Regulus pov
Regulus: so how is it?
Gospel: yes about that I'll be blunt... GUESS WHO'S A GODLIKE TODOROKI?!
Regulus: Fuck YES!! So what about that white flame ball?
Gospel: I am sorry sir... it didn't make it.
Regulus: wha-what? What do you mean?! Isn't saving them your job?!.
Gospel: I am sorry sir I did the best I could. I am not Great sage...It just couldn't be saved...
Regulus: looks down* dang it...
Gospel:...
Regulus:...*chuckles*
Gospel: pft Hahaha!!what the hell was that master?! What are you a father that lost his child's mother?!
Regulus: Hahaha!! And what about you what was that weird start to the conversation? You acted like a doctor that just came out of an operation so thats how I reacted.
Gospel: Chuckles* this was fun...
Regulus: chuckles* yeah...
Gospel: although for some reason
you did get the frost monarchs paradox ski- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??!!
Regulus: FUCK!! I AM FIGHTING SUNG JIN WOO HOW THE HELL DID I FORGET?!
I side stepped as the giant ogre attempted to punch me into the ground.
I wanna use Vain glory. I really do but that would be so boring!!
Seriously though How the hell did I ever forget that I was fighting THE Sung Jin Woo.
The single universally agreed upon badass of the webtoon and Manhwa world.
Oh wait yeah he's fighting an Ice and Fire Giant.
Gospel: seriously how did you even make a giant with Ice insides and fire outside?
Regulus: I have absolutely no Idea.
I jumped up in the air with my hands behind my back. I landed on the ogre and before It could do anything. I activated Pride. It fell down to the ground in pieces, but before I could catch a bit of rest A sword came crashing down at me I jumped back and Activated greed. Before I could send a shock wave to whoever it was though.
*screech*
I was sent flying back into the same wall that the frost monarch had crashed into.
I looked up with bloody murder in my mind but...
"So cool..."
The shadows I was now fighting were none the other than the coolest shadows in Existense...
Beru...And Igris..
Oh my god they're so Cool!!!
*deep breath* Stop It Regulus. You can't be fan boying right now.
Wait...they are beyond any martial artist that would ever exist in this world...
Regulus: Gospel...What would happen if I ate their names and memories?
Gospel: They are connected to Sung Jin Woo so the memories they have here is nothing but a copy...so nothing. Although they'll probably feel an insane headache for a few hours
Regulus: So no long term Consequences plus they will be incapacitated?
Gospel: yes.
Faster than I could react Beru was in front of me. I would've taken this moment to touch him but his left claw slammed into my chest causing me to get buried even deeper into the wall.
"You have guts human..." Beru said in his screeching voice. It was almost painful to hear if you some how looked past the coolnes...
Which you can not!
Before he could say more. I vanished from his sight and appeared behind him. I touched his back with Gluttony active, and as a small revenge, Sent a weaker Shock wave, not enough to go through him but it was enough to send him crashing into the same wall...we need to take this to another wall, I don't think this one will hold up any longer than this. Igris moved his sword and slammed the flat side into me causing me to fly to the other side of the room. Why did he not go for the kill? Is he saving me for his master?
Unfortunately for him thats gonna be a fatal mistake. I licked my left arm, Eating all of Berus' memories and Name. An absolutely terrifying Screech echoed through the entire area. Most of the soldier looked in worry at Beru who was now on the ground Clutching his head in his hands. Igris Charged at me with his Sword but I simply Dodged it before using the claws to cut through the armour.
He stumbled back but charged right back at me. I blocked the sword strikes with the claws and moved in for the kill but each time I moved my arms he would just block my attempts with the flat side of his sword.
A few minutes had already passed. He moved his sword in the air before slamming it down at me resulting in me blocking it again. As the sword slamed on my claws the ground shook at the shockwave from the attack.
"Those movements..."
I couldn't help but widen my eyes as I heard those words coming from Igris. As some one who had never really read the novels and had his entire knowledge come from the webtoon I had heard only brief talks in the reviews about how they couldn't wait to see Igris talk or something. Me being the curious person I am looked through the wikipedia to see if the words held any merit and to my surprise they actually did.
It was really cool to hear it but...
"Those are Beru's moves are they not?" He asked...why was his voice so laid back and relaxed and...Like a kid going through Puberty?
(Imagine like toshiro's voice in bleach anime but without the seriousness)
"Ma. ma~ would you mind not ignoring me?!" He said. He twirled his sword before jumping down from the column. He flipped once before striking down at me with the sword.
Yeah...still cool I don't care about voice!!!
I moved my claws up to block him and caught the sword mid air. The inpact alone causing a 10 feet wide crater in the ground. Yeah. Fuck voice. This is pretty fucking awesome.
"And why should I say just because you asked?" I replied. I straightened my claws so it seemed like a sword point before jabing at his side which he blocked like before.
"Well~ that is true huh?" He moved back and jabbed at me with his sword to which i jumped causing the sword to get stuck in the pillar behind me I skillfully landed on top of the sword. Fully expecting him to just move it from under my feet but unexpectedly he just stayed still. "So how about I simply say what I observe and you tell me wether or not I am correct?" He asked I just scoffed. "Do you seriously expect me to fall for that?"
Rather than replying though "You touched Beru in the back before getting struck by me you then licked the hand opposite of the hand you used to touch him at which point he fell down to the ground clutching his head. So the only Conclusion is you somehow copied his skills."I stayed silent but he kept continuing. "Furthermore you have touched my sword multiple times so I can say with confidence that you cannot use your ability unless you touch the body it self. Is this correct?" He asked. I snarled before jumping up as he took the sword from below me.
I inwardly berated myself for not just touching him while he monologed but that seemed rude beyond messure for some reason...he grabbed my right arm before spinning on his heels and kicking me right in the head with the back of his foot. I flew off to the other side of the room till i back flipped and landed on my legs. Before I could react though he appeared in front of me again and slammed the flatside of his sword into my head. "I have also noticed how no attack leave any sort of damage on you...not even a speck of dust. Not to mention your hair never moves when you fly through the air. This has lead me to believe you are either in a state of some sort of suspended animation or maybe you are simply an illusion or maybe..." he swipped his sword in front causing a small shock wave to occur.
He looked at me in a somewhat smug manner and said. "You are disconnected from either Time or space..."
I couldn't help but widen my eyes...how the hell did you manage to figure that part out...
"That reaction gives it away. I am correct aren't I?" He asked. I was gonna fall for it and ask 'how' this could very much be a bluff...
"Incase you are wondering." He said as he held his sword up high before striking it down causing a blast of air to pass through the air and reach my position only for it to pass around me harmlessly. "The attack that Baran used causes spatial damage yet if you had been using some sort of spatial ability It would've had no effects on you. Yet you were pretty much killed from that. Yet most of the other attacks like the one just now seem to bounce off of you and while normal shield spells were an option they wouldn't have withstood spells of those caliber and so disconnection from time is the only possible outcome." That was...honestly kind of amazing...
"It is unfortunate that I had to use Beru as a guinea pig of sorts though. I had no Idea that he would be down for the count after this experiment though..."
"I see...It was indeed weird seeing someone like him charge for the kill so fast. So you made him act reckless to trick me into revealing my ability"
"Thats right." Red lightning swirled around him, "and i can say for sure that I can indeed defeat you" and then as though this would be his final mission. He charged. I stopped the charge with my claws but something was wrong. There was this anger that started to course through my veins. I could actually feel the sword in my hand as though it had sliced right through the stillness of objects time.
Regulus: Gospel?!
Gospel: No its not a Paradox skill but looks like it has a lot of spatial attributes!!
"How unfortunate...I had thought of you as a strong opponent but it seems that you were just hiding behind your shield." He said in a mocking tone before adding more pressure causing the ground below me to break away.
But I didn't care about that right now.
"Care to repeat?" I said in a sweet yet cold tone however it didn't affect Igris.
"Did you not hear what I said" he asked before jumping back. The red lightning around him still present but just a slight bit dim compared to before. "I said that you are a weakling hiding behind that time shield of yours." I could feel anger rising in my veins. You are just a weakling pretending to be strong. You are sinply another step for our king to grow stronger. Soon enough you will be dead" He said as he squatted down before charging at me like a Lightning bolt. "And I'll be the one to kill you"
And so, I snapped.
He raised his sword once again fully aiming to behead me.
Before he could react though I was in front of him. He breifly widened his eyes before I drove my open palm into his face and grabbed it in a vice grip.
"I, Regulus Corneas,the archbishop of all sins, The Head of the Radical Faction be killed by an insect like you?"
"Stop Kidding me" I threw him to the other side of the room. He landed on his fist and attempted to hold up his sword but I was faster. I appeared in front of him and activated lust, but rather than increase my hands' size I used it increase its physical strength to the point that it would be impossible to go further without enlargening. My hands turned pitched black and just as I appeared in front of Igris I punched in his right cheek before driving my other fist into and through his stomach and out his back.
Gospel: Ma-Master please calm down! Anger won't do y-
Regulus: Gospel?
Gospel: Ye-Yes?
Regulus: Shut it.
Gospel:...as you wish.
"AGH" he wheezed but was unable to do anything as he started to dissapear and go back into Sung Jin Woos Shadow.
"Do you truly think that you were alive so long due to your own power?" I started. "I could've turbed you to Dust the second you appeared in front of me. I could've Beheaded that ant before he even Appeared behind me."
Soon enough he was nothing but a helmet.
"You, your king and your fellow soldiers are alive because I permit you to. Do not forget that"
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