The Player's POV

Boom!

Right after being freed, the demon king immediately delivered a punch that was like a small explosion right into the middle of Alaric's abdomen.

"Cough!"

Causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood, then slamming hard into the same wall as before.

Same location.

Once again, the dust covered The King.

No one could tell what was happening in that layer of dust.

Maybe he was dead.

Or maybe he was still alive.

But for the demon king, that was no longer important.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

The demon king clicked his tongue as he glanced at his own body.

The obsidian had been completely destroyed.

Revealing his muscular and sturdy upper body.

If it were any other situation, the Demon King would definitely feel proud to show off these abs.

8-pack.

Not a 6-pack.

"Sigh."

Then, he let out a frustrated sigh.

"This is the first time I've worn that armor in battle since I was resurrected… But I didn't expect it to be destroyed so quickly."

The Demon King shook his head.

"Useless."

Right now, he had a lot of expressions he could choose from.

Anger, for example.

Nevertheless, the Demon King didn't feel angry or upset.

He didn't feel any negative emotions at all.

The Demon King still looked as indifferent as ever, as if he didn't care about this world.

It seemed like the destruction of the armor wasn't too big of a problem for him.

"Honestly, Demon King…"

Alaric stepped out from the dust with a smirk on his face.

"I still prefer the expression when you knelt down and begged Kaelus for your life before being killed by his sword."

"…"

The Demon King fell silent.

He was recalling that humiliating memory.

He had wanted to forget it.

But The King deliberately brought it back up.

"You're starting to go too far, Dix."

A few veins appeared on the Demon King's temples.

His eyebrows also unconsciously furrowed.

"Oh, so what? Do you want me to kneel down and apologize to you?"

"…"

The Demon King remained silent.

He was trying to restrain a volcano from erupting at any moment.

"You're too narrow-minded, Demon King."

"Enough!"

The Demon King roared.

He had failed to stop the eruption of that volcano.

"You've really gone too far."

Snap!

A snap of his fingers rang out clearly in this space filled with tension.

Immediately after, hundreds of black energy spheres appeared, the color of death, and hovered around the Demon King.

A sinister smile appeared on his lips.

"Do you remember this attack, Dix?"

"Of course…"

Alaric gritted his teeth, his expression changing.

His hand that was holding the hilt of his sword also unconsciously tightened a little.

The King recognized that attack.

It was the attack that the Demon King had used to erase a city from existence in just one day thousands of years ago.

Those energy spheres wouldn't explode.

And that was not a good thing.

If they touched any living thing or object, it would be kicked out of existence instantly.

It was like the delete key on a keyboard.

A powerful key.

A powerful attack.

Right now, he needed to be more careful than ever.

The number of those spheres was too much.

Furthermore, the battlefield where Alaric was fighting was too small.

Being careless for even a moment would mean death.

"Calm down…"

Taking a deep breath, The King tried to keep a cool head.

And it seemed that this method was quite effective as his mind had become much more relaxed.

Then, he roared:

"Start if you dare, Demon King!"

That was a provocation.

"With pleasure!"

And the Demon King accepted that provocation.

Whoosh!

Without delay, he waved his hand, sending a command that nothing could refuse.

Immediately, all those death energy spheres were launched straight to Alaric's location.

"I really want to know if you can survive this attack, Dix!"

***

"Take this, Sunny!"

Ragnar continuously shot 10 arrows at Sunny.

Each arrow was less than 1 second apart from the previous one.

No normal human could dodge Ragnar's arrows, let alone block them.

But, Sunny could do it.

"Is that all?"

With a triumphant smile, he swung his sword 10 times.

All 10 slashes hit all 10 arrows.

"Are you kidding me!?"

Ragnar screamed in despair and unwillingness.

He released all of himself, then fell onto the grass like an empty doll.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Dix clapped his hands, slowly walking towards Sunny.

"Your speed is really amazing, Sunny."

If they were talking about speed, Sunny was definitely the fastest among the seven heroes.

"Even I can't dodge all of Ragnar's arrows."

No one could catch up to him if he wanted to run away.

Very few attacks could actually leave a wound on his body.

Because before they had that chance, Sunny had either dodged or blocked them.

"Speed?"

But, suddenly, Sunny frowned.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Causing Dix to tilt his head in confusion.

"I don't think it's speed, Dix."

"Then what is it?"

"Reflexes."

Sunny replied right away.

"The truth is I'm a fast person, but most of that agility comes from my reflexes."

Sunny smiled slightly.

"It's not a natural talent, it's effort."

"…"

"If you try to improve your reflexes, maybe you can become as fast as me, Dix."

***

Whoosh!

Alaric tilted his head, successfully dodging the first energy sphere.

The King was fine.

But the wall behind him had been erased from this world forever.

How scary.

"Reflex?"

Alaric muttered.

Then, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Good."

The King's eyes swept over all the energy spheres that were rushing towards him like moths to a flame.

"I've also trained to increase my reflexes a lot, Sunny."

With that same smile, Alaric ran straight into the center of that storm.

Despite the fact that he could be killed at any moment.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Many energy spheres were storming towards him.

But, none of them could touch Alaric's body.

"My body is not something you can touch!"

The King was like a ghost.

Unaffected by anything else.

The distance between him and the demon king was getting shorter and shorter.

But at the same time, the closer he got to him, the more agile Alaric had to become, the more he had to push his brain's capacity up.

Just one carelessness and he would die.

"But I'm still alive!"

That was when Alaric was confident that victory was in the palm of his hand.

Whoosh!

And that was also when he saw a black energy sphere right in front of his face.

Just a few meters away from The King.

"Eh…?"