Chapter 841
Chapter 841
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 841
Chapter Title: The Tyrant for You
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Utemo's warhammer came charging in. I dodged it using telekinesis. By pulling my body backward with telekinesis. The unconventional evasion was effective.
Boom! The ground it struck slammed into the earth. The surface caved in, and debris flew everywhere. His raw power alone was enough to make anyone flinch.
"Simple and brutal."
"Fights don't need to be complicated! Crush the enemy's skull! That's my way of battle!"
"I get it."
Utemo's fighting style relied purely on strength. That didn't mean he lacked agility, though. His overwhelming power naturally came with speed. Just watching him keep up with my movements showed how fast he really was.
"How long do you plan to just run around?!"
I glanced toward the city gates. Knights alongside the imperial army had stormed in, clashing with the dwarf forces. With mounted knights charging freely, the momentum was clearly on our side.
'No need for me to help there. I've got a rough read on Utemo's style too. Time to get serious.'
I summoned five clone swords. Using telekinesis, I controlled each one separately and sent them flying at him. Utemo ignored the clone swords completely. He didn't even glance at them as he advanced on me. The five clone swords bounced harmlessly off the rock shield protecting his body.
But the deflected clone swords didn't fall to the ground. They surged back toward Utemo. After a few strikes, cracks formed in the rock shield, and it shattered. A new shield appeared to block them, though.
'Nothing lasts forever. Keep hammering, and it'll break eventually. Lightning!'
Electricity coursed through the ground. Utemo's body twitched, but that was it. He kept walking steadily.
'Slight effect, but not nothing.'
I wrapped my body in lightning and charged at Utemo.
Sword and warhammer clashed. If they met head-on, the warhammer would win. I twisted my blade to deflect its force. I couldn't redirect all of it, though. My stance crumbled.
'Moment!'
A gap appeared. The opening in the rock shield created by the five clone swords. I thrust my sword into it. The blade met Utemo's shoulder armor. It wasn't ordinary armor—it glowed faintly and repelled the sword.
'My sword isn't ordinary either.'
I gripped Arondight tighter. The condensed aura blade pierced the armor, and the sword reached Utemo's shoulder.
"Grk!!"
Utemo swallowed a scream. He didn't retreat; he prepared a counterattack. A rock spike erupted beside me, aiming for my side.
'You'll die first.'
I shifted the force. From his shoulder straight to his neck. The moment Arondight sliced into his flesh... my body suddenly flew backward. Utemo's rock spike hadn't even touched me.
'...What?!'
This sensation. It felt familiar. Like something I'd experienced before.
'...Similar to when the Earth God's high priest cursed me and banished me from the ground.'
I used telekinesis to steady myself mid-air. The blood flowing from Utemo's shoulder stopped. No, it healed.
"Earth God, I thank you!"
"...The Earth God? You're a priest? You didn't look like one at all."
"I'm no priest. The Earth God simply lent me aid. It seems the Earth God truly despises you."
"...!"
Pressure bore down on my body. Gravity suddenly doubled. No mana or holy power—I could feel none. Nature itself was hindering me. Movement was difficult. The five clone swords attacking Utemo had already fallen to the ground, immobile.
"The god... intervened directly?!"
"All the earth in this world is the Earth God's domain."
Utemo's eyes glowed. A massive rock spike rose between us. It compressed, shrinking. A chilling sound like the ground shattering echoed.
"Emperor. Do you see Galatin's light? This light reveals your evil and promises my victory."
The more evil the opponent, the stronger the light—and the power it granted its wielder.
An annoying ability. Without it, Utemo couldn't have fought me on equal terms.
"Emperor! Die here!"
Utemo swung his warhammer behind the compressed spike.
'Genius Time, Moment.'
I activated two skills in succession. Genius Time freed me from the gravity's grip, and Moment accelerated me. I narrowly dodged the incoming rock spike and thrust my sword at him.
It connected. My enhanced physical abilities from Genius Time shone. I shattered the rock shields guarding Utemo, tore through his armor, and inflicted a mortal wound on his flesh.
"...!!"
Utemo, in shock, raised his warhammer high. Aiming for my torso. Predictable. I'd foreseen the attack before he even lifted it. I evaded and went for his neck this time.
My dear friend!
A voice so heavy it made the air tremble boomed out. At the same moment, Utemo vanished. My sword sliced through empty air.
"Tch."
I clicked my tongue and looked up.
A dragon. And Utemo was riding on its back.
A colossal body over 100 meters long. Scales like hard rock. Threatening horns and wings that blotted out the sun. Golden eyes gazed down at the city, casting magic. Rocks formed in the sky and plummeted, attacking the imperial army.
"Your Majesty! Are you alright?!"
"...Grand General. I'm fine. More importantly, do you know what that damned lizard is?"
"It is Telgmao, the guardian dragon and earth dragon of Tol Tos. They say King Utemo shares a long friendship with it... I never imagined a dragon would appear in person to save Tol Tos..."
Luteon said. Dragons were usually detached from the human world. Even guardian dragons rarely intervened directly to aid nations.
"No. It didn't come to save the nation or help Utemo. It came to kill me. I can feel its draconic killing intent from here."
"...Your Majesty. A dragon's appearance is beyond all reason."
"You think we should retreat?"
"...No, sire. Retreat is impossible. A dragon's strongest attack is its breath, but Telgmao is holding back its breath for now."
"Probably doesn't want to catch the dwarves in it. Grand General, command the battlefield. Kill every last dwarf. I'll slaughter the dragon."
"As you command!"
I used telekinesis to shoot into the sky. The closer I got, the smaller my sword felt compared to the dragon's massive bulk.
'Meteor Sword Chain.'
A bracelet relic I'd taken from killing the Meteor Sword Lord at Guangming Sheng Tian. Its original name was Meteor Sword, but I called it Meteor Sword Chain for convenience. It fused with Stormbreaker the moment it was summoned. Its effects, enhanced by Stormbreaker, would be several times stronger.
'First Meteor Sword.'
I summoned a meteor sword from the sky. Absorbing my energy, a massive blade infused with lightning appeared overhead and plunged vertically toward the dragon. Over 300 meters long. The dragon flapped wildly in panic, evading it.
The meteor sword crashed into the dwarf city. Lightning burst from it, arcing everywhere. Soldiers from both sides nearby died indiscriminately.
I followed with the second and third meteor swords, targeting the dragon. It twisted through the air in acrobatic flight, dodging them all.
You don't stop even when allies get caught in it. Just as rumored—a madman.
The dragon muttered in a weary tone.
"Telgmao! The emperor must die here!"
I know. The Earth God gave me a divine oracle. To aid you in slaying the emperor who disrupts the continent's order and drowns countless lives in suffering!
The dragon charged.
I felt gravity crushing me again. I countered my fall with telekinesis.
"Damn Earth God! I swear on everything I have. I'll fuck you like a dog one day!"
Suppressing my rising breath, I swung Arondight at the dragon. The aura blade pierced its hard scales, drawing blood. But compared to the dragon's size, my sword was like a toothpick. This damage wasn't fatal.
The dragon's tail whipped toward me like a lash. I gritted my teeth, endured the impact, and clung to its tail scales. I stabbed my sword into the tail. Dragon blood flowed, but it was far from lethal.
"Meteor Sword!!"
I summoned three massive swords targeting the dragon's front, above, and both sides. The dragon flew nimbly, but couldn't dodge the one on the left. It roared in pain.
Kraaaargh!
The dragon's left wing was impaled and began to freeze.
Cold energy.
A new power from consuming the Frost Wyrm heart Duke Raist had given me as a birthday gift.
The dragon faltered and plummeted. I steadied myself on its tail and charged toward Utemo. He gripped his warhammer two-handed and leaped at me.
Kaboom!
Sword and warhammer collided. I slashed Utemo's right shoulder, and my body flew off the dragon. I halted my mid-air fall with telekinesis when a rock spike from below launched me upward.
Immediately after, the dragon—despite its torn wing—floated with magic and inhaled. Absorbing atmospheric mana. Then it breathed toward the sky—toward me.
Boiling hot lava breath surged up. I wrapped myself in protective aura.
"Meteor Sword...!!"
A massive cold-infused sword formed behind me and fell toward the lava breath. It held for a moment, then the tip began melting.
One meteor sword wasn't enough.
I summoned two more. Still not quite. I added two others. The lava breath's momentum weakened. Even so, it melted half my armor away. Thanks to my protective aura and armor, my body was unscathed.
"Meteor Sword!!"
I summoned three cold-infused meteor swords. Two massive ones overlapped to block the weakened lava breath, and the last pierced through, impaling the dragon.
Impossible...! Is this truly the power of a single human?!
The dragon couldn't withstand the 300-meter-plus meteor sword and crashed into the mountainside. I dropped two more. They pierced its neck and belly. The dragon's corpse then froze solid from the meteor swords' cold.
I landed before the corpse using telekinesis. Utemo was there.
"Emperor!!"
Utemo charged with all his might. No rock shield protected him anymore. Like me, he'd reached his limit. Instead, a single compressed rock spike floated before him.
'Enraged by the dragon's death? Immense power, but full of openings.'
I could win easily now.
I ignored my pounding heart and raised my sword. Exhausted to the point of collapse, but I could rest after killing Utemo.
Then it happened. Green plant vines erupted from the ground, wrapping and binding my legs, waist, and shoulders.
"That damn bitch interfering again!!"
Utemo was right in front of me.
With less than half my armor left, I released Stormbreaker. The disassembled parts formed a hexagonal shield in front of me.
Bang!
The rock spike hit the shield. I unleashed lightning, burning away every vine binding me.
Utemo smashed the spike with his warhammer. The Stormbreaker shield shattered. But it had done its job. I narrowly avoided the spike aimed at my chest. My left shoulder, grazed by it, crumbled to dust.
Yet my sword plunged successfully into Utemo's head.
The battle was over.
Without the dragon or Utemo, Tol Tos's capital would fall soon.
I had won.