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Chapter 84: Give and Take
"Shifting Waves: Branching Strea itself within his left ar strea greatsword that the Grakon wielded see in scale The air tre an unstoppable aht The full-powered strike of a King Class fighter
This sword pierced straight towards Dorian’s head
Dorian’s left ar at a very fast frequency
The sword and Dorian’s left arh!&8221;
Dorian sailed past the Grakon, crashing through the incredible i Force Ability His mind shook, however, and the attack fro the Ability to deactivate
He just barelyHyperion Bea it his full focus, his eyes bloodshot
The Grakon King finished charging forward, sround as it forcibly came to a halt Shards of rock and ice shot up in the air as it stopped its charge Its greatsas stained with black blood
The Grakon cocked its head as it stared at the floor
Specifically, at an ar still, black blood leaking out of it
Dorian’s black-skinned left arm
‘Ow dammit-‘ Dorian mentally cut himself off as he forced as left of his left ar forward He blocked out his sense of pain, using ayears of martial practice
No matter hoerful his Mystic Martial Arts, no th of his Abilities, Dorian could not escape the fact that his Soul Spell Matrix and physical forap in strength between an Early Lord Class warrior and a Late King Class warrior was immense
The sheer power difference between Dorian and the King Class Grakon was absolutely not sorown serious, its every movement and attack was one that could obliterate Dorian without resistance A siht, and therefore an incredible amount of force
Dorian ell aware of this
However, to defeat the King Class Grakon, he needed to charge past it, right here, and right now He was on a strict ti he could
He co his life, but at the cost of losing his left arht as his body hurtled forward, co hi his Soul Spell Matrix, without having to rely on healing spells or y point cost was bound to be prohibitive
"Hup!&8221; Dorian’s body disappeared into the large cloud of steam that had been kicked up in the center of the rooonfire he’d thrown just a few y could still be seen, slowly fading in the stea at the cloud of water vapor and energy with confusion It jogged forward a few steps, holding its greatsword out cautiously in front of it Its
The steay left behind by his Ey was only there because Dorian overloaded the attack with energy, and would only last for fifteen or twenty seconds
But that was ’s vision allowed it to see the world ht… that y, would e…’ Dorian ht hand At the charging orb of rippling black energy
His still-charging Hyperion Bea out as the Grakon King stepped closer and closer, its an to reatsword out in front of it, a weapon that was starting to expand in size, growing to be 10had yet to reach the stea for it to die down, instead of rushing in carelessly
WHOOSH
Dorian felt his arrown and expanded, becohly the size of a basketball
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Dorian &8211; Soul Status
Soul Stage: Lord Class (Early)
Health: Injured
Energy: 6,133/69,027 (Condensed)
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He peeked at his status, nodding his head griy, within him The injuries he’d taken were brutal, and far above what any norht’ He thought, his eyes twitching back to the orb of power for aGrakon His Deh the dense steam as if it didn’t exist
‘Action’
"Emerald Flames!&8221;
Dorian spewed out three balls of e them up, a meter or two above the steah up in the air dissipated, leaving only the bottoy fro the steam near his feet to become even denser
The Grakon spotted Dorian ied at hi it to crack the golden floor as it ran
Dorian watched itsthe charged Hyperion Bea to becoed forward fearlessly, its feet sround
When it was just a couple dozen htly, as if realizing so Iround as it jerked to a halt A solden floor as it slid to a stop A s the re Red Portal that stood between Dorian and the Grakon King
‘Too late’ Dorian thought, his eyes narrowing on the scaled ure it out’
"HYPERION BEAM!&8221;
The ball of concentrated power blasted forward, cutting through the air in a split second The energy in this beaht was hypercondensed, and contained an incredible amount of force Dorian’s body flew backward as he launched it, the most powerful attack he had ever sent out He didn’t even bother trying to stand still and bear the backlash
As he was flying back, he activated his Moving Force Ability
His beam attack moved with an incredible amount of speed
Despite that, despite the surprise nature of the technique and the near instantaneous attack speed, the Grakon King was still a powerful, King Class beast A legendary fighter that, while now undead and weakened, had at least so life Aristodemus the Coward, a Great Grakon General
In the ed to predict it and e it In the split second before the Hyperion Beam would land, the fallen Generalthe attack hit it would be far too dangerous
It couldn’t kill the Grakon King But in the fighter’s current injured state, a blow like this would worsen already dire injuries, and it was possible the hue to defeat it, or worse, escape and besmirch as left of its honor
In that instant, the Grakon King stepped to the side, dodging the attack completely
An oddity arose, however
Dorian’s Hyperion Beam wasn’t aimed at the chest, or the neck, or even the head of the Grakon King
It was aiht hand of the fallen Great General
Specifically, the hand that was holding on to the Grakon King’s sword
A sword that was firround
Unable to round in such a short period, the Grakon King was forced to let go of it for a brief ht
Dorian’s eyes flashed as he saw this, his snetic Manipulation!&8221;
"PULL!&8221;
THUNK
A heavy, steel javelin shot forward and sla One Dorian had casually left on the ground earlier, before he charged forward
"Hup!&8221; Dorian yelled out loud as he physically blasted backwards with asForce Abilitywith the backlash from his Hyperion Beam
As the steel javelin collided with the back of the Grakon King, Dorian felt his insides see fully upon his Ability
The power fro Force Ability and the momentum of the steel javelin seemed to combine Dorian’s body twisted and instantly ca with strain as he stopped, the i over to the steel javelin as it hit the Grakon King
His Basic Magnetic Manipulation Ability allowed Dorian to do two things He could ‘Push’ netic objects and he could ‘Pull’ them How y he had, but also his own physical state
Just like on earth, in the 30,000 Worlds, all energy in a system must be conserved
When Dorian ‘Pushed’ the steel javelins back on the bridge, he was knocked back a step each ti the force of the impact
Likewise, if Dorian was to ‘Pull’ one of these javelins, whilebackwards at a very fast speed… his own physical force would transfer over
And that force was just enough to hurl the Grakon King forward, catching it co spun around, its arh the air It reached out for its blade, its hand stretching for it
The sword fleards the Grakon King, exploding froround as it broke free and started to expand
Unfortunately for the Grakon King, it was too late The second it needed to make the blade fly over had cost it
The powerful momentum carried it into the Red Portal
"GRRRRrrrrrrrr&8221; The guttural roar of the Grakon King was cut off as it fell into the Red Portal, its body beginning to vanish It flailed its ar off to land next to the portal
Dorian’s eyes flashed darkly as he saw this His soul tre
"Flicker&8221;
His rew hazy as he put his every inch of willpower into a single coht of the Red Portal seerew light as the last rey in him vanished His soul tre vanished, transported away
But just as the right arlowing pool of energy… flickered
Te for just a brief second
WHOOSH
THUD
A quiet echo rang out as the arround near its sword
A quiet moment passed as the tension and violence of theaway A sense of calan to appear
Dorian stared at the severed ar, and then looked at his own arm
"An arm for an arm, my friend&8221; Dorian s from his lips
WHOOSH
The Red Portal reactivated As it did so, however, chaotic bursts of energy rang out, setting the air astir The portal itself seeer! This stronghold has becoerous levels of energy fluctuations! It is estiround fortress will detonate in approximately 84 seconds’