touchnovel Chapter 990: Repulsive
Chapter 990: Repulsive
Chapter 990: Repulsive
The sea of flames transformed into an array of dragon's heads. The fire condensed but shone brightly and more violently, quickening the floor's melting.
The stage caved in in multiple spots, slowly creating a cascade of molten metal. Brigadier General kept burning and shriveling, too, until his entire figure lost any trace of vitality. Only his resolute eyes betrayed the life still screaming in his heart, but that fire dwindled with each passing second.
Khan's interest in that unorthodox ability remained strong, but a different emotion
outclassed it. He had a mortal enmity toward Brigadier General Meadrey due to his unique values, but the opposite shouldn't be true.
Brigadier General Meadrey's beliefs and stern personality made him take the military planet's issue seriously, but the man was killing himself to pursue his goal. Khan could understand having a selfless sense of duty, but the General's actions felt personal, and he couldn't figure out why.
It made sense for the Brigadier General to see Khan as a threat. Khan could also accept that the man was willing to sacrifice his life to protect humankind, but that suicidal spell required something more profound than duty.
Simple xenophobia couldn't justify that development. After all, Khan had witnessed the Bise and Izraz, so he knew that bias' limits. However, he didn't do anything to earn such a strong reaction. He had barely heard about the General at all before returning to Baoway.
'Am I that repulsive?' Khan wondered. 'Is this how humankind sees me?'
The current dragon's heads were incomparable to the previous. Brigadier General Meadrey had sacrificed his body to push their numbers and density to a superior level, but the red slash pierced them as if they were butter.
The Divine Reaper had unmatched sharpness, and the cursed knife only enhanced its lethality. It also compensated for its glaring weakness. The technique didn't have great range, and Khan's mastery level didn't completely overcome that flaw. Yet, the weapon's accumulated energy allowed the slash to fly further than ever.
Tens of dragon's heads split in half as the red slash pierced them. Their bright energy continued to advance, but Khan's attack wasn't a mindless mass of sharp energy.
The red slash cut through the yellow energy past the dragon's heads before performing a sharp turn, changing direction to attack the other spells. The attack looked hungry for that dense energy and chased after it while it continued to approach Khan.
The heads were fast, but the slash was faster, and nothing could slow it down. The enemy spells were soon split in half, then in four pieces, until they eventually became dense chunks of formless energy that flew through the air. The latter kept charging at Khan, propelled by an invisible force, but the same couldn't be said for his attack.
As powerful as the cursed knife was, Khan didn't have much time to charge it. Moreover, the Divine Reaper had yet to benefit from Khan's evolved status, making it slightly weaker than his other abilities. Of course, that only applied to the single slash.
Brigadier General Meadrey seemed to have won one exchange, but the surviving lumps of scorching energy suddenly underwent a change. A sharp force still lingered on their severed edges and cut through their fabric, splitting them even further.
What remained of the dragon's heads crumbled into yellow clouds before they could detonate or reach their target, but Khan's attack didn't end there. The invisible sharp force had yet to disappear and followed the trail of energy from the yellow spells to sever it out of existence. Brigadier General Meadrey had fallen on the lower floor during the exchange. He lay on a partially melted metal staircase while flames still lingered on his feet and most withered parts of his body. He looked exhausted, but his eyes abruptly widened as soon as his survival instincts screamed in fear.
A strangely tall tongue of yellow fire burned on the Brigadier General's right shoulder, but its fabric split in half, paving the way for the withered skin below. A long cut opened there, and a spiderweb of wounds expanded from its edges.