Absolute strength.....

Anthony swings his other dagger at Itto.

(Swish!)

Suddenly Ash comes in front.

Ash throws her body at the dagger thinking he will stop the dagger.

'Shit! I swung too hard! I can't stop the dagger now' - Anthony

The dagger was not stopping.

'Oh no, I am one step late. He swung too hard. He can't stop his dagger' - Ash

'Sorry Zen, I think I might die today' - Ash

"Skill: Blood Lust" - Zen

Everyone froze when Zen released his blood lust.

"Oi, what the hell are you trying to do?" - Zen with his eyes overflowing with menace

'Huh?' - Anthony

'Did he just stop me with his blood lust skill alone?' - Anthony

'No, It is probably his crowd control skill, more importantly, thanks to him I didn't kill our future young miss' - Anthony

(Swish!)

Anthony dives into his shadow and pops out behind Fin Alfred.

"Zen, you finally came" - Fin

"I was disappointed at you thinking that you just ran away" - Fin

"But thank you Zen for coming in front of us" - Fin

"Welcome to your impending doom, my dear Zen" - Fin

"You are Zen right? Thanks to you I avoided killing Ash, our young master's future wife" - Anthony

"But don't expect us to show mercy to you, our young master already planned out what to do with you" - Anthony

"Huh? Who do you think you are? I will kill both you and your young master" - Zen

"Zen, run away from here. That man right there is a Grandmaster. We will buy you enough time" - Itto

"Grandmaster?" - Zen

(Slash!)

Zen's right arm was cut by Anthony who approached Zen with unreal speed by diving into the shadow.

The arm flew into the air slowly and everyone witnessed it with fear.

"Shit!" - Zen

Zen quickly stepped back to maintain a safe distance.

"It seems you do not understand the situation clearly. Allow me to introduce myself" - Anthony

"I am Anthony Alfred, an elder from the Alfred family and I am Level 115" - Anthony

"He is Level 115? We have no chance of winning from the beginning" - Takagi with his face losing all hope.

"It is true Zen, he is very strong" - Candice transmitting her voice directly through Zen's head.

"Hahaha, that is one arm. There are still three more limbs to go" - Fin

"As expected, even Zen is not a match for him. He lost his right arm before the fight even begins" - Itto

"Hahaha, this why you need to come from a strong family. Do you understand the difference between us?" - Fin

"Ash, see. He is just a one-handed man now. Do you still love him? I can make you the richest woman in the world. Just come to me" - Fin

(Crying!)

Ash started to cry seeing Zen lose his arm.

"I only love one Man and that is Zen" - Ash

'This Bitch!' - Fin

"Hahaha, you have been dumped, sugar daddy" - Zen

"What are you laughing at? You just lost an arm, you one-handed freak" - Fin

(Grin!) - Zen

'Skill: Regeneration' - Zen

Zen's arm got completely regenerated.

"Who lost an arm? Are you blind?" - Zen

"Thank goodness" - Ash with her soft smile even when she is crying.

"What the heck did you do? Fine, I will make you regret it. Anthony just cut all of his limbs, now" - Fin

"On your command young master" - Anthony

(Swish!)

Anthony dived into the shadow and pops out in front of Zen to cut his limbs.

****Flashback****

****When Zen was recovering for a week in the Inn after the fight with King Ghaul****

"Hey Candice" - Zen

"What do you want, Imbessible?" - Candice

"What is my strongest fighting style?" - Zen

"Obviously it is Stance 10 - Nemesis" - Candice

"I know that much, I can't use Nemesis before reaching level 100. So I am asking what is my strongest fighting style without Nemesis" - Zen

"Good question, you finally understood that you can't use Nemesis even in an emergency from now on" - Candice

"Now that I think about stance 9 is too weak compared to Nemesis" - Candice

"Oh, I forgot about that" - Candice

"What? What? Tell me" - Zen

"Well in your human form, there is nothing worthy of mentioning because nothing can come close to the attack power of Nemesis. But I can't say the same for your Half-Dragon form" - Candice

"Well after resting, I think your body will be able to stand dragon's instinct. You know what I mean" - Candice

****Back to the present****

Anthony's double dagger was about to reach Zen's limbs.

'I think the time came' - Zen

'Go all out, Zen' - Candice

"Skill: Dragon Scales" - Zen

"Skill: Strengthen" - Zen

Zen transformed into his half-dragon form and applied strengthen Skill on top of it.

(Tang!)

The double dagger was bounced back.

"What the hell?" - Anthony

"Skill: Intent" - Zen

Zen turned his Spear into Energy and applied it to his dragon claws.

'Zen, he is dangerous. His strength is comparable to mine. But strength is not my specialty anyway, it is speed' - Anthony

Anthony dives into the shadow and increases his speed.

"Take this, Skill: Shadow Slash" - Anthony

"Skill: Blink" - Zen

Zen teleports right behind him.

"What are you slashing? Some Air?" - Zen whispers in Anthony's ears.

"Huh? When did he?" - Anthony

(Swish!)

Anthony increases his speed again.

'It is my full speed. It's been a while since I used this much speed. But now I am sure he cannot escape my attacks' - Anthony

"Skill: Shadow Garden" - Anthony

Anthony attacks at lightning speed. There are ten consecutive shadow slashes in the Shadow Garden skill.

"I do think blink skill is a cheat in terms of movement speed. That is why I will dodge every attack with my own speed" - Zen

"Dragon Art: Stance 8 - Draconic Drive " - Zen

Draconic Drive is a movement technique used when dragons transform into half-dragons.

This movement stance is used to achieve insane speed by flipping their wings with at most force.

(Dodge!)

(Dodge!)

Zen dodges every attack with his own speed.

"Huh?" - Anthony

"He dodged everything!" - Anthony

"What the hell was that form? He is super OP now. He didn't even use a fraction of his power when fighting Orc Champion" - Takagi

"Thank god, Zen is fighting fine even dealing with Grandmaster" - Ash

"Our captain is so OP, Lucas" - Lilly

"You are right. I didn't expect him to be this much strong when we reunited in the Labyrinth" - Lucas

"You always surprise us, Zen" - Itto

'Shit! Zen that bastard. He is getting all the attention again' - Lucas

"(Hah!)(Hah!) What the hell are you? What is your true level?" - Anthony

"True level? I am only Level 93 by the way" - Zen

"Level 93? Are you kidding me right now? There is no way you are just a Master" - Anthony

"I also didn't expect a Grandmaster to be this weak" - Zen

'Shit! I don't think I have a chance when fighting fairly' - Anthony

'Sorry young master, forgive me' - Anthony

(Swish!)

Anthony dives into the shadow and pops out before Ash holding his dagger right in front of her throat.

"If you want your teammate to live, change back to human form" - Anthony

"Oh! Hostage?" - Zen

"Yes, I will kill her if you didn't turn back to human form within 10 seconds" - Anthony

"Kill her? Who?" - Zen

Anthony was shocked and turn his head back to check whether Ash is present or not.

'Skill: Blink' - Zen

"Me?" - Zen

Zen switched his position with Ash when Anthony was turning his head.

"You? How?" - Anthony

'Anyway, it is a good chance. From this distance, he cannot dodge' - Anthony

"Die" - Antony

Anthony tries to stab Zen in his throat.

(Grin!) - Zen

'Skill: Blink' - Zen

(Stab!)

(Cough!)

(Bleed!)

"Oh no!" - Anthony

"Elder? Why?" - Fin

Zen switched his position with Fin Alfred.

Fin was stabbed in the throat and coughing blood.

"No young master, What have I done?" - Anthony

"I think it is not enough to let him die like this. I am not satisfied yet" - Zen

"What are you trying to do?" - Anthony

(Flip!)

Zen arrives behind Fin in an instant

"Say goodbye to your beloved young master" - Zen

Zen placed his hands on Fin's shoulder.

"Noooo!" - Anthony

"Skill: Re-De (Deconstruction)" - Zen

(Deconstruct!)

(Slice!)

(Drop!)

Fin Alfred was deconstructed into minced meat and dropped down.

"No, Young master, Where are you? Young master? It is not real" - Anthony

"It is very real" - Zen

"You! You are the reason for all of this! I kill you for sure" - Anthony

"Try your best" - Zen

(Swish!)

Anthony dives into the shadow preparing his final attack.

"I think it is time to end this ridiculous play" - Zen

"Ridiculous play you say? You think our young master's life is nothing but a ridiculous play to you" - Anthony

"Your young master's life is not even worth my time" - Zen

"I will make you regret saying that" - Anthony

"Take this, I poured all of my Aura into the next attack. You will die for sure" - Anthony

"Skill: Midnight Madness" - Anthony

The shadow started to surround Zen from all directions.

The skill was like a wave of highly concentrated shadow attacks, attacking from all directions.

"Ho? This attack is strong for sure" - Zen

"As expected of a Grandmaster, you are not just a talk for sure" - Zen

"I think even stance 9 of dragon art is no match for it" - Zen

"Let's go all out" - Zen

"Dragon Art: Stance 10 - Origin" - Zen

Origin is the stance that consists of attacks with dragon instinct.

It is the most powerful attack style for Zen, excluding Stance 10 - Nemesis.

Both the attack clashed.

(Boom!)

"Impossible" - Anthony

"How can I, a Grandmaster, lose to a mere Master" - Anthony

(Disintegrates!)

Anthony slowly disintegrated into thin air.

Zen turned back to his human form and transforms back his spear.

He places his spear on his back.

"(Phew!) That was close" - Zen

"He won right?" - Takagi

"Of course, he won, it is time for celebration" - Itto

"Let's go!" - Everyone

"Wait! Wait! I am still tired" - Zen

Everyone lifts Zen up and throws him in the air to celebrate.

"Oh come on guys" - Zen

"Hahaha" - Zen

Everyone survived thanks to Zen once again.

They can't contain their happiness.

The celebration continued overnight.