‘Fast’ is the first thing that came to my mind. His thrush is fast and accurate.

Head or heart? No, both. Dame it. How can you hit two places at the same time when you only hold one spear? I can only block one. Which should I forsake?

No, let’s take it all. I harden my arms to the limit and move it to block the anticipated part of his thrush. My arms are going to be useless for a while. Let’s jump back at the moment of contact to soften the impact.

While thinking that, I unknowingly send fly back. When did his spear touch my arms? It should have been 5 m way. Are you saying that I become this butter just because of the shockwave? I could not come into contact with him. Are you joking with me? Normally you did not use shockwave, but why now? Do you think I am too filthy to touch you, Father?

If it continues as it is, sooner or later I will seriously lose to him. Let’s stick to the plan. I will intercept all his attacks. First thing first. Let heal my body and readjust it. Now, accessing the situation.

The recoil is no joke. How far did I fly? 100m? 500? Shit. 5000!? This is the width of a mountain. If we are still in the capital, I think it is enough to send me to the gate of the aristocrat first section. Luckily, that he connected the training hall to here.

Ah! My arm are all rage. I think all the bones are in pieces now. My tendons and muscle are cut into pieces. My skin is the only thing that holds it like a ragbag. Let’s be grateful that they did not blow away from the impact. Let heal it before he comes.

“Is this all you among for? You cannot even react to this level of fight, and you already talk big? Know your place.”

Did he fly or did he run here? Walking through the dust smoke while talking is cool but it is creepy here when you are trying to act cool this much. In a normal sense, you would flow through here and lend the finishing blow before talking. Are you trying to act cool when trampling on your opponent’s dignity? Is it fun to trample the weak, showering them in despair? You have a bad test here father.

Everyone may think this is the mercy of the hero. However, I can only see it as the cruelty of the villain.

“…” but, my arm hurt less than expected. Let’s put the conversation on hold for now. Focus on healing it. Adjust the joint, reassemble the bone; close the wound from the fragments of the bone. Even though my muscle was torn to pieces and mixed like a soup, my skin acted like a bag containing it, so it is easier to collect it and put it in place. Let heal fast before he comes to me for real. Focus all my mana into the frame of the skill. Put more concentration of the force in each section of the wound. Now pure the mana little by little. I have to be economical now. Cannot waste even a tiny amount of mana and force. This fight will be a prolonged one. Be efficient, be economic, concentrate to the limit, do not waver, do not be rage, be calm, and be precise.

OK done.

Let’s be thankful for his bad test that I can heal comfortably.

“… Let me see how long you can keep your arrogance.”

Another thrush came to my face. Left eye? This time, I try to adjust my posture. I move my head to the left and guide his attack to my right upper head.

I have to accept all his attack in order to win this almost impossible fight. In this process, I have to minimize the damage.

If I try to move my head to the right, he will use his spear shaft if not blade to hit my collarbone or he will rotate his spear and hit me by the left side of the head while hitting my left rip with the end of his spear pole. My brain will be shattered; my heart will be ruptured or pierced by the fragment of the collarbone or rip bone.

I have to be precise in anticipating his attack, fast-thinking, and decisive in actions.

My advantage here is that he did not know my goal, my objective. I have to confuse him.

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The tip of his spear took out a good portion of my right forehead. With this amount of injury, I can heal fast. Moreover, it did not hinder my next action. I can fight normally while sustaining this kind of injury.

What next? Will he put me down or push me up? Oh, you try to sandwich me with your attack. Push me down and Pull me up? I became his punching bag without much resistance. However, with incorrect posture, his attack holds little power. The power behind the attack was not much. My right collarbone and left rip sustain only some crack. Thank to my cursed body and the trait inherent from him and mother, I can heal this level of injury just find.

Wo. This kick sure is hurt. Did you just infuse aura and force in that attack? My solar plexus is damaged now. Did you not know that the solar plexus is the lifeline of a magician? My mana concentration is disrupted now.

Since my mana manipulation is much better than yours, you did not try to confuse my mana concentration with your mana attack due to the risk of being highjack. You choose to disrupt it instead.

So this is the experience.

Is this your plan? Destroy the head, heart, and solar plexus? Is he trying to seal me of any means of counterattack? A clear mind is necessary to control the force. The heart is where the aura is generated and operated. The solar plexus is where is the mana is concentrated. If these 3 are destroyed that person is as well as dead.

I see. Each of his strikes did not content the killing intent but it was intented to kill. Are you saying that I should die? You truly have no mercy now, father.

Do not worry, since the beginning, I have had no plan to attack you. I will gladly accept all your attacks.

What I am concerned about the most now is that his head is still clear. This is bad. I have to add more fuel.

“It is not too late to go back now. If you retract your word, I will think this whole accident never happened. This is the last mercy I can give you.”

“…” I have no plan to engage in your chitchat. I am busy rebuilding my foundation. It is in chaos now. First, I have to stabilize my mana, second, my force, clear my mind, and third, regulate my blood flow. I do not need aura for now. However, it is good to prepare it beforehand.

“You are still stubborn, huh?”

Another attack is coming.

This time I try to harden my entire left hand, deflect his thrush that aims at my throat. I cannot let you piece my throat. My head will separate from my body, you know. In exchange, you can take out my left chin. With this, I have more room to guard against his chain attack to my head and collarbone. However, another kick is coming to my right rip. Shit, my right arm will not harden in time. Due to the recoil from his earlier attack, this kick will deal extra damage. Dame it, my arm broke again.

I know that Spearmanship is not only about thrust and slash and you can hit, block and break. However, is it not excessive to put force and aura in each strike, even in your kick and punch?

Nevertheless, it is better if he uses his aura and force at an early stage. It will make the work easier. These are good things.

What? How many strikes did you make in this short time? My body is not recovered yet I could not harden my whole body yet. For the time that feel like an eternity, I took all his hits. Let me take some distance to hold my breath and heal my body. Dame it. My whole body is in tatter now. How long? From the sun’s position, is it about half a day? Did he toy with my body for haft a day? It is not one day and a half or two days and half right?

Is this the famous millions strike that makes the old dragon ask for a draw? Good thing that I am well prepared for this.

How much mana and force do I have now? Good! not much is consumed yet. It is within the range of calculation

“You should have realized your place now. However, it is too late to beg for mercy now. Let me see how long you can stand it.”

This time he swing his spear for a vertical strike in full might. He wants to crush me with force. If I get caught in this attack, it will spell the end for everything. Normally, I will try to block it; however, one of my arms and my leg are not healed yet. Move inside? No, I will be showered in the barrage of his attack, the millions strike again. I have little means to defend myself since I can only move one arm now. Using my legs? This is a suicide move. I need my legs to move around. One of the conditions to win this fight is to keep my legs intact; I have to last as long as possible. My mobility is the most important to buy time for healing. Even though my lag will be used only in the second stage, I cannot risk losing my mobility at the early stage or I will be caught in the range of barrage attack and unable to process to the next stage.

The best solution here? I try hardening my half-hardening, half-broken right arm to the limit and swing it to parry his attack. Diverge the trajectory and use the recoil to move sideways. Boom! A large crack was forming and caving was formed with the tip of the spear as the center. Due to bad footing, this time I step on his spear with my damaged leg to balance myself.

Okay, everything is in order now. I think I can provoke him with this.

“Arrogance! You think you can pair with me. You really have death wise”

See? he is both furious and exciting. He is furious because I touch his spear with my foot. I still remember the old tales. Once, Father becomes rage when he sees the divine kick his spear. In retaliation, he cut both of their legs before destroying their divinity and sending them to the Abyss. We do not know whether that divine claim back from the Abby yet.

He is excited because he can find enough reason to torture me, his son. It is not every day that the strong can fight without worried.

All right, the warm-up is completed. The stage is prepared. Entering the first stage is completed.

The only thing that can distract his focus is the carnage of the battle and the pleasure to torment the weak.

Now, slowly guide him to fall into the carnage of the battle. Rage and excitement is the key to unlock it.

The rest is to fill it to the maximum before going to the next stage.

For now. All I have to do is keep him busy as I receive all his attacks and occasionally parry his attack. I do not know how long it will take but I think my body can keep up with it.

Focus all the mana into the frame of the skill. Let the force guide the skill. Minimize its area of effect to economical with the mana consumption and the concentration of the force. For this stage, I cannot spare my mind on the skill usage, let the force do its job. I have to focus my entire mind on his attack as it becomes deadlier.

His attack is full of aura and force. Each strike is deadly. A direct hit will spell the end for me. Nevertheless, this is what I want. Now tingly spread the blood covering my entire body, infusing the aura. Lastly, give it the attribute, my ego.

I am going to dominate you, father.