Child of Destiny

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David stared intensely at Pogo, waiting patiently for the latter to finish his transformation. He really wanted to stop it from happening but he knew that it was already too late for it.

Instead, he threw his talismans in the air and scattered them in different directions. And when reached a certain distance, those talismans suddenly stopped and floated in the air while emitting dim light.

A moment later, those talismans produced a thin line of light that connected them with each other and formed a strange formation.

David formed a series of seals with his hand, controlling the talismans and adjusting their positions.

On the other hand, some changes were also happening in Pogo's body.

His muscles did some creepy movements, moving as if they were alive. Then his armor suddenly burst due to the irregular movements of those muscles.

Ah!

He shouted as his body underwent a metamorphosis.

His arms grew longer alongside his fingers that turned into terrifying claws. His torso also turned larger and became more muscular. And as he grew taller, his legs turned into the pair of legs of a goat.

His head also had the same changes, it turned into a goat head as a pair of horns grew on it. Then a strange symbol of a crescent moon with a cross appeared at the center of his forehead.

When he finished his transformation, a dark light suddenly appeared in front of his chest. He then raised his hand and grabbed that light. And right after he did that, a large scythe suddenly appeared on his hand.

David watched all of it happen and clicked his tongue. "Tsk! What a disgusting transformation."

"You can stomach turning yourself into an ugly being?" he added with a face that seemed to be full of disgust.

The transformed Pogo didn't reply and directly attacked right after his metamorphosis.

Swoosh!

He disappeared from his spot and suddenly reappeared above David as he swung his huge scythe downward.

David shook his head with a bitter smile, not even bothering to raise his head. And with a snap of his fingers, the talismans that were forming a magic formation released a blinding light before releasing a dome-shaped barrier, blocking the incoming attack.

Bang!

The barrier shook violently and showed a lot of cracks on its surface after the collision, showing some signs of collapsing.

The power behind that attack was too powerful. Fortunately, the barrier was able to withstand it in the end.

But Pogo didn't end his attack there. He quickly disappeared and reappeared in a different direction before swinging his scythe again.

Bang!

This time, the barrier was instantly shattered as it failed to withstand that attack. And before David could even react in time, Pogo disappeared for another time and reappeared in the opposite direction.

His current speed greatly surpassed what he had earlier, making it hard even for Archimedes and Morgan to see his movements.

Swoosh!

The sound of the scythe cutting through the air could be heard as it approached David at an insane speed.

But before its tip could even reach its target, David suddenly turned his head towards its direction, wearing a calm look on his face.

Bang!

Then the scythe suddenly stopped as its tip suddenly collided with an invisible wall.

David was completely unfazed by that attack despite how powerful it was. He put a lot of trust in the sturdiness of his barrier and believed that it was not going to collapse despite witnessing the power that Pogo showed in the previous two attacks.

Pogo didn't stop and continued to change his position and attack David with the same level of attack.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Consecutive explosions could be heard as he threw a barrage of attacks at David. No one could even catch a glimpse of his silhouette as he continued to move at an extreme speed.

The only trace that he left behind was the shockwaves that were being produced by his attacks, and all of them were from a different direction each time.

But despite all of that, none of his attacks land a clean hit on his opponent.

David continued to stand on his spot, completely unmoved.

At least, that was how it looked on the surface. But in actual fact, David was also knitting his brow as he watched his opponent continue to bombard him with those powerful attacks.

He wanted to cast a spell to counterattack but immediately realized that Pogo's current speed was too fast for him to do it.

"I guess I have no choice but to engage in a melee battle," muttered David as he found that he didn't have another choice.

He actually wanted to use a few more combinations with his spells. But from the looked of it, he could no longer do it.

Swoosh!

He quickly took away the talismans he was holding and held his umbrella as if it were a sword.

'Mentalist Special Skill: Rune Summoning'

Activating this skill, a series of runes suddenly appeared in the air around him before spinning around him.

'Mentalist Special Skill: Rune Enhancement'

Then, after activating the next skill, the runes suddenly implanted themselves on his skin, leaving a rune series on it.

The same thing also happened on his weapon as the glowing runes also appeared on the surface of the umbrella.

Bang!

Quickly after that, he turned around and swung the umbrella behind him, colliding with the scythe coming from behind.

Pogo's attack was much stronger than the previous ones that he had. But despite that being the case, he still failed to force David to move.

And before he could even make his next move, David was already making his own.

He twisted his wrist, turning the umbrella in a circular motion and controlling the weapon of his opponent with it.

Shing!

He then pulled the umbrella backward and twisted his waits in the same direction before thrusting the umbrella once forward.

'Gladiator Skill: Counter Strike'

Swoosh!

His movements were flawless and fast, catching Pogo a little off-guard. His current movements were much smoother compared to how he moved earlier.

Fortunately, Pogo's current stats were much higher compared to earlier, so he could move his body much earlier too. He jumped backward, managing to respond in time.

But to his surprise, the tip of the umbrella chased after him like a snake that was unwilling to let go of its prey.

Swoosh!

The moment David saw that Pogo was moving backward, he quickly adjusted his posture. He moved his right foot forward, following the moments of his thrusting motion. He also slightly raised his left hand to maintain his balance while moving forward.

Puff!

Unfortunately, his opponent turned into black smoke right after his umbrella pierced through the target.

Then Pogo appeared behind David like a ferocious beast and swung his scythe as strong as he could.

Swoosh!

But despite the insane speed that his opponent had, David was still able to respond in time and quickly turned his body to face Pogo before opening his umbrella to block the incoming attack.

Boom!

The area around them seemed to shake violently as the tip of the scythe collided with the surface of his umbrella.

Pogo was about to change his position once again when he saw the umbrella move forward and seemingly wanted to collide with his body.

Fortunately, he was fast enough to move away from its path and reappeared in a different direction. But right after he emerged in his new position, when he was raising his scythe and was about to swing it at David, he suddenly discovered that the latter was already facing him.

David held his right hand forward and pointed it forward, forming a hand gesture of a gun with it.

Strange runes were floating around his hand and suddenly moved in a circular motion to form a magic circle in front of his fingers.

'Mentalist Special Skill: Piercing Star'

Swoosh!

A beam of light suddenly flew straight to Pogo, piercing through the air and drawing a beautiful line on its path.

Pogo was completely caught off-guard and couldn't dodge in time. He was struck by that beam of light. It pierced through his chest and deleted a huge chunk of his Health Bar.

In the meantime, David quickly extended his left hand on his back, catching the umbrella midair. He pushed it forward and let go of its handle earlier to trick Pogo.

After that, he quickly charged ahead while throwing a batch of talismans in his opponent's direction.

"You are too easy to read. You kept on repeating the same attack pattern since earlier and just changing the tempo of your speed," said David as continued to move forward.

"It is much better fighting you when you haven't transformed. Your strength might become stronger when you transform but your movements become more predictable," he continued to give his comment seeming to encourage his opponent to show him more.

He might be away from the virtual games for a long time, but he was still familiar with his former rivals' strength. And he knew that this was not everything that Pogo had.

Or else, he would really be disappointed.

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