Second World

Master was at the forefront, engaging the Themisphere force directly. His minions served as his meat shields as his spells blasted the enemy non-stop. Very few could withstand his onslaught.

"Aren't you going to use that thing you revived a few days ago?" Spring Crown asked. He was fighting beside Master. Long had gone to who knew where as usual.

"No," Master answered. "If I reveal him in this battle between countries, the Themisphere king will be allowed to summon his country guardian. It will give them the benefit instead. That one is no match for Broidrireg. I will lose him and Broidrireg will decimate a large part of our army. Using him will cost us more loss than gain."

"Sigh… So, we just let a powerful asset sit on the sideline?"

"If only the themisphere army hadn't arrived this early… If Suzaki's cooldown is over then we could use him to support Suzaki in taking down Broidrireg," Master said. "Forget about him. The situation is as it is, so we will deal with it as it is."

"Speaking about dealing with the situation, I guess I will leave that one to you," Spring Crown said, pointing at the figure that was approaching.

"Yo, cheating dude! Let's have another rematch!" The approaching figure was Jack.

"Hmph! Haven't I beat you enough? You still want another loss?" Master mocked.

"You know the benefit of us simple-minded folks compared to you heavy-thinking freaks?" Jack asked. "We don't dwell so much on these losses."

Jack transformed into a supreme dragon form and shot forward.

Master cast Force Impact with a speed that was close to instant casting. Jack's advanced mana sense let him cross his arms to shield himself just before the invisible force struck him. The impact stopped his advance.

"Look out!" Spring Crown shouted as another Jack with golden wings teleported to above Master. This Jack slashed down with Devouring Cross.

"I know!" Master responded to Spring Crown's warning. He had mana sense which warned him of this ambush.

He dodged the slash but Jack's body split into multiple shadows after passing him. These shadows came at him from different directions.

Master was already casting a spell when he dodged Jack's devouring cross. The spell was completed before Jack's Hundred Shadow Strikes hit. He disappeared and appeared a distance away.

"Magic Clone?" Master remarked after teleporting away. He knew from his mana sense that the second Jack was not just an illusion.

Spring Crown used his Weapon Storm. The various melee weapons flew in Jack's direction. A magic wall appeared and stopped those weapons.

"I am your opponent!" The Magic Wall was cast by Duke Alfredo. He cast another spell and a phantasm fist appeared above Spring Crown.

"Whoa…!" Spring Crown jumped away just as this phantom fist came slamming down. He found another person swinging at him once he landed. A shield appeared in his left hand and it blocked a halberd just before it hit him.

"I am also your opponent. You are not qualified to fight His Majesty," Jonathan was the owner of the halberd. Jack had summoned his royal agents before the war. Aside from Eyrene, his other royal agents were fighting close to him.

Spring Crown changed the spear in his right hand into a one-handed sword and slashed at Jonathan's weapon hand. Jonathan noticed the slash and quickly moved away.

"For the record, I would prefer to not fight your king," Spring Crown said. The sword in his hand changed back into a spear as he thrust forward using Ki Strike. Jonathan was blasted away by the strike.

Spring Crown didn't press his assault. He instead moved away as a phantasm hammer from Duke Alfredo came crashing down.

Therras, Jack's spirit weapon, and his other royal agents were fighting Master's summoned minions. This let Jack focus on fighting Master. His clone was currently getting bound by multiple energy rings. The rings were from Master's evolved Magic Bind.

The dragon-form Jack came flying when his clone was bound, but he suddenly found his body became numb.

"It's his third eye!" Peniel informed.

Master's demonic eye on his forehead was glowing. It was one of his bloodline's skills, Demonic Stare. This eye skill caused paralyzation as well as made its target experience illusions.

"Wake up! Hey!" Peniel slapped Jack's face when she saw his blank face. Her recovery skills served no purpose here because it was Jack's mind that was attacked.

Fortunately, Jack was using the Double Clone skill at the moment. His mind and perception weren't singular. His other self which was bound by the magic rings saw what was happening. This clone used Willpower and freed himself from the bind. At the same time, his mind also worked itself into the petrified Jack's mind. Peniel was unable to wake Jack up because she was stimulating him from the outside, but the clone was stimulating Jack from the inside.

Dragon-form Jack's eyes quickly returned to awareness again, just as ten earth pillars were about to imprison him. He flew away in the nick of time. The earth pillars merged into the Earth Prison Wyrm and chased after him.

Jack used Lightning God Barrage. The twenty lightning balls exploded along the earth prison wyrm's body, shattering the giant wyrm into pieces.

In the meantime, clone Jack was firing his spells while chasing after Master. Master used Wind God Blades. Clone Jack cast Ghost Form and turned intangible. The twenty blades passed by him and hit the ground and the soldiers behind.

The three fought for some time. Flying around the battlefield as they threw one attack after another. Master turned into the Earth Titan when he couldn't keep the distance anymore, the two Jacks were extremely fast.

The earth titan was exceptionally resilient. It absorbed Jack's damage and allowed Master to cast spells freely. The two Jacks were now the ones in trouble trying to dodge Master's endless spells. Dragon Jack used gold scale armor while clone Jack used Lightning God Suit to mitigate the damage they received.

During an opening created by his spells, Master finally managed to snatch Dragon Jack's feet using the combination spell, Flame Whip. The whip forcefully pulled Jack to Master. In his earth titan's form, Master's strength stat surpassed Jack's.

Once Jack came into range, Master used the Wing God Rage. A sphere filled with raging deadly winds revolved around him. These winds cut into Jack. Even with Jack's excellent defense, he couldn't withstand this divine skill's full duration. Peniel used Invulnerability to buy Jack a few seconds but the Wind God Rage lasted longer than Invulnerability's duration.

Dragon-form Jack was killed then.

"Well, I take that as the cue to retreat then," Clone Jack said after his other self was killed. He flew away.

"Coward!" Master taunted, but Jack continued to move away.

A horn of retreat was heard then. Themisphere army slowly made their tactical retreat. Linda didn't have his army chase after the retreating army. She was satisfied if the Themisphere army stood by the side and let them conquer Palgrost in peace.