Dmir Khan’s arms stretched forward vehemently.
– Crack!
The distorted space crumbled as fractures began to form everywhere.
– CRASH!!!
The space, which had been compressed until it was distorted and torn, suddenly expanded and exploded with a bang.
‘…He shot space itself.’
Using the same principle as a sword slash that pushes air in all directions at high speed, or a magic missile that pushes water or fire at high speed to generate a bullet. Dmir Khan’s special move was finally unleashed.
“Heup…!”
At the same time, I gripped my sword firmly and took a deep breath.
With that breath, I mustered up the stellar mana contained in every corner of my body at once and channelled all of it into my sword.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
The space strike slammed into me as I was forcefully channelling stellar mana into my weapon. I then slashed with everything I had.
It was just one slash.
The terrifyingly fierce sword slash, imbued with stellar mana, collided with Dmir Khan’s space strike the following moment.
– CRACK!!!
An ear-shattering roar filled the engulfed conference hall.
“…Ha.”
And at that point, Dmir Khan let out a brief exclamation.
His space strike was devouring my sword slash.
“I apologize, Lord Frey. I don’t think there will be a winner.”
However, at the same time, my sword slash was also swallowing up his space strike.
In other words, our attacks were devouring and threatening to annihilate one another.
‘… He’s cunning.’
It was only then that I understood his intentions.
He seemed to want me to remain as the ‘Joint Second-in-Command’. In other words, he hated the idea of going down to third, but he didn’t like being the only Second-in-Command.
After all, he hid his power because he hated being bothered, and after a series of challenges, he rose to second place. However, his loyalty to the Demon King was superior to anyone else.
Perhaps his plan revolved around the fact that if our attacks cancelled each other out, he could declare a draw and use the rules to share the post of Second-in-Command between the both of us.
Then he could keep close contact with the Demon King he was loyal to, and could continue to maintain his position as the Second in Command without worrying about being disturbed by others. He could also use me to reduce his own responsibilities and take care of annoyances.
Truly, he was Dmir Khan, the Second-in-Command of the Demon King’s Army. The one who was called the ‘Cunning Evil Incarnate.’
‘But, I can’t let that happen.’
– Shine…!
“…What?!”
The moment I raised the corners of my mouth slightly with that thought in mind, a refreshing sound resounded from the place where our attacks collided against each other.
– Shine!!
“Good.”
After a while, the twinkling sound filled the conference hall with a radiant light, as I looked at Dmir Khan with a victorious smile.
“……..”
He just stared at the scene in front of him in astonishment. In fact, the scene unfolding right in front of his eyes is so strange he must be terrified.
– Pop!!!
At that moment, my sword slash and Dmir Khan’s space strike, which were devouring each other, completely vanished, and a dazzling flash of light rose from the dust and flew towards Dmir Khan.
“Ugh.”
Then, Dmir Khan hurriedly distorted the space around him and tried to block the stellar flash, but he was only able to stop a part of it.
