When Frank was about to attack, Luke suddenly attacked the enemy’s fist with his left. The blades of the claws pierced his hands and made Frank flinch. In the next moment, Luke punched the enemy’s stomach, opening a large wound there and pushing Frank backward dozens of meters. The pain and the surprise stopped him for a moment, but soon he recovered when he saw that Luke didn’t end there. Luke suddenly charged after using Stinger, and then he used Mana Manipulation to reinforce Sonic Blade. The blast of energy covered Frank’s whole vision, and he didn’t have time to dodge it. He only moved his arms to block it.

Although he protected his head and vitals, Frank was pushed backward even more, and he collided against a tall barricade made of destroyed vehicles. Luke got quite surprised that the power of his skill increased that much, and it seemed that manipulating his mana like that to reinforce them wasn’t the only benefit.

The skill Speed Support has leveled up.

You obtained 05 status points.

The skill Sonic Blade has leveled up.

You obtained 05 status points.

By using more mana in his attacks, Luke could make them level up faster... The only issue was that Luke didn’t have a good source to recover his mana faster. On the other hand, the wounds that Frank had caused on his body had disappeared thanks to the effects of Vampirism.

"I am surprised... I knew that you weren’t a random kid since you killed one of my soldiers that day," Frank said. "Still, I thought you got lucky due to your first skill and since Mark didn’t train you. He wasn’t the type who would turn his son into a weapon, after all."

Despite the situation, Frank was calm as ever. His wounds were healing insanely fast, and it seemed that he had a vast amount of experience fighting in situations like that... Against other overlords. It was the first time that Luke fought a human that was so troublesome. Still, he had to deal with him in one way or the other. He had to defeat all overlords that he found. Otherwise, he will never obtain the power to find Aivern and defeat him.

"You could have become a decent follower, but it seems you aren’t the type that follows orders or let others command you around," Frank said. "It is a pity, but you will die here."

"You will see who is going to die... I faced many foes, and you can’t be compared to them," Luke said. "Your power, your presence... they don’t make me feel any danger for my life. You are a weakling. Just accept that and be defeated. I don’t have time to deal with small fries like you."

Luke’s words made the air around Frank change. It seemed that he was ready to take Luke a little more seriously now. As for Luke, he couldn’t care less about enemies who hold themselves back in the middle of a fight. Still, he had to be a bit careful since he could only keep up with Frank when he used Mana Manipulation.

Frank moved his right arm to the side, and then suddenly, a sword appeared flying above it. It was a light blue katana, so it was clear that it was an enchanted and powerful one. Still, knowing how much of a dumbass and prideful Frank was, Luke thought that he would choose one more of a western weapon. At the moment Frank touched the katana, Luke felt the atmosphere getting cold, and then his legs began to be covered in ice. Using his brute strength, Luke freed himself before anything more troublesome could happen. Still, Frank was already in front of him when it happened.

Frank swung his sword downward. He had become even faster than before... Still, Luke didn’t have time to do anything aside from moving his arms and blocking with his claws. The impact made his whole body tremble while it created a forty meters wide crater below them. Before ye could even land, Frank turned his body and then kicked Luke’s left side. All the air left his lungs as he felt his ribs cracking as if they were pebbles. Luke flew to the side thanks to the impact, and before he could even hit the ground the first time, Frank approached and swung his sword again.

Luke used Checkpoint, but he still landed in the first place while rolling on the ground. It was quite the unsightly way to escape an attack, but Luke didn’t have time to do anything else.

"Hah, big words for someone who fights in such a pathetic way," Frank said while he watched Luke getting up.

"You can fight while looking cool as much as you can..." Luke said. "I will fight and survive doing whatever is necessary because I fight for myself, and not to be admired by others. I will defeat you and then once again I will rise and keep fighting because the whole universe is filled with pieces of shit like you. Now shut up and do your worst."

Frank just dashed and swung his sword at Luke. He did the same, but Luke fired Spark Ball with his left hand. When the two weapons collided, the spark ball electrocuted both of them, but at that point in time, Luke was used to that. He got hit by lightning bolts many times over the last year. Thanks to that, Frank got paralyzed for half a second more.

Luke used that time to prepare a single punch and then buffed his strength with Strength support. He aimed at Frank’s face trying to get his eyes since it was the shortest spot toward his brain. However, even if his body couldn’t move, Frank could use his brain, and he used Mana Shield at the last moment.

The spell blocked the impact, but Frank still was sent flying in the opposite direction. When Frank finally stopped, he saw Luke getting some mana potions from the shop instead of attacking. It seemed that he could only keep up thanks to some spells, and he used a lot of mana to do so...