35 SS Rank Monsters (3)

As he dashed forward, he unsheathed his sword. At the same time as he swung at me, I channeled the mana inside my body.

"Diamond skin."

Immediately, my skin hardened, as if it were made of diamonds. When the sword struck, it rebounded off my hard skin, and he was sent flying. But at the same time, I felt another slash at the same spot.

'Double impact?'

As I quickly scanned him with my mana, I realized that it wasn't a double impact.

He had another sword on his other hand that wasn't visible.

'Interesting'

Did he swing his sword at the same time as he swung the invisible sword?

I was curious about what would happen if I took that sword. I quickly released myself from the thick vines and dashed at the monster with no eyes.

He tried to attack me, but it was to no avail, as I quickly parried every attack. This exchange happened for a few moves until I grabbed the invisible sword.

The sword didn't cut me, as I was still using my diamond skin martial art.

At the same time, I kicked him in the stomach to make him release his grip on the sword. He was launched into the distance, and as I held the sword, it slowly became visible.

It was a dark sword made with the same material as the dagger. It wasn't that surprising, because since then we have found out that the monsters might have something similar to a blacksmith.

But I was a little disappointed that the sword wasn't invincible anymore.

'I guess it was his technique to make it invisible'

But if that was all he could do, then it was very weak.

The thick vines erupted from the ground again, trying to seal me to the ground.

"The same trick again?"

I used the sword to cut through the vines, and the middle-aged monster with the monster with no eyes dashed at me.

The monster with no eyes aimed his sword at my neck, and the other was targeting my liver. I raised my sword to block the monster with no eyes, and at the same time, I blocked the other monster with my hand.

The impact made a small shockwave, and the monster with no eyes started to speak.

"You told us you wouldn't use magic."

I had a puzzled look on my face.

"What do you mean?"

I'm pretty sure I didn't use any magic.

"Your skin changed when I was about to hit you with my sword!" He said it with an upset tone.

"Lamir, shut up." The middle-aged monster spoke out of nowhere.

"No, but it isn't fair! He told us he wouldn't use any magic, and then he still did!"

"Lamir, he is the enemy! There is no such thing as fairness in a battle to the death."The middle-aged person raised his voice.

I used a little force and pushed them away, and as they landed on the ground, I nodded my head.

"That technique I used isn't magic; it's something different called martial arts. But I can see why it looks similar."

They both use mana, but magic is when it's formed outside the body. The martial arts only use mana from the inside to reinforce the skin. Therefore, it isn't completely the same, but I could see from the monster's point of view that it might as well be.

"From now on, I also won't use martial arts."

I stopped using the martial art, and the faint blue color on my skin disappeared.

At the same time, I saw a monster come out of the monster crowd. Two of his arms were cut cleanly, but the bleeding was stopped.

"Perfect timing."

There was a small silence as all four of the monsters were just standing there.

"Well, are you going to stand here and wait forever? Or do you want me to make the first move?"

The ground shook as all four monsters attacked me at the same time.

Immediately, countless exchanges happened between me and the four monsters.

When thick vines would appear, I would cut them with the sword. When they would attack, I would block.

It was as if they had perfect teamwork, and the only thing I could do was stay on the defensive.

This happened for a few moves until I saw the two armed monster mess up. He missed the timing of his attack, and immediately I cut his arm off.

Blood spurted out of his arm, and at the same time, the other monsters quickly tried to stop me from making another attack.

But it was too late, as I swung my sword, cutting his other arm off.

He dashed to a spot away from me.

'Good.'

It made the defense of the three monsters much weaker.

The monsters tried to attack me, but I dodged as I moved closer to the female monster.

As I locked eyes with the female monster, I made a small smile. A scared expression appeared on her face as she quickly tried to run away.

'Too late'

I swung my sword toward her neck and cut it cleanly off of her body.

'Another one down; only three more are left.'

The middle-aged monster and the monster with no eyes quickly dashed away.

At the same time, I heard a loud roar that shook the ground. It was the monster who originally had four arms.

Immediately, a huge crowd of monsters rushed at me.

I nodded.

'I see.'

He was using the numerous monsters to win. It was a good plan to fight someone who was stronger than you.

As I prepared to fight the countless monsters, something shocking happened.

They ran past me with no intent to attack me. The monsters were rushing in one direction, as if they only had one goal in mind. And that is when I noticed what the original plan was.

'The kingdom.'

The monsters were rushing at the kingdom.

The monster, who originally had four arms, started to laugh.

"What are you going to do? Fight us or fight the monsters who won't stop until they destroy the kingdom."

My expression darkened.

"Haha, it's a hard choice, right? I love seeing that expression on your face."

I started to laugh.

"Was this your final plan? You really think that something like this would be enough to defeat me?"