Protagonist?Antagonist? I Reject Both

Chapter 237 237:What Comes After Death?

A look of relief flashed on the faces of the old men as they saw the battle close to concluding.

But despite their relief, a sense of guilt pricked their consciousness.

Meanwhile, everyone else wore solemn, darkened expressions. Harold, however, caressed his beard with an expression as if he had done something great to be praised.

Tang Hao shook his head, seeing Harold's proud expression.

"Was it really necessary?"

"Hmmm!" Harold just snorted without speaking.

During the final clash, he cut through the void using his spatial ability and sent a full-power attack of sword qi that he had been nurturing for ages.

The destructive strength of the attack was enough to cut through a part of the whole estate, and it was even more amazing that the boy managed to neutralize it.

Years of hard work had gone to waste just to take care of a mere ant. That reason alone was enough to make him want to kill that bastard a hundred times.

Tang Hao felt disgusted with himself for locking the space around the boy. Lowering his strength to deal with a small brat was utterly embarrassing and shameful, leaving a dark stain on his reputation.

Not only he, but no one wanted to do this, however Harold tempted them with benefits.

And it was such a treasure that they couldn't refuse.

Anyone who had lived long enough and fought in a dimensional plane knew that there was nothing greater than interest. If you remained adamant about your beliefs and refused to bend to the flow of time, you would be wiped out.

But amidst the grave silence, Maz screamed out.

"Harold, you said you would just sneak attack, so what was that? Can it even be called a sneak attack? Aren't you ashamed to interfere with the younger one's fight? You just needed to save Seph but you..." Maz didn't utter the last words.

"Stop being a hypocrite," Harold shouted.

"Are you feeling guilty now?" Harold teased with a twisted grin.

"And what do you mean by saving Seph? My grandson would never lose to anybody. He can deal with that imprudent bastard easily."

"Is that why you attacked so fiercely?" Wang Tianmeng asked with a solemn expression.

Previously, Seph was going to marry Ella first, and then her granddaughter. But the situation changed when Seph broke into Martial Emperor and was ordered to leave for the Dimensional zones to begin his duty.

But who knew such a calamity would ram them on the very wedding day?

He was angry that his granddaughter's wedding was ruined. After all, who wouldn't be?

Still, it was too much to attack a 20-year-old.

Such talented offspring are hard to come by and should be guarded and trained properly, alas…

"We should have forced them to calm down and pull back instead of helping Seph to kill," Wang Tianmeng muttered with a heavy sigh.

"I did because he is not only trespassing but also destroying my property."

Seeing things getting ugly, Harold decided to ease the tension.

"Hey...All of you calm down...what's done is done?"

Hearing his words, everyone kept quiet and looked down. But at that moment, for some reason, everyone felt a bad foreboding.

Having fought for many years and experienced all kinds of situations, their senses had been honed to extremes and could perceive supernatural things.

And for some reason, their senses were pricked by an ominous feeling.

......

Seph's sword dug straight into Leon, aiming for his head, which had drooped down. But at the last moment, Leon's body acted on its own.

He dropped the heavy sword and pulled back his dead tired body filled with cuts that exposed the hard bones.

His eyes gleamed, and he moved his head with extreme speed.

A stretch beyond the extremity that even snapped the muscles of his neck, transferring a searing pain into his brain.

As his head moved upward, Seph's sword pierced straight into Leon's chest.

PFTTTT!

Leon whacked his hand to slam Seph away, but Seph was a step faster. With a yank, he pulled the sword that flung back and blocked Leon's right arm as it punched.

BANG!

A loud gust of wind slammed him, and the pain Seph felt in his slap numbed his right arm, almost distracting him. But gritting his teeth, he activated the special card for the last time.

[Time Freeze]

"NOWWWW!"

Then, with a scream, he shot his left hand.

His left hand struck hard onto Leon's chest, and he felt as if he was hitting metal. But now that he had an opportunity, how could he let it go?

Time Freeze works only for 3 seconds, and he had spent a whopping 40,000 system points for three-time uses.

So, no matter what, he couldn't let it go to waste.

Lightning condensed over his palm and coated it as Seph cut through.

Leon's flesh melted and was blasted open by the force. The hard sternum of the rib cage was broken apart.

Making his way, Seph's fingers clasped his tightly, and with force, he pulled it out and burst the heart.

BOOOOM!

A cataclysmic sound erupted as Leon's heart exploded into pieces of flesh.

The heart was the prime center for channeling and storing qi. With Leon's heart being a modified dragon heart, the amount of qi was quite great and exploded with a strong shockwave that sent Seph flying with a bloodied, destroyed left hand.

As soon as the blast dispersed, time for Leon to return to normal, and spurting a fountain of blood from his lips, Leon's knees buckled up, and he fell on the floor.

The weakness followed by dizziness washed over him. Despite that, his body didn't fall flat, rather he collapsed on his knees looking down with a pale expression.

Seph, who crashed onto the ground, stared at his body, palms. The flesh on his fingers had eroded along with nails.

A piece of bone and carcass was reflected in his eyes. A gut-

wrenching pain clouded his mind, but it wasn't comparable to a burning heart and loss.

First, he failed his primary mission, which would put a severe limitation on him. After this fight was over, his stats would be drastically reduced, and a harsh penalty would be placed upon him.

"Except for system points, I won't be getting anything."

"What a fucking loss!" As Seph screamed, a sudden realization dawned on him.

"Wait a minute! I still hadn't heard the notification. Is he still alive?"

Seph's eyes locked on the motionless, pale Leon, and he could feel his life slowly drawing away.

As he got up, wondering if he should still be that guy, two soft screams erupted and drew Seph's attention to his future wives.

Seph turned towards them, and in turn, failed to notice Leon's lips widening apart, forming an eerie smile.