Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 726 - 87: Madness_1

Chapter 726: Chapter 87: Madness_1

Herr was starting to regret it. He felt he would rather face three Pannis’s in his previous state than one consumed by rage. In his mind, Pannis had gone completely mad, entirely bereft of reason. Just a few minutes ago, after Pannis finished his last sentence, he launched himself like lightning, completely forsaking any defensive moves, initiating an onslaught of unprecedented fierceness and determination. It felt like Pannis would rather give up his life than not drag Herr down to hell with him.

Even Aske, a man as cold as stone, couldn’t help but convey astonishment. In all their years of knowing each other, Pannis’s image had always been steady, his behavior elegant, his demeanor graceful. Never has he seen Pannis like this, no longer did he see the warm smile, detailed plans, composed confidence like before. Instead, Pannis was like a cornered beast, roaring at an enemy stronger than himself, using everything in his power to attack, even if it meant injuring himself, determined to leave another mark on the enemy.

Indeed, Pannis seemed like a madman, as if he had forgotten everything; the slicing of the scythe, the chill of the frost, the loss of blood, the loss of limbs– none of that mattered anymore. His belly was about to be pierced? It didn’t matter; it would freeze soon anyway. His intestines were about to be severed? It didn’t matter; apart from the pain, he wouldn’t die instantly. His fingers were about to be severed? That didn’t matter either; losing a finger wouldn’t affect his fighting ability greatly. His neck was about to be slashed? That, he should dodge; dead men have no combat power. Pannis stayed close to Herr, relentlessly trading injury for injury. His one-handed sword, dagger, wrist blade, knuckles, claws, crossbow bolts, metal spikes, fists, elbows, knees, forehead, fingernails, teeth; everything that could cause harm to the enemy, was used by Pannis as a weapon. It didn’t matter what he used, as long as he could launch another attack.

Herr was somewhat flustered; he had only faced such attacks once in his long life, now, this was the second time. The last time he faced a similar attack from Pannis was on a skyboat. Although Pannis indeed launched continuous close-quarter attacks, it was not like this, completely reckless, nor was it like this, an attack without any restrictions taken to the extreme. Despite having lived for several hundred thousand years, Herr had never faced such a crazed enemy. Herr could only minimize his damage while delivering as many fatal attacks as he could to Pannis.

But it was no use. Pannis had previously mentioned that he had discovered Herr’s fatal weakness - his lack of combat experience. Even after all these years as senior clergy, Herr hadn’t engaged in much actual close-quarters combat, especially in the past hundred thousand years; he hadn’t participated in any direct battles at all. Despite his divine grace giving him a power bonus, he was unable to utilize it to its full capacity. There were too many missed opportunities, too many vulnerabilities and too many mistakes. If not for his lifesaving light techniques, he might have already lost his life multiple times.

"Calm down." Aske only managed to catch up when Pannis launched his fourteenth attack. It was not that Aske had recovered too slowly from his surprise but that Pannis’s movements were too fast; only four seconds had passed. A dagger suddenly appeared in Herr’s path as he was forced to retreat. Barely noticing the threat when almost upon the dagger, Herr twisted his waist to dodge, creating a long cut on his waist in the process. Aske quickly retreated after his successful attack, leaving space for Pannis to continue his attack, but he still commanded, "You are too agitated. There’s still a chance if you calm down. Retreat."

"I won’t die." Pannis, clearly in a frenzied state, had a strikingly calm voice, speaking without any pause in his attack, "I am fine, never have I been as normal as I am now. Don’t worry, coordinate with me."

Aske’s granite-like face moved slightly before it returned to its usual cold hardness; he did not say anything else. The years of collaboration had filled the space between him and Pannis with tacit understandings. He knew that he could trust his human partner, Pannis, unconditionally at any time. Pannis would never let down his friends, and if Pannis said that he was fine, he knew what he was doing, and as long as Aske cooperated with him, the end would always be a glorious victory, as they had experienced countless times before.

So Aske stayed silent as their roles reversed during this silence. At the start of the battle, Pannis was mainly in charge of the defense, with the effective attacks coming from Aske. Now, however, the positions were reversed. The frenzied Pannis took on the main role of attacking using every method possible. Aske transitioned to support Pannis, trying as much as he could to reduce non-fatal attacks on Pannis, who had no regard for non-fatal attacks.

Even though Herr’s movements were disordered, he felt increasingly settled because he realized that as Pannis took on more injuries, his rage-induced outburst slowly faded – his movements seemed to slow as well. Herr knew that he just needed to hold on for a few more minutes, once Pannis’s burst state ended, they would have no chance of winning.

Not only Herr realized this, Pannis had as well. However, Pannis did not panic, instead, he just commanded, "Aske, thirty seconds."

Without wondering why, Aske immediately understood Pannis’s command due to their tacit understanding formed through the battles they have fought together. Aske suddenly leapt towards Herr, taking over Pannis’s offensive, while Pannis retreated, disappearing seven or eight meters away.

No one knew why Pannis backed out, except himself. Herr only saw Pannis standing still, reaching into his coat, not knowing what he was doing. He knew nothing good would come from whatever Pannis was doing and must stop him immediately. However, Aske was hot on his heels, creating no opportunity for him to interfere. When Herr finally found an opportunity to force Aske back, Pannis taunted him with a bizarre, mocking smile.

The next moment, Pannis disappeared from where he was, only to reappear behind Herr. Even though Herr noticed immediately and tried to stab Pannis in the chest with the end of his scythe, Pannis still reached out and fiercely clung to Herr’s waist, causing their bodies to stick together.

The very next moment, a violent explosion erupted from where the two bodies joined. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can go to m.qidian.com to read.)