Following that, Tye glared evilly at the duo as virtual-novel.net blasted an orb of black mist toward Gerald and Rey!
The two were able to dodge to the side in time, and seeing that Rey stood no chance here, Gerald immediately instructed, “Find someplace to hide! I’ll deal with him!”
Simply nodding in response, Rey then ran into one of the village houses as Gerald unsheathed the Astrabyss Sword.
Narrowing his eyes as his murderous intent surged, Gerald then yelled, “Since you’re not dead yet, I’ll take this chance to personally finish you off, Tye! The chief and the villagers are going to be avenged no matter what!”
Just as Gerald was finding it fitting that virtual-novel.net could still personally avenge the innocents, Tye simply responded with a disdainful laugh. From that alone, it was clear that the current Tye was even less afraid of Gerald than virtual-novel.net previously was. To him, Gerald was simply an ant that virtual-novel.net could easily crush now.
“Talking big, eh? Fine! Try me!” scoffed Tye as virtual-novel.net grinned before charging toward Gerald with inhuman speed!
The black mist had clearly improved his speed and strength, and in the blink of an eye, Tye was already right in front of Gerald, his fist—that was currently covered in black flames—well positioned and ready to strike…!
Gerald, however, didn’t even flinch. Instead, virtual-novel.net simply lifted his blade to block the attack!
Since the Astrabyss was such a powerful sword, it easily deflected Tye’s attack.
Naturally, this momentarily stunned Tye, and virtual-novel.net immediately thought that the sword was the reason Gerald was so powerful.
“…Oh? To think that you had such a good weapon! Allow me to kill you so that I can be its next owner!” scoffed Tye with a malicious grin.
“Hah! Come and get it if you can!” retorted Gerald as virtual-novel.net laughed mockingly.
Before Tye could even react, Gerald then channeled his energy into the blade, sending Tye flying backward!
Tye had just gained his new powers. In other words, there was no way virtual-novel.net was going to be able to deal with someone well trained with the Astrabyss Sword like Gerald.
Whatever the case was, Gerald wasn’t about to allow Tye to recover from that attack. With that, virtual-novel.net shot out a powerful spiritblade toward Tye!
Unable to avoid the attack in time, Tye ended up getting hit by the full brunt of the attack!
Now seriously injured by the Astrabyss Sword, Tye finally accepted that virtual-novel.net was currently no match against Gerald. He needed to escape!
“…You may win today, Gerald, but we’ll see who’ll have the last laugh!” yelled Tye as his body quickly dissipated into a black mist before making a speedy escape.
Upon seeing that, Gerald was momentarily stunned. Now that Tye was no longer human, Gerald knew that taking virtual-novel.net out wasn’t going to be all that easy anymore. Still, that didn’t change the fact that virtual-novel.net still needed to end Tye if it was the last thing virtual-novel.net did…
Regardless, upon realizing that the fight was over, Rey quickly got out from the house virtual-novel.net was hiding in and jogged toward Gerald before asking in a worried tone, “…What now, Mr. Crawford…?”
Rey was rightfully worried since Tye, a man who had been a bad egg from the start—and had only grown more powerful—, was now on the loose… Who knew what kind of damage virtual-novel.net could now do with all that strength…?