"Hmwewahahah!!" Radhaan just coldly stared at Johan coming at him like a wild beast, laughing at Johan's words.
"I am a coward!? I, Radhaan, the greatest lightning mage, the strongest, the fastest man, am a coward? What right do you even have to decide that?"
Radhaan took a deep breath, a grin taking over his face. "But you know what, I will say you're the greatest coward, and… I saw it, I saw your cowardice in play, not just a baseless slander," Radhaan said through gritted teeth. He would definitely not let Johan's arrogant words slide.
His grin grew wider, revealing each of his teeth and long tongue, which made him look like a beast about to devour a meal. "You gave up on Alya when she posed a threat to your status. You gave up on revenge against me when you saw how invincible I am, becoming a mindless puppet who was always in my control."
Johan's cold face flinched a little, slowing himself to stare at Radhaan. He felt his heart growing heavier by the second, as if something were stabbing it. His mind started playing back memories of Alya—the real Johan just daydreaming about crushing Radhaan's face, then greeting him with a polite smile the next morning.
Radhaan, sensing Johan's discomfort, raised his voice. "You let your bottled emotions out on your poor girl. You also saw how she wasn't a coward like you—she was brave, righteous. Not a rat like you who couldn't even protect his family. At the hearing, all you could do was hide your tail between your legs and run away from me."
"You abandoned Acier, Selene, Theo, Diana, and all the other men, women, and children that shared blood with you to people like us. If not for Leor keeping them alive as bait, they all would've died… some already did. You knew this. You knew it all. Yet you still chose to run away… Am I still a coward?" Radhaan smiled softly at the end, genuinely asking.
Sebastian's face hardened, but he said nothing. 'Master… he is not a coward, at all, he always… tried his best…' He tried to think of an argument… but couldn't. He didn't understand Johan, but he saw his eyes from the start. He knew Johan wasn't like this… but he couldn't deny Radhaan's words at all.
Johan didn't reply, increasing his speed even more, closing in on Radhaan the next second, only for Radhaan to move right behind Johan, raising his hand with a spread palm this time, intending to slap Johan on the face like a father—to humiliate him thoroughly.
But… Johan didn't go toward his direction at all. Instead, like an airplane, he soared high toward the cave's roof, surprising Radhaan.
The flight toward Radhaan's body on the ground, floating a few meters up, was just used like a runway. Johan went straight up while still a few meters away from Radhaan.
So clearly, this had to be his intention from the start, as turning like this should've been impossible for anyone besides Radhaan.
Radhaan didn't waste any more time, flying toward the rising Johan instantly, closing the gap in less than a second, extending his arm high.
Suddenly, a terrifyingly large, long dragon—over two hundred meters, made with pure, violent purple sparks of light and thunder—growled menacingly.
Sebastian's eyes widened to the limit.
This was definitely a stage 0 spell, and using it instantaneously was unheard of. But what was actually surprising to Sebastian was the fact that Radhaan had already found a crack to [Reflect].
The thunder was violent—way too violent toward its surroundings—making rocks fly in different directions, especially those with ores like iron in them. Also, the color purple only appears when lightning's current flow is negative.
Also, the fact that Johan's body was crackling with orange, red, and yellowish thunder—a sign of positive charge being present there. Radhaan's lightning magic worked on the properties of actual electricity.
Most of the time, his spells were a mixture of positive and negative currents, combined for maximum damage.
But, for his sure-hit attacks, he separated them—quietly hitting the victim with either negative or positive charge beforehand—then using the opposite randomly. Due to the strong electromagnetic field, it was bound to hit.
Now, most times, Reflect should have the ability to block it, but the problem was: Reflect uses the negative properties of a black hole, and when the negative of Radhaan's attack and the negative of [Reflect] clash, it will become a positive—meaning an attractor—instead of reflecting force.
'He's in danger!' Sebastian panicked for the first time, raising both his hands to use his strongest gravitational push to give Johan some time to absorb the attack. There was no other way to cancel this attack. A black hole would take too long to cast.
But Johan just looked at Sebastian once—and he instantly canceled the spell with haste. '...he has a plan?'
Sebastian sighed. 'Master was just as marvelous, mysterious, perfect, divine as always… Someone like me can't understand his complexities…'
The dragon closed in even more, almost a few centimeters away from Johan. Sebastian clutched his chest, bracing himself for an epic show of Johan's plan.
But… nothing happened.
The lightning dragon hit Johan's body, tearing off his skin, flesh, bones—making thick crimson blood fall everywhere. The Reflect only buffed the attack even more, causing bones and organs to crush faster.
Sebastian's eyes widened in horror. But remembering that look in Johan's eyes, he didn't move.
The loud growling of the dragon stopped. It passed entirely through Johan's body, vanishing after completely removing Johan's entire right side—his bones, half of his skull, and organs were clearly visible. All destroyed.
'Stay conscious. Stay conscious. Stay conscious.' This repeated in Johan's head like a mantra.
Johan's body started falling toward the ground at high speed, but just as it passed right beside Radhaan… it paused.
A.N.= Guys I am really sorry for an unedited chapter, I hope you will let it slide, I woke up late today,and then started outlining, I didn't even noticed the time, but am happy to announce that I have settled on an ending. It's soo far but you know what, I already planned around 400 chapters, this is gonna be so peak.
And I will update 3 chapters in around 5 hours, sorry for the wait. Gotta go now, so could only finish one, but will finish them perfectly after coming back. You know I don't miss.