Kapitel 432: Brilliant Gleam!
"Why do you still stand? What drives you to keep fighting?", Pale interrogated.
"Are you obsessed with that question? What's the point of asking that?!"
Tilia morphed her War Sight into the tower shield, maintaining the kite shield form was not an option anymore. She was slowly losing the edge, and if she didn't turn things around it would be far more sour here soon. Even if it meant releasing Cain she had to change her method of attack!
Once her shield formed she charged forward, Pale raising her own shield in response. Their shields clashed, a contest of strength beginning. Redirecting Tilia to the side Pale swung her mace with an extreme amount of force, an energy swirling around its tip looking like a miniature sun.
[God's Light: Solar Impact]!
It made solid contact with Tilia's side and an explosion of flame and light burst forth. Those who watched quickly shielded their eyes from how bright it was. When the light dimmed it revealed Tilia, not even an inch away. The impact area steamed from the heat, her armor clearly looked damaged. Yet she looked like she remained unharmed.
"She took a blow from an Ace?!"
"She's unharmed! How is she unharmed?!"
Wham-!
Tilia gripped Pale's mace and slammed the other fist into her face. Pale stumbled back in surprise, "Nothing? That did nothing?"
That was incorrect! Tilia received quite a bit of damage from such a powerful blow. However due to the additional features of her War Sight her HP remained just fine, and she took no knockback! Tilia didn't tell Pale this, instead she rushed forward to continue dealing any damage she could. The time was ticking on her buffs, she couldn't keep this up forever!
[God's Light: Solar Impact]!
Tilia raised her tower shield and blocked the blow, the blinding light once again bursting forth. This time, when it was revealed that Tilia seemingly effortlessly blocked Pale's blow, the crowd burst with energy.
"Just who is this person?! She's going toe to toe with an Ace!"
"What an incredible amount of defense!"
Pale's expression turned into one of joy, "Fantastic! You can still hold up against this! Tell me, what drives you?!"
"Great Gods you're still on about that!"
Tilia pushed against Pale's mace and knocked it aside. Bending her knees she then extended and shot forward, tackling Pale with her shield.
Crrk-
Pale's shield clashed with Tilia's the ear piercing sound of metal being scraped against a solid surface filled their ears. Pale refused to budge, "War Sights, they form and operate through something. Desires, wills, wishes, dreams, anything! For yours to be so powerful, what does it stem from?!"
"Why do you even want to know?!"
Tilia's War Sight morphed around her body. She grabbed the top of Pale's shield and vaulted over, kicking towards her opponent's face. Pale raised her mace and blocked the kick, pushing against the force.
Wham-!
Tilia's War Sight changed to the kite shield version and slammed directly into Pale's face, the force made her head snap back, but she didn't move from her position. Tilia moved swiftly. Pinning the mace between her legs she made her War Sight return to her full body protection. Launching off Pale's shield she spun rapidly. This wrenched the mace free from Pale's grasp but Tilia wasn't done!
BOOM-!
Using the spin Tilia slammed her fist directly onto Pale's face. With the force, and Pale's previous awkward position, it made Pale slam into the ground causing a crater to form. Tilia landed and caught the mace out of the air. With Pale temporarily out of commission Tilia took the opportunity to check for the others. None of them had acted during her clash with the Ace, which was concerning.
She found Cain unconscious where she pinned him, which was surprising. However Thirn wasn't anywhere to be seen. Suddenly Tilia's arm lurched, she slid for a moment and snapped her attention towards the mace in her hand. Pale stood up with a hand outstretched, "Give that back."
Tilia tightened her grip on the mace and fought against the pull. Pale, dripping blood, yanked her hand back and freed her mace. It flew across and landed gently in her palm. Straightening her back she looked up to the sky, "I wanted to know what drove you, what grand thing granted you such a powerful War Sight. But that's no longer needed, you're worthy enough."
Whoooom~
Tilia raised her hand and formed the tower shield, the amount of energy leaking from Pale was alarming! Pale pointed her mace skywards while locking eyes with Tilia, "I stake my faith! In a contest to see what is greater! My faith, or your will!"
A massive ball of energy formed above her. The size was enough to block all the spectator's vision. Not a single person had any idea what was going on!
Pale roared, "Can you hold up against this Tilia?! [God's Light: Miniature Sun]!"
The small sun descended, its power was something a Second Stage should never be able to wield. Tilia's eyes widened as she raised her arms-!
BOOOOOOM-!
The force nearly broke through the protective barrier around the arena. The light was akin to having a flashbang directly in your face! A high pitched sound entered everyone's ears, and they all did their best to not be blinded.
The sun spun while it made contact with the ground, heat and energy scorching the arena. As the force slowly faded away, the audience held their breath. All of them believed that no Second Stage fighter was capable of standing against such a force. Yet perhaps they wanted to see it, someone who could!
One second. . .
Two seconds. . .
At the third second they were able to see it. A bronze semi-translucent mountain around Tilia! The elf was breathing heavily, a clear sign that she hadn't gotten through it unharmed, but she still lived!
Tilia's arms dropped, the mountain around her flickered out. Her eyes switched to Pale, who was currently in no better state. Steam rose from every pore of Pale's body, one eye was sealed shut from a gruesome burn.
Gasping for air Tilia took off her helmet, her buffs finally ran out and the last of her energy was being sapped by [Ignition]. Yet the fight wasn't done yet! Both Pale and Tilia slowly walked towards each other. Each of them accelerating with each step.
Pale had a smile across her face, "Finally! Someone who's will could compete with my faith! It's been so long!"
Raising her mace Pale prepared to clash once again! Tilia formed her tower shield, this time a crack appeared diagonally across it. It was still together, but heavily damaged! Additionally it lost quite a bit of its luster. A clear sign of Tilia running out of energy to continue fighting!
Their shields clashed once again, their strength nowhere compared to them just mere moments ago. Pale then leaned forward, or maybe she fell. Tilia was concerned with what her next move might be, but that was a mistake!
Thirn appeared behind Pale, his crossbow glowing with a beautiful light. Vaulting off Pale's body he aimed it towards Tilia, "It's over!"
How had Thirn remained unharmed? Pale's move covered nearly the entire Arena, there should have been no way!
But he was! Thanks to his skill: [Clockwork Bolts: Pocket Watch]! Much like slipping a watch into your pocket, Thirn slipped into a separate space. He waited patiently for an opportunity while charging his final bolt.
The strength in Tilia's legs failed, she had used their last fibers of energy to charge towards Pale. She had no remaining energy to dodge whatever Thirn was going to fire! So she needed as much defense as possible! Using what she could she formed a measly two kite shields, each placed in front of Thirn's crossbow!
Thirn pressed the trigger on his crossbow and let loose a powerful attack! A massive beam of light shot forward and pierced through Tilia's shields! A brilliant light, not too bright nor lackluster. Anyone who saw it would have the same opinion:
It was beautiful!
This was Thirn's ultimate move! An attack which passed through any defense! A true and final ace in the hole!
With it, Tilia was defeated!
Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
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