Meteor!

Chapter 53: Meteor!

William was about to fall asleep when his spirituality started sending him crazy warnings. He heard someone ring the doorbell of his house, which made his heart race.

'Damn, can I really not have a day off?' He cursed internally.

His intuition told him clearly that he couldn't win against whoever was waiting on the other side. He didn't hesitate and gripped the silver cross tightly as he stood up. He wouldn't hesitate to use it if necessary.

'I don't think I can escape, it's best to be prepared for anything.' He pondered as he tried to think of a way out of this situation.

He got dressed, walked to the door, and opened it, revealing the person who had interrupted his peaceful day. In front of him was a woman with black hair.

Her beauty was incredibly refined, and she appeared to be elegant and flirtatious at the same time. She had an unnatural appearance, above any possible common woman, and that was more than enough for William to realize that the person in front of him was a Witch.

'Theosophy Order? No, this woman is too dangerous, she is a Demigod.' He took a breath of cold air. "Demoness Sect".

The woman's eyes shone with amusement as she was recognized.

"William Hastur, you seem to know why I'm here?" Her voice was as pleasant as her appearance, but the young member of the Red Gloves could distinguish the coldness she gave off.

He instantly suppressed all fear, he had already been through several life-or-death situations, and he couldn't allow himself to lose his temper.

"You bastards, you dare to attack a member of the Church in the middle of Backlund!" He exclaimed, pretending to be upset. "What do you need from me?"

The Witch smiled mockingly.

"My name is Amaiya, Queen of Frost." She put a finger to her lips, which would have driven any common man crazy. "Now that I look at you, you're actually quite cute."

She seemed to have let her guard down for a second when she noticed his emotional state.

A brutal amount of spirituality poured out of William and he seemed to disappear. Debris shone in his hands, although no one but him could see it. His muscles exerted all the power he was capable of in an instant.

'Comet.'

Amaiya was shocked for an instant after noticing the power behind the attack, but she was an experienced Demigod after all. With an incredibly graceful movement, she moved out of the way just in time.

However, William had expected this and did not stop.

'Saint Samuel's Cathedral is nearby, I must hold out until reinforcements arrive.' The momentum of the attack carried him to the building across the street.

Instead of the strong crash one would expect, William got back up and jumped from the wall to the roof of the house in complete silence, in a display of skill and agility. He wanted to prevent the neighbors from waking up because he was sure that this Witch would not hesitate to kill anyone.

His body was already shining with golden light, if he was going to risk his life, he might as well use this battle to practice the Acting Method and speed up digestion.

"Witch, as a member of the Church of Evernight Goddess, today I will bring judgment upon you." Although these words caused himself an unprecedented embarrassment, his expression remained unchanged.

The Queen of Frost looked at him from the street.

"You're not on the Warrior pathway, it seems the rumors were true." Just as she finished speaking, a cloud covered the crimson moon and the Witch disappeared, merging with the shadows.

'She's taking me seriously now...'

William's thoughts were interrupted, as he had to dodge a dagger that cut off some of his hair.

A giant ice icicle shot towards his head intending to shatter it, but he did not panic. Instead, he forced his body to break the ice imprisoning his feet and blocked the icicle with Debris.

He now had some experience fighting a Witch, he knew that he couldn't let his guard down even for a second.

"The fight is over." Amaiya's seductive voice reached William's ears, and he saw the woman step out of the shadows.

Cough, cough.

He realized with horror that his throat hurt like hell, and his strength was rapidly failing.

'When did she infect me?' Only then did he realize the horror of a Demigod, they could kill mid-sequence Beyonders as if they were normal people. However, he did not intend to die like this. 'I have no choice.'

The golden light of Strength Aura intensified and an even more impressive amount of spirituality erupted from WIlliam.

Amaiya frowned and threw several icicles as she prepared more diseases to weaken him, but William had increased his speed again and distanced himself.

"Let's do this, Debris." He murmured.

The sword did not respond, but a suffocating aura enveloped the entire street, alarming several Beyonders who were hovering nearby. They ran away without looking back, Backlund was truly terrifying!

William suddenly accelerated towards Amaiya, and when he was about halfway there he jumped.

The Witch was not alarmed and formed an ice shield in front of her as she prepared to dodge whatever he attempted.

Smoke came out of William's mouth as he burned the spirituality out of him in a single attack. He extended his arm back and made his move. Debris flew out of his hands.

Time seemed to stop for a second and...

"Meteor!"

BANG.

There was a sonic boom and at the same time the sound of breaking glass.

It was not an extremely flashy attack, it simply took advantage of William's speed and strength along with Debris's newfound ability to propel herself, to create a highly lethal missile.

William began to fall to the ground as Debris quickly floated back to his hand.

However, he was not happy at all. Before this, he had a Demigod trying to kill him as part of her mission, but now he seemed to have angered her.

Amaiya looked in disbelief at her right arm, or rather at the lack of it. There was a way of destruction caused by the attack, even her ice broke as if it was glass.

This was a Sequence 8 or 7 Beyonder, right? She had barely dodged this attack, it was only thanks to the instincts she had developed after decades that she was currently alive.

After disbelief, came rage.

"Haha, I thought I could pay you back for that girl's attempt to turn me into a donut, it seems I'm not strong enough yet." William sneered, although his spirituality was completely exhausted, and he felt his muscles weaken due to the illness.

"You just signed your death warrant, kid." Murky smog began to surround Amaiya.

But suddenly she stopped, her pupils dilated with terror, and she began to tremble.

Noticing she had stopped moving, and surprised by the sudden change, William wanted to turn around to see what was happening.

"This guy is under my protection." A profound voice came from behind him.

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I feel like LoTM battles are either really fast or really slow depending on the pathway. If it's not a Mysteries pathway, the battle should be decided within few minutes or even seconds.