And so... I died!
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Or so it should have happened, I gave up, didn't I? To hell with giving up! I'll lose only when I say I lost.
My eyes gleamed with determination, claws getting closer and closer to my neck.
*Dull sound*
I moved enough to make its claws go through my left eye and my left ear, shattering them both and with a deep gash now on my face.
But I didn't care, now my physical capabilities were too far above the person in front of me, possibly he didn't even see me when I moved to stop him from decapitating me.
"Now, a little revenge" I muttered, but as there were only the two of us in the Hall, my mutterings were clearly audible to the shadow that had show on his ugly face, possibly he will think what else he can do to make him finally die.
'Nothing! You don't need anything because nothing can kill me' I roared inwardly in anger, extending my left arm and closing my palm, forming a fist aimed directly at the goblin's abdomen.
The next moment I accumulated mana in my hand, it was the first time I made such a direct contact of mana to my body, but I didn't mind in the slightest, I need not repeat that I was filled with rage.
With a quick movement, I moved my arm at the highest speed and force possible and releasing the accumulated mana, thus forming an explosion that hits his abdomen squarely.
*BOOM*
An explosion sound was the proof that my attack was very destructive along with a fog of dust that would form and covered my vision, my mana accumulation and body movements were so fast that the shadow didn't have time to defend itself.
At this moment I was stronger than ever, although it hurt, my body apparently was very used to pain making me not pay much attention to my current wounds, I could only control my body not to expel too much blood.
So I quickly stood up, pushed Duranvil with my foot and moved back several meters, and then put myself on guard and maximum alert.
It didn't take long for the sand fog to clear, without one eye my vision was already limited, but I still managed to see the creature from the abyss in front of me and seeing it like that I couldn't help a satisfied smile blooming on my face.
A big hole in the creature's abdomen was what my attack made in it, you could see the other part of the Hall in the hole with a more cracked wall, possibly because my attack hit it.
Had it been earlier, I would have taunted it, but now, though diminished by my opponent's current form, I was still seething with anger.
From his current wounds and from what he said earlier, I knew that he could not regenerate or not as quickly from an attack that has some Mana, so I knew very well that I had to end this now, in this last clash.
The shadow also seemed to know of my intentions, leaning forward a bit, a grimace of pain visible on its face, showing me that it either had more sensitivity to pain than me or that it is not used to such wounds.... Possibly both.
I didn't think much about it, currently I only have one arm and two legs, because I wanted to kill this **** with pure blows, making that decision, I decided to run towards him, my speed causing even the dust around me to be pushed away.
My speed is too great for him, so how is he going to survive? My question was quickly answered when I saw darkness appear out of nowhere near me, just centimeters away, unlike when I cut the shadow's hand, this was a purer and blacker darkness, looking like a black hole that could swallow everything.
And from there, such a black orb would become incredibly larger.... This was what hit me that time! When I was about to win, it was that attack that hit me in the abdomen...And now it wants to smash my head!
But now I had noticed the attack, my concentration at another level compared to before, so I saw it and could easily duck and continue my run.
And with a jump, I threw a spinning kick when I was just inches away from it, but it magically disappeared, its presence gone from the world.
I didn't panic, I had faced that ability before and I can do it twice, so it didn't take long for a hand to fly towards me with great speed, which I immediately dodged gracefully, moving my knee to break his elbow, I used a little mana in the attack so it doesn't regenerate.
So, basically he had useless two arms or, one useless and the other that did not even exist.
It wasn't long before his figure appeared completely, weak and feeble, a hole in his stomach, one arm completely severed and another arm practically useless, his face looked too tired possibly because he just used his mana limit.
I was obviously much worse, my flesh and bones visible in multiple wounds and I could see pieces of my shattered eye on the ground, but I didn't look weak like the shadow, quite the opposite, I looked intimidating, terrifying and full of strength.
At this point I already knew that the shadow would possibly have just chosen its fate.
"So, did I win?" I asked, taking slow steps, approaching the goblins with a wicked grin.
"Yeah, I rin-" My fist impacted directly into his face, since he was leaning forward, I was able to hit him without making a leap.
My fist sent the shadow flying a few feet away from me because I didn't use my full strength.
I quickly reached him again, he was lying on the ground without any strength in his body.
"Well, I've wanted to do this for a long time," I said with a wide grin.
this" I said with a wide smile on my face full of cruelty and evil.
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Several minutes passed where I was punching, kicking and any kind of physical attack on the shadow. The truth is that I wanted to take more time, but I could see signs that it was recovering its mana by seeing that it was regenerating, so I finished with my fist of mana completely breaking its head and destroying it, thus ending its unpleasant life.
It didn't take long for an orb of darkness to form on the creature's chest, that orb absorbed the color of the shadow, several minutes passed before the darkness left the goblin's body, revealing an evolved goblin with pale green skin.
Unlike before where the color was crimson and purple, this time the orb had a deep black color, which was transferred to me.
Although I was much stronger because of my wounds, I was actually much weaker than the shadow in the normal state, so the orb was completely absorbed into my body, healing my wounds completely, I had a satisfied expression as this happened.
"If you haven't noticed, you also have about 1% abyss power in you now from absorbing abyss energy" reported the voice in my head, the one that sometimes comes out to give me interesting facts that I overlook.
[Test completed... Do you wish to stay and face another challenge with more difficulty or do you wish to return?] Said the mechanical voice in my head, this time obviously the voice of the Test.
I couldn't help but smile as I listened to the announcement, I thought about the moment I finished the Test would be to defeat the King on the throne, but apparently it was the challenge, making me deeply relieved.
"I'll... I will leave."
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