Chapter 51: Awakening.

<{Form Shift} has evolved into {Transformation}>

< Error: Insufficient -> Skill grade degration >

< Solution: [Skill Evolution Token] has been spent >

< You have unlocked the skill {Affinity} >

I felt my entire existence become more compact. More powerful. But most of all I felt chains holding me down break. Freedom from the shackles that had been holding me down.

Then I came back to the real world. And the first thing I saw was the spear of Ornstein impaling my chest. It seems I had died once again huh? But instead of going down, I reeled my arm back as darkness covered it. Ornstein who expected me to be dead couldn't react in time as my fist smashed into his helmet.

*BAM!* *BOOOM!!!* *CRASH!*

I used {Emit Force} along with darkness as my fist smashed into Ornstein's helmet. Sending him flying and launching him into the cathedral wall over 50 meters away like an arrow, embedding him into the wall. I grasped my chest which had a watermelon-sized hole in it. Dreadnought along with my enhanced stats as well as my unusual state keeping me alive for now.

'[Great Heal]'

After casting that 5 times the hole in my chest closed. Even though I had done that my energy reserves barely took a hit. Which made sense considering I had absorbed almost everything in my inventory when going through that ''evolution''. Which has pushed me to the absolute limit of my body to handle all of the shit I had acquired.

{Vitality : 99}

{Attunement : 99 }

{Endurance : 99 }

{Strength : 99 }

{Dexterity : 99 }

{Resistance : 99 }

{Intelligence : 99 }

{Faith : 99 }

But considering that I had leaped from 50's to 99 the change wasn't as big as 10 to 40. 40 was already approaching the human limit. Even though my undead body was far stronger than a normal human it was still incomparable to a Lord. But the difference was still /BIG/.

I mended my armor as I spread my arms and walked forward, covering them in darkness with Umbra which allowed me to control darkness. Although I barely had any control over it and barely knew what it was capable of, my instincts and soul guided me. Which allowed me to use a basic application of darkness, the equivalent of sunlight blade.

''Round two: FIGHT!''

The moment the words left my mouth I threw myself at Smough while my hands were covered with orbs of black flame. Just as I was about to reach him Smough reacted and used his giant hammer to smash me down into the ground.

*Crash!!!!!* *Kahk!*

Smirking I wiped the blood from my mouth as dreadnought put my shattered body back together. 'Still hit hard don't you? You big fucker!'. Before he even had the chance to raise his hammer again, I shot up like a bullet and slammed my fist into Smough's helmet.

'{Shadow Flame Fist}!'

The heavy black flame-clad fist smashed into Smough and stunned him. But I didn't waste the opportunity as I put my hands together in front of me.

'{Armageddon Blade: Inferno}'

*BOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!!!!*

A giant explosion of violent chaos flame erupted from my hands and hit Smough head-on, sending someone with even his frame flying back. But due to the recoil, I was also sent flying back, though I managed to reorient myself using acrobatics. On the other hand, Smough had suffered a lot.

The front of his armor had been completely blasted off and melted exposing his ridiculously muscular physique. He charged at me shortly after as I was healing myself since most of my skeleton had been shattered to powder.

*Crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *tap.* ''Hi!''

I deftly avoided his down smash and landed on top of his hammer, giving him a polite and cheerful greeting.

*Bam!* *Ragh!*

Well, it was until my foot slammed into his ugly helmet. And he was sorely mistaken if he thought it would end with that. I took out the deadman's Blade and was about to slash but-

*Clash!*

'Seems like player 2 has reconnected.'

Ornstein parried my blade and I backed off before Smough got the chance to turn me back into a ragdoll. But it seemed like Ornstein wasn't a fan of me retreating as he gave chase. I was barely dodging his onslaught when I kicked Ornstein back with {Emit Force} as he took off my arm.

''Urgh!''

But as if responding to my will black tendrils sprouted out of my arm thanks to {Umbra} and {Transformation} working in tandem. Reaching my arm and holding it still as I spammed heal to reattach it. But now that Ornstein was far enough I could unleash my super.

The air grew hotter around me as I expended all of my energy and raised my sword in the air above my head. Searing red-black flames coalesced on my blade and grew bigger the more energy I poured. Smough was running toward me to stop me but he was too late. The blade of flame grew into a pillar of flame over 10 meters.

''{Armageddon Blade}!!!''

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* *CRASH!*

The giant blade of hellflame hit Smough head-on before Ornstein could interrupt it. Releasing a giant explosion as the torrent of flame made contact with Smough. Blasting him away with a giant gash that nearly split him in half. His charred corpse slammed into the Gwynewere statue and stayed unmoving.

Although his energy was completely drained and he was overheating from using {Armageddon Blade} he still stood tall and faced Ornstein, raising his sword in challenge. And in response, Ornstein Raised his spear.

''Let's finish this!''

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