Chapter 184 - Steph Vs. Clement

"My lord, please forgive me for stepping in your way king Clement. I truly did not see you. I shall do anything to atone for my sins," the guard which was trying to speak to Steph but unintentionally got in the way of king Clement said as he stepped back while trembling in fear which just showed the fear that the kings and queens put on their own subjects.

"Never mind that, just step out of my way so I can deal with that thing," said Clement as he set his eyes on Steph as he knew that he needed to defeat him as quickly as possible.

"I assume that you're one of Julius' comrades that was sent out to deal with me? How foolish, I would have expected a damn army but he just sent a single person to battle against me? Let alone a woman?! Have I really become to be viewed as just an old man?" Clement said as he worried more about his own reputation than his opponent.

"Uh- sorry sir but I'm actually a boy," said Steph which left everyone except Clement speechless. The reason for this being was that Clement didn't believe what Steph had said in the least. As such, there was no reason for him to be surprised.

"No you're not. I mean I can understand that you've started to get scared because of my presence but that's just how things go. No matter what you say, you'll still end up dying. whether you're a boy or a girl, your fate remains unchanged, after all, you're the enemy," Clement said as he was dead set on killing Steph.

As for the guards which had been caught off guard by Steph's words, they quickly returned to their senses as what king Clement said had made sense to them. After all, there was no possible way that a man could look so feminine. Or at least that was what they thought.

"Do they seriously no believe me? I mean what reason do I have to lie about my gender. Although I should finish this battle as quickly as possible so I can join everyone else in the main way, I want to you with these guys just a bit more," Steph said to himself as he placed his hands on his shirt and began to pull it upwards so that he could take it off.

…

"Is she seriously taking off her shirt? How shameless."

"No way! Today is the day that we all get lucky. I mean this job is the most boring one in the entire world so stuff like this should be appreciated. I can't believe that this is really happening. Maybe this'll change my life for the better."

"Well, I'm not going to complain."

The guards began to think and say all these things as Steph slowly began to take off his shirt. As the shirt got ever closer to his chest, the suspense grew massively all for the big moment as everyone including even king Clement was watching.

After waiting for so long, the crowd's eyes had began to turn red from not wanting to blink since they didn't want to miss the show by blinking for just a second. However Steph didn't want to keep everyone waiting either so he finally fully pulled up his shirt only to reveal a flat man's chest.

Everyone who had been praying that Steph was truly a girl, which was basically everyone began to lose their balance as they also started to feel really light headed from realizing that they were ready to give everything up for a man. Truly the most shameful part of their lives.

Even king Clement seemed a bit surprised that Steph was truly not lying about the fact that he wasn't a girl but was instead a man.

"I see, my apologies then criminal. You look like quite a female. Nevertheless, like I said previously, you will meet your end here. Do you have any last words?" Clement asked Steph as he prepared to end his enemy's life. Seeing as the battle could not be delayed any longer, Steph finally made his move.

<<Secret Art: Dismantle>>

A secret art which was able to instantly break apart the base of buildings which would caused them all to crumble. Without wasting any time, Steph's secret art began to erase parts of the castle which Clement lived inside which at first only caused little things to fall over but as the seconds passed, things began to turn truly for the worst.

Within just a single minute which king Clement spent watching an analyzing the secret art that Steph had used, both Steph and Clement along with almost all of the guards which were standing on that floor fell straight through that floor along with several other floors beefier finally coming to a stop.

Once Clement began to look around at where he exactly was, he realized that he was inside the basement of his castle. That meant that not only his he fall through the floors of the castle but the people who were on the lower floors also got crushed by the floors above them.

"You… you killed my guards, my maids, my servants. You demon boy, I'll make you pay!" Clement yelled at Steph which just brought a smile onto Steph's face.

As Clement began to look around his surroundings, he noticed the dead bodies of all the people which resides inside the castle. Although Clement had never expressed his emotions to the people which worked for him, he truly did care about all of them.

"Special Trait: Gathering Ground"

Once Clement had activated his staff's special trait, it began to flow as it seemed to also effect the ground which was turning into a smoother substance that could move on its own while flowing lines thick liquid.

After turning the ground below him into a liquid like substance, Clement forced it to split into 10 parts before he reshaped them into polls just like his golden weapon.

"Mud duplication? How interesting, I wonder how far he can push his special trait," Steph thought to himself with a curious face.