Chapter 167: Overlapping Strength

Chapter 167 Overlapping Strength

The ghosts were flocking around the courtyard .

Even I almost felt overwhelmed by the immense pressure that Myne emitted . Although my head kept telling me Lets go, my body was screaming Dont go instead .

Its the first time I felt this way .

Up until now, Ive fought enemies stronger than me such as Tenryu and the archdemon . But in my mind right now, none of them could compare to Myne .

Whilst travelling together with her, I always knew that shes strong .

However I felt the need to correct that thought now .

Whatta gal . Even this Me was fooled by her . That Myne . . shes actually much stronger than I remember .

Just as Greed said, the air around Myne was so much different than what I knew .

I intuitively knew .

Around Myne, small crackles of lightning occasionally could be seen .

Myne is in serious mode now . Once you step into the courtyard, that will be when the fight begin .

In the end, thinking that we could talk things out was too naive .

If thats all it takes, then we wouldnt be here now .

I dont know if Myne would listen or not . But I wanted to say it anyway .

[In the endits coming to this . Is this really the only wayfor us to understand each other?]

Aaron once told me .

That when people cannot understand each other, conflict will be inevitable even if they dont want it . Especially so when one has a reason to uphold .

Before the world goes awry, I need to stop the door to His land from opening .

As for Myneif what Luna told me was true, then theres no way that shell stop . After all shes been waiting for this moment for thousands of years .

By coming herethere is no other way but to fight in order to settle whose belief would prevail .

Regardless of who won, the loser would suffer .

[I dont think that its wrong for Myne to do this . However I have no choice either . ]

To get her to listen to me, I need to defeat her first .

I sent a glance at Eris who was standing by behind me .

Right then, a gunshot rang .

Eris shot me with a phalanx bullet .

[Mynes attack is powerful, be careful not to get hit . ]

[Even so, I have resolved myself . ]

Myne jumped and landed right in front of me .

Her posture seemed laid back . But her eyes glowed crimson .

Shes going straight for me .

Here she comes . Mynes blow is extremely heavy . Maintain a firm grip on my handle .

A dull metal clank resounded .

It was the noise produced from the clash between the black sword and the black axe . As Greed warned, it was a very heavy blow .

So powerful and heavy that my feet sunk into the ground from receiving it .

And its just the first blow, I laughed wryly inside .

Push her back! If she keeps attacking continuously, youll eventually be overwhelmed .

[I know . ]

Even though I knew, I was in the position of being suppressed . It wasnt easy to push Myne back when Im stuck between her axe and the ground .

Therefore, I made a decision to redirect Mynes axe instead .

The black axe scraped through the length of my black sword, producing sparks in the process .

Raising dirts and debrises when it struck the ground .

Using that as a distraction, I jumped to the right to make distance .

Fate

But Myne immediately charged through the flying dirts and debrises towards me .

Moreover, this move was executed with precise timing and basically no hesitation at all .

Once again, I was forced to defend .

And this time, her blow was twice as powerful as her first .

The dull metal clashing noise resounded, and at the same time a pressure greater than I expected was transmitted to both of my arms .

I could feel the rush of battle in my vein Even so, theres also a different kind of feeling unlike how I felt to those I had fought before this .

I just have to do my best to not be overwhelmed . Its only been two blows since the fight began .

I stayed silent until she raised her axe for another attack .

[Myne . ]

[ . . ]

From the beginning, I knew that shes someone who rarely talks, especially about herself .

But I also knew .

[I dont care how . ]

[ . . ]

[But Ive come this far to stop Myne . ]

My eyes didnt miss the slight movement of her eyebrows .

[Ive heard from Luna . ]

[!?]

Right then her expressionless face changed .

Myne who had been calm and collected in battle, somehow looked upset .

[Luna, she]

And my ears didnt miss the quiet utterance leaking from her lips .

[Yes, she did . Luna told me . ]

But just when I found a way to talk with Mynesomeone else chose to disturb .

Blood red tentacle stretched out, keeping me away from Myne .

I sensed immense danger when the tentacle was about to touch me, so I had no choice but to jump backward to evade it .

[Tsk, you dodged it good . What a shame . ]

Shinn emerged from under the ground . His body looked as if it was made of liquid .

His form looked like one, but hes certainly no human . Greed once told me that hes actually collective lifeforms that could take any forms and hide anywhere .

Shinn turned away from me and talked to Myne .

[I have given you enough time . I cant wait any longer . ]

[ . . ]

[Alright then, lets get this over with . Lets kill them . ]

[ . . ]

[If you dont, the door will never open . If the door never opens, your wish will never be fulfilled . ]

[ . . ]

[Youve been waiting for this moment like forever, havent you? Its just around the corner now, Myne . ]

Shinn walked closer to Myne, whispering something to her who had remained silent .

[Everyone is waiting for you . Are you going to betray them again?]

[Im not . ]

[Then fight seriously . They are trying to get in our way Show them the full extent of your true power . ]

Myne mustve waited for an unimaginably long time to fulfill this wish .

If what Luna told me was true, even I myself am not sure that I wont give up if I had to do the same .

Shinns whisper touched upon what had driven Myne to stay alive . Using that as a leverage, even the usually immovable Myne could be swayed .

While travelling with me, I always felt as if her heart and thoughts were somewhere else . And that somewhere, is here .

Perhaps, if I was still the me of the past, I wouldve ended up the same way as Myne .

Shinn turned to me with a smile on his face . That lookhes confident that he has won now .

Fate, its getting dangerous!

[Get away from there, Fate!]

Eris did a suppressive fire on both Shinn and Myne from behind me to allow me to retreat .

Its strange to hear both Greed and Eris actually warned me of the same thing .

Myne was the holder of the Wrath skill .

I knew because she told me during the time we travelled together .

And I knew that Ive never seen the extent of her Wrath skill, as shes been wielding her axe expressionlessly .

Occasionally she would lash back at me if I teased her too much . But thats more out of annoyance rather than actual anger .

When the holder of Wrath skill immerse themselves in anger I wonder what would happen?

Its exactly what Im about to witness here .

This is Mynes real form .

[AhahaI actually dont want to see this again . ]

Greed smirked .

Behind me, it was obvious to me that Eris was upset . She knew that this situation would greatly burden me as shes the rear guard in our two-man cell .

And for the first time since I met her, I saw Mynes real appearance .

Repelling aura with similar color to her eyes overflowed from her body .

It might be her surplus of magic power made visible .

The most distinctive feature was that there were a pair of horns sticking out from Mynes forehead . In addition to that was the markings on her entire body were now glowing in white light .

Fate, listen carefully . Thats how someone who had immersed themselves in Wrath skill looks like . Once this happens, she wont be able to hear us anymore . Simply put, its like when Gluttony skill took over you . Surely you understand what that entail to .

[So shes unleashing the power of Wrath skill?]

Yes . And unlike you who could only use semi-starvation state, Myne unleashed it in a full scale .

Releasing the Mortal Sin skill at full force, huh

Myne will take action soon . And shes serious now .

As Shinn had said earlier, the time is running out .

Her attacks would be a whole league stronger than earlier .

I immediately released half of the Gluttony skill powerentering the semi-starvation state .

Myne also disappeared from my sight . She still had that much speed despite Sloth being twice heavier than usual already .

We should go all out as well . Otherwise you will not be able to receive her attacks .

[Yeah, lets go, Greed!]

Ill show them the results of my training in the spiritual world up until now .

[Greed!]

Fate

At the same time when our voices overlapped, the black sword emitted a black glow .

The black light wrapped around me .

[Crossing]