Chapter 1546: Self inflicted
Lonos smiled since he could tell that Rain was trying to bullshit his way out of that mess, but soon his body began to change... Although Rain maxed out Limit Breaker, even after decreasing its level to increase its effectiveness, his youthful appearance never changed while the skill was active. Now, his appearance was changing even more... instead of showing like a perfect form of his peak physical vigor, the aura made him look beyond even that...
Instead of showing an aura of endless potential, Rain began to show an aura of almost absolute power... when Lonos recognized what was happening, he immediately understood that a being like him never had a true endless potential... he was but like a program that had a single goal. Thanks to that, he could become almost a being of five dimensions by having access to almost infinite mana at all times. However, Rain was just showing the true strength of a being of a lower dimension... by controlling the access of all his stamina for the next hours.
"... I bet that he will show up as soon as I am done with this to make good use of the situation," Rain said. "If he has any form of brain, he will come for me..."
Lonos gulped... Rain’s power of his Limit Breaker was increasing more and more. Stamina wasn’t something that the machine gods ever had. Having a body that worked like that never would work for them, or so they assumed... but too late for that, he changed his mind.
"Go on, why are you taking so long?" Rain asked.
"... You will only attack when you have one hundred percent certainty that you will hit.. however, for how long can you endure that?"
The stress of pushing his abilities beyond their limits was taking its toll on Rain’s body. Cracks began to form, visible signs of the strain he was putting himself through. His relentless pursuit of power through the limit-breaker technique was causing his body to reach its breaking point. Lonos had warned him of this, and now it seemed inevitable that Rain would face serious consequences if he didn’t act swiftly.
The cracks in his body were a stark reminder that he couldn’t continue to push himself indefinitely. As Lonos had predicted, Rain was risking permanent damage unless he found a way to turn the tide of the battle soon.
"It seems that even now, you underestimate the length of how far I will go..." Rain said while furrowing his eyebrows. "Truth be told, I want to finish things with the dragon god myself, but as long as I destroy you, the power of the aspect of time will be added to the system. My friends will be able to obtain that and finish things with him. I am certain of that."
Rain’s words carried weight, and Lonos could tell that Rain was truly ready to die if that was the only way... the cracks in his arms were starting to spread to his torso and then reach his neck... soon enough, he would be a goner. This time, it will be hard for his body to restore since all that had been self-inflicted damage. How will his willpower make him recover from that much damage when Rain himself was the sole cause of it?