Aegis

Beast Vs Beast

In a dark and eerie room, three silhouettes could be seen.

One of them seemed to be addressing the other two who were on their knees...

"Your brother has been spotted in Ernia, you know what to do".

"Yes father"

The larger of the two spoke first, followed by the other...

"What if he chooses to resist?"

"You may take away his relic"

A devious smile could be seen on their faces as they vanished in the blink of an eye leaving the Man alone to his thoughts.

'It's time you embrace your birthright, Seth'.

He spoke in a cold dark voice that had absolutely no emotions in it.

"Let the hunt begin!"

Vorus shouted and charged towards ace with a hard knuckle only to be met with a foot to the face.

"He got him!".

Reginald who was still trapped inside the spherical mass of electricity was cheering on his partner.

Ace quickly retreated his foot seeing as it didn't even daze his opponent and readied another attack, not letting the momentum go by.

"Shadow Bind!".

He summoned his shadow to bind the behemoth in front of him while hitting a couple of punches to the face.

Vorus grinned, not so much as a flinch, he channeled his Ain and broke free from the bind.

"Is that all you've got"

He grabbed ace by the head and slammed him to the ground.

He then jumped high into the air and called forth his hammer, which he slammed at the dazed Ace.

"Ace!!".

Reginald seemed worried at the resulting explosion from the last attack.

But this battle was far from over.

Ace got back up, his eyes looking like that of a wild beast ready to pounce at his target.

He was like a wounded animal in an isolated place.

Ace formed a blade with his shadow moving even faster than ever, using it to cut forward, the blade flashing in the sunlight, Vorus screamed upon taking damage this time, his chest bleeding excessively from the wound, with bared teeth he attacked again.

The two kept exchanging blows, the people around them were dazzled by this display of strength and tenacity from the two.

"They're both monsters".

"Are we safe here?".

The aura these two were exhibiting was enough to drive a normal person mad if they were to be exposed to it directly.

"Hahahahahahahahaha! Kid, what's your name?".

The excited Man had developed a level of respect for this opponent, who has equally exchanged blows with him for half an hour now with none of them taking the fall just yet.

"Huff... Huff".

Ace was trying to catch his breath. He looked at the foe in front of him, he was bloody and bruised from head to toe, both of them were.

"Hasn't he have enough".

He asked no one in particular as he sort to respond to the earlier comment.

"My name's Ace Shadows and I'm going to solve the Primordial puzzle!".

The goal of every Clan was to find clues leading to pieces of the Primordial Relic.

Whoever could solve this 'World Puzzle' will be granted anything they desire.

"Hah! I like your guts kid, but this fight is coming to an end! Here I come"

Ace and Vorus circled each other, each one grinning at the tension they had caused in the area.

Suddenly, Ace lept forward, charging his foe.

Unprepared, Vorus recoiled from a punch to his jaw with a wince. In retaliation, he prepared a strike of his own.

"Thunder Slam!"

His hammer was crackling with electricity as he struck Ace in his chin sending him flying.

"Ace!!"

Reginald was devastated at the sight of his friend taking an attack like that, he wished there was something he could do. He even tried the technique he saw Vorus use to dispatch Shadow bind earlier but it was in vain.

Vorus followed with repeated hits with the hammer only for Ace to block the last with his hand, not letting go Vorus for the first time was shocked at this development

"You still have that much fight left in you eh, sorry kid but this fight's over".

A huge jolt of electricity coursed through Ace making him wince in intense pain, he still won't let go.

"Haha! You never cease to amaze me, kid, give up now I don't even want to hurt you anymore you've satisfied me enough, any more and you'll drop dead"

Ace opened his eyes, they were Cold blue like the calm seas. His aura flared up beyond any level it had reached before, blowing away some of the bystanders that were spectating this brutal exchange. S

He raised his hand.

'Shadow, take all my Ain, let's end this with one blow!'

"So much energy. Kid, just what are you!?".

Vorus was looking worried for the first time.

He had never experienced a ferocious display of Ain before.

"This is for my lasagna!!!"

The shadow was rapidly increasing in size and blending with Ace's aura it looked like a giant fiend sitting on top of Ace's hand as he dropped his hand down to end the fight.

"Shadow Arts: Kill Switch!!".

The Shockwave from the last attack blew everyone away except for Ace, Vorus, and Reginald. With the latter being free from his prison.

"Y-yo...YOU DID IT!!".

"Vorus was knocked out by some stranger with a Shadow relic!"

"I am so posting this on my blog".

Ace gave Reginald a thumbs-up before finally giving in as he started losing consciousness.

He was about to fall forward but was caught by his partner.

"Easy there, I've got you, buddy, let's get the heck out of here".

Ace was taken to an inn to recuperate, he slept for two days straight as a result of using up all of his Ain.

Reginald was talking with Kurt, the latter reached out to the duo after reading about their battle on the internet.

He had also brought with him the finished emblem.

It was about the size of a shield and had the inscription of the letters A E G I S sitting atop a carving of a star.

It was made just as Ace requested.

"If he were awake right now I know he'd be jumping up and down like the baby he was".

Reginald sighed, worried about his friend. Kurt hesitantly put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't worry about Ace-boy, he's fine, I can feel it. He's just tired from exhausting all of his Ain".

Back at the Regrah Library...

"Arghhhh, you witch!"

A bandaged Vorus was causing an uproar.

"What do you mean you can't sense his Ain. Your range can reach up to the next Three districts, they couldn't have traveled far"

"It is what it is, I'm guessing he exhausted all his Ain during your fight or he might have dropped dead, whatever the case I can't sense him. And don't you dare forget about my payment."

Serena proclaimed as she flipped a page on the book she was currently reading.

Vorus angrily walked out of the library.

'I have to find that kid'

He looked desperate with all the casts and bandages around his body.

'No matter what it takes, i will find him'.