Chapter 400: 400


    After the battle with Leon, Dan simply stood there unmoving . The truth was after using TRANSCEND Dan’s consciousness was already flickering on and off . When he was hit in the back by Leon’s scythe Dan was already unconscious then, and his body simply moved on its own . He was able to kill Leon this way as he sustained multiple injuries .


    A few minutes after Leon’s death, Dan was jolted awake as an indescribable pain assaulted him . Blood flowed out of his body like a river . If it was any other person, even someone at Richter’s level had so much bloode out of him, he would already have fainted and might’ve died, but it was different for Dan . Aside from Rika who was biologically better than all of humanity, the endurance of Dan’s body was only second to her .


    Dan was pretty much a living breathing, human tank at this point . Still, even for him, this much damage was not something he could handle . Coupled with the fact that, the bacsh from using TRANSCEND was assaulting him, Dan was supposed to have fainted and died already . Yet with his unrivaled willpower, Dan was able to power through .


    He started to drag his body forward with so much difficulty . If anyone were watching him, they would feel his pain as well, since it was already painful to simply watch . The once-mighty Blond Devil who fought tanks for enjoyment was basically dead now but still, he continued onward . As he forced his body to move bearing unimaginable pain, he only had the promise to his daughter on his mind .


    ’What kind of a father am I, if I keep on failing to keep my promises to my daughter?! Stupid body! Move already!’ Dan’s body which was bleeding all over continued to move one step at a time . As he slid forward, Dan started to remove the weapons that stuck into his body . It was easy to remove the scythe that clung to his back, but the daggers that pierced his chest were a whole other matter .


    It took Dan everything he got to remove those from his chest . He almost lost consciousness multiple times as he tried removing the pieces of the daggers out of his chest . Once all the weapons that were stuck on him were removed, Dan started to bleed even more .


    In his current state, Dan could no longer perform the blood stopping pressure point move . He could no longer exert any strength in his hands as they felt like jelly at the moment . His once-powerful arms became weights that slowed him down . His powerful body that was stronger than steel was now full of holes . His eyes that used to glimmer with pride and passion was now empty and hollow . The once-powerful Devil of the battlefield, the Blond Devil Dan Regius looked extremely pathetic at this point .


    Even his enemies would look at him in pity if they saw him in this state .


    . . .


    As Dan kept on going he remembered his family . His sons have grown into fine young men, his daughter turned into a beautiful flower . While his wife remained ever valiant, ever strong, ever beautiful . She who waited for him all these years, she who stood tall and unshakable, that figure of hers etched in his mind .


    "What . . . The . . . HELL! . . . AM . . . I . . . DOING!" Dan’s voice that sounded hoarse at first slowly got louder and louder . After shouting his feelings Dan started coughing and even coughed up blood . Still, with renewed vigor, Dan pushed onward, even in extreme pain, even when his strength was spent he kept on moving ever forward .


    ’What kind of father am I, if I always break my promises to my daughter! What kind of father am I, if I don’t watch my sons be true men! What kind of husband am I if I don’t return home to my wife!’


    As his vision has gone blurry, Dan could practically see a blurry mirage of his family in the distance smiling at him . They were all there waiting for him .


    ’I’m going to go home, no matter what! I will return home!’ Dan’s breathing was getting heavier and heavier, as he was already low on oxygen . Dan was sure that he was experiencing Hypoxemia but that didn’t matter he just needed to move onward, onward and onward .


    He already left his family for ten years, because of his dream to make his martial arts into the most powerful . He sacrificed everything for that purpose, even his family . Now that he was nearing his end, he finally figured out that all of that didn’t matter . It was a cliche but now he understood that what was important was always near him . Dan smiled sarcastically at himself thinking of how stupid he was .


    As a warrior, Dan was never afraid of death . What he was truly afraid of was being hated by his family . If he doesn’t fulfill his promise to his daughter she would surely truly hate him this time . If he doesn’te home his sons and his wife might not wait for him anymore .


    Dan who was already near death noticed that he was no longer moving . His legs were no longer responding to hismands . Still, that didn’t stop him, using his heavy arms he tried crawling forward . It was then Dan smelled something weird in the air . Even though he was already having problems breathing he still noticed this minor change .


    When he got a whiff of this unknown substance in the air, Dan’s consciousness which was already on the verge of turning off, was now truly about to make him faint . As he was slowly losing consciousness Dan started coughing arger amount of blood .


    Something was definitely happening to his body, but because of his injuries, he was sure that his body wouldn’t be able to handle the changes . The pain and the frustration he felt all disappeared for a second, as Dan saw the most beautiful sight ever . Right in front of him were his wife, his sons, and his daughter all weing him home .


    "I’m home . . . " Dan was able to say those words with a satisfied smile on his face before everything turned dark .