Child of Destiny

The battle between Akailu and Cetus rapidly escalated into a higher degree as they continued to exchange blows against one another.

The pace of the battle also steadily rose the longer they battled each other. It was also at this moment that a certain gap between the two started to reveal itself.

Even if Akailu was rapidly growing and improving his skills after his most recent awakening, he was still far from reaching his full potential and standing on the same level as a ranked Godlike Player.

He might be able to contend against some other godly experts of the game, just like the regular Godlike Players with low ranking or Maverick Gods with decent fame and strength.

Unfortunately, he was currently facing a true god of the game, who ranked quite well in any Godly Ranking List.

Cetus was not an ordinary god of the game. He was quite stubborn and repeatedly competed in any ranking or title tournaments before, forcing himself to fight against those monstrous individuals, even among the gods of the game.

His experience was much richer than Akailu’s, who was just starting to find the road to greatness and barely able to step into the ranks of godly experts.

The gap between apex experts and godly experts might be a single level, but it was still an insurmountable gap for most people.

Akailu might have the potential to join the ranks of those gods, but he was still at his growth pace, which put him at a slight disadvantage in this matchup.

Adding the money that Cetus had poured into the game to earn himself the best equipment and a huge number of skills and spells from different classes, Akailu started to run out of gas the longer the match continued.

Even if he tried to bridge this gap with his better technique application and superior combat state, it was still a bit short in front of his opponent’s vast experience and overwhelming power (wealth).

Regardless, he still had to find a way to turn the situation around.

He already knew that he was in the timer since earlier, so he understood that he could not afford to let this situation continue for a while longer because of the unexpected strength that his opponent was showing.

He could not do that much if he could not finish off his opponent that fast.

However, he could at least prevent Cetus from continuing to use his disgusting ‘combo’ and stat farming during the battle.

He was not sure how long the duration of the acquired stats that Cetus had gotten from a previous sacrificial spell to enhance his spear and boost his stats was, so he did not dare to risk it.

He did his best to kill as many spirit knights as possible while also preventing Cetus from casting that disgusting spell by relying on his fusion states with the Shadow Wolf and Spirit Eagle.

These two monstrous beasts were his best bet in such situations since the former was perfect for launching fast sneak attacks while the latter majored in insane agility and high mobility.

He had to rely on these two fusions to repeatedly stop Cetus from initiating the same trick all the time.

Unfortunately, these were not just the tricks that Cetus had up his sleeves. He still had a variety of disgusting spell or skill combos that gave Akailu an immense headache during the entire match.

There were the totem formations of the Shaman Class, which could provide both buffs and debuffs right after being set up.

There were also the blessings that came from Paladins and Priests alongside the curses from the Dark Paladins and Shadow Priests.

He had even gotten an inspiration from Shin’s previous arrangements during their battle against Hien Workshop and summoned a variety of summoned beasts, spirits, ghosts, and undead in the battle.

Even if the level of these summoned creatures was not that strong, they were still annoying enough to deal with.

Fortunately, Akailu fought fire with fire, summoning almost all the tamed monsters under him, which quickly fought against this small army.

Even if the quality of these monstrous beasts was the worst, it was still more than enough to deal with such a weak and disorganized army from his opponent.

Adding the passive Ascended Ability of the Dyr Race and the Spirit Beastmaster Class, Akailu had received a huge boost in stats that barely helped him suppress Cetus to a certain degree.

However, he was not a big fan of such massive buffs since they also had their serious drawbacks after crossing the limit of his current strength.

If he dared to summon a much larger beast army and received buffs that were beyond his control and the capacity of his abilities, then he would receive the opposite effect.

He would explode due to the overloading of power that was beyond his control.

It was the same for fusing with more beasts, which was beyond his limit. He would become weaker instead of growing stronger if he insisted on sticking to such a strategy.

That was why he stuck to improving himself rather than relying on external forces. So long as he was powerful enough, particularly his mind, the rest would naturally follow.

In the meantime, Cetus continued to engage against Akailu and kept his pace.

Aside from having multiple tricks under his sleeves, his abilities when it came to close-combat-quarters were not that bad either.

Along with the buffs that he was receiving, he regained his footing in the fight, fully matching his opponent’s raw power.

In the eyes of everyone, this was the most disgusting ‘Battle Mage’ that they had seen in their entire life.

People who spent money in the game did have certain advantages when gaining strength. He might not have all the necessary skills to reach the absurd level of monstrosity of the other ‘broken’ gods of the game, but he at least had easier access to this ‘overwhelming strength’ that those guys had.

A fraction of it at the very least

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“This is bad. Akailu has already lost the initiative for quite a while now,” mumbled Cloe after seeing the match.

After a healer of the team, her insight when it came to the state of the battlefield was better than almost everyone’s.

She could already see that Akailu would be losing his ground after a few more exchanges at most.

Leonard paused for a moment before sighing. “At least, this is not all for nothing. He at least gained something from this match.”

“Not just something,” injected Shin with a smile. “Starting today, he will truly embark on a martial journey that was truly his own.”

Arthur clicked his tongue as he complained. “Actually, I want him to win against that guy. As you know, I have invited him to join us.”

He then looked at the three before asking. “You don’t have any complaints, right? Even if that guy looks like that, he is still quite trustworthy.”

“Given his wealth, he will not betray us for money at the very least,” he chuckled, trying to ease up the atmosphere.

“Don’t tell us that you want to lure him as an investor or something?” sneered Leonard while throwing a mocking look at the same time.

The corner of Arthur’s mouth suddenly twitched before swiftly refuting. “Do you think that we still have such an ‘investor’ given the wealth that our team has?”

“There is also our background, don’t you think!? We don’t need to milk money from such a guy! We are very wealthy ourselves!” he snarled aggressively.

“Why do you want him!?” Shin, on the other hand, just asked for the reason straight away. He knew that Arthur must have a reason for doing this.

Arthur just shrugged his shoulders when he heard those words. “Well, I am not like you, who is always finding the way to improve the team and look for possible talents.”

“I just want to invite people who I find more interesting and more fun to play with,” he chuckled as he continued. “Since I am in a team now, I at least want to form the perfect team that I always envision inside my head.”

“And the most fun as well,” he added, refusing to reveal any more to keep the suspense up.

“I don’t care about that, actually,” Shin pursed his lips before continuing. “But I must admit that I am quite curious about the ‘deal’ that you are offering him.”

“What ‘class’ are you trying to introduce to him? Don’t tell me it is that Dragon Slayer Class that you have gotten from that dungeon?” asked Shin, trying to guess what Arthur was planning.

Arthur thought for a moment, considering whether to tell Shin and the others about his plan for the time being. But he later decided not to tell them that much since it would be more fun that way.

“It is one of the choices that I am going to suggest to him, but it is not the best way to utilize his strength (wealth) to the fullest potential,” he chuckled, refusing to say more.

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