155 Chapter 154: First? Part I (1/2)
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
Every time my spear punctured the Duke's body, a strong explosion followed, pelting me with fleshy shrapnel each time. I stuck to him and didn't even try to give myself room to avoid the explosions.
However, no matter how many times I got hit, I stuck to him. Each time I stabbed him, more and more liquid poured out from his body. His body continued to shrink like an ice cube left out on a hot summer day.
”Erk!”
”You damn leeching bastard!” the Duke shouted, annoyed.
We were both hurting each other quite a bit now, but I had to hold on. This was all I had left. It was do or die at this point. I had no magic spells or ranged skills in my arsenal; all I had to rely on was my Harrier.
==[Your opponent has been struck by Powerful Shock. 100,000 points of damage has been inflicted. For three seconds, your opponent's movement speed, attack speed, DEF and MDEF is lowered by 80%.]==
”Gahh! Fuck!”
I was waiting for this exact moment. Even though Absolute Destruction wasn't going to work today, I still had Powerful Shock to rely on.
Once the red bolt of lightning struck the Duke's head, I stabbed again with my spear. Another explosion went off, dipping my HP even lower. Despite that, I kept attacking, even as I bled from the temple when a piece of shrapnel cut it.
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About a hundred meters away from the Duke's and Lee Jiwon's battle, another fierce battle between the Werewolf Clan and the Duke's army was taking place. At the start, both armies were fighting fiercely despite the difference in size but as time went on, both sides couldn't help but focus more on the other battle.
”Die!”
”This time, we won't spare any of you guys!”
”Iron Wall.”
”I call upon the Spirit of Earth, crush my enemies before me. Strike!”
”Might of the Wolves!”
”Bestial Howl!”
Both sides vowed that they would kill the other, and cast spells and skills left and right, but every single soldier paid more attention to the fight between the two strongest people on the battlefield.
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Explosions went off consecutively in a two-meter radius. Shrapnel from the Duke's body flew all around and Lee Jiwon's head was starting to bleed profusely. During this whole time, the Duke's body was continuing to noticeably shrink. The two continued to fight like that, despite their state and as more and more craters formed in the ground around them.
”Gaah! Fucking clingy bastard!”
”Fuck you, you fat bastard! How much did you eat all this time?”
They fought like diamonds cutting diamonds.
The soldiers of the Werewolf Clan and the Duke's army were all accomplished devas in their own rights. As devas of the Otadolon stage, they had all strived towards one goal; to become the strongest, because that was the only way to survive.
That was the reason the devas of the Duke's army had joined; they didn't care if they were hated by the devas of the rest of the world if it meant they could get stronger. That was how the world they lived in operated now; the only dream devas could have after emerging from a Don Gate was to get stronger, no matter what!
However, many of them felt that that dream was just too far away from them as they watched the Duke and Lee Jiwon battle it out. The soldiers were of the same mind as they watched the two men fight: was it even possible for a deva or a deity to be that strong? It might be possible for a deity, considering how they were born, but a deva? That was impossible! Did Lee Jiwon truly get there through only hard work? No, that was impossible, too! Lee Jiwon was truly an anomaly.
Soon, the two armies stopped fighting altogether and solely focused on the Duke and Lee Jiwon. The fate of the war rested on their battle now...
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”Grrr! Fine! Let's see this to the end, you bastard!”
”That's what I plan to do, you fat shit!”
”I won't let someone like you flush away five years' worth of Predation!”
”Are you sure about that? It seems to me you just lost two years!”
”Graah! Today doesn't matter! Eating you will make up for all of that! I'll eat all of those fucking dogs, too! I'll be stronger than I ever was!”