Chapter 84- Gonzalo Vs Raph

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as the sun's rays illuminated the slums in an ethereal glow, two figures stood in a fighting stance, each on edge for different reasons. one was thinking about survival and escaping the wrath of the great families if they were to discover the dead body of one of their own. while the other was thinking of how to use as little of his abilities as he could to ensure he wouldn't be affected for the battle the next day. though raph knew he couldn't keep to himself as much as he did with ciara, it would only lead to his defeat if he did. he may have underestimated her abilities but with that in mind, he decided not to get injured or prolong the battle. "guess there's no helping it !" his muscles gripped tightly as he charged at gonzalo with great speed. the ground shuddered and a crater erupted from the force. he swung his blade from below, aiming a slice at the shadow berserker, but gonzalo wouldn't take it idly. he thrust his greatswords towards the boy, and their swords clashed in a furious push for domination. a grunt escaped gonzalo's lips, feeling his strength slipping away–no, it wasn't his strength slipping away but rather raph's strength increasing. "a mere blind brat ?" he cried out, swinging his claymore into the mix, causing a startling sonic boom that sent houses flying off its foundation. luckily, most of the residents had escaped by then; otherwise, it would have been manslaughter. gonzalo grunted, pouring out his berserker strength as he struggled to get the upper hand, but the boy seemed relentlessly unphased. the boy suddenly twirled his sword down, causing gonzalo to lose his footing, and pulling him forward towards the ground. his eyes bulged as raph swung his blade across his armor, forcing a loud clunk noise to echo as it pushed gonzalo away into a building. raph panted lightly, swinging his sword as he charged forward yet again, refusing to give gonzalo the opportunity to recuperate. he rushed through the risen dust, clearing it from all particles and slammed into gonzalo, who was still stuck on a wall. a stifled cry exuded from gonzalo's mouth, but the rugged frenzy returned to his eyes. one of his shadow armored hands sliced its greatswords through the air, and raph jumped backwards dodging the strike. gonzalo quickly stood up, his eyes fixed intently on raph. "you know, i'm not really blind. i see just fine" raph said, a sarcastic tone laced in his voice as aura surged throughout his body and exuded out in thin lines. "keep up, gonzalo !". he rushed forward in the blink of an eye, swinging his sword down as they engaged in a series of swift and eerie clashes. their movements were fluid, their weapons blurring together. their eyes remained unyielding as their continued clash caused destruction around them. the ground split and crashed downwards while stone fences and worn–out buildings deteriorated, falling like snow. the werewolf girl watched from a safe distance, moving to avoid falling debris and rocks while keeping an eye on the battle. the hidden spark in her eyes shone brighter, and her lips had curled into a tight grin. "raffaelo jun ! raffaelo jun !" she cried out excitedly like a little girl, dodging a fallen roof top and landing on another building's roof, her tail wagging behind her. 'berserkers always had absurd strength... but this is even more absurd'. he thought, as gonzalo's footsteps echoed in the air through the risen debris. raph's eyebrow arched as the dust cleared, revealing gonzalo holding another large wall. his breath was quick and shaky, and blood dribbled down his lips as he grunted in pain but other than that, he seemed fine...at least physically. "you're not just a mere brat after all" gonzalo said, an annoyed tone in his voice as he looked up. time was ticking and going rather quickly, and he needed to leave as soon as possible...with or without the werewolf. he was sure he wouldn't be able to escape with her even if he tried hard, so he had to at least escape now. 'at least that demi-human beast tamer is holding them off at the bastion'. a sigh exuded his lips, as memories from a while ago reeled through his thoughts. he had unexpectedly received help from the outer executives of the red peacemakers. one of them, tasha the beast maker appeared. she was a level 96 beast tamer with ninety six beasts under her control. he was sure she would at least survive and escape if the patriarchs were to arrive but he could have been gravely mistaken. "oi ! are you losing focus right now ?" raph's voice sent a chill down his spine as he turned towards him, an expression of anger contorted in his face. "if it weren't for your meddling! i would be happily making my way into the executives". he cried out, flinging the wall at raph but raph simply swung his blade at numerous angles in the span of a second, slicing and dicing the wall into bits of rocks. "huh ? you would have died anyway. your 'honest' business will fall too, do you think people like you will be left unchecked forever ?" raph asked, taking his fighting stance. "don't make me laugh". he added, when something strange began to occur within his body. gonzalo flinched but then regained his composure almost immediately. it was obvious now that he needed to use everything at his disposal if he wanted to escape from him. system users are granted a skill related to their profession on their first level up, twentieth level and every twentieth level thereafter. though, special skills are granted to rare professions such as the shadow berserker. this skill has a mastery level, beginning from crude, advanced, expert, master and transcendent and with time, they increase the level of mastery over their skills. gonzalo at level 80 had four berserker class skills and a few other sub skills he had gotten from a kill or a skill book. it was time to use them all in order to escape. he had used two already, which were his berserker gladiator and shadow gladiator form. the first was when the shadow berserker had appeared from his shadow and the former was when they fused. he held his weapons forward, red aura exuding his body as his hair began to float in the air. his body enlarged in size and might, his armor increasing with it. this was his third berserker class skill, gigantify. continue your adventure at empire "fine, shall we continue"

Chapter 84- Gonzalo Vs Raph

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