Chapter 274: Your Bullshit Mana Control
BBZZT!!
A wave of lightning arched around Mark and lashed out angrily at Hercules, and Hercules was forced to let go of Mark as the lightning skill sent a jolt of electricity through the area Mark was touching! Mark slammed his fist into Hercules' face and he expected Hercules to be thrown back from the punch, but Hercules easily tanked the punch without being thrown back!
Hercules raised his hands into the air and delivered a piledriver into Mark's chest and threw him back to the ground!
BOOM!
Mark crashed to the ground and he barely got his senses back when Hercules crashed into him again with another blow!
BOOM!
The ground shook and many of the houses around them started to crumble from the force of the blow! Mark raised his hand and tried his best to block as Hercules constantly rained on him with earth-shattering punches, but Mark was not fazed as he redirected one of the punches and used his elbow as a baseball bat, swinging it into the side of Hercules' face and throwing him off!
Mark got to his feet and the two monsters began to rail into each other, neither of them was willing to step back. Instead, they simply tanked each other's punches while unleashing their own blows!
Hercules grit his teeth and pushed himself to the extreme as he tried to inflict as much damage as possible on Mark. Hercules knew that his power was not at the level it was supposed to be at. He was one of the strongest men in the world, and if he was at his full strength, he would definitely have already won this fight.
But his power was drastically reduced from this game and he couldn't use his full strength against Mark. He had to finish this as quickly as possible.
Hercules didn't care if he was not at his full strength, he was still going to win! Mark was a child who didn't understand anything about how dangerous the real world was. He was not going to lose against a cocky brat that only just started to live!
Hercules unleashed a heavy punch towards Mark's shoulder and Mark stepped into Hercules' punch and used that opportunity to drive a haymaker into Hercules' jaw!
BOOM!
Hercules slammed his fist into the side of Mark's head and Mark spun around and sent a kick into Hercules' temple, sending him down to the ground!
Crack!
The ground under Hercules cracked from the impact and Mark watched Hercules bounce off the ground with a wide grin on his face!
Mark finally figured it out.
After exchanging so many blows with Hercules, Mark was finally able to understand what the rook was all about. Even though the rook had one of the best defenses in the entire game, that did not translate into their attack power. In fact, Mark was shocked by how well he was able to tank the punches that Hercules was throwing at him.
Was Hercules not meant to be the strongest man that ever lived? Then why were his punches so light? It almost felt like Mark was hitting a mountain when he hit Hercules, but when Hercules hit him back, it was far lighter than Mark expected it to be! There was obviously something wrong here.
Mark's only explanation for this was that the system gave the rook high defenses, but in exchange for that, the game took away some strength and made their attacks weaker!
Mark looked down at the left side of his tab and he clicked his tongue in annoyance as he saw that it was not time to use the Void Slash. He would have to tire Hercules out a bit more before he could use the Demonic Void Apostle technique.
SLAM!
"Do you think you have time to look away from me, boy!?"
Hercules slammed his fist into Mark's face once he saw Mark look away and Mark was forced to get his head back in the game as he blocked another punch from Hercules. He grabbed Hercules by the arm after dodging the next punch and delivered a beautiful shoulder flip that Raven would have been proud of as he sent Hercules into the ground!
BOOM!
Mark heard a massive explosion go off in the distance and knew that it was Merlin and Musashi fighting over there. Mark would have wanted to go help Merlin since he did not know how strong Musashi was. Since Musashi was able to handle both the Queen and her master at the same time, Mark knew that he would definitely be too much for Merlin to handle.
Mark sensed a massive amount of mana being gathered in Hercules' body and he quickly jumped back as he prepared for what Hercules was about to do! Hercules suddenly shot forward faster than Mark could follow and Mark was not able to dodge quickly enough as Hercules slammed into his midsection, throwing him back into a building!
Mark broke through multiple walls before slamming his feet on the ground to stop himself! He looked up to see where Hercules was, but a fist slammed into his face and threw him back again as Hercules followed after Mark. Hercules kept on following Mark as he pummeled him into building after building and Mark was not able to react quickly enough.
The skill that Hercules was using was an innate skill that the game gave to the Rook. It gave the Rook the ability to empower their forward charge and made it impossible for anyone in the game to dodge or block it!
A loud laugh escaped Hercules' mouth as he followed after Mark with another punch, sending him through buildings and beating the shit out of him, but as Hercules laughed, he heard another sound echo through the punches!
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Mark was laughing as well! And it was not a simple laugh that could just be seen as false confidence, it was a mad laugh that made Mark seem like a demon! Hercules gritted his teeth as he sent another punch into Mark's chin, but this time, Mark easily deflected the punch! He flipped around and brought his heel down in a wicked dropkick!
[Critical Hit]!
BOOM!
The entire building shook as Mark slammed his feet into the floor, sending both him and Hercules through the ground as they fell to a lower floor! Hercules reached out to grab a hold of Mark but Mark easily dodged!
[User has sent Mana to his hands.]
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"You never learned it, did you!?"
Mark unleashed a punch that slammed into Hercules' jaw and Hercules was thrown back into the far wall! Hercules rushed out from the wall for another attack since he was not injured, but Mark slammed his knees into Hercules' chest, sending him back through the wall and into the street!
[User has sent mana to his feet.]
Hercules stumbled across the floor and flipped to his feet before sliding to a stop.
He glared as he saw the smile on Mark's face as Mark emerged from the collapsing building. Mark was walking towards Hercules calmly, like he didn't have a single care in the world. For some reason, that pissed Hercules off more than the fight itself.
Mark continued talking with that grin still on his face.
"You never learned it, did you? You are using it, but you never learned how to use it! You don't even know what it fucking is! It's just a toy to you!"
"What the hell are you talking about, boy!?"
Hercules was finally curious enough to ask, and Mark just grinned wider.
"Mana, you fucking fossil. I'm talking about your bullshit mana control."