Legacy System: Rise Of The Richest Man

LS: 29

Inside the tunnel, the clangor of blade colliding against the bony hands of the abnormality could be heard.

Theobald could be seen swinging his swords against the two bony hands that constantly tried to stab his heart. The captain was already perspiring, having been swinging his sword non-stop for more than ten minutes against the rapid attacks.

Not so far away, William could be seen sprinting towards the main body of the abnormality while blocking off the other hands twisting towards him from different directions.

His uniform was already stained with blood from two new injuries sustained in the last ten minutes. His body was constantly reminded of the pain as he moved around.

"Caring about the hands would only lead to exhaustion. I need to find a way to end its life before it ends mine," William concluded.

Since he arrived in this world, this was the only time he doubted his capability to survive. The three injuries on his body made him realize how possible his death was.

SCREECH!

The abnormality screeched furiously, finding William’s bravery annoying — why wouldn't this measly human just die and become its dinner without putting up such a useless fight?

Its eyes sparked with bloodlust, and it unleashed more attacks on the hero — all its hands, except the two William had managed to chop down, lunged at the hero.

The terrifying sound of them tearing through the air echoed.

But William was more than prepared this time.

He was only a few meters away from the main body and his eyes were already locked on a specific target — its eyes!

"Come at me with all you've got!"

William barked as he accelerated further. His provoking words enraged the abnormality, which could be seen from its hands moving more violently, colliding against the hard ground and walls while missing the hero.

Although moving so fast with injuries was uncomfortable and difficult, William managed to pull it off and successfully closed the distance.

Feeling threatened by the closeness, the abnormality began retracting all its hands, including the one Theobald was struggling with.

The sound of the bony appendage coming back to the body was easily perceived by William, prompting him to act even faster.

William quickly exerted more strength and agility into his feet as he sprang off the ground and shot several meters into the air, aiming at the massive head of the abnormality.

Time appeared to slow down following his action — the crew could be seen staring at the battle with eyes and mouths wide open. The bony appendage of the abnormality retracted towards the original body at a comically slow pace.

The hero was still midair, body launching at his opponent with determined focus in his eyes as he clashed with the massive abnormality.

STAB!!

Time resumed at its normal pace after William’s collision with the abnormality. The sound of his sword stabbing through the mirror-like eye of the abnormality could be heard, followed by a sound similar to glass shattering.

At the same time, the retracting limbs arrived, albeit very late.

SCREEECH!

The abnormality screeched, this time with frustration, anger and desperation. This one was even more terrifying, sending shivers down the spine of its onlookers.

While screeching angrily, the abnormality, now blinded in one eye, thrashed the entire area with its remaining six hands. Its only goal at the moment was to sever the hero into as many pieces as it could.

Unfortunately for the abnormality, the hero had already landed after his attack succeeded and created a safe distance between them.

He had already gained his composure. He stood his ground and blocked off the hands with ease while yelling at the rest of the crew to move further away from the battlefield.

The amazed crew obeyed the warning of the hero and created enough distance between themselves and the battlefield. Although Theobald wanted to be of assistance to the hero seeing that he was injured, he still joined the others in moving away — he knew he would only stand in the way of the hero if he participated.

SCREECH!

The enraged screech of the partially blinded abnormality did not stop, nor did its attacks.

William sprinted around and blocked as fast as he could. He even managed to chop down another of its arms, enraging it even more.

However, the fight became easier for the hero with one less hand to deal with.

"Its attacks are more erratic than precise at this point."

William muttered as he began planning his next assault.

"Once I take down the second eye, it would lose control and then I can easily finish it off," he decided, "I wonder how many experience points I would gain from killing this one."

William clutched his sword even tighter and began accelerating towards the main body once again.

The abnormality, having realized just how lethal this human was, made all the effort to stop him from reaching its main body.

Its hands clawed downwards and stabbed sideways erratically at the position of the hero.

It also began retracting two of its hands to defend against the hero should he manage to get close.

Fortunately, William had already predicted this action from the abnormality. He pushed his body forward with all his might, bombarding himself with unimaginable pain which he temporarily ignored.

His new movement speed amazed the crew watching from afar as they had never seen any human being move so fast. Not even the hero had been able to move this fast till now — it made them wonder if he had grown stronger once again in the midst of battle.

On the other hand, the abnormality became scared for its life. Its terrifying screech became more of desperation and frustration than anger. Its movements were even more erratic, like a cornered prey fighting for its life.

The human he saw as measly no longer seemed measly. Heck, he saw a reaper moving towards it instead of a human.

William reached his target position.

The three hands twisted in his direction, one stabbing downward from above while the other two serpented towards him from both sides.

The two hands the abnormality had retracted earlier lunged at him from the front. But this was exactly what the hero wanted.

A cold grin appeared on his face.

The scene that took place the next moment was nothing the onlookers nor the abnormality expected.