"Well doesn''t matter," utz took his stance wielding the spirit ninjato.


    There is a reason why the cloning skill was popr among ninjas. It''s good for a sneak attack but that is why it is bad for frontal attacks as well.


    "Ha Ha!" Lewisughed as he tried to gain back his lost confidence. "Surprised? No doubt you are!"


    All of the clones charged at them. utz had seen many clone users before. Two things aremon amongst them.


    Firstly the ss''s effectiveness depends on its rank and quest progress.


    Secondly, none of the clone''s strength is greater in strength than the original user of the ss. This means that all of the clones are no better than those people who don''t possess any ss at all!


    People grow stronger either by defeating monsters thereby gaining stats or bypleting ss based quests. Someone who doesn''t have a single ss has odds against himpared to someone who does have them.


    The clones are the same. Ordinary humans with no ss just stats simr to the user.


    The clones charged towards utz. Wielding the Toasias''s demonic spirit he charged towards their stampede.


    *Swish*


    *Swish*


    *Poof*


    With two of his shes, two of the clones already disappeared into thin air. But there was no blood that sttered, the two clones disappeared with a poof!


    Meanwhile, the others stepped back in desperation. Blinking rapidly they had their mouths left agape.


    "Two gone? Just like that?" Lewis couldn''t help butin owing to his fear.


    He had never expected utz to be so strong. Most of his targets had been overwhelmed by just two of himself!


    "Does he have some kind of warrior or swordmaster ss?" utz''s proficiency in wielding his ninja sword made him make mistakes in determining utz''s ss.


    Little did he know that both of utz sses had nothing to do with warriors and fighting. Instead, it was much more amazing than what he could even imagine.


    "Everyone attacks at once!" Lewis had understood that his little tricks aren''t going to work anymore. Lewis didn''t want to take any chances. It was everything or nothing. He was prepared to give it his all. But s he couldn''t do much as utz cut through his clones like butter making them all disappear.


    It wasn''t long until the real him was thest one standing! Lewis panicked.


    "Wait, I think that we can talk this out!" His voice fluttered. He jerked taking a step back. He raised his hands as he beckoned for utz to stop. But utz never stopped. With every step he took, Lewis felt his impending deathing towards himself.


    "Your fate was sealed the moment you chose to attack me. Do you think I am foolish enough to drop my arms against my enemies in the heat of battle? Especially when I have won against a killer like you?"


    But Lewis wasn''t going down with just that.


    Just like a drop of water can do nothing to change an ocean''s volume, in the same way, a short battle wasn''t enough to change a person''s nature and perspective. And sure enough, this battle did nothing to change both utz and Lewis''s nature. Neither did utz change his nature and spare his enemy nor did Lewis let go of his crafty attitude.


    "Help!" Selena screamed. There was a dagger on her neck procured by one of Lewis''s clones.


    utz ears twitched at her scream. He turned around and found Selena held as a hostage by one of Lewis''s clones.


    ''Another one?'' utz thought.


    Lewis'' lips arched into a tight lipped smile. All of his clones were defeated by utz but he had kept one of his clones in hiding for emergencies like this.


    It had ambushed Selena and had held her hostage. This was the only one for him to get out of this situation. With utz easily killing all of his clones, how could he hope to get away from utz?


    "Haha, take that!" Heughed out aloud. It was not a yfulugh but augh of mockery. "Now what will you do Mister? Drop your weapon if you don''t want your girlfriend to die."


    "Pfft!"


    utz couldn''t help butugh as he held his stomach.


    "Pfft… girlfriend?... HaHa"


    His unusualughter caused both Selena and Lewis to frown. They had question marks on their faces. But the cause of their concern waspletely was different.


    "What is funny? I am not joking! I will kill her for real!"


    Lewis gave off a threat as his clone pressed his dagger closer to Selena''s neck. Blood trickled down her neck as the de created a small orifice piercing his skin.


    Selena whole body tensed as she felt the cold de against her neck. She could feel its sharpness and metallic feel as it brushed against her skin. With this, she knew her life was in real danger. And it was quite the irony that the one killing her wasn''t even a real person in the first ce! It was just a clone.


    Cold sweats started pouring from her forehead.


    "Tsk," utz clicked his tongue in reply to Lewis'' threat. He couldn''t help but roll his eyes.


    "You just want me to throw away my weapon right?" utz raised his brows making his forehead disappear.


    Lewis nodded.


    *ng*


    utz let go of his spirit sword. As Lewis watched the sword falling to the forest floor he could finally let out a breath of relief.


    utz notified him by raising his hands to show him that his hands were indeed empty.


    "Haha, keep them raised." Lewis said, "Finally the camel came under the mountain."


    The real Lewis came forward as he ced his sword on utz neck.


    "Check," Lewis whispered, "How does it feel to be outwitted?" He asked utz.


    But utz didn''t reply. Instead, he changed the topic.


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