As Adonis stood, watching the colossal crimson blade approach him and his friends, he had multiple thoughts racing through his mind.
'Damnit… I've lost too many Stats from [Limit Transcension].'
He had intentionally deactivated the ability so he could monitor just how much he had lost. Needless to say, the numbers were atrocious.
'I could choose to use it again, but that would only further place all of us at a disadvantage. Plus, when I consider the grand scheme of things…' Adonis bit his lip as he felt a heavy weight rest on his shoulders.
No matter how he went about this, it was troublesome.
'There's no guarantee that I'll be able to completely ward off that assault without [Limit Transcension].' Staring at his Divine Blade, Adonis could see that it had returned to its original state.
Without the crutch that was his last-ditch ability, he was still too unqualified to use most of his power. As frustrating as it was for Adonis, he knew he had to endure.
'Right now, there's no use thinking about this…'
He felt the winds whipping across his dace, and every hair on his body stood as the electrifying auta of the red blade fell even closer.
'There's only one path to save everyone.' Turning back, he could see Billy, Trisha, and Alicia. In front was Clark.
It was all his fault that they found themselves in this situation, and they were all relying on him to survive. There was no way he could let them down.
"I won't let my friends die…" Adonis whispered to himself, steam rising from his lips as he tightly clutched his Divine Blade.
"Never again!"
~VWUUUUUM!~
Energy was instantly built up and released—before anyone could even understand what had just happened—and Adonis once again took on the regalia of golden energy.
Taking his stance, he prepared to swing his arm with his full strength, screaming with all his strength as he leaped to reach the crimson blade before it got any closer to the ground.
'I can't afford to use any new abilities, else she'll just copy it…' Adonis narrowed his eyes as he let the powerful energy coating his blade to simply run rampant.
~WHOOOOSH!~
In one rapid, but incredibly powerful swing, Adonis destroyed the giant blade, sending yet another surge towards Kar'en and her team.
As expected, she used Spatial Magic to change their positions, but Adonis was already prepared for this.
Coating himself in his [Absolute Light Magic], he utilized his [Full Sense] Skill to detect distortions in space right before they appeared. Thanks to his currently heightened state, both physically and mentally, the moment he detected this breach, he strengthened his muscles and did what he had never done before.
Grabbing his blade like a javelin, he launched he aimed it at the target location. Then—
'... DIE!'
~WHOOOSH!~
Like a bolt of lightning, the Divine Blade was sparked in the brilliant evening. It sped through the distance, almost as if it didn't exist at all.
As space bent around it, the power of the blade only magnified more and more as it approached the target.
~SQUELCH!~
In that very instant, the Divine Blade hit Phil'emon at point-
blank range, killing him instantly.
That was yet another Dragon Commander who bit the dust.
Adonis smiled at this achievement, the golden light flickering all over his exhausted body. However, before he even had the chance to celebrate…
"Nice aim."
… He heard a voice right behind him.
It came from none other than Kar'en, and in the short moment that he used to blink, she had closed the distance between him and now floated in his rear.
"But this is the end." As Adonis heard this, he gulped quickly.
Yes, his Divine Blade would return to him. No one was capable of properly wielding it except the Hero, and it always sought after the Hero who wieLded it. As such, with the weapon already done with its task, it was on its way to Adonis.
However, it was clear to the Hero that his enemy—who had already reached his position—was going to kill him before his Divine Blade returned.
'S-shit! I was careless!'
As Adonis floated on the precipice of death, waiting for the Grim Reaper to cast judgment on him… he began having multiple more thoughts.
'Is this really how it ends? Was I truly being too ambitious…?'
The Capital being attacked, him choosing to save it, his friends choosing to trust and follow him… and now all of this?
All this time, he had tried to convince himself that he did the right thing.
But…
'Did I really?'
If he and his classmates died, humanity was perpetually doomed. The war with the Dragons would only escalate, and once they were done playing around with humans… they would wipe all of them out.
Only the Elves and Fairies had a sizeable amount of people in their ranks in the future that Adonis saw. Humanity was nearly extinct already.
'If we die here… isn't that future guaranteed?'
And without any Otherworlders making the sacrifices, or leading the charge against the Dragons, there would be no way to reach the Sacred Place and return to the past once again.
There would be no way to reset the world.
… No second chance.
'I must have known that, yet I squandered this privilege given to me by those two…' He closed his eyes, expecting the death that he probablu deserved.
Dragons were ruthless and merciless. They weren't going to spare such a big threat to their empre. And even if they did, the captive would have to suffer an even worse fate than death.
Knowing all of this, Adonis knew the greatest mercy he could recieve at this point was his own death.
But, right as he was about to receive recompense…
"[GRAND EXPLOSION]!"
A sudden voice echoed into the air, and a brilliant blast erupted right behind Adonis.
~BOOOOOOOM!!!~
The shockwave from fiery explosion sent everything flying, including Adonis, who was thankfully able to descend, with his Divine Sword rushing towards his grasp in quick succession.
"Haa…" As Adonis landed and raised his head to look at the explosion in the sky, he couldn't help but leak out a small smile.
'... You came!'
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