I could feel the strain on each of my muscles with every step I took. From my estimations, I could last in this form for at most…one minute, and if I did reach one minute, then I would be in very bad shape for the following days.
It had already been five seconds since I had activated my final form, which meant that I needed to get a move on.
“Are you just planning on standing there?” Zoe laughed at me. “This is impressive, but I know that it’s only a matter of time before I win. I just need to dodge all your strikes for a few moments, and this will be my win.”
Even while she pointed out my weaknesses, I did not care about it. After all, I was strong enough to deal with her, even if she could see into the future. However, if I didn’t manage to do it within one minute, then this would be my loss.
“Come at me,” Zoe roared as she activated [Future Sight] right away, knowing that she would lose otherwise.
With those words, I dashed forward, disappearing from the eyes of everyone watching. At the same time, I created two illusions of myself on both my right and left with the help of the fairy’s power. Mother Nature’s power was still pressuring Zoe, and with both my illusions, it would become very hard for her to guess my future moves.
After all, if all three of my illusions were attacking at the same time, she wouldn’t be able to figure out which of them was real.
That was one of the counters I had thought of during training—the fact that you cannot distinguish between illusions and reality while using Future Sight.
“Heh. Not bad,” Zoe muttered, focusing as I approached from all directions.
I attacked from all directions, but Zoe blocked all my attacks instantly. Even while she was so big, her agility was on another level. Still, that meant that I needed to increase the strength I was currently exuding.
I increased my speed as I struck down, aiming for Zoe’s head. My illusions, on the other hand, were attacking her lower body. Of course, my illusions could not deal damage, but Zoe needed to figure out who was real out of the three of us, which was practically an impossible task considering the speed at which we all moved.
However, for some reason, she only blocked the strike coming toward her head as if she had already figured out who was real. In fact, ever since I had created those illusions, she had been able to keep eye contact with me, always looking in my direction, never being fooled even once.
“How much time do you have left? 30 seconds?” she smirked, estimating the time before I could no longer fight in this form.
I just gritted my teeth as I decided to use the power of the Undead. It was a power that I despised a lot because of how much energy it would take from me. However, right now, it was my best option to win this fight.
I closed my eyes for barely a second, activating the Undead Power, [Unkillable].
As soon as it activated, the time I had left was cut in half. I had fifteen seconds left to win against Zoe.
However, it was worth it as I dashed in Zoe’s direction, removing all my illusions. I was running straight toward her without a care in the world, aiming directly at her chest, not even looking away from it. I could see Zoe’s blade also coming at me, and she seemed to think that I would dodge as it aimed directly at my heart.
However, as I saw that, I realized this was my victory. It seemed she didn’t know about the power the undead possessed.
As I continued to run forward, Zoe’s sword pierced my chest first. However, I just smirked through the pain like a madman as I looked her dead in the eyes.
“This is your loss.”
As I uttered those words, I pierced my sword into her chest, making her kneel right away. No one was trying to stop the fight yet as they continued to watch.
“Either give up or die by my hands. Your wound won’t do anything to me with the power I have activated within myself.”
While Zoe’s attack hurt a lot, it wasn’t doing any actual damage to me because, in my current state, I could not die. That was the undead power: you could not die while using it; however, all injuries would hit you right after you deactivated the skill. It was a double-edged sword.
‘Five seconds left…come on. Give up!’ I exclaimed in my mind.
“I-I give up…you won.”
And with those words, I pushed myself away from Zoe, her sword leaving my body as I fell backward, on the verge of losing consciousness. It was a good thing that I wasn’t fighting against Zero, or else I would have surely died from the cold. However, in this village, I was in good hands; they would be able to heal me.
As I lost consciousness, there was one thing that worried me quite a bit: the fact that I could not erase the memories of my students right away. If information about my real powers were to come out, then there was a chance that a lot of races wouldn’t be the happiest with me since I had technically “stolen” their powers.
Still, I was in too weak a state; I could only hope that nothing would get out during the time I would be asleep.
“Help him! He needs healing!” Zale roared in the village, and those were the last words I heard as I lost all consciousness of what was happening to me.
Everyone rushed in my direction as I was the only one who was truly on the verge of dying from this fight. Zoe had simply lost because I had activated the power from the undead otherwise she would have won without a doubt.
