As the Sin of Wrath was feeling more and more helpless, the Sin of Pride was watching the battle with complete scrutiny, making sure to watch each and every one of the moves the intruder made so as to create countermeasures and to find an unknown weakness present within the opponent.
But as the battle went on and on, a cold realization appeared in the mind of the leader and the most powerful of all the sins.
"Another Fate Breaker, an anomaly has been repeated in this world. And we were unlucky enough to be chosen as the whetstone," he muttered as he let out a sigh of defeat.
He stopped the ritual to open the seal and stood up.
"We can't risk our existence on the chance that the seal will open while the fight is going on," he muttered as suddenly a spear appeared in his hand.
"Maybe he might have broken fate, maybe he has the potential to be the strongest one day. But today—today he will fall, no matter what price I have to pay to do it," Pride muttered with a resolute expression in his mind.
At the same time, the fight was going on without any pause.
Right now, Karna was completely dominating the fight unlike before. He was able to completely read Wrath's movements even before he started using them, thereby predicting the duel very easily.
'If this was a few weeks ago, I might not have lasted this long in this fight. If not for my experience with Zero and the increased power from smashing Nirvana, this would have ended up as another Drakon battle with me having no chance to survive,' Karna thought as he kicked Wrath's elbow, thereby stopping his momentum and diverting his punch very easily. And right when Wrath lost his balance, a right hook made of a drill of death energy struck straight into his jaw.
"Alright, let's finish this," Karna muttered as he started channelling death energy into his fists. The next strikes would be focused on injecting this energy into Wrath so as to destroy him like he destroyed the other sins.
From then on, the fight ceased quickly. The next two strikes involved Karna changing his fists into claws that injected the energy of death directly into Wrath's head and chest, making him freeze in stillness and ultimately resulting in him turning to ashes like the other sins.
Seeing the sin turn to ashes, Karna finally let out a deep breath.
"Damn, that fight was—"
SHUCK!!!
Karna froze as he suddenly found himself stabbed from the back. As he looked, he realized there was a spear piercing through his back and exiting through the front.
Before he could even comprehend what had happened, the spear was pulled back and he fell forward to the ground.
"A being, no matter which species, becomes completely distracted in one moment. And that is when they achieve victory against their foe," Pride said as he prepared his spear again to attack, but Karna rolled out of the way immediately. He could feel the spear had pierced his lungs but had missed his heart.
But even if he had escaped sudden death, he was still at risk of dying within minutes due to the fatal wound he currently had in his body. He could feel the blood entering his lungs from the wounds. Within minutes he would die from asphyxiation if not treated properly.
"As the Sin of Pride, I was entirely different from my other companions," Pride started monologuing as he began moving towards Karna. "Unlike the others who got powers that complemented their sins, I got the power that was the direct opposite."
He suddenly vanished from Karna's sight again. But this time Karna was unable to determine his location, even though the death aura currently released by Karna had reached a terrifying level after he had killed Wrath.
"Instead of having a power that showed my majesty, I was given a power that required me to hide and attack my opponents from their blind spots without having the strength to face them head on."
Karna was suddenly slashed from the side, which made him immediately roll away to another place as his left arm was now severed at the elbow.
"So I hid my power and used my wits to win battles. I made a vow to myself never to use that blasted power again. But now, I applaud you, human. You have forced me to use this power to kill you," Pride declared from a direction Karna was unable to perceive.
"Really, if you have the guts, show me you can kill me, you cowardly bastard!" Karna suddenly began shouting into the air.
SCHLK!!!
Suddenly, the spear went directly through Karna's heart, making him freeze completely.
"Is that your last words?" Pride said as he directly stood in front of Karna.
Karna's arms weakly came up and clasped Pride's hand, which was holding the base of the spear closer to its sharp edge. He then slowly began pulling the spear out.
"Oh, has your intelligence reduced the moment you came near death? Or are you wishing for a quicker death by removing the spear from your body?" Pride muttered as Karna pushed weakly at the spear. But even then, the strength was enough to push it slowly out of his body.
"Well, what do you know? Fate Breakers are weak when they are young, I suppose. But after I resurrect the others and spread our powers through every living being in this world, I will make sure another one like you is never born again. And after we conquer this world, the entire multiverse waits for our arrival."
By now, Karna had managed to take the entire spear out of his body, but the moment he did, blood started flowing out very quickly.
Pride's smile widened as he saw this. He then noticed Karna trying to mutter something. But the wounds had made him so weak that he was unable to do it loudly enough.
Pride went closer to hear his last words.
"You… you should have…"
"You are weak, my dear prey. You need to be even louder if you want me to hear your last words," Pride said mockingly.
But instead of getting frustrated, Karna grinned at what he had said, and spoke his words a bit more loudly.
"You should have gone for the head." And the moment he said it, Pride started to get a bad feeling, as he felt Karna's arm—still holding his spear and hand—tighten suddenly.
Then a light shaped like a horse's head glowed from the right pocket of Karna's pants.
A/N- hope you like it.