Boom! An explosive sound broke out as Karciel's sword was blocked by Haktor's Hsu Quandao. Haktor's block was so strong that Karciel was sent flying again.
It was so sudden that Karciel was not able to comprehend what had happened until he fell on the floor with his dead guards.
"This.." He stared back at Haktor. "How did this happen? You should be weak and dying. How.. How could you have enough strength to block my attack?"
Karciel stood up and stared at Haktor who was standing tall and strong, like a pillar, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
He should be dying from the poison!
How could someone who had inhaled his poison, which could kill a normal person in a matter of seconds, still be standing in front of him like this? Even demon kinds would die from his poison if they inhaled as much as he did.
"Unless.." A realization came to him as he gazed at Haktor. "You have an antidote, don't you? That bitch, Elaheh, gave you an antidote."
"Elaheh knows that your ability is poison?" Haktor frowned. They were not aware that Elaheh knew, they never asked her too.
"Hah! Don't play dumb with me!" Karciel replied viciously. "You wouldn't be alive if that b!tch did not give you an antidote."
Haktor shrugged his shoulders, too lazy to correct Karciel's theory.
"Haaa.. I originally wanted to welcome you on my side, but since you rather want to die, I will send you to hell myself!" Karciel threw two pills into his mouth and swallowed them.
Sebastiene narrowed his eyes at Karciel, whose body started to pulse. His muscles bulged and his veins popped out like worms all over his body. His complexion turned grayish purple and his eyes turned bloodshot.
"Arghhh!!" Karciel roared and sped towards Haktor. His speed was too quick that Haktor was almost unable to stop his attack in time.
Haktor's Hsu Quandao vibrated from the strike it just blocked. Haktor staggered back two steps and held his weapon firmly with two hands. He narrowed his eyes at Karciel who was looking like a lunatic, snapping his mouth close then opening it wide.
"Tell me, general, do you still want to continue this fight or surrender?" Karciel asked arrogantly, the rise in his power made him feel invincible.
"Surrender?" Haktor's lips raised with a wicked smile. "I am Haktor Fuujin of the Wind tribe and the General of the first attack division of the Knights of Noktis. I have pledged my loyalty to House Castellan. Did you actually think that a disgusting rat like you could make me surrender?"
"It looks like you cannot be saved." Karciel's mouth twitched as Haktor referred to him as a rat again.
Haktor shook his head indifferently and stated. "If it was not for the eldest lady's orders, I would not be holding back from killing you."
As soon as Haktor finished his sentence, Karciel attacked him like a raging bull.
"You think you could defeat me?" He berated furiously as he attacked Haktor unendingly. "Do you think you could catch me?"
"That is what the young lady wanted me to do so I would." Haktor replied as he blocked Karciel's attack with a smirk.
"Bahahaha! Your lady is too young and naïve!" Karciel shouted haughtily. "But she is too young for me to play with. Although I heard that her mother is a beauty?"
An explosion resounded and Karciel's figure shoot upwards hitting the stone ceiling and getting stuck there for some time before falling on the floor.
"The young lady ordered not to kill you, but she did not refrain us from anything else." Haktor spoke solemnly, his face black like all the other knights on the side. "Which means that even if I break every single bone in your body, blind you, cut off all your extremities, as long as your heart is beating and you are breathing, she won't mind."
Hearing how Karciel spoke about the ladies of House Castellan, fury erupted in Haktor's mind. His expression immediately turned vicious and spine chilling, like a storm brewing. He turned into a completely different person from how he was earlier. The arrogant and playful attitude he was showing earlier was replaced by seriousness.
Karciel flinched at the pressure Haktor was emitting. It was vicious and bone chilling. He was ready to kill without a second thought.
Karciel shivered involuntarily. He was someone who was evil and does not think of anything when killing. But faced with the spine chilling pressure from Haktor, he felt fear. His knees trembled as much as his heart.
How could someone make him feel weak just by their pressure?
This time, it was Haktor who dashed towards Karciel. He raised his weapon and slashed down on the still stunned Karciel who almost did not dodge the attack.
Haktor did not give Karciel any time to think and he stormed him with attacks that were mostly unblocked. Karciel received heavy blows from Haktor's weapon but most injuries are not life threatening. He was once again hit by the Hsu Quandao and slid back, leaving behind a lengthy trail on the floor.
Karciel barely looked up when he saw Haktor's figure shooting towards him with the sharp point of his weapon in front. He slightly narrowed his eyes to see the movement but it was just too quick that there was nothing else to do but face the attack head on.
He was able to block the attack from Haktor's weapon and even had on a victorious smile when he looked up. But something hard hit him on the side making him fly side first and hit the wall making a crater with rocks crumbling down and blood sprayed from his mouth.
"Did you really think that you should only focus on my lance?" Haktor looked at him with a hint of mockery. "Every part of me is a weapon."
Karciel spat the blood and glared at Haktor.