu, matanya bertemu dengan mata iblis itu. Keterkejutan total melanda Hein ketika mata iblis itu, yang sebelumnya merah, tiba-tiba berubah menjadi kuning.
Pada saat yang sama, Hein merasakan seluruh tubuhnya tiba-tiba menjadi lemas.
"K…kau merasa lelah?"
Iblis itu membuka mulutnya dan suaranya pelan-pelan masuk ke kepala Hein dalam bisikan yang rendah.
Sudut mata Hein mulai turun, dan t
It all should've ended with a swipe of my hand…
That was what, Mercurion, a Marquis ranked demon thought as he swiped down at the human before him.
He had a rather strong body.
One that was difficult to break with a single attack and that required quite a bit of strength, in spite of him being a rank lower. Even so, it should not have been impossible for Mercurion to overcome.
In the end, orcs had a similar level of toughness and he was easily able to kill them.
Clang—!
Mercurion was taken aback when he felt his claws strike something solid and felt a vibration emanating from his hand as a result of the impact.
"What's going on?"
He wondered aloud as he lowered his head to look at the human.
At this precise moment, Marcurion was astounded to see that the human's body had turned completely black, and thin yellow lines began to appear around the human's body.
They glowed a faint tint of yellow and brought rise to an indescribable sense of oppression.
'What's going on?'
Mercurion stared in disbelief as he sensed that something was off about the situation.
Bang—!
Before he could even begin to make sense of what was happening, he felt a strong force envelop his entire body as he was pushed several meters backward.
"Hyak!"
***
"Haaa…haaa…"
'It hurts!'
As Hein laboriously gulped for air, he was suddenly overcome with excruciating pain throughout his entire body.
Particularly, he was able to feel the throbbing and searing pain in his veins, making it hard for him to even utter a couple of words.
Nonetheless, with the pain came an indescribable amount of power.
"Aaaakhhh…"
Hein yelled out in agony as the muscles in his right hand began to twitch in an uncontrollable manner.
He was starting to lose focus and his vision was starting to blur.
The pain was that intense.
'Damn it ...I didn't expect to use this so early into the war.'
Hein muttered a curse under his breath as the shaking in his right knee and the growing darkness in his vision continued.
'Remember Hein, don't ever use it unless you're in danger. Since you are only learning about the body part, using it will result in excruciating pain that will make you want to commit suicide.
Hein started recalling a few words Han Yufei had told him in the past.
'Not only that, since you haven't fully mastered it yet, the pain will be even worse than I can describe...remember, don't ever use the Gravar style unless your life is really in danger.'
"Haha...I should've listened to him."
Hein let out a strained laugh.
The Gravar style.
Yes, what Hein was currently using at the moment was the Gravar style.
Well, at least a small part of it.
He couldn't actually learn the Graver style since he didn't use the sword and it didn't fit his fighting style. However, with Han Yufei's permission, he was able to learn a small part of it.
The part that focused on the body.
"Ughhh..."
The throbbing only got worse with time.
'...I don't have much time.'
The twenty minutes he previously had had now turned to a couple of minutes.
Hein was aware that he was in a difficult situation; however, when confronted by a demon with the rank of Marquis, he knew that he could not show any restraint at all.
Boom!
With just a single step, the ground beneath him tore into shreds and his vision distorted. Before he knew it, he was in front of the Marquis ranked demon. He raised his arm and, curling his hand into a fist, he punched with all he had.
His movements were so fast that when he threw a fist, the demon could do nothing but stay firm on his spot as he crossed his arms together to block the attack.
"Heukk!"
As a result of Hein's attack, the demon was forced to retreat several meters in the opposite direction. When he finally came to a stop, he had a look of complete and utter surprise on his face.
"H..how "
He wondered aloud while maintaining a blank expression on his face. However, before he could even begin to comprehend what was taking place, Hein appeared in front of him once more and delivered another powerful punch.
Bang!
Hein's attacks were relentless. He didn't even leave a single moment for the demon to catch his breath. His fighting style perfectly resembled Han Yufei's. Relentless and destructive.
The only difference was that Hein was slowly losing strength with each second that passed.
Nonetheless, it was enough for him to deal severe damage to the demon.
Booom!
Hein smashed the demon's head against the ground with his hand while his right foot pinned the demon's body to the ground.
"Hiek!"
When the demon crashed into the ground, he let out a pitiful screech and his eyes widened in shock as he stared at the ground in disbelief.
'How...how is this possible?'
Hein was able to tell what the demon was thinking simply by observing the expression on his face as he mounted the demon's body and began to punch the demon with everything he had.
Bang!
One punch.
Bang!
A second punch..
Bang!
A third punch...
As the demon's head was smacked to one side and then the other, the pace of the punches began to quicken and eventually reached a frenetic state. The blows were so powerful that the demon couldn't even scream as his eyes rolled back into his head and blood flew everywhere.
"Khhh..."
'This should be enough.'
When Hein had already delivered his fifteenth punch within a span of two seconds, he could feel his body on fire and realized that he needed to put an end to the situation at this very instant.
He had to put an end to things right away if he wanted any chance of surviving this and making it out alive.
He raised his hand and made preparations to put an end to everything right at this very moment.
"...Huh?"
His hand frozen in mid-air as he was about to swing it.
Hein blinked once, and during that brief moment, his eyes came into contact with those of the demon. It came as a complete shock to Hein when the demon's eyes, which had previously been red, suddenly turned yellow.
At the same time, Hein felt his entire body suddenly become lethargic.
"A..are you feeling tired?"
The demon opened his mouth and his voice quietly entered Hein's head in a low whisper.
The corners of Hein's eyes began to droop, and the hand that was still in the air appeared to be on the verge of falling at any moment.
"You've had your fun with me already, haven't you? I think it's enough, don't you think?"
The demon's voice continued to ring inside of Hein's head like multiple whispers.
'Right...I'm indeed tired.'
Hein murmured inwardly as he heard the demon's voice.
The demon's eyes began to shine with an even greater brilliance, and Hein's hand, which had been raised earlier, began to slowly lower itself.
"I know that you have used a lot of energy, how about you go to sleep? I think you deserve some sleep after everything that you did..."
The demon's voice gradually became softer over the course of the conversation, and Hein didn't even notice when his eyelids began to close before it was too late.
'Right...he is right... '
The demon's words made sense in his mind.
At this point, his strength and stamina were almost entirely depleted. As a matter of fact, his mental clarity had already begun to diminish well before this moment. He hadn't been able to think clearly in quite some time, and the voice of the demon completely resonated with what he was experiencing on the inside.
Not only that, but he somehow felt even more tired when the demon's eyes turned yellow.
"...How about you take a small nap, I think you deserve it."
"I...agree.."
Hein mumbled something as he eventually nodded his head and closed his eyes before collapsing next to the demon with a soft thud.
Thud-!
***
"Haaa..."
Mercurion exhaled deeply as he felt the weight of the human being lifted off of his body. The glow that had been in his eyes vanished, and as soon as it did, he jerked his head around to glare at the human that had been beating on him from above just a moment ago.
"How embarrassing."
He quietly mumbled.
For a Marquis ranked demon like him to suffer such an embarrassing beat down, he felt various emotions.
Shame, anger, resentment...
'This human is dangerous.'
He slowly stood up and looked at the human who was passed out on the ground.
Mercurion was a member of the Sloth clan, and he had a lingering fear that if he hadn't been able to use his abilities at the precise moment that he did, it could have been him lying on the ground instead of the human.
Naturally, the idea that he was going to die never entered his head at any point in time.
He was a Marquis ranked demon while his opponent wasn't. Despite his sudden rise in strength, it still wasn't enough to deal with the large gap in rank the two of them had.
Sure, he did get beaten down on the ground, but that was all part of his plan. He just needed to find the opportune time to use his powers and render his opponent immobile through the usage of his powers.
...and he succeeded.
"Let's get rid of him."
Mercurion glanced at the battlefield around him and decided to kill the human in front of him.
His next set of actions was rather quick. Raising his foot, he stomped toward the human's head.
"...huh?"
...or at least tried to.
The moment his foot was about to crush the human's skull into a pulp, it suddenly froze in the middle of the air, preventing it from doing its intended damage.
'What's going on?'
Mercurion slowly turned his head, and as he did so, his eyes fell upon a beguiling figure that had two large horns growing out of her head. Her eyes had a rosy gleam that shone brightly.
"If you don't mind, how about letting him go?"
Her seductive voice echoed throughout the air as she slowly made her way toward Mercurion.
"...What?"
Mercurion gave a single blink of his eye as he caught a glimpse of the demon approaching him from behind. When he felt something out of the ordinary, his heart began to race, but he was unable to move, and all he could feel was his head slowly nodding.
"How sweet of you."
The demoness murmured something in his ear in a low voice. Before Mercurion could even realize what was happening, she was already standing in front of him.
Leaning her head closer to his ear once again, she whispered something else.
"...Now that we're at it, why don't you do me another favor?"
Mercurion experienced chills down his back as he listened to her words, but it seemed as though his body was frozen in place and he was unable to move at all.
The demoness tilted her head to the side and smiled seductively in his direction. She lowered her voice and cocked her head slightly as she spoke.
"Why don't you die?"
Everything turned black after that.
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