Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1774 1746. The Difference Between Today and the Past
Deimos pulled himself out of the recess in the wall.

Without the support of his body, a lot of debris fell off the wall again.

"Don't call me that weak and insignificant name!... You really don't know what's good for you."

The topaz-like blade of the Sword of Damocles gleamed with golden light, and the golden shield on Deimos' body flickered.

He looked at Lan En and Qilin coldly.

"Originally, I just wanted to ask a question. Everything will be fine after I ask it, but can't you be smarter? You had to come close to me and seek death when you should have pretended not to see it!"

"You said that as if you could believe it yourself." The demon hunter sneered, tilting his head as he sat on his horse and looked at the golden opponent. "You just... If you can't get any more out of me, I don't think you will just let Phidias go, right?"

Lan looked at Demos with burning eyes: "Even if this poor sculptor really only researched those three words, and he told you all of them. But as long as you think he hasn't finished, then he hasn't finished, right?"

"Ha!" Demos suddenly laughed maliciously and perversely, and then said, "You know, Lan? Sometimes I think you, who slept with her, understand me better than my stupid sister."

"Don't be stupid." Lan En didn't look at him kindly. "All I know about you comes from Cassandra, that's all."

The flannel ball dragged Thesticles, who was much bigger than it, out of the workshop.

Later, it saw that although Phidias had turned over and got down from the marble, he was still trembling with pain and unable to walk. It quickly trotted over, dragging the sculptor with it, and walked outside.

By this time, Demos no longer cared about their actions.

"In addition to a kitten that can speak human language, you also found a Pegasus?" The Chosen One of the Cult of Order paced and looked up and down at Qilin and Lan En. "Is this the source of your courage to stand in front of me? You can always run away if you can't win?"

He had a sarcastic smile on his face, and his hair was tied into braids with small gold rings, swaying with his steps.

Lan En looked strange at this: "Hearing what you said, I am a little curious. In your memory, what was the last time we met like?"

The last time they fought was at the Parthenon, where the two men almost demolished that magnificent building.

At that time, Lan En hadn't even had the [Hymn Gland] implanted.

In terms of basic physical fitness, because the implantation of [muscle strengthening organs] and [bone strengthening organs] has been completed, it is similar to a regular Space Marine without power armor.

This put him at a disadvantage in the hard wrestling with Demos at the time.

Deimos's Isu genes, like the Sword of Damocles in his hand, have long been elevated to their peak.

But at the end of that confrontation, although Lan was at a disadvantage in terms of pure physical fitness, he still relied on his skills that were beyond ordinary people's imagination and had been honed and expanded through several worlds to completely defeat Demos, and in the end he had to retreat in embarrassment.

But... in this guy's eyes, he wouldn't think that he won last time, right?
Lan En was a little confused about how Cassandra, his somewhat silly brother, came up with this idea in his mind.

Is this guy a little too arrogant?
Ancient Greek Winning Science?
"But...it doesn't matter."

The witcher dismounted under Demos's gaze and patted the Qilin's neck, asking it to move away a little.

He opened his arms and walked towards Deimos.

"If you're afraid of Qilin, it's okay for me to tell it to go away."

"Scared?" Deimos still smiled perversely, staring into Lan's amber cat eyes, "I just don't want to scare it away. A Pegasus is worthy of the status of a demigod. Just like Perseus."

"I'm tired of hearing that, honestly." Lan En walked closer. The height difference between them made the witcher lower his head while the other looked up to keep their eyes on each other. "I remember you said the same thing when you last saw the fluff ball. What happened next?"

The witcher tilted his head, his distressed look as if he couldn't remember anything was so annoying!

The two men were already close enough to be within each other's attack range, so Demos was now completely indulging in his inner anger.

"bass!"

A flash of golden light!
The sword of Damocles suddenly rose from the place where Deimos had originally placed beside him!

A golden fan-shaped afterimage was left in the air, and it slashed towards Lan En's neck!

From the moment the two of them got close to each other within attack distance, they had actually declared war on each other.

From that moment on, when to take action depends on their own judgment and choice. There is no such thing as sneak attacks or surprise attacks.

But he decided to take action first, but Lan En was quick enough to catch up!
A bright silver light flashed from the side of the witcher.

"when!"

The collision between the steel caused a spark to explode! The brightness of the spark even made the surrounding environment appear abruptly dark in contrast.

And in this flash of spark, the strange expression on Demos' face was illuminated.

His face still showed the smugness and ruthlessness from the previous moment, but also the astonishment and disbelief from the next moment.

It is in the mixed zone where facial expressions change instantly.

"His speed and strength... overwhelmed me?!" Demos was probably the only one who knew the confusion in his heart.

The Cult of Kosmos shaped his mind into a self-important demigod since childhood, and he has indeed always regarded himself as a demigod.

The concentration of Isu genes is probably unparalleled in this world, and it is coupled with the highest level of Isu artifacts directly produced from the smelting furnaces left behind by the Isu people.

He and Cassandra will undoubtedly be the most powerful individuals in the history of mankind in this world.

Their respective successful battlefield careers also built up this confidence in their hearts.

So when Demos and Lann faced off for the first time.

He was superior to Lan En in the most basic physical fitness, which was not surprising to him at all and he even felt it was natural.

Because in his eyes, Lan En might have a little bit of "God's bloodline", but he could never be compared with a demigod like himself. It was only right that he could suppress him.

But what is happening now?!

The force of the Sword of Damocles caused the blade that was deflected by [Dengli] to rise uncontrollably with Demos' arm.

His arm muscles were eager to retract his flying arm and defend his chest with the Greek dagger, but the inertia of the sword could not be completely offset at this time!
In a sword fight, this was a case of someone breaking through the defense! The goal was wide open and the defensive posture collapsed!
He was the one who made the first move!
Lan En drew his sword later, but was able to catch up with the blade that he had chopped out first, which proved that Lan En was faster than him.

[Climbing Carp] This technique was not unfamiliar to Demos as he had suffered a loss once before.

But now his arm was directly knocked off? This was a crushing blow from naked strength!

I am already the pinnacle of humanity, so why is there someone stronger than me? Why is the person who is stronger than me a person who was once inferior to me?

At this moment, Demos' mind was almost in a mess.

His mind, shaped by the Cult of Order, could neither understand nor accept such a thing.

But there is actually some skill involved.

The [Dengli] that Demos had personally experienced was really just [Ashina Style - Dengli]. But now when Lann made a move, it was directly the completed move of [Water Shape Sword], [Reverse Wave].

It's just that Demos couldn't even feel the difference with his own body - the difference in skills between him and Lan was greater than the physical difference.

So the current situation is actually that Lan En is completely crushing him.

Demos' mind was still reeling from the unbelievable events before his eyes, but Lan was not ready to stop.

The Sword of the Lady of the Lake brought out a streak of silver light, which contrasted diametrically with the golden light of the Sword of Damocles. For a moment, apart from the sparks that burst out between them, it was actually very gorgeous.

Lan En never underestimated the technology of the Isu people. After all, he had really wanted a set of armor that integrated Isu technology.

The Spear of Leonidas and the Sword of Damocles are both high-end items among Isu creations.

Now, if his [Smaug] armor uses the dragon scale part to block the opponent's sharp blade, Lan En doesn't think it's a big deal. His confidence in Smaug's scales comes from the fact that he once killed Smaug with his own hands.

However, the inner layer and joints of this armor are made of the thick black skin of the Mist Nest Lord Tyrannosaurus.

Lan En felt that this weak spot would not be ideal for defending against the sharp blades made with Isu technology.

Arondite used the [Reverse Wave] technique to knock Demos' arm away, but this also put Lan's blade in a position that was not conducive to chopping.

So the demon hunter simply turned the blade backwards, and with the weighted ball carved into the shape of a roaring bear's head at the end of the handle, he smashed it three times at Deimos' head with unparalleled speed and crispness, "bang bang bang!"
The three blows with the weighted ball are aimed at the forehead, philtrum and chin, three places rich in nerves and brain tissue.

Lan's control and skills make him both swift and terrifyingly accurate.

A normal person would fall to the ground immediately if hit by even one of them.

But Isu technology is shocking.

Even though Demos himself didn't react in time and was hit on the head with three heavy hammers, the golden shield activated by the Sword of Damocles still protected him tightly.

But the protective shield is not perfect.

The first time, Lan En just used the weighted ball to hit the person normally.

The abnormal feel made him keenly aware of the protective shield, and a moment later, in conjunction with the biological intelligent brain, he even figured out many parameters of the protective shield.

For example, its thickness, the precise modeling of its contours on the human body surface, the degree to which it weakens external forces, and so on.

When the second counterweight ball hit down, a handful of white smoke suddenly emerged from behind Demos' head.

——That was the physical strength, energy, and other biological energy that was beaten out of his body.

(End of this chapter)