Volume 5, Chapter 32 – Will

“Eh…”

Even though Fortress Emperor’s words were hard to accept, Tianyin knew very clearly in her heart that with a weapon, she had already not been a match for the Emperor, and now that she no longer had a weapon, she was even less his opponent.

“Wuu, I lost…”

A slightly dejected look was on her face, and it was obvious Tianyin was feeling a bit upset.

Even though she had already mentally prepared herself to lose beforehand, when she was so easily defeated by the Fortress Emperor, Tianyin still could not help feeling a little miserable.

“Little one, don’t be discouraged, you couldn’t beat me this time, but next time you might be able to.”

The Fortress Emperor really did have a big heart. Seeing Tianyin looking so dejected, this Throne-tier Dwarf comforted her in his own way.

“But little one, in that battle just now, I felt a very big flaw in the way you fight.”

“Mm… a flaw?”

Tianyin tilted her little face in confusion.

“That’s right, a flaw. Little one, in the fight with you just now, I couldn’t feel any will at all coming from the sword in your hand.”

As he said this, the Fortress Emperor’s expression became serious.

“There’s no will to fight in your sword. In your battle, I couldn’t feel that determination to win. Without that, little one, your fighting will always be hesitant and afraid.”

“Will…?”

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Tianyin fell into confusion.

The Fortress Emperor’s words sounded like they should be easy to understand, but when she tried to really think about it, Tianyin felt it was hard to grasp.

“Will… is it because in my battles, I don’t have that determination that says I want to win?”

Tianyin felt like she had understood something, but she could not find words to describe it.

“Looks like you haven’t really understood what I mean, little one.”

Seeing Tianyin’s puzzled look, the weapon in Fortress Emperor’s hand, a warhammer, was slowly swung up.

“As a Throne-tier, as the strongest of a Faction, we don’t just represent ourselves. We represent the king of our entire Faction.”

“And as the king of a Faction, you must have a will that belongs to you.”

As the Fortress Emperor spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly.

“Come, little one, pick up your sword and let me teach you what kind of will a king should have.”

Tianyin was slightly stunned, but in the end she still quietly picked up the iron sword that the Fortress Emperor had knocked flying and held it in her hand.

“Hahaha, good, little one, now let me teach you what it means to be Throne-tier.”

Rumble—!

The hard ground under Fortress Emperor’s feet began to crack inch by inch, and around his body, arcs of dazzling lightning flashed non-stop.

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“As a Throne-tier, it’s not just that our fighting power stands above the rest. We also have that will that charges forward without retreat, that will to risk our lives for the sake of victory.”

He spoke these words, and in Tianyin’s field of vision, the Fortress Emperor in her eyes suddenly stepped forward.

Rumble—

The earth under his feet let out a pained wail as if it could no longer bear the strain, and in an instant the ground began to cave in continuously.

At the same time the ground beneath the Fortress Emperor’s feet sank down, Tianyin also felt the overwhelming pressure coming from the Fortress Emperor’s body, so strong it was hard to breathe.

“Wuu… why… why do I feel like I can’t block Fortress Emperor’s next strike…”

Staring at the Fortress Emperor before her, who was gathering power and looked like he could unleash an attack at any moment, even though Tianyin’s mind was strung taut to the extreme, she still could not stop the thought from rising that she simply would not be able to block Fortress Emperor’s next attack.

『Xiaoyin… you have to believe in yourself!』

Just when Tianyin was hesitating in her heart over whether she should give up, Samael’s voice suddenly rang out in her mind.

「Don’t be afraid, Xiaoyin. You have to believe in your own strength, believe in your own power. You’re also Throne-tier… so why can’t you block Fortress Emperor’s attack?」

『Wuu… but…』

Tianyin was hesitating, uneasy, afraid.

Because right now, the feeling Fortress Emperor gave her was exactly the same as when she had faced the Black Dragon King in Inferno, the same feeling as when Heavenly Father had suddenly descended before her.

Yes.

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She was not his match.

「Xiaoyin, did you already forget what I just said?」

『Eh?』

「This time is a great chance to train your fighting technique, and from the looks of it Fortress Emperor also intends to teach you how to fight. A chance like this… Xiaoyin, you absolutely can’t just give up on it!」

Samael’s words gave Tianyin a timely reminder.

That was right, this wasn’t some real life-and-death battle, this was a test, a difficult problem meant to sharpen her fighting ability.

『Huu… Samael, I’ll do my best…』

Taking a deep breath, Tianyin’s expression finally changed just a tiny bit.

And this tiny change, in the eyes of the Fortress Emperor in the distance, was especially noticeable.

“Looks like you’ve already prepared yourself to take my attack head-on… in that case…”

Muttering softly to himself, the Fortress Emperor suddenly launched his attack in Tianyin’s direction.

Like ten thousand bolts of lightning striking at once, in almost an instant, Fortress Emperor carried what looked like endless thunderlight as he attacked Tianyin.

And because she had already prepared herself mentally, even though she was still a bit nervous, Tianyin responded extremely quickly.

“Wall of Sighs…”

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The purple light in her eyes shone brilliantly, and in front of Tianyin, a blood-red wall appeared out of thin air.

“How interesting… a skill similar to a Paladin’s. But if it’s just this kind of defensive skill, the result will still be the little one’s crushing defeat.”

Seeing the Wall of Sighs appear before him, Fortress Emperor’s gaze did show some interest, but that was all it was.

Next, the Fortress Emperor’s attack slammed into the Wall of Sighs that Tianyin had just constructed.

Then it smashed the Wall of Sighs Tianyin had used with overwhelming force, shattering it to pieces.

As the Wall of Sighs broke apart, Tianyin, who had been hiding behind it, was exposed before the Fortress Emperor’s eyes.

“Little one, you did manage to muster the courage to face my strike head-on. I acknowledge your courage, but if this is all you have, it’s still nowhere near enough… the gap is far too big.”

He murmured as he spoke, and the moment his words fell, the Fortress Emperor’s figure, following right behind his attack, arrived in front of Tianyin.

The warhammer in his hand was now almost about to smash into Tianyin’s body.

At this very moment, with countless bolts of lightning flashing and things already at the critical point, the Fortress Emperor was getting ready to pull back his hand.

But—

“Wait… what kind of defensive move is this?”