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Alternate Akun then interrupted him, saying, "Of course, I know. You forget when we're talking to the system, we seem to space out for a second or two. I don't know how it works, but it seems like the system's voice plays in our head in high speed. It kinda makes reality slow down while we talk."

Akun then mumbled, "But how did you learn about that? I'm future you, and I never noticed anything like that."

Alternate Akun then replied, "I only learned about it by observing you. Those short pauses you make, to other people, it seems like you're gathering your thoughts, but I know better."

Akun narrowed his gaze as he mused, "Although we're both after each other's heads, for some weird reason, it makes me feel proud to know that this guy is me." Akun smiled.

Suddenly, alternate Akun yelled, "But I can't waste any more time. Although the guardians are stronger now, and there is also Phenor, I can't take any chances and spend too long in this fight. Experience more content on My Virtual Library Empire

If there is anything I've learned from you, it's to never let my guard down and always keep a watchful eye on my people." As he spoke, the wind around the dragon form intensified, creating a swirl of dark silver energy.

Suddenly, alternate Akun materialized a bunch of dark silver swords that emerged from the dragon's body. He enhanced them with both aspect power and his †Authority†, saying, "Even for someone of our caliber, this should be a very significant challenge."

As Akun observed what alternate Akun was doing, sweat streamed down from his left cheek. He gritted his teeth, musing, "He wants to finish me off in one big move. Why the hell is he the one coming up with all the good ideas?

I thought I came from the future." Akun then took on a battle stance with his void sword in hand, thinking, "Trying to fly away with aspect power will only expose my back to the rain of his attacks. I can only stand here and counter as much as I can and hope everything goes well."

Time itself seemed to slow down as alternate Akun released the rain of dark silver swords, enhanced with both his †Authority† and aspect power.

As the swords closed in, Akun's eyes shone from the visors of his helmet as he began to swiftly counter all the incoming swords. Sparks flew in the air as he swung his sword to counter the attacks, so fast that his hand literally became a blur. He found himself in a disadvantageous situation in the battle.

Inwardly, he exclaimed, "Activate, †Grate Extreme Chaos†." Immediately, a purple field surrounded his body like a dome. Akun expected it to stop the incoming attacks mid-air, but to his surprise, the attacks continued uninterrupted.

This prompted him to call for the system inwardly. "System! What gives? Why isn't my authority stopping the attacks?"

The system's voice echoed in Akun's head as it provided insight on the matter, [As the system said before, both players wield the same †Authority†, and as such, the †Authority† cannot cancel itself out.]

Akun gritted his teeth as he continued his high-speed, never-ending counters. He then yelled inwardly, teeth still gritted, "Are you telling me I'm stuck like this? How the hell will I win?"

The system then replied, [Impossible ideas have always been the player's specialty, not the system's.]

Akun then mumbled, "You can't be serious." He managed to catch a glance of the blades enhanced with the †Authority† that struck the ground. Redirecting his gaze back at the endless incoming barrage of swords, he mused, "I remember the description of my skill saying it can alternate and change the nature of anything. Meaning it can..."

Suddenly, Akun stomped his left leg on the floor, and a massive wall made of earth emerged to protect him from the incoming attacks. Akun had enhanced the earth with his †Authority†, instantly changing it into a metal of some sort.

Now that he was finally free, Akun let out a sigh of relief as he said, "That was a close call. My hand feels like it would have fallen off if I kept that up any longer."

Akun then mumbled, "But if there's anything I've realized, I have to get myself something similar to what the other me did with the dragon." Akun glanced at the enhanced earth again as a smile crossed his face.

Meanwhile, alternate Akun, seeing that Akun had erected a wall, mumbled, "Seems he finally made a countermeasure. I have to hurry over there and finish him off. I'm sure he's coming up with something right this instant."

Suddenly, alternate Akun's aspect power surged forward as he lifted his massive dragon body into the air, flying directly towards Akun with the intent to finish him off in close range.

Out of nowhere, a stone figure erupted from the earth, delivering a powerful uppercut under the dragon's jaw. The soaring dragon spiraled out of control, landing a considerable distance away. Massive shockwaves reverberated throughout the godforsaken forest, affecting the metallic body of the dragon and causing alternate Akun, who was at its core, to cough up blood.

"What the hell was that?" he mumbled as his dragon body slowly got up on its feet.

His gaze fell upon the source of the earlier uppercut, revealing a stone golem that resembled a mecha robot from one of the games he used to play.

Suddenly, a loud voice emanated from the colossal robo-stone golem. "Clean strike!" Akun yelled, celebrating the successful attack he had landed on alternate Akun.

As alternate Akun regained his metallic dragon feet, he asked with a serious tone as he narrowed his gaze, "What did you do? That doesn't seem to be made with dark silver, so how are you controlling it?"

Akun, now speaking from his robo-stone golem, replied, "Well, with just a few tweaks with my †Authority†, I was able to create and comtrol this bad boy. The best part is it's just as strong as if it was made with dark silver." The robo-stone golem stretched out its hand, and sand in the distance flew into its grasp, condensing into a massive metallic sword due to Akun's †Authority†.

"Plus It comes with unlimited weaponry and extremely short creation time, unlike that dark silver dragon of yours," Akun continued. His stone golem took on a battle stance as he said, "What do you say, let's try this again."