Chapter 20: Saureil

Strat dropped to the ground. He looked up towards the man that punched him.

"What the hell! Why did you punch me!?" Questioned Strat.

The man picked him up and threw him to the wall. The man proceeded to punch the hell out of him. Strat tried to block the punches the man threw but the man broke through his guard. His punch went all over the place. Strat's ribs started to break, his forearms were on the brink of breaking, and his face was bloody.

Strat tried to lift himself multiple times but was knocked back down.

Fuck! This motherfucker is hella strong!, thought Strat.

The barrage of punches stopped. The man ,despite what he did to Strat, was not even sweating. Strat now started to heal, he immediately started to punch back the man. The man wasn't even surprised one bit about Strat healing.

The man dodged every punch Strat threw.

" You fucking idiot, do you think that you can even land a punch on me Saureil, the Angel of death," spoke Saureil.

Saureil started his barrage of combinations of punches and kicks towards Strat. Strat tried to block and dodge some of them but he wasn't able to. Each punch that landed on him caused Strat to almost die.

[Due to host in critical condition, back up health will commence]

Strat held his head and started to groan in pain. He felt that he's changing again. Saureil noticed this so he ended the fight to with one final move. Saureil summoned a scythe in his hands and swung it through Strat's neck.

Strats body fell to the ground. Blood started to flow out of his neck.

[Host has died]

[All restrictions placed have been lifted]

[All subordinates the host has conquered have been released]

Strat's soul started to go to the void of souls.

" OH NO, YOUR NOT GOING TO ESCAPE FROM ME!" Yelled Strat as he went back to his body.

[ERROR, Due to a forced return host has been revived]

[All restrictions, subordinates released will be applied when revive]

Strat's head rolled back to his body and started to reconnect. He started to lift himself off the ground. As he stood, he looked at Saureil with hatred. Strat immediately went towards him. He started to punch him but none of them connected.

But with each punch, Strat started to learn from each mistake he made. After many tries he finally landed one punch on Saureil. He gasped for air. The amount of energy he used took a toll on himself. But the punch that landed didn't even affect Saureil.

Saureil just looked at Strat in great disappointment. He kicked Strat on the side which made him fly towards the near by wall. A black aura started to form around Strat as he lifted himself off the ground. He struggled for balance and fell back down.

"What's wrong Strat, too weak fight back anymore? This is just a pitiful sight to see. I wonder if Athen turned into a fucking idiot because his host/inheritor is weak and arrogant." Mocked Saureil.

Strat still layed on the ground. He was angered by the words Saureil spoke towards him. He knew he was weak. He knew he was arrogant. He knew that he never deserved the powers Athen gave him.

" You don't have to push your fucking comments towards me." Spoke Strat.

" Huh? What did you say?" Questioned Saureil.

" I said that, You don't have to push your fucking damn comments towards me." He said loudly.

The black aura that surround Strat started to grow. It started to flow like miasma. The surroundings started to break or die out. It was like death was now reaching and taking back souls back to hell. The aura started to go towards Saureil.

He noticed what it was, but he wasn't worried since he can't be affected by any miasma or a reapers aura. But just In case he activated his own divinity of the dead.

"You're weak. Anyone could kill you easily. Your no different from your old self. Your friends, family, lovers all died because of you in the past. So what's difference between the you now and your past self. The weak die and the strong prevail.

But look at you your just using a crutch to get yourself power. The knowledge you have is pretty fucking useless because you yourself are a fucking idiot." Explained Saureil.

While Saureil talked, Strat kept reminiscing on his past. He kept comparing the two. But he realized one simple difference, it was that he finally had more powers than he had. A screen showed up in front of his eyes.

[Hey, Sebastian use the powers Athen gave you]

[Would you like to synchronize Powers Unlocked+ Other skills including scanned powers of Saureil?]

[Yes/No]