The girl''s smileonlywidened even more as she heard Mark saying thisandshughedloudlyas she felt dness in her heart for the first time since she gained her powers!Thiswas it! He wasdefinitelythe hat shehad been looking for all this time! He was the one who would give her everything she ever wanted!
"Please don''t disappoint me, GHOST! Give me everything you promised me and more! Don''t you dare chicken out from my passion! CELESTIAL FURY!!"
It was as though Zeus himself had descended upon thend of mortals! There was a brief moment when everything went silent. The entire world quieteddownas a vacuum of ck matter encased the world in its embrace, but it wasn''t long before thetrueskill struck!
WOOOOSHHHH!!!
KA-BOOOMMMM!!!
A massive explosion that destroyed the entire forest and evaporated all the moisture in the airat the same timeechoed through the area. Blue lightning streaked from the skyin continuous intervals, destroying the spot where Mark had been standing over and over again, reducing the ground there to nothing but dust, soot, and ss!
And in the middle of all this, Mark stood! The girl knew that Mark was in there! She could see him standing in the middle of her lightningandshe sent even more of it towards him as she destroyed the area where he was standingpletely!
BOOOM!
A massive explosion rocked that areaandthe girl finally brought her hand down as she didn''t see any movement from inside therge dust cloud that had risen from those explosions. Did she win? Was it over? The girl had a frown on her face as she stared at the spot where Mark had been standing. There was a deep sea of anticipation in her heart as she watched to see if Marksurvivedthat skillor not.
But the anticipation was slowly extinguished as shedidn''t see anymovement from the dust cloud. Don''t tell me that hereallydied. Is thisreallyall he had? Sadness began to bloom inside of her as she felt disappointed.
WOOSH!
But all of a sudden, her eyes widened as she saw Mark crouching in front of her! What! Where did hee from!? How did he get here!? I didn''t even see him move!!
Mark was holding his fist back, andhis head was loweredas he stared straight at the girl''s midsection! The girl immediately tried to jump back to get away from whatever Mark was nning to do, but shecouldn''t even try to get away fast enough as Mark nted his feet and tookina deep breath as he released his punch!
Phwoom!
The critical hit skill was something that Mark had already mastered. Even though Mark couldn''t forcefully raise the percentage of him getting the hit every time, he was capable of knowing exactly whenthe skill would be activatedandhecould n his fight around that knowledge and make his enemy let down their guard before he released the skill.
But now, after feelingthe speed that this girl had, Mark had be capable of taking that ability one step further.The critical hit skill always required contact with a solid objectin order forit to be activated. The skill could onlybe activatedaftera number ofconsecutive hits havebeen carried out.
But while fighting against this girl and moving so fast that it almost seemed like they were flying through the air, Mark was able to figure out the precise speed neededin order forhim topress the air in front of his fist and fool his system into thinking that he had struck a solid object.
So now, not only could Marksimplystrike the air fast enough to make it seem like he was striking something solid, but he could fool his system into thinking that he had struck something solid and increase how quicklythe critical hit skill would be activated.
This new technique was born from Mark''sowningenuity, and he decidedthat he wouldcall it [Sonic Impact].
The girl''s eyes were wide in shock as she almost seemed to be jumping back in slow motion, and Mark smiled roguishly. Mark couldn''t help but be grateful to her. It was a fucking good fight.
[Sonic Impact]!!
[Critical Hit]!!
Mark''s fistshed out at lightning speed and mmed into the girl''s stomach!
"HHNNGGHHH!!!"
A massive wave of wind blew out from the space behind the girl''s back as the trees and forest remaining after the CELESTIAL FURY were obliterated and sent flying into the ocean on the other side of the forest!
The girl''s eyes widened in shock and pain as Mark''s punch threw all the wind right out of her lungs! Once Mark drew back his hand, she immediately fell to her knees and puked arge pool of blood on the floor!
"Blergh!! Hah~! Hah~!"
Mark watched her for a few moments and he figured that she would be fine. Mark didn''treallyhit her with his Critical Hit. He was able to strike the air just a few millimeters away from her stomach, so it only looked like he hit her. That was why she didn''t fly away after the punch hit; most of it was diverted to the side and away from her so she wouldn''t die.
The only thing thatreallyhit her was the air pressure from his strike and nothing else.
"Hah~! Hah~! Hah~! Hah~!"
The girl started to breatheheavilyas she cleaned her mouth of the blood, and Mark finally decided to check her profile using his True Sight skill. Her energy waspletely spent, so she was unlikely to attack Mark again.She was probably out of mana, sothere was no need for himto keep fighting her.That wouldjustbe bullying at this point.
…
Mission sess:Defeat the child of Zeus.
Reward:
+100 skill points
You have gained one loyal subordinate.
…
Immediately after the fight ended and before Mark could even check her profile, Mark got his rewards from the system mission that appeared earlier. He looked through it curiously and wondered why they said that he now had a loyal subordinate. Does this mean that the girl is loyal to him now, or is there another subordinatethat Markwould get as a reward?
There is no way that this girl would want anything to do with him after everything that he just put her through. Hepummeledher like she was ananimaandthey are sayingthat shewould be loyal to him now?
For some reason, Mark could feelhimself gettingworried the more he thought about it.