Parallel – A Virtual Reality. - Chapter 75

– Sudden Quest! Stop the Death Lord!

The current Death Lord has gone mad. If he continues like that, the stabilizing factors of the Seal are going to break apart more. Stop the Death Lord at all costs!

Quest Level: B.

Evolving Quest. Depending on the power of Zenith, the level of the Quest may increase.

I feel my stomach sinking when I read the sudden emerging window. My thoughts become chaotic as I can bȧrėly keep my legs from trembling because of the pressure increasing enormously.

Like a lone boat trying to bȧrėly keep afloat in the middle of a stormy sea, a vortex on one side and thunders on the other, despair starts to consume me.

Then, a warm current start flowing in my body making me clear my head. I look at Dei who is shining slightly and I hear his voice.

“You can’t fall apart now, boy.”

Elements ran into chaos in the midst of those three, each one seemingly with the power to defeat me by themselves.

I take in their moves and start analyzing them in my head as fast as possible. I start running my Fire Element to increase the output of my Wind Element and my processing speed increases.

Then, moving by sheer destructive instinct. Zenith throws himself against Dorek and Dontoshi.

A huge wave of Death chaotically attacks and surrounds them.

“HAHA! THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR” A fierce expression appears on Dontoshi as he waves his Warhammer menacingly, sweeping the aura of Death.

Dorek fearlessly moves his halberd and freezes everything in its path, and the strike towards Zenith.

Zenith without flinching for a bit moves his hands, this time his fingers becoming like claws, and stops the strike of Dorek.

Surprise shows in Dorek’s face and then bȧrėly evades the attack of Zenith. Clenching his teeth, he is pushed backward.

Before Zenith continues attacking like a beast, Dontoshi’s hammer appears beside him.

Despite that, he is pushed back with a visible wound on his arm.

“GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”

A feral roar from Zenith makes the Death aura expand and attacks the armies. The ones who couldn’t get away or weren’t strong enough were swallowed by this.

Then Death starts surrounding Zenith’s arm and it heals up rapidly.

I breathe out as I watch all that exchange and start running my Three-Elemental Enhancing to its limits to get inside that battlefield.

‘If this continues things are going to get worse. Even if those three are busy fighting they are going to affect the entire battlefield. And then, not only the army of Dorek is going to be wiped, ours too.’

As if realizing my presence, the three of them look at me.

I direct my gaze and clash against the mad-filled gaze of Zenith, his eyes sweeping with a deathly aura as his face is contorted in unending rage.

‘And… if Zenith evolves and becomes stronger in this state, no one is going to be able to stop him from here.’

‘So, I have to stop them from interfering too much in the battlefield and…’

As if knowing what I am thinking, Zenith throws himself at me.

‘I have to make you come into reason’.

I firm my gaze as I redirect Zenith’s attack and his aura of Death towards those two that were watching.

CRACK!

Because of receiving Zenith’s attack, the ground behind me cracks apart as I grit my teeth stepping back.

Both of those two monsters easily fends off the aura of Death, but they soon become involved in the onslaught of Zenith.

‘Dontoshi is going to be more painful to deal with as he seems to be obsessed with Zenith’

Glee and madness show on Dontoshi’s face as he fights against Zenith. While Dorek used each movement to attack both of them and exert his suppression.

I drive my elemental enhancing to its utmost and take a deep breath.

“Absorption!”

Receiving Dontoshi’s attack directly, I absorb a lot of its power.

Sadly, because of the sheer destructive strength behind the attack, I am sent flying.

I grit my teeth as I stabilize myself and then swing my sword hard towards Dorek.

“RELEASE!”

I release all the power of Dontoshi as I drive all my strength on my sword to strike Dorek.

Dorek’s face tenses up as he grits his teeth while taking back his Halberd in the middle of attacking Zenith. An enormous amount of Ice Magic surrounds him but despite all that, my attacks break it all apart.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Dontoshi looks at Dorek with a smirk and swings his hammer towards him.

Dorek grits his teeth and releases enormous spikes of Ice to stop the attack.

Then I look at Zenith who is going to attack both of them and I swing with all my might my staff of Darkness, sweeping them all.

“OVERFLOW!”

I activate Overflow during that attack as a huge amount of power starts flowing inside of me and my surrounding.

The three of them look at me as they face my attack, but because they were so focused on their collision, they end up being taken by surprise.

The staff of Darkness solidifies as the three of them get hit by it.

A powerful collision happens as all of them are driven backward. Zenith who weighs less becomes pushed farther.

‘I am managing to push them farther from the armies’ battlefield’

Furious power runs inside of me as I attack the three of them. Dontoshi and Dorek become surprised as they feel the difference in my attacks.

Zenith comes back and attacks the three of us like a raging beast. Our battle plunged with Death’s aura as all of us defend against it.

I feel a deep sense of crisis besides me as I look towards Dontoshi attacking me again.

I grit my teeth and receive his attack head-on again.

Absorption!

CRUUUUUUUNCH

I feel my hands flexing back as I bȧrėly manage to stand against his attack despite absorbing a lot of its power.

Then I sense Dorek attacking me.

I grip my swords hard and push myself away from Dontoshi. I let the violent flow of power go towards my swords, crossing my arms with my swords pointing downwards.

Release!

I furiously slash as a violent cross of flames appears, engulfing all of them.

I again push them back a little, but I feel my arms tingling because of the strain I am putting on my body despite Razer’s Body helping on my endurance.

“You want to push us away, huh” A calm voice resounds in my ear as I feel my face tensing up.

I look at Dontoshi’s face that has a savage grin and a bad feeling that creeps up.

“Hey lizard, this insect wants to play us, how about we crush it first?”

Dorek ignores Dontoshi but gazes at me with a cold glow in his eyes.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR

Zenith stands up and howls furiously at the sky as the Death aura expands chaotically.

I take a deep breath as I prepare myself.

‘Well, I knew they would find out eventually’

Then, a fierce Ice Strike appears suddenly as Dorek moves. His whole body glowing with power as I feel him transforming again little by little as if shackles are going undone in his body.

I bȧrėly evade it this time, but then, he sweeps his halberd at me. Before I move to evade it, violent Death runs towards me in front, and I grit my teeth as I receive the attack of Dorek head on.

Absorption!

The Earth cracks apart as I step backward, but I quickly step sideways to defend against Death furious onslaught.

Annulment!

Dispersing the power of his attack I counter attack him.

Release!

Sheer power run through my body as I release the power of Dorek towards Zenith but this time with magic.

Wind Cannon!

Zenith is hit by it and is pushed back but soon, Dontoshi hammer comes sweeping horizontally at us.

I hurriedly move to defend myself, but then, an Ice Spike hits me from behind.

I am pushed forward losing my balance a bit. I look at the hammer of Dontoshi in front of me and rapidly cast Annulment.

But then, the hammer stops in front of me.

I look at it blankly, but instinctively I cast Absorption.

A hit comes from my side that makes my body fly diagonally.

And waiting for me was a giant staff of Ice.

Release!

I move my swords furiously to block the Ice Staff coming at me, but I am hit like a baseball.

Right at Zenith’s position, who drives his fist filled with Death aura at me.

Annulment!

BOOOOM!

Even dispersing its power a bit I am sent flying again.

Despite being handled like a broken sack, I feel the wind moving.

Absorption!

Calmness surrounds me for a second, trying to focus as much as possible.

CRACK!

I feel the armor on my left arm and side cracking as I am pushed far away, crashing against the ground while rolling farther.

– You are stunned!

– Your health has dropped below 40%, heal fast!

– You are bleeding, if you don’t treat it your health and movement will deteriorate!

– Your left arm is broken, you can’t use it unless you heal it.