The Last Stand skill had saved Gary more times than he could count. It had helped him when fighting Olivia, it had helped him when he went against Midwak, but this time the skill had run out, would this be the end of his life? "Ignore it, I have to ignore it, I have to keep fighting!" Gary shouted as he jumped up, using his Ember Dash. With the shadow portal in front of him, he swung his large sword through the portal, breaking it apart. Then, when in the air, Gary followed up with the Volcanic Burst to dive back down to the ground, hitting the floor. The beams of energy hit each other just behind him as they all went through the shadow portals. [You have been in the Shadow Ash’s form for 30 seconds] [-5HP] [3HP remaining] Gary had gained some HP thanks to Park’s Class skill, but with him being in the shadow form, and his last stand no longer active, he wondered, in thirty seconds, was this the end of him? Finally, with his strength, Harvor had pulled out the whip from his neck. Olivia quickly retracted the whip back to her, and was ready to swing it out again. When it went to hit Harvor though, his entire body sunk into the floor. Now a large shadow was just on the ground, moving about. It was moving swiftly, until Gary had jumped from his position and slammed the sword into the shadow spot in the ground. The shadow started to somewhat vanish, and Harvor looked to be propelled out of the floor, falling across the ground. "Keep going!" Rickle shouted. "With that sword in your hand, you can’t die, believe me! With that sword in your hand, it’s your path to victory!" Hearing the words, Gary chased after Harvor, who had moved his wing in front of him again. [Ember Dash] The sword was held over Gary’s head, and he swung down, smashing it right through the wing, once more. He could tell Harvor was on the back foot, he was moving away. The shadow that he had been using, through the countless attacks, through everything they had done. This was it, it was now or never. [Lethal Pounce] Gary jumped side to side, while the Ember Dash skill was still active, and right when his target was in front of him, there was one skill he needed to use. [Volcanic Burst] Gary’s entire body ignited, and he flew across the arena, his entire hand thrusting the sword forward, and it pierced right through the shadow, breaking it apart, and the sword impaled Harvor right through his chest. The power from the strike and the flames seemed to hit Harvor, pushing all of the shadow away, blowing it and bursting in front of him. Harvor’s eyes were weak as he looked at Gary, straight ahead. [-5HP] [1HP remaining] [Your HP has not fully been consumed due to another effect] Seeing this message, Gary decided to quickly revert his form back to normal. His almost naked body was about to be on display, until Kai appeared right behind him, shirtless and with Blazer in hand, covered it over his shoulders and long enough to cover his behind to the others. "It’s over Gary… you can… rest now," Kai said. As if the sword had heard the words from Kai, it had disintegrated, breaking into nothing but particles, and nothing was holding up Harvor’s body anymore, causing him to fall straight to the floor. The dark energy in the air, the shadows, all of it was disappearing and turning into nothing but particles, and Gary was still standing there with his arm out, as if he still held onto the sword. "It’s… over?" Gary said. "It’s really over, this time, right?" There was no system quest this time, no reward for him either. Making it hard for Gary to believe. Maybe it was because he had already defeated Harvor before that nothing had appeared this time, even though the fight was so much harder for him and his group of friends. Maybe it was because of how many times Harvor had gotten up again and again, and again that it felt like this had to be impossible. Yet Harvor wasn’t moving, and there was no heartbeat heard from his ears. "It is over, you managed to stop it," A voice said from the side, and they soon saw the white-robed man walk ahead of them. "You, Gary, are not even one that is meant to change destiny. The sword might have had something to do with helping you out, but even in my hands, I was unable to do anything." "I don’t think you have any idea how impressive what you have just done was," Rickle said. Continue your saga on freewebnovel Gary certainly didn’t understand, he was just happy. Happy that no one else had died this time. That the fight wouldn’t continue, and he was happy that Jayden, wherever he was, might just be able to get a little bit more peace in his mind. Immediately, Gary fell to his knees, banging them on the floor. "Are you okay?" Kai said, kneeling down by his side. "Yeah, I think… I’m just a bit hungry and tired… this whole thing was a lot harder on me then I thought it would be… I hate to say it, but I’m starting to think it might have been a better life if I just stayed in school and studied to become a doctor or something." "With your brain, you could have never become a doctor," Kai joked back. Rickle walked over to Harvor’s body on the ground, and from his hand, he pulled out a large crystal that appeared to be somewhat empty. "What are you doing?" Kai asked. "I’m getting rid of the source of the infection," Rickle said. "With this, him and all of the others, they will no longer be affected by the plague." "And for you Gary, Harvor’s body, will be your reward. Do with it what you must. Because of what you have done today, the world was able to avoid a disaster, and because of that, I will no longer try and get involved in your future… you will pave your own way," Rickle stated. ***** For updates for MWS and future works, please follow me on my social media below. Instagram: Jksmanga *Patreon: jksmanga When news of MVS, MWS or any other series comes out, you will be able to see it there first, and you can reach out to me. If I’m not too busy, I tend to reply.