Bab 624: Separated At War
Kan'na placed her palm against the green hue of the Undead King's Territory. Utilizing her fingers to sense it she frowned when the properties of the Territory entered her head. Removing her hand she shook her head, "It's not magic, there's no chance of me disassembling it. Opportunity's suggestion of attacking it from both sides is most likely our best bet."
"Which poses a problem.", Yielya bit her nail in frustration, "Both Akiol and Opportunity are stuck fighting Third Stage enemies. If this continues they're going to have to fight the undead army alone."
Blocking the sun from her eyes Kan'na looked upwards, several magic circles manifesting and shattering time and time again. A brute force method to attempt to find some sort of hole. However a Fourth Stage's Territory proved to be mighty. No matter what magic she used she couldn't breach past the restriction of 'none shall enter'.
Kan'na and Yielya's conversation fell short by the sound of someone approaching. Turning to face Uyana, Yielya asked, "Something the matter?"
"I overheard your solution to pass this Territory. While I believe it has a chance to work, there might be another method."
This sounded incredibly pleasant to Yielya's ears. She originally hadn't anticipated this kind of move from the Undead due to their lack of knowledge regarding Territories. When the initial force had become surrounded and cut off from reinforcements she was racking her brains thinking of a solution. Now, during her struggles, a saint has come forth!
"This method being?", Yielya halted her excitement and opted to properly gauge the other method.
"Another Territory. If it extends into the range of the Undead King's Territory, you could create a hole where they overlap."
"I almost find this pointless to ask but, do you know anyone who's capable of creating a Territory?"
"I was mostly hoping you all would, but by the looks of it Six Lights doesn't have anyone?"
"We do not."
"Strange. Akiol wields an Upper Four Sword though right?"
The question posed was weird to Yielya. Thus she prompted further, "What do you mean by this?"
"I was just under the impression that someone of his caliber would be capable of Synced Nexus already."
"Synced Nexus again is it. No, he hasn't experienced that."
"Odd. . ."
Shaking her head Yielya steered the topic back on track, "So we don't have anyone capable of producing a Territory. We're going with our initial method."
"Actually. . . I might be able to."
Restraining herself to not roll her eyes Yielya almost snapped, "Why didn't you say so earlier?! Let's get a move on."
"I. . . just don't know if I can do so willingly. During my fight against Akiol in the Professional Competition I was able to summon a Territory with Synced Nexus. While I have been practicing the most I've gotten was just the initial stage of Synced Nexus, I haven't been able to summon the Territory since then."
"So it's a gamble. Fine, we try both options. You attempt to summon your own Territory while we attempt to attack it from both sides. Both of these options work for me. Now move quickly we're wasting time!", Yielya basically pushed Uyana into position.
Taking a breath Uyana remembered the feeling of Synced Nexus. Grabbing her wooden katana she sucked in a breath. After the fight with Akiol she spent the majority of her time attempting to recall that same feeling. It took her a lot longer than she was willing to admit, but now she was capable of entering Synced Nexus willingly.
Her pupils morphed into the shape of a cherry blossom. A haori manifested onto her shoulders, branches of cherry blossoms making up the pattern. A single large cherry blossom as an icon on her back. Kan'na watched this process intently. Several magic circles hovering around her to take measurements of various aspects in the air. Something about Synced Nexus seemed important, and she wasn't going to miss this opportunity.
This is as far the Synced Nexus went for Uyana however. Her brow furrowed as she attempted to delve deeper into the realm of Territory. Yet try as she might, it never surfaced. What exactly pushed her to such a realm when she fought with Akiol? She couldn't remember.
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Bones and flesh flew as the undead reformed. Akiol didn't stop however, once again unsheathing Stars he swung horizontally, a spinning disc of Aura shredding the undead in half.
{Way of the Galaxy: Planetary Ring}!
The Dulluhan's mount leapt over the disc, crossing the large distance with ease. Brandishing a lance it charged forward with an insane speed. Lifting his blade Akiol clashed with the lance, aiming to disarm the Dulluhan. Incredibly surprised by the strength Akiol showcased the Dulluhan instead retracted his lance. His horse leapt to the side to clear some distance, but proved futile to Akiol's follow up attack.
The Aura from the Planetary Ring morphed into several projectiles and flew forwards. The Dulluhan managed to deflect several but not all of these projectiles. Many landed on his steed which caused it to stumble.
{Way of the Galaxy: Asteroid Belt}!
Dashing forward Akiol lifted Stars above his head, but a horrifying screech called out and dragged Akiol away. Another taunt ability? As Akiol's head was forced to look towards what screeched he soon understood. The souls that hit his body were clinging to him. This call was forcing them back to the Lich, and dragging him along with it.
Extending his foot to brace himself he expelled a force of Aura across his body. It spun violently, daring to shred anything that touched it. This force removed the souls clinging to him and nullified the dragging effect. Immediately turning around Akiol blocked a blow from the Dulluhan.
A spiral of mana clashed with Stars and sent Akiol sliding into a horde of Undead. They immediately leapt towards him to claw him apart. Slashing through them with ease he fought to regain distance. However, a horde of souls descended from the sky and screeched towards him. Before he could dispel them the Dulluhan roared and once again taunted him.
This strategy. . . this was similar to what players did against bosses. Constantly dragging the boss back and forth with taunt abilities until it died. Akiol was only somewhat okay with this method. Simply because being dragged back and forth allowed him to keep the attention of the two Third Stages. However the Territory posed an issue, if he were to defeat one wouldn't they just rise again?
This type of fight would lead to their loss. There was no question about it. He needed to create some sort of opening, an opportunity to change the tides!
Souls slammed into him which caused his knees to buckle. Almost falling forward he instead moved a leg to catch himself. Just as he stomped the ground a burst of Aura rang forth. Holding Stars by his waist he bent his legs forward.
This move was simply far too risky to use under normal circumstances. Something he wasn't sure if he could utilize just yet without basically depleting his Aura. However he knew that Raven Thread's defenses were going to fall apart soon. He could see their forces dwindling faster than they could respawn.
So without hesitation, he let loose an incredible amount of Aura! It morphed into lines that dashed between the undead, connecting them all into one body. A spiderweb of aura connecting to hundreds. . . now thousands of undead!
A small whine could almost be heard, but was drowned in the sounds of war. Akiol felt the pressure as he now performed three moves at once!
Utilizing the footwork of {Blazar Jet}, the properties of {Constellation} and the cutting force of {Photon Cutting Slash}, he morphed the three at once! Upon execution, he entirely disappeared from sight!
Orothus laughed at the move, "It matters not! No matter how many times you cut down the undead they shall rise again! We are undying!"
A second passed and the head of every undead flew into the air. The Dulluhan found himself split in half, but already started to mend back together. Akiol reappeared, his face showing an incredible amount of strain. Almost dropping Stars he grit his teeth and finished the rest of his technique.
The combination of the three techniques wasn't the requirement for pulling of this one technique. Rather it simply required a large amount of already expended Aura. Once expelled from his body there's a short period in which Akiol could still control it before it vanished. This technique made use of this expelled Aura for prolonged battles. Or, if he deemed it necessary, an emergency move to pull off at the cost of most of his current Aura.
From the severed heads of the undead Aura moved upwards in a string like manner. They began to swirl, and the battlefield began to brighten. Made of pure Aura a massive ball of Aura lingered above the undead like a star. It hovered and pulsed occasionally, but existed and did not collapse.
{Way of the Galaxy. . .}
To this Akiol felt relieved, there was a chance that it didn't succeed, but now it was formed he could continue this fight!
{Supergiant Star}!
Status Power Mingguan
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Power 
-- Power
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