Dungeon Prowler : One Man Army

Chapter 441: Stalemate

"How weak!" Yunan swung his blade and another soldier was absorbed completely, he was feeling the gradually increasing strength course through his limbs, he was not very tired, he had been fighting in his sleep every now and then.

His main goal was to distract the residents of this hostile universe, especially the creator who was extremely irritable, he had gone berserk a few times already, dealing and taking enough damage to kill ordinary gods a few hundred times over.

Yunan was even more proud of and reliant on his regeneration, his body was smelted through endless trials, and this was just some more tempering, although he was starting to feel the toll of it, he was not very concerned, his Effort divinity had the ability to absorb the resulting injuries, it was now prioritizing the absorbed energies and divinities and converting them into strength.

"What are you?" The frustration of the creator; who has gone far and beyond just to fail in killing Yunan, over and over; was very apparent. Nothing he did was enough to slow this abominable enemy, even when he was almost ground to bits, he would just absorb another god and regenerate to be as good as new.

His legion of soldier gods was starting to dwindle, if he sent them away he would die to Yunan or would have to escape outside of the universe, and unless he was rescued by his Primordial, he would be killed by Yunan sooner than later, if he kept them around, Yunan would just use them as health potions, turning the fight into some kind of stiff draw, it would only end when the legion of gods died out and the creator had to beg for help from his Primordial to escape alive.

The creator did not know that Yunan was now more than capable of ending the stalemate, routing the army and pinning down the creator, unfortunately, Yunan was not strong enough to kill the creator before the Primordial intervention.

The plan was already underway, Tasha was working herself to death, literally, she was digging around for the river of Fate while enduring the endless torture brought about by the rejection of the universe.

Yunan was responsible for guiding her and giving her enlightenment about the laws of this universe, she did not even try to do it on her own, she focused on finding Fate through the guidance of Yunan.

The creator was smart enough to make sure Fate moved around, Yunan could sense its location through his own fragments, but since it was hostile, finding the actual river was much better than trying to consume Fate through his fragment.

Although Tasha had failed to reach the river of Fate too many times, she still persisted, she only needed to reach it only once, thankfully, the creator was so focused on Yunan, he had yet to discover Tasha sneaking about in his universe.

"I am your worst nightmare, your path to death, the one to tear down all that you have built, why don't you surrender to me? I can guarantee your life, you can return to your Primordial, you can end this whole thing, live to build another universe, how about it". Yunan didn't forget to add some persuasion to his words.

Although mental manipulation was too weak to work on a creator and greater gods in general, Yunan never stopped using his spells just because they were ineffective, at worst he would waste a bit of mana, at best it may contain the enemy for a heartbeat, long enough to try something different.

"Never!" Screamed the creator, he went on for another attack with his legion, his attacks were getting more and more desperate, him watching Yunan grow and have easier time each passing day, he was unwilling to accept this outcome, it almost broke his psyche.

How many years did he invest in this universe, how much time did he spend moulding it, each law, each creature, each plant? All that time was about to be characterized as wasted. unless he could kill the Intruder, this was a setback, but not a deadly one.

As long as he could kill Yunan before he reached the next culling, he had time to foster a new generation of soldiers, as long as he could get rid of this scourge, it was enough to survive and thrive once more.

The taunting back and forth never stopped, it only got more sinister by the day, the legion of gods was drying up, not even half as many as the year before, the strikes of the creator dealt less and less damage, Yunan was now disguising his true state after each attack.

He did not risk killing the creator and let the legion of gods live, as soldiers, they were good at breaking oaths and Yunan did not wish to trust them before he forcefully took control over their Fate.

Thus, the sneaky Tasha was the only one making progress in this stalemate, she was getting closer, the universe was not hindering her as much and Fate was not running away as fast as before, maybe she got better at predicting it's location, she did not know.

What she knew was that she was moving better out of instinct, Yunan had linked her to his Fate fragment, that link was her guide. since the Fate of the universe tried to take over Yunan's fragment, it was easier for her to find it.

Through her link with Yunan, she was enjoying the feeling of overwhelming power, Effort had been giving her power boosts when she needed them most, as Yunan gets stronger so would she, that was the benefit of being linked to her boss in every way possible.

Her boss could do anything to her without repercussions, she could die at a thought, but the other side of the coin was getting to see sights, the sights that can only be seen from standing on the shoulder of giants.