With a thunderous sound, the earth trembled as Gargantuar fell on Adhiraj. The next moment, the ground beneath Gargantuar shattered and blood and chunk of meat exploded in all directions. Saksham felt something hit his foot. As he looked down, he saw an eye fell at his feet, looking at him. For some reason, Saksham felt that it really was watching him hard. He was creeped out by it so he immediately kicked it away. But after he sighed with relief, Saksham felt as if the world was getting darker by the second. Before he knew it, he was lying on the ground face first. Using almost all his EP really took a heavy toll on him. You might be wondering how Adhiraj died so weirdly. Well, Saksham had been thinking and calculating silently in his heart to kill that [Soul Master]. He knew that after how much EP he was left with, he definitely wouldn"t be able to kill Adhiraj with the help of any kind of Physical or Elemental Attacks. So, only some tricks would be able to get him out of that precarious situation. And seeing that the Gargantuar can jump such a long distance without any problem, Saksham knew that maybe that is key to this situation.
So, after he saw that Gargantuar was behind him and there was nothing in between him and Adhiraj, he knew that he has to do something to let that Gargantuar jump again. So, he rushed towards Adhiraj. He didn"t fear thinking that Adhiraj might be having any more powerful Demons because if he did have any more powerful Demons, he would have taken them out in the beginning and Gargantuar wouldn"t even be needed right now. So, he rushed straight ahead without any hesitation.
When he saw that Adhiraj summoned 3 Ghouls, he was scared for a second, thinking that Adhiraj really had strong Demons left? But when he saw Adhiraj still running, he realized that these 3 were just a decoy to slow him down. And when he used Exousia to kill them, the reminder for using 3 EP confirmed his doubts. So, he killed the Ghouls, forcing Adhiraj to recall Gargantuar in front of him to block. But that was his doom. From the beginning, Saksham saw that anyone with a powerful soul can deal with Adhiraj. That meant even an ordinary human can beat him if that person had a powerful soul, indicating that their physical const.i.tution is very weak.
So, although it might seem that Saksham was running with his full strength, that was just a false pretense. He was actually running at a constant distance. He was neither too close nor too far. Just close enough so that when Adhiraj sees Gargantuar coming, he would stop and still not be too far from Saksham. And when everything had fallen into its place, Saksham used his powers to pull Adhiraj towards himself. He used 2 EP to use the power of winds to pull his frail and tired body to the place where he saw Gargantuar was about to land.
The result of his careful calculation could be seen. Adhiraj was killed by his own summoned Demon and Saksham was still alive, although barely. Saksham was lying on the ground for a few seconds before he summoned strength from every corner of his body, forcing himself to stand up. He slapped his face a few times reminding himself that if he didn"t get out of here soon, people might catch him and that will be very, very troublesome. Especially if someone saw the condition of the whole alley, their jaws will drop to the floor because right now, the whole alley was riddled with giant foot-shaped holes, the place where Saksham had fired his abilities first was looking like a giant construction machine had destroyed the whole alley. Smoke and dust filled the whole alley. And the places where the Gargantuar had landed after its long jumps were shattered with cracks like spider-web spread all over the place.
The whole alley looked like a battlefield. So, if he is caught and asked what happened here, then he was not sure how to answer those questions and his ident.i.ty would be exposed. This was definitely not something he would like to see. So, he had to make a run for his life now. This was not a place to rest.
Just as Saksham was run, he saw Gargantuar disappeared into a wisp of smoke. That smoke swirled around for a moment before it spun in circles and entered the hole inside the ground which was made by Gargantuar"s fall.
Saksham saw this and thought of something. He immediately rushed towards that hole and saw that it was filled with blood and organs. Seeing this, Saksham felt that he was about to puke out everything he had eaten in Anitha"s house. He controlled that by taking deep breaths and once again looked inside. He saw except for a big robe and the organs inside the hole, there was a shiny crystal as well as a dark grey sphere which were clean and untouched by the blood. When he looked at the crystal, Saksham suddenly felt thirsty. He felt as if his whole body wanted to swallow that crystal for some reason. Before Saksham could understand why his body was reacting this way, a window suddenly popped up in front of Saksham.
"A High-Quality Soul Crystal is found. It can be used to replenish the Soul Energy."
"A mysterious Sphere is found. There seems to be a biological life inside it."
As Saksham saw this, he opened his eyes wide. And without any hesitation, he picked up the Soul Crystal and the Grey Sphere from the hole. As soon as he touched the Soul Crystal, Saksham felt a cool and soothing sensation on his palm. Suddenly, another window popped up.
"Do you want to recover your EP using the High-Quality Soul Crystal?"
[Yes]/[No]
Saksham pressed [Yes] without any hesitation. And as he pressed [Yes], the Soul Crystal suddenly glowed brighter and then disintegrated into nothingness. With the disintegration of Soul Crystal, Saksham felt as if a cool liquid had entered his palm and was now flowing towards his chest. Everywhere it went, Saksham could feel a cool and soothing feeling. Saksham couldn"t help but close his eyes for a second. As soon as that reached his chest, Saksham felt as if he was on cloud nine. He didn"t know what that feeling was, but he could definitely tell that it was a pleasurable feeling through and through. That feeling stayed for a few seconds before it disappeared.
Saksham couldn"t help but show a look of disappointment. He didn"t want that feeling to end. Alas, he didn"t have time to think about it more. He stood up and felt that there is no such feeling of heaviness and stuffiness and neither was there the previous feeling of nausea. Everything was as if it had returned to the time before he had started the battle. He looked at his EP bad and found out that it was full right now.
This made Saksham very happy. He laughed lightly and then dashed out towards the other side of the alley. He didn"t want to stay at that place any longer. Along the way, Saksham said lightly, "Clear the mark in my body."
A window popped up and it said, "Are you sure you want to use 4 EP to clear away the mark?"
Saksham pressed yes without any hesitation and didn"t find any changes in his body. But he knew that his powers had done their job. Now, he could relax and go home without any problems.