Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 58 Look around you
"That's a really clichéd last word."
After saying this, a vortex made up of burning runes rolled around William's body, and the transparent crystalline staff in his hand instantly turned a dangerous red.
"you……"
The second half of Coles's sentence was smashed back into his throat by a giant flaming sword that appeared out of nowhere.
Behind William, a shadow of a flaming giant more than ten meters tall emerged. Its body was covered with armor that was glowing red, and red magma was constantly flowing in the gaps between the armor.
William raised his staff and made a sword-swinging gesture, and the giant imitated William's action, raised the flaming giant sword in his hand, and slashed directly at Coles who was not far away.
"boom……"
Coles was knocked directly from mid-air into the sea by the sword. The impact force of the giant sword caused a huge wave to retreat to both sides, and the flames burning on the giant sword evaporated tons of sea water into diffuse water mist.
"Your Honor, tell me how you did it?"
Amid the hissing sound of the evaporating sea water, a voice appeared from under the giant flaming sword.
William's eyes were tinged with a light green, allowing him to see the scene beneath the thick fog.
Through the white mist, William saw Coles crossing his sharp white claws to block the huge flaming sword.
Despite the huge disparity in size between the two sides, the contrast in power between them is completely the opposite of what it seems.
Coles didn't even look at the fire giant summoned by the divine-level fire system [End], but looked at William who was controlling the giant in the air not far away, and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Tell me how you were able to ignore everything that was going on around you and act like you had won."
After Coles finished speaking, he swung the sharp claw in his hand upwards, a few white lights flashed, and the entire flaming giant sword shattered into pieces in the giant's hand.
The shadow of the fire giant threw away the hilt of the sword and swung his fist as big as a millstone at Coles. But just as the punch was about to smash the opponent's head into his chest, Coles' body turned into a dark cloud composed of thousands of black crows and rushed towards the giant.
Tens of thousands of pairs of sharp claws and beaks formed an endless storm and gathered around the giant. In just a few seconds, the giant was dismembered into burning fragments that fell into the sea.
The screaming crows soon regrouped into the shape of Coles and appeared not far from William.
"So, you're here to avenge Blake?"
Coles asked.
In response, a dark blue, almost black lightning spear first hit Coles' chest, then silently cracked, and the entire space nearby shattered like a mirror.
But a black crow appeared in every piece of space debris. They turned into black mist and spread out, and then gathered into human form.
Coles, whose clothes were not wrinkled at all, continued:
"I didn't kill him. I gave him a choice. The authority of the King of Hope and Despair can be shared by two people. He made the wrong choice. In fact, I am the real victim in this matter. He was the one who attacked first..."
An ice-blue magic circle appeared under Coles' feet, and then the space around Coles began to slowly solidify like amber.
It opened its mouth as wide as it could, as if it wanted to utter the last few words, but its voice was also frozen in this space.
"The only mistake he made was not killing you outright at that time."
William said as he looked at Coles who was frozen in place.
As he spoke, he drew out the Judgment Sword IV from his waist, walked in front of Coles, and stabbed him without hesitation.
But the moon-realm being imprisoned inside suddenly moved.
Colson's white claws blocked the sword in William's hands on both sides, preventing it from moving forward at all.
"This is my territory. Space confinement is meaningless to me... but you really want to kill me."
Coles said, and it sounded a little regretful.
Previously, no matter whether it was the fire spells or the lightning spells used by the Chief Judge , although they could cause certain damage to it, they were unable to harm the essence of a high-level Moon Realm being.
But once the Judgment Armament is used, it is another concept. Even if the domain that Coles corresponds to is not the Dead Blood King that is restrained by Judgment II, if it is in a weak state, it is really possible to kill it completely.
"I originally thought you would say something like 'turn back, it's not too late' or 'it's okay, we can start over' to persuade me to return to the right path."
Coles said.
"Not interested."
William replied briefly.
The muscles in his arms instantly bulged, and under the state of [Dragon Power], the Judgment II in his hand broke free from the claw blade with a "click" and then stabbed the opponent's neck.
Coles, however, retracted his claw blade faster to protect his neck, and used the power of the sword to spread his wings and fly backwards.
"Are you interested in knowing why I do this?"
Coles stared at the expression on William's face and continued to ask.
"The only thing I'm interested in right now is killing you."
As William spoke, a vortex made up of burning runes appeared around him again. This time, the dark clouds in the sky were lit up by several meteorites that fell rapidly towards this place.
Hearing this, the calm expression on Coles' face finally began to crack.
"Why?"
Before everything started, Coles thought many times about what attitude the presiding judge would have towards his choice when he met him again.
Is it anger, sighing, or regret?
Even the smallest possibility... to express understanding and support?
But it never imagined it would be like this.
There was no emotion at all, only cold murderous intent.
No matter how he had provoked him before, he could not arouse the slightest anger in him.
No matter how I tried to keep him in suspense, I couldn't arouse his curiosity in the slightest.
"There is no why, everyone is responsible for the choices they make, that's all."
William answered while adjusting the direction of the meteorite.
Coles once again transformed into a flock of crows to avoid the explosion caused by the falling meteorite.
But this time, it couldn't even maintain the calmness to talk to the other party in human form.
"What about your own choice? Was it a responsible choice for you to leave like that back then? Look at the current Vic Continent, look at that so-called empire, look at the so-called Star Laws. Who is responsible for all this?"
The dark cloud consisting of millions of black crows asked with a hissing voice.
William paused for a moment and then said slowly:
"Although I would like to say that I have done everything I could back then...but you are right, a lot of the messes do need to be taken care of by me."
Coles was about to say something when he saw William raise the magic medium in his hand and point it at the sky.
"Start with you."
William said, and then, with him as the center, a pillar of fire that seemed to have condensed into substance rushed straight towards Coles.
Millions of black crows were roaring at something, and the gathered dark clouds were stirred into a storm. Countless snow-white sharp claws surged out a white-hot thunder and rushed towards the magnificent pillar of fire.
The collision of two equally powerful forces in mid-air triggered a light as bright as a supernova.
The aftermath of the explosion alone calmed the storm in the entire Black Crow View for a while, and the lighthouse in the distance that was supposed to be out of reach was almost extinguished by this force.
As a result of this confrontation, William was at a disadvantage.
William was blown hundreds of meters away by the aftermath of the explosion. His cuffs were torn, his hollow silver-white gauntlets were charred, and there were many thorn-like purple electric lines on his face.
The sound of something breaking made him look down at his left hand. The blue ring on his thumb that was specially used to increase lightning resistance was completely cracked.
"Look around you, William."
Coles shouted.
As Black Crow looked in the four directions, four huge outlines were gradually approaching.
A six-eyed spider covered in black gauze; a pale man hanged on a dead tree by the river; countless black human figures wrapped in filth; and a woman whose body is constantly rotting and decaying.
But William's eyes did not move away at all. He still stared at the dark cloud, and the rotating magic circle lit up again on the magic medium in his hand.
"Look around you and you will know that you are finished now."
Coles continued.
In response, two silver tornadoes stirred up a curtain of water that surrounded the crows on all sides.
"Remove this empty spell and look around, Master Judge. I beg you. Everything you are doing now is meaningless. Immediately..."
Coles continued, but his words were interrupted by William.
"There's no need to look. I know you want to reminisce with me just to delay time. I also know that those Void , and now the entire Black Crow View has been blocked."
William replied.
"so what?"
After hearing the other party's seemingly bluffing words, Coles couldn't help but ask.
"Then do you know why I took your attack without any defense? Or, do you know what trigger conditions are needed to reach the strongest state I can theoretically reach, and what level this state is?"
"What's the meaning?"
Coles asked somewhat uneasily.
“Although I’m not sure about the strength of a Half-Step Void King who has not completed the ritual , I’m sure it won’t be stronger than the incarnation of nothingness.”
According to the game settings, the incarnation of nothingness can basically reach about 50% of the original body's strength, except that it does not have the immortality of the original body.
"Would you like to guess the fastest time I've ever had in killing the Avatar of Nothingness?"
