Fight Hypnos

The creature in front of me was composed of human flesh and bone with the exception of its head, but it didn't have a face, instead merely a hole that wasn't seen through, it was pitch black as if staring at a deep abyss.

Next was tentacles, my goodness, so many tentacles, this thing was full of it, I didn't know if those were strains or veins, but some of them gathered on its head and ass, resembling hair and tail.

Lastly, its body was mainly a large human spine and ribs.

"..." I looked up, thinking what the hell was this supposed to be? At least Volt's transformation was like a walking human skeleton, but Grave's was just a mess, a big ugly mess.

Hypnos, his name? Huh, that meant in front of me was no longer Grave? They were two different beings?

Assessing the situation, it seemed the fight would cause terrible destruction, the villagers would be in danger.

But more importantly, I had to move Claudia out of harm, from his obsession with her, I doubt he would harm her, but there was nothing wrong making precautions.

At this moment, the hole in Hypnos' face emitted light, I thought he was about to launch an attack, therefore I prepared to shift him into a different location to avoid damaging the village.

But all of a sudden, I was struck by a piercing headache.

It was throbbing so badly, like a hot piece of blade forced its way into my head, shearing my puffy brain with scorching heat.

"Urgh..." I slightly lost my balance, and then I placed my palm on my head, I could feel the blood pounding in my veins.

"Don't resist... let me show you... my world..."

"No thanks, I like here just fine," revealing a bitter smile, I summoned several Qi swords and launched them all toward Hypnos.

Hypnos controlled its tentacle and blocked my Qi swords, then it strengthened the intensity of its light, causing further pain inside my head.

"Ah!" my fingers dug into the skin of my head, my face was all twitchy, blue veins cracked into the surface of my eyes.

"Useless attempt... the more you resist... the more you will suffer... by accepting the truth... you will awaken... just like me..."

"Ugh, will you shut up..." I grit my teeth, with my mind under such stress, it wouldn't be possible for me to use magic.

My two options were Sword Technique and Firebending, I had used the former quite a lot today, but it seems after sleeping with Olga, Chloe, and Ruu-Ruu, I had it replenished, so I got a lot of spare. As for my firebending, although I couldn't refill it now with the sun no longer in the sky, I hadn't used it much, so it should be fine.

Taking a deep breath, I bore the pain and summoned two Qi swords, holding them in my two hands respectively.

I charged toward Hypnos, it shot countless tentacles to intervene, blocked my path, or head straight to me in an attempt to bring me down.

Slash! Slash!

I spun to slice them up, jumping around to avoid some and cutting off the rest, the tentacles might be fast, but it couldn't outrun me, the only problem was a severe headache in my head, it was getting stronger for every distance closer to Hypnos, its light inside the dark hole was getting intense, so intense I thought I saw the sun, I tasted blood in my mouth, my eyes were burning hot.

"Stop... stop... do not resist!"

Hypnos sprang six tentacles at me, and I summoned six Qi swords, each of them clashed with one another, the swords deflected the tentacles, and it helped me push through the blockade, giving a clear path toward Hypnos' body.

I focused my firebending to gather into my soles, and after a small explosion, I leaped toward Hypnos.

Puchi!

"Garh!!!" Hypnos screamed, the Qi swords in my hold cut through its body, almost split it in half.

Unfortunately, it wasn't stupid. Knowing I had breached its defense, Hypnos didn't waste time, it turned around and quickly escaped, for something with a giant figure, it's sure moved agile.

The pain in my head reduced, with a better mind, I chased after Hypnos to finish it off.

I jumped into the air and shot several fireballs with my feet, I purposely created their trajectory like that so if Hypnos dodged my attack, it wouldn't accidentally blow the village's houses.

Bang! Bang!

Sure enough, Hypnos leaped to the side and avoided my fireballs, sacrificing the ground where it previously stood.

But I had prepared, just as Hypnos leaped to the side, I rolled in midair while bursting flames from my fists, forming a wheel of flame, then I launched the wheel toward Hypnos.

Hypnos hopped into one of the houses to avoid the wheel, at the same time I also landed on one of the houses, I kicked hard its roof and rushed toward Hypnos, creating a large Qi sword, I swung the blade horizontally to kill it.

But to my surprise, Hypnos, as if anticipated my attack, rushed toward me before I could manage a full swing, we clashed mid-air, and Hypnos brought me onto the ground.

Bang!

We crashed the ground, I quickly recovered and attempt to create a distance, but Hypnos controlled its tentacles to forcefully pinned down my limbs, then with close proximity, it faced its light straight toward my face, the light was once again intensified.

"!"

The pain... it's like there was a small bomb inside my brain, it exploded and destroyed every single of its cell.

I had difficulty breathing, my eyes stretched so wide, my concentration reduced to ash.

"You are... too resistant... relax... let your consciousness accept the truth... for it is... reality..."

"Go... the fuck... away!" I roared and burst flame from my mouth, it caught Hypnos off-guard and submerged its head on the stream of flame.

"Gah!" Hypnos stumbled backward, the tentacles around my limbs had also loosened, although the pain in my head disappeared, the after effect still lingered, I felt numb from the top of my head to the tip of my feet.

Seeing the blue flame was about to extinguish from Hypnos' head, I opened my mouth and roared another burst, this time submerged Hypnos' entire body.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" I could feel its pain, the blue flame was not an ordinary flame, the heating point was 10 times hotter.

Finally, I recovered my head, and then my entire body. Without wasting time, I quickly used teleport, moved to Hypnos' side, lifted my hand, and forced it inside its body, I crazily scorched it from inside.

"NO... CLAUDIA... I..." in the roaring of flame, Hypnos wailed in desperation, knowing its time would soon end.

I didn't have mercy, for every inch of Hypnos' body, I burned them to crisp, and by the time I was done, there was nothing left but black charcoal.

I sighed and took a deep breath, couldn't help but still feeling a bit dizzy, this guy was sure an annoyance, but its ability to attack someone's mind was powerful, so powerful that I believed there were not many who could survive it, otherwise fell into its influence.

Hypnos mentioned mother before... I wondered who that was... she seemed to be the one who gave Grave this ability.

Another question was whether the rest of the traitors also like Grave, that included Lee-Lee, maybe that little master hid something from me.

If there were more like Grave, then the rest of those women were all in danger, or at least the people within the fort would possibly be under harm at the moment.

I had to move quickly...