Chapter 58 - The Boys Vs. Myer Part 2 (1/2)
Visible Mana started swirling around Myer's body as he lowered his head and, with reddish-yellow eyes, glared angrily at the child who had just caused him harm.
”You little FUCKING BASTARD, ILL KILL YOU!”
Grey Mana particles swirled violently around Myer, causing Brance to take a cautious step back.
”YOU THINK THAT YOU, A TIER-0 BEING, COULD STAND AGAINST SOMEONE WHO HAS EVOLVED TWICE!”
As Myer spoke, his arms spread out, causing all of the dustlike Grey particles to rotate even faster around his body, forming a tornado-like mirage.
”DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE OF THE SECOND TIER? DO YOU EVEN REALIZE THE SHEER POWER GAP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN YOU AND I?”
Uncertainty and dread started welling up in Brance's chest as he witnessed a being of the second tier for the first time.
”LET ME SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S SOMETHING BEYOND SIMPLE KILLING INTENT.” Thrusting his left hand forward, the Mana particles followed and another tornado formed around the stunned Brance. Instantly a force even more significant than the three times gravity he had been pressured under fell on him.
-WARNING, THE BEING MYER AVIO HAS TARGETED THE HOST WITH HIS AURA, FORMING A COMPOUND FORCE EQUIVALENT TO FIVE TIMES VINESTRAS GRAVITY! LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!-
Brance couldn't respond to Tobs's warning, as his body was assaulted on all sides by a force of 5gs, nearly forcing him to his knees. Fortunately, he had an abnormally high STR Stat for a Tier-0, so he was able to slowly right himself with a tremendous amount of effort instead of being pushed to the ground.
Letting out ragged, sharp breaths, Brance's face contorted in anger and effort as he stood defiantly against the pressure of the combined Aura and Killing Intent.
”Only 5gs, (huff), this is nothing, (huff), I've been submitted (huff), to 10gs, so what if you've got some new tricks, (huff).” Feeling every bone in his body creak under strain, Brance firmly lifted his shield and rested his blade on its crown.
Brance kicked off the ground with an angry roar while activating, Bless, Haste, and Earth Skin simultaneously. The sudden boosts minutely reduced the pressure on his body as his STR temporarily broke through the 100 point cap.
The sudden forward burst ruptured the muscles in both his calves, but he didn't feel it due to the effects of adrenaline. This was an actual life-or-death battle. He had to stall Myer as long as possible, unlike the previous fights, where Cynrik handled all of the DPS.
Myer jaw dropped open slightly as he saw the small boy again charging him with his shield raised, but he wasn't frozen in place; instead, he waved both his hands, drawing all the swirling Grey particles to his arms, creating mirage-like armor to appear over his sleeves. These Mana-Arms were nearly three times as large as his normal ones.
”Plague Construct - First Stage.” Myer's voice echoed in the cellway as the Mana-Arms seemed to solidify into a ghastly skinlike form, resembling gorilla arms, and he dashed forward to meet the young boy head-to-head.
Myer swiftly reacted to the boy's head-on charge and punched out with a tornado of Grey Mana particles.
Brance's eyes followed the fist, and he quickly planted his right foot and pushed out his shield while turning his upper body, deflecting the first punch into the wall.
BOOM!!
When the fist came in contact with the wall, it created a small explosion, sending dust and debris in every direction, but this didn't stop Myer's assault, as he angrily ripped his arm, which was embedded to his elbow, out of the wall, and whipped around delivering a back fist at the small child.
With Haste still active, Brance leaned back, narrowly avoiding this attack, but when he did, Myer responded by twisting and lashing out with another attack of his own.
Knowing he was at a disadvantage in his current placement, Brance threw himself backward and somersaulted to avoid the second attack.
Panting heavily, Brance jumped back to his feet and put a few feet distance between Myer and himself, but it was no use. Myer kicked off the wall, pulled his arm back, and executed a superman punch, to which Brance threw himself to the left and watched as the man's Mana-clad fist collided with the ground and, like when he hit the wall previously, cracked the floor, shooting up chunks of concrete and dust everywhere.
”STAY FUCKING STILL!”
”YEAH, RIGHT!” Brance and Myer traded blow after blow, with Myer barely missing every attack as Brance accurately calculated the trajectory of each oncoming attack and got out of the way or deflected it with his shield.
”THAT'S IT!!!” having enough of this game of cat and mouse, Myer once again unleashed his Killing Intent and Aura, momentarily paralyzing Brance, but this was all he needed. Seeing the boy stop in place for less than a second gave him the opening he had been waiting for.
Gripping his left fist with his right hand, Myer unleased a powerful hammer strike directly onto Brance's shield, causing sparks to fly in every direction and making the ground under Brance's feet shatter, creating a small crater underneath him.