"Hyungnim is something wrong?" Tae Joon-Ho asked, looking all determined to jump into a fire to find Raith. He had insisted that he was going to be part of the team that was going to enter even after Mok Jae-Hwa told him not to.
Mok Jae-Hwa looked at him, looked at Chunho, and looked at the remaining four elite hunters that came with him, they were between B ranks and A ranks.
'They can't feel this monstrous energy...' He frowned his gaze even lower and clenched his fist.
"We are going down... blow up the entrance" He gave the command and stepped back.
Immediately the hunters opened a box of explosive and planted it around the frozen cave entrance, then they all stepped back.
A few seconds later it went...
THWOOOOMBBB!!
An explosion widened the entrance of the cave, making it easy for Mok Jae-Hwa and his team to enter one after the other.
The shockwave of the explosion was vividly felt by Raith and Briceus who were battering each other punch with Raith on the receiving side more, even though he was landing some decent punch on the Knight it was useless because his fist just ends up being peeled.
Even though that shockwave was heavy, and the knight was distracted for a moment, the tight exchange of blows between didn't stop until the knight suddenly disappeared and appeared ten meters away from Raith– shocking the young man.
'...he still had ample skills...' Raith's eyes widened, '...come to think of it. He hasn't used any kind of special skill... if he truly is a celestial, shouldn't he be able to use his skills.' Raith turned to him.
"All these effortless efforts, I understandeth not. Thou is not strong enough to defeat me. And thou cannot truly be defeated. Hence, why don't thou walk away from this and save thyself, use thou time for something productive, something humans as thou would do..."
"You are foolish. Clearly, you can't see very well, I've been wondering considering that you have no face, maybe your face is on your feet and you keep using it to walk instead of see. Because if that was not the case you would definitely know that with a little more time, I will kill you."
"Foul Mouthed, as much as I want to kill thou..." He paused and looked towards the entrance that Raith came in from.
Raith could perceive them immediately and furrowed his brows, 'Those fucking bastards! Why?! Why the fuck are they here?!!"
Wrinkles formed on his forehead as he frowned his face tighter and dashed towards the Knight, hoping to finish the fight within the small moment that it would take Jae-Hwa to reach here.
As he pierced through the air, a dagger flashed out of his hand as he aimed his attack at the knight's chest. But the knight was too quick, avoiding the attack and delivering a powerful punch to Raith's stomach.
Raith doubled over, gasping for air, but he quickly regained his composure and launched another attack.
Perhaps, it was his haste to kill the knight here and now that got the best of him, plus...
[Your stamina is low]
[Auto battle will not last much longer]
He had come a long way and had truly tried his best against the knight but no one can outdo the human laws of fatigue. Except he was to die and resurrect with renewed stamina, there was no way to undo the tiredness that was seeping into his body.
[You are fatigued]
[Your movement speed will be reduced by 30%]
[All your stats will be temporarily reduced by 30%]
Regardless of what he was feeling, Raith darted forward again, his movements swift and precise as usual, and this time he aimed for the knight's throat.
But Briceus blocked the attack with his arm and countered with a powerful punch to Raith's jaw. Raith was launched into the air by that attack spinning away and thrashing himself into the wall. He fell flat on the floor afterward, vomiting blood profusely.
"This is where we part... human. What is thy name...?" Briceus asked as he grabbed a black dagger from the pouch that was hanging by the side of his belt.
Raith slowly, lifted his spinning head, '...he still has a dagger?' Despite being heavily hit, he wasn't going to stop. But before he could even stand to his knees.
"Thou will not speak thy name? Well, then I shall remember thy face. The next time we meet, it shall be thy death." Briceus said as he used the black dagger to tear a dimensional rift into the space in front of him. The space tore apart and within that tear was a dark property like the space.
"No! No!!– " Raith groaned stretching his hand forward as the knight stepped into the rift, it was as if he was watching the love of his life walk away and he was devastated at that fact.
"Farewell human," The knight said and fully enter the rift. It closed immediately and it was at that point that Mok Jae-Hwa arrived.
"Arrrgggghhhhhh!!!!" Raith cried out in agony standing to his knees and smashing his fist on the floor in frustration as Briceus left.
He was filled with scratches and was heavily wounded all over his body but he didn't mind any of that.
'Fuck! Fuck!! I really wanted to win!! It was feasible! I could have won!!'
The reality was hard for Raith to accept that even if he had a longer time, he would never have been able to defeat Briceus with how he is.
"Hunter Rav–
Mok Jae-Hwa put his hand in front to stop anyone from moving toward him. Knowing Raith's nasty personality, he could snap at anyone and take out his frustration on them... at least that was how it was from Mok Jae-Hwa's perception of Raith's personality which he perceived as 'pretty nasty' in just a few days of knowing him.
Raith groaned in agony until he passed out.
Then Mok Jae-Hwa pulled the cape of his Armour to cover him, and he was carried outside.
