Chapter 467 Weakling
Gasp!
Lesil, who was all too arrogant till now, suddenly became nervous. It was apparent from his wavy voice, "A monarch!?"
"H-how is that-", heck, he was even stuttering.
'A monarch? Does he mean a king?'
*Ding*
[A monarch is a synonym for a king, but the status has a whole different meaning.]
'And what is that?'
[A monarch is a status or a title given to very few of the beings by the world. It is especially true for those who has ascended and reached a level, way higher than the Supreme Celestials.]
'Wait wait…'
'There are beings stronger than the Supreme Celestials!? And Oni is one of them!?'
Shin could hardly believe what the system was saying. It would have been believable if it was a dream, but right now, it made little to no sense.
[Affirmative. There are countless beings stronger than the Supreme Celestials, but they have been in the Void realm for centuries together. After the wolf-god's death, none of the Monarch's descended to the mortal realm.]
Shin got shivers. His eyes widened his shock as he gaze fell on Oni's glowing figure which looked no less than a majestic and divine artifact!
'If I'm not wrong, Oni called himself an Ancient Monarch… now what's that?'
[The term Ancient Monarch refers to those monarch's who were birthed before or during the creation of the world. Having aged as old as the world itself, those beings hold significance authority which ranks higher than the authority held by the Supreme Celestials.]
'But, weren't the Supreme Celestials like Gods? How can there be someone powerful than them?', Shin was still fidning it hard to believe. He wanted more concrete knowledge and proof!
[The so-called Gods were created by the Monarchs. While there is little to no history about the monarchs in this world as they were often confused with the Supreme Celestials, the knowledge about them is quite limited and known to only the Supreme Celestials and a few other blessed individuals.]
Shin was somewhat satisfied with what the system said, but he wanted to figure how who created the Monarchs? And if there was any being higher than them?
But before he could question that, the bloodcurdling scream from Lesil almost burst Shin's ears as if ripping them apart.
"KRAAASKKKK!"
Lesil's body was engulfed in flames and once so magistic wings and feathers seemed to lose their color and shape. Moreover, the human part of the body that bore indestructible skin, was now being burnt and turned black!
"Stop it stop it stop it!", Lesil shouted at the top of his voice that was more than enough to even shake down the trees in the vicinity.
Heck, his domain had shattered the moment he had lost his concentration. Shin was aware of this as he regained his stats when the debuff ended.
Either way, the crimson red flames that engulfed Lesil as a whole didn't stop burning him and caused the excruciating pain. The scream was already mindboggling but Lesil's flap and attempt to extinguish the flames were way more entertaining.
"Stop it! PLEASE!", forgetting his dignity, Lesil continued with the begging of stopping the flames.
But neither Oni, nor Shin had any plans of doing that.
However, Oni had some other conclusion with respect to Shin.
'With how kind hearted he is, he might even forgive this dude…'
'I know he is going to do that. I will injure him as much as possible before Shin decides to let him go.'
But little did Oni know that Shin had different mindset totally.
'A supreme celestial… the one who was looking down on me and my clan…'
'Along with many other, put bounties on me and my clan's head.'
Gritting his teeth, Shin stared with an intense gaze right at Lesil.
"You deserve death. How dare you even look with the eyes of a predator at my clansmen?"
Oni was rather surprised upon hearing this. His mouth was left wide open with his jaws dropping and his eyes widening as well.
"For real?", Oni asked, as if confirming what Shin said.
"Yes. For real."
"Alright then Shin, if you say so…"
"I thought you would end up forgiving him, and because of that I went easy. Looks like the plans of sparing him has been cancelled."
"Let me finish him.", Oni was ready to deliver the final blow with a greater and stronger attack - one the world hadn't seen for hundreds of years!
But Shin interrupted him in the middle.
"No Oni, just keep him restricted… I want to kill him with my own hands…"
"Oh? In such a state? You think you can do that?"
Oni stared at Shin and asked that because with his eyes, he could tell how much of magic energy/mana Shin- way less that the wolf-god Shin who was his friend.
And due to that, Oni considered it to be Shin's weak phase.
"I can.", and Shin replied rather confidentally.
"Alright then.", with a smirk, Oni constricted his fingers and formed a fist right after which a ring of constricting fire that acted like a rope, tied Lesil down, bringing him to the ground simultaneously as the wings were rendered useless.
"No. This-"
Lesil was too scared. The burning was still present but decreased. As seconds passed, it slowly vanished. That was because Oni didn't want Shin to end up contacting the flames!
Either way, Shin started walking with long and dominant strides. Each of his foot felt heavy as they left behind footprints that engraved deep into the soil.
"I can feel the lightning energy from the surrounding…"
"You were the one who showered with such love of killing my friends, didn't you?", Shin asked, his teeh gritted tightly.
"W-wait! No! I did attack with a lightning barrage, but even you know, these are mere dummies! I-"
"Shut your damn mouth you bastard. You would have done this either way, if it was fake or not."
"Quite arrogant you guys are… you don't fear deaths do you? Heck, my friends are mortal and they could die any time… but you guys, you think it is funny and instrigate in facade for fun?"
[Warning!]
[You are emitting an abnormal amount of killing intent and bloodlust.]
[Activating calm mo-]
'No, let me be angry this one time, please.'
[…]
[Understood.]
SHin chenched his fist and with every ounce of strength mustered, he gave one strong blow exactly at Lesil's solar plexus.
BAM!
The attack created a gust of wind that destroyed an entire tree behind Lesil. Furthermore, the ground beneath Shin cracked as he shifted his weight and managed the recoil at the same time!
However that wasn't it. Shin's attack had just started.
About 100 such blows - he punches 100 times within 3 seconds.
Lesil's face and abdomen were the major targets but as Shin hit, it felt as if he was hitting solid metal or rock.
After the hundredth attack, when Shin checked his fist, he found it bleeding. His own bones were crushed upon constant attacks and? the cartilages were ripped appart. Heck, his fingers had ended up in a disfigured state.
His fist trembled and so did his arm - this time, not in anger but in numbness. He couldn't feel anything.
He stared back at Lesil, finding him smiling.
"Pfft, was that supposed to be your attack?"
And it didn't take him a second glance to realize that Lesil was unscathed. All the punches that landed had no effect at all.
All the blows that seemed way too powerful, heck, even Deoras bowed in front of such mighty blows as he watched the happening, were utterly useless!
Lesil was wounded because of Oni's previous attacks and other than that, there were no effects visible on him.
"What a weakling… We Supremes were worried about him? Pfft."
'Sigh, I knew this was going to happen… No matter how much strength you apply behind your attacks, as long as your maximum limit is fixed right now which is way too less to even notice, even if you increase it by ten times, Lesil would still remain unwounded.', Oni thought to himself, wanting to take on the charge instead of Shin and do the deed.
However, before he could suggest anything, he felt another wave of killing intent and blood lust from Shin hitting him.
This time, it had risen so high, that even Oni was surprised by it.
Shin's face turned dark. It was as if shadows covered his face, hiding his gazes. The moonlight vanished little by little and clouds re-appeared in the sky.
"Weakling you say…", Shin muttered to himself.
"Haha… Quite arrogant aren't you?"
"I have strength to back my arrogance. But you? Pfft, what do you have?"
"Me? Haha, I have nothing…"
"See? You wea-"
"But your arrogance. I can surely break it with this NOTHING!"
"Huh?"
"Hahahaha, don't blame me for what happens next."
All of a sudden, creaking sounds started to surround Shin, as if his bones were cracking and following it, a green glow surrounded him temporarily.
And with a hushed but dominant killer tone, Shin said, "Let's begin."
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