432 Kims vs Thyron (2/2)

Kims charged in again, not caring if Thyron's Lightning Cage reactivated, which it did. The swordsman was greatly slowed as he lunged forward with his blade.

A wall of rock rose up to block Kims's attack. Then, as Kims broke through the wall, Thyron hurled a lightning bolt through the broken wall and into Kims. It was a direct hit!

Groaning, Kims still pushed forward to close the gap.

Instead of running further back, Thyron remained where he stood and avoided nearing the cranes. Though Kims was too dutiful to ask for help, there was no way that Thyron would risk the cranes having their own plans. The sorcerer cast Earth Wall again without batting an eye. And as Kims broke through that one, there was a second earth wall after it, as well as a third.

Finally, after the third wall of earth, Kims had managed to reach Thyron. Or so he thought.

Thyron was nowhere to be found and his Lightning Cage had deactivated.

When Kims's feet landed back on the ground, a hand suddenly erupted from the earth below to firmly grab the swordsman by the ankle.

”Shocking Grasp!”

Electricity poured into Kims at an alarming rate. That attack was much more intense than the lightning bolt from earlier. Kims felt his skin char around his ankle, struggling to take the attack.

”Just die!” Thyron's laugh spread out from below, proving where he was located as the sorcerer cast Shocking Grasp yet again.

Tensing and spasming, Kims's muscles were unable to cope with the sheer amount of electricity being pumped into him. All Kims could do was fight his cramping body and sense the damage being done to his internals.

The cranes were hesitant to jump in, about to go in for the attack when they noticed something odd about Kims.

His body started to elongate and stretch out. Kims's neck got longer along with his torso and limbs. Also, a pair of white, feathery wings ripped out the back of Kims's shirt. Nimble as a serpent, Kims's foot slid out of the sorcerer's hand. At the same time, Kims's sword was thrust into the earth and toward the origin of Thyron's voice.

”Wha--” Caught off guard, Thyron cried out but coughed up blood after getting stabbed.

Thyron rushed out of the earth, reactivating Lightning Cage as he fled.

However, Kims was far quicker in his transformation. The one-armed swordsman took a lightning bolt head-on in order to thrust his sword into Thyron's chest. And before Thyron could cry in pain, Kims had already started to twist the sword within the sorcerer's ribcage.

Both men fell over after sharing attacks.

The fatigue and internal damage within Kims's body couldn't be ignored much longer as the swordsman shook, only able to stand while leaning against his blade for support.

Blood spilled out of Thyron's shoulder and chest, the two places he had been injured. In particular, the wound in Thyron's chest was also bleeding internally and filling up the empty space within his body. One arm was unusable and Thyron could feel his life slipping through his consciousness.

Neither man could move anymore, lying in pain and agony.

Thyron glared at Kims for one last time, grunting at the swordsman while the cranes stood over him like vultures waiting for their prey to die.

As Thyron's life faded away Kims was sadly unable to savor the moment. His body was reverting to normal after he fell unconscious. He won the fight and did as he wished, but he failed to say goodbye to the man he had loathed since birth.