"Did you miss me?" Ed spoke in a rather relaxed manner for someone entering the enemy range. As expected, no one bothered to talk to him, and the old man with the long katana sent a flying slash towards him.
"Not exactly the kind of welcome I would have liked," Ed said as if the attack didn't concern him. He used Space magic and redirected the attack towards the quiet young man.
The young man put his hand up and blocked the attack, causing an explosion to go off inside the tent. This caused the tent to blow away and the five of them were exposed to the sun. The young man opened his eyes and glared at Ed.
"Don't look at me like that; I only did it to protect myself. He's the one that attacked first." Seemingly in a playful mood, Ed mocked the commanders.
"Let's do this the right way, shall we? No need to be 'so serious'!" Ed clapped his hand and walked to a position where all four of them were in front of him.
"Ah, it's kinda noisy around here. Let's change the scenery." Ed clapped his hands and the surroundings changed immediately. It still looked like a wasteland, but there was no sun. It was nighttime so the moon and stars illuminated the place along with several torches spread around the area.
The four commanders felt a shiver go down their spine as they tensed up. All of them withdrew their weapons and were about to rush at Ed.
"Wait wait, we'll fight but in a second. We still haven't introduced ourselves."
"My name is Edward Avalon, son of Arthur and Elizabeth. The one who will murder you all in a second," said Ed while bowing towards them. The four commanders seemed unimpressed, but they put their weapons away and did the same as Ed.
"Maria," said the woman that seemed to be acquainted with the man that was killed by Ed. She didn't bother to ask about his fate, as Ed's presence said everything.
"Alexander. By the way, kid, if this is your doing, you have bad taste." The old man said while looking around at the surroundings created by Ed's dimension.
"Letif," The quiet young man said and went back to silence.
"Adriana," the silver-haired woman said. Before they could do anything, Ed looked at her and said, "Lilliana, the person that was sent to Aaragon. Was she your sister?" Just as Ed finished talking, Adriana rushed at him with an incredible speed.
She was told that her sister was killed in a horrific way, but she didn't know who did it. No one realized who Ed and the others were back in Aaragon since only the guards were still alive. She couldn't spare the time to go back and interrogate the guards, and she couldn't even recover her sister's body since Ed had incinerated everything in the castle.
"YOU I WILL NEVER FORGIVE!" Adriana approached him at a speed unlike any he had seen before. However, he had done his job, as he riled her up enough so she wouldn't be able to focus on fighting.
"I'm the one that will never forgive you for your deeds." Ed's expression turned into a serious one as he withdrew Shusui. Those that saw the weapon remembered it and put on their guard, except Adriana. She continued her charge even though she saw Ed preparing to attack. She tried to use her speed to catch him before he could finish preparing, but she failed, as just as she was in front of him, he released a flying slash.
"Kuh!" Adriana frowned as she blocked it with both her hands, making her retreat tens of meters to the back. Then, she did a movement with her hands, as if slashing with them, causing the slash to dissipate.
"Is that all you can do?!" she shouted and approached him again. Ed's slash didn't injure her, as only a patch of red skin appeared on her delicate arms.
"Of course not," said Ed as appeared behind her, attacking her with another flying slash. But, before he could do anything more, he was attacked by Alexander. The old man's speed was more terrifying than Adriana, as he pursued Ed without lagging behind.
"So, level four, five, six and seven. Did you guys decide on this order of cultivation level or is it a coincidence?" said Ed as he studied their levels. All of them were above Immortal Establishment level 4, which means stronger than Edgar who fought Arthur.
"As expected, it's too much even for me, hmph!" Ed barely dodged an attack by Maria, who seemed to use her hands instead of a weapon. Adriana recovered and assaulted Ed back with a rapier in her hands.
"Oh? Why are you retreating, Sir Alexander?" Ed found it odd, as he saw Alexander sheathing his Nodachi and retreating to the back.
"I do not wish to kill you in such a state." Ed thought about it and finally understood. Alexander was talking about fighting one on one, but in this case, Ed was already fighting two at once. Alexander retreated once others interfered.
"I don't really mind, you know?"
"I'm glad you don't because I'm not as chivalrous." Letif appeared behind Ed with a saber in his hands. He attacked him so many times per second that Ed actually got a couple of cuts on his abdomen and arms.
Maria then attacked Ed with a high kick, which he guarded with his shoulder, sending him flying. He crashed a couple of times on the ground, and when he got up he found Adriana trying to stab his eyes. He escaped by using a short teleport.
"Okay, time out! Just like I said, this is too much for me right now. But of course, I know my limits, so why did I come here to fight you people at once?" Ed's words hinted that he had a trump card, making his opponents put up their guard even more.
'Activate the Berserk skill,' Ed spoke to the system in his mind.
[Are you sure? We didn't try it out you know?] The system asked him, knowing what his answer would be.
'It's okay. We're the only ones here, so I won't hurt anyone before collapsing.'
[Alright.]
All of a sudden, the commanders could feel Ed's power increasing.
Immortal Establishment level 1.
Immortal Establishment level 2
Immortal Establishment level 3
Immortal Establishment level 4!
"Aaah! I can still think straight hahaha!" Ed's outburst of laughter shocked the commanders. Even his voice carried hints of his power-up.
"Really, my luck was really good," Ed spoke as he looked at a skill in his status.
Name: Parallel Thinking (Mythical) Level 3
Able to focus on three things at once, as if you have three brains.
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"So what?! You're still weaker than all of us!" Adriana shouted as he approached Ed with her full speed, not noticing that Ed was smiling.
Next thing she knew, Adriana was limping on the cold ground. She couldn't even understand what had just happened. In fact, only one person knew and it was Ed himself. He hit her shoulders, her elbows, her solar plexus, and both her knees in less than a second. It was lucky for her that he didn't use his sword and only used his sheath. But still, her body couldn't handle all the pain and crumbled upon its self.
"Ha ha ha! So this is what an Immortal Establishment can do! It's such a thrill!" Ed could be said that he was drunk on his power. He released all of his KI and the overwhelming pressure petrified the four commanders. It was like a dam that blew up and the water covered everything. His KI's power shook the whole dimension that they were in.
"Now then, it's time for round two!" Ed withheld his KI and activated Ren along with Shunpo and his Spectral Shadow Steps. Adriana had only managed to get and was greeted with a speed clone of Ed. His mastery over the speed clones increased even further thanks to his Parallel Thinking.
"We can have a one on one like, so you don't have to feel left out," Ed told Alexander. Alexander grinned and unsheathed his Nodachi. Four commanders and four clones. The clashes between them uprooted the ground and shook the air. Adriana and Maria weren't faring very well, as Ed dominated both of them. Alexander and Letif did much better as they could keep up with Ed and even counterattack. They were the strongest of the four and it seemed obvious.
The fight was rather simple compared to Ed's other fights. He mostly relied on his physical strength and enhancement and didn't use any magic. In the case of the others, it could be said that Ed's assault blocked them from using magic.
"I see, I see. I got a good idea of your powers now. Let's play a cat and mouse game then," Ed said as he retreated and deactivated his speed clones. He stored Shusui and a smile appeared on his face. Next, to him, a sword appeared. Just from sight alone, one could tell that it was a high-grade sword. Next up was a spear, a war hammer, a glaive, a saber, a Nodachi, an odachi…
By the time he was finished; over one hundred different weapons appeared next to him. It was his dimension's creation ability, and it was the first that he activated it for combat use. All the weapons were of Legendary quality. Ed had yet to craft a Mythical or Supreme grade weapon, so he couldn't create one.
"What is that?!" Letif noticed an unusual weapon standing by Ed's side. Even though hundreds of weapons appeared next to him, the long cannon like weapon with two balls next to it seemed the most terrifying out of them.
"This is the most glorious Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon! It can decimate a dragon in a heartbeat!" For some reason, the two girls, Adriana and Maria, felt repulsed by the weapon.
"Have a taste of its power!!" Ed was having the time of his life, and as he activated the weapon, it seemed to heat up. Once it gathered enough power, it released a white beam of energy.
Much to the disappointment of Ed, the beam didn't hit anyone as they managed to dodge it. 'Well, I didn't really expect it to work on cultivators,' he thought to himself.
"Is this your idea of a joke?!" Maria seemed annoyed by Ed and approached his along with Adriana and Letif. Alexander sat back down on the ground, still adamant about fighting Ed one on one.
"Kinda. Sir Alexander, I like you the most out of all these people, so I'll treat you. Wait while I deal with them like pests they are and I'll fight you in an undisturbed one on one."
Ed finished speaking and a chair appeared next to Alexander, seemingly, Ed's way of telling him to sit back and relax. Alexander broke into a laughing fit as he had never seen someone as laid back in a fight as Ed.
"I'll tell you another joke since you didn't like the first one. None of these weapons are here for decoration." Suddenly, all the weapons started vibrating, as they came out of the ground. The hundred or so weapons started floating around Ed as if they were conducting a ritual. Adriana and Maria stopped, but Letid didn't. He continued to approach Ed, unafraid of the weapons. Which was a bad choice.
The weapons were all being controlled by Ed's Telekinesis. Each one of them was connected to Ed's by a strand and followed his every thought. Ed was now using two brains only, as one was being used up by the Berserk skill. But, two were more than enough.
"Kuh!" Letif vomited a mouthful of blood as he looked towards his torso. A sword had penetrated his body without him realizing when. He started flying away in a hurry while trying to take the sword out. Still, Ed's was controlling the sword, so he instead pulled the sword towards him along with the body of Letif. Then, dozens of weapons struck the body of Letif.
'No notification…' Ed looked at the mangled body of Letif, pierced by the weapons. He checked his Map and found a red dot a bit far away. 'He used a substitution technique?' Ed thought to himself but didn't dwell on it. Instead, he activated his En to the farthest point. He could cover a radius of 1000 meters, and nothing could escape him. Alexander got a bit of a fright since he felt Ed's En enveloping him, but calmed back down since he believed Ed wouldn't attack him before they can have their one on one.
"Next time you try to fake your death, at least have your comrades react. Didn't you learn anything from my display?" said Ed as he sent a flaming weapon towards where Letif was. The ground there blew up and a body came out.
"Now then, I have some things I need to do. I'm going to take you three out quickly."
Hello everyone! The Neo cannon is a joke from Gintama for those that didn't get that reference. Enjoy the chapter^^
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