Chapter 588 - 533: Arthur and Zodiak (2) (1/2)
FLASHBACK
”What do you mean 'go do whatever I want'?”
Arthur looked at the two-colored crow named Bilgart, not quite understanding his words.
In response, the Watcher flew down from the tree and landed on a rock just next to Arthur, its two strange eyes focusing on the man it created and basically raised for a few years.
”You don't have to go around doing this and that. Even for an undying person, life is always too short and it's wasteful to do nothing but fight for peace.”
”So I'm just supposed to give up on everything? Is that what you really want me to do?”
”Give up? Of course not. Just be responsible for your actions and do not mind the others. Take your family and go live somewhere quiet, a place utterly void of wars and conflict. You have to understand that even without you, there will be someone else who'll fill your place. A nameless hero who rises from the ashes and defeats the source of 'evil', it doesn't necessarily have to be you.”
”You tell me to do whatever I want then advise me to live peacefully… isn't that contradictory?”
The crow opened its beak, emitting serene and mysterious music that filled the lonely courtyard.
”You said it yourself, I'm only advising you. If you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle the truth and by attempting to fix things, you'll only hasten the time of doom.”
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Seeing Zodiak take a martial fighting stance, Arthur said:
”So you're finally going to fight seriously?”
The old man looked at the parasite, whose body became enveloped in green lightning and dark flames.
”Looking at you like this… how can I not?”
Though Zodiak's self-empowerment abilities were not as flashy as Arthur's, it still increased his aura by several folds, making him look much more energetic and threatening. Black lines revolved around his body, dancing around as if they were sentient.
The last battle commenced when Sol'khin, the fully grown Black Dragon, attacked again. Despite its great size, the monster moved with surprising agility, damaging the environment around him with just the wind waves caused by his massive wings.
Instead of dodging the incoming massive beast, both Arthur and Zodiak lunged at Sol'khin, each performing a punch. Arthur's fist started glowing with a green light then was enveloped by crackling white thunder, boosting its already monstrous might. As for Zodiak, his hand vanished and its place was some sort of a black hole sucking all the light around it.
With the restrictions disabled, the two became much stronger so it wasn't surprising to see the dragon sent flying by their attacks. Arthur struck Sol'khin forehead while Zodiak hit the lower jaw thus making the dragon looked miserable.
Blood flowed from its gigantic mouth as it stabilized its airborne body and tried to counter-attack only for an unstoppable force to pull its wings. The parasite teleported above Sol'khin and used his inhumane strength stat to grab the black dragon's wings, spin around before throwing at it Zodiak.
The old man was more than ready as he rotated around himself, resulting in a transparent dark magic sphere to surround him. When the target was in his range, the sphere broke and a black-clothed old man jumped in the air, a thick jet black gauntlet on his right hand.
Before Sol'khin could do anything, his body was struck again by Zodiak, whose gauntlet dealt considerable damage. The tough black scales along with sturdy bones shattered like glass, causing the beast to roar in pain as it was yet again sent flying high-up.
A series of explosions occurred at the same time, all originating from dozens of creepy-faced fireballs detonating one after the other. Although they did not that much damage, they still stopped Sol'khin from stopping the parasite's next attack, which was in the form of a dragon.
A beast made of blue and white lightning twirled in the air, let out a deafening roar then clashed with the black dragon, which was thrice it's size. The beast was a lightning dragon created by Arthur, it had an absurd damage potential if it accurately hit the target, which, this time, it did not, unfortunately.