Clad in a layer of frozen armor, Sam blocks the Hero's attack on Yui, saving her from impending doom.
"IT'S YOU!!!!" The Hero shouts in extreme anger upon figuring out who it is.
*Whoosh!!*
Answers him is not just Sam but also a gauntlet covered in Ice Lance.
*BAM!!!!!*
An immense force comes into contact with the Hero's abdomen. From the sky, Gravity Magic is canceled and he is blown off instantly.
The Shockwave even blows Yui and Yuno further away from the center of the impact.
""SAM!!"" The twins' faces light up seeing his familiar figure.
"Thousands of zombies are coming! Go help Lily and Nycta!!" He sends them a look of relief and encouragement.
Right after that, the guy jumps from the transparent Space platform down.
"But..." Yui tries to talk, but Yuno stops her midway.
With a stern look, she says. "You are in no condition to help him!"
"Damn it!!" Yui bites her lower lip but runs away with Yuno. Indeed, she is so badly injured that she could be a burden to him rather than a support.
*BOOM!!* *Thud thud thud*
The Hero lands on the ground, making huge exploding sounds. Upon landing, his heavy lava armor destroys the surface, creating a huge crater.
"Haha. Hahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!!! COME AGAIN! LET'S SOLVE THIS LIKE REAL MEN, YOU AND ME!" Laughing hysterically, the Hero stands up.
"Interesting! Very interesting! I like this a lot! There should be no more boring fights from now on! It has been quite dull to me, do you know that?"
His white lava armor is damaged slightly by Sam's attack. However, it fixes itself near instantly. Sam could catch a glance of the Hero's actual armor underneath the fiery rocks.
*Bam*
The guy lands on the ground and looks at his opponent with intense focus. Misses a single beat, and he is dead meat.
There is a whole spectrum of emotions running in his chest. They range from grief to regret, and to wrath. All of those combined into a state of frenzy. Although his face does not show that, he is close to an outburst.
The Hero almost had his hands on Yui. That is just unacceptable.
"Look at us! Ice and Fire. Isn't this a nice conclusion to our story?" The Hero points at sam and then at himself. His voice is both crazy and excited at the same time. "Two opposite states, two mortal enemies, only one will come out alive. Ah! This reminds me of the mangas I read in my past life!"
Sam stays silent. The Ice Lance on his fists starts to grow out even more. Unfortunately, it is not as fast as the Hero's recovery, so he needs to buy a couple of minutes.
Therefore, Sam will listen to whatever garbage the Hero decides to tell him.
Truth be told, he did not expect his gauntlet to block the lava hand of Hero fully. The dragon girl Rhan must have thought about it before sending it to him. If he were to face Hero with his bare hands, the least damage that could have been done would be a serious burn, and the worst would be the loss of his arm.
"Hey, what is your name again? Wait. Don't tell me yet. It should be starting with an S...Ah, Sam! Right?! Yeah! Sam!" The Hero puts a hand on his head.
He appears to be completely crazy. All of the trauma the Goddess dumped on him and the words of Bianca's father has broken his mind beyond repair.
"..." Sam stays silent but keeps an eye on his enemy in front.
All his mana is gathering in his fists. His blood boils uncontrollably.
"How did you get in?" Hero asks. "When?"
Before jumping in, Lily cast her Invisible spell on him so that he could have the preemptive strike. Although that advantage is gone now. Yet Sam feels no regret.
At first, they decided that they would find a mistake of the sort to launch a counterstrike. Sadly, the Hero's teleportation magic was too fast. This is why Sam had to intervene as quickly as he could.
If he missed just a sliver of a second, the guy would have regretted it to the end of his life. He will never be able to forgive himself for letting Yui dies.
"That explosion I heard was because of you, wasn't it? To be completely honest with you, I never expected you to grow this fast.
What happened to you the last few months, Sam? Who helped you?"
"..."
"It was those bitches, wasn't it?!" The Hero's attitude changes drastically upon saying so.
*Twitches*
"Do not call them that!" Sam grits his teeth in anger.
"Oh? Mad, are we? That is nothing compared to my suffering. Do you know what they did to me?" The Hero points a finger at his face.
"I do. And I do not care." Sam answers.
"BULLSHIT!! They made my life a living hell! I HAVE NOT GOTTEN OUT OF THE MANSION IN WEEKS OUT OF SHAME! Do you even know WHAT people have talked about me behind my back?!"
Sam scoffs. "Pathetic!"
"PATHETIC?! LOOK AT YOU! WHO STANDS BEHIND YOUR WOMEN'S BACK!? WHO DID NOT DARE TO FACE ME DIRECTLY BUT HIDE BEHIND OTHERS? That's you. Sam. YOU ARE THE PATHETIC ONE! Not me."
"I am pathetic. And you, too."
"BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Ridiculous. UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!!! I am the Hero! I was BORN with powers you can not ever understand. My life is special. I am supposed to become the best in this world! This Universe!"
Hero stops for a second and points his staff at Sam.
"But you! You just had to butt in and ruined everything! You and you dirty whores!! My reputation! My name!! You people ruined it all!!"
*Twitches*
"If it was not for you, I WOULD STILL HAVE MY GIRLFRIENDS BY MY SIDE! I WOULD STILL BE LOOKED UP. PEOPLE WOULD STILL BELIEVE IN ME!!!"
"It was all your fault! Every single thing that went wrong was because of your existence. Do you know what I am going to do? I'll kill you. Then I will find you girls, and KILL THEM ALL!!!" The Hero yells out his threat.
*Twitches*
Sam looks at him as if looking at a corpse. "So be it! Me, or you. Let's end this."
Earth Creation magic: Metal Chains.
"YOU DON'T GET TO TALK LIKE THAT, TRASH!"
Earth Prime Element: Gravity.
Gravity magic: Float.
The hero once again flies up to the sky, trying to take advantage of the battlefield.
"Oh no, you don't!" Chains of metal suddenly fire out from Sam's hand.
Seeing the incoming attack, Hero readies his next move. "I AM NOT GOING TO BE PULLED DOWN!"
Runes start to appear around his body. And an incredible amount of wind pressure appears out of nowhere.
Magic rune: Energy.
Wind and Energy Combination.
Wind Creation magic: Tornado.
A huge whirlwind forms with Hero as the center, pulling the metal chains away from him.
"YOU IDIOT! How do you expect to win with the same tactic again and again?!" The Hero laughs at Sam's strategy.
*Dink* *Dink*
There are sounds of metal hitting a wall.
"Huh?!"
*Clang* *Whoosh!!*
The Hero looks toward the origin of the sound. One is a normal metal chain that is stretched out, the other is quite unconventional.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?! SPRINGS!???" Hero looks at it with bewildered eyes.
Sam pulls his body upward with extreme haste. He lands exactly on the metal springs, which aim straight at the Hero. Both of his fists draw close to his body, clenching tightly.
*Ghhhhhhhhh* *Sproing*
"How did you...?!"
The math is simple.
Physical Enhancement, plus frozen armor, plus Ice Lance, plus the gauntlets, plus the springs, equal: never before seen ultimate attack.
Just like a flash of lightning, a figure zooms through the sky at a speed that the Hero can not catch up with.
*BAMMMMMM!!!*
Impact.
"GAAAAAAH!!!"