A Demon's Journey
Frascoia Continent… Various races like Celestials, Demons, Humans, Monsters, Elves, Dwarves, and so on occupied this continent. Humans and the other races lived on the mainland of the continent while the Celestials and Demons lived in Heaven and Purgatory, respectively. Within the Demons, a prodigy named Azaroth rose quickly, even by demons' standards, to the point of being dubbed a "Demon God. There was only one person above him within the demons: The Great Demon Venerable, the Demons' Supreme Godfather. Azaroth's extraordinary talent never had the chance to blossom to its full potential; a terrible calamity struck him down and he died soon after. But was this calamity just misfortune or was it hiding an opportunity for him? Near his deathbed, he prepared for his future ascent to achieve his lofty goal. Millions of years had passed after Demon God Azaroth's demise and now a young aristocrat called Edwin Rhodes came across a mysterious cave. ~~~~ Tags: Male Protagonist, Anti-Hero, Previous Life Talent, Reincarnation, Transmigration, Beautiful Female Lead, R18+, Schemes and Conspiracies, Sword Wielder, Friendship, Subordinates, Elves, Beasts, Beast Companions, etc.
Decisive Moment
Since ancient times, strength was used to determine victory! Techniques, schemes, and other ways of fighting were invented afterwards.
And Gilbert was certain that this was one aspect where he was undoubtedly better than Noah!
Thus, Gilbert decided to make it a close-combat battle.
However, Noah wasn't intimidated even as Gilbert chose to have a close-combat battle. He took the same stance as before and whispered, "Sword Domain: Hundred Strokes!"
This time, his Sword Domain wasn't stretched around his body. Instead, it was densely packed around his sword.
Noah knew that he had to strike quickly and strongly. And this was exactly what he did.
However, Gilbert was preparing for such an attack. With a sneer, he released significant wind pressure from his palm and forced Noah back by a couple of feet.
Noah's attack missed and a small window of opportunity opened for Gilbert.