The Kingdom of the Malaise (26)

Staring at the black bridge head, I suddenly realized that I was literally at the point that I observed from the prison bar windows upon my arrival.

The broken down carriages, black bridge and turned over rubble spoke volumes of it.

Staring at the black bridge, a roar attracted my attention.

[The Concierge]

Staring at the source of the sound, I was taken aback when a giant of a man was running towards me like a bull without reins.

And he might've as well been.

Running on all fours, the single horned helmet of the man was aimed at me, the sharp gauntlets of the monster man leaving scorched marks on the black bridge.

Stabbing the heated blades into the ground, the Concierge jumped and clenched their fists before falling down like a meteor.

Quickly reacting I rolled backwards and was wholly unprepared for the following shockwave formed underneath the force of the ground slam.

Feeling all of the air leave my lungs, the Concierge capitalized on the gap I revealed and punched forwards.

Seeing the searing hot blade near my face, I used the Shield of Cthulhu and dragged myself upwards.

And copying the same move I used under the battle of the Elite Slasher, I manifested the Broadsword and spun through the air.

But unlike last time that I held the broadsword with one hand, this time I was experimenting with something.

The reasons why were soon revealed as in my other free hand a giant hammer called the [Nutcracker] appeared.

Holding two weapons that would usually need two hands in both hands, I spun in the air and slammed the both of them onto the top of the enemy.

Of course, the Concierge wasn't so nice as to take it without acting as it brought its arms up in a standard boxing guard.

A nagging feeling momentarily flashed through my mind as I spun through the air.

Ignoring it in favor of the towering body near double my already tall height and the prodigious strength that came with it.

I stared at the thing that made for a terrifying combination that would most definitely block many others.

Something I didn't think would work on me.

Recalling the sight of the First Elite slasher moving the man throughout their body and to the edges of the blade, I quickly pulled the unfamiliar force resting within my body and circulated it to my arms.

Feeling the force travel through my veins with incredible force, they bulged obviously as red veins popped onto my arms, somehow forcing myself to spin faster in the air the mana finally traveled to my weapons.

Just in time for the inevitable collision that exploded all over.

Both Nutcracker and Broadsword smashed against the Concierge with incredible strength and kicked up a ton of smoke.

Feeling the feedback of the attack tremble through my arms, I felt a cold chill on the back of my neck and quickly let go off both weapons.

Using the flat head of the Nutcracker as a surface to launch myself away.

Just in time as well as the smoke parted to reveal a sharp gauntlet striking through the position I was just in.

Seeing that the Concierge was rather unharmed, I was incredibly surprised.

Manifesting the pair of [Twin Daggers] I used the sharp edges of the knife to catch me.

I forgot that everything was unfairly buffed and was incredibly durable so the knives just harmlessly skidded across the surface of the materials.

Quickly rolling back to offset the remaining momentum, the Concierge cleared the rest of the smoke to reveal their unharmed steel armored form.

Quickly drawing up a plan in my mind, I spun the daggers in my hand so that I was holding them by the pommels and threw them at the Concierge.

Feeling the same nagging feeling pass through my head for a moment, I ignored it in favor of the heat of the moment.

Watching them spin through the air, I manifested another weapon.

Cling clang!

Seeing that the Concierge easily deflected them to the sides of the bridge and left them to be embedded into the surfaces of some rubble, I grinned.

Pulling the string of the [Marksman's bow] back and feeling the arms of the bow bend backwards, the arrow that was nocked on quickly flew to the prone revealed body of the Concierge.

I had no dreams that the one arrow would be everything it needed to kill it since it had shrugged off the mana infused attack like nothing.

So...

Nocking more arrows, several more arrows flew in quick succession alongside their frosty [Ice Shard] brethren.

Bringing back the blood sword to finish the job I quickly put it back and instead brought out the Spite sword.

Moving my legs slick in red blood, the following actions of the Concierge surprised me.

ROOAAARRR!

The being let out a roar of inhuman proportions and seemed more fit to leave the lips of a beast, causing the air to undulate noticeably and displaced it.

Causing the myriad of flying projectiles to bounce away harmlessly.

Something I didn't entirely like as I had to pause and block the rest of the projectiles.

Frowning, the concierge pulled out a new trick from their ass and quickly dragged their flaming gauntlet against the ground.

Causing scorched marks to spark against the ground, it quickly turned into an uppercut that conjured up a line of scorching flames that were intent on engulfing.

The good thing about this was that I was able to easily dodge the attack since it was linear in nature.

The following attack was hard to counter as it quickly leaped from their position and seemed intent on crushing me or grappling me to the ground.

Both very unfavorable events that just may occur.

So I chose a different event and dodged it, watching the concierge slam against the ground again, I pulled blocks of stone from my inventory and placed them in front of me.

Quickly distancing myself from it the Concierge slammed through the side of it like nothing.

Something I fully expected, so I had prepared a small surprise in the form of me behind it, ignoring the fleeting feeling that seemed to flash through my head.

"Hello there" Having prepared myself to smash through everything, a fully charged Nutcracker crashed into its chest and flung it away the same way that a baseball would when meeting its enemy the bat.

Grabbing the Broadsword besides it and putting it back into my inventory the Concierge roared from the air and slammed against the ground while kicking up a cloud of dust.

And from that cloud of dust, I had to suddenly dodge a piece of thrown rubble.

"Woah!"

Widening my eyes in surprise, I dodged the piece of rubble that crashed into my previous position.

And as I was doing so, a very angry man double my size appeared from the dust while flying towards my position, very sharp heated gauntlets aiming for my skull.

Quickly spinning out of the way with the help of the Shield of Cthulhu, I dodged the flying monster.

But not without a cost.

Feeling the edge of the flailing beast sear my flesh, I grimaced.

And as if to add salt to injury, the monster roared loudly and burst my eardrums while simultaneously launching me away with the feeling of someone driving a car against my ribs.

Coughing out blood, my ears rang with tinnitus as I rolled against the ground all unsightly like.

Spitting out a gob of blood, I quickly rolled again to dodge the stomp that was aiming for my head and froze the legs of the very angry man.

Something that it quickly shattered, but it gave me the much needed moment to regain my balance.

Leaping to the monsters revealed back, I used the [Assassins dagger] and sunk the very sharp edge deep through the gaps of the steel armor and through chainmail mesh of the armored giant, sinking the sharp teeth into its flesh.

Roaring loudly, the force of the roar launched me off its back.

Spinning through the air, and balancing myself, a block on my back stopped me from going farther then I needed.

Turning around, the sharp white eyes shone from underneath the grey helmet, anger and hatred emanating from them.

Roaring to the skies this time instead of using it offensively, a sharp red aura suddenly appeared around it like a bubble of sharp thorns.

Seeing the sharp red aura surrounding it like a cage of sharp swords, I instinctively knew that it was dangerous.

And when the surrounding rubble was quickly pulverized into dust you KNEW it was dangerous.

Seeing that I quickly back peddled, and watched the giant monster rush through the obstacles in its path like a bull, arms outstretched as if getting ready to grapple.

And seeing as the lacerating aura around it was protecting it like a cage of thorns, forget taking a hit from the sharp gauntlets, the lacerating aura itself would tear me to shreds.

So thinking ahead of time this time, I did everything I could do to stop it, feeling a nagging feeling tickle the back of my mind, I made the call to shoot several arrows.

Making arrows to whistle through the air alongside their frozen brothers, they futilely collided against it and were torn to shreds.

I quickly dodged the charging monster by rolling to the side.

Seeing it slam against the ground with its fist and use its arm as an axis, it carried its momentum as a powerful charge.

Seeing the aura slowly disappear from the body, it was a small solace in the face of the sharp gauntlet aiming to crush my skull into a pulp.

That was until the world suddenly slowed all around me as I prepared to draw my swords against the large fist that was closely nearing my face.

Staring at the giant fist that froze right in front of my face, sweat pooled at my temples as I wondered what had happened.

Taking notice of the strange feeling that was residing in my head, I paid my full attention to it as if attracted.

And just like that, something seemed to open in my mind.

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