Carlo was bewildered, he was amazed at how many trump cards this person possesses. With the revelation of each of Carlo's hidden trump cards, Ezra showcased something as well that countered Carlo.
The man in loincloth took a few steps back, he was now in a pissed mood.
He cast the 'Alpha layer skill, Finite Teleport. It has the same name and effect as the Finite Teleport spell, he appeared behind Ezra and swung his urumi sword to cut the latter's legs off.
However, the prince of Bloodfang Kingdom was not a newbie. He jumped without paying any heed, After years of countless life-and-death battle-like situations, his mind developed wild instincts and his body learnt extraordinary muscle memory.
Ezra was in the mid-air, but it took Carlo one single Alpha layer skill to appear behind him again.
It was impossible for anyone below the Foundation Establishment stage to move in mid-air, one could use spiritual energy to some extent but Carlo was not a man who would spare that time.
Ezra now had no way to defend himself, his hands moved and two weapons appeared in his hands. A purple thorny hook and a blue short sword, one was naturally crude while the other was remarkably sharp.
The urumi sword of Carlo named Omaca moved, and all three different-sized blades descended towards the floating werewolf prince.
Ezra swung his short sword Efsa, "Portal Cutter" he said in his mind and the space was cut.
Carlo flinched and quickly teleported away, he was unaware that Portal Cutter doesn't hurt physical bodies.
As soon as Carlo teleported, Ezra's left hand slightly moved, the movement was small to none and Drepa shot like an arrow and dug inside a giant tree branch.
Ezra did a powerful pull and his body bolted towards the branch.
"Impossible!" Carlo flinched.
It was the voice of someone who rarely talk, the mighty prince and victor of Lanao lake, Rajah Indarapatra.
"What picks your keen interest, Master?" Asked Carlo. Unlike the ordinary relationship between a martial spirit and a host, the relationship between Carlo and Rajah Indarapatra was like a disciple and Master.
"His weapons, I recognise that invisible chain attached to his poisonous hook." Rajah Indarapatra responded, his voice was thick and stormy, like a resounding thunder.
Carlo was flabbergasted, "How could something that master know exist in this lower realm?" He asked in worry.
The echo like voice came again. "This chain is called Gleipnit, an invisible and unbreakable chain made from 6 impossible materials."
Carlo's shock grew, and slowly his eyes widened, the playful look on his face disappeared and kines of worry could be seen on his forehead.
Rajah Indarapatra continued. "The stomping of cats, the beards of women, the roots of mountains, the spits of birds, The breath of fish and..."
"The sinew of a bear!" Carlo completed what Rajah Indarapatra started.
"Very good, you remembered them well." Praised the hero of Lanao lake.
"Does that mean, his martial spirit is..." Carlo's voice stuttered.
"Yes, very likely, it is Fenrir."
Drops of sweat appeared on Carlo's forehead and eventually fell down.
At the same time, Ezra Zephyr who was on a huge branch of a gigantic tree was looking at Carlo in puzzlement.
His lost and unsettled face worried the prince of Bloodfang.
"Boy, I believe he figured it out about me." The monstrous wolf of Norse said.
"Is that so, his sudden reaction indicated that as well. But, how can Carlo know about you or maybe we are the ones thinking too much!"
Fenrir gradually shook his head. "Not him, but his martial spirit."
Ezra remembered and the hair on his arm stood. "Rajah Indarapatra!"
As soon as he thought of this name he jerked his head to see the surroundings but the giant trees blocked the view.
Carlo calmed down, even though he was surprised beyond his witts but still, he was the sole host of legendary Rajah Indarapatra.
"Are you the host of Fenrisulfr, the monstrous wolf of Norse?" Asked Carlo.
"Huh? Who is that dickhead?" He retorted.
"You ornery insolent punk, what did you just call me?!" Fenrir was furious.
Ezra tsked and replied. "Shut up, it's an act." He stopped and continued. "And what if I call you a dickhead? Stay silent and watch the show, only peak when you have something useful to say, dickhead."
Fenrir gritted his teeth and stayed as he was told, he knew arguing further will hurt his pride as he is unable to counter the tricky foul-mouthed werewolf host of his.
Carlo's eyes were locked on Ezra Zephyr. "Still denying?"
"What's there to deny, how could an entity belonging to the superpower Norse select a boy who was cripple."
"Cripple?" Asked Carlo, unlike Rolo who allied with lower realm people, Carlo played the game solo and only gathered important information.
"Yes, I was crippled by Brownmane Empire."
"Then how did you recover and become this much more powerful?"
Ezra palmed his face and said. "And why would I tell you that? Are all of the upper realm people dumb or you are a special case?"
Carlo was about to speak, but he stopped his tongue as if he was ordered by someone.
"Gamma layer skill, Dimension Cutter." The chatter ended and Carlo used the skill.
The Omaca urumi sword glowed in greyish qi, the atmosphere turned grim. The thick greyish spiritual energy was suffocating the forest. To some extent, it looked like the 5th Circle Spell, Abyssal Slash but more powerful.
~VOOOOOOOOM~
The three blades of the Omaca urumi sword coated three different qi covers and with that, the man in loincloth swung his sword.
Three different vertical slashes emerged and came towards the prince of Bloodfang at terrifying speed with a strange vibrating sound.
"Gamma layer skill, Glittering Wind and Light."
~WHOOOSSSSH~
The surge of wind and twinkling lights covered Ezra Zephyr and two balls of dual attributes appeared in both of his hands Efsa the short sword moved in the air until Ezra bit the hilt of it and held it between his teeth.
He dashed to descend onto the incoming attack, and two balls of Glittering Wind and Light hit two of the slashes.
~BOOOM BOOOOM~
Loud blasting sounds resounded in the forest and right after that, the 3rd slash appeared in front of Ezra Zephyr, the sharp space attribute was slicing the air as it was moving forward.
Ezra lurched his head sideways and murmured. "Portal Cutter".
Space distorted and the slash released by Dimensional Cutter caught up in that distortion and the qi packed inside of it scattered.
The prince of Bloodfang Kingdom survived the attack.
"Black Lightning, Wind and Light. Three different attributes! Only the host of Fenrir can achieve that by its devouring power." Carlo said.
He extended his hand a thing came out of his space ring, a strange token. Made of leather and wood, it had the same imprints that the one Rolo showed.
Ezra Zephyr understood what that token meant, he dashed with full speed. "Stop!"
Just when he was 1 inch away from Carlo Aur, the latter teleported a hundred meters away in.
~KKUUCK~
The token was broken and Ezra heard a familiar vibrating sound.
"I am Carlo Aur. Reema, Karl and my brother Rolo Aur are all dead. They were killed by Ezra Zephyr, the current host of The Monstrous Wolf of Norse. That danmed wolf is hiding in the lower realm.
The host is a royal blood werewolf from Bloodfang Kingdom and his martial prowess is at 1st level Core Formation stage."
~PHHIIIISSSSSH~
The token turned into light and with a blinding spark it dashed into the sky.
Ezra Zephyr's heart started to pound louder, he didn't know what to do, even Fenrir was silent.
"Fenrir, what should we do?" He asked the one he trusted the most.
"Just wait for death, once they hear about me, they will unite despite their lifelong enmity and will send all the power they can gather to send down." Fenrir replied calmly.
Ezra was panicked, he was not worried about himself but about his family and kingdom.
"Is there any way?" Asked the prince.
"Yes, there is, but the question is, will you walk on that path?" Fenrir replied, death energy revolved around him when he uttered those words.
"Yes" the answer of Ezra was summarised in a single word.
"Kill everyone and devour them, even innocent villagers and your own kingdom subjects. With that, there is a 1% chance that you and your family may survive."
Hearing the words, Ezra was shocked. He was still lost in thinking when he saw a flash in the sky.
He looked into the sky but couldn't see it clearly, the branches were hiding the flash.
All of sudden, Carlo teleported somewhere, his face had confusion, shock and desperation on it.
Ezra didn't wait for another second and jumped upwards, being trained in the forest, he was more comfortable than anyone.
When he reached the top of the very highest tree in the vicinity, he was shocked to see that the flash that was released from Carlo's token was stuck in the light barrier and couldn't penetrate it.
Ezra's shock widened, this was the same strange light that appeared when he was absorbing and devouring the souls and martial spirits in the previous round.
Not long after, the mysterious came. "Nothing shall come inside in this ring or go outside from this ring, even if that is a message."
~SSPPLLAAAA~
A strange busting sound and the token message was destroyed.
