Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

David and Herbellstein continued their clash, explosions of light being released every time their swords clashed.

Moving as quickly as they could, both seemed to be almost equally matched, although Herbellstein possessed greater speed and strength, David made up for it with his courage, dexterity, and mana reserves.

“I really wanted you to join me… I wanted you to abandon this kingdom, to have a new beginning with me, son, with your mother.”

His father swung his massive sword down, resembling a guillotine.

CLASH!

But David managed to intercept it once more with his own sword, rushing forward to confront his stepfather.

“As if you would ever do such a thing! There’s no future for monsters like those of that cult! Sacrificing countless innocent lives! You’re a monster if you think they did something good!”

He rapidly pointed the blade towards his stepfather’s throat, as Herbellstein panicked, quickly kicking him away.

BAAAM!

David held on, quickly swinging his blade once more, unleashing a descending attack that resembled a beam of light impacting his foe at once.

CLAAASH!

“They did what they had to do to survive, this world is no longer peaceful, David! The Demon Kings are wakening one after another.”

Herbellstein held his ground, quickly pushing forward with all the strength of his body, swinging his blade several times in a row, each attack faster than the other.

David evaded a few, while those he couldn’t evade, he fiercely parried them.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

“So what?!”

David roared back with all his soul, as he conjured a magic circle, firing a beam of light towards his stepfather’s face.

BOOOM!

“Ugh!”

Herbellstein groaned furiously, as he glared at David with utter wrath after firing a spell on his face, although he seemed to have taken it quite easily.

“The world is in peril; we need a leader of equal power. Someone like Merlinus! He was the only one that could protect our future!”

He ran towards David resembling a blur of golden light, his sword coming down constantly, David evaded them by a hair, parrying a few blows, but the majority hit the ground, shattering it into pieces.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

“He’s a madman! An insane old man! He brainwashed you!”

David infused his Mana into his sword, suddenly increasing its size to three times, as he swung his blade vertically, aiming to slice his foe into two halves.

SLAAASH!

Herbellstein quickly infused Mana into his own sword, clashing against David’s lethal blow, as both blades’ mana auras exploded once they hit one another.

BOOOM!

The explosion sent them flying away, but both had yet to yield or fall into the ground, gasping for air, growing weaker and slower, tired.

But still with the blazing embers within their eyes.

Herbellstein sighed, thinking about what David had said, he looked back at his stepson’s eyes.

“He didn’t brainwash me, David. He opened my eyes.”

His words made David snap.

“YOU’RE INSANE!”

RUMBLE!

His Mana Aura erupted from his body, combining his Paladin Aura, an evolved version of the Knight Aura created by knights who forged and cultivated a physique to manipulate and use Ki alongside Mana.

David’s golden aura covered his entire body, as his wounds rapidly regenerated, and his entire physical prowess was boosted through the roof.

“JUST WHY?!”

As his long blonde hair became spikier the more he unleashed his Mana and Ki Aura, he rushed towards his stepfather, his sword slashing downwards and then upwards, creating a double, unavoidable attack.

SLAASH! SLAASH!

Herbellstein parried the first blow, but the second, coming from below, quickly caught him off guard, destroying his armored gloves and throwing away his blade from his hands!

CRAAASH!

“W-Wha…?!”

Herbellstein gasped in disbelief, falling to the ground without his sword in his hands, he glared at David, incapable of believing what he saw.

“Why did you do this…” David muttered, pointing his sword at his own stepfather. “I was so happy with what we had… With my family. Why… Just why did you had to do this?! Weren’t you happy with our family? Didn’t you love mother?! Why did you need more?! Why did you desire even more power, you fool!”

“Tch…!” Herbellstein’s face distorted as he gritted his teeth. “You simply… wouldn’t get it, David! Just like right now, how you’ve humiliated me… This sensation of frustration, of growing older, weaker… no longer useful! That I am past my prime! It’s… FRUSTRATING! I HATE IT! I WANT TO BE AS STRONG AS I WAS! I WANT MY KINGDOM TO GO BACK TO HOW IT WAS!”

As Herbellstein roared in anger and frustration, a powerful Demonic Aura surged from his body, David stepped back due to the pressure, as he saw his father transform, the more he transformed, the more monstrous and louder his voice became.

RUMBLE!

The pressure became immense, as David was pushed back even more, his stepfather having transformed, now three times as tall, with another pair of muscular arms, his skin was bright red, and he was covered on black and dark red scales.

His face gained four black horns and a third eye on his forehead, and his hair turned purple colored, while his nails became sharp and long black claws, resembling blades.

“BUT WITH THIS?! I AM NO LONGER WEAKER! AND… I WILL NO LONGER BE SURPASSED BY THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS, DAVID!”

“W-What?! Was that all of it?! You bastard…! You’re simply a selfish fucking piece of shit!”

David grew furious, as he clashed against his stepfather once he revealed his truest, darkest desires. His frustration over his own age, his ego, and his selfishness, that he didn’t want to stop being the strongest knight, that he didn’t want to give up his position to younger generations.

That he didn’t want to lose against David, whom he still didn’t recognize as a proper knight, that he still saw as a child!

David…

He simply couldn’t contain his anger anymore!

“You betrayed mother for this! You ruined our family for this!” David screamed, swinging his blade against his stepfather, who used his long claws from all four of his hands to push him back constantly.

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“I DIDN’T BETRAY HER! I WANTED TO BE A BETTER MAN FOR HER! I WANTED TO BE… THE MAN SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH!”

“She always loved you even as you grew older! Do you know how much she cried when I told her the truth?! How you broke her heart?!”

CRAAASH!

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