"You?" Nyx said when he saw Isaac standing not too far from him, emitting a frightening level of murderous intent. He was already having a splitting headache just from standing before this old man.
"I had known that we would get into a fight someday, but to think it would be so soon…" Nyx shook his head bitterly. "If you don't mind, may I know the reason for this?"
"You bastard!" Isaac spat out in fury when he saw Nyx acting as if he didn't know what he had done. This only made Isaac's fury surge because the red-haired boy was clearly taunting him. The boy was not putting him in his eyes.
"Because of you, I lost my position, I was branded as insane! Because of you, I lost all the respect from my peers! All my hard work was flushed down the drain because of you!" Each word that came out of Isaac's mouth seemed to come from the depths of his heart, and one could feel the pain in it.
"I still don't get you. Is this the reason you teamed up with those guys just to kill me? Am I that special?" Nyx asked with a confused expression on his face, fueling Isaac's bubbling fury that would explode any moment.
Little did the older man know that Nyx was buying himself time to survey his surroundings and use it wisely. From Isaac's aura alone, he could tell that the latter was very strong, and he wasn't a fool to underestimate his opponent.
"Brat, you think I'll need those guys to take care of you?" Isaac sneered. "Those guys were mainly to stalk that other bastard Momo while I personally rip you to shreds here. Then I'll reclaim my precious reward and honor from the order!"
Step! Step!
With an evil smile on his face, Isaac lunged at Nyx. There was a blade in his hands, but not just any blade because this was a super item that had dragon symbols on it and it was emitting a dangerously fiery glow.
"Die!"
In mid-air, Isaac made a horizontal slash, cleanly aiming for the red-haired boy's neck. The glow on the sword intensified as red flames ignited on the blade as it inched closer to Nyx's neck.
The sword appeared fast and even Nyx had a little difficulty keeping up with it because, unlike the children back at the academy, Isaac was a professional superhuman and he had lots of experience under his belt.
At the nick of time, though, Nyx was able to jump back; in that brief moment, he felt the intense heat of the sword on his face.
"Impressive," Isaac exclaimed as he pulled out the sword from the ground, which had caused quite a crater. Without a doubt, if that sword had hit Nyx, the latter would have found himself in the afterlife. Seeing this sight caused Nyx's heart to pound. His opponent clearly had superpowers, plus he was using a high-ranking super item — a deadly combination.
He was truly at a disadvantage here.
"You'll have to do better than that, Isaac," Nyx taunted, still showing a calm facade, something that irritated Isaac to the marrow of his bone. Before Nyx could react, Isaac disappeared in a blur of motion, reappearing behind Nyx with a wicked smile on his face.
"You can't run from me," he hissed and launched another attack. The blazing sword came in a barrage of slashes. However, Nyx was too slippery as he started to weave in between each strike. But he was entirely unhurt as there was a trail of smoke on his burnt, torn clothes with several slash wounds.
A puddle of blood appeared beneath Nyx's foot and he could feel his entire body hurting all over.
[Health: 60/100]
'Dammit! Have I grown that weak or is it just this body?' Nyx thought as he ducked under a particularly vicious attack and rolled over, distancing himself from Isaac.
'I can't believe I couldn't even land a hit?'
Although he wasn't the strongest villain in his prime, Nyx still considered himself to be very strong, so he was left puzzled when he found himself in such a precarious situation against a tier 2 opponent.
But little did he know, his display left Isaac baffled as well. He couldn't believe how a thirteen-year-old was making him struggle like this, and this only made him ashamed because there were people currently watching. How would those people feel when they saw him struggling against a kid!
Subconsciously, this brat was still humiliating him. He was losing respect! This gave Isaac even a bigger determination to kill Nyx.
With a guttural growl, Isaac lunged forward once more, his movements swift and calculated. Nyx stumbled backward as he tried to evade the onslaught. Each strike came closer and closer to piercing him, and Nyx was pushed back until his back hit the rocky wall of the valley.
Seeing that Nyx had nowhere to go, Isaac directly thrust his sword at the red-haired boy's chest. Finding no way to block the strike, Nyx could only grit his teeth as he used his arm to block the strike and the sword pierced his flesh, busting through the other side like a hot knife through butter.
Nyx felt a wave of pain. That arm was gone. But without a breather, he willed his legs and ducked a powerful swing from Isaac. Although he could easily land a hit, Nyx chose to flee because of the screen flickering in his view.
[Health: 50/100]
"My health is going down at a rapid pace; I've to think of something. If it hits 0, then I'm done for." The last thing Nyx wanted was to lose consciousness in the middle of a fight.
He knew he couldn't face the older man with his current strength, so he decided to try something different, something that might just put him at a little advantage. With power packed in his legs, Nyx turned tail and began to run into the distance, but for some reason, his speed wasn't that fast, and with little effort, anyone could catch up to him.
Behind him, a clueless Isaac was giving mad chase, and when he got closer to Nyx, he gripped the sword tight, straining his lean muscles. With a roar, he unleashed a slash packed with all his might. Even the sword was encased in chaotic blazing flame that appeared as if it could devour anything in its path. It was like the sword of a war god!
However, just before the strike could hit him, Nyx screamed in his mind, "Now!"
[Enchanted Cloak active skill activated!]
What happened next left Isaac and all those watching their fight in pure shock.