Chapter 330: 329 ’Platinum Dragon King
"Clang——clang——clang——clang——clang——clang——"
Six refractions.
Six changes of direction.
Six slashes.
As the thunderlight flickered relentlessly around the Platinum Knight, slashing at him, it seemed as if he had completely lost the ability to resist, his armor ringing crazily from the blades striking it.
The metal armor of the Platinum Knight was clearly not ordinary, as even when struck repeatedly by the blade, it did not shatter completely, only showing cracks and cuts.
Even so, each slash from Reiger, hitting another’s body like this, even if it didn’t injure the person inside the armor, the force released was enough to cause heavy damage.
Under such an attack, the Platinum Knight couldn’t help but kneel on one knee.
It was then that Reiger’s voice rang out again.
"It seems your strength is not sufficient to heed my warning,"
Only when his words fell did the thunderlight stop, revealing Reiger’s form in front of the Platinum Knight.
At that moment, the Platinum Knight lifted his head.
"[Light Garment]."
A glow unlike normal magic power suddenly appeared on the chanting Platinum Knight, clinging to his body.
"[World Movement]."
Following that, the Platinum Knight activated teleportation magic, appearing behind Reiger in an instant.
The four weapons floating around the Platinum Knight stirred, the Platinum broadsword moved as if controlled by an unseen hand, striking coldly towards Reiger’s back.
"[Dimensional Movement]."
Reiger instantly disappeared from his spot, causing the Platinum broadsword’s attack to miss.
"You, your words sound so noble and virtuous, yet your actions are quite sly,"
Reiger didn’t teleport behind the Platinum Knight but instead to a position some distance away from him.
"Thunder Breathing·Five Forms·Hot Realm Thunder."
From this distance, Reiger suddenly unleashed a slash toward the Platinum Knight, sending a high-heat lightning-like slash through the air, striking the Platinum Knight.
"Bang——"
A loud collision noise as the lightning-like slash drove the Platinum Knight back, causing his armor to emit steam indicative of extreme heat.
However, this time, the Platinum Knight was not blown away, nor was his armor slashed, as it bore the brunt of Reiger’s attack resiliently.
Clearly, this was the effect of the defense magic [Light Garment] that the Platinum Knight had just activated, which mitigated much of the damage for him.
Reiger had anticipated this outcome.
Thus, as he released the high-heat slash, he activated [Dimensional Movement] again.
"Whoosh!"
This time, Reiger finally appeared behind the Platinum Knight.
"Thunder Breath·Third Form·Gathering Mosquitoes into Thunder."
The next second, Reiger turned into a wave of electricity, revolving rapidly around the Platinum Knight and unleashing slashes of lightning.
The strikes of lightning continuously landed on the Platinum Knight, unable to penetrate the layer of Light Garment but chopping him until he trembled uncontrollably, unable to respond in time.
"So fast...!"
While enduring Reiger’s slashes, the Platinum Knight watched Reiger, transformed into wave-like lightning, flitting around him, both shocked and perplexed.
The shock arose from Reiger’s strength.
Even though it wasn’t his "true form" in action, which limited the strength he could exert, handling ordinary players was no difficult task.
In the original story, after discussing with the upper echelons of the Nasalik Underground Tomb, the Platinum Knight’s strength was unanimously ranked around level 85.
Such a level of strength allowed him to contend with even a max-level player if the opponent did not know his capabilities. If struck head-on with his extraordinary power, even a max-level player could be taken by surprise.
But Reiger seemed utterly indifferent to the two types of arcane magic displayed earlier, which clearly weren’t typical tier magic; he launched a fierce offensive that left the Platinum Knight utterly overwhelmed, making him realize he might have underestimated Reiger.
The perplexity stemmed from the sword techniques Reiger used.
"This is neither martial arts nor a special skill from ’YGGDRASIL’; what system of power is it?"
The Platinum Knight was puzzled about this.
Moreover, no part of Reiger’s attire seemed to come from ’YGGDRASIL’; the only magical item he wore was the pendant hanging around his neck, which did not resemble the style of ’YGGDRASIL’ gear.
The blade he used seemed to be made of high-tier magic, which might be considered valuable in others’ eyes but not even qualifying as equipment in the eyes of the Platinum Knight.
Then there was the ring worn on his right finger...
"Huh?"
The Platinum Knight suddenly paused.
His gaze fixed on the ring on Reiger’s hand, staring at the Dragon’s Ring with great astonishment.
This astonishment caused his movements to falter by that crucial 0.01 second.
That 0.01 second was a fatal flaw.
"Got it!"
With eyes gleaming with a transparent luster, Reiger who had fully opened the transparent world, precisely seized that 0.01-second flaw.
"[Immediate Cleave]."
Appearing in front of the Platinum Knight, he released an invisible slash capable of cutting through space at his opponent.
Tenth-tier magic—[Immediate Cleave].
For beings other than players, it appeared to be the highest tier of magic, activated in Reiger’s hands.
"Damn...!"
The Platinum Knight finally reacted, hearing Reiger’s voice and feeling the incoming blade that sliced through space, his usually slightly distorted and mechanical tone showing a hint of panic for the first time.
"[World Movement]!"
In the midst of haste, the Platinum Knight activated a teleportation magic, his form merging into space, and began to blur.
Regrettably, using a spatial transfer teleportation magic in front of a magic capable of severing space itself was utterly futile.
"Puchi!"
An invisible blade of space cleaved through the region of blurred silhouette, leaving a clean cut in the space itself.
"Ugh...!"
The muffled groan of the Platinum Knight immediately sounded as he himself fell out of the fragmented space, landing on the ground.
His exquisite suit of platinum armor had been cleanly bisected.
The upper body and lower body cleanly severed, the Platinum Knight fell in front of Reiger in such a state.
"Ha!"
In front of this result that should have determined the victor, the Platinum Knight suddenly launched an attack, causing the four weapons surrounding him to spin simultaneously.
They spun at a high speed.
They unleashed a terror-inducing power fluctuation.
A power that could make the world itself tremble exploded in front of Reiger.
"————!"
Reiger’s pupils contracted, and without thinking, he immediately activated the highest grade of teleportation magic he had at his disposal.
"[High Grade Teleportation]!"
Undoubtedly, this was a spell that Reiger had just learned from Shalltear.
Knowing the detailed effects of this magic, Reiger needed only to see someone use this magic once to naturally reproduce it using [All-Powerful].
Thus, Reiger disappeared from his original location.
"Boom——"
Within the northern forests of Ye-Rantel, a startlingly sudden explosion appeared and obliterated the surrounding area.
...
"Clack——clack clack clack——"
This was the sound of rubble rolling on the ground.
In the forest shrouded in thick smoke, a sudden large explosion had finally abated somewhat, replacing the original terrain with a massive crater.
As though struck by a meteor from the heavens, there was nothing left in the crater but rubble, debris, and the remnants of trees.
As for whether someone was there, that was unknown.
After all, with an explosion of such magnitude, even if someone had been present, they likely would have been blown to bits, right?
"Swish!"
Above the massive crater, like a meteorite crater, Reiger suddenly appeared, looking at the destroyed surroundings, he fell into silence.
"This temperament... isn’t it a bit too intense?"
Reiger used the word "intense" to describe the self-destructive attack that the Platinum Knight had used at the last minute.
"No, whether it was a self-destruction is still up for debate."
The other party also had teleportation magic, and should have been able to teleport away before this huge explosion occurred, just like himself.
Of course, even if they hadn’t teleported away, it didn’t really matter.
Because, even if the "Platinum Knight" had perished in this massive explosion, the entity behind him would still remain unscathed.
This thought was confirmed the next second.
"...where did you get that ring on your hand?"
A distorted voice suddenly appeared in Reiger’s mind, intercepted by him.
This was...
"[Message]?"
Reiger was slightly startled, then he regained his calm.
"Does that concern you?"
Reiger spoke thus.
"...That’s the property of a friend of mine."
The distorted voice began to carry a hint of ice, a hint of anger.
"Did you attack her?"
The other party suspected that Reiger’s Dragon’s Secret Treasure had been forcibly taken from its owner.
If Reiger did not respond appropriately, perhaps, what followed would be a genuine showdown of true powers between the two.
Realizing this, Reiger still didn’t intend to answer the question honestly amidst the other’s interrogative tone.
"If you had won just now, then you would still have the right to question me. The result, beyond doubt, is that you lost."
"Therefore, what right do you have to question me in this manner?"
"Platinum Dragon King."
Upon hearing this, the other side fell silent.
"...I will investigate this matter."
After a long time, the other party spoke faintly.
"I hope you do not become an enemy of this world, mighty human."
After completing this statement, the other’s voice directly faded away.
"Enemy of the world... huh?"
Reiger stood still, then after a while, he laughed aloud.
"That sort of talk, go say it to Skelton Proud."