In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 16: Midnight

This, I could not let go. So, I cast <<Quicken>> and <<Instantaneous Movement>> once again, and move towards his range to launch a punch to his defenseless chest.

My speed was outstanding, so much that I had made it to the place right in front of him in a millisecond. Guess I should stop being surprised huh. I pull back my clenched fist, gathered magic power to reinforce it, and launched it. I don't know if it was a skill or not, but I could feel sonic booms resounding as my fist slowly made it towards his chest.

But just as I did, my <<Intuition>> warned me about a hostile intent rapidly approaching my position. But it was too late. It was already there.

Even faster than my reaction speed, was the dragon, Grandiore, appearing out of thin air, almost like it teleported to protect its master, stood between my fist and Zetsuen. If stood was not in a literal meaning. It's giant mouth that was surrounded with large fangs was already finished preparing to shoot its frost breath once again.

I didn't have time to chant the spell to get rid of its attack, so I could only take it head on. Let's just see who's stronger. Because dodging was impossible at this position, right when I was putting strength into my outstretched fist, I reinforced it even more using magic.

This was because earlier, while Zetsuen was spreading the magic circle, I took the time to learn from <<Ruler's Skill Tome>>, the skills that pertained to sensing and controlling magic power in the air and body.

They were <<Magic Power Sensing>>, <<Mana Control>>, and <<Magic Mastery>>.

I didn't have the time to level them all up to Lv 5, but I judged them useful even at their present low-level. After a while, I could tell that the fog being released from the mysterious ring, could be controlled, but only slightly.

So the more I reinforced my fist, the dark fog encroached upon it more and more, almost dying my skin black. But this made my fist, harder and more heavier. I could see that this punch might even destroy a building, looking at it with <<Estimate>>.

When my fist, and the dragon Grandiore's breath of chilling blizzard light collided, a bright explosion of black and white dominated the surroundings. It seemed that my fist could not completely suppress the ethereal glow and freezing power of its last resort breath, and I was slowly being pushed back.

Still, I could not give up. This dragon, who was putting its life on the line for its master was giving its all to fight against me. I would not be me anymore if I refuse this challenge!

I gathered even more power, to aid my plight in reversing the very laws of causality itself.

Slowly, but surely, I felt my fist pushing back. It seems that we had reached a stalemate.

I just needed one trigger, something to decide it.

Right as I was thinking that, I heard a loud ringing of a bell. It seemed to have come from the city. It was so loud that even I could hear it from here. I don't know why it rang, but it was a strangely familiar sound. I can't remember where I heard it though.

At that moment, I felt my body growing hot, and filled with something unknown.

What..

What is this......sudden burst of strength?

I couldn't tell what it was exactly, but I felt like I was unbeatable right now.

The heaviness and resistance from before had disappeared. This, this was the trigger. Now, let's take advantage of it right now.