BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 44 – Ali vs. Radian.. The Decisive Confrontation Begins.
"What is this power?!" one of the fighters shouted with excitement... at that moment, all the warriors were watching alongside the leaders.. and also
Dozens of villagers as well... their eyes were shining with enthusiasm, witnessing the brilliance of their Leader...
"I have 45% of my power accumulation left. I must be careful," I whispered internally.. and a hint of anxiety began to creep into the corridors of my thoughts...
It wouldn’t be far from logic.. just because I gained this strength doesn’t mean I’ve become invincible.. especially mentally.
After all, I’m not in some cliché story where the weak hero gets power and suddenly becomes handsome with a nonchalant gaze, defeating the toughest warriors with insane speed...
That foolishness.. I wished it existed in this world. But it’s not here. Dammit...
Instead..
Here I am, punished for every wrong move, having to dig into the earth just to earn strength.
I believe if I were inside a novel, the reader would get tired with me until we reach the level of power where we laugh from above the clouds and drop a dragon on the enemies’ heads..
Dragons?? I truly hope they exist here.. I’ve always wanted to ride one.. and shout with arrogance.
"Of course, you’re not lacking anything Hahaha," I looked jokingly at the Massive Eagle and laughed...
I sighed a bit, then..
"Fine, it’s time for the de—" Before I could finish the whisper...
The ground began to make a noise. The tentacles that were controlling the deer began to move sequentially, as if crawling in search of something...
"Is this bastard trying to...?" I shouted in anger.. when my worst fear was realized.
Millions of tentacles began gathering the fragments of the deer again..
I must not delay...
A step.. then another..
There is no other solution; I must attack him. My eyes quickly darted toward Radian..
"If I want to win.. I must target the head of the snake.. or in his case.. the head of the spider, perhaps.." I whispered, then.. I launched at an accelerating pace.
My movement was fast again.. I am still surprised by the speed I now possess..
In moments.. I was at Radian’s feet..
Suddenly...
From the side....
From a blind spot.. caused by my own foolishness.
"What the hell is this?!" I shouted and raised my hands quickly.. to block..
BOOOOOOOM...
5 ..
10 ..
15 ..
My body was tumbling for meters like a mere pebble tossed away..
AAAHH...
I stood up quickly..
The pain was there.. but it wasn’t great.
It’s not like I’ve become immune to strikes.. but..
That hit.. was weak compared to the one I received earlier...
My eyes turned again toward the source of the strike...
The tentacles were holding a palm and controlling it alone..
A single palm??
No.. my lips parted in surprise...
Before me were more than ten large circular palms.. formed solely of roots..
To protect himself, Radian didn’t wait for the deer to be fully reassembled. Brutal survival instinct made him reveal a worse situation for me..
Without realizing it, Radian had created ten fists from the deer’s remains.. ridding himself of the deer’s massive body weight.
And in an instant... he turned the tables completely..
Again...
The fist headed toward me... it was faster than before..
It was flying through the air, its movement controlled by the tentacles.. and without the need for that bulky deer body, it was clearly much faster..
I jumped to the side.. and evaded the strike..
Suddenly....
From 5 directions...
5 other fists...
I jumped with even greater speed.. right and left.. using my maximum speed, I evaded the five strikes...
My eyes didn’t blink.. I knew..
The number of fists was 10.. I was attacked by 6.. and there remained....
From behind, where my blind spot was... 4 fists headed toward me with great speed...
"Hahaha. I was expecting that," I whispered internally.. A blind spot is not always a blind spot when you know it’s there..
My movement was like the wind... not as polished as the movements of my novel character, Echo Shadow, but.. it was fast enough that ten hands were before me.. helpless to face me..
Of course, it wasn’t a cause for immense joy..
Why, even if they don’t hit me??
Because, my friend.. while they are not hitting me.. they are capable of preventing me from forming any blades for attack.. and also
Completely preventing me from approaching Radian..
For several minutes.. my movement was still good.. I perhaps started to read the movements of one or two of the fists...
But ...
The pace is very slow.. because my accumulation has already become 42%..
"Eagle... shatter those cursed fists!"
I shouted. I didn’t need to shout for the eagle to hear me. But.. I really needed to shout..
The eagle didn’t launch toward the fists.. instead, it flapped its wings and released feathers..
"It seems like an attack similar to those cursed birds?" I whispered internally in wonder.. when
BAM.. BAM.. BAM
The feathers struck the bellies of the fists violently, and they began to shatter one after another...
The sound of the feathers echoed violently.. accompanied by the consecutive explosion of the fists.
A step then another.. I moved.. I would be a fool not to exploit the situation..
I launched toward Radian quickly.
But..
It seems it’s still too early to ambush that bastard..
The movement of the fists was fast, and they reached me again..
Even though the feathers were reaching their target.. the movement of the fists prevented a direct hit due to their constant motion..
"Minor injuries are quick to heal," I whispered internally.. while my eyes surveyed one of the fists that had been injured..
It didn’t take long for the fist to recover..
"This won’t work," I whispered again..
Then I commanded the eagle... to increase the rhythm.
Again.. the wind began to grow fiercer.. and the eagle’s flaps became more heavy..
Dozens of feather attacks..
Came consecutively..
The ground was excavated..
Dust scattered..
And pieces of the fists flew everywhere.
10 ..
15 ..
20 .. minutes..
Then... I shouted..
"NOW...!"
Then I launched..
My eyes had a single goal.. and from behind me, dozens of strikes from the Massive Eagle fell...
There were no longer any fists capable of keeping up with my movement... all of them
Fell prey to the eagle’s relentless feather barrage..
And again.. the fists became like small, mashed vegetable pieces carpeting the ground..
{ 40% }
"My accumulation is decreasing.. no matter."
I whispered.. then I was preparing my giant blades again..
SWOOOOOSH...
The third limb of the monster Radian..
Severed... and shattered.
The monster’s body lost its balance.. then its eyes stared high at the sky.. with some clouds..
Its body.. became overturned.. and with only two limbs left. It became helpless.. suddenly
The tentacles went into a frozen state.. and what remained of the attempt to restore the fists
Was destroyed under the dense wind-feather blades..
I didn’t settle for watching..
I stepped quickly. Then.. I jumped high..
10 meters.. as if my feet possessed a rubber spring..
"Come!" I shouted toward the Massive Eagle and pointed my finger at it..
It launched toward me like thunder.. then stabilized beneath my body.. and I landed gracefully atop its wide back..
"Stop," I halted it high up...
Thirty meters above the fallen monster Radian...
Then ...
SWOOOOOSH ..
Let’s see..
SWOOOOOSH ..
How will you stand..
SWOOOOOSH ..
Before thousands of blades...
Gomu Gomu No Hahaha..
SWOOOOOSH ..
From the top of the sky... the sky vanished from above Radian.. replaced by a massive silver cloud of blades...
The blades fell like rain..
A thousand.. maybe more.
They echoed with crushing violence above him.. covering him like a snowstorm..
The Massive Eagle.. moved to the side and descended.. without me commanding it to..
Perhaps its instinct was much faster than mine.. it must have known the battle was over...
But.. where is the notification?
{ 30% }
I have lost a lot of power accumulation.. but it’s okay Hahaha.
{ DING.. DING.. DING }
There is the prize notification..
{ The current accumulation is not enough to continue summoning the Massive Eagle }
Oh.. 30% and it’s not enough.. that is information.. priceless..
So where are the mission notifications??
What is happening... is it....
The noise of the earth began to move..
Tens of thousands of tentacles rose from the ground..
Then they linked with the scattered parts of the deer..
"Is the bastard trying to...?"
The tentacles began to flash, then.. the parts of the deer disintegrated and turned into dust..
A vast area of remains....
Suddenly.. turned into dust.. then..
The tentacles retreated... and were pulled toward the dense dust..
My eyes narrowed.. and from amidst the dust that began to clear..
A massive shadow emerged.. with 8 massive limbs carrying a large body.. and from behind the wall of shadow...
Four crimson eyes peered out, glowing with the spirit of immense rage...
Then it began to move heavily.. Suddenly.. the atmosphere changed completely.. a powerful and dark energy began to surround the monster..
While its head emerged from amidst the dust.. and an immense weight.. suddenly fell upon my heart..
"That bastard.. he is smiling."
