Finis gazed at his challengers, his golden light of an eye fluctuating amidst the lightless flames covering him from head to toe. He was like a torch that sucked light away rather than giving it off; he was the epitome of a corruptee.
“What’s our next move now?” Sereia quizzed, her brows furrowed deeply, with her hands clenching tightly on the blade.
“Would you be mad if I said I didn’t know?” Samuel grimaced, he held not an ounce of ideas for how to attack now. “The bastard might’ve actually reached King Class after absorbing that thing…”
“I can confirm,” Elyenora’s voice cracked. “He did, most certainly, reach King Class after that… I’ve never seen a stronger soul in my life… Nor a darker one...”
Sereia turned towards Elyenora. “So what? Are you saying we’re doomed here?”
“Not necessarily,” Lanos glanced toward Namir.
The kid gave him a confused look back, raising a brow at him whilst asking. “What? Why are you looking at me like tha
The five of them laid unmoving with auras surging through their every pore. Magic so powerful it caused gales of wind to implode in the surroundings solely from them standing where they were. It was an impressive sight, and an impressive feeling for them each.“Whoa…” Sereia raised her hands, looking at them. Sword in one whilst the other remained empty. “This is awesome…”“Yes…” Elyenora herself couldn’t believe the incoming surges of prowess. Stamina and energy she could only dream of at the tip of her fingers. “Namir’s spell is simply… Undeniably… Intoxicating.”“I told you,” Lanos smirked. “I hate to admit it too but, I’ve longed for this again.”“Don’t get used to it!” Namir made sure to add once more. “And do go get him as fast as magically possible!”“Right on!” Sereia clenched
“Sam?!” Elyenora shouted at the man oozing with insanity. “Hahahaha!” Samuel continued to laugh. “Oh, how I’ve longed for the day I have the strength to use nuclear destruction magic!” “Samuel!” Elyenora called out again, moving up to him. But he on kept laughing. And laughing, and laughing. As if nothing around him mattered other than the strength he came to possess. So she slapped him. “Samuel!” He got immensely taken aback by that. “W-What?” “Do not go crazy on us!” Elyenora pointed at his nose with her index finger, showing him a rather mean look and a pout. “I am not crazy!” Samuel defended himself, swinging his hand to the side while placing the other at his chest. “I’ve finally done it, Ely! I’ve achieved the thing I needed for so long! The thing I only found out was possible after meeting Namir! That same thing I should have known my eyes would be capable of with just a slight push forward! This is my very own specialty
“Tag team?” Elyenora questioned, her head tilting to the side, then shaking it. “I don’t like that idea.”Mon’Ter glanced at her. “Well there aren’t many other options, are there?”“Not now, but we could…” Elyenora began, only to be cut short.“There are no buts,” Mon’Ter rebuked. “Anyone other than me would die against him when he uses that time ability, Samuel has a few cards to play which would lead to him evading being targeted altogether. You three don’t.”“So you just mean to leave us in the barrier?!” Lanos thundered, moving up to Mon’Ter and looking up at him. “No, I’m fighting.”“How?” Mon’Ter asked him. “How will you fight when he can make it so you can’t move and then cut your head off?”“How will you fight when he cuts Your head off?” Lanos
Mon’Ter stood at the edge of the vast cosmos opened by the corruption. His two eyes hawking on the far off Finis as they both held their standoff.“He’s not coming,” Mon’Ter mumbled, narrowing his gaze.“Probably just wary of you,” Samuel said whilst floating on the side and standing in a barrier. “You do have one of your arms back and a completely different physique than before, after all, he’s probably wondering about you.”“True,” Mon’Ter tilted his head. “So what? How do I bring him back here?”“Seems like the only way is to go to him, but…” Samuel gazed at the vast abyss. “I’m not sure treading past here is something living beings are meant to do…”“Well there isn’t much choice in the matter,” Mon’Ter said. “Our whole reason for being here is to purify that guy, if he thinks he can
‘Impossible…’ Finis thought to himself. ‘How could he…?’The deathly knight flew across the cosmos, farther and farther away from the approaching Phoenix that had become of Mon’Ter. His thoughts wandered anew, as his glittering eye of gold flickered endlessly. ‘How could he simply cut through my blade? Flames, and all?’Mon’Ter bared his teeth, swinging his left arm of flame with the might of a thousand suns, its crimson fire burning at the adversary as it neared.‘I can’t… Dodge!’ Finis’ mind fluttered into a panic, and thus, he used his ability.In an instant, the attacking Mon’Ter had been cleaved in twain from the chest down, the raging black flames burning his torso away into ashes while Finis stood more than a kilometer away, his sword looking brand new.‘That should have…’ Finis breathed a sigh of relief, he turned around to
“Sam!” Elyenora came running up to the snarky mage. He was standing near the perfect cube which he had created to be an arena for the two combatants.“What happened to those two?” she asked worriedly, gazing at the structure still engulfed in chaotic energies from within. “Oh, hey Ely,” Samuel turned to her and the others approaching him. “You’re just in time to see the show.”As he spoke his words, the scenery inside the cube cleared, revealing that Mon’Ter had pinned Finis against the floor in one of the corners. His flaming left hand pushed against the deathly knight’s shattered sword, or at least what Mon’Ter had left of it. Now only the black fire sprouting from his hilt could protect him, but alas for how long?Finis’ armor had been covered in cracks all over, some deep, others outright fallen off and or incinerated. What his body revealed was simply a mass of black fire, p
In an instant, the black flames dissipated. Slowly they fluttered like butterflies, creating an aurora of colors that exploded from the darkness and revealed too many colors to speak of.Spiritus Finis, was being purified.“Is it over?” Sereia quizzed, looking up at the perfect cube with anticipation.“Mon’Ter did it…!” Elyenora smiled, loosening her grip on her hands.“Seems like it,” Namir grinned widely. “Looks like the missions will be a success! Yay!”“Let’s wait and see before we celebrate,” Lanos grumbled. “Though, damn it all… I didn’t get to go all out with Namir’s enhancement spell…”“I didn’t either,” Samuel glanced his way. “But I sure learned a lot,” he grinned widely. “I’m confident that soon enough I’ll be able to master this power all on my own… And then no
Elyenora, Mon'Ter, and Sereia all looked at Samuel with worry while Lanos did his work. Namir held the magical sphere connected to them all still and stood beside him, he himself also seemed to glance at the mage every now and then."What will we do if he has drawbacks…" Sereia mumbled near them."I don't…" Elyenora whispered back, furrowing her brows as she did. "I don't know…""Namir said people died due to it, but…" Mon'Ter joined in. "I hope Sam doesn't have the same thing happen to him…""We'll just have to wait and see then," Sereia said, stretching out her arms and straightening her back as she did. "And we’ll see what happens once we're back in elf town."“Hey, you guys,” Samuel called out to them. “I’ll go check out the rest of this place and see where the treasure room is, we might find some artifacts in here.”“Oh! Magic boom boom stuff!” Namir grin