(A/N: Bonus Chapter).
Ogwulf narrowed his eyes as he looked at the results of his attack.
It was barely an attack as this skill he had used was still too complex for him to have fully grasped right after spawning.
‘A purple core is harder to manipulate with the Manabound Martial Arts? Interesting,’ he thought as he watched the creature screech horribly.
The Manabound Manalific Martial Arts allowed the user to freely control the flow of mana in the opponent’s core provided they managed to establish physical contact, though the effect depended on the degree of mastery as well the core of the target!
The fact that this skill was still level 1, coupled with how the opponent’s core was purple made sure the effect left much to be desired.
‘No matter. I didn’t intend to end you anyway. You may be an idiot but you’re strong. None of my attacks can kill you. However, my creations ought to have been exempted from your core’s pull already. Now, the next step begins!’ Ogwulf thought as malice bubbled in his mind.
The Galemonger that was constantly experiencing things other than the usual fire and fist flew into a rage as dozens of the grey marble-like spheres over its body flew out in every direction!
The marbles exploded upon contact with anything in their path, Unbreakable facing a flurry of flames over his body from this along with being struck by an outward spinning ring of condensed air!
He was knocked back, the Galemonger turning to Ogwulf who had somehow escaped being blasted by the marbles and used its speed to the very limit as well as its strength, gathering billows of bright wind for the transcendent skill it had used before to injure Unbreakable and almost kill Terian!
‘There it is again!’ Ogwulf thought.
He remained unfazed however, even as the speed with which the Galemonger approached was too much for his sight!
As the Galemonger brought its wind covered hands together with Ogwulf in between…
Suddenly… the Bringer of All vanished!
The creature halted its attack as it then turned behind it, thinking that perhaps its enemy had appeared behind it for a despicable surprise!
Heck, he wasn’t anywhere!
The Galemonger turned every which way but could not find its opponent!
Unbreakable rushed up to it again, paying attention to the white billows around the creature’s hand!
‘What’s that man… creature’s plan? Do I just keep distracting this thing? Where has he gone?!’ he thought with an angry tone even in his mind but did not stop his charge!
He kept on with what he had been told, hoping that surely, in a minute’s worth of time, this would all be over.
As for the entity that these two sought for…
He was right atop the Galemonger’s head!
Ogwulf was miniaturised into the size of an ant while sitting over MaelStorm’s head, the effect of the [Pseudo Spirit Walker’s Hide] taking effect as it perfectly hid his presence!
No could see, hear or sense him at all!
One of the central traits of a class that Skullius hadn’t chosen, the Spirit Walker!
The Bringer of All sat comfortably while the Galemonger exchanged blows with Unbreakable, his hand on his chin as if he was bored!
His luminous eyes dimmed as he was slowly fading into sleep.
‘What’s taking so long?’ he thought.
Within the body of the Galemonger, ten mana clones of Ogwulf were streaking through with their bodies partially materialised using [Manamorphosis]!
When they had been sucked in by MaelStorm, they had been pulled over to the creature’s core but had battled being assimilated into the creature’s core by using [Manamorphosis].
Ogwulf had used the [Manabound Martial Arts] to disrupt the Galemonger’s core in order give the clones a chance to escape its pull thus giving them leeway to search for what he had sent them to find!
The clash between the two powerhouses outside had to continue for forty full seconds before the original Ogwulf finally perked up, receiving the signal he waiting for.
His clones had finally found it!
‘Do it then!’ he ordered.
In the next few moments, the Galemonger which had been battling against Unbreakable suddenly halted, a clean hit smashing into its face because of this pause!
It staggered, its eyes bulging as it felt a tremendous discomfort within its body!
Something was happening!
Something was messing with something within its body!
In the next moment, it screeched in agony for the umpteenth time in this battle, the cracks over its body glowing brighter before they started to vanish and recede!
Soon, the body of the Galemonger reduced in size as a red haze withdrew from its body unceremoniously!
When the red haze fully exited the Cluster beast’s body, it formed a long staff with a white gem at its tip!
[Jaggered Merger] had been forcibly ended!
The clones within MaelStorm had been searching for the point in the Cluster beast’s body where the staff’s energy caused the merge.
When they had found it, it only took a round of attacks like [Manassault] to disrupt the connection, causing the staff’s link with the Galemonger being forced to cease!
At the same time that the staff appeared, Ogwulf immediately leapt towards it from the Galemonger’s head and upon touching it in his diminutive form it vanished!
Unbreakable was once again shocked by this turn of events.
He could hardly understand why the Galemonger was behaving strangely before he saw it shrink and lose its staff!
This is what the strange man whom he could have sworn was a skeleton before wanted to achieve all along?!
Of course, it was to everyone’s benefit as clearly, the Galemonger had lost much of its endurance and strength, now left unable to contend with Unbreakable for anything in the physical department!
Ogwulf once again wore a grin with tangles of Unliving Thread dancing at the corners of his lips!
‘Now… for the finale,’ he said as the Elimparidis staff reappeared in his hand, his body returning to its normal height!
,ᴄ-ᴏ-m The staff hadn’t been taken into storage as most would assume.
Ogwulf had taken it into his body instead where it was analysed using the both his Unliving Thread and the guidance field.
Ogwulf then pointed the Legendary object towards the Galemonger that was yet to recover from having the Elimparidis Staff forcibly taken from it.
While in this state of being completely imperceptible, the staff he wielded wasn’t however and Unbreakable and Terian who saw the staff floating in midair couldn’t be more confused.
Ogwulf, after understanding the functions of the staff through the guidance field then used the skill [Jump] against MaelStorm, the Cluster beast vanishing from where it stood to appear several hundred meters in the air!
Ogwulf’s figure became visible once more, his luminous sockets turning to Unbreakable who had lost count of how many times he had to be shocked by this being’s actions.
The Bringer of All gave an unfriendly smirk as he pointed up with his finger. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥
“Freak bro. A minute as promised. Finish it off,” Ogwulf the Limited said, the meaning to his words being abundantly clear.