Chapter 995: Crouching Corpse, Hidden Serpent
Sonnenträger’s plan to pour nearly everything he had left into a single strike had its merits, after all, if Loimos could just recover so easily from any and all attacks, then the only remaining option would be to destroyed the pure undead into a single strike, not leaving him any room to recover.
However, the skeleton was not oblivious to what was happening, clearly understanding the intentions of his adversary, showcasing multiple manners in which he could dodge and move out of the way, trying to sow doubt into hero’s mind, silently attempting to make him question the validity of his plan by demonstrating how easily that one blow could be avoided or mitigated.
But Sonnenträger was unshaken, whether Loimos was trying to dissuade him because the plan was sound and could work out, or simply as diversion tactic to ensure that he did go through with it and failed- Whatever was the truth, did not matter, the golden one did not care for the pure undead’s endless mind tricks or attempts at misdirection, he was not going to be influenced, this was the only plan that made sense, so he was going to go for it, no matter what.
Floating in the air, appearing like a golden divinity as he shone brightly, Sonnenträger’s dark, copper red hair was thrown to the sides chaotically by the strong winds, his green eyes, green like no other green that existed, locked onto the black serpent- Onto the beast’s deep, dark purple eyes, a purple like no other purple in existence.
Pushing against the air, he soared downward at Loimos, narrowly avoiding all manners of spells and attacks thrown at him, preparing to deliver the most powerful Golden Glow that he had ever manifested, but as per usual, the undead did not allow for him to do so.
"STOP" empowered words of death tongue came slamming into him, forcing him to do as ordered, and by the same occasion, forcing him to divert his gold toward breaking free of the absolute command, in the next instant, the gigantic dark serpent turned into dark lightning, going right through the golden one, inflicting severe shock leading to traces of necrosis manifesting upon his flesh, but only for an instant, shining with gold, all traces of damage vanished as he hastily moved out of the way countless spikes of bones raining down from the sky, as one flew by, Sonnenträger took footing upon it, using it to suddenly launched himself straight the snake.
He went for an immediate uppercut, but seeing the scales shift, preparing to detach themselves to disperse the gold that would be poured into the main body, the hero delivered a strike but without a Golden Glow, but the strength was still enough to launch the serpent’s head upward.
Manifesting solid platforms out of golden energy, Sonnenträger used them to move swiftly, basically slinging himself from one to the other without pause, moving far faster this way than by simply flying.
He hoped to be able to pin down Loimos with his ultimate Golden Glow at last, but like an eel, the champion of the empire simply seemed impossible to get a hold of, all of the serpent’s scales suddenly moved up, allowing for some blood mist to be ejected from beneath them.
"Oh no, you are not slipping away again" gold descended into a straight line through the red mist, unexpectedly, Sonnenträger found Loimos immediately, he barely even moved from where he had been moments ago.
Simply twisting his body out of the way as his maw opened up, a swift figure jumping out from within and tackling into the hero in mid-air, more a split moment, the golden one thought that Loimos had finally abandoned his serpentine body, but no, this was something else.
Grabbing and squeezing Sonnenträger’s throat was a large figure resembling a red a demon, which was easily recognised as the harbinger of war, it had been a little while since Loimos had last manifested the four horsemen, but this time, they were further empowered to a ridiculous amount, wielding their apocalyptic aspect with overwhelming strength and intensity.