Chapter 224 - 179 : The Last Struggle 1 (1/2)

Arthur didn't stand there despite having his strength weakening. He retrieved the Griffin's body from his storage and possessed it, leaving not even enough time for the old man to witness what happened.

He just saw a griffin body made of only bones appear before him and Arthur disappear right after.

Alerted and a bit speechless, he stared at the griffin which glared at him menacingly, he knew that Arthur must be controlling it, which increased his dread of this strange Dark Magic User.

Contrary to Arthur's expectation, the old man didn't start attacking again, he contemplated the large body of the Griffin then said

”If you're willing to surrender right now. I can guarantee your safety if you cooperate and can even help you become part of the Holy Echelon as long as the Dark Magic is purged from your body. Your abilities are top-tier and you would become a prominent figure with such power and talent.”

Although not everything he spouted was a truth, some of it was, which startled Arthur as he didn't think the enemy will propose such a thing. Nonetheless, it's not like he's going to surrender, winning is practically impossible against a Sovereign who didn't even summon his God Spirit.

There are only two results to this fight, either he comes out alive and victorious, with the old man dead, or he ends up dying, there is no cooperation or peaceful surrender, such a thing rarely occurs in a fight between Gods and the old man was aware of that yet he still attempted finishing it in a diplomatic way.

Arthur gave no response to the old man, informing the latter of his intent without the need for useless words.

”Dealing with this Sovereign is possible if you sign the contract with me, I can assure you that.”

From deep within his consciousness, the Earth Spirit spoke to Arthur again, urging him to accept the contract but Arthur turned a deaf ear to the knight, still not wanting to give up the Dimensional Stone he had gotten from the Kang Treasury.

The griffin's large mouth opened wide, showing its sharp teeth, Arthur spat several detonators at the old man, each with half the size of the Griffin.

The illusory hands appeared yet again and deflected the detonators, pushing them in a different direction. Clearly, the old man was still wary of Arthur's flames and didn't want to have direct contact with them.

The detonators crashed into the nearby forest, exploding and destroying a huge part of the greenery and bringing with it loud noises. Dark red flames and a bit of Dark Magic lingered where the collisions occurred, this place could no longer be called a forest as trees were burned to ashes, the land was scorched from the fire and the earth was corrupted from the Dark Magic.

Even the old man didn't expect the detonators to do such damage, he looked at the still burning flames, which didn't seem that they'll be extinguished by the raging winds anytime soon, even the pouring rain had no effect on them.

'This is an S-class target, I need to end this quickly!'

Arthur continued unleashing numerous detonators coupled with Void Bombs that contained countless small void mouths that ate everything in their way.

He also flew at the old man, ready to engage in melee combat while using his skills to pressure the Sovereign.

Explosions rang every second due to the exploding detonators that never ceased coming out of Arthur's mouth, even the two illusory hands couldn't deflect them all, which pushed the old man to personally act.

He waved his scepter, drawing a circle on the air, which fired a pillar of light, extinguishing all the flying detonators, the Void Bombs weren't spared from the damage as they vanished completely, which surprised Arthur as never had been a case where any Void related skill was overpowered by other technique or skills.

Making good use of [Faster Than Death], Arthur appeared inches away from the old man and used the griffin long claws to slash at his target, activating [Dark Burst] to maximize the damage.

Unfortunately, the old man was a Sovereign and landing such an attack on him isn't an easy feat, the scepter became a white shield that protected its master from the incoming claws.

The illusory hands joined the fight, each forming into a fist and flying at Arthur from two directions.

[Faster Than Death] was used yet again, teleporting Arthur in front of the old man this time, he opened his mouth wide as if he wants to devour the elder, then from within the bottomless mouth a grey orb appeared. It started expanding in size at an alarming speed until it reached a considerable size.