Free Web NovelChapter 131: Greatest Enemy
Thanks to her demonic gift, Deara was able to summon her opponent’s greatest enemy just by touching said opponent.
However, as absurd as the ability sounded, there were multiple restrictions.
First of all, she could only use that ability once per day and once per opponent.
The summoned enemy would be the strongest enemy the touched person would have ever faced, including the past as well as the future.
That enemy could be everything, for example, it could be a human, a demon or a monster. However, she could not summon someone transcendental beings like the Demon King. Furthermore, the bigger the gap between her and a stronger enemy was, the less control she had over it.
Last but not least, the summon would only disappear if she, the person, on whom the ability was activated, or the summon got killed.
"Let’s see who it will be this time..." Deara said excitedly, feeling the enemy’s pressure slightly.
The darkness beneath Mika’s feet still did not stop spreading itself.
Only when its diameter was so wide that the whole place was covered, it stopped.
Then, the darkness gathered and focused itself on one spot somewhat further away from Mika.
It turned into something akin to a blob, which was trying to form a shape.
However, Zaran immediately dashed towards it with his hand on his sword.
"I’m going to kill it before it’s done..." he muttered intimidatingly.
"You’re so impatient, you know?" Deara remarked mockingly.
She was defending the blob behind her.
"Tch..."
"You have the habit of turning off your mind-reading ability on your surroundings whenever you’re focused on something else." she revealed with a smirk.
"Silence!"
He pushed her away with a kick.
"!"
Zaran suddenly turned around when he sensed Mika launching a sneak attack.
He swung Excalibur from above.
"Every single one of you...!"
The attack got blocked.
[We are done here. Step away for now.]
"..."
Mika created some distance and jumped to the back again.
"Too bad, Zaran."
Deara’s grin widened.
At that moment, the pressure got stronger and was now noticeable in the whole nation.
"W-what is this...?!"
[Let me explain what her ability is...]
Zaran slowly turned his head to the thing, which was previously just a dark blob.
"!"
He instinctively jumped far away.
The reason was that the summon was completed.
"..."
Now, there stood a young man, who appeared a few years older than Mika.
He was clad in black clothes as he wore black pants paired with black boots and a skin-tight sleeveless black top, stressing the person’s lean and muscular body.
The young man possessed black hair, which was slicked back, and sharp apathetic black eyes.
The aura he emitted was tenser than Zaran’s or Deara’s.
"S-so he’s my greatest enemy...?!" Mika stuttered astoundedly.
Mika’s legs were unconsciously shaking and he lost his firm grip on his sword.
[You have 20 seconds left. Try your best to survive.]
"W-who are you?!" Zaran raised his voice against the unknown man.
"..."
However, he was completely ignored as the man made his way to Mika.
Zaran gritted his teeth.
He activated his ability on him.
’Eliminate.’
Only a single word echoed in that man’s mind on repeat.
Seemingly, he did not even perceive the existence of the others aside from Mika’s.
But Zaran saw his opportunity.
He raised his sword against him.
It was not to help Mika.
He knew that Deara summoned that person in order to get rid of him.
Also, he sensed that the man was stronger than him. Thus, he had to kill the man as soon as possible.
"..."
The man’s back was still facing Zaran.
And when Zaran was about to go for the slash, new thoughts flashed through the man’s mind.
’Left heel kick.’
"?"
Zaran adjusted his sword so that he could block off the incoming kick.
"!"
But the moment he just moved an inch of his body, the kick already connected to Zaran’s temple.
Zaran crashed into a building.
"..."
The man stood before the nervous Mika now.
"Mikaela." he said coldly.
[...]
Mika just staggered backward, not knowing how to react.
"Haha! This is way better than I expected! That Zaran did not even have the chance to defend!" Deara was laughing loudly with tears in her eyes.
"Before you kill him, take care of Zaran." she added while calming down her laughter.
"..."
The man ignored her and just raised his right hand to the side.
"Hey, didn’t you hear me? I said that you should kill Zaran first."
Deara’s tone got sterner.
"!"
Darkness appeared around his hand and formed a sword-like shape.
"Ugh!"
At the same time, Deara suddenly coughed out a lot of blood.
[What are you doing? Run!]
"H-huh?"
It was the first time the system sounded panicked.
The man raised his sword.
"Mikaela." he repeated.
"Hey."
Before the sword was swung down, Deara patted his shoulder.
"What are yo-"
Without hesitation, the man swung his sword.
But instead of Mika, Deara was slashed.
Her right side was cleanly cut from her, leaving her neck and head still intact.
The blood splattered in the air and even Mika got some blood on his confused face.
Deara’s body fell.
"Y-y-you...!"
Her voice was weak as she tried to voice her anger.
She stretched her remaining hand to the sky.
"..."
The summon looked down at her.
"Gueh!"
And then, he mercilessly stabbed her in the chest.
Blood emerged from her mouth again. So much so that she began to choke on her own blood.
[A cruel sight.]
Mika felt paralyzed by fear.
He thought that he had become accustomed to meeting people who were stronger than the previous people he met.
But the person in front of him was on another level.
He reminded him of the form Yater took on when he was fighting him back then.
"?"
Mika noticed something odd.
Deara began to wail and yell like a child.
Tears welled up in her eyes and she aggressively grabbed her hair, almost trying to pull it out.
"W-what’s going on with her...?"
"S-stop this! I beg of you! AHHH!" she continued screaming unsightly.
"Please just kill me already!" she begged.
"..."
The person’s eyes shifted back to Mika.
[13 seconds left.]
Mika clenched his teeth.
"Aaaahhh!" he shouted vigorously as he switched to his pear and threw it.
"Enlarge!"
The spear increased its width and length, destroying the remaining buildings there.
But Mika could not care less about the destruction at that moment as he ran for his life.
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"W-wings?"
[It is a feature that came along with the fourth installment. Now hurry!]
"Y-yes!"
[Just concentrate and imagine yourself with wings!]
"Hnngh...!" he groaned as he tried to summon his wings.
Unfortunately, the man was already chasing after Mika again.
However, just in time, Mika succeeded in spreading his snow-white feather wings.
[Think of them as a part of your body and fly!]
"Yes!"
Although shakingly, Mika flew into the sky.
He headed to the academy.
"..."
The summon stared at Mika’s wings, while standing still for a moment.
But then, he, too, spread his wings, which were raven-black.
"Got you..." Zaran muttered, emerging from the rubble beside the summon. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
His sword was already heading towards the summon’s neck.
"..."
Unfazed, the summon grabbed the blade before it could touch his neck.
"!"
He pulled on the blade, closing the distance between him and Zaran.
After letting go of the blade, he grasped his head and pressed it down.
"Ack!"
Zaran got hit with a knee and bent his body backward due to the impact.
However, the summon did not stop its attacks.
A kick to the stomach. Followed up by an uppercut. Then, a punch to the chest.
And for the last time, he spun on his own heel and launched a kick to the head from the side, sending Zaran flying.
After that, he flew after Mika.
"..."
And yet again, he had to stop in his tracks.
"Who are you?"
The two A-rank demons, Dayn and Cwon appeared in front of Deara’s summon.
They were cautious and at the same time nervous.
The person in front of them was without a doubt a demon and yet, they had never seen him before.
"?"
The young man stretched his arm towards them and then, he pointed the sword-like darkness to his own stomach.
"Is he crazy?" Dayn wondered.
"No..."
Cwon put a finger on his chin.
"I have a very bad feeling about this..."
Suddenly, he pierced himself.
"He really did it..." Dayn said taken aback.
The man pulled out the sword, letting all the blood out.
"?!"
"What the..."
However, the wound he inflicted on himself started to close itself.
"?"
Cwon noticed how his hand was trembling.
"I-impossible...!"
Dayn could not believe his eyes.
"..."
The young man’s black hair and pupils turned into a shrill and bright white.
Again, the air in Loogam changed drastically.
The two A-rank demons reflexively descended and got on both knees as they could not withstand the pressure.
"W-w-why does he have the same appearance as our liege?!" Dayn said perplexed.
Cwon lifted his head and looked at the flying person.
"I don’t know but one thing is for sure. He’s-"
Before he could finish his phrase, Cwon was cleanly cut in two.
