Chapter 197: Final Slash
Jack and his very existence momentarily became dark and fell into the ground. Kazi blinked and said out loud, "What...?"
Beneath his feet, he sensed the shadows move. His ears twitched and Kazi swung his sword behind him while uttering, "Super Spark Strike!" Kazi missed by a hair’s breadth and in return received a poke to the stomach. A touch of golden metal. An attack that by any other weapon would be insignificant.
But the rapier turned the tiny poke into a stab that launched him into the city walls. He heard an audible crunch as his spine made contact. In an instant, Jack the Ripper had reversed his disadvantage.
Kazi heard maniacal laughter and looked up to see Jack aiming for his head.
’Magic Barrier!’
Upon brief contact, his spherical barrier shattered. It had slowed the rapier down by a fraction of a second, enough time for Kazi to swerve underneath the rapier, point a finger at the abdomen, and mutter, "Fire Dart!"
A guaranteed hit at point-blank range. Kazi anticipated smoke to erupt in his face and for Jack to be sent back. Instead, the Fire Dart whirred into the air and exploded meaninglessly. Jack had disappeared and promptly reappeared next to a piece of standing wood, emerging from the ground as if it had been inside it.
Kazi touched the bleeding wound from his stomach and healed it with a quick application of Divine Miracle Water. He barely registered the pain, thinking of the battle ahead. ’Jack is experienced enough to break out of any long-term clash. Then there’s the black lightning. I wasn’t able to get a full glimpse but judging by Jules’ condition it doesn’t stop with simple electrocution. There’s something else to it and I’m not keen on finding out what.’
Jack, if he wanted to, could fight with no flaws. He had the capacity to murder every single player without blinking. What held him back was his obsession with strong opponents; of fighting worthy opponents. If he went straight for the kill rather than wasting mana to make a show, Kazi would have arrived to see everyone dead.