I Became The Mafia Boss Inside The Novel

76  Garuda vs Six Prodigies (4)

"It's slaughtering time!"

Garuda laughed as he dashed towards Lance.

Under everyone's gaze, his figure suddenly turned illusory and blurry from how fast he moved through the battlefield.

Only Sumi could see him.

'Lance, be prepared. He's moving.'

'Got it.'

Lance nodded and swept his gaze through the battlefield, looking at the madly running demon of pride.

As the Baron of Pride dashed, he left a quaking force in his wake, causing unbridled destruction to the battlefield.

Everytime he stepped on the ground, a destructive impact would erupt beneath him and cause smoke to rise and disrupt their sight.

Then, in only a few seconds, he managed to cross a kilometer distance and came face to face with the golden-haired Lance.

Without saying anything, Garuda grinned wickedly as he clenched his fist tightly and launched a right hook!

Whoosh!

Lance sensed that he couldn't dodge the attack in time at all and thus countered with a vertical slash instead!

[Schutlz Series: Vertical of Unending Light]

The golden spear of heaven and the demonic fist collided at the same time, causing shockwaves to spread all over the surroundings!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground shattered, and the wind around them was blown away by the impact of their terrifying collision!

But the Baron of Pride couldn't find himself to be happy as he looked at the blown away Lance with no damage.

Garuda had a furious and grim expression.

'It did nothing to him…?!'

His fist punches were followed by a supreme force that could destroy a normal D Ranker's body from the inside out.

However, due to Noble Light's unique trait, Lance and his spear weren't affected by the 'supreme force' and suffered no damage at all.

On the contrary, Garuda was the one who suffered from the collision. He felt like his flesh was being seared by the flames of the sun when he touched the spear.

The light of existence countered his very being.

"Regardless, no matter its advantage... it won't do anything against true strength!"

But due to the natural difference between their ranks, Garuda could easily heal the burns using his 16:16

mana.

But due to the natural difference between their ranks, Garuda could easily heal the burns using his mana.

Since the wounds were minimal and only induced pain, he was not in a hurry to cleanse it and chose to chase Lance instead.

Sumi's eyes flickered a green light. She took out her bow and shot three arrows all at once in one movement.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

At that moment, multiple arrows coated with different elements suddenly flew toward Garuda like a homing missile.

Boom!

Then, a dark-blue-haired woman with a crazy look on her face suddenly jumped into the air and appeared above him.

"Hehehaha! I didn't expect to meet a demon~ this is so nice~ I'll be happy to slaughter you from the inside out~"

Zyrish's lips curled into a wide grin. She reached out her hand and took out two guns from thin air. She aimed the two handguns and shot.

[Twelve Bullets of Death]—!

After exhausting the bullets, Zyrish took out a bazooka next and smiled wickedly as she aimed at the demon.

[Home Run! Bazooka!]—!

Aware of his previous mistakes, Garuda didn't dare to casually dismiss any attacks lest they could harm him.

Looking at what happened with Rain and Lance, they both turned out to have attacks that could damage and inflict pain on him.

Garuda decisively stopped chasing. He dodged the attacks precisely. However, the moment he did so… he left himself open to attacks.

Then, Lance quickly arrived in front of him. He masterfully spun his spear.

[Schultz Series: Barrage of Light]—!

Since Garuda was distracted, he could only dodge when the spear finally reached his scarlet scaled body.

Beams of light manifested and surrounded the translucent spear. As the spear moved, the beams of light followed.

Lance was silent as he thrusted the spear.

Whoosh!

It was like fifty, no, hundreds of spears of light thrusting all together to punish the demonic Baron of Pride!

Due to being distracted, Garuda could only avoid a portion of the light attacks while receiving the majority of them.

The barrage of light entered him and exploded within his body, causing spurts of bright red blood to erupt from his wounds!

Tshk—!

"Ah… AHHHHH! You damn brat!"

Garuda fumed in rage as he felt excruciating pain.

The spear attacks themselves weren't a problem, they were negligible at best. But the burning light—

it was his worst enemy.

Burning, searing pain coursed through him. But he couldn't even take a break, as, at that moment, the whole battlefield suddenly shone.

[Intermediate Fire: Blessings of the Sun]—!

Above the sky, Roshia rode a flying griffin with Elizabeth on the front. She muttered under her breath and used a spell.

The sky turned blinding hot. It increased the temperature of the burning light on the wounds of Garuda.

Although the 'light of existence' wasn't necessarily an element itself, it could still be influenced by fire or light support spells.

Sizzle—!

"HAAAAAAAA!"

Garuda felt the searing pain strengthen. Without even thinking about it, he focused on cleansing the wounds on him.

However, Roshia wasn't done yet.

[Intermediate Wind: Hurricane Gospel]—!

[Intermediate Earth: Rockfall]—!

[Intermediate Ice: Glacier Fall]—!

At that moment, several spells descended from above simultaneously!

After Garuda finished cleansing and healing his wounds, he looked up and witnessed a strange bizarre sight.

The windy hurricane raged, while the hundred rocks fell, and the ice and snow drifted throughout the place mindlessly.

'Now what is this…?!'

Each of the spells seemed to be independent, but was in fact, connected to each other as a nasty combination.

The raging hurricane spread out the snow and ice while the rockfall was carried by the strong currents of wind, and hurled all over the battlefield.

It was a rare spell combination that disrupted the entire battlefield, and rendered everyone unable to move as they wish!

Wind, rock, and ice filled the place. It was impossible to see through unless one had a special eye skill!

"I see so this was your strategy. Since my force attack relies on my vision, preventing me from seeing will severely limit the range of my attack. But... this is futile! After I kill this man, I'll escape here and eat you women!"

At this moment, Garuda could no longer see anyone besides Lance in front of him. The surroundings were far too blurry and messy.

Suddenly, a figure erupted from behind the Baron of Pride.

a sword with him.

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'Where the hell—'

It was Rain who was blown away a minute ago. But Garuda quickly noticed that the man was holding a sword with him.

'Where the hell—'

Before he could finish his thoughts, Rain and Lance held no mercy and attacked simultaneously from both sides!

"You bunch of brats...!!"

Garuda didn't dare underestimate them. He engaged with both of them using all of his strength and abilities!

He continously produce force all over his body, causing mayhem and shockwaves and blew apart the rocks and icy snow.

Some of the rocks and snow landed near him, proving to be an inconvenience. It didn't hurt him, but it slowed him down.

However, his opponents, Lance and Rain were unaffected.

Lance and Rain had a formless barrier granted by Roshia to cover them from the rocks and snow.

Garuda grunted. He used large amounts of mana and made an forcefield barrier around him.

Over the messy destroyed battlefield, Lance and Rain combined to fight Garuda under the intense hurricane!

Boom! Pow! Bam!

Flickers of sword light, blazing spear attacks, and supreme force collided against each other and caused shockwaves through the battle!

After a few minutes, the three of them were heavily wounded and battered on all sides.

Even Lance, with his Noble Light state, was heavily wounded by the immense force of the Baron of Pride.

At this moment, Sumi's voice echoed.

'Lance, keep going. The academy staff still haven't arrived!'

'My Noble Light state is about to expire. It's already been three minutes, where is the academy staff?!'

Lance retorted in his mind and deeply breathed. He heard Sumi reply to him, but he couldn't understand due to his mind being a mess.

The fatigue, and exhaustion that came with Noble Lights were slowly creeping up on him. It wouldn't take long before he was unable to function.

'I need to end this fast.'

Lance masterfully wielded his spear. He took a deep breath and looked at Garuda standing opposite from them.

'I need to finish this.'

Similarly, Garuda also shared the same thought as Lance. There was no more time. He needed to finish this.

As both of them recuperated for a moment, they didn't notice that Rain also had the same thoughts as them.

Although unconscious, Rain's instincts knew that he had no time left. It was time for his final, most terrifying attack.

Under the gaze of Garuda and Lance, Rain raised his sword slowly.

Garuda and Lance immediately felt it.

Death, itself.

At that moment, Sumi's voice rang through Lance's mind.

'Lance… run! You're going to die…! I-I saw it.'

However, the moment Lance saw Rain's sword movement, he fell into a trance and couldn't move anymore.

"No!"

Feeling the sudden sensation of death, Garuda decisively used large amounts of mana and clapped loudly!

Clap—!

At that moment, an unprecedented force erupted. It was so powerful it made everything near him instantly blown away.

Lance, unable to resist the force, was blown away to kilometers of distance. He flew to where Sumi and the others were at.

However… Rain wasn't blown away. He resisted despite the terrifying force, causing several of his bones to break.

But his sword never faltered.

[Endblade]—!

At that moment, Garuda felt death. His face twisted in horror. He fell into a trance. He saw the sword in slow motion as it cut his entire chest.

He couldn't dodge.

***

The whole atmosphere was silent.

Everyone held their breaths in apprehension. What had happened? What had occurred? Who had won? Who had lost?

The battlefield slowly returned to its former state. A thick smoke covered the figures of fighters on the battlefield.

After a few seconds, Lance flew out of the smoke thoroughly exhausted, and was about to fall unconscious.

Sumi's heart couldn't help but drop. However, despite her worry, she continued to wait with a bated breath.

It didn't take long before the next one came out…

Whoosh!

To their fear and horror, it was Rain who came flying out of the smoke with a broken and unconscious body.

Clearly, he had lost.

Everyone's heart couldn't help but freeze.

Sumi's eyes trembled. Her entire body shook in despair… she raised her head and looked at the drifting smoke—

Then, from the drifting smoke came a mad laugh.

"Hehe, haha, hahahahahahehahehahahaha!!"

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One that sounded extremely demonic.

"HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! That was close… that was truly close…! I was about to die from that attack… what a monster…"

Slowly, Garuda the Baron of Pride, came out of the smoke. He revealed himself with a battered and heavily wounded body.

Thump... thump...

He looked at the unconscious Rain with a slight tinge of fear in his pupils. He was truly on the verge of death earlier.

If he wasn't able to quickly heal himself, he would've likely died. This was truly a perilous battle for him despite his initial thoughts of his opponents.

"Hehe… now… now… that went long enough. I never expected a bunch of brats like you to be so troublesome... regardless I don't need to worry about that!"

Garuda's lips curled into a wicked grin. It was time for feasting!

"You brats… I've played with you for long enough. It's time that you satisfy me! Hahahahaha! It's been a while since I had such a meal like you brats!"

"Is that so?"

At that moment, a calm voice echoed.

It disturbed the terrifying, and demonic atmosphere and caught everyone's attention. The voice was as dispassionate and cold as it gets.

Sumi raised her head, her eyes flickering with hope. Perhaps it was the academy staff, but as she gazed at where the voice came from…

It wasn't.

Everyone's rekindled hope couldn't help but be washed away. It wasn't the academy staff, but another participant.

"What's with your faces?'

Walking over slowly from the side, a white-haired man with a charismatic and handsome face appeared.

He wore a formal black suit, and while his skin was white and pale, he possessed a strong calm air that made him look extremely reliable.

It was hard to decipher how so, but the man's simple actions gave a display of overwhelming confidence with disregard for everything.

Garuda, the Baron of Pride, staggered in shock.

"Y-you are… why are you here?!"

"Why can't I be here? Hm, I recall that I warned you that when I meet you two again I won't hold back anymore."

Elias Corleone cracked his neck. He reached out to his pockets and took out a pair of gloves as he wore them on his hands.

"It's unfortunate, but you see… I'm a man of promise."

Wow, this chapter is too long. 

Also, I'm currently re-editing some chapters and retconned Elias growth stats. It felt very stupid for Limitless potential to have weak growth.