Chapter 196

The shade of crimson sky reflected the current status of the city. Blood was all around, either Methuselahs or humans, their blood dyed the land red. On top of that turmoil, a scarlet rift increased its size as it kept puking enemies out.

Mikael looked up and realized something. He found the rift, the rift kept pouring out Methuselahs, and as time passed, the city started to get filled with them. Mikael squinted and punched his face, he was embarrassed of himself. How could he overlooked this!! A great number of experience points were coming out in a certain location! 

"Now that I think about it. Why don't I just bombard that portal thingy?" 

Mikael sighed, he was stupid and he didn't rebut his own words. Mikael clenched his Void Spear, he stretched his arm that was holding the Spear. He aimed his weapon at the rift and shot it. 

*BAAM!*

His Spear traveled like a rocket and reached the rift, it entered the hole and exploded. Mikael watched as the blast further spread. The lightning clashed and raptured the enemies. The bodies of the burned Methuselah started falling, some of them were alive but suffering in deep anguish. They twisted in pain as they crashed into the ground. However, after the explosion, the other Methuselahs started coming with haste. 

Mikael summoned his Spear again and repeat what he did. He had enough mana to do this routine. In his second throw, he killed around 17 enemies but Mikael didn't care about his kill count. All he wanted was to level up and save Furrneka. He summoned his Void Spear again! He created another explosion at the rift!

"I will not stop."

Mikael did it again! The Methuselahs who were hit turned to ashes. They didn't reach a minute outside the rift before they died. Mikael's Lightning Spear assaulted them nonstop!

And again! The weapon drifted like a black dragon ready to devour them. The first thing that the Methuselahs saw was the blinding light of destruction. The Spear end their lives before they realized it. They wailed and set ablaze as the lightning lingered in them and destroyed their organs!

"Krraahhh!"

"You monster! This is for my comrades!"

Mikael wanted to use the Lightning Spear 18 consecutive times but two enemies approached and disturbed him. Mikael was forced to stop his Skill and focused on the two instead. He rotated his Spear and parried their attacks, the two opponents ended their attacks with failure. 

Mikael had a strong battle instinct. He knew what to do in this situation even though it was a surprise attack. His body moved like flowing water and deflected their attacks. Mikael stared at his targets, they were releasing hostility and it was obvious that Mikael was the reason for this.

"Hm, you are not as powerful as Von Von but you will suffice. I already had gathered enough xp, and if I killed you two then I will reach 500."

"How atrocious! Don't mock our Duke Von Stein!"

One of them angrily said. 

"Are you under that man? Well, dude, I'm sorry to say this but your boss is already dead. I crushed his head… literally. No hard feelings okay, you will see him anyway. "

Mikael shrugged.

"You are lying, Duke Von Stein will not easily die. He had the power to-"

"To turn into blood?"

"You--!!"

"Hep hep, let's stop this talking, okay. I know the reason why you target me. You want me to prevent using my Skill so that your upcoming ally will land safely, am I right?"

The two didn't speak because what he said was true. Mikael's bombardment prevented their ally to enter this world. When they found his location, they didn't hesitate and decided to kill him. 

"Let's stop the pep talk and start this already. Your xp is enough to reach my goal. Go on, I'll give you time to prepare, I'm not that bad."

Mikael explained and he had a smug face. He stretched his arms showing his decision not to attack.

"You!"

His opponents were insulted. They were Counts, only one rank lower than the Duke. How could this nobody say false information that he killed their Duke Von Stein? He even gave them a head start? Hah! What bullshit, they would kill him, gruesomely. 

One of them created a crimson blade using blood while the other had twin machetes. They dashed and confronted Mikael, their weapons positioned to kill him aiming at his neck. Mikael saw their moves and deflected their weapons. 

"You said you'll take our attacks!?"

"Hehe, I'm just joking."

"You!!"

"Now it's my turn."

Mikael spin his Spear and the blade went to their stomachs. The two Counts were sliced in half, they were like gelatins that had been cut by a spoon. Their intestines gushed out, they had a surprised expression. They couldn't believe that they quickly died, it didn't even last a second! They extended their arms to reach him but their upper bodies flopped into the dirty land. 

The last thing that they saw was Mikael's stern expression, he didn't seriously fight them. The two Counts died in disgrace without showing their true powers. They would meet their leader in the afterlife. 

Mikael breathed a mouthful of air as he knew what was coming. 

"Yosh, I guess this is it."

[Level up]

[Level 500]

Mikael reached level 500, he sensed that his body started evolving. It was upgrading, increasing all his physical and supernatural abilities. Mikael closed his eyes and grasped the changes. He didn't have the time to completely scanned his body but he knew that something change inside him, perhaps he gained another Skill. 

Mikael opened his sight and look around. He saw that the battle was still not over. In fact, it was just getting started. Even the main boss was not here, and even Mikael's fated opponent was still not here. Mikael didn't linger on the battle, he wanted to know where Furrneka was. 

………

……

…

The Black Serpent protected Furrneka from any attack. The snake kept using his power and electrocuted the Methuselahs that were trying to get near. His lightning field toasted them and they writhed in pain. Since then, the Methuselahs decided to hunt other people. 

Their mission was to eliminate the people, not to spend their time waiting for a single woman. The Dukes would face her instead. 

Furrneka was breathing hard, she started losing her mind. The Black Serpent wrapped Furrneka so that she won't try to escape if she completely lost her reasoning. However, Serpent's protection was starting to fade away too. Furrneka felt that her reasoning was slowly dwindling, she growled as her eyes lost focus.

Although it won't take a long time.

Salvation reached her. The connection between them started to stride. 

[You did it, you fucking did it. You bastard.]

Black Serpent muttered, he hissed. He was relieved that Mikael finished his task. The snake started the procession, he summoned his hidden power that slept inside Furrneka. The Black Serpent and Furrneka were always connected, they were one. 

[It's a good thing that I'm from the line of Legendary Creature. If not, I can never help you. Jurmongard-momma, thanks.]

Black Serpent's body started changing, his jet black scales started shedding. He became larger, his raven-like eyes dilated. He controlled the power in his body. After regulating the power well, he opened his mouth and bit Furrneka's neck. His fangs dug deeper, he injected his venom that would cleanse the corruption inside Furrneka.  The woman gasped and started convulsing, her veins turned black as the poison flowed and destroyed her.

"Aaahhhhhhh!!!!"