บท 239: Visitors From Asgard (I)...

[POV Ororo]

I stood in an open field with my wand in my hand and on my other side Rumi was standing casually with her index finger pointed in my direction.

"Start!" I heard Jean scream from the side but I didn't have any time to pay her attention. As soon as Jean's voice was heard I shot a stunning spell, followed by a banisher and a leg locking jinx. Rumi nimbly dodged all three of them by a hair's-breadth but I knew very well that dodging them wasn't hard for Rumi.

Rumi shot spells at me in return, she used the exact same spells I have used but it was clear that her spells contained a lot more power. I dodged the stunner by stepping aside, the banisher and the leg locking jinx were stopped by the Protego charm I used… Rumi smirked and cast a shield breaker. I cursed in my mind for my stupidity.

I shouldn't have used Protego. Giving up the shield charm I quickly rolled out from the path of the shield breaker. The shield breaker sailed by my side without hitting me… I didn't have the time to stand up, so as soon as I finished the roll, I pointed my wand in Rumi's direction and fired a tripping hex, followed by an Incendio and a petrifying charm.

Once again Rumi dodged all three of them with little to no effort. This annoyed me to no end… this frustrated me so badly but there wasn't anything I could do. I knew very well that Rumi was way stronger than me before we even started the mock duel. Rumi smirked once again and attacked me with the same spells I have just used on her in the same order.

I was easily able to dodge the tripping hex but I dodged the Incendio by a hair's breadth. This made it quite impossible for me to dodge the petrifying charm. I grit my teeth in frustration and used the shielding charm to defend myself. The petrifying charm was stopped by the Protego I had used but before I could pull myself up from the ground a strong shield breaker hit the shield and I was flung back several feet.

I landed on the ground and pain shot out throughout my whole body… I knew that nothing was broken and I was only bruised but before I could even find out how far I landed, I felt my wand being whisked away from my hand while at the same time I felt my arms and legs snap together because of the body bind curse. I released a mixture of frustrated and defeated sighs…

"Rumi wins!" I once again heard Jean's voice. It was only after that, that I felt that the binds break and I turned to see that Rumi was walking towards me with my wand in her hand.

"Ororo, don't need to be like that. That was an excellent display of magic" Fleur said and extended her hand towards me. Fleur and Jean were standing at the side during our mock battle. Jean was asked to act as a referee for our fight. I accepted Fleur's hand with a smile and allowed her to help me up.

"But I still lost" I grumbled bitterly. I hated when Rumi defeated me without much effort. I know that I was growing stronger… when I fought against her for the first time she defeated me with just one spell. I was taken off-guard by the speed of her spell-casting. That, happened a few more times. I was finally able to defend against her spell but I was defeated by a shield breaker.

"You have improved a lot since we have started to train but you still need to learn more" Rumi finally arrived in front of me and handed me my wand. "Do you know why you lost?" Rumi asked me with a raised eyebrow. I groaned internally.

"I should have dodged instead of using Protego" even though I was frustrated and annoyed I won't deny my mistake. That would have been my biggest mistake. "I had to use the shield charm because I was slow, I was slow to dodge the spells" I accepted, Rumi nodded her head with a smile. She always said that you must acknowledge your weakness if you want to grow stronger.

"So, how strong are you magically? I mean if you are not holding back?" Jean asked Rumi curiously.

"She is the third strongest among us, well Dora can also be considered third strongest if you are only considering the battle department. Both I and Momo would beat anyone in the department of spell knowledge… well, except Luna, I guess. She knows everything so I am not sure. But, Nemuri and Reo would beat anyone of us in raw power and battle department" before Rumi could give an answer, Fleur decided to answer Jean's question.

"Yes, both Nemuri and Reo are way stronger than me and Dora, if we fight with either of them they will wipe the floor with us. They are insanely strong and if you think that I am fast with my spell-casting then you should sometimes see them… you need to go a long way before you try to fight either of them" Rumi said in a serious tone. Well, I have always known about Reo because of the power he has shown as Leviathan but Nemuri is quite a surprise for me. I heard about her power before but I found it blasphemous for a depraved pervert like her to be so powerful… yes, this world is truly unfair!!

All of us were brought out of our musings when out of nowhere a rainbow-like beam dropped from the sky. We were only meters away from the beam… all of us were ready for a fight in an instant, we patiently waited for the beam to stop. "There are 6 of them" Rumi declared with a stony look on her face…

The beam finally stopped and 6 silhouettes could be seen within the dust cloud. From their silhouettes, I could easily tell that 5 of them were men while only one among them was a woman. The dust cloud finally settled down and all six of them appeared to be wearing some kind of battle armor. They were also carrying weapons… except one of them… that person was wearing black and green armor. He was the only one who was empty-handed…

A tall man with long blonde hair came forward, he was carrying a hammer, quite an odd weapon. The man was wearing black armor with circular ornaments over it… he had a red cape hanging behind him. The man seemed to be the leader of the group.

"My name is Thor Odinson, I hail from Asgard. I came here to have a fight with Cosmic Entities" the man declared. Did he just say that his name was Thor?? He also mentioned that he was Odinson, which meant Odin was his father. He mentioned Asgard, too… he must be really high. Suddenly I noticed that Jean grew slightly tense. She must know what he meant but that isn't important now… the most important thing now is that the myth of Asgard is true…

"It is nice to meet you Thor Odinson, but I don't know any Asgard, and I don't know what you mean by Cosmic Entities" since none of us spoke up, Rumi decided to take the lead of our group. I kind of agree with her reply… Rumi might be standing without a guard but I was pretty sure that she was ready to attack if needed.

The blonde looked slightly confused when the man who didn't have any weapons took a step forward and whispered something into Thor Odinson's ear. Thor's eyes grew wide and with a smirk, the man in black and green armor returned to his place. I could already tell that the man in black and green armor was bad news.

"You are lying!!" the blonde man screamed and pulled up his hammer. "Heimdall told me that the Phoenix Force and the user of the Power of Destruction are on this land!" Thor screamed and thunder crackled on his body from the sky. Rumi was immediately in her battle stance but she didn't attack because Thor didn't initiate the attack…

"I no longer know what you are even talking about" Rumi lied through her teeth. Even I knew that it was a white lie but since Rumi didn't want to mention it, I didn't say it out loud, Fleur and Jean were also silent. It was clear that Thor wasn't happy because of the reply and he was about to act. We also got ready for the upcoming fight… but before a fight could break out without a sound Reo appeared between the two groups. I was immediately relieved and all four of us visibly relaxed after Reo made an appearance.

"I didn't know that I was hosting hostile guests on my island… so which of you will give me the reason for not killing you where you stand?" Reo spoke in a cold tone… it sent chills down my spine. I have never seen him like this, when Reo finished he started to release an unimaginable level of power… it was clear that he wasn't directing his power towards us but it was still overbearing. While the group from Asgard wasn't so lucky… I could already see them breathing really hard…