Chapter 50 mOtIvaTIonaL sPEakeR (1/2)

Aleksei had a hard time fighting Clint, given the fact that Clint was able to manipulate numerous amount of attacks which he just threw all towards Aleksei.

But in the end, the partial invincibility provided by the fusion of his body and the World Diagram allowed Aleksei to tank his attacks and win.

After he knocked out Clint with a well-placed punch, Aleksei immediately rushed towards the location of Lord Ergo, hoping that he was not still too late.

Along the way, he felt thevital signs of Lord Gallius dropping to extreme lows, indicating that he suffered heavy injuries.

”Tsk, what a useless guy. But at least he bought me some time…” Aleksei muttered to himself as he saw himself nearing the location of Lord Ergo.

”Hmm… Now this is interesting.” Aleksei muttered to himself as he saw what was happening to Lord Ergo.

He saw that Lord Ergo was bound by countless ropes, and that he seemed to be in extreme pain.

Aleksei also did not forget to take note of the ball attached on Lord Ergo's forehead.

Whatever was happening Lord Ergo, Aleksei was sure that the ball was highly related to that.

And if Aleksei was not wrong, this ball most likely came from Alex.

Speaking of Alex, he and Alina were floating together in the air, staring at Aleksei in such away that they seemed to want to chase him away.

”Oh, now I get it.” Aleksei thought to himself as he somehow pieced what was happening.

”That ball was doing something beneficial to Lord Ergo, and it seems like nobody must interrupt the process. Alex and Alina must have been the ones to stop anyone from approaching… But too bad for these two, there is no way that they can stop me!”

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The codes of the World Diagram have two Properties interwoven on itself.

One was control and the other one was durability.

Control Property allows the World Diagram to manipulate the properties of the Esper World.

Durability Property on the other hand allows the World Diagram to withstand the numerous types of Esper Abilities, especially those designed to break things.

When the World Diagram was divided into two, each respective half got their own respective property.

The portion that Lord Ergo had contained most of the Control Property, and a little of the Durability Property.

As for Aleksei, the portion that he got contained most of the Durability Property and a little of the Control Property.

Aleksei's extremely tough body was obtained when he fused himself with the Durability Property of the World Diagram. This is what allowed him to tank most of the attacks that Clint poured on him earlier.

Of course Aleksei was still human, so the durability that he had was not perfect.

Some of his organs were still bleeding from the attacks that came from Clint,and even now Aleksei felt extreme pain everytime he moves.

Aleksei ignored this pain as he knew that defeating Alex and Alina will be his number 1 priority right now.

No matter how much these two struggled, Aleksei knew that it will be easy for Aleksei to defeat them.

After all, abilities that can kill him right now are extremely rare.

Even if Alex and Alina can trap him, Aleksei was fine with that.

It was quite obvious to Aleksei that the power-up that Alex and Alina used had a time limit, maybe around 5-10 minutes.

Aleksei can just let Alex and Alina do their stuff on him within that time, and once the time limit was up, Aleksei will take his sweet time on killing them.

Aleksei then began to pant as he imagined his supreme victory later.

Aleksei's goal this time was to obtain the World Diagram fragment from Lord Ergo, and the only thing blocking him from his goal was Alex and Alina.

”Once you two are gone from my sight, I will be assured of my win.” Aleksei thought to himself as he looked at the human-shaped capsule inside his airship.

His sharp look turned soft as he gazed at the capsule with longing.

Aleksei did not care if Alex and Alina saw what he was doing.

In Aleksei's eyes, this capsule is much more important than his own life.

”Just wait for me Victoria, once I get it from Lord Ergo, we can be together again!” Aleksei thought to himself as he felt himself growing nervous.

Aleksei swore to himself that he should not fail this time. All of his dreams relied on him winning right now.

Failure is not an option.

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”Are you sure about using the dagger right now?” Alina inquired as she saw what Alex did. ”You know that its effect will only last for 5 minutes, and once the time limit is up, we will be practically toast.”

”Well, this is our best bet right now. Ugh!” Alex grunted as he felt his Mental Power overflowing inside his body. ”Sigh, taking a lot of Mental Power like this seems to be a little difficult for me now…”

”That's because you should not be having this much Mental Power inside you!” Alina snapped as she watched the afro guy's every action vigilantly. ”You are not supposed to be at the Star Esper level yet!”

”Well, two temporary Star Espers are better than just one, right?” Alex said as he tried to stabilize his trembling body. ”As long as we used our strongest moves, victory will be within our grasp!”

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When Alex used the Star-Crusted Dagger on himself, he was able to reach the temporary Star Esper level, as he had the Mental Power of Tier 999+ due to the effects of Quantum Entanglement with Alina.

Not only that., but because of this Quantum Entanglement, Alina was also affected by the Star-Crusted Dagger, which allowed her to step on the temporary Star Esper for the second time.

Unlike Alex who had to stabilize himself, Alina smoothly entered the temporary Star Esper state, probably due to her experience in entering this state before already.

”With the two of us working together, there is a chance that we can win!” Alex said as he saw Alina's current state.