Chapitre 2: Prologue [2] - Battle to Death
That night in her sleep, Arias Ellen Edinburgh saw herself standing in the middle of a white world. Everything is a bit blurry for an unknown reason but she can still distinguish what's around her.
'A ruined white castle?… Where is this?'
The whole castle seemed to be thoroughly destroyed by an explosion and huge cuts made of magic. Arias didn't know anything in that place but she somewhat knew that the destruction in this place happened just now.
She looked around the whole ruin and finally, she saw something different from the pure white ruin which is also known as a battlefield.
A young man with black hair, wearing a black tattered robe, walked across the battlefield. Holding a pair of a jet-black short sword in his hand, he cautiously observes his surroundings as he dragged his wounded body.
Seeing the young man, Arias moved quickly and hides on the nearest collapsed giant pillar from the castle. Although she somewhat knew that the young man didn't notice her, she still hid. Arias looked carefully to the young man's face but was too blurry so she can't see it.
'….Who is he..?'
Then suddenly—
A tall white shadow appeared in front of the young man. Wielding a pure white decorated rapier, it attacked the young man.
BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Series of explosions suddenly erupted on the battlefield.
Every parry produces large explosions that are very dangerous even for Arias.
A moment later, a tall black shadow holding a dreadful scythe joined the battle and teamed up with the white shadow. The two relentlessly attacked the young man.
The young man skillfully continues to parry, evade and counterattacked the two tall shadows as they moved very quickly on the battlefield. But as the battle continues, the cuts and wounds in the young man's body also increased steadily.
After the long battle of using a weapon, the white shadow suddenly used its magic and fired multiple lances made of pure light element magic to the young man, catching him off guard.
But when the white lances made contact with the young man, the lances surprisingly disappeared without a trace.
Arias widened her eyes when she saw that.
'...What is that? Is that a kind of magic?'
The young man began to charge towards the white shadow but the black shadow blocked his way. As the two engage in a fierce exchange, the young man suddenly back-flipped and created a huge distance from his opponents.
A split second after that, a huge earth spike suddenly appeared from where the young man was standing earlier.
There's nowhere for the young man to hide so he once again moved across the battlefield as he dodges the numerous earth spikes that suddenly sprouts from the ground. He continuously dodged the spikes and the attacks from the black shadow and white shadow.
*******
The battle grew more intense as it goes on.
Arias learned that everything in front of her is just an illusion when a shadow lance passed through her like it was nothing.
'So I'm currently dreaming of this?' Arias thought as she watches the continuation of the dire battle of the young man.
Multiple fireballs suddenly appeared out of thin air and assaulted the young man from every direction. To counter that, black aura swirled around the young man's body, deflecting every fireball.
Later after that, water blades and ice shards also began to attack him. Different elemental magic [Light, Dark, Fire, Water, and Earth], multiple variations and combinations of different elements and physical attacks assaulted him.
The young man continues to hold out on those relentless attacks. His body had numerous burn marks added to his cuts. Some part of his body is also frozen and covered with earth. Even his weapons, the dual blades, are already reaching its limit. Numerous cracks had appeared on its blades.
Arias watched the whole battle in awe. The young man is very skillful in fighting a difficult battle like that.
The young man tries to struggle during the whole battle but his body abruptly came to stop when the wind blows. It's not that he suddenly came to stop. He tried to move his body but a force forbids him to do so.
'…Oh no! He suddenly can't move! The winds are binding him!'
In that instance, the young man's lower body became frozen as it sinks slowly through the quagmire. Because of that, he wasn't able to dodge the incoming magic attacks and the attacks of the two shadows.
Arias shrieked as she closed her eyes because of the sight of that.
Fresh blood flows down like a river as numerous earth spikes, shadow lances, white lances and ice shards impaled the young man's body.
Also on his burnt upper torso, the black shadow's scythe cuts deeply from his right shoulder to the left side of his stomach, almost bisecting his body while the white shadows rapier pierced through his neck.
Almost everything on the young man's body was pierced, burned, frozen and cut by numerous magic aside from his head and face. On his face, there are only a few cuts and bruises however Arias can't see that clearly on his blurry face.
An instant death landed to the young man's body, stopping all his struggles. Yet his cold black eyes continue to stare at his opponents.
Arias felt shivers from that. Even she can't see the young man's face, she can somewhat see his eyes. So cold and dark like a starless night.
The young man's body was still standing because of numerous magic that impales it like support. Standing in front of him now was the six differently-colored shadows.
Together with the white shadow and the black shadow, a green shadow and a brown shadow stood in front of the bloody figure of the young man. Shortly after that, a blue shadow and a red shadow also emerged. They surrounded the young man as the six shadows hold their hands together, forming a small circle.
Arias wondered what the six shadows are doing.
But as if anticipating that, the face of the supposed corpse of the young man formed a smile.
In that very moment, the entire white ruin trembled under a suffocating pressure. Even Arias' face becomes pale and almost stopped breathing when she felt the pressure.
'…!!!! W-Wha-what… i-is… this…..'
Arias tries to gasp for some air as she looks to the seven figures when she suddenly hears the laughing voice.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! HYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Hearing the voice, Arias somewhat knew that the supposedly dead young man at the center was the one who is letting out a hysterical laugh.
The whole place trembles and it grew stronger because of the laughter of the young man. Shortly after that, the entire white ruin collapsed—
—-And everything went black as it falls into the endless abyss…
At the same time when everything went dark, Arias finally wakes up from her dream. She can hear her heart pounding loudly. Beads of sweat formed in her forehead. Even her whole body is drenched in cold sweat. It's first for her to experience it.
'…W-What was that? ….Why did I see that in my sleep?'
After letting out a long sigh of relief for that being only a dream, Arias sat up and looked at her slightly trembling hands.
'…That kind of thing…. That was more like a nightmare than a dream!'
Arias hugged knees to her chest as she tries to calm her shivering form because of the intense horror she felt just now.
Several minutes after that, Arias finally returned to her normal self. But since she still had some lingering fear from that nightmare, Arias decided not to tell anyone about it for now.
'Maybe that's just a dream. If not I'll research about that later...'
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
stone