Chapter 87: Stop Holding Back
Pierce! Pain was all I could feel in my chest as the bright light continues to blind me. "No one else can see what’s happening right now, just like you. Will you die or will you stop holding back?" Sylas questions as he pushes the sword deeper.
"Ghh–!! I don’t understand why you’re so eager... But fine..." I respond while feeling the pain intensify.
Blood drips onto the floor as I grip the blade with my right hand, feeling the burning sensation combined with the stab itself. Everything was absolutely brutal to experience but there wasn’t any reason for me to falter now.
I started to pull the blade out from my chest as he resists against me. The sound of it tearing through my flesh as it came out was awful.
Splat! Drip. Drip. More blood poured onto the floor as I gripped the sword in my hand.
"I’ll give you what you want, just don’t regret asking for it..." I force myself to say as I tighten my grip.
Crack! I can feel the sword starting to break in my hand as more power begins to surge into it. Sylas was still trying to push the sword back into me but after he realized what was happening it turns into him trying to pull it away.
I’m sure there’s a bit of panic in his mind since his blade is still within my grip with no chance of it lightening up. It hurts like hell but I’ve dealt with a lot worse than this in the damn tower.
A sword sliced me up like crazy and that shadow guy also gave me a hell of a lot of damage. This kind of pain didn’t compare to it.
Even though I couldn’t see everything that was happening in front of me, I knew that the fight was about to shift.
"Pushing through pain like this is quite bold. I’ll reward you." Sylas speaks up with a calm, yet impressed tone in his voice.
He wasn’t panicking at all... He was impressed and still seems to be quite collected. That’s not how it felt with him trying to push the sword before so what changed all of a sudden?
The light that was blinding me disappeared out of nowhere and I could see everyone watching the fight. Ghost, Lilly. Both of them have a worried look across their faces but this wasn’t anything new for me.
Velia witnessed the cruel fate that I was dealt over and over again so to me... To me this is normal.
Flash!!! Boom!! The light reappears in front of me and explodes instantly. I can feel myself flying through the air before suddenly crashing into what I can assume to be a wall.
Crumble. Crumble. Thud. Sitting on the ground as pieces of the wall fell around me felt weird for a moment. It was the first time I got to experience a fight against a powerful hunter.
The metallic taste burned my throat as I found myself coughing up blood. This guy really knows how to pack a punch with each attack.
Rokuro!!! You need to do something about this already...
Would it be sad if I told you that I’m kind of feeling excited? As much pain as I’m in, this fight is actually kind of refreshing.
Usually some asshole would be talking down on me and telling me that they are stronger blah blah blah. This guy is encouraging me to use more of power instead, so it is a nice change of pace.
I know that everyone is worried about me right now but this isn’t a big deal, not yet.
Even with all the blood I’ve lost... I pushed myself to stand back up with my arms raised once again.
"Any normal person would’ve died. You on the other hand, you survived." Sylas says with a big smile across his face.
I can feel Alarion’s eyes on me like the others sitting in the stands above. He was definitely just as curious as his brother about what I can do.
Keep control. The wound on my chest was the first priority to heal and it only took a few seconds to stop the bleeding. A scar would probably be left there but it wouldn’t be the first one I got.
The red haze was back in my vision once again, as well as my blood starting to boil. I can feel everything surging throughout my body once again.
I won’t let my appearance shift this time but I think this will be enough to put a stop to this test.
My feet sunk into the ground a bit as I realize that my power is starting to radiate some sort of intense pressure. This must be from me holding back the appearance changes.
Or a lot more power is being released then I expected.
Rokuro... Be careful not to crush everyone in the room with this kind of pressure.
I don’t intend to hurt anyone with this, it was kind of something that just happened. I’m not entirely sure what’s causing it just yet so this will take a little bit of adjusting.
Our power usually divided itself through various methods, one of those methods includes the changing of your appearance. The scales form as a protective layer imbued with power to help with strong attacks.
Wings for even more speed, talons for strength, and eventually the full form of a dragon for maximum destructive power.
I don’t know when that day will come but I’d like to keep everything pretty tame until the right time arrives. This is already quite effective for what I’m doing at the moment.
A fight against someone like Sylas is helping me master even more control than the tower did.
I need to make sure that I don’t kill anyone here since this is just a test to get them to help us out a bit. To make sure that a war can be prevented somehow...