Kapitel 41: 41. Eto vs Menato (III)
CHAPTER 41: ETO VS MENATO (III)
Eto continued to release a considerable amount of Ki that his muscles started to get strained. Twisting and tearing themselves. Everything within his immediate vicinity was turned to rubble. The ground itself shook like an earthquake. Hundred mile an hour winds started to blow that picked up dust and debris. All within just 2 meters of his vicinity. The quake could be felt by Menato who stood 10 meters away. Eto grunted and clenched his teeth so hard that his gums bled. His muscles continued to tense up so much they added to the pain he felt from his internal injuries.
Then just as it appeared. It vanished. All the raging brilliant aura of Ki, the winds and the quake. It all vanished in the blink of an eye. All that was left standing was Eto. Appearing as if nothing happened. Even he was surprised by the quiet after so much noise from the winds and the quake.
Menato and the others stood in stunned silence. Unable to even comprehend what just happened in front of them. They couldn't even begin to guess what was going on. They were all just certain of one thing. Eto had just powered up. For the first time, he was about to go all out.
"Let's do this!" Eto exclaimed and started running straight for Menato.
He started barraging him with Ki blasts. Each one Menato dodged two more came at him even faster. This time non were failing. For the first time he was controlling them perfectly. Almost instinctively. He didn't have to think about it. It was like his mind was clear and he could just focus on the opponent in front of him.
There was just one problem. Menato was still faster by him. It was a problem he was slowly solving. Menato didn't realise but the barrage of Ki blasts were not just meant to heard him. Eto was using them to measure the full speed and agility of Menato. Every time he missed he adjusted his control of the blasts by twicking either just their spin direction, angle of attack or simply the speed.
It continued to get harder for Menato to effortlessly dodge them. He had to start concentrating on multiple Ki blasts as they kept getting faster and closer to him. Eto also running at him was changing his direction almost randomly.
The stray Ki blasts weren't just vanishing into thin air. They actually landed on the ground and detonated. Turning the whole area into a crater filled land. With burn marks on the edge of the craters. This was a very unprecedented type of fight in Artaros. Most fights simply took place with the use of either weapons embued with elemental magic, just plain old weapons, elemental magic itself or the use of null magic. There wasn't a fight known in Artaros where neither fighters used any kind of magic. That however was to change.
It took just over 5 minutes that the barrage of Ki blasts simply became too much. The speed and sheer number of Ki blasts simply overwhelmed Menato at his current level. This however wasn't his best. Soon he was surrounded by a dozen Ki blasts coming at him from every direction.
As he stood in the center. Everything slowed down. He closed his eyes and calmed himself. In that moment he released all his magical energy. A fiery red glow surrounded his body before he opened his eyes again. This glow was thicker and more intense. Pulsating like a light bulb about to fuse. That effortless movement of his returned. In slow motion he walked through the incoming dozen Ki blasts. All of them came together, causing a massive explosion behind him. Like a movie scene he slowly walked towards Eto. A very appropriate smirk showed on his face. It all meant he too meant business now. For the first time in over ten years he was using his full abilities.
"Interesting... To say the least." Eto muttered as he stared down his opponent. His speed was simply breathtaking it almost took his breath away, just almost. It wasn't that he couldn't follow Menato movements. He watched it all unfold. He watched him go through those energy attacks like child's play. He couldn't help but feel excited at the prospect of fighting such an opponent. It would mean he's growth was just that impressive.
So that was the first part. His eyes and senses could keep up with Menato at full speed. Now it was just down to his body. Could he react fast enough to such a speed. He already prepared as best as he could. Now it was just to test it in action.
Right in front of his eyes Menato appeared to vanish. For a brief moment Eto looked troubled but it was just to feint ignorance. Menato suddenly appeared right on top of Eto. Aiming a powerful kick for his neck once again but just at the last second Eto ducked. He quickly jumped up and attempted a swinging back kick but Menato dodged easily before sommersaulting away.
Merus and Jake watched in stunned silence. It all happened so fast they could barely believe what they were seeing. Throughout the East of Artaros Menato was a famous speedster comparable to an S-class adventurer. He wasn't the by fastest by any stretch of the imagination. No not even close. There were some real monsters of speed not only in the rest of the continent but also in Rostalio. He was still however very notable for it but here was a kid not even half his age keeping up with him. Both men were quite curious about the mysterious stranger with the mysterious energy.
"You really are fast! I haven't met anyone like you since I fought him!" Menato revealed. He had never met anyone who improved so fast. He had long believed he'd reached his limits but perhaps there was room for improvement.
"The time for talking has long passed! Now we fight!!" Eto roared and charged at his opponent.
Yet again he released a barrage of Ki blasts but Menato dodged through them all and came at him with a flying kick. Eto decided not to dodge but take it head on. After taking the kick to his chest he twisted upon impact and delivered a powerful swinging back kick to the ribs. They both went flying from the kicks.
As soon as they hit the ground they came together again. Each attack Menato gave, Eto took it head on and countered with his own. Each attack Eto gave, Menato simply dodged and attempted a counter of his own. His counters Eto took head on and countered yet again.
This continued for over ten minutes as the entire area became their battleground. Their pattern suddenly started to change after ten minutes. Eto stopped taking the attacks head on and started to dodge. He started taking on attacks head on and started to dodge or block. His counters however continued. It was instead Menato who stopped dodging and started to block more. Taking punches more. Not countering as much.
This all lead to a devastating blow to his face that send him flying a hundred meters away. He continued to slide on the ground a further 20 meters before stopping himself by dragging his fingers through the hard ground. Eto didn't let him catch his breath and launched a barrage of Ki blasts at him. They all came so fast he could just barely react. Somehow he still managed to get through them yet again as another massive explosion occurred behind him.
With both fighters exhausted they took a moment of rest to come up with a way to win and get a proper assessment of their opponent.
For Eto he was thrilled. Despite all the internal injuries and the blood flowing from all over his face. The pain in the joints and fatigued muscles about to tear themselves apart. He was still going strong. His speed and agility improved drastically. Not to mention his control over his Ki. There was just one problem. He was about to run out. Those countless number of Ki blasts helped him get used to Menato's speed and movements but they drained him a lot. He could only last a minute or so.
In Menato's mind this was a disaster. He knew the kid In front of him was dangerous with his weird abilities but he didn't think he'd be this strong. To match him using his full speed was indeed surprising but what surprised him was him losing his speed. It wasn't that he was running out of mana. His reserves were only bettered by the current Okutake House Patriarch. In the Okutake House that is. He's body simply wasn't used to this speed for long. It's been over a decade since the last time he used his Fifth Tier Martial Skills Magic for this long. Over the past decade he'd only used it in small bursts. His body simply couldn't keep up.
It only left him with one other choice. Using Martial Arts Magic wasn't his only weapon. He would have died a long time ago if this was all it took to defeat him. It would change the flow of the battle from a brawl but there's no such thing as rules in a real fight. He wasn't much to use weapons. It wasn't his style but there was one other weapon, Elemental Magic.
"Water Magic: Water Wave!!!" He called.
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