'It's approaching again, still slow…' Levon cautiously takes a defensive stance.
The Psema was only floating on the surface without moving its wings. But in an abrupt manner, it finally launches the first attack!!
On the complete opposite of his earlier motion, one swing of his wings was already enough to place him inches away from Levon, who could not anticipate this speed all of a sudden!!
'What the….I can't dodge….' He knew trying to dodge would be a waste of time, he had only one option. Even with knowing his attacks so far did no damage, he fires his gun directly at the Psema, only one shot was possible in that time frame.
Levon was directly hit, the Psema went right through him as if it was a ghost!
Levon retreats a significant distant this time, now that he knows this creature is capable of dangerous speed. '… I got no injuries, it just went right through me! But I can feel a great difference from me moments ago and now. I feel…tired and drained!'
Graham starts to halt, and sweat slowly appeared on his forehead! The Psema turns back again, and Levon notices something new in his appearance!
'…That hole on its chest wasn't there, could it be…from my gunshot? The moment was too quick…at the last second my eyes naturally closed.
It's even scarier up close. But that hole can only be from my attack!' Suspecting that the damage was his work, he decides to be on the offense once more.
'…It seems like my initial strategy isn't the way to kill this thing, firing 3 times at once negates the damage for some reason. Now I got two more direct hits to land, these two attacks should be in two different times and locations.' Levon applies his new strategy before his enemy could launch a new attack.
'As for the first attack, let it be from the sky.' Levon jumps as high as he could, one meter less than his jump earlier! Though he realized it, it wasn't time to think about that. He fires directly towards the Psema's naked ribs, the latter being slow again, could not dodge. It is a direct successful shot that destroyed its side.
'Good, I guess I figured out how this works. Though, It makes no sense why he's…'
Before Levon could even complete his thought and land on the ground, The Psema turns the jets and meets him at the bottom.
Too quick, too sudden, not enough time for the new cultivator to direct another shot! Instead, he received one of the same caliber.
"…Damn it…DAMN IT!!" Levon gets frustrated greatly. Halting and sweating even more he turns with a look of anger and shoots towards the Psema continuously!!
'…This damn creature, just what is he!! My attacks again seem to land no damage on him. No holes no anything!! But…
For some reason, it makes him constantly slow.
Why?
What could be the relation between his speed, my attacks and taking damage?' Graham wipes off the anger and focuses again.
'…I already feel like my strength is leaving me. Now I'm sure his attacks drain one's life energy. One more…And I'm losing a life already…What a pathetic sight you are allowing yourself to be Levon.
We're even now, only one shot to go. The next move will decide everything!'
Levon stops the continuous firing, then looks at the Psema thoroughly.
'…Only now that I don't find it scary that much, it sure is ugly… The pointed black hairy ears, the red pupiless eyes, the face of extinct reptiles…
I know where my next shot will land, for It should make you look much better.'
At this point, Levon is only gambling. His two previous strategies already failed; he does not have any insurance on the third one succeeding. However, being the emotionless and indifferent person that he is. It is what it is. One thing he always relied on, is his mind. Even if it's merely a "game", he rides and dies with it!
Fragments of a second, will make the difference.
His heterochromia-eyes lit up brightly, his heart pumped even faster and his mind worked on its extreme efficiency.
For the first time in this battle, he says out loud. "…Now!"
Using his acute sight, he reacted almost instantly to the very first moving atom that constructed the Psema. In a delay far less than any ordinary human being, his body received the order to jump as far back as possible.
A simultaneous scene of both retreating and The psema flying towards him. However, Graham wasn't only retreating! The moment his feet left the ground, his right hand rose up in the air pointing the gun horizontally at the Psema's face!
The jump was yet again another meter short than the previous one… definitely making it more troublesome for Levon. As the creature covered the distance in an instant.
But, it found the gun in front of it before the body.
'I live.' Levon fires the last shot and evaporates the Psema's head from its body. Rendering it paralyzed, Levon falls to the ground on his back, glancing at his enemy dissipating.
'… I barely can move a limb. Doing random calculation, I am only left with 33.3% of my full body strength.' Levon stares at the white void on top of him for a moment and rests a bit, until a memory visited him!
'Is this what you meant back then? That life is precious…
Well, I don't know about that. But it feels good to win…' A little cute smile momentarily appeared on his tired face.
Levon slowly gets back on his feet. "Now how do I get out of here? No limestones to push here…" This time, the watch gives him the answer in addition to the results of this challenge.