Chapter 412 - Merciless Thrashing (2/2)

Before Aurus could even land, Dalton was already there waiting for him, sending out a couple hundred blades of light that seemed to aim for what was normally vital spots for a human. Although it wouldn't affect his combat strength in any way, Aurus still opted to dodge those blades as his vitality would quickly dwindle. With that, he hastily teleported to the ground before returning an attack with a myriad blades.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Extending one of his palms outward, a shield made out of mana was made in front of Dalton as it nullified the force behind the blades, as well as destroyed them. Looking at each other in silence for a bit, Dalton could not help but scratch his head, telling Aurus, ”Well, this is kind of awkward.”

Ignoring Dalton's words, Aurus continued to send a flurry of blades towards Dalton as he formed a claw behind him. Finally realizing the strength of the enemy in front of him, Aurus spared no effort in condensing a claw that showed the epitome of his current strength.

Surprisingly, Dalton only flashed a small grin in response to what Aurus was doing as a calm expression could be seen on his face. By the looks of it, everything seemed to be going according to what Dalton was expecting.

Eventually, Aurus stopped sending blades towards Dalton as he instead sent himself to him, swiping down with the large claw behind his back, radiating off the aura of the void and the otherworldly aura his other claws used to have.

”[Spellsword of Ruination: Ultimate Lost Art Fusion].”

”[Penultimate Claw of Infernal Judgment].”

”[Beelzebub's Wrath].”

Swoosh!

Just as a great amount of power was heading towards Dalton's way, Dalton instead looked at the claw with a yawn as he said, ”You want to attack me with this much power? Sure, it would definitely give me some grievous injuries…”

”But would I allow you to?”

Weeeengggg…

In less than an instant, a domain covered the two of them, making Aurus feel like there was a lot of resistance facing the claw he was attacking with. Even if he put all of his strength into it, he felt like it would only move a centimeter at most, not even close to hitting Dalton.

As for Dalton, seeing that the opponent was focusing on its attack, he lightly smiled as he took a few steps away from the claw that was going to hit him as he told Aurus, ”You know, it's kind of annoying facing against an opponent like you. Thankfully, I've learned a lot of magic to adapt to all sorts of fighting styles.”

”First off, how about I carry that claw for you?” At the very moment Dalton said that, the connection Aurus had towards the claw he sent out instantly disappeared, with Dalton imbuing one of his hands with mana as he grabbed onto the claw. Then, with great speed, he covered the claw with multiple magic circles, increasing its power to at least five times its original.

With that, he then redirected the claw towards Aurus before using all of his strength to swing it, facing no resistance in doing so. Seeing that the claw was surely going to leave him with only a sliver of his vitality left, Aurus was about to teleport…until he couldn't.

”Oh no, you don't.” Dalton smiled. ”I may like to teleport around and have fun, but having other people teleport to escape from my attacks is a big no-no. Of course, I've sealed your ability to teleport for now so I could help out in protecting the kingdom I live in.”

Seeing that the claw was about to hit him at any moment, the primal instinct controlling Aurus's body could not help but go through many ideas until it eventually stopped at a single one. Seemingly letting out a sigh as it thought that it was revealing one of its trump cards to the enemy, against such a versatile enemy like the one in front of him, the primal instinct knew that it had to do this at the very least to escape.

And so, just before the claw could even hit him, Aurus muttered out three words.

”[Ruler of All].”

Weeeengggg…

Just like the domain Dalton had established, a dark green domain soon expanded out, with Aurus acting as the center. At that instant, the claw instantly faced great resistance in moving any further, leaving Dalton at a loss for words as he had not expected such a move from Aurus. Leaving Dalton no chance to retaliate, Aurus quickly muttered, ”You cannot fight against me.”

Whoosh!

In that instant, all of the energy propelling the claw had disappeared as Dalton felt like a great portion of his strength had been sapped away. Taking the chance, Aurus then used his teleport once more, utilizing the power of [Ruler of All] to leave the area and continue to head towards the kingdom.

Seeing as to how Aurus was able to escape his domain, Dalton looked at his fleeting silhouette for a bit before shrugging his shoulders, dismantling the domain he had set up.

”I guess I've done enough to make it seem like I've put in effort for the kingdom, right?” he muttered to himself before letting out a chuckle, walking for a bit as he headed back to the kingdom.

”In any case, there's still Zeldrion and that person behind him, so it's not like I have to go all out either.”