Chapter 13: Half-Giant
Ah Shit!' Tai Xin cursed inwardly as he looked at the half-giant soldier's fist which was coming towards him rapidly.
Straining his brain, in the process of trying to find a suitable method of dodging this lethal attack, Tai Xin willed mana toward his leg jumping backward, Nonetheless, it was already too late.
'Dammed mana control! Tai Xin exclaimed once again in his mind as he dispaired inwardly looking at the punch that would come in contact with Tai Xin in the next second.
Tai Xin, who was currently despairing looking at the punch suddenly felt both his eyes dilating.
This even surprised the two 'Theifs' who were currently sharing his eyes and lips among themselves.
The punch suddenly seemed to have slowed down. Simultaneously Tai Xin looked around finding that it wasn't the case soldier's punch only but also other objects.
The dust particles seemed to have frozen due to the river of time. However, the reality was something completely different.
Tai Xin's eyes then scanned his body. If Tai Xin was in control of his own eyes, he would have immediately checked his body first before checking his surroundings, however, he unfortunately wasn't.
Ye Xiong calmly scanned Tai Xin's body allowing him also to see what exactly was the matter with him.
'This!' Tai Xin was momentarily shocked. What he saw were multiple colorful threads passing through his body while shining brightly.
It was as if these threads were present deep inside his flesh and blood erupting right from his soul.
These were the so-called "Pathways!"
To perform nonverbal magic these mana pathways were of the most importance.
If these pathways present in the body were successfully activated, one could immediately send mana to certain body parts.
Normally willing mana forcing it through the vessels and veins would take more than a minute and even if one possessed an extraordinary level of Mana control it would at least take a few seconds.
But building paths would quicken the process of transportation. It wouldn't even take a mere second to will mana, toward any part of the body.
Moreover, these pathways were even beneficial for a warrior, as even though aura could be generated from any part of the body, with the help of these paths one could quicken the process and improve the neuromuscular coordination. The only difference was that the aura wasn't as versatile as mana. There was nothing called an external aura or external aura manipulation.
Back to the topic Tai Xin had successfully activated the paths in his body.
His eyes were shining brightly, enabling him to see all kinds of mana particles that were present in the surroundings. Suddenly lightning particles accumulated on the tip of his sword.
Simultaneously the entire sword started to emit blue light as a result of being covered in mana.
His sword disappeared reappearing in front of the fist clashing with the fist.
Bang!
Shockwaves spread throughout the places as a result.
Terror lighting style!
Complete the first form!
Lightning-fast strike!
Lightning particles envelop Tai Xin's body. His Body quickly disappeared materializing in front of the Half-Giant soldier's body.
His grip over the sword intensified as he once again launched the sword slash towards the soldier.
But to his despair, a giant battle axe spun like a boomerang toward Tai Xin trying to behead him.
The pressure alone made Tai Xin aware that this was something that would take quite a strength, something out of his own scope.
But fortunately, he could manipulate lightning particles, enabling him to quickly escape the attack.
This attack was launched by another half-giant soldier. He raised his hand as if beckoning the battle axe which followed his command flying back to it's grip.
Behind him, another soldier appeared. This soldier, also just like the other two looked like a half-giant. There was a great sword wielded by him.
'Why are these three giants after me? Didn't they have anything better work to do?' Tai Xin questioned themselves while looking at these three abominations. Yep, they were definitely three abominations, or at least looked like it.
'What should I do? What should I do?'
Tai Xin once again began to strain his mind thinking about any method to get himself out of this shit.
'Do you want to survive?' Suddenly Antigouse said startling Tai Xin.
'Is that even a question?'
'Yeah. Well, I'm not here to discuss about all the bullshit. Just answer me, so you want to survive?'
Tai Xin suddenly started to deliberate.
But he didn't have enough time to deliberate over it as those three abominations immediately launched their attacks.
The half-giant soldier with a great sword slashed it in midair. A sword slash in the shape of a crescent moon was immediately launched toward Tai Xin who twisted his entire body dodging the attack by an inch.
At that moment his eyes fell on another half-giant soldier with battle axe.
[Level: 21]
*Ore wa yukedaktekv.* "You are weak." He possessed a deep voice that was expected from his frame.
Looking at the incoming attack Tai Xin immediately slid his leg falling to the ground and dodging the attack successfully.
His grip over the sword intensified even further as he launched another slash but this time towards his leg. The half giant soldier also launched his attack, but was a second Hlaf
The tip of the sword came in contact with the hlaf Giant's leg. Tai Xin used the force that was repelled due to the attack, and threw himself backwards. In the next split second the ace crashed on the place where Tai Xin was present before.
However it wasn't like Tai Xin would be left alone even if he managed to dodge.
The half giant soldier that hadn't wielded any weapon and the soldier with a great sword attacked simultaneously.
'Do you want to survive?' Once again this question echoed in his mind. However this time the voice was different.
'Yes.'
...
*Atwihegs!* ("Die!")
Tension was once again felt within the atmosphere. The kings of battleships looked at themselves ready to rip each other apart.
Even though they wanted info on the "Final Destination" This didn't mean that they would freely let any other kingdom just go towards it. What happened last time could just be described as an accident.
The battleships once again activated their cannons. They filled it with magic cannonballs that had special effects ready to launch it towards each other.
But... The explosions one would expect to hear after seeing all this never occurred.
Something strange happened. Something extremely strange. The battleships that were slowly moving towards each other floating midair stopped. They completely froze midair as if the time itself had been paused.
The two illusory figures at the top watching the spectacle smiled. These two figures seemed to be standing between the boundary of reality and illusion.
These two transparent figures slowly regained their original colour as if becoming more real.
Exactly three seconds later these two figures returned to reality.
Alister Feng then looked at the person beside him. "Good job, Xiong Meng. Now let's see these bunch of miserable creatures, getting trampled over. Let's take joy in it, Xiong Meng, let's feel the joy."
Alister Feng's lips were slowly widening further turning into a wicked grin. At one point this smile seemed to be something that wasn't possible to be replicated by a human. It was as if someone tried to replicate this smile their entire face would split.
Looking at the smile even Xiong Meng for a second felt chills before suppressing it. "Yes, my lord." Xiong Meng said respectfully. As he said these three words with great respect, he felt weird.
"You must weirded out by the fact that I ordered you to address me as 'My lord.' or 'Sovereign.' I'll just repeat what I had said previously just to make you understand. You can think of it as me having a god complex, but remember this. Once a Monarch, always a Monarch. Once a Ruler, always a Ruler."
Listning to these words Xiong Meng squinted his eyes. Many thoughts passed through his mind in this short time.
'Are my guesses right or wrong? Has some kind of spirit or ghost possessed his body?'
"Indeed, though your thoughts are half wrong." Alister Feng suddenly said jolting Xiong Meng out of his thoughts.
"Wai-wait, that's not what I meant. I mean..."
Alister Feng's smile widened even further. At that second a few droplets of blood came out of his lips.
"No use in lying to me. Not like I will eat you alive. Though you might die, no you are dying."
"Huh?!"
"Don't worry, just kidding."
Xiong Meng's expression twisted even further as he looked at Alister Feng this man who definitely had a screw or two loose. His humor was equally thrash.
"Haha~, so now you're saying that I'm not funny huh?"
As Xiong Meng heard these words, all the hairs on his body stood up as he remembered about the last time where such similar situation had occurred. Just remembering about what had happened next sent chills down his spine.