NOVEL NEXT Chapter 92: Mercy Battle
Zou's eyes widened when he heard and digested what Tim had sworn to him. it all made sense now to Zou. Well not all of what Tim had said made sense.
But the aspect of the followers, the summons that were powerful and all the unusual events that had happened in their battle started to make sense.
He was up against a royal elf. Generally, elves were proud and powerful beings. But that did not mean that other species could not go against them.
The regular elves were usually strong, but the royal elves were the cream of the crop. No matter the region where the royal elf belonged to or the kingdom. They were always born to be exceptionally strong.
Everything started to make much sense in his head. It was weird that Tim did not seem to posses even a speck of mana, but Zou on his own concluded that it was possibly because of an enchantment to cloak his mana signature.
He also falsely concluded by himself that the summons were either pets that he brought along to battle or they were his core specialty.
It was not unheard of to see Mages learning to summon and tame monsters.
Zou pieced together a false conclusion to bring reason to all that he had witnessed, and he accepted it.
Now a royal elf that was known for their pride and honor had offered to release his last surviving team member if he defeated him in a battle of the sword.
Zou gladly accepted it. He did not need to voice his acceptance, his next battle stance told Tim all the information that he needed.
'Distribute +10 to my speed, + 10 to my dexterity and + 20 to my strength.' Tim instructed the system in his mind.
[+ 10 added to Speed]
[+ 10 added to Dexterity]
[+20 added to Strength]
Immediately, fresh input of strength flooded Tim's entire system. It was a refreshing feeling to suddenly gain a massive amount of strength. It was not only his muscles that gained strength. It was his entire being. His bones, his flesh even his blood.
His strength stat was 41 previously, but now he had a strength stat of 61. He did not know which level of raw strength that placed him in the overall power ranking, but he felt that it was enough to have one last satisfying battle with a dead man.
The ground cracked, as Zou accelerated towards Tim with a blinding speed.
CLANG
Tim met Zou's sword on an even ground. It was a tie but Tim was not really trying.
Zou immediately created a little distance after seeing that Tim matched him in strength even when he was now actively cloaked in aura energy that usually amplified attacks.
He was not going to give up" Heavy Style: Digging Slash." Zou yelled, as the aura in his body surged and he directed it all towards his sword, before sending the energy out in a diagonal slash.
The powerful wave of energy travelled towards Tim at an alarming speed. Tim wanted to meet a skill of such caliber head on, but his instincts screamed for him to dodge the attack, and so he did by precisely shifting his body awkwardly away from the attack path.
BOOOM!!
Tim felt the shockwave, as the attack cleared a column of trees mercilessly.
Zou was not done with Tim, with a relentless resurge of his spent aura. He dashed towards Tim once more.
CLANG CLANG CLANG
He swung his massive sword towards Tim, who in turn deflected the attack. Even with the boosted stat in strength that Tim got, he could still feel the heaviness and threat in Zou's attack.
Zou openly swung his sword in a path that he knew for sure that Tim would deflect, and when Tim deflected the attack as predicted. Zou channeled his aggressive aura into his left arm and released another devastating skill.[Aura Surge]
Tim remembered the skill properly. It was the skill that Zou had previously used to dispatch 2 of the Mystic Lions that was sent his way.
"Fuck." Tim cursed, as he hurriedly in the last minute brought out a dagger that he used to block the aggressive aura from making contact with his already worn-out armor.
POOM!
The sharp aura slammed into Tim mercilessly, sending him skidding and crashing aggressively against the ground.
"Argh. I need a fucking skill." Tim said, as he hurriedly got up and blocked the assault of sword strikes that Zou sent his way.
CLAMG CLANG CLANG CLANG
He was feeling the strain of the battle already, but heck he was enjoying himself. He was not a sword master, but he was adjusting and adapting quickly.
His enhanced speed and strength made it possible for him to sort of hold on to the battle without being completely overpowered.
CLANG!
Their swords clashed once more, but this time Zou added a skill to the clash "Aura Surge!" he yelled. As the aura energy shot of his sword and directly struck Tim and his sword.
But Tim had already gotten the hang of Zou's skill, so he blocked it will all his strength. CRSHHH
He slid across the ground creating a trail. He was not sent flying this time and he was happy.
Zou's output was getting lower and lower. It did not go unnoticed by Tim.
Since Zou was catching his and not coming in for another round of attack, Tim did the charging instead.
Foo
The wind was pushed as Tim accelerated towards Zou and did a vertical swing towards Zou with all the strength and force that he could muster.
BAM!
Zou blocked the strike horizontally, but his knees bent sue to the sheer force of the strike. Now it was a battle of strength.
Tim was pressing down on Zou with his sword, while Zou was in an awkward position, although he was backed the aura energy. If not he would have been cut in half.
"You are a freak. You are enjoying this. This is not the behavior of a royal elf!" Zou yelled, when he saw the crazed smile on Tim's face.