Awakening The Only SSS-Rank Class! Now Even Dragons Obey Me-Chapter 726: Strategic Retreat

Jason charged toward Daniel like a black storm.

His eyes were blood-red with rage, but it wasn’t just rage, it was a deep, burning hatred that could only be resolved with the death of one of them.

James had been like a little brother to him. They hadn’t known each other for many years, but ever since that boy joined the guild, Jason had been by his side the entire time.

All of James’s training had been under his supervision. Every strategy, every method to conquer the tower floors, every way to advance in the Celestial Domain, it was all taught by him.

He had shown James how to make full use of his genius and talent.

And now this bastard had ruined all his efforts and killed the future of this guild. How could he not be furious?

"You... you killed him... now it’s your turn to die!"

He didn’t even give his enemy a chance to speak, as if he had no patience left for any excuses or extra words. He wanted only one thing.

Revenge. And for that, he needed to cut this trash’s head off.

Jason raised his hands. The four elements, fire, water, wind, earth, swirled around his body at the same time. He was a four-element mage and one of the very best among his kind in the country.

[Inferno Vortex]

A massive fiery tornado formed around Daniel. The flames rushed toward him like living snakes, scorching the air.

Daniel quickly activated [Demonic Twilight Shield]. The demonic shield formed around his body and absorbed part of the fire, but the heat was so intense that the shield immediately started cracking.

Even the skill was at its weakest state. The fact that he could use it at all was practically a miracle.

The poison had completely crippled all his abilities.

He jumped back, but Jason gave him no opening. He wasn’t stupid enough to let his enemy counterattack. His strategy was simple:

Attack relentlessly until the enemy was destroyed.

[Tidal Prison]

Water appeared out of nowhere, hundreds of thousands of liters gathered around Daniel in an instant and trapped him in a glass-like cage.

The water pressed in, trying to crush his body.

Daniel slammed a powerful fist into the water wall, but the pressure was so great that his arm broke up to the elbow.

He felt the pain, but he didn’t scream. He just clenched his teeth.

Jason laughed.

"You really thought you could fight me? You can’t even think straight anymore!"

And he was right.

Daniel felt his mind slowing down.

Every decision, every movement, it was like they were trapped in thick fog.

He knew this wasn’t normal. Something was messing with his thoughts, maybe the array, maybe leftover poison, maybe one of Jason’s hidden skills.

[Storm Requiem]

Wind and thunder attacked at the same time.

Blue lightning bolts rained down from the artificial sky of the hall and struck Daniel.

Each hit felt like a giant hammer slamming into his body.

He dropped to one knee. Blood poured from his ears and nose.

The fact that this bastard was using thunder, a law Daniel himself was a master of, but he couldn’t use it, made him furious.

But what could he do? He could only endure until the poison weakened or he found a chance to retreat.

The poison hadn’t weakened at all, in fact, it had come back several times stronger.

Jason stepped forward and slammed an [Earthshatter Fist] into Daniel’s chest.

His ribs cracked. His breath caught.

"How can it be fair for James to die while you live? Just like you cut off his head, I’ll cut off yours!"

"And then I’ll tear you to pieces and throw your body to the animals!" Jason attacked again.

[Elemental Collapse]

The four elements combined at once: fire and wind created a blazing storm, water and earth formed a massive mud wave.

Both attacks hit Daniel simultaneously.

He activated [Eternal Deny] at the last second, all the strikes lost their meaning for a brief moment and vanished into eternity, but only for a fraction of a second.

Then the pain came rushing back.

He was smashed into the wall. His body was covered in fractures and burns.

It had been a long time since he had taken this much damage. Unfortunately, the worse part was that he didn’t even have the strength to fight back.

The poison had once again crippled most of his offensive power. He was burning large amounts of life force just to keep some defensive capability.

If he didn’t, he would definitely die here. If he died and came back, the whole world would learn about his near-immortality. And worse, he was worried that whoever had given this poison and array to the Goblin Guild might have also given them a way to kill him permanently.

Maybe he was just paranoid, but today he had been surprised enough times already.

"You definitely cheated. Otherwise how could trash like you kill James? Tell me! What power did you borrow to kill him unfairly?" Jason panted, but a mocking smile was on his lips.

It was as if he had completely forgotten that the ones fighting unfairly in this battle were them.

[Cataclysm Judgment]

The sky of the hall turned blood-red.

Millions of elemental blades, fire, ice, stone, wind, rained down toward Daniel.

Daniel could no longer defend. He didn’t have the strength to block this attack.

The blades struck his body and blood sprayed.

He dropped to his knees. His eyes were half-open. His breaths were short and filled with blood.

"This is for James." Jason stood over him. He raised his hand to deliver the final blow.

But Daniel smirked. Seeing that smirk, Jason frowned.

"What...?"

For some reason, he felt a strange sensation. It wasn’t danger, he was certain this trash couldn’t threaten him.

"This isn’t the end of this. We’ll meet again," Daniel said coldly.

And then...

[Fallen Step]

Space twisted for a moment.

The next instant, he appeared next to Varnos. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"How did you get here?" Varnos stared at Daniel in shock as he suddenly appeared beside him.

Varnos was also stunned. How had Daniel suddenly appeared here? And why did he look so badly injured? He could feel that Daniel’s breathing and heartbeat were extremely erratic and messed up.

It seemed like this boy’s condition was even worse than his own. But why? How could someone stronger than him end up in much worse shape against a weaker opponent?

Could it be the way the poison works?

Alaric also stopped when he saw the boy arrive and frowned. Had Jason failed? But how was that possible?

Suddenly, from Varnos’s shadow, a Fallen emerged and entered Daniel’s inner world.

The entire time, he had secretly kept one Fallen hidden next to the guild leader.

He knew danger might come and wanted to have an escape route ready.

"Time to go," he said without explanation and grabbed Varnos.

[Fallen Step]

Both of them, along with all the Fallen, disappeared once again.

"No... no... no!!!"

Alaric, who had been watching, let out a furious roar that shook the walls of the hall.

But Daniel and Varnos were gone.

Both of them escaped, bloodied and on the brink of death.

Of course, it wasn’t really escape, it was a strategic retreat.