In My Favorite Novel As The Final Villain

But before the battle began, Theos declared with a smile. "Let me make this clear, I am not a challenger, I don't want to be a King. I want to kill you so that you stop being a King and finally the Vampire race of this territory will prosper."

His words caused a violent reaction from Ezreal.

"How dare you!" he roared.

Like a meteor, he flew swooping towards Theos, extending his sword to perform a great slash, but Theos already predicted his moves.

With speed, he moved to the side to dodge the powerful attack that hit the ground, leaving a giant crater.

'My, if that isn't a monster,' thought Theos. 'His terrifying power, worthy of being a Grand Master rank.'

According to the strength he perceived in that attack and also thanks to Ezreal's information in the novel, it is a Grandmaster rank, an Intermediate Grandmaster more specifically.

"Let's try this," he muttered, extending his hand, he again accumulated a large amount of negative energy.

It didn't take him a second to launch the shattering beam again, going towards Ezreal who was barely getting up after his offensive.

But as a King of his territory, was he going to be so easily surprised? No! He had lived hundreds of years, with tens or even hundreds of struggles to get to where he is, on the throne.

Quickly he predicted that an attack was going to come towards his side, so he drew his crimson sword to block the lightning.

*Boom!

The great force of the negative energy beam was enough to produce an explosion upon impacting Ezreal's sword, which as a result slid more than a dozen meters.

"..."

The two said nothing, instead, they spoke with their murderous intentions, so great that they could choke anyone.

*Boom*

*Boom*

The two clashed a couple of times with their swords, even though Theos is a Master rank, thanks to his Path and Mana he could easily fight Ezreal, a Grand Master.

The fight was close for long minutes, so intense and destructive that it left marks and cracks everywhere.

Ezreal's armor and sword are so tough that Theos could not break them, at least not now.

'If he managed to impact a cut with my sword, it will be the end of him,' Theos concluded.

But by saying it was easier than doing it, Ezreal's Way gave him the ability to almost impossible to catch him off guard.

Still, he did not give up. Shifting between the rocks, Theos jumped and then flew. Ezreal followed him too, using his wings.

From one moment to the next, the battle became a battle on high!

Theos did not underestimate his enemy for a moment, for the first time, he accumulated negative energy in several different points near his body, to expel them in the form of rays.

Beams of negative energy created by his very aura!

The degree of his Mana mastery lived up to his rank, a Master.

Seeing the Mana bolts that were about to hit him, as a Grand Master and having the ability to create objects with Mana, Ezreal concentrated his Mana, forming an impenetrable barrier.

*Boom

*Boom

Throughout the vampiric territory, the rumbling of the explosions produced by the negative rays could be heard. But the barrier created by Ezreal was not destroyed, it did not even receive a small crack, as flawless as the moment it was created.

"That's all you got?" commented Ezreal mockingly.

Scattering the barrier, he flew straight at Theos aggressively, thus creating several slashes in the air.

Because of the speed of his slashes and the mana he put into them, the slashes traveled at a terrifying speed towards Theos.

"Underworld," Theos chanted as he watched more than a dozen slashes approach him.

Around Ezreal and Theos formed a cube made by the particles of darkness expelled from Theos' body, plus his own Mana. Death Mana.

Hands of darkness materialized, grasping Mana's slashes.

"This is what I got," Theos smiled.

He had trained and learned for days about this ability, his days off weren't just sleeping and planning. As a villain who is destined to die, was he going to rest and wait for his death?

No! It was not an option.

The time he trained also further perfected the most powerful ability he possessed from his Death Mana, Underworld.

Feeling his body lighter, Theos moved throughout the underworld with such a high speed that even Ezreal's eyes couldn't keep up with him.

"One shit, Crimson Glow!" cried Ezreal in despair, radiating a colossal amount of power from his body.

"A thousand hands of death," whispered Theos, with one command a thousand hands of darkness appeared to grab and cover Ezreal's body.

As the hands covered Ezreal, the Mana around Ezreal grew brighter and brighter until finally... It exploded.

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*Boom*

Outside, endless cracks appeared in the cube of darkness, only to explode into millions of pieces and turn into particles of Mana...

Two figures flew out and landed on the ground, creating two giant craters.

"Come on... King Ezreal, we saved!"

"You can do it, King Ezreal!"

The destruction and collision of battle could be heard throughout the vampire territory, naturally, all the surviving vampires knew... That their King is fighting for the freedom of his kingdom.

The vampires rose and roared to the sky, supporting their King in this momentous fight.

The guards did not attack, at least not now, as none of these vampires ran to escape.

But they watched with concern as their young master, Theos, slumped on the ground.

"Do you observe that difference?", suddenly a question was heard throughout the territory, not because the voice was loud, but because... It sounds full of confidence and determination, impossible to ignore.

Theos stared at the other end, witnessing Ezreal stand up stronger than ever.

He continued. "That's the difference between you and me, while I am fighting for my kingdom and these are supporting me, you are alone, the guards you have are only there to ensure your safety and their safety, you know that if you die, they will die too."

These words nailed a before and after in the battle, and all the vampires shouted in support. Theos, on the other hand, opened his eyes slightly in surprise.

'Boy is he interesting, he knows I'm a very important noble or at least have an important status,' the black-haired man thought, also rising to his feet.

The damage from the battle was not few, thanks to Ezreal's armor, the latter suffered no damage, but Theos was different, the Crimson Glow made severe burns all over his face.

With each passing second, the skin on the right side of his face peeled off.

If that wasn't enough, his other brutal wounds demanded urgent care, but....

Is he going to stop feeling a little pain?

Not!

Theos expanded the range of his Mana to unimaginable heights.

At the same time, a smile was drawn on his lips, once confident, now it had turned into a crazed grin.

'How much satisfaction would I feel, watching this King witnessing his entire beloved kingdom being tortured to death? Witnessing his misfortune and how he is destroyed... It's... Exciting. It would be unforgettable!'

At the thought of such a scenario, he couldn't control his body from excitement.

In just a blink of an eye, Theos arrived in front of Ezreal again, just like how the fight started. However, this time there was a noticeable difference.

The madness had completely taken over Theos' mind... Not realizing that the marks were spreading across his body.

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