Chapter 743: Finally Over (1/2)

BANG!

The arrow hit Arthur's chest and exploded. A fountain of blood and organ pieces exploded into the surroundings, and it was hard to tell if he was still alive or not.

SHING!

Liran charged out of the storm of destruction of their previous attacks as he pulled out a new arrow. In an instant, Liran pointed his bow at Arthur's remains again.

Everything below Arthur's chest was destroyed, but his upper chest, arms, and head were still in one piece.

Arthur was still alive, and Liran wanted to end it.

CRACK! BANG!

Arthur immediately summoned an emblem and broke it into pieces. As soon as he did that, a translucent barrier appeared around him, which blocked the new arrow from Liran.

Liran grimaced as Arthur summoned another emblem and broke it.

SHING!

A seemingly translucent sword cut through the frozen space around Arthur and left behind a deep cut.

”Tch,” Liran spat, knowing that he wouldn't be able to kill Arthur today. This madman just spent more money than he was worth. Where did he even get all this money from to buy these two emblems?

Arthur threw one last, cold glance at Liran before he flew into the space cut. In an instant, the cut closed, and Arthur was gone.

”Great,” Liran spat. ”This will get ugly now.”

Liran scanned the surroundings one last time to see if anyone was looking.

SHING!

And then, he vanished.

Ten teleportations later, Liran stopped moving. He looked around again to see if anyone was watching before taking a ring off his finger. If Arthur had paid close attention, he would have known that Liran hadn't always worn this ring. This was something that appeared a bit after Arthur had arrived.

Clink!

Liran flicked the ring away.

PACK!

A hand appeared that caught the ring in midair.

This was Gravis' hand and just beside him stood Liran's son.

What had happened?

When Arthur had appeared, Gravis knew that he could help Liran win the fight if Liran played it right. As long as Liran managed to provoke a clash of powerful attacks, Gravis could consume the lightning from Arthur's attack, weakening it tremendously. At that point, it would be one level four Law against another one.

Of course, that wouldn't be the only thing that would change. Another thing was that taking away the element from an attack would severely weaken it. Like this, Liran's attack would be more powerful than Arthur's. Due to the clash of the attacks, Liran's attack wouldn't be powerful enough to kill Arthur immediately, but it would injure him heavily. With another attack, Arthur would be dead.

Sadly, Arthur managed to flee by spending a ridiculous sum of money.

How did Gravis manage to stay hidden in front of Arthur?

Simple, he put himself and Liran's son into the Life Ring and gave it to Liran. This had two advantages. First, Gravis would be directly in the middle of the fight and could intervene at the perfect time. Second, Gravis would be hidden inside the Life Ring. Immortal Kings could see Gravis' real body, and Gravis already had a suspicion that humans and beasts were not the best of friends here, based on context clues.