And yet, the man didn't even try to evade or defend himself, simply stood there motionless with an evil smile on his face.
"One is down," the man said as if he were a god stating matters about fate. Before Sloth would even yell or say anything, his sword froze in the air, just a few centimetres away from that man's neck.
It wasn't just the sword that stopped, but also Sloth's body as well. Then as if a fierce gale of wind blew from the East, Sloth's body flew like a deflated balloon to the West!
"Hahahaha! Foolish ignorant master! Do you think your pathetic toys, techniques you call, can stop me? Hahahaha! Pathetic! Hahahaha!"
For a moment there, a weird scene surfaced in William's mind. He resisted the urge to recall such bitter events, shoving all of this away, before glaring at the man, and that bright star that shone on top of his head.
"Kill the other one, leave none alive!"
"I'm not your servant, you do know that?"
"You already consumed tons of spirit seeds thanks to me! These two are going to stop me from giving you more, do you want to see that happening?"
It was a weird discussion indeed, and William didn't have time to think deeply about it. He felt like there was something grand said in between the lines, yet he decided to postpone all this and think about what that man said at a later time.
Right now, he had to see if the mystic art he performed was effective or not.
"Fine!" the spirit that was behind that star seemed annoyed, and yet it flashed like it instantly teleported. All William could see was a bright golden glow that filled his entire vision and the world. Before he'd even move a finger to respond, he felt like his entire body shook violently by irresistible force.
Then the next thing he felt was for his body to fly like a cannonball, heading towards the nearby mountain he and Sloth just crossed. He felt his body slam against tough rocks and felt immense pain before the world around him turned into long lines of deep brown colour.
He could see a bright light coming from a small circle at the end of the gap he ended up at. What he didn't see was for that bright star to hit him hard, but something stopped it.
The shadow that appeared around him came up and delivered what was promised. The spirit couldn't land a single harm on him, but the force sent him flying backwards, ending up slamming against the mountain and creating a deep tunnel there.
He struggled to get out of there, feeling less harm than he expected. The shadow that encompassed him made him able to heal fast, not to mention he absorbed spirit power from his foe on top of that.
"How… How is that… Even possible?!!'' The spirit was still shocked and stupefied by what just happened. William took a few minutes to climb up, and yet that spirit was in the place he was before, floating there motionless while its deep voice came out, quite shaky and shocked.
"Piece of sh*t! Do you think you can kill anyone you like? Do you think you can help me? Hahahaha, I want to see you try!" William laughed, even pointed at the spirit as if he was making fun of it, and he was indeed doing that.
"Damn you! I'm going to f*cking reap your head off this time!" The spirit got instantly enraged and moved to hit William one time after another. With each hit, William didn't suffer much damage, and ended up creating more deep tunnels in the colossal body of the mountain, while that spirit never ceased to come and hit him.
At the third time, William took a few moments in that hole, sending a message over to Sloth, asking him to finish the task they came here for.
William was well aware of the presence of that spirit, not like Sloth. Yet he came prepared to stop that spirit. Yet there was still another enemy out there, the real target they were here for.
As he kept that spirit busy hitting him like punching sandbags, William asked Sloth to hurry and take that master down. Sloth was indeed feeling bad at the moment. He didn't get the same direct hit as William, but even with his high level of strength, he still ended up with grave wounds.
In the end, things looked gloomy to Sloth when he saw that golden weird star flash towards William. He imagined the worst and even closed one eye to not see the full bloody scene unfolding in front of him.
Yet when William came out from the tunnel in one piece, and with the shocking words that came from that weird star, he knew that William was going to be fine.
"Don't tell me he came here… Prepared for that!!!" Sloth grasped this quite fast, and before his thoughts would jump towards the task he should execute, he received William's message.
"Yes, he came here prepared for that weird enemy…" Sloth landed a last gaze at that weird star, "That kid… Everything around him is always quite novel and very bizarre!"
Yet he didn't hold back anymore. As William handled that deadly variable, that man was considered dead in his eyes.
William kept keeping that star's attention busy, until the shouts of that despicable master came, distressfully asking for the spirit to come and save him.
"Damn! I'll go kill that one first, then come to y… What the hell are you doing? F*ck off!"
Before that star would move an inch, William had already thrown himself on top of it. He surrounded it using his tail and didn't let it go even when it started to rotate fast, flash right and left, even paving the mountainside with his body.
William kept clinching with everything he had, summed up all the strength he had, and never let go.
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