The monster did not expect the sudden appearance of a massive torrent of water. It realized too late that Wain was trapping it. The monster quickly realized that it could not defeat Wain without fire, so it tried to retreat, but Wain was not about to let it go anywhere. 𝚍ｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕.𝚝

He grinned and said, “Do you really think you can get away from me?”

The next moment, Wain’s body shimmered with blue electrical discharges, and he turned into lightning. Wain instantly reached the monster and pierced its body with a Destruction Sword. Of course, Wain risked using Lightning Lizard’s Dash while under the flow of water. However, he could easily withstand even a fairly powerful electric shock.

The monster tried to destroy the Destruction Sword stuck in his body, but it failed. Without its fire, it could not get rid of the dark sword.

Wain abruptly pulled out his sword and cut the monster’s legs the next moment. Because of these wounds, the monster could not move properly. All it could do was crawl. Wain didn’t hesitate and quickly cut off the fire demon’s head.

Wain didn’t know what this monster was still capable of, and he didn’t want to test it. In most situations, Wain preferred to act quickly and decisively.

“Okay, I have accomplished one of the three points for improving the Destruction Sword.” Said Wain, but after a second, he frowned, “Why didn’t his soul come out of his body? I definitely killed him.”

Wain tried to attack the monster again, but suddenly the horns on the monster’s head shone brightly, and there was a deafening explosion. Wain instantly used Lightning Lizard’s Dash to move out of range of the blast.

In front of him, the monster’s torso began to rise, even though its head was a meter away. Wain could not approach the monster and kill it because, at that moment, a large amount of flame was emanating from the monster’s body. If Wain had gotten closer, he would have been burned alive, even considering his stats.

Gradually, the flames began to diminish. At that moment, the monster’s torso lowered and joined its head. The arms twisted and set the head in its proper place. That’s when the horns on the monster’s head stopped glowing, after which they shattered into tiny fragments.

“This monster had a special ability. By sacrificing its horns, it could repair almost any wound once. I didn’t expect such a thing to be possible at all.” Wain muttered.

He usually tried to anticipate all the most likely outcomes of a duel. But, he couldn’t know everything. Many enemies had abilities that he couldn’t even think of. Unfortunately, Wain had no way of knowing that these horns had such an unusual purpose. Initially, he thought that the monster would use these horns to attack, but that was not the case.

By the time the flames around the monster weakened enough for Wain to get close enough, the water had stopped flowing from the fire hydrant. There were no other such devices nearby. Moreover, Wain realized that the monster was quite clever and would not fall for such a trap again.

Wain was trying to figure out how he could overpower the monster, noticing that something had changed.

‘Hmm, I don’t see any protective plates on its body anymore. Also, the wound I inflicted on it is already healed. It looks like it traded its protection and horns to be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix.’ Wain thought.

Wain could no longer use water to put out the fire on the monster’s body. But, he could take advantage of his enemy’s emerging vulnerability.

‘His flames are very powerful. But my body can withstand that temperature for about three seconds, then my skin and my flesh will start to burn.’ Wain thought and prepared for battle. He had a rather dangerous plan, but Wain was sure he would succeed.

After the monster recovered, it looked fiercely at Wain and lunged sharply in his direction. The monster’s claws burst into bright flames, and it tried to cut Wain apart.

Wain didn’t dodge. Instead, he blocked a pair of claws with a swing of the Destruction Sword. The sword began to melt at the same moment, but Wain created some space for the next attack. It took him half a second to take this action.

Then Wain took a step forward, approached the monster up close, and again summoned the Destruction Sword. It took him one second to do that.

The final chord was a lightning-quick, vertical sword swing that ripped through the monster’s belly. Then Wain turned into a flash of lightning and withdrew safely.

“Phew, that was dangerous,” Wain muttered, feeling how badly his skin was heated. He would have suffered severe burns if he had stayed within range of the fire for even half a second longer.

The monster could not survive such a serious wound. It collapsed to the ground, exhausted, after which the blue soul flew out of its body. It could no longer recover as before. That time was the first and the last.

[Soul of Fire Demon (Damaged)

Chronicle: Primary

Rating: Rare]

‘Not bad, just two more souls left to get, and I can improve the Destruction Sword. More and more enemies are capable of resisting this skill with each passing hour.’ Wain thought, and the ring on his finger glowed.

A pack of cigarettes and a lighter appeared in Wain’s hands. He lit the cigarette then moved the lighter back into the ring. Wain exhaled a puff of smoke, looking at the burning gas station.

“That’s quite a ring you’ve got there.” Suddenly a voice sounded.

Wain turned and saw a tall guy with short red hair coming around the corner. He was looking at the Ring of Damned with a smirk.

Wain said nothing, he didn’t want to be distracted by such trivialities.

“You’re trying to seem cool, right? Tell you what, you give me that ring, and I won’t touch you.” Said the guy.

“Decided that if you can’t take someone else’s soul, you’ll take the gear?” Wain said with a smirk.

The guy frowned and got ready to fight. He had seen Wain fight a fire demon and knew his opponent was strong. However, he was confident that he could defeat Wain in hand-to-hand combat.