Chapter 69 - 69 : Confrontation 1 (2/2)

Lucy didn't reply to him, she merely launched herself at him. After some practice with Arthur, she managed to control her power a bit and her physical prowess is not to be underestimated.

Uguria, who was expecting an answer, was a bit shocked to see her rush at him with a great speed, however, due to his countless life and death experiences, he managed to react in time and take the spear from his back with lightning speed and counter-attack with a swipe of his spear.

He was known to be very ruthless, and that swipe proved it, from the very beginning, he used one of his strongest attacks risking it all, he felt danger from her, and her speed was slightly faster than his, so how could he not go all in?

He used the skill [Mad Swipe], it was one of the basic skill gained from [Spear Mastery], obviously Arthur had it too but he never used spears, as for swords, the skills similar to this, would most certainly deal more damage if used but they would slow down the attack, it was just by a little bit, but it was enough to change the outcome of the battle between two people in the Heavenly Realm for example.

Being proficient in the Holy Attribute, that swipe had some holy aura around it, Uguria was confident with his swipe and guessed that it would at least injure the opponent but no! His eyes were wide and full of disbelief as he saw Lucy's left hand catch the incoming spear with great ease and simply deflect it away with a wave of her hand, then she kicked with her right leg, aiming for the waist.

Lucy wanted to let him suffer first or else she would have finished him from that distance with her magic, it was a piece of cake for her to do that, but she wanted him to feel despair just like he did to her, she may not make him despair just like he did to her, but as long as she made him suffer that was enough for her.

She may have overcome her past but that never meant she had forgotten and forgave them for what they did, that was a completely different thing.

Uguria was pushed back a couple of meters, he barely had been able to stay standing as he supported himself while crouching on one knee.

Lucy didn't even put any force in her kick, this was just the beginning, her eyes flashed for a second as her killing intent intensified, she walked to the long spear which was deflected from his hand a moment ago and picked up.

”What are you staring at her for? Charge, all attack together!”

Uguria shouted at his subordinates, he knew that he was not her opponent so he had a sliver of hope and that is numbers! Yes, perhaps with numbers he could win, however, his pitiful hopes were mercilessly crushed as when he turned his head to look at his subordinates, he was shocked to see them all standing still, not moving an inch.

”Ha ha ha, now now, why don't you guys sit back and watch this show, it's no good to gang up on a woman.”

Arthur spoke mockingly, he didn't even move from his location but all the soldiers couldn't even move a muscle, he already used his threads to freeze them, they could never free themselves unless they are at least in the Heavenly Realm.

It was time for Lucy to enjoy her revenge, so how could he let them interfere, he would wait all day and a week if needed until she finishes with every single one of those who harmed her, specifically those higher-ups like this burly man.

Once he saw his subordinates struggling and red faces and heard Arthur, he was sure that this man used some kind of trick to bind them.

He merely gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, he could feel the intense pain coming from his waist, his spear was in Lucy's hand, so that made him more depressed.

One exchange!

Only one exchange and he was already without his weapon and was injured in the waist, him, the Holy General, either the Pope was bullshitting him about Lucy's power or it's not her!

..

Lucy's eyes were looked on Uguria, who in return was looking at her with rage, anger, and fear.

She grasped the spear and snapped it in two, with a bit of force it was easily done, but this action of her made Uguria's expression turn extremely ugly, his face whitened and he seemed to be muttering something.

”This is impossible... it's a legendary weapon.. impossible!”

His spear was a special treasure of the Church and it was a legendary weapon from ancient times, yet it was snapped in two just like that, no matter how much the fights he fought were long and hard, the spear never suffered as much as a scratch, but here it is broken in two!

He became just speechless, he already gave up on the idea of trying to retrieve it, what could he two with a broken spear, it would not display its full strength, even the skills would probably not work.

”Fortunately for you, although you caused suffering to me, I do not hold strong grudges for you, what you are going to receive is merely justice for all what you have done, all the innocents you killed and the despair you caused me.”

Lucy's voice rang in his ears, it was devoid of emotions and cold, he lifted his pale face to look at her approaching figure, she already threw the two pieces of the spear and slowly walked toward him.

..

In panic, Uguria waved his left hand and 3 dark pills appeared in his hand, with no hesitation, he threw them into his mouth, but just as they were going to enter it(his mouth).

They stopped in mid-air, then they flew toward Arthur, who was looking at them with curiosity.

His [Telekinesis] was very useful in situations like this, although Uguria actions were fast, it was not THAT fast, for Arthur and Lucy, who had speed incomparable to him, if they used their full speed, those pills flying to his mouth to literally move at a very slow speed, so retrieving them with [Telekinesis] is as easy at it could.

Uguria stared helplessly at the flying pills and he began feeling despair and uneasiness, every step Lucy took toward him, he could feel his body unconsciously tremble on its own.

When she was only 1 step away from him, she lifted her head to look at him as he was a bit taller than her, then her figure blurred for a split second which was followed by two snapping sounds.

Uguria was already on his knees before he could realize it, he felt the agonizing pain coming from his knees, they were literally crushed into dust, blood flowed endlessly from them, there were no bones left, the two invisible strikes of her already turned his bones into nothingless.

He made some groaning sounds but he didn't scream loudly.

”... A bit brave to not laugh from a like this, but that does not change anything.. your fate remains unchanged”

Uguria couldn't concentrate with her voice as the pain was truly more than he could bear, if he wants to recover his legs, he needs a personal blessing from the holy goddess, which is close to impossible to have, he already sunk into the depths of despair as Lucy's figure was in front of him emitting some suffocating intense killing.

Now that he was in front of her, the pressure was more overwhelming, her cold voice invaded his ears and engraved deep fear into his hear which was supposed to be a heart of a fearless warrior who experienced countless battles.

..

Lucy didn't make any mouvement, however, very soon the ground under Uguria changed, it turbed from it's usual appearance to dark red then white fog came out of it, then it completely transformed into lava which slowly rised and began to envelop the scared Uguria who no longer could keep his dignified and confident look.

His eyes stared at the lava, he finally couldn't hold it as it was melting him from all direction, the pain was more agonizing than before when his knees were crushed.

The screams and wails became louder and louder until they ceased after 5 minutes or so, there was literally nothing left of him, not even the strong armor he wore, his bones, skin melted along with everything else, he screamed until the last second as Lucy made sure to make him suffer without killing him.

The soldiers were stunned and scared shitless, although Arthur ordered the skeletons to spare those who do not resist and those soldiers probably would surrender too, but these were special, they were with Uguria, who was infamous for murdering innocent and even bystanders, and those soldiers naturally did the same thing.

Athough there was some good people in the Holy Church, the majority of them are corrupted which made Arthur perplexed, this kind of Church is supposed to aim for peace and have a lot of wise and good people and not this kind of individuals, it was really a pity.

With a mere thought, the long threads which were holding the soldiers flashed with green lightning and in an instant, all 500 of them fell on the ground, lifelessly.

Maybe spare those guards who did not participate on wars and slaughter as they were only doing their job and if they surrender now then it's alright, but spare those soldiers? Hell no! They maybe even raped helpless women, this kind of acts is usually conducted by those kind of people, Arthur would not be surprised to see them act like that, if not more heartless and ruthless.

Anyway, he disappeared and in just seconds, he stored all their bodies and appeared next to Lucy, who was still looking at where Uguria died.

He gave her a deep hug and patted her lovely head. Responding to him, she burried her head in his chest and tightly hugged him back.

They stayed like that for a minute or so before they finally seperated, although she was taking revenge, Lucy was softly smiling to Arthur.

She turned to look at the tall tower which is the HQ of the Church and coldly said

”That's one less scum, there are still others, let's go”

Arthur nodded, and both of them flew toward the tower, however this time, they didn't use the dark cloud.