The moment the massive uncle-butler charged toward them, Ethan watched the scene unfold with disbelief. The bearded master beside him widened his eyes and blurted out, "I must be stupid… isn't this guy supposed to be dead?"
The butler, now transformed into a terrifying three-meter monster, radiated a violent aura. Muscles bulged everywhere on his body, and even the air seemed to twist around him. Anyone with common sense would run the opposite way.
But not the bearded master.
Without a second of hesitation, he stepped in front of Ethan and the Lord of Ravenshade, positioning himself as a human shield.
A deep gust of wind whistled through the shattered forest.
Hooom—
The butler's enormous fist—bigger than a normal person's entire head—swung down toward them like a falling boulder. The bearded master barely had time to lift his arms in defense.
The moment the giant fist connected, his arms twisted grotesquely. Bones snapped, and his entire body buckled under the force.
To Ethan, it felt like watching a tragic slow-motion scene. The bearded master's flesh rippled and distorted from face to torso… and then—
He disappeared.
Ethan turned sharply.
The bearded master was flying through the air like a ragdoll shot out of a cannon.
He smashed through giant ancient trees—one, two, three—destroying everything in a straight line. His speed didn't slow for even a moment. Finally, his body slammed into a small hill a hundred meters away and embedded itself directly inside the rock face.
Then everything went silent.
A long, deep trench was carved into the ground where his feet had scraped during the launch.
Ethan exhaled slowly.
This… was definitely the kind of "one-punch funeral service" where the tombstone came pre-installed.
With the bearded master done in a single blow, the mist-shrouded butler turned his ferocious gaze toward the Lord of Ravenshade.
The Lord, always refined and scholarly, normally looked like the calm type—thin build, golden monocle, elegant posture.
Even now, he didn't panic. Instead, he tucked away the slip of paper he had recovered earlier and murmured:
"I really need to get that saboteur to sign this."
After storing the note, he reached behind him.
And pulled out a massive battle axe.
Calling it an axe was almost disrespectful.
Its blade was literally the size of a door—broad enough to completely hide the Lord's lean frame behind it like a shield. The handle was short and heavy, clearly not meant for fancy swings. The shining light across its surface made it clear:
This was a diamond-ranked artifact. A true giant's axe.
But what amazed Ethan more was the Lord's expression.
He stared straight at the butler who had just demolished a man with a single punch… and smiled.
"Just as I thought. Your 'Dragon Cavern' talent is unreliable. I'll have to handle this myself."
BOOM—
His clothes exploded apart as his muscles burst outward like inflating steel cables. His height rose rapidly. Veins coiled around his arms like blue serpents.
The giant axe, which seemed too big to handle a moment ago, now looked just right in his hands.
He slapped the flat of the axe, producing a thunderous crack that echoed across the forest.
Then he looked up at the towering butler, grinned, and shouted:
"Come on then! Real men fight one-on-one!"
Ethan had already retreated far, wanting nothing to do with the upcoming collision of titans. Watching from a safer distance, the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Just like father, just like son…" he muttered.
Fairwind definitely inherited this madness from the Lord of Ravenshade.
But Ethan soon realized he was witnessing something beyond ordinary madness—this was a duel between monsters.
The two giants faced each other.
The butler, instead of dodging, raised his tattoo-covered arm to meet the descending axe.
CRACK—
The axe's razor edge slammed into his arm, instantly bruising and splitting flesh. Ethan could hear the bone grinding violently against the blade.
Then came the counterattack.
The butler's fist hammered straight down toward the Lord's skull.
Instead of blocking—
The Lord took the punch directly on the top of his head.
A shockwave blasted outward.
The earth split beneath his feet, collapsing into a huge crater surrounding him. Dust and gravel exploded in every direction. Blood trickled instantly from the Lord's nose, but his grin remained.
"These two… are absolute lunatics," Ethan whispered.
Fairwind clearly got his insanity from somewhere.
The Lord's first move had been a test. After confirming the butler's strength, he no longer behaved recklessly. Muscles flexing like molded iron, he tightened his stance and prepared for the real exchange.
And then it started.
A pure contest of strength. No dodging. No footwork. No hesitation.
Just fist against axe.
Bone against steel.
Skin against raw power.
The ground beneath them trembled nonstop. Every blow shattered more of the area around them. Soil, rocks, and broken trees flew through the air.
Each strike carried enough force to kill dozens of ordinary fighters outright.
Yet the two men didn't step back even half a foot.
Not once.
Their feet stayed planted in the exact same spots, like roots drilled into the earth. Only their upper bodies moved, swinging faster and harder by the second.
Ethan tried to follow the battle.
He failed.
The movements were too quick—blurs of muscle, blood, and steel.
But more importantly…
Something felt unnatural.
The earth around them was being destroyed, blown apart continuously, yet their legs remained completely unmoved.
Not a step.
Not a slip.
Not even a twitch.
Ethan frowned.
"This… doesn't add up."
But the fight raged on.
Blood mixed with sweat poured from both warriors and splattered across the shaking ground, only to evaporate instantly from the heat of their strikes.
It wasn't a stylish battle.
It wasn't a strategic battle.
It wasn't even civilized.
This was a barbaric, primal clash between two beings who had forgotten what fear was.
A real man's duel.
One-on-one.
Strength against strength.
Ethan could only watch silently from afar, his heart pounding at the insane display before him.
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