Chapter 317: It Will End Today

Rolan POV

I was staring out of the window to see the nearby guards practicing some fighting routines, but once I looked up, I saw a storm brewing in the super far distance, not something anyone else can see unless there's a lot of magic placed upon their eyes, fortunately, I can see them as a hero.

But the location was familiar...its direction...even though I'm not supposed to know of its location because of me being a suspect, that's where the homunculus is...a storm, it's as if...it's the same group of people.

I need to send someone there...Lloyd, that half-breed still believes in my innocence, I'll send him there, and he'll bring witnesses along with him.

Perseus POV

With a surge of adrenaline, he launched himself forward, unleashing a rapid series of strikes. I swiftly dodged and parried his attacks, countering with a barrage of slashes and cuts that I managed to deflect with my blade.

I could feel the magic flowing through me and I channeled them through my veins, I activated my powers as Lucifer as well to attack the guy in front of me before tucking my sword away and going with just pure combat with my physical body.

It amplified my strength and speed, giving me an edge in the battle. But as I struck him, even though his eyes can't catch on, even if his reflexes shouldn't be fast enough...he got the brains to predict where my hits will land.

It was quite annoying, his techniques were almost perfect...but with my amplified speed and strength, he stood no chance as I beat him faster than he could think.

And as he made a mistake, leaving an opening, I seized the opportunity and struck with a fierce roundhouse kick. The blow connected, sending the homunculus sprawling backward.

But the guy was resilient, quickly regaining their footing in one swift moment, why can't he just stay down?

Swarms of birds made from firebirds cast by Buddy, which came out of nowhere and charged at him, all exploding like fierce fireworks. Quite beautiful, hopefully, the chief or Grandpa Laker doesn't see that, cuz they'll take Buddy to use for the celebration for the commissioning ceremony for the watchers.

We continued to trade blows, however, I was the only one landing successful strikes, I was simply too fast for the guy. He tried to cast several spells, however, I just got in close and interrupted the process and use that momentary period of his getting his spell canceled to land several more strikes against him.

He's now solely resorted to using magic just to amplify his strength and power in melee combat, however...even I can see a slight change in his expression...frustration. It seems that he wasn't that perfect of an artificial soldier.

Several people were coming in my direction now, but Buddy went to engage them as he then cast a large snowstorm over the area. The snowstorm was beyond freezing as he then cast a simple flood which froze almost immediately as I jumped and dodged it.

Some of their faster and stronger fighters did slip past Buddy and arrived to protect the Homunculus, but they didn't even stand a chance, one punch was all it took to have their bodies splattered all over and dirty everyone on the scene with blood.

They were much weaker than the Homunculus, and several more came to try and help the Homunculus to distance himself, but they were also blown to bits before they could even respond.

I charged in at the homunculus again and struck him many times, but his regenerative abilities were fucking impressive. And his body was very tough, a strike that can kill someone in one punch, he can endure it without any major injuries.

An opportunity then presented itself. He overextended his reach, leaving him open for another split second. Without hesitation, I channeled all my magic into one powerful palm strike into his chest.

My attack hit its mark, sending him flying backward and breaking through so many nearby buildings. In a flash, he sent a torrent of shadowy spells almost as fast as me hurtling toward me.

And coming out of the rubble, was this 4m tall shadowy demon-like being, he got shaper and longer claws, and his teeth are now razor sharp and pointy, which spikes all across its back. An energy blast exploded from where he stood, blowing everyone away.

I stood my ground, and Buddy as well...this means that I got around 30 minutes till reinforcement fully immobilized and arrive on the scene.

They can teleport to the closest area and rush here in 10, but this transformation means that a strong opponent has arrived, and they can't rush in with a weak squad.

"I should have started with this." his voice echoed as his eyes glowed with red flames.

I don't get why red has got to be associated with evil powerful, but well, I ain't that good either.

"You should have, I would go all out as well, but I'm too lazy too, but I got help to finish ya off."

Letting out a scream of fury, it summoned dark flames that engulfed its massive body. The flames burned hotter and brighter, threatening to consume everything in their path and he charged at me, his speed was ridiculously fast.

I intercepted a punch of his with my forearm and my arm completely broke, the storm that Buddy cast earlier was now broken and replaced with black and red colored wind with same-colored lightning bolts flashing across the skies and striking me down.

The lightning bolts was definitely almost as fast as me and it realized that it then cast more of it as I dodged most of them while rushing him as I used magic to heal myself, I used my illusion powers to create clones of myself, and it was fooled long enough for me to land a hook across its face.

But damn, it didn't move at all, its neck just cracked, but it then healed back before it used its sharp claws to cut and left claw marks across my face.

"You're pretty tough." it said, "But I will end you today."