"Hmph. Your time has already passed, Uther. Even if you got people to help you, they won't be able to take back this country." The man who was hiding in the darkness spoke in a haughty manner. Although their forces already lost many people, he still believed in their victory.
"We'll just have to wait and see." Uther brandished his Glaive and swung it. A pure white wave was released in a crescent shape, hurtling towards its target. The man also brought out his sword and countered with a dark slash as well. Uther seemed to be using Light magic, while the other used Dark magic. Both of them were opposites of each other. Neither could hold the advantage.
Gobuta was in a heated battle with the man in front of him. His opponent relied heavily on his speed to get around, but Gobuta managed to react in time. Dozens of sword slashes were sounded per second. The sparks that resulted from these weapons caused the night sky to brighten up. It was as if a comet lit up the sky as it passed by. Except for this time, many comets appeared.
"Okay everyone, regroup. A strong one has appeared." Eric shouted to catch the attention of his comrades. Like Gobuta earlier, he noticed the appearance of an Immortal Establishment. As none of them were at such a level, they needed to gang up on him to defeat him.
"You guys should take care of the minions. I and Edmund will fight him." As the strongest one present, Leonard devised a fight plan.
"No. You guys should be the ones to do that. We need to learn to fight stronger opponents. Plus, you don't have to worry. We're all geniuses here so we should be able to handle it. He's only a level 1 anyway." Eric decided to leave matters in the hands of the younger generation.
"No, we can't have you killed by some like him." Leonard seemed to be adamant about fighting that man.
"You don't have to worry. Raikou down there is keeping an eye on us. He was the one who noticed the man first." Griffin spoke as he looked towards Raikou. Raikou was still going around with Oliver taking care of the weak opponents. But, his eyes never left the group of young people.
"You understand how they feel, don't you, Leonard? Let them do what they want. We'll save them in case something happens." Edmund came to the aid of the young people. Leonard sighed and nodded his head. As they finished their conversation, their enemies closed in on them.
"Have you finished saying your goodbyes?" The Immortal Establishment enemy had a nasty look on his face. His eyes were narrow, looking like slits. He was like a snake in the way he looked. 'Let's call him Snake from now on.' Eric smiled as he thought to himself. All of them readied themselves to fight him. Leonard and Edmund engaged with the other men that came with him.
"So, I'm stuck with brats." Snake didn't pull out any weapons. He seemed to be the type to fight with his hands. His fingers to be exact, as he cracked them while taking a stance similar to a tiger's.
"Well then, as an elder you should take it easy on us." Eric played with Snake. However, he didn't seem to like it too much, as he rushed towards them. Each one of them knew how dangerous this fight would. So, they all started going at a hundred percent from the get-go.
"Velocitas, Potentia Amplificato!" Alicia used the same technique from the tournament. But this time, she used it on all of them and not only herself. Everyone could feel that their speed and power increased due to this. Yet, even with this boost, the man's natural capabilities surpassed theirs. He seemed to be targeting Emilia as he closed in on her before she could escape.
Emilia conjured over twenty magic swords from both fire an ice. She thrust ten towards him while kept ten in front of her as a barrier. Obviously, the swords couldn't injure Snake but only served to slow him down. Before he could destroy all twenty, the others caught up to him. They still didn't manage to injure him, as he w blocking their attacks with his bare hands. He retaliated and sent Ellie and Alicia flying. Blood dripped from Ellie's mouth and nose and he hit her in the face. Alicia was hit in the stomach, but not as bad as Ellie.
"I'll take the charge, you guys support me," Griffin told them as they needed a solid fighting plan. He activated his QI, as well as Ren. Eric did the same. This was their trump card, as they were taught by Arthur himself. Ed had also recommended doing this to increase the power of Avalon.
Thanks to the previous boost, Griffin could now keep up with Snake. The latter couldn't keep blocking with hands, as Griffin's enhanced swords were injuring him. Thanks to the support from the others, they were pushing him back.
"Useless!" The man released a QI wave to push them back but failed. Seeing that he was in a sore spot, he seemed to activate something. The tip of his fingers started going purple. He thrust his hand toward the face of Griffin in an even greater speed than before.
"He's using Poison magic, be careful!" Emilia managed to identify what he was doing. Unfortunately, he managed to scratch Griffin's face. In an instant, his cheek started going purple. The poison was acting fast.
"Consano!" Alicia quickly made her way to heal Griffin. Snake tried to stop her, but Eric started taking him on. Alicia needed to use the same technique three times in order to fully dispel the poison. Eric, Emilia, and Ellie were now being pushed back. They needed to fight Snake while being careful not to get poisoned.
"Thank you, Miss Alicia." Griffin thanked her as they both joined their companions again. The fight started heating up, with both sides getting injured. Alicia was working the hardest as she needed to heal anyone that got poisoned. She could truly feel how her training with Merry helped her.
As they were fighting, their attention was stolen by lightning like blows that sounded in the sky. They looked up to see Uther clashing with his opponent. Both of them were injured, but Uther seemed to have the upper hand. Next up, a frightening amount of QI was felt, which caused them to stop moving. Even Snake couldn't help but stop his fight to see what was causing this.
They looked towards Gobuta's battlefield to see his opponent missing an arm and a leg. Gobuta had an injury in his left arm but didn't seem to be deep. The origin of the QI seemed to be Gobuta, as a purple aura was surrounding him.
Gobuta was using both QI and Ren. His aura was blowing up more and more as it increased in size. His opponent couldn't help but shudder in fear, as he couldn't escape from the monster in front of him. Gobuta's aura seemed to reach the maximum size he wanted since it stopped. Slowly, it started to get infused into his sword. The entirety of the purple aura concentrated so much that it turned his sword black.
Gobuta descended, making his opponent just above him. Then, he put the sword above his head and swung it towards his opponent. "DIE!" Gobuta screamed while releasing the gigantic attack. His opponent couldn't do anything as the crescent slash consumed him. The slash continued its way until the sky, which seemed to be split after the attack. Gobuta smiled as he looked at his work, but then stopped. Only then he remembered that he lost the spatial ring along with the man.
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"What kind of monster is that?!" Snake couldn't help but exclaim after seeing Gobuta's display of power. The skinny man fighting Gobuta was his comrade. As such, he had a good idea of how strong he was. The fact that he was killed so one-sidedly didn't make sense to Snake. He didn't notice that the ones he was fighting had a wry smile. Neither did he know that all of them thought, 'You should see his master,' at the same time.
"Let's not drag this any longer. We need this country to be freed before dawn." Eric smiled as he, and the others, rushed towards Snake. The latter couldn't afford to dilly dally any longer. He knew that if Gobuta joined Eric and the others, he would stand no chance. His best bet was to kill them all and retreat back to help Edgar. However, doing so proved to be much harder than he thought.
Eric and the others started to get a feel for each other's techniques. Emilia, Ellie, and Alicia could fight together fairly well. So could Griffin and Eric. But, since they were all fighting as a group, they had yet to completely understand one another. It was impossible for them to achieve a teamwork level like Ed and his companions'. By now, Snake couldn't even poison anyone, giving enough freedom for Alicia to fight as well. She had been stuck acting as a healer, but as a fighter now, she added even more pressure.
Snake felt relieved for only one thing. Gobuta didn't seem to have the intention of fighting him. But, as he saw the second battle, he felt nervous once more. Uther and his opponent's battle was about to reach an end.
As both of them used opposite types of magic to each other, they kept negating each other's attacks. But now, one could easily see that Uther was dominating his opponent. His light attacks started consuming his opponent's dark magic. This forced the darkness man to work twice as hard to stop such attacks. He had to guess which attack was stronger than the other and then react accordingly. In case he failed, he would be wasting his QI for no reason. On top of that, whenever he tried to dodge, he would find Uther waiting for him. He was at his wits' end.
"I may be weaker than Avalon and Nakamura, but you shouldn't have underestimated me." Uther approached his opponent in a lightning fast speed. His already tired enemy tried to react instantly by slashing with his sword. But, Uther's Glaive was faster. It had already lodged itself deep into his body by the time he realized what had happened. At the moment he tried to do something about it, he was cleaved in half. Blood escaped his mouth, and as his eyelids closed by themselves, regret could be seen in his eyes.
"I've really gotten older, ho ho," said Uther as he descended. He gave himself a couple of pats on his lower back as if to relieve an imaginary pain. Gobuta had joined Leonard and Edmund at fighting Heavenly Establishment cultivators. Uther wanted to join them, but he decided to stay and watch the youth fighting Snake. The main reason was that he was a doting father, and wanted to intervene in case Alicia was in danger.
"You brats!" Although Uther was worrying, the group of youth was doing fine for itself. Snake had sustained many injuries caused by them, although they weren't fatal ones. Everyone noticed as he inhaled deeply, and felt something dangerous was coming. They backed off, almost disappearing from their position. As Snake was already mid-way using his technique, he didn't stop. He exhaled an ominous looking purple fog. Anyone could tell that it was poisonous. It propagated quickly, making its way towards the retreating youth.
"Leave it to me," said Eric. He gripped his Legendary sword, as a green aura surrounded it. He enhanced his sword with QI mid-swing making it heavier. As he finished his swing, everyone could feel as if a tornado erupted from his sword. He managed to blow off the incoming poison fog, but his attack didn't stop there. Wind Blades continued to hunt for Snake who dodged them one by one.
Snake dodged the last one by flying upwards. He was looking down in order to see if any other blade was following him. This caused him to not notice Alicia who had been lying in wait for him. As soon as he lifted his head back up, he heard a voice say, "Lumen Maximus!"
A Blinding light hit him right in the eye. It was enough to light up the dark sky, so it caused major damage to him. As he lost his sight, he wanted to retreat to feel his opponents by his other senses. But, he failed in doing so. Ellie, who was surrounded by QI, followed after Alicia's attack. The QI she used was so thick and concentrated; it made her look like a bundle of fiery aura.
"Meteor Impact!" Ellie closed in so fast that Snake didn't have time to register what she said. Her QI that surrounded seeped into her gauntlets. It was similar to what Gobuta had done. Her fist landed perfectly on Snake's solar plexus. His upper body bowed down to handle the pain better. But, Ellie's fist never stopped touching his body. She looked like was burying her hand into his body and launched him. Her QI penetrated through his body, and fiery red aura erupted from his back.
Snake's brain couldn't register its situation accurately. The only thing it up was the sharp pain he was feeling, and the sensation of flying through the air. But, even that sensation stopped, and was replaced by even more pain. Emilia cast fire and ice lances that penetrated Snake's body in various parts. His hand, legs, and torso had one lance from both elements. He was now rooted in the sky as Emilia's magic stopped him from moving. He could only float.
"You bastard! I'm from Poison sect; you won't be able to handle the wrath that will befall you!" Snake tried to provoke them one last time as he felt that death was approaching. He didn't know that Emilia would only want to kill him more after he said so.
"We know, and we don't care." Eric approached with his sword in his hands.
"The day you touched one of ours, was the day you signed a death contract." Griffin also appeared with his weapon in his hand. Both of them enhanced it with QI as they flew towards Snake.
"Repent on your actions in your next life." Both of them spoke at the same time, as they simultaneously slashed. As they passed by Snake's body, his head rolled back and started falling towards the ground.
Back in the academy grounds, one man was impaling a younger one with his spear. He was injured from head to toe, but he had a triumphant smile on his face.
"This will teach not to mess with us, Edward!"
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