Chapter 1299 Making His Move

Chapter 1299 Making His Move

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While Shin was engaged in an intense battle against King Yulis, Lodhir finally made a decision. He would be making his move and interfering. nOve/lb)In

He could see that despite the fallen elven king gradually getting stronger due to the changing phase, Shin was still able to adjust accordingly and respond to everything without a problem. It was as if he was also getting stronger as time went on.

If Lodhir knew that Shin was a player, then he would think that he was a boss monster that could also become stronger as the battle progresses due to the changing phase whenever his HP Bar decreased.

Speaking of which, Lodhir also noticed that his undead summon, a humanoid King Class Monster, had yet to get a clear hit to Shin since the start of the battle. Aside from the small chunks that his HP Bar had suffered from the strong impacts during the powerful frontal attacks that Shin could not avoid, he never got hit by any attack. He would always somehow avoid them despite how unexpected they were or block whenever he was forced into a corner before counterattacking.

Realizing that he could no longer wait, Lodhir finally made his move. He could not afford to continue with his act earlier.

Not that Shin was not aware of it.

Raising his bone staff, Lodhir gathered his mana before slamming it down. Right when the bottom of his staff hit the ground, an intense tremor suddenly spread in every direction and shook the whole floor of the throne room.

"You finally can't wait any longer, huh?" Shin, who was already expecting that to happen, smirked. He then disengaged from exchanging more blows against King Yulis and leaped back.

Swoosh!

Right when he leaped away, the ground where previous stood sprouted out with shadow spikes that seemed to be planning to skewer him alive.

At the same time, King Yulis suddenly charged forward, breaking through the shadow spikes, and jumped straight at him.

Shin flipped in the air multiple times while moving away from the fallen elven king, creating distance between the two of them. He somersaulted from time to time to dodge some of the attacks of the latter as he retreated.

While retreating, he was keeping an eye on Lodhir, who was constantly casting a series of spells and sending them his way.

Shadow spikes, dark spheres, cursed arrows, and shadow tentacles made their way toward Shin as he engaged in battle against King Yulis. Each of them was accurately sent at him whenever the fallen elven king left a gap in his attacks.

But as if Shin had extra eyes on him, he was able to dodge everything without problem. None of the spells touched him despite engaging with King Yulis. It was as if he did not have any blind spot that Lodhir could take advantage of in the battle.

Some of the spells that he had sent were even deflected by Shin and sent toward King Yulis by slightly changing their trajectory. Even though the fallen elven king remained affected by those spells since their dark properties were of no use against him, his movements were still being hindered by the explosions of those spells.

Seeing that his spells were ineffective, Lodhir felt frustrated, especially when he supposedly had the upper hand in this battle with the help of King Yulis. It seemed like he still underestimated Shin despite witnessing what he could do earlier.

Realizing that he could not afford to continue hiding his real capabilities, he started using more advanced spells from his arsenal.

Clasping his hands together, Lodhir held his bone staff with both of his hands while chanting a series of necromantic words. The aura around immediately changed as the surrounding mana gathered.

Swoosh!

Huge magic circles filled with dark energies appeared behind him, spinning with a constant rhythm. Then a group of dark spears wrapped with shadow chains came out from those magic circles.

Shin felt that the hair on his back suddenly stood up, sensing an intense chill right after the appearance of those spears. He felt that they were locked on him. It seemed like they would be chasing after him wherever he went and not stop until they caught up.

Bang!

Stomping the bottom of his bone staff on the floor once again, Lodhir fired the dark spears.

'Corrupted Necromancer Skill (Tier 2): Spears of the Sealed Fate'

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Seeing the incoming spears with insane speed, Shin did not hesitate to retreat further away, trying to shake off King Yulis while preparing to counterattack.

But the fallen elven king seemed to stick to him like gum and refused to let go. He assaulted Shin with a series of sword movements and techniques, which forced Shin to defend himself.

Shin forced King Yulis to retreat for a moment with a powerful strike before sheathing the [Yamato] in a swift yet accurate motion. He then ducked forward as he controlled his breathing and circulated the mana within him according to the 'Solar Breathing Technique' and the 'Golden Immortality Technique'.

'Jade Kirin Scripture: Quick Draw (Fire Form) – Sunlight Cleaver'

Swoosh!

At that moment, King Yulis charged through the raging flames while covering his body with a thick black haze to protect himself.

He then spun in the air as he swung his swords at Shin, who was still in the middle of maintaining his final pose after the earlier move.

The swords in King Yulis' hand suddenly ignited with a shadowy flame that absorbed the surrounding flame, forming a spinning twister around them.

Shin slightly raised his brows when he saw that. But instead of backing down, he welcomed the incoming attack with open arms.

The sheath on his left hand transformed once again and turned into a longsword, taking the 'Meteor Form' of 'Mondi's Style'. Then Astaroth fused with it once again for another [Summit Shaper Possession] but in a different form.

Then Shin swung both of his swords one of them covered with a blazing flame while the other was enfolded with metallic luster.

Bang! Bang!

Right after the two sides collided, the strong aftershock shook the entire throne room, which also affected the floor underneath them.

Gravels and rock fragments flew in the air due to the strong aftermath of their clash before turning into dust as they were crushed by the residual force from the collision.

The two paused for a moment, maintaining their positions, before engaging in an intense exchange.

King Yulis executed a series of sword techniques produced by his limited sword skills. He seemed to be able to create a new set of techniques by just adjusting the angle of his strikes, the speed of each of his swings, and the power behind them.

In response, Shin used a variety of his sword techniques, combining his sword-drawing and sword-changing styles. He was able to respond to everything but was forced to retreat from time to time since he had to also deal with the spells that were sent to him by Lodhir.

Shin seemed to be struggling in the battle when King Yulis increased his pace and Lodhir used his more advanced spells.

From time to time, Shin was glancing at the direction of the necromancer, who remained in the same position up until now and seemed to gauging the distance between them.

When he was forced into a corner, the two opponents coordinated with another combination of attack, trying to end him there.

But at that moment, Shin mumbled with a whisper. "It seemed to be enough."

He then exploded with a series of movements, heading toward Lodhir.

'Elemental Skill (Void): Void Steps'

'Slayer Skill: Moonlight Steps' x3

'Phantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Steps'

In just a couple of seconds, Shin appeared right behind Lodhir while brandishing his sword with great force. It was clear that he had no intention of letting of this opportunity that he had created.

He had purposedly lured King Yulis away, so that he could create more distance between the two and prevented the latter from rescuing Lodhir in this situation.

But Lodhir seemed to have expected something like this to happen, so he quickly raised his bone staff and appeared tens of meters away from his previous location. Not only this escape was instantaneous, but its distance was also quite far, so Shin would still take some time to catch up.

"That time is more than enough for King Yulis to rescue me," he mumbled as he turned around and about cast a spell to buy him some time.

But it was also at that moment when he was greeted by a cold voice. "Is that so? Why do I feel that it is not the case?"

Shin suddenly appeared right in front of him the moment when he turned around as if he was a ghost.

'Equipment Skill (Leg Armor): (Megumi's Shadow) – Death Travel'

He then swung the sword on his hand, severing the head of Lodhir, who was still staring at him in great shock and disbelief.

'Perfect Four Symbol Scripture: Sacred White Tiger – Guillotine Execution'

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