The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 136: The Cold and Cruel Reality

’Okay, one chance...Art of Lust, Fourth Posture: Eruptive Embrace.’

I finally find the ideal moment one of his blows and block it with one of my palms. The impact is strong, powerful enough to incapacitate me if I didn’t have the art flowing in my body.

with the help of my art of counterattack, I redirect its force and impact to my other free hand, and launch a fist destined to hit his stomach without any obstacle, thanks to the gap I created by abruptly stopping his attack, the blow was loaded with its own force a perfect counterattack that even added my own force to the equation and with great momentum ....

BAMMM!

”Puahh!”

His exhalation echoes as I knock the air out of him with a deep thud. Despite his defensive ability that I noticed began to activate the moment he sensed how dangerous the situation was.

It was clear to see how his skin starting from his stomach turned a coppery color, yet the blow clearly affects him, and I don’t stop; this is the moment, I can’t lose momentum.

”Art of Lust, Third Posture: Seductive Touch.”

I shout it, and before he can recompose himself, I launch a second blow straight to the same point, this time penetrating deeper into his defense the ability to be penetrating ignoring defenses is another characteristic of this art..

Even with his defensive skill, I see how his body writhes in pain and his posture breaks for an instant.

”Art of Lust, Third Stance: Seductive Touch.”

I take advantage of the opening and throw one more blow, this time aiming for his side, wounding even more.

I already had a great momentum and I would not stop, the battle would be complicated if I did, Before he can recompose himself, I take advantage of my position and throw a direct kick towards his knee.

Crack!

”Aaahhh!!”

The dry sound resounds as the knee gives way, forcing him to bend a little and let out a cry of pain. Taking advantage of his loss of balance, I leap at him, trying to lock his arm in a hold.

”arghh”

I manage to hold his arm, squeezing hard, but he roars and struggles to free himself with a wild fury.

I reinforce my grip that would not last more than a few small moments, focusing on the weak points of his arm with my Eyes of Lust, which now glow with a fierce intensity, revealing his small vulnerabilities.

”Lux Lucis,”

invoking the magic of light. A current of warm energy runs through my hands, allowing me to amplify the pressure on the point just below his elbow, a weakness I discovered.

My knowledge from practicing the art allows me to stimulate it in the right way, causing his tendons to decrease in resistance, weakening his muscles and relaxing them, making him unable to resist.

Now that his arm has lost its strength it was the opportunity, continuing with the combo, I hold his arm and place myself behind his back, forcing his arm backwards.

Crack-snap!

The sound was shocking and the arm itself should not be able to biologically rotate in that way, that movement caused the breakage of many things, and basically with that I disabled one of his arms.

”haaa!”

I hear him gasp, but he doesn’t give up. His skin slowly begins to take on a coppery hue, reinforcing his defensive capabilities as he throws a hard elbow backwards, this time he doesn’t seem to hold back and seems to mean business.

But before it came I was prepared in anticipation.

”Vitis Tenebris,”I whisper as quickly dark vines sprout from the ground, quickly clinging to his free arm restraining him and preventing his attack from proceeding.

He struggles to free his arm, but the vines become more tightly entangled. I took advantage of that moment and, with a quick blow to his shoulder, was precise and fast enough to weaken him enough to render him useless and unable to resist the vines.

With both arms out of action, the fight seems to tilt in my favor. I place several strategic strikes at key points on his back, reducing his resistance more and more.

I aim behind his knee with a precise kick, causing him to fall to his knees. With his movements becoming clumsy and slow, every moment.

”Aaaaahhhh!!! , release me!!””

My attacks have softened and relaxed his muscles, and though he’s still trying to resist, he’s running out of options. But still, I notice his skin hardening like copper, it was his defensive ability.

It was late, but effective, my hands due to his sudden hardness, I could not properly attack his pressure points and finish the job, I changed the method a little bit and so I pointed my fingers in the shape of a gun towards his back and said .

”Bam!!, bam!!, bam!!.”

Crystal bullets shoot out of my fingers, impacting at point-blank range. I feel the projectiles pierce through his resistance and hit precisely the spots that were still intact. it was an autosuggestion set up beforehand to activate this spell instantly.

”haaa...”

His breathing becomes heavy. He turns his body, looking for some angle of escape, but it’s too late.

”Bam!!!.”

That last shot, finally, takes away his strength and endurance. His muscles finally give out and now his body is inert, and in my absolute control. now he is kneeling in front of...

I wasn’t looking him in the eyes, but I could feel his petrification, fearr, and impotencia, but I ignored him and put my hands on his head. My hands are already steady, one on his head and the other on his chin, ready for the end...,

”Wait... Not this, please, I...!”

with a last effort he tries to speak and maybe beg for mercy but I

Crack!!!.

I don’t listen to his words; I simply apply the necessary force and turn his head at a lethal angle, finishing him off.

His relaxed muscles did not allow him to resist, and his defensive ability becomes useless in this situation.

Thud!...

Finally, his body collapses, inert, and my breathing begins to calm down.

”Haa... haa... haa... haa...”

I stare at the body in front of me, still feeling the echo of his strength. I knew he was a powerful man, someone who, if he had used his true power from the beginning, would not be in this situation.

And yet, here he was, fallen before me. I did not win because I was stronger, but because he never saw me as a real threat. He underestimated my every move, until it was too late.

The opportunity was there, and I took it, in this world, strength is important, but it is not absolute. Anyone, even me, can fall into the hands of someone weaker if they let their guard down.

I look at the fallen man, thinking how a twist of circumstance could have put me in his place. How many warriors, stronger than him, must have been defeated by trusting, by looking down on those around them? I wonder if he thought the same in his last moments.

Death is a real possibility at every moment and place in this world and may be closer than one would expect. Perhaps he did not even consider that possibility when he began to fight with me, only at the end did the harsh reality hit him coldly and cruelly.

This world is dangerous, brutal, and his strength... useless now. Today it was him; tomorrow, if I don’t learn from this, it could be me.

’Yes, it’s never easy, killing ’it wasn’t the first time I did it, but I could never get used to it.’

After a few seconds of self-reflection, I refocused and turned to the rest I had to check their status before going to the girls, there are powerful people besides that old woman.

I looked at their situation and they were also almost finished. They were fast; they had the numbers in their favor and if there wasn’t someone like Rae who was an agent with many skills, between all of them they could defeat them, since their battle capabilities should not be that far away.

Not to mention The abilities William had, I don’t know if innate, granted, the (ex) or the blessing, but William could empower people and give them buffs of all kinds and especially himself, so it shouldn’t have been hard to defeat the 5 lackeys or at least stay alive if they were more than they appeared.

And as I thought before I could approach I already saw Silvia throwing a mini lava sun to the head of the last one. It was brutal, and the guy seemed to have a lot of vitality, so he did not die quickly and twisted in pain.

’Yeah, I wouldn’t want to provoke her, too much’, I thought next time to be more patient when talking to Silvia.

finally lucky or not, the last man died.

They were certainly fast, my fight, although it didn’t feel like it, lasted less than a minute and theirs almost the same, I was proud of them as they were definitely more powerful than they were supposed to be for this moment.

Well anyway for some reason they seemed in a hurry but still I approached them and spoke.

”Well, guys, looks like they weren’t a challenge for you...good job.”

I gave a thumbs up

”Huh? Chris...are you done yet?. But that guy was...”

When I spoke, the guys, who were concentrating on the fight for a few seconds and perhaps analyzing the events, finally noticed me. They seemed surprised. Silvia was the one who asked me, and it seemed they were all thinking the same thing.

”What’s wrong, did something happen?”

”No, it’s just that these guys were saying that...”

Suddenly Silvia started to explain to me Apparently, their opponents were commenting on how their leader would beat me to a pulp, since not only did I have seven metamorphoses, but I could also fight people of higher ranks.

He could even hurt people two ranks above him, which is equivalent to nine metamorphoses, and once he got rid of me, he would come to help them, since they had already noticed that this was no ordinary group of Students.

’yes, they themselves hastened their death with their mouths’, that’s why the boys seemed to be in a hurry the boys thought that joining me was the only chance to defeat such a monster.

’I am touched that even the cold Cordelia was also giving her all, at least now I know that she values me in some way.’

If I think about it, it’s true what they say. Without my blessing, his attacks would have accumulated damage quickly. That guy was certainly stronger than his range, but he couldn’t give his best and I defeated him without getting too tired or spending too much mana besides the initial spells.

In fact, I thought those ten seconds were unnecessary, I felt I could do the same even without those reinforcement spells...., but again, that would be arrogant and I would be the one possibly getting killed, that mentality is something I need to correct.

one can never predict the flow of battle; if I had been careless, I would be the one who would lose easily, even with just one hit.

’well for now let’s think about that later I need to go to the girls’, although I felt that Selene and Eira were not fighting in is moment, I need to make sure, by the way, for some reason, Eira’s emotions are chaotic, they always are, but now they are practically incomprehensible, which didn’t help to calm me down.

I need to get organized fast. and I spoke to them.

”Okay, guys, putting that aside, it looks like we’re in the middle of another terrorist attack. The situation is complicated. First, we need to stay safe. Remember the caves where the owlbears were? Hide there for now.”

”Wait Chris, why does it sound like you’re not coming with us. You’re not thinking of sacrificing yourself, like last time, are you?”. Suddenly, Lys stepped forward and spoke as she questioned me.

’Sacrifice myself? When have I ever sacrificed myself?’ I didn’t understand what she meant, but she, as if reading my mind, spoke.

”I mean what you did with the crystal beasts.”

’Oh, that was what she meant.’ I didn’t remember, because it wasn’t exactly a sacrifice; I simply stayed to get fringe benefits. But well, that’s not the point. I couldn’t put them off any longer.

”No, I won’t. This is different plus I didn’t sacrifice myself at the time I just made the best decision. Right now I just have to find someone and come back you just have to move on. It’s okay.

”But... oh!, is it Selene? Are you worried about her? But how do you plan to find her, do you know where she is?”. Well, she wasn’t wrong; I was on his way to look for the whole group, which was intercepted, along the way.

”Don’t worry about that, I have a way to find her. Let’s not waste any more time. Remember the owl-bear cave we passed earlier, ballan and set up barriers in a moment I’ll catch up with you. Silvia, Auran, Alexander don’t hold back and use the best barriers you can.”

Saying that last and before anyone else could stop me, I moved quickly in the direction of where the girls were, but suddenly.

BOOOMMM!!!

”He??, what?! Aghh!!!??”