Chapter 243: Adrian's Wrath [8]
"..."
Fafnir stared at Adrian for a long second, which felt like an eternity under the pressure and heat. He was looking at Adrian in a new light now.
'H-how is this possible? No, how much misfortune does my master have exactly?!'
So, to make it simple and short.
Dante killed a woman and became the owner of the first greed relic.
By coincidence, the son of that daughter tracked Dante and forced him to go to the White Abyss.
Ruby's ability activated. That led him to becoming the owner of the second greed relic.
At the same time, Adrian somehow got a wrath relic.
And apparently, he didn't continue going after Dante and just left to either get the second wrath relic or to fix another problem.
Dante's relics were a weapon and a mask.
Adrian's relics were a weapon and a mask.
One was Greed, the other was Wrath.
Dante was under 25, and Adrian was under 25.
Adrian still tracked Dante somehow, but Dante fell to the Abyss, leaving Fafnir to deal with Adrian.
Despite all the shared things between Dante and Adrian… There was a problem.
While Adrian and Dante had demonic relics… Fafnir had none.
Not to mention, he had only 60% of Dante's stats!
'Yeah… shit.'
The situation now looked extremely hopeless. Fafnir wanted to say that he had an advantage for possessing demonic energy, but Adrian also had it.
The draconic body? It was useful, but the Force Aspect was powerful.
Semi-immortal body? That wouldn't help if the 6-armed beast in front of him decided to evaporate him in a few seconds.
The only thing that Fafnir had and Adrian didn't was the silver Ether… probably.
"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Greed cheered happily: "It's a fair fight. You only need to retrieve the segmented sword and land a clean strike!"
'Shut up!'
Silver Ether Technique — Runic Analysis!
Instantly, Fafnir began to see everything in runes.
The runic structure of the subspace, the gauntlets, the armor, the mask, and even Adrian's extra arms.
And… everything was complex. Finding a loophole didn't look like something that could be done quickly.
"You have three seconds." Adrian hissed with increasing fury. The color of his energy suddenly changed into earthy brown, which was the mixture of the blue mana and the orange demonic energy.
Fafnir already made up his mind.
Silver Ether Spell — Ether Cannonball!
Shadow Technique — Shadows Of Future!
Misfortune-Chaos Magic — Intrusive Thoughts!
BOOM!
Adrian's eyes widened as a silver cannonball tore through his armor at a horrifying speed, sending him slamming into a wall while his thoughts became chaotic.
Still maintaining Shadows Of Future, Fafnir charged forward like a bull, retrieving his silver sword while the suppressed demonic energy finally erupted through his body and sword.
His armor had long been gone, leaving him only in the shadow cloak.
Slash!
His sword rang through the burning air as it cut through in a wide arc, covered in a strange energy that flickered between white and black.
Clank!
The silver blade struck Adrian's armor at the neck, finally shattering into molten pieces after barely scratching Adrian's neck.
Crack!
At that moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.
Several parts of the armor bent inward, crushing Adrian's body as if being squeezed by a giant arm.
Simultaneously, the scratch in Adrian's neck closed on its own, but another scratch appeared right on Adrian's left eye.
It was random, chaotic, and harmful.
That was the power of Chaotic Impact!
Fafnir only found a way to use it with a weapon instead of only his body.
That was his winning card. If he had anything next to his silver Ether to fight Adrian equally, it'd be the chaos energy!
Without hesitation, Fafnir extended his arm toward Adrian's head.
Misfortune-Chaos Spell—
"...!"
But at the last second, Fafnir stopped and retreated instantly.
BAM!
Several giant arms struck the spot that Fafnir had been standing in. One rose from the floor, one from the ceiling, and two from the walls. Without Fafnir in the middle, they hit each other, causing a shockwave that threw Fafnir further.
"So, you choose death!"
Adrian stood up and cracked his neck indifferently. He simply tensed his muscles and his armor returned to its former shape like nothing happened.
"So you were a demon all along, huh? The other must be a demon too. My mother's death… everything makes sense now!"
Clenching all of his 6 fists, he was about to punch the air, but then, he noticed something on the floor.
CRACK!
Six grenades that Fafnir had left exploded, but not like a bomb. Instead, they cracked into 6 masses of ice and snow, freezing the place and trapping Adrian inside a glacier.
BAM!
A fist of flames burst from inside the glacier, leaving a path for Adrian to escape.
Once he emerged, he didn't hesitate to throw a rapid barrage of punches.
His fists tore through the air with explosive shockwaves, moving so fast that Fafnir saw them as blurry images.
And from the impact, what was sent was flaming projectiles that took the shape of a fist with a dog head.
'Shit!'
The dog fists were aimed everywhere randomly, giving Fafnir a short window to dodge and evade.
Silver Ether Spell — Ether Barrier!
A silver barrier materialized and covered Fafnir, then several demonic ice barriers followed as external and internal layers to the silver barrier.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Tens of dog fists landed on the barrier, spreading cracks and steam.
After focusing on the flying dog fists for a few seconds, Fafnir's analysis finally made a breakthrough.
Deflect Command!
With a hidden surge of silver Ether, several fists changed direction, and some even went to Adrian directly.
"Using my own attacks against me?!"
To Fafnir's horror, Adrian didn't even dodge. He continued launching more dog fists, and when the deflected fist landed on him, he was left with only a few scratches.
'I need a quick solution—!'
CRACK!
At that moment, everything became worse.
A giant hand of molten stone burst from the ceiling and slammed the barriers. The floor cracked under Fafnir from the overwhelming force.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
More and more hands came from different places, and they didn't finish their job with one attack.
Whenever a hand landed a punch, it moved as if it was alive, lifting itself up before landing another punch on the barrier.
"Hahaha!"
Adrian didn't stop attacking with flaming dog fists for a second.
The deflecting command wasn't enough to stop them all.
The molten hands needed more time for analysis.
The ether barrier was nearing its end, almost a second away from shattering.
The attacks came from all directions.
Fafnir still couldn't find a way to break the subspace.
There was… no escape.
'Am I… going to fail again?'