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Chapter 144: Ancient God (13)

Chapter 144: Ancient God (13)

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'…It's a Gigantes?'

However, before Jaehwan could think about his question, guided missiles fired from X's elbow streaked towards him. Jaehwan barely dodged a few of its missiles, which exploded behind him, as he used the shockwave to push him forward so he could close in on X.

'I have to fight him up close.'

All of his [Settings] were weak against ranged attacks as his fighting style was designed for close combat. Fortunately for him, unlike the Vicegerents of the high-ranking Gods, X quickly changed its stance to fight in close range. The crack in the elbow closed, and instead, a blade popped out. Soon, the blade clashed against Jaehwan's sword.

It was just a clash between blades, but something similar to an explosion occurred and Jaehwan almost lost his grip on his sword. It was just one exchange, but it dealt him damage.

'It's strong…!'

Jaehwan retreated, but X continuously attacked as it moved towards him and closed the distance. It continuously attacked as if it already knew how Jaehwan would move.

[Be careful! The movement isn't like any other!]

It had been a while since Jaehwan fought this close to an enemy. He had been pushed back ever since the first attack. The blade from X's elbow was sharper than any blade he had seen before. Jaehwan's ability to dodge blades was one of a kind, but the X that kept up with Jaehwan's movement was much more than that. Its reflexes were beyond that of a human.

'So, it's not human after all.'

The strikes were executed in the most efficient ways. The battle kept worsening for Jaehwan the more time passed. His fighting habits had already been analyzed by X, and it was using more suitable attack patterns against Jaehwan as it had analyzed all of Jaehwan's movements.

Jaehwan had seen a similar kind of fighting before.

'Overseers of the Void Factory.'

Jaehwan then understood what Myad had said. 'Gigantes itself.' This X was probably connected to the Daeus, one of the Three Ancient Gods in some way. Like the overseers, it was one of Daeus's old Followers.

"AAARGH!"

"KAAARG!"

There were screams in the direction where Myad had charged towards. As Jaehwan dodged X's attack, he glanced towards where Myad was moving about between the Vicegerents.

The Vicegerents had been blown back on all sides. The attacks that didn't work well against X were now extremely effective against the Vicegerents. Jaehwan even wondered for a second if they were the same enemies that he had a hard time fending off.

The auction house was chaotic as time went on with powerful Vicegerents increasing in numbers. However, none of them were able to fight off Myad. Myad van Deklan, the Starseeker, was one of the strongest Vicegerents of all the high-ranking Gods.

'Why did he have such a hard time against X?'

Jaehwan became confused. Myad and X. Even with all things considered, they were far from equal. Jaehwan thought as he looked at X in front of him.

'This X doesn't have more than 150 thousand world power.'

150 thousand world power was enough to defeat any high-ranking God. It was surely a very high rating, but if Jaehwan guessed right, Myad's real power exceeded than that.

'At least 2 million.'

It was only a guess, but if Jaehwan was correct, that was only the bare minimum. Jaehwan had learned one truth during the acution.