Chương 89: Round 2

"Nal, I'm grateful that you woke me up. If not, this little bastard could've escaped."

"Master!"

The three saw a handsome and tall young-looking man came out of the passage and as the smoke of dust cleared up, they saw their Master.

"If you are grateful... why did you do that to me, Master...?" accumulating his last bit of strength, Nal complained before he passed out. His body was used to not only stop Renir's gust-making momentum but also oppose it to the point, they flew in the opposite direction. Even though he wouldn't die from that, he surely would take a lot of damage!

Ernanfo ignored it and stepped forward.

Immediately, the three gathered their strength to get out of there while Bardock took Nal's unconscious body.

"We have to evacuate the other disciples, quick!" Greg whispered.

Rea and Bardock did not take it as an exaggeration at all... because they saw their Master in his "battle suit"

The "battle suit" looked like just a regular martial uniform, perfectly fitting his toned, tall, and slender body on the surface.

'Master always uses it... but only for his daily routine because that is the only type of material that can keep up with his extreme movements. But I never saw him wear that for a fight. Which means... Master is serious!' Greg thought.

The three were a bit tempted to watch their Master's true strength after rest but it was too dangerous for them.

"If Master is not that scary, I would have been head over heels for him. But the fear is stronger than my admiration." Rea sighed.

Bardock and Greg stayed silent after hearing that. Somehow, they could relate to that and was ashamed of it, 'Good thing Master is scary or else... it would be dangerous for us!' the two thought, a little bit grateful for their cowardice.

While the three escaped while carrying one deadweight, back in the hall, Renir stood up and saw Ernanfo slowly walking towards him.

Ernanfo's calm expression scared Renir the most.

'I knew it, the master they were talking about was Imee's father...'

After standing up, Renir kneeled again and put his forehead on the ground.

Ernanfo stopped, "You're still doing that? If you're really sorry, you should've kept yourself locked in that cell for me."

"Sorry, Sir, I can't do that. I made a challenge against a schoolmate."

"A challenge... you mean like a bet?"

"...."

Ernanfo continued to walk forward, "I saw my daughter cry for the first in a decade. I almost didn't sleep last night because of you. Now, you're telling me you couldn't keep yourself just because of a bet?"

"It's not just any bet, Sir, it was a challenge against Imee's pursuer. The loser will have to stay away from Imee..." Renir said what he concluded since he was sure it will get to that point. However, saying it seemed so childish of him that he lost his volume a little.

Then a tingly feeling showed up on the side of his chest before he felt something heavy, like a car, hitting where the tingly feeling was. Fortunately, his body took it as a sign, and thus, he was able to block it before-

Boom!* the explosive sound came from the suppressed wind, meaning, there was enough force to boom the air.

"Ugh!" Renir flew to the side but was able to keep his feet on the floor before Ernanfo could follow him.

However, there was a difference between Ernanfo's fighting style last night and at that moment. Last night, his moves were powerful, accurate, and fast, but casual and were random... but now, Ernanfo showed up in front of Renir with a stance, then Renir heard, scared;

"Eighteen Strikes; Sense-Breaker -Si---!"

Renir saw this earlier, this was like what the blonde martial artist showed earlier where he saw a glimpse as if that blonde had six arms. However, instead of just six, eighteen arms were coming from Ernanfo in an instant.

Thud~~* they all hit their designated spot, then, Boom!* Renir couldn't do anything but to fly as the direction of Ernanfo's attack.

"Ka-!" Renir spat out some saliva as his eyes became blurry, his hearing fuzzy, and his other senses in a muddle. Because of this intervention on his senses, he had no idea that he flew like a plane.

Like master, like a disciple, they have the same tactics of keeping the enemy airborne so they could do a combo until their enemy is defeated.

Heat emanated from Ernanfo's body and Renir had no way of knowing what was happening so he just curled his body to defend himself.

After approximately three seconds, Renir finally got his senses back and, at the same time, acute pain everywhere began to sting him.

"Argh-!" a grunt forcefully came out of his mouth.

But the worst part was that he was still mid-air and in the middle of receiving Ernanfo's relentless vicious attacks so the pain was still increasing. In Renir's eyes, Ernanfo looked like a devil with virtual glowing red eyes that whistles while he tortures him.

He could only try and adapt to Ernanfo's attack to try and defend from them. As the pain began to increase, Renir was beginning to parry Ernanfo's attack but after three parries or so, Ernanfo's attack pattern would change and the process would repeat over and over again!

"AHHH!!!" Renir was about to lose his mind. The hopelessness was becoming unbearable. Different from the Giganslik and the Water Sentinel who could only charge with raw power, Ernanfo was a superhuman and a super martial master.

The pain he was receiving was increasing so did his despair. When being pushed to the corner with death was the only thought, his body compromised and Renir unintentionally threw a punch.

Ernanfo felt this oncoming punch. First, he was just going to simply parry it but when he felt the danger from this single fist, he had no choice but to retreat.

With the target already escaped, Renir's punch had nowhere to hit except the air which created the sound Pak* like a whip before he dropped onto the ground.

Ernanfo's eyes widened and couldn't help but be baffled to see how strong that simple punch was. His face twitched and his nerves popped out from his forehead.

"This son of a... you're not only much sturdier last night but also this strong?..." he muttered in annoyance, "Now I couldn't help but agree to the boss when he said you're crazy strong... it really annoys me." contrary to what he said, he still had his expressionless face and tone.

With a few inhale and exhale, Ernanfo's body cooled down and his sweating stopped. It was as if his stamina completely recovered from just now.

On the other side, realizing that he fought back, Renir dropped on his knees again and apologized, "I'm sorry, Sir! I will not do it again! Please, from now on I will not go near Imee again without your permission!" his voice loud and filled with desperation and force.

Ernanfo tilted his head up with scorn, "Hah...? You're still on that? I thought you will fight back now. If you're not going to fight back just go back to your cell." his volume heightened at the end.

"..." after a moment of silence, Renir looked and saw Ernanfo disappeared, 'This pattern again!' his eyes widened in fear as his defense went up and he was right, the ceiling exploded out of nowhere, and before Renir could process the sound, a heel appeared above his head-

"Keep your head down THEN!" THUD!* along with the explosion, the air strongly blew outwards, sweeping the dust on the ground away.

Ernanfo's heel heavily dropped onto Renir's head. Renir had his hand on the ground but the pressure was so heavy that his kneels and especially his hands were crushing the ground and were continuously burrowing under the soil.

"Argh--!!" Renir let out a harsh grunt as he fought back the force. The surrounding ground was caving in deeper as the whole underground trembled that was akin to a real earthquake. The just-awaken disciples panicked as they learned that their Master was fighting seriously underground, hearing it from the three direct disciples. They all moved onto a safe area, fearing that the underground might collapse.

Back at the underground, while fighting against Ernanfo's devastating blow, Renir finally realized something that made him lost his confidence like a pop of a bubble:

Strength does not equal defense...

Under the massive pressure, his head eventually gave in and collided with the ground hard!

Boom!*

The ground shattered.....

Renir's body dropped onto the ground.

Ernanfo watched with an uncaring face as he exhaled and inhaled deeper than before. It took him more time than before when his sweating finally disappeared and his body cooled down.

He just looked down on unmoving Renir with silence for a few seconds, until his breathing calmed down:

"Is that it?" he said with his usual expressionless tone, "You think you can be near with my daughter with that pathetic image?"

"..." it was unknown if Renir fell unconscious or he just stayed silent.

"Let me tell you something..." Ernanfo shook his head, "my daughter will become the ruler of this world someday."

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