I rely on myself

Chapter 459 Mercenaries and Gods

"........."

Perseus did not make any move to stop Liliana and the others from leaving. Instead, he focused his attention entirely on Luke and Kusanagi Godou.

Both Luke and Kusanagi Godou were happy with this, so they didn't take any drastic actions. They just remained vigilant until Liliana and the others had left a sufficient distance.

"Thank you, God Perseus. You are truly a hero, for being so generous as to let the enemy go."

Luke spoke the words of praise with a smile on his face. Although they had been mentally prepared to die when they accepted the commission, after all, the enemy they were going to be was God.

Not to mention the ordinary members, even Luke himself is at certain risk. Although he is not likely to lose his life, he is likely to be injured. And this is just him alone.

If it were those weaker members, it would be even more of a problem. Even with the protection of the team leader, there would still be great risks.

Although it cannot be seen on the surface, Luke still cherishes every member of his team very much, so to be able to get such a result, even if the other party is an enemy, he still wants to say thank you to the other party.

"No need to do that. I'm not that magnanimous. You're just mistaken. They're not worth my effort. The only real enemies, besides the God Slayer over there, are you, a man with the strange power of steel. It's an interesting power. Is this what you rely on to break in here?"

Perseus uttered words that completely revealed the arrogance of a god, because he believed that other people had no ability to threaten him, so he did not take them seriously at all.

“…I see, this is truly an arrogance befitting of a god. And I guess you’ve seen through it. I don’t think I can keep it a secret forever, but it’s still a headache to be discovered right at the beginning!”

Although he said this, Luke's face did not show any distress. On the contrary, the smile on his face became even more intense. It was the expression of a challenger.

That was an expression of high morale from seeing someone worthy of a full-strength challenge.

Kusanagi Godou, who was standing by, was a little surprised when he saw this scene. It seemed that he could not reconcile the person in front of him with the person he met at the party.

Perseus on the other side was different. Feeling the amazing fighting spirit emanating from Luke, he instantly became interested and couldn't help but reveal a crazy smile on his face.

"That's right! This fighting spirit is the best proof that you are undoubtedly a true warrior! I didn't expect that there is still someone like you in this era. It couldn't be better!"

Perseus clenched the sword in his hand, ready to strike a fatal blow at any time.

Luke did not neglect this either. He held the giant sword vertically in front of him with both hands, which was a very standard posture.

The two men faced each other like this, both emitting amazing momentum and attacking each other, hoping to win first.

The two invisible and intangible auras collided with each other, neither giving in. Although it could not be seen, people who were present or around could feel the mental confrontation like a fight between a dragon and a tiger.

But soon Luke's face turned ugly. As time went on, the expression on his face became uglier and uglier, and he even kept sweating profusely, making people realize that he was obviously at a disadvantage in this first confrontation.

Such a result is actually not difficult to understand. After all, although Luke's strength is one of the best and extremely powerful among the human group, it is only limited to humans and cannot be compared with gods, so such a result occurs.

He felt that his momentum was obviously suppressed by the opponent's momentum. If this continued, he would not be able to swing the giant sword in his hand due to mental suppression before the actual fight. Thinking of this, Luke did not dare to hesitate any longer. He broke the ground with his feet, and then the reaction force instantly increased his speed to the limit and rushed in front of Perseus.

A preemptive chopped blow went towards the opponent's face.

Although Luke wanted to take the initiative, he was at a disadvantage in terms of momentum, which made the momentum of this attack obviously much weaker.

"Ah……!"

Perseus chuckled, and it was obvious that he didn't take the huge sword that was chopping at him too seriously.

Perseus turned his wrist, and the dagger that was originally placed beside him and hung naturally instantly blocked the giant sword.

"clang!!!"

With an unusually loud sound of metal collision, the giant sword and the mighty knife collided fiercely, making a shocking conflict.

Although Perseus felt an extremely astonishing force transmitted from the sword, even his palm was slightly numb.

Perseus looked at Luke with a somewhat surprised look, as if he didn't expect the other party to have such power. But he was a god after all, so he completely endured this power, and from the outside it seemed that he was not affected at all.

At the same time, Perseus also counterattacked, slightly changing the angle of the sword in his hand, and instantly the situation of the two weapons that were originally facing each other changed.

Because the angle of the sword suddenly changed, the giant sword was slipped away in an instant without anyone being able to defend itself.

Because of this sudden change, Luke's body posture changed and he was unable to react. Perseus would certainly not miss this opportunity. The sword in his hand instantly separated from the giant sword, and then he stabbed Luke in the chest.

Fortunately, as a mercenary, Luke was also a veteran with rich combat experience, so he reacted instantly at the critical moment, twisting his body with the strength of his waist, so that the upward attack missed him.

Before Luke could feel relieved, Perseus suddenly spoke, and at the same time a fatal crisis surged into his heart, making him break out in a cold sweat.

"That's a good reaction, but aren't you underestimating me a little too much?"

The coldness that was completely opposite to the relaxed tone came over him again.

After dodging the upward attack, Perseus was not discouraged at all. Instead, he turned around and used the momentum of the sword to make it even more powerful, and used it to make a horizontal slash.

Facing this attack that came again and was even more powerful.

Luke subconsciously placed the giant sword upside down in front of him as a shield, and the sword instantly chopped on the blade of the giant sword, causing a series of sparks to explode.

Although he blocked the blow, the force was still transmitted to Luke through the giant sword, and his body could not stop retreating. After retreating seven or eight steps, the force was completely removed.

(End of this chapter)