"My name is Lee, and I shall crush all of your bones !"The man standing in front of the leader of Shadow Rider stood nearly 8 feet tall, he had a broad chest and was extremely bulky. But he wasn't like that a few minutes ago."What technique is that?" Mustang looks over at Storm. "Beats me." The System Bearer shrugs. "Same here." Kaz states. "I've seen a lot of wacky stuff, but this one takes the cake," Ernie asks as he pulls out a roll of weed and lights it up. "Are you even allowed to smoke here?" Tana asks. "You only live once, Lucy." The guitarist hits a blunt and turns to Lucy. "Hmm..." Lucy ponders for a bit. "I have nothing. He seems to have sucked the mana from the atmosphere to bulk up his body." She starts to explain. "It's like Mana Force yet, it's not since there are no markings." She adds. "It also gives off the vibes of Mana Enhancement." Kaze states. "Is it another Mana Enhancement technique?" "Whatever it is... We'll figure more out once the match starts." "
"Very well, it seems you've lost your mind. I'll oblige to your little challenge and don't you worry, I won't kill you, I'll only crush you!""You get one hit, then. I'll put an end to you!" Neal declared. "Has he lost his mind!" Kaze exclaims. It was unusual for the vice-captain of the Tempest team to be surprised. "The energy being emitted by Lee currently is higher than Storm when he's in his Chaos form!" Storm achieved a new transformation thanks to his shadow and dark attribute mastery. He adds, making the other Tempest perk up. "I see..." They turned their attention to Lee. The giant boxer pulled both his hands back readying an attack. "He wants to end it with the next attack.""But why would Neal taunt him like that?" It was evident that the leader of the Shadow Rider team possessed a cunning strategy. "Brace yourself for defeat!"Lee bellowed, extending his arms wide before forcefully bringing them together to strike the head of the Shadow Rider captain with great imp
Storm, and Lucy were taking a stroll on the streets of The Capital. It was a beautiful city famous for its views and its landmark, the colosseum. "Ahh!" The System Bearer sighed in relief as he hangs his arms around his head. "After being involved in so many none-stop actions for weeks, it's nice to have a day of rest." He adds. "The body needs to rest, even if it's once in a while," Mustang adds. "We still have the rest of the day before meeting up with the guys, what do you two want to do?" Storm asks. Tana rubs her chin. "I wanted to have a date with him, now we have a third wheel! What to do?" Her face lights up as an invincible light bulb appears over her head. She snaps her fingers and shouts "That's it!" Storm paused to address the elf. "Why don't we play a game?" She says with a grin. Storm tilted his head while Lucy chuckles. "Sure." "Let's do this thing!" "We're gonna play hide and seek. Our playing stage will be the entire City. I'll be the seeker since Storm h
It was now the day for the second round of the Valiant games. The seats have been filled to the brink once again as the colosseum echoed with the roaring cheers of the crowds.Some held banners depicting logos of their favorite groups. While others had pictures of their favorite fighters including honor students. "Wowee!" Mustang exclaims looking at a screen depicting the thousands of people that have gathered to watch the tournament of the Combatants."This place is sweet!" The Tempest team have been given an exclusive suit big enough to contain all their members including none participants. It was a rule implemented from the second round upwards whereby Combatants would be given rooms big enough for them to watch the tournament standby until they were called upon for their matches.The room had several beds and resembled that of a penthouse in a hotel. It was located within the colosseum. "This place is solemn!"They all scanned the room with glistening eyes. "So, we'll be watchi
"The Sun Bow..." Kaze scanned his opponent.Mustang tightened his grip on the golden bow as he positions himself and pulls the string of the bow.A golden arrow emerged with flames on the string as Mustang aims at Kaze. "Hahaha! Come, Mustang. Don't you dare hold back!""I don't plan on holding back, Kaze. Sun Purge!" Mustang fired the blazing arrow at the hammer wielder. "His go-to attack eh?"Kaze chuckled as he dashes forward with a broad grin. Without slowing down, he sprints faster as he deflects the fire arrow thus changing its trajectory.Mustang remained unfazed almost as if he was expecting his opponent to deflect his attack with little effort.Kaze closed the distance between them. "I told you, I won't hold back. The weakness of an archer... You're weak when it comes to close-ranged battles!" Kaze roared as he lifts his hammer and electricity gathers around him."The weakness of a brute, they underestimate their opponents easily." Mustang summons an arrow but doesn't pla
Kaze was panting heavily, darting a look at his opponent. The archer standing across him pulled the string of his bow and fired an arrow which splits into multiple arrows. "Yellow Rain!" He shouted. The Lightning User grins as he swings his hammer in multiple directions deflecting all of the arrows that are aimed at him. "Amazing. Ladies and gentlemen, this match-up only keeps adding to the heat!" "It's amazing how Kaze is able to move nimbly with that hammer of his," Mustang says to himself. He smirks as he points at the Lightning User. "Arrow Port!" The several arrows that scattered on the floor of the arena disappeared. It didn't take long before they reappeared in a different spot... The body of the Lightning User. Sticking out from his limbs were dozens of arrows that the archer conjured. Kaze winced in pain as he flexed his muscles causing the arrows to break apart. "Such power..." Mustang said in awe. Kaze bursts into laughter. "That ability of yours makes you the mo
"Hahaha!" Kaze bursts into laughter. "Amazing! You developed the Mana Force ability." "I've leveled up too, Kaze." "Nevertheless, this match is mine for the taking... Volt Boomerang." Kaze hauls his hammer at the archer. Mustang stood unfazed as he stretches his hand forward. "Impossible!" Kaze grasped. Everyone in the colosseum began to mutter over the sight that they beheld. Mustang halted the hammer with one hand. "How?" "This is the power of Mana Force!" The Mana Force is a technique that is developed by chanting weird phrases as markings began to emerge on his body. These markings grant the user the ability to drain the mana of non-living components, these include the mana of strongly focused mana attacks, thus weakening them in the process. "With the Mana Force, every attack that comes from the power of a Magical Item or coated by mana is rendered nearly useless." Kaze already knew that Mana Force drains the mana of all mana-based attacks. But what he di
"Kaze won?" Storm saw what happened. "That was fast, really fast." "Agreed. In the end, Kaze won." "He moved so fast that even with the Future Sight, Mustang was not able to dodge the last attack." The people with fast reactions were able to see the Lightning User's last attack. He threw his hammer forward but clenched the handle and traveled at a speed faster than his "Volt Boomerang" attack. The hammer collided with the growing arrow, setting off the explosion in the process. Kaze was not harmed by the explosion as he had already left the area. At last, the hammer crashed into Mustang's face, knocking him out in the process. "Ladies and gentlemen, after an hour of intense exchanges, the winner has emerged!" The crowd paused their bickering and stood to clap and cheer for not just Kaze, but Mustang as well for putting up a spectacular fight. "What a fight." "So this is the power of Thunder God?" Storm asked no one in particular. His body was shaking as he couldn't control