Versatile: Alternate World

I thought the path would be shorter since the exit is in sight but I was wrong since it was actually an optical illusion to my eyes. I didn't know it until I soon realized that due to the angle I was in, the exit appeared to be close when in reality, it would be a bit farther than it should have been and that is the real thing as of now, we are still climbing and the proclaimed exit that looked like it was near still looked near but we are walking for hours already.

"Wow, I never thought it would be this far, Bladeheart. I thought we are almost there."

I didn't respond to him. To be honest, I feel annoyed already and if possible, I wouldn't bother to care what he wanted to tell me. I am focusing all of my attention on the exit just to make myself feel a little bit better and not to lash out in annoyance. I might sound like a jerk right now but if you are with someone like Guts for a whole day and endured all his behavior and babbling, you would also feel the same way.

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Approximately 3 hours after we climbed up the road that leads to the top. we finally arrived at the end and arrived at the exit. Covering the exit is a portal as big as the portal that led us to the planet with lots of rusty spears and swords but compared to the last portal, this one is not the same as it poses a much greater threat. Dark energy is culminating all around the place where the portal is currently existing and that alone is a bad sign as I have seen the same thing during the first portal where multiple strong monsters appeared

I doubt that it was the same portal but I know that this isn't the same portal as that other one where we entered it to close it, this one will spawn something we have to defeat.

"AHA! Another portal!"

Guts did not even wait for me to assess the portal and approached it nonchalantly with a look of anticipation and excitement in his eyes. I didn't bother to stop him. Not anymore. There is no point in doing so if he would be this battle hungry until the very end, then he will remain as one.

Just as I anticipated it, the portal reacted to Guts approaching it, causing it to cause large fluctuations of mana bending all around it. It is going to materialize something quite big.

"Master, what is going on over there?! I can feel the disturbance of mana even in the summon's area that everyone here is on edge."

"Huh? I thought you guys can see the situation outside the summon's area just fine?"

"Yes we do, but right now, everything is all black and although we can sense something is happening on the other side, it was too dark for us and we are rendered blind in here. It's too strong even for us who are just staying here. I suggest you have to either stay away from it or if contact is inevitable, you have to make less contact with it as much as possible," Lucia firmly suggested.

"Unfortunately, Lucia, I don't think that would be the main case here, there is no way we would just leave this thing be."

Despite the pleas of Lucia and her warnings about the portal, I have no choice but to disregard it. The portal has already decided to summon out a very big giant warrior before us with a big sword as big as a medium-sized building. I tried to look at the status of the giant like I usually do against monsters but the only thing that appeared are errors causing me to frown. Is the system bugging out or something?

"WHO DARES TO INTRUDE IN MY  LANDS?!"

I immediately pulled up the Versatile Weapon and transformed it into a shield and hid behind it to shield myself from the pressure that the giant give us. That pressure alone caused the rocks around the surroundings and the chunks of crystallized ice to crack and show visible damage to them. I did not dare to peek as even my grip on the Versatile Weapon is having a hard time handling the power of the pressure this guy is giving. It didn't last long but my hands felt numb after that and that is not even considered an attack at all.

Once the pressure disappeared, I returned the shield form of the Versatile Weapon back into a magic sword again and prepared myself to handle a new attack but then, I heard Guts's voice.

"Hey! Are you strong?!"

The giant looked at the source of the voice and saw Guts grinning while staring at him beneath the giant's foot and sword.

"HOW DARE A PUNY HUMAN DECIDED TO ENTER MY ABODE AND DISTURB MY PEACE?! PREPARE TO DIE!"

Without giving any chances of negotiations, the giant brandished the sword and slams it down on Guts who immediately dodged away with quick movements.

"Woah there, slow down cowboy, what is the rush? I am just asking the question, so you should answer the question properly when asked! Have your parents not taught you that basic manners?"

But the giant didn't respond and attacked again. This time towards our direction.

CLANG!

"OH?"

The sword strike of the giant came down to us but I quickly put use to my quick reflexes and stepped forward, assumed a quick defensive combat stance, and raised the Magic sword to block the incoming giant sword.

Normally, anyone trying to block that will be dead before they can block it completely especially if you are using a small sword like a Magic Sword. But to me who have fought using a magic sword most of the time in the game, there is no way I wouldn't know how to block attacks like this. After all, I mastered all of my skills here.

"Don't even think about it! Just because we are humans doesn't mean you should underestimate us in this battle!"

"HA! QUITE ARROGANT LITTLE COCKROACH YOU ARE, BUT I LIKE IT! THEN, DIE IN MY SWORD AND OFFER YOUR BLOOD AND BONES TO ME!"

"You wish, f*cker!"

I tilted my sword upwards and deflected the sword's power that is gushing out, ready to overpower me earlier.

"Good work Bladeheart! Now it is time for me to strike!"

Guts then pat my back and immediately headed towards the giant immediately and started heading into the giant guy.

"Since you attacked us, then maybe you should try this out for a testing will ya?"

The hands of Guts starts to glow brightly and he straightened all his fingers like he was about to do some karate chop. But it doesn't look like he was going to do a karate chop at all. The giant seems indifferent and swings the sword again, not taking us seriously, which may be due to how he views humans as weaklings who are incapable of fighting against him that are capable of defeating him.

Like before, the Giant swings his big sword and before the sword can land to the ground, I saw Guts imitate my stance, and reenact my way of blocking the sword but this time around, he didn't use any weapons or tools to assist with his attack, and instead, he used the same glowing hands to block it.

CLANG!

One of them was pushed back and it wasn't Guts. The boss was frowning when he noticed that the little guy just deflected it in one go and he is unarmed too which made the situation a lot more confusing for the Giant to properly understand. As for me? I have seen enough for me to understand that this action is one of the normal things that made him overpowered.

After deflecting the sword, Guts continued and rush forward to the guy before he released a barrage of slashes toward the chest area of the giant,

DANG! DANG! DANG! DANG! DANG!

"HEH, ALL OF YOUR ATTACKS ARE USELESS! MY ARMOR IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ARMOR THAT EXISTS! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AGAINST IT NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY!"

Despite the annoying laughter of the giant, Guts continued doing so. And since the attention of the giant is reverted and now focused on Guts, I changed the form of my Versatile Weapon and changed it to dual pistols and started rapid firing at the giant. I don't know if it was doing something but this alone will allow me to have a big chance to proc the [Instant Death] with multiple bullets.

"ANOTHER ANNOYING PEST DECIDED TO JOIN IN, BOTH OF YOU NEEDED TO DIE!"

"Hey, where are you looking at, I am your enemy!"

And with one single punch, he forced the giant to fall down to the ground.