Is this really a Game?!



Basred continued staring at the battle with an excited expression.

He had made a decision to not meddle in the fight if it was not necessary. Only if Reign was in danger would he move, and thankfully, his ability was incredibly fast, so he was certain that he would be able to save him from whatever might happen.

Reign launched himself forward and attacked the kobold that was trying to take out the sword. Reign was going all out with the sword aura in order to make the sword push in as much as it could.

Compared to the incredible strength the kobold possessed, the push was weaker so the sword was slowly getting pulled out, but that was all that Reign needed.

For whatever reason, the kobold in front of him had been dealt a bad hand during its evolution/mutation. He was dumb, easily distracted, and not as powerful as a true Tier V dragonized kobold was supposed to be.

Pushing the sword deeper and forcing the kobold to focus on getting it out was enough to make the kobold fully focus on doing so, which made him almost forget about Reign who had arrived from the side.

He was aiming for the first injury he had inflicted upon the kobold again, and just as the first time he had attacked it, the kobold was completely focused on something else, leaving himself wide open to Reign.

[ Lightning Lance ]

Lightning erupted around Reign's sword, transforming it into a lance made out of lightning that covered his entire arm up to his shoulder.

The kobold noticed the large amount of mana and the lightning, but it was too late as the lance struck him from the side, penetrating through the scales and widening the injury, as well as making it deeper.

That was not all, however, as the lightning erupted inside the kobold, damaging his organs. The kobold possessed incredible defense and was pretty much immune to Reign's lightning, but that was only true for the outside. 

His scales were incredibly tough and provided great defense, but inside, well that was a different story.

The kobold roared in pain and let go of the sword before quickly swinging at Reign who blocked the attack but was sent flying to the side. He smirked, however, as the sword pushed deeper into the eye again, causing the kobold to scream in pain again.

"This moron, he's just too easy to be dealt with." Reign said as a trickle of blood escaped his mouth. He had managed to defend against the attack, but the kobold was much more powerful than he was, so he was still injured.

He wiped the blood off with his sleeve before jumping to the side, evading the kobold's attack.

The kobold had used his wings to quickly rise up in the air before crashing down at Reign and swinging his arm down at him. The attack missed and his claws struck the hard rock, the claws managed to penetrate through the rock and cracks quickly spread out as some of the rock broke.

Reign gulped slightly upon seeing the power of the attack. He knew just how tough the rocks around this place were, and in order to stab through them and force them to crack, he would need to strike with full force, using a weapon, and a lot of mana, as well as his abilities.

The kobold was able to do it without using that much mana, his strength was just that high.

The kobold moved again, opening his mouth wide in an attempt to bite Reign who quickly ducked before using the pommel of his sword to strike the kobold's head from below. The kobold's head cocked back from the attack before Reign suddenly used his free arm to punch it's throat.

[ Compact Punch, 100% ]

A shockwave erupted as the kobold's throat was hit. The neck muscles convulsed for an instant as the throat was pushed back. The kobold suddenly found itself unable to breathe for a short period of time, which made it stop attacking as it grabbed its throat.

Reign didn't miss such an opportunity and quickly pulled his arm back before stabbing forward. He aimed at the kobold's other eye.

If he was able to stab his other eye and blind him, this battle would basically be over already.

Just as he was certain he would succeed, the kobold lifted one of its arms, stopping the sword with his palm.

The sword managed to penetrate a bit through the palm, but only about half a cm.

Reign pushed forward with his full force, but he couldn't move the sword at all.

The kobold suddenly took a deep breath before grabbing the other sword, to which Reign quickly responded by trying to push it deeper, but the sword was unable to move an inch. The kobold jerked his arm forward, taking the sword out of his eye before swinging the sword at Reign who looked at him with shock.

Right as the sword was about to hit Reign, it disappeared while Reign let go of his other sword and quickly ducked before grabbing the back of the kobold's knees.

He pulled, and the kobold immediately lost his balance and fell down on his back. Reign quickly jumped forward and landed on the kobold's torso, placing his knees at his two arms and locking the kobold in place.

Lightning coiled around his hands as he started punching the kobold. Each fist arrived faster than the previous one, and in the span of only 2 seconds, over one hundred punches had been thrown at the kobold's face.

The kobold's head was barely injured, but more and more punches were landing, if things were to continue this way, it would only be a matter of time before he started getting injured. One area that was injured and hurt a lot was its eye that had been stabbed, and Reign made sure to aim there many times, causing his lightning to linger around the wound and cause even more damage to the kobold.

Suddenly, the kobold's wings moved, pushing it forward and making Reign lose his balance. The kobold's arms were suddenly free, and in an instant, the kobold grabbed Reign's arms before opening his mouth, aiming to bite Reign's head off.

Basred extended his arm forward, ready to blast the kobold away in an instant before sighing in relief as he saw Reign smirk again.

Both he and the kobold were now in the air, and even though the kobold was holding his arms, his legs and the remainder of his body were free. Reign quickly brought his knees up before twisting his arms.

His upper body went back, dodging the bite before his legs quickly went up, the kobold's head between them. He grabbed the kobold's neck with his legs by wrapping around it before pulling back with full force.

Thanks to the bite, the kobold was already slightly moving forward, and with the legs now pulling him forward, he found himself going forward and down. In an instant, the dangerous situation that Reign had found himself in was turned around as the kobold's face landed right on the ground.

The kobold's grip relaxed slightly and Reign quickly got away from the kobold before taking out both of his swords.

For some reason, he wasn't excited, nor happy, but quite serious and alarmed.

The kobold calmly stood up before facing Reign. His eye had a different glint to it, and his entire character had seemingly changed.

"Human, to think you would injure this proud body of mine so much." The kobold spoke in a calm and collected way, which made Reign gulp as he suddenly felt immense danger coming from the kobold.

"This, however, is the end to that." The kobold said before his wings flapped once, allowing him to appear in front of Reign immediately. The kobold simply thrust his hand forward, and thanks to the long and sharp claws, it was as if somebody had stabbed forward with a very thick spear.

Reign dodged the attack by moving both his body and head to the side. The hand passed next to his cheek, causing a small cut to appear on it before the kobold suddenly lifted his leg and kicked Reign from the side, launching him to the side.

The kobold quickly moved again, only to be suddenly launched back before suddenly bouncing off invisible walls in the air.

[ Sonic Playground ]

Basred stared at the kobold with a serious expression before glancing over at Reign who had gotten up from the ground.

"Just what the hell happened, how did his behavior change so suddenly?"

"Well, it seems like the kobold you were fighting truly had a serious problem during his evolution, only when you managed to inflict enough damage did the kobold 'wake up'."

"You can think of it as having two consciousnesses, one hibernates while the other, a much dumber one, deals with most of the things."

"So like a split personality?"

"In a way, yes."

"At least that's what I'm hoping happened here," Basred said as his skill ended.