The King Of Warriors novel (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5584

"Good! Only the truly clever know when to bow!" Esorin's laughter rolled across the ravine. He thrust out a claw-like hand, eager to claim the legendary sword.

Before his fingertips reached the hilt, Jared's wrist cracked sideways. Steel flashed, carving a sinister half-moon that lunged not toward the blade but straight for the elder's core.

Terror jolted through Esorin. Thick black energy hurried into a makeshift shield.

The swordlight struck first. Golden, venom-swift, it pierced the barrier and drilled toward his abdomen.

"You!" The word ripped from him as the edge scored his abdomen, opening a trench that bared bone. Demonic miasma gushed out like a broken dam.

"How dare you toy with me!" he shrieked, eyes blazing while the escaped energy writhed around him.

Onneas and the others gaped, shock melting into sudden, fragile hope.

Jared withdrew in a single fluid bound, steel still singing. Cold amusement curled across his lips. "Old geezer, you think you're worthy of owning the Dragonslayer Sword?"

Clutching the wound, Esorin glared through fingers slick with blackened blood. A rasping chuckle slithered from his throat.

"Excellent... It has been far too long since anyone drew my blood."

An even darker pressure burst from him. Flesh stitched together before their eyes, sealing the gash as though time itself bowed to his will.

"Pity—you wasted your one chance." He lifted a palm. Ink-black power coalesced into a sphere that devoured the light around it. "Today every last one of you dies here."

"Grand Elder," Maximilian purred, stepping forward, "no need to soil your own hands. Allow me to butcher the whelp for you."

The Fiend-Titan Sect master all but prostrated himself. Pleasing the elder first meant reaping the richest spoils later—his greed showed in every bow.

Esorin glanced at the brawny flatterer and nodded once.

Maximilian advanced, broad shoulders blocking the sun. "Boy, after mocking the Grand Elder, you deserve a thousand cuts. Kill yourself now, and we might leave the corpse intact."

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