BXBX NOVEL Chapter 41: Ender (2)
Jake didn't bother with a torch this time, going straight ahead to activate the ancient writings glued to the ground and the pillars.
Their glaring light momentarily blinded Jake.
At the same time, Ender woke up from his slumber, spreading his wings wide. He rose to the ceiling and immediately drowned the cave in his bottomless darkness, anticipating the human traitor's return!
"Haha!" Ender's prideful laughter boomed in the cave. "You even betrayed your kind and became one of the misfits! Have you been expecting me to side with you because of that?!"
After hiding behind the blazing pillar, Jake shook his head. "That never crossed my mind."
"Lies," Ender replied, confident in judgment. "It must have crossed your mind now that you became one of the misfits! They're supposed to be a group that respects and loves both sides! But for me, they're mere hypocrites, losers, and traitors all the same! Our kind was never meant to see eye to eye with humans!"
Jake smiled, "You're putting words into my mouth now. Just to let you know, I don't want to have you as my summon because I don't want a prideful existence such as yours to influence me too much!"
"As if you have what it takes to defeat me!" Ender screeched and flapped his wings, bombarding the pillar behind which Jake had hidden himself. "Insolent brat! Your ancestors would have killed each other to have my knowledge and experience!"
Jake chuckled, "Never heard of them."
Leaving the hidden spot, Jake entered the Soldier Form and swiftly released his arrows.
After the training arc against the monkeys and their armies, Jake could rapidly enter the rigid stance and swiftly draw his highest anchor point, releasing the strongest arrow much faster.
With Ender's unique white beak twinkling in the darkness like a treasure, Jake didn't need to focus that much on aiming and released his bone arrow without any tricks.
In this case, no tricks meant that Jake fought only with his muscle memory and form.
Twirling in the darkness, Ender dodged the first arrow and climbed higher. Two more arrows followed after him, but he was much faster and free. He sank into his ocean of darkness and bid his time to strike Jake.
Though he must have hidden deep in his darkness, those prideful eyes must have caught up that Jake crumbled into his Master Form without any stress and looked forward calmly and decisively.
It was noteworthy progress after their last clash.
Jake thought, 'No need to strain my eyes… I will feel him. I will feel that darkness and white beak coming out from darkness to wound me. Believe in yourself and your perception, Jake.'
He inhaled calmly.
His eyes remained focused, and so did his heart.
One, two, three seconds passed.
It took only three seconds for Jake to enter the abnormal intent focus, in which he unconsciously expanded his perception bubble three times. It was an important battle, so he did his best not to waste anything he'd learned.
[Your Perception Skill has evolved into a unique grade.]
What was a moment of enlightenment became Jake's permanent strength as his perception skill evolved!
That said, Jake hadn't seen that message.
He was lost in focus, and his entire attention had been laid on the perception bubble.
Swimming in the shadows, Ender thought, 'I momentarily lost him! He blended so well with the pillar and shadows that I lost track of him for a few seconds! He couldn't have learned much in this short time… what a talent.'
After putting credit where credit was due, Ender made a mistake.
It could have been said that he had been tempted by pride to prematurely emerge from the darkness to test Jake's talent and focus. Therefore, Ender appeared in front of Jake, whose eyes were wide open and ready to intercept any challenge thrown at him!
Before he realized this, Jake drew his bowstring and let the arrow fly!
Ender was also shocked to see himself flying straight into Jake!
The arrow hit his beak, drawing a few cracks on it! Ender's speed significantly fell off.
Jake released the second arrow in a trance, followed by the third, boosted by his Death's Lock! While the second only caused one crack on Ender's beak as he got the hang of his feelings and motion, the third one once again threw him out of his flow as it hit straight in the center, drawing a web of cracks!
[-165 HP!]
[-129 HP!]
[-395 HP!]
Ender soared up to the ceiling of darkness while screeching in agony.
'Got him! Keep pressing forward!' Jake stood up, aiming his bow. For some reason, he felt like his perception skill cleaned up more than just a path for him. His skill seemed to have lightened up even the darkness, facilitating him so much that he could easily see Ender's dark feathers and white cracked beak!
It was because Jake's perception skill upped in grade.
He also locked the fourth arrow with Death's Lock!
It flew like a bronze eagle toward the black predator!
'Don't let him escape to his darkness, Odin!' Jake inwardly shouted.
[You have used The Call Of The Wolf Boss.]
Appearing above Ender, Odin instantly opened his jaw to take one of his wings.
Unfortunately, Ender had been ready for that since the start. The only way for Odin to stop him was to approach from above him, just because Odin couldn't fly or control himself well while flying.
He was just a wolf, after all.
Which was why Ender spun and slammed his right wing into Odin's face, sending him flying to the side.
Odin, however, had also become stronger!
He didn't let the force shut him down and kept his eyes open!
"NOW!"
Following his master's command, Odin released his prideful howl, which barreled into the eagle like a torpedo.
Ender glared at the invisible force with widened eyes until it hit him.
Once Odin dealt more than two hundred damage to him, Ender's head craned to the side, now staring at the archer below him, whose bow had been drawn and green eyes shone so much he could see his demise in them.