Chapter 97 - The appetizers (5) (1/2)

Based on the eye color of the Ganipotes that were coming at him, Lazar was dealing with 2 betas and 4 omegas with the betas leading the charge side by side...

Given the approach he was planning to take, which was to not use the Dark Slash, it would be normal for Lazar to worry about the possibility that he would be overwhelmed by the betas as soon as they reached him since it was 2 against 1, or at least the possibility that they would be able to restrict his movements to the point where the omegas behind them could pounce on him without him being able to defend himself as soon as they got to his level at their turns, however, he knew that considering his abilities this wouldn't happen.

Before he became the Disciple of Death, Lazar had estimated that his constitution was equal to that of a beta Ganipote because he could match their brute strength, and now, since his constitution had doubled in the meantime, for him it wasn't being arrogant to think that they were no longer a significant threat, in fact, he was confident that he could beat the 6 Ganipotes in front of him to death with his bȧrė hands and without them even having a chance to scratch him back if he was relying on his strength and speed alone...

Moreover, beyond his statistics, the bonuses brought by the different pieces of his set had an impact on his power that he wasn't even able to fully measure yet, so, in the end, for him his biggest problem wasn't the fight itself but the fact that he had to make it look like he was going to have a little trouble winning it.

Seeing that the two betas were about to reach a range where they could attack him, Lazar stood still in a position that would allow him to retaliate quickly since he wanted to wait and see how his opponents would proceed before acting accordingly.

Thanks to his improved perception, he could afford to be so passive because in his current state of concentration the alterations that this statistic brought to his vision as well as to his notion of time allowed him to easily anticipate what the two betas were going to do...

In other words, from his point of view their movements seemed slowed down as if he was seeing them move at their real speed divided by 2.

Rather eager to pick up his extermination of the Ganipotes and Garaches where he had left off, Lazar smiled slightly, 'Show me what you are worth.' He thought when he saw that the betas were about to act...

Lazar's smile faded when he saw how the beta on the left didn't seem to be planning to get creative with a rather predictable attack as the movement of his head and arms made it very clear that he wanted to bite him in the face and slit his throat with his claws.

Fortunately, he quickly regained interest in the fight when he saw from the corner of his eye that the beta on the right wanted to take advantage of his comrade's haste to attack Lazar in a more subtle way...

Indeed, he had taken a step to the side and moved further to the right of Lazar when the other beta had launched his attack, which meant that he was now almost in a blind spot of Lazar's vision and that technically if he took clever advantage of the fact that Lazar was rather busy with his comrade he would be able to launch an attack at an angle that would give him a very good chance of hitting his target.

Understanding what the beta on the right was going to do instantly, Lazar didn't panic because it made his job much easier; by taking the time to take that step to the side, he had given him a short but sufficient time to deal with the beta on the left before having to worry about him...

Lazar waited until the momentum that the beta on the left had gained was too great for him to stop his attack then when he considered that it was the right time; he bent his knees which allowed him not only to avoid the claws and fangs of his opponent but also to take advantage of his position to propel himself towards him with his blade in a stabbing position directed towards the heart of the latter.