Novel Full Chapter 766: How Is He This OP?
The Off-Worlder was giving me an amused look as I stared at her from atop my bed.
I would have lunged at her but the fact that she was smiling at me made me hesitant to attack her.
More because I was concerned that this guy might have set up some kind of trap beforehand than anything else.
At this point, I’m half convinced that his brainrot persona might have just been a cover to hide his real nature because I don’t think a real person with brainrot could think about disguising themselves to hide like this.
Instead, I decided to try and see if I could get some answers out of her first.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“Oh em gee~ What in the mind boggling quizzical conundrum are you throwing my way? Haven’t you already downloaded my cosmic vibe into your brain space already? I mean, that’s totally why you’re on this epic mega chase after my dazzling self, right?”
I couldn’t help but let out a “What?”
The Off-Worlder tilted his head at me, “What’s the four eleven on your brain boggle situation, comrade?”
Fuck this.
I lunged towards him, using [Link Portal] to materialise a portal behind the Off-Worlder with the exit outside the inn.
Even as we were flying through the air, the Off-Worlder didn’t seem that concerned and even smirked at me, “Wowza! So we’re totally diving into an ultra showdown! Let’s bring on the mega mayhem and get this battle bonanza party poppin’!”
Holy crap could you just shut up already?!
I kicked the Off-Worlder in the abdomen, sending the Off-Worlder flying towards the direction of the desert.
I flew after him, reaching the desert just as he crashed on the sand.
Flaring my wings, I slowed my descent towards the landing site, preparing myself to beat him up just for the stupid things he had put me through.
I expected him to at least be hurt but he was standing in the crater while dusting himself like nothing happened.
“Whoa, major ouch-town! Couldn’t you like, drop a friendly ‘What’s up, buttercup?’ before going full blown kickity kick mode?”
How the hell?
I tucked my wings and dove towards him, pulling back my fist in preparation to punch towards him.
The Off-Worlder didn’t even adopt a stance or prepare himself and just stood there.
I decided not to hold back this time and punched forward at full force, aiming to at least break some bones on him.
Just as my fist shot forward, he suddenly raised his right hand and blocked my punch with his palm.
A shockwave blasted outwards, rippling the sands beneath us and causing the sand at the top of the crater to start flowing in to fill the hole we were standing in.
Yet despite that, the Off-Worlder did not even move an inch after taking that punch from me.
How?! Last I checked, his strength stat was less than half of mine! And I don’t see him using any spells to buff himself either!
The Off-Worlder smirked at me, the face he was using scrunching up quite disgustingly which further proved this was not his original face.
“Are your surprise-o-metres off the charts right now? I’m basically flexing my super duper strength, channelling my inner buffness with some serious ‘Rarr!’ vibes!”
I attempted a kick at his shins but that yielded the same results, the guy simply tanking it without moving at all.
It felt like I was literally kicking an immovable object.
He then casually pulled back his left hand and formed a fist, clearly intending to punch me with it.
Normally, I would just tank such an attack from someone with a strength stat that was less than half of mine but I wasn’t going to take that risk when he’s shown to be weirdly strong right now.
I tried to leap away from him while crossing my arms in front of my chest to block the blow.
His fist struck against my arm and I felt the world around me stop for a moment.
There was a loud crack before an explosive feeling of pain wrecked through my body and I was sent flying back.
I saw the world spin around me before I smashed into the sand, a cry of pain escaping from my lips.
My vision swam and it was only through my instinct of having needed to do this innumerable times when I used to train myself in the past, that I cast [Close Wounds] on myself through the haze of pain.
I tried to push myself up, only to realise that my arms were hanging limply at my side, both of them broken.
This guy broke my arms? With that strength of his?
I quickly used [Desensitisation] to numb myself from the pain while my adrenaline was still pumping through my veins, using that chance to properly set my arms before I cast [Heal] on myself.
I could feel the flesh in my arms knit together to pull the bones back together before slowly making them whole again.
Looking up, I found the Off-Worlder walking towards me with a casual air, his hands held behind his back as if to show that I was absolutely no threat to him.
I leaned my head against the sand and used it to push myself up while my hands were still healing, getting back up on my feet.
He got closer to me, which was within range of my [Fire Blast] so that was what I used next.
A gout of flames materialised in front of me, shooting towards the Off-Worlder to bathe him in its flames.
With his strength he’s shown so far, I wouldn’t be surprised if the magic did not affect him so I was merely just buying time to let my arms heal before he got to me.
But instead of letting the fire reach him, that guy raised his hands and a stream of water was shot out from his palm, splashing against my fire which resulted in an explosion of steam that blanketed the area in white smoke.
Wait… That’s Hydromancy… He did not have Hydromancy magic listed in his magic skills either!
Don’t tell me that the skills that I have been seeing were fake the entire time?! Did he trick me?!
Also, he did not chant to cast that magic either! What the hell is going on here?!
While I was thinking about that, the smoke was suddenly blown away by a gust of wind, revealing him still slowly walking towards me with a smirk on that stupid face of his.
I shot a [Laser] that was aimed at his leg, aiming to cripple him.
The Off-Worlder reacted immediately by creating a wall of shadow in front of him which blocked my spell from even reaching him.
Things were definitely not looking good for me right now…
The shadow wall dematerialised to reveal the Off-Worlder standing there unscathed with his infuriating smirk still plastered on that fake face.
“So you still clinging to that ‘I’ve got this’ vibe like you’re in a Rocky montage? Maybe it’s time for you to tucker out and call it a day ’cause this is epicly mission impossible for you, blud!”
I really, really want him to just shut his mouth right now…
I said nothing and just glared at him, my arms almost fully healed by now.
Even so, what could I do?
He clearly had higher base strength than I did and he could cast chantless magic as well… I can’t even trust whatever I saw with [Screened] and this guy most likely knew exactly what I was capable of since he also had [Screened].
Tch… Fine, I guess I should stop holding back then… Just as I was about to call upon my Shadow Guards, the ground around him suddenly exploded, sending the sand blasting upwards and causing him to take a step back in surprise.
That turned out to be a trap because the sand suddenly collapsed to form an even deeper crater which he ended up dropping inside.
The winds suddenly picked up which churned up the sand to create a mini sand tornado right in front of him before it started moving towards him.
I didn’t get to see what happened next because two figures appeared in front of me.
Just as I recognised them to be Sherry and Melanin, Sherry suddenly scooped me up in a princess carry before leaping out of the crater with Melanin following suit behind her.
Melanin paused for a moment to throw something back into the crater where the Off-Worlder was still dealing with the mini tornado before the both of them started sprinting away from the hole to head back towards the town.
“Young Mistress! Are you ok?!” Sherry cried out, worry clear on her face.
“Save it for later, Sherry, we need to get as far away from here as we can right now!” Melanin cried out.
Before I could ask what she threw inside the hole, the crater exploded violently, throwing up a small mushroom cloud that could be easily seen from the town itself.
What the heck did you throw inside there, Melanin?!