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CHAPTER 192: REMATCH AGAINST BRIDE ④

CHAPTER 192: REMATCH AGAINST BRIDE ④

I looked towards Bride who had been blown really far away, leaning against the wall of a desolated house a good distance away, unable to hide the expression of shock on his face as he looked straight at me. To be honest, I was surprised at my own movement speed as well. It was not quite the level that could be called instant teleportation, but I moved so fast that my field of vision blurred and changed before I even managed to notice. From the other person’s perspective, it must have looked like I had suddenly disappeared only to reappear somewhere else entirely.

「So, this is what happens when you vary the speed of your movements like that, huh……? I knew it, Zombie-senpai really IS amazing……」

Much to my own delight, this skill has now become a part of my body. It will be difficult for me to control it completely right away, but it should not be as difficult to activate as it was for me the very first time. So I tried activating “Lightning Movement” with the image of me moving right in front of Bride. However, after the movement was properly executed, my position was about three meters closer than I had originally imagined. It seems I still needed to practice the Skill in order to control it completely.

However, it seems that Bride did not think that my movement had failed.

「You bastard…… What did you just do? I couldn’t even follow your movements with my eyes just now……」

「While you were idling around in the dungeon all the time, I have used that time to become stronger!」

「Damn it! But…… The damage itself is not all that strong. With my current levels of durability, it looks like I can withstand your attacks just fine.」

「Hahaha. Are you sure about that?」

「…… What does that supposed to mean?」

「You see, I was never aiming to damage your body here. I was only aiming to destroy that armor of yours.」

As I said that, the Aspiration Soul Armor that Bride was wearing around his body crumbled into tiny pieces, revealing the upper half of his body that was hiding underneath. Vapors of black mist rose from the armor that had fallen to the ground, and when I appraised it quickly, I found that it had been completely destroyed.

「What the…… KUH!!」

「There are only four pieces of your Cursed Equipment left. Oh well, I guess that at this rate you will die before I can get a chance to destroy them all myself.」

「…… Oh well, whatever. It doesn’t really matter. I probably do not have even more than ten minutes left to live. So in a sense, I am finally free.」

「Yeah, I guess so. If your HP keeps on decreasing at its current rate, that’s what’s going to happen to you. So, are you finally ready to get serious?」

「Yeah, you got that right. It is true that the “Demon Transformation” puts a whole lot of strain on both the user’s body and mind…… Also, there is a chance that I won’t be able to come back to my original body, but…… That doesn’t really matter to me anymore!」

Bride slowly stood up, looked up at the cloudy sky above his head, and slowly opened his mouth.

「…… Let’s go, Aun, “Demon Transformation”. Gahaahhh, AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!」

Black wings sprouted from Bride’s back, and his eyes turned crimson red. His whole body throbbed and then it gradually started to grow larger and darker in color.

I then checked Bride’s status really quickly after watching him transform for a bit.

=Status=

「Name」 Bride Ishrow

「Race」 Demon

「Status」 Rage, Burning, Bleeding, Raging Fire, Demonic Transformation

「Level」 54

「Attribute」 Fire

「HP (Health Points)」 3502/9900

「MP (Magic Power)」 860/1800

「STR (Strength)」 820

「VIT (Vitality)」 100

「DEX (Dexterity)」 58

「INT (Intelligence)」 316

「AGI (Agility)」 984

「LUK (Luck)」 18

「Title」 “The Contracted with the Demon”

“The Sword Emperor”

“The Great Flame”

“The Cursed One”

「Skills」

-Demonic Transformation

– Wildfire Flame

– Flame Sword

– Flame Ball

– Flame Lance

– Martial Arts (Lv. 4)

– Swordsmanship (Lv. 6)

「Equipment」

– Demon Sword Orgnus (Cursed Object): Cannot Be Appraised

– Bloody Gloves (Cursed Object): Cannot Be Appraised

– Thorn Boots (Cursed Object): Cannot Be Appraised

– Devil’s Ring (Cursed Object): Cannot Be Appraised

I could not really help it but to notice that Bride’s current status was nothing but incredible all around……

Having checked Bride’s status many times up to this point, I have found that the skill “Demonic Transformation” was most likely to double the three values ​​of STR -Strength-, VIT -Vitality-, and AGI -Agility-.

Although his base status has dropped a little due to the destruction of two of his cursed equipment pieces, the double buff of the Buff Skill “wildfire Flame” was literally making him a humanoid monster.

Now, this is where the real action would truly begin…… and this was going to be the final stage where I would finally settle things with this guy for good. I could ignore the remaining four Cursed Equipment pieces for the time being.

Looking at the results of my status appraisal, Bride had no trump cards that he could pull out and use here. But, his status was simply nearly twice as high as mine at the current moment. As expected, with my current double buffs, the difference in status between us was still too great and I probably would not be able to keep up with him for long.

……So I had no other choice but to use that. My last resort!

「Don’t you find it strangely funny in a sense, Bride? You have about ten minutes left to live, and my buff will expire in about ten more minutes…… So let’s settle this! “Matsuribayashi”!!”

My heart would then start to beat powerfully and rhythmically like a huge drum. In sync with that, my head would become clearer and clearer, and all the movements around me felt much slower and clumsier. However, if I was to just consider my status, Bride was probably in a similar state at the current moment.

Well, since I already ended up in this state,I don’t really care that my status will be halved after the effect of this skill lasts for ten minutes. The conclusion won’t take that long to reach, anyway.

Anyways, it was now more important to understand the current situation. My current status is……

「Name」 Doumeki Aun

「Race」 Ashura

「Status」 Thunder Drum, Gale, Thunder, Matsuribayashi

「Level」 64

「Attributes」 Lightning, Darkness

「HP (Health Points)」 6250/6300

「MP (Magic Power)」 1030/1260

「STR (Strength)」 978 (Base value 140)

「VIT (Vitality)」 150 (Base value 75)

「DEX (Dexterity)」 60 (Base value Base value 30)

「INT (Intelligence)」 278 (Base value 139)

「AGI (Agility)」 988 (Base value 142)

「LUK (Luck)」 35

「Title」 “Ruler of the Labyrinth III”

“Thunder Emperor”

「Skills」

– Iron Stomach

– Pain Tolerance

– Martial Arts (Lv. 6)

– Swordsmanship (Lv. 6)

– Gourmet

– Appraisal Eye

– Swift Wind and Lightning

– Thunder Drum

– Lightning Element Magic (Lv. 6) → (Lv. 7)

– Dark Element Magic (Lv. 1) → (Lv. 4)

– Thunder Movement (NEW): Can control own movement speed with lightning element magic. (MP consumed is proportional to maximum speed and distance traveled)

– Sky Dash

– Nirvana King (Technique)

– Detection

– Matsuribayashi

This is the first time I have checked my own status with the three types of buffs stacked on top of each other…… but the rate of increase was still amazing. I’m a little surprised at my own stats right now. The numbers are probably comparable to those of an SS Rank monster.

And strangely enough, all of my stats were similar to Bride’s. With both of our stats increasing this much, there was practically no difference between us at the current moment.

「Well then, let’s move on to the final round, shall we!?!」