Chapter 418 - Regaining Clarity (2/2)

”Anyways, I should really finish this fight,” he said soon after before charging to where Aurus with a quick dash, clenching his fists once more before sending out a barrage of silver fists.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Without hesitation, Aurus used his teleportation skill to appear behind Wilhelm, wanting to catch him off guard as the fists collided with the barrier. With the silver fists containing a lot of power, every time the barrier seemed to waver, the bystanders became more anxious and fearful that the barrier was going to break. Fortunately for them, it hadn't gone past the tipping point as Aurus sent out another attack of his own, prompting those who were watching to learn from them to let out a collective sigh of relief.

Seeing that his opponent was specialized in hand-to-hand combat, Aurus went ahead and…closed the gap between them. Thinking that his long-ranged attacks would be blocked by his opponent either way, Aurus decided that this would be the best choice, sending all of his strength and energy towards his fists as he punched out, even going so far as to imbue the domain from [Ruler of All] into it.

Wilhelm, who was watching this unfold in front of him, could not help but let out a cackle as he said to Aurus, ”So, you want to fight against this old man with fists? Let me tell you that I won't back down that easily!”

Without hesitation, Wilhelm slightly expanded the silver domain to where it would cover both of them once more, reducing the strength behind Aurus's fists while increasing his own. After that, he willed the domain to send out a barrage of silver fists towards Aurus from all directions, basically forming an attack that gave Aurus no way to escape out of.

”[Lustrous Barrage of Omnipresence]!”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

With each silver fist that collided with his body, Aurus felt that a great chunk of his vitality was being cut off, given how he had no way to form a level of defense as the interval between the fists were just too short for him to make use of. Seeing how Aurus would eventually die from the attack, the primal instinct that was controlling Aurus's body was going into panic, wondering if there was any way for it to escape from the clutches of hell.

Fortunately for the primal instinct, it was at this very moment that the faint flicker of light that awakened from before to appear once more. Seemingly looking at the primal instinct, the faint flicker of light asked, ”You want to escape this predicament?”

As it had no way to respond to its question, the primal instinct quickly sent out signs of affirmation, to which the faint flicker of light responded, ”Alright, I'll help you out. But in exchange, let me have control until the fight is over.”

Hearing the condition proposed by the faint flicker of light, the primal instinct felt like it had to refuse it, but for some reason, it quickly agreed, prompting the faint flicker of light to let out a light chuckle as it told the primal instinct, ”For now, do this…”

…

While that was happening, more and more silver fists collided with Aurus's body as his vitality was being sapped away. Of course, he converted the energy he was regenerating into vitality, but even that wasn't enough to balance the damage he had received. At most, he had only slowed it down to where he had more time to decide.

For those that were watching it as a means of entertainment, they all booed at Aurus as they wanted to fight to be over now that it was at a standstill. However, for Felix and the others, especially Argentum, they looked at this from a different standpoint.

”Why is your original body not moving?” Felix could not help but look at Argentum and ask. In response, Argentum shook his head as he replied, ”I have no idea either.”

But just as he said those words, a stream of thoughts entered his thoughts from who knows where, prompting Argentum to focus his attention on Aurus once more, sensing that there was now something different in the Aurus he was looking at. With clenched fists, he gazed at Aurus with excitement, causing the other four to look at him with a hint of confusion.

Although the stream of thoughts told him that he couldn't tell the others of it yet, Argentum had finally gained confirmation of his return, inwardly exclaiming to the heavens, ”Oh heavens! Thank you! Thank you for bringing him back! You've allowed a miracle to happen!”

…

Surprisingly, a couple minutes had passed since an impasse was formed. At the moment, the energy making up Aurus's body seemed to be on its last legs, only radiating a faint green luster that told others that he was still alive. As for Wilhelm, he continued to stare at Aurus's body as he sent out wave after wave of silver fists. Since he was the kingdom's guardian, he had to make sure that he was doing his duty to the fullest, knowing fully well that he couldn't be half-hearted with his job whatsoever.

Fortunately for him, it seemed that his dutifulness brought him a bit of a gift as Aurus, who hadn't moved all this time, finally made a move…but not in the way he had expected. Looking at Wilhelm, who was surprised to see Aurus finally move, Aurus went ahead and focused more of his energy towards healing as he asked Wilhelm in an innocent tone, ”Er…could you stop sending out attacks at me?”

”And why should I do that?” Although the tone Aurus used to talk with him had no malicious intent whatsoever, that did not mean Wilhelm was going to stop then and there. But after hearing Aurus's response to his question, the two sides of his mind seemed to be waging war on one another, considering whether he should do what Aurus said or not. As for what Aurus said, it was…

”Well…”

”I'm giving up on fighting back.”