Transmigrated As The Final Villain of a Death Game-Chapter 135: The Harper Citadel Arc [ 17 ]

Even though I was in the middle of my fight with him, my mind was still in turmoil.

I... I knew Clementine wasn’t gone.

But for a few moments, I thought she was.

Those moments, I never want to feel or experience again.

Despite that, all the rage I had been feeling was now directed at the powerful enemy in front of me.

Kai.

An Angel who sides with the demons.

Our brief bout of silence ended the moment my body turned into red lightning, zipping through the air at a ridiculous speed and arriving in front of Kai.

He was very well prepared for my advance, meeting my momentum-filled downward slash by tilting his glaive at an odd angle and completely blocking my attack with the very tip of his glaive.

It was a masterful display of his skills.

The block pushed me back slightly, and as I was about to engage once more, I saw Kai’s feather only a few inches away from my face.

The tip of the feather was sharpened and infused with his energy, appearing like it would deal some serious damage if it were to connect.

So I didn’t let it.

I brought my blade up, cleanly slicing the feather in two, and then engaging once more.

Crossing the distance in an instant, our weapons met, creating violent sparks that caused the nearby cathedral to shatter and the ceiling to fall.

But neither of us seemed to care about the debris, as Kai merely brushed it off with his wings, and I melted it effortlessly.

We dashed, clashed, and moved throughout the cathedral, exchanging attacks and trying to one-up one another, causing the cathedral to eventually topple over as we took our fight into the citadel’s streets.

Arcs of lightning and purple energy disintegrated all the nearby demons, paladins, and whoever else got in our path.

CLANG!

CLANG!

Following one last exchange, we backed off and once again stared at each other.

I managed to cut him a few times, though even with Pyrokinesis, he had already healed.

I was the same.

And despite how close I thought it was... I was just too weak to actually take this fight further.

So no matter how long we fight, the outcome would either be a stalemate or my loss.

But thankfully, I wasn’t alone.

Just then, from under the rubble, Clementine burst forth, her body fully covered in diamonds as thousands of silver Soul Weapons shot up from the ground, momentarily surprising Kai.

He tossed a feather into the sky and teleported toward it.

But by then, I was already way above him, with my katana inching closer to his neck.

As I was about to slice his head clean off, the same purple energy as before struck my katana, stopping my strike immediately.

But I didn’t give up, as vast flames appeared behind me, imitating fiery wings as I flapped them once, boosting my speed as my blade continued ahead and sliced into Kai’s shoulder.

His expression turned blank.

Then, he met my eyes and abruptly vanished.

Yet I traced his energy back to the top of the cathedral, which, despite all our destruction, still stood.

I took a deep breath and glanced down at Clementine.

"Hey... Are you okay?"

She nodded.

"I’m fine. It wasn’t that bad since I covered my body in diamonds in time."

I exhaled a relieved breath, flew down to Clementine, rustled her hair slightly, then flew back toward the top of the cathedral.

"He’s not fighting with all his strength. I’m guessing he’s Grade 60, or maybe even Grade 65. Either way... He’s aiming for something."

"Did you get the pill?" she asked.

I shrugged and raised my finger with Vincent’s dimensional ring on it.

"I got something. Vincent put something inside, but I doubt it’s a pill, or whatever we’re looking for."

Seeing her so shaken by combat was a first for me.

But I guess, with so many corpses surrounding us, I’m the only one who doesn’t feel a thing.

Even so, I took the lead, turning my body into red lightning and reappearing atop the cathedral.

To my surprise, Kai stood with his back turned toward me.

He towered over the corpses of the Vermillions, then raised his hand.

Three feathers shot out and pierced the Vermillions’ bodies.

For a moment, nothing happened.

Just then, I felt a pulse of powerful energy from the bodies of the three Vermillions.

Their bodies wriggled slightly, and the tips of their fingers twitched.

A slightly longer spine grew out from their backs, then snapped onto their heads, pulling them back together like some weird chimeras.

Their bones cracked as their bodies twisted, grabbing hold of their rapiers, and then ultimately standing upright.

With their overly long necks, they turned their heads toward me and stared ominously.

"..."

Kai just brought them back to life.

Except he turned them into demons.

The moment I had that thought, Clementine landed beside me.

Upon seeing the Vermillions looking like they did, she froze.

She opened and closed her mouth repeatedly, not finding the right words to say.

Kai let out a faint chuckle and turned around, meeting my gaze.

"Isn’t it interesting the extent our Gifts can go to with enough practice? I mean, just look at this. I’m basically one step away from creating life itself. I just have to work around creating these disgusting creatures first."

I narrowed my eyes.

"Is that your goal? Creating life?"

"Of course not. I don’t care about something so plain and lifeless. What I’m aiming for is a little bit beyond that."

Hearing that, it seemed like I wouldn’t be able to get anything out of him.

Right as I was about to dash toward him again, I suddenly sensed something in his chest.

It was round and similar to a demonic core.

My eyes widened when I realized that it actually was a demonic core, and only then did I realize why he was so adamant about fighting me and letting me kill everyone around him.

The Demon Transformation Pill’s progress increased with every death.

More importantly, he has already consumed it.

And when I glanced at the timer, my suspicions were confirmed.

[Time Limit: 22:24]

Alas...

It seemed like our confrontation was in its final phases.