Burning Soul

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His huge paw hit the space as Theo was able to evade in meanwhile!

Just as his hit landed a huge rumble was heard, uprooting the nearby trees.

It was that strong!

‘Damn, if I had taken it head-on, I was done for!’ Theo thought to himself.

The tables had turned now as that bear had his eyes fixed on him, though there was no way back now!

He had to deal with him, and quickly!

The bear slowly moved towards him while pulling another punch at him though with his good agility Theo was once again able to move away but his speed was compromised, this time around he missed the attack from a very short distance.

That heavy sword was dragging him slowly.

He had to deal with this quickly as if he dragged this longer, his stamina will be worn out! He once again took a stance while holding the sword in both hands!

He then tried a horizontal slash, but weirdly enough the skill didn’t activate, his attributes were assigned to dagger skills and not a sword!

His hit was dulled due to that fact and was rendered useless onto the thick skin of that bear.

This time the bear didn’t miss the chance and punched him in the stomach sending him flying a good amount of distance.

“Watch out!”

Ember cried out but was a moment late as he had already taken the hit!

“God! That’s heavy!” Theo managed to get on his feet somehow with the support of the sword at his hands.

He spat out some blood and wiped his face before charging on to that bear again!

“That’s absurd!

He has no skills at swordsmanship!

He’s risking his life for nothing!” Lumiere said while crossing his arms, seeing him this cool was ticking Vivian off but here she couldn’t just intervene!

Tightening his grip on the sword he was charging in again while activating the same skill from before,

“Pincer Thrust!” But the result was no different.

No matter how much Mana and strength he used, the sword won’t deal any damage to him, he again pushed Theo away by hitting him by the back of his palm.

Theo had lost a lot of vitality and his speed was lowered as well, not to mention the injuries he had sustained made him a bit sluggish.

The bear was slow but, due to his huge body each hit was like getting hit by a stone wall, another hit, and Theo was done for good.

He got up again and took the sword in his hand, but this time around he was holding it in one arm.

“Ooh!

What do we have here now?” Lumiere showed a hint of amusement to these actions.

“Screw this!” Theo charged in again with a scream.

As he pounced on the bear, he felt the sword a bit lighter than before, without wasting much time he quickly used a single-handed dagger skill,

‘Quick Slash: While using, weapon agility is booster by 5% and Damage is up by 3%’

To his surprise, it worked well and landed a hit on the bear, though it wasn’t enough to deal much damage, he could take a cut on his thick skin.

“All that for just a scratch! He’s not gonna make it I guess!” Lumiere’s excitement was fading but for some reason he was still hoping him, to deal with it!

After seeing a relatively better result Theo had a hope that he could take him on if he managed to keep a good distance and dodge its attacks. He once again charged on to the bear, but this time he was a bit cautious, maybe he was trying something new.

The bear wasn’t waiting for him to just get close, he punched in the direction he was coming in with full force.

Just as his hands were about to hit him, he slowed down aggressively.

The bear couldn’t stop the momentum of his fist and his fist hit the ground, taking advantage of this situation, Theo ran towards his neck while running on the bear’s huge arm.

Using ‘Boost’ he sped up pretty fast and reached his neck in a moment before the bear could do anything Theo used another ‘Horizontal Slash’ and jumped from there to his back with a backflip while giving a ‘Horizontal slash’ on its back.

Dealing twice the damage he landed on the ground with a proud look.

“Watch out!”

Vivian shouted to him to which he looked at her puzzled and realized that wasn’t it for the bear, he turned around to look at the bear, but it was too late. His huge palm with a sharpened claw was already just above him.

The impact was greater this time as it blew away all the dust nearby making it difficult to see what was going on, the bear had sustained injuries for sure and that probably was the reason he hit back so hard with a roar.

“This is bad, let me step in you jerk!”

Aeneas was angry, his friend was in trouble and might have sustained lethal injuries and all he had to do was to watch while it happened, but Lumiere wasn’t worried a bit, he was still looking in the direction without any wariness in his eyes.

Everyone was clenching on their fists to jump in and slay that monster if anything were to happen to Theo. It got awfully silent for a moment as there were no sounds.

Suddenly a roar echoed through the forest, the gust of wind blew away the dust surrounding the bear and Theo!

What revealed shocked everyone!

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Theo was holding the sword upright which had pierced through the palm of that bear!

He was covered in the blood gushing out of the cut, though it looked like he had taken some damage as well!

“I didn’t expect that to happen!” Lumiere said while looking at the scene in awe!

“Ah! This is for all those whom you killed, you bastard!”

Theo pulled the sword back and jumped high up while screaming out loud. He then held the sword in a way that the tip of the blade was pointing to the ground, then once again poured in Mana in the blade but this time it looked different.

Instead of looking like a light golden halo, it looked black, pitch black.

At the moment he didn’t give it much thought and continued to pour it on while moving towards the bear.

This time his speed was greater, and he used the momentum of the sword to speed himself while throwing some basic slash skills beforehand to cause more damage.

With his fanatical speed, he landed right on back, the speed increased the strength of the Thrust skill he used and caused the sword’s overall strength up as well, it went right through his back.

The sound of its flesh-tearing apart was clearly audible, not only that it severed its spine from the head as a huge cracking noise echoed as well. This time he made use of the weight of the sword and the slow reaction speed of that creature to the fullest!

But one thing that he missed was that black halo!

The impact caused the huge monster to get on its knees,

lifeless!

The final blow worked! Everyone was looking at the scene in awe, nobody had expected him to be able to do it!

The bear was lying lifeless after that hit, somehow the malicious aura that had been engulfing him fades away and his size decreased as well! He returned to being small-sized!

Theo was surprised seeing this happen up-close. But suddenly he felt all his muscles going numb, a sudden surge of pain stormed his vitality and he fell unconscious right away!

“Theo!”

Everyone jumped in the scene to help him get up as no one was sure what happened, except Lumiere and Dimitri!

“You see that!

If that didn’t catch your eye, I’m sure you’d like to help him after that!”

Dimitri whispered in the ears of Lumiere who was already standing in shock,

“Don’t tell me,

he’s carrying a half-demon bloodline!”

Was his reply with his jaw dropped expressions?