Chapter 14: War Part 5 - Worm
Their battle continued. This time, Lucy didn't let the chaos around him break his focus.
The war screamed in every direction—explosions of mana lighting the sky, roars from dying beasts shaking the earth, the metallic clang of steel echoing across the battlefield—but none of it penetrated his concentration.
His world had narrowed to one point: the brown-haired elf before him.
Lucy pressed forward, relentless and precise, his jaw set with grim determination.
Each step cracked the blood-stained obsidian beneath his feet.
Tiny crimson droplets splashed upward as he weaved through corpses and rubble, fists coiled with shimmering mana, eyes locked on his enemy.
However, it still wasn't enough.
The elf's movements were maddening—fluid, disciplined, untouchable.
He twisted around Lucy's blows like a dancer, every dodge a calculated brush with death that left Lucy striking only air.
The elf's expression remained serene, almost bored, which only stoked the fire building in Lucy's chest.
'What is with this guy!' Lucy thought, ducking beneath another flash of steel that whistled past his temple.