Comming back to present, approximately fifteen seconds had been passed. The body which was supposed to be lying flat on the ground got disappeared. A red coloured silhouette appeared before mark, it was taller than a regular adult. That silhouette retracted it's leg backwards and launched it against mark at a high pace.
* Crash *
Tough she had not exerted much force, it was enough to send him flying. Mark was able to feel killing pain, in the regions of his lower abdomen, the place where she had made her blow. It was a good thing that his mana core had an encryption which was protected by system itself. It was indestructible, regardless of the forces exerted on it. If not for that protection, mark would had been crippled of his cultivation this moment, making him a waste out of a genius he was called earlier.
Tough his core may not necessarily be destroyed, but can the same be applied to his body. The force which was exerted on mark was enough to send him flying at a high speed, smashing against the wall and cracking it, in a spiderweb fashion and piercing his way out the cave in a linear path. Tough the succubus was just testing her newly erupted power, this blow had costed mark a quarter of his health. If not for his technique, boundless impetus body which was continuously supplying him mana, that had made his body more durable. That0 casual kick from succubus could had killed him, costing his life. " Forget about plan B, now my last hope is to rely on plan C, system activate title slayer ." Within a fraction of second, marks attributes raised along with his body build, which had increased by half a feet. Tough mark had became stronger, capable of better defending against the succubus but it had still been for naught. The time he was going to last in this state was ten times lesser when compared to her's, and the time at which his limit runs out, he would be left vulnerable under the berserk succubus, as a lamb to be slaughtered under her hands.
By this time, mark was yet to land on the ground, after being sent flying by the succubus. He quickly arranges his steel blades in a defensive position, as he had spotted the succubus to be present right above him, flying in the air.
By the time a person cultivated and reaches the aura lord, he can defy gravitational force and fly freely in the air against the fundamental principles of nature
So this succubus which was flying not only attained the strength of an aura Lord but complete embodiment of that state for a brief amount of time. She had not given mark, even a breath to think, so he may emulate a plan against her. He founded her to raise her left leg and swing down in a straight line making an axe kick, right at his lower abdomen again, tying to break his core. This time, the force was harder than before.
* smash *
" This damn monster, trying to break my core again. Give it a rest will ya, no matter how hard you try, that stuff ain't gonna break that easily, ha ha ." mark had internally cursed her. Even tough he managed to block off her attack and prevented his health from falling down, his new set of blades, which he got from admiral, developed cracks. They were not in any condition to withstand an another blow from her.
* Boom *
His short build crashed against the ground, where it's pale brown soil, infested with rich vegetation got destroyed. Tens of meters of brown soil on the ground got thrown out during the impact, resulting in a huge crater with mark at it's epicenter. Two out of twelve set of ribs in mark, broked out. This little body of his, was still not used to such pains, he wanted to scream out loud but his will had not allowed it. He did not had time to worry about his body and waste time. Succubus would surely be able to kill him if he did not manage to flee away from her, before he attains his weakened state. By the following second, after his crash mark found the succubus to be sitting above him, locking him down at that position, to blow his head and finish him off in her next attack.
She had constricted her hand back wards, crunching her fist. The mana around her surrounding started to condense over her fist. Mark was able to hear the sounds of her muscle tightening, her knuckles breaking and her orange hair which was waving up in the air had nearly frightened him. Mark was left with no other choice but rather to use his hidden trump card. Tough he may die as a result of backslash recieved from it, he was in no position to think but to gamble his life on it, his last hope. The rusted blades, which he had taken out from his storage was arrange them in a defensive X-shaped pattern to Parry with her fist and reduce the impact from her blow received by him.
* Boom *
Following her first blow released from her left hand after locking mark down on the ground, she followed it up with her right hand, and so on with left again.
* boom * * boom * * boom *
His blades shooked violently, he was barely able to hold it with all his might, which were about to be slipled away from his hands. She was not giving sufficient time for mark to recover, during intervals between her blows. Seeing mark who had survived her attacks till now, without any serious injury, she was startled. Mark had hurt her pride, she was a proud carrier of royal blood, a symbol of command, yet was unable to kill a child such as mark, who was able to parry her each blows, skillfully reducing the damage receiving from her. She wanted to make sure that, no matter what it takes this little bug must die in her upcoming attack, she unites her fist's tightly and launched an attack, which made the scene chaotic, as if a meteorite had descended upon earth. The initial width of the crater expanded to hundreds of meters, which made the scene look devastating, as a powerful War lord standing at the centre of destruction.
No traces of life forms within hundreds of meters could be detected by her. She had initially suspected mark to be dead, but after closing her eyes and sensing her surroundings she found a rat running away from her in opposite direction which had escaped from her lock, a few miles at a rapid pace. Mark had utilized his laws of space and traversed few miles away from her utilizing all his excess mana, since his boundless impetus would naturally recover his lost mana, he was not worried about suffering from mana deficiency. He was sure that, even with the help received from his blades, staying at that place would certainly result in his death, as that last blow may necessarily kill a lord class monster, much less him who was at early stages of grand master class, tough being powered up with slayer title he may be able to match against peak grand masters at most, fighting further was a suicide. Mark was making a escape, as all his three plans had been for naught before her, and she was healthy and kicking alive, like a terrifying monster that had just awoken from deep slumber. He knew that staying any longer was not wise as his title power was soon going to dissipate and he may die as a result from it.
" Lights... adventurers ! no, it's a training camp ! they may be entangled in my mess, if I seek their help, right now my priority should be running away in an other direction to them. Those weak adventurers in city are not able to defend against my attacks nevertheless these newbies mentioning to face her. "
Mark was able to see adventures that had settled in a high elevated place, which can by itself act as a natural fortress against invading monsters. The area where they had occupied building their defensive structures can house a large sized town. It was strategical location used to train newbie adventurer who had strength to explore in dungeon but not sufficient experience to deal with monsters who attack savagely regardless of their life, these locations can also helps them train, how to defend against monsters horde in case they plan to invade them, which would be beneficial to defend the city in case a horde approaches their premises. Hundreds of adventurers at that place can use their location to their advantage, and kill monsters who were higher in number. But this can't be applied same to the succubus, since it may wipe them clean single handedly.
50 seconds for titles effect to deactivate
Mark had sensed a chill sensation running over his spine, the succubus had spotted him and was approaching him, he parried his blades against her incoming punch which carried her entire momentum, which was transferred to mark, had sent him flying right into that training camp.
The site of impact place where had landed against his head resulted in the formation of a cracks on the land and was flipped several times before his momentum had halted and his body came to rest.
The adventurers started to panic, a strong grandmaster class in their eyes was sent flying, who may be that terrifying monster that had defeated such an expert.
" What ? a child ! That grand master class expert was a child, are we dreaming. "
The crowd which had gathered around that place were bewildered, the mana waves perceived by them enjoying from mark was that of a peak class grand master who was a step away from becoming an aura Lord.
He got up and shouted on top his lungs to the people around him " Run ". it was better for them to leave the camp and run outside, as a terrifying character was going to reach this place soon and they were going to be slaughtered by it in case they fail to flee, even ordinary monsters in the dungeon were far better when compared to her.
What he had feared the most had happened, the berserkend succubus had reached before him. She was flying in her sky and was chanting a spell to cast in him, his blades started to make reactions indicating the signs of rejection.
Anyway this succubus was not gonna settle down until she kills me and these blades, does they have to reject me at this crucial moment, even with my title power i am weak unable to kill her, and what after its effects are over. How can I keep myself alive, I don't want to die, I can't... i have kill those traitors, I have to avenge my family, this new life I had to leave be for my family. Greed it was all about greed, had I not lusted for those random boxes, had I not underestimated her, had I taken a different course to escape. I had dragged these adventures into my mess. The life's that are lost here, their families which suffered from it and the city which will loose their adventurers, would I be responsible for it. Do I.... really deserve to live.
He muttered to himself " Then am i going to die. Does, the story of mark white ends here ."
Author notes :
Training camp
1. literally equal to military camp exclusive to adventurers and soldiers who defend the respective cities. Trainee after their graduation would become an E-ranker straight away and top scorers would become D-ranker.
2. Survival is what taught mainly around these camps, defending a fort or city would be slowly learnt as they mature.
3. It would be managed by vice guild master, a B-ranker that positions after guild master that Mark had scammed to get d-rankers license.