Chapter 150: Chapter 149: I Don’t Have a Choice, Part II (2/2)
I watched as the Duke grab a Werewolf and bring him towards his mouth, smiling.
It was hopeless for the Werewolves from the beginning. It wasn't because the Werewolves were weak; the Duke was just too strong. No matter how hard they fought, they just ended up becoming another source of the Duke's power.
”He's not the type to accept defeat so easily. The size of his body is proof of that.” The Duke shifted his focus to the elite Clan warriors and picked them up one by one. The battle was lost.
”We can't forget the most important thing!” Lod exclaimed after listening quietly. ”You must not let yourself get captured by the Duke. He will extract all of your abilities if you get consumed by him,” Lod said to me in a serious tone. ”We're showing everything we have on the Duke to give you another chance to think about this. The Duke is especially intent on preying on you right now. If you decide to leave now, we won't ever hold it against you. We're already grateful that you at least agreed to help us.”
”...” I wanted to do that if I could. It wasn't like anyone besides the Clan would celebrate if I took care of a problem that would only surface in the future. But I still had to do it and this was my only chance.
”He's a coward, isn't he?”
”Excuse me?”
”What does that mean?”
”The Duke, I mean. He doesn't take any chances whatsoever. It's almost as if he's so afraid of taking any damage that he's actually running away.” I understood why he would be that afraid. His abilities were overpowered, yes, but the risk was that much greater. If he ended up dying, he could lose this Predation skill along with the normal penalties for deities.
However, from what I saw in the video, he was being too cautious. He could definitely do more and defeat the Werewolves in an instant. It was pushing it, but he seemed a coward to me.
Besides, it wasn't like I could say that he was being rightly cautious and wouldn't be long until he grew to full strength here. I had to make him out as a coward for now, since he was the enemy.
-I accepted their request because I was confident.-
I was. I wasn't boasting when I said that I was the strongest in the entire world. I had all of these overpowered skills and item effects, especially Absolute Destruction. The Duke then and now was a being who boasted the highest DEF. That was why no one could ever touch him but that didn't matter to me. DEF didn't matter as long as I could get one point of damage off but as I listened to what the Clan had on the Duke, I was starting to worry about one thing.
-If he actually absorbs all incoming damage, will Absolute Destruction even activate?-
From what I could tell, the Duke had two bodies. One body was the blob of flesh that acted as an armor of fat that surrounded the Duke's true body. If I could do away with the blobby armor with Absolute Destruction, dealing with the Duke's undefended body will be a cinch. But, if the blobby armor ended up stopping Absolute Destruction…
-This is going to be a tough battle.-
But there was no way I could back down now, which was why I called the Duke a coward.
”Thank you.”
”Thank you so much.”
As soon as I said that, they started to thank me. To them, calling the Duke a coward was the same thing as saying that I would fight until the end.
”Not being able to receive help from anyone had been more painful than the Duke so far,” I heard someone say calmly.
”This is all we can to repay you for deciding to stay with us to the end. We hope that you would accept this humble gift from us.”
”It…it's not a big deal.”
”Please, don't say that. You don't have to feel burdened about anything. We're not asking that you win this war for us; just that you stay as our ally to the end.”
”That's right.”
”We're just happy that we finally got at least one person to stand by our side,” Lod said.
I only said no, but I really wanted it. The item they were handing me was…purple. A Rank 10 item.