BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power Chapter 43 – The Entity Within Me

The sun had not yet imposed its full authority.. but my eyes could already discern what had befallen my followers..

Monali looked like a mummified corpse, barely breathing...

Jo, my fierce warrior.. his injury was very severe.. at his head stood Lois..

She looks different.. the scene explains itself without words.. he helped her and was hit.. a sword is embedded in his body? I don’t know what happened.. but everyone..

Is still alive.. thank God.

My eyes turned toward the leader of the Rock Village.. "Leader.. take everyone and return to the city.. your role is over now.. the ti has co." I smiled slightly.. then raised my voice..

"It is ti to leave the matter to your Leader!"

At that mont... the two monsters began to move again.. Radian raised its head and opened its mouth.. then scread.

A shockwave like a sonic bomb.. launched toward from afar..

"Hahaha, do you think I am an easy prey?" I whispered internally, then.. I commanded the massive eagle..

A single flap of its wings cast two wind waves...

BAM.. BAM.. BAM

The shockwave was savagely destroyed under the impact of the two waves..

"It is an Ancient Monster, you fools..!" I laughed internally..

Even if it was a monster whose rank had been lowered, it remains an Ancient Monster at the rank of a High Disaster.

A few minutes ago.. I decided again to assu the persona of the Echo Shadow and think like an expert tactical fighter... I believe that with my current strength, I can imitate the Echo Shadow’s persona more effectively..

{ DING.. DING.. DING }

Here we go again..

{ Defeat Radian without intervention and receive a doubled reward }

Hahaha.. can I even do that?..

Fine.. if I can’t, I will call upon the eagle to help ..

But first..

"Listen to , eagle!"

A step.. then another..

Toward the two monsters..

I feel my movent is lighter.. as if I were in a dream.. ten ters in an instant? I am...

Truly fast...

"Is this the Leader?" Suman muttered from afar.. as he carried Monali and retreated toward the village..

"It has 4 legs.. millions of tentacles.. its body is massive and looks solid.." I muttered internally, quoting analytical thoughts from one of my novel characters..

Suddenly..

One of Radian’s limbs launched toward ..

"Watch out..!" Lois muttered.. as she carried Jo on a cart for treatnt.. the sword is still inside him..

Radian’s limb launching toward was truly fast..

"Fighting a massive creature.. ans.. first.. staying away from its strikes.."

I muttered internally.. then shifted my movents toward the left in a semi-circular motion, then jumped at a 90-degree angle..

Hahahaha it might look fast.. but.. I am faster.

The monster’s limb struck the air... while I approached another limb that was stabilizing its rear balance..

"Second.. deliver a strike that destabilizes its equilibrium," whispered the Echo Shadow, the persona adapted within ..

"When you face a creature stabilized by four limbs.. let it strike with one.. it will then be forced to stabilize in a triangular form... head for the tip of the triangle and—"

From my hands... I produced two blades..

Upon reaching the Second Rank.. producing blades beca as natural as moving my fingers..

A step then another...

In that mont, the two blades beca larger than my body.. then

In a flash of thought.. I commanded the blades to rotate between my hands...

The pressure is imnse and their speed is great... but

I.. am not the old person..

"Let the blades move at maximum speed.. then," whispered the Echo Shadow within .

In a cutting motion resembling a triangle..

BAAAAAAM...

"Strike the limb and sever it at its weakest point!"

I succeeded.... Hahaha!

Quickly.. I withdrew again to the side.. while

Radian fell, overturned and off balance...

It quickly balanced itself and stood on three limbs..

Near the walls.. everyone had reached the village.. but the leaders, except for Jo, stood there watching..

"What happened to the Leader?" Suman muttered..

"If your movent begins to harmonize, do not break its flow.. continue and gain more advantages," I whispered internally as if I were that adapted combat specialist..

Then.. I launched again..

Suddenly..

The Forest Root Deer monster launched toward ..

It was surrounded by millions of tentacles that couldn’t be seen if not for their massive number..

The ground roared beneath its feet.. despite its massive size, it was fast..

BAM..

It struck violently...

"It is nothing but a Middle Disaster monster at half its strength or less," whispered the voice within , then.. I moved without concern to the side..

My feet were taking off from one spot and landing in another as if racing the wind..

"40 points of speed. Such a reckless attack won’t stand before it."

The monster continued directing its strikes..

And I continued evading them consecutively without any problems..

Most of the ti, I lose control and my focus fades.. I feel anxious.. but my speed is much greater than what that monster possesses.. therefore, no problem..

I must return to adapting the Echo persona, otherwise I won’t be able to face the danger...

A step then another.. moving away from the strikes..

But the matter continued for more than several minutes.. I haven’t lost much accumulation.. but the deer still attacks as it did at first.. can it continue forever?

"Doubting yourself.. is a path to falling.. the monster may seem active without retreat.. but it is under Radian’s control.. this ans—"

Yes.... I understand..

Radian must be losing its energy gradually by controlling the deer... evading its attacks more might an greater damage to the deer..

"A good plan.. but.. as long as you can deliver strikes that speed up energy consumption, why retreat?"

True.. why haven’t I done that..

Dammit.. what is happening.. I’ve started talking to myself, answering myself, and having myself answer back.. what is this madness..

BAAAM..

AAAHH..

I was thrown several ters..

Blood..

The bastard hit .. what a hit.. I feel as if a massive truck has struck ..

I raised my feet to stand..

Aaah.. what is this pain? Is it a bad break?

"You shouldn’t have fought yourself.. the enemy is one."

Damn you..

But.. let’s leave this for after the fight.. I will continue to adapt the Echo Shadow persona in combat..

"The Leader is injured?!" Lois scread.

Monali’s eyes flashed.. she tried to move her body.. but pain struck her again..

"Do not move, my lady.. your body is exhausted," Suman said..

"Hahaha," the Rock Leader laughed, looked toward Monali and said: "Look at him. He is standing again.. he took that severe hit and stood up.. he is stronger than you think."

Fine.. it’s ti to bring down this herbal monster..

"Co on, eagle.. launch toward it and bring it down," I whispered internally.. then the eagle moved..

Suddenly it let itself fall, then extended its wings backward.. and began moving them slightly..

It began building a falling, curved path... toward the deer..

Its speed.. began to increase consecutively..

"It is faster than now," I whispered internally.. when

The deer stopped paying attention to .. and turned toward the eagle.. and suddenly

Its fists transford into sothing like a giant circular shield.. like a solid massive wall.. its depth exceeding two ters..

"Can sothing like that be pierced?" I whispered with concern...

In an instant...

BAAAAAAM...

The solid shield was scattered shards..

The Deer Monster..

Was cut in two.. they flew upward due to the massive impact of the eagle’s launch..

Oooooh... I scread in surprise..

"What a strike.. it actually cut it..."

The shockwave was clearly visible on my face.. and no doubt everyone else is surprised too..

Several ters away... the crimson eyes of Radian flashed..

Its tentacles.. began to glow again.. then

"What on earth is going on?" I whispered with concern.. while the Deer Monster.. was rebuilding its body again..

I have to act??? What do I do...

Yes....

From my hands.. two small blades appeared.. then..

BAM.. BAM.

I launched them violently toward the tentacles.. then

I continued launching....

BAM.. BAM.. BAM

More...

BAM.. BAM

Mighty winds were generated from the striking.. but

BAM.. BAM

Do I retreat? No..

More... more!

"Has the Leader lost control as happened with the wolves?" Lois asked.. her face was worried.

"No.. look closely.. his strikes are precise," Suman answered..

"Thousands.. millions.. they won’t stand before , I will cut them.." I muttered internally..

A thousand.. even more..

My blades were falling with a violence that could not be stopped...

At that mont..

The Deer Monster completed its reconnection.. it returned again as it was..

Then ...

It jumped toward quickly...

A step.. then another..

I moved to the side.. my eyes were watching its state.. it didn’t surprise when it reconnected.. and of course, it won’t when it attacks..

{ Physical Strength 1 }

Hahaha.. thank you.. I was waiting for that..

"Co on, monster, attack.. let train with you!" I shouted..

Of course, the monster didn’t understand what I said.. but it attacked.. I evaded its strikes.. then I started delivering many blades toward it again..

"They don’t have much effect.. " I whispered internally..

It wasn’t surprising.. those small blades cannot cause damage to a Disaster monster.. the only solution is Concentrated Blades..

Those with which I brought down Radian’s limb.. but?

The Deer Monster is still fast.. the blades take ti to form.. during that ti I cannot move.. the deer might reach before I actually finish..

Taking another hit like that.. would be bad news.. I already lost 20% of my combat accumulation in that one hit..

"So what is the solution..?" I whispered internally.. then another strike ca from the monster...

I evaded it at a distance of four ters.. then five, then eight.. I allowed myself so ti to think.. before the next attack..

.. The monster reached .. it delivered its strike..

I smiled... then evaded it skillfully..

A step.. then another.. I used my maximum speed.. suddenly..

I moved more than 40 ters away... quickly my eyes narrowed and focused on the monster.

It was heading toward ..

I produced two blades from my hand.. I focused my accumulation..

The monster was 12 ters from ..

The blades were complete..

8 ters..

I was about to finish making them circular..

4 ters..

The monster raised its hand.. delivered a harsh strike..

"Finished," I whispered internally..

I jumped to the side.. the monster’s fist barely passed and embedded in the ground... the air was hitting my face from the sheer proximity..

Then ...

SWOOOSH..

I delivered my strike...

"Haaaa?!" I shouted in surprise, then retreated consecutively..

Why didn’t the strike affect it? Is its body more solid than those limbs? Dammit.. it barely suffered a crack in its body..

Just.. what was the power behind the eagle’s strike to shatter a monster with this much physical strength..

Do I leave it to the eagle? Should I?

"Should I use it more for training? My accumulation is still more than 60%. If it becos less than 40%, I will seek help from the eagle."

I whispered internally.. or did my inner self whisper to .. I don’t really know.. but I will do it. As long as I hold the reins.. I will exploit the situation and gain the rewards..

It is clear that Radian is weaker than its normal state.. and so is that deer..

In the hardest case.. I will leave the deer to the massive eagle.. as for Radian..

In its current state.. it won’t be a problem.. I have already succeeded in severing a limb from it..

Suddenly...

The deer completed the restoration of the cut I made... then attacked again..

"It took ti to restore.. maybe.. " I whispered internally..

Then I moved several steps.. and stayed away from the deer’s strike..

Then.. a step and another.. and the distance between us beca 50 ters...

I produced two other blades.. then began expanding them.. by the ti the blades were complete, the monster arrived..

It delivered its strike..

I moved.. it was as if it were a boss from a ga and I had already morized its moves..

Then ...

SWOOOSH..

Again. Only a small cut..

A step then another.. then a hundred ters away..

"It’s ti for that matter.. " I whispered..

Then.. I produced two other blades..

They beca large in size again.. but.

Instead of making them rotate separately, I pressed my palms toward each other with incredible force, as if I were squeezing the air itself.

Suddenly.. the two blades rged with a resounding tallic cry, transforming into a single giant blade,

Its size tripled, and it was clad in a silvery-blue hue from the sheer density of the accumulation.

I whispered a single word in my mind: "Rotate."

At that mont, the silence exploded.

The giant blade began to rotate at a speed exceeding the limits of human vision,

Then.. it transford into a cyclonic wind fan.

The mighty winds it generated were so powerful that they began to uproot grass and small rocks from the ground, creating a storm of dust that veiled from sight.

I embedded my feet deep into the soil, feeling the muscles in my legs stiffen like steel;

The centrifugal weight generated by this "at Grinder" was imnse, as if I were trying to hold a raging hurricane with my bare hands.

Despite my ascent to the Second Rank.. this move felt far more taxing on ..

From afar, the Deer Monster had fully recovered.

It let out a roar that shook the surroundings, and launched toward with its massive wooden body like a cannonball that knows no stopping.

It raised its giant hand, which resembled an ancient tree trunk,

And delivered a crushing frontal strike with all its weight.

If it had struck from the back, it might have crushed , but it chose a direct confrontation.

BAAAAAAM!

The mont of collision was terrifying. Its fierce fist collided with the edge of the rotating blade.

The rotation did not stop; instead, the screeching of tal grew more maddening.

SWOOOOOOOOSH!

In a fraction of a second,

The blade devoured the monster’s hand, then its arm, then pulled it entirely into the lethal center of rotation.

There was no roar of pain, only the continuous sound of "grinding" that drowned out everything else.

The scene before the leaders was breathtaking; they saw the Middle Disaster monster being sucked into a silver hurricane,

To erge from the other side as a green mist and shredded remains, the smallest of which was no larger than the size of a palm.

The mighty beast was turned into a "shred" of fibers and severed roots in less than five seconds. The blade didn’t just cut it; it annihilated it.

The blade stopped suddenly under the braking effect of my hand, and the dust dissipated..

I stood in the center of a circle of green debris that covered the ground for ten ters, my body trembling slightly from the effort, while the remains of the "Root Deer" fell around like salty rain.

{ Power Accumulation 45% }

I raised my head slowly, wiped a drop of green blood from my face, and my gaze went directly toward Radian..

"The servants’ ti is over.. it is ti for the Master now."