“O, the wind that follows, become my spear, strike true!”Lifting his hand as he aimed it at Red, Bahamut conjured multiple wind spears that materialized above him, launching themselves one by one toward Red.Red would only conjure his windshield once more, repeating the process of creating one larger spear to counterattack. “——Tch.” Bahamut clicked his tongue, pushing himself out of the way as he dodged an attack once more. Red had always only come up with a ranged counterattack if he had attacked from a distance, however, even if he did also close the distance and tried to force Red into close combat, his light magic was too fast to dodge. Blinking would do nothing and turn around would only make his back open.The battle duration was an hour, and it had been 30 minutes since their battle started, making this the first battle of the tournament to ever last.“What's wrong? You've run out of ideas?” Red scoffed as he was trying to provoke Bahamut. Bahamut himself was aware of it,
“Argh!”Slamming his fist against the white wall of the hospital, he held back as he expressed his frustration, waiting outside the surgery room now that they have began. They were all at the hospital, waiting for the news about both the tournament as they hoped for Kira's recovery. Saeko had fallen asleep into Vincent's arms as she cried the whole time and Teresa had already gone home to check on the children. It has been an hour, and with his frustration being left unchecked, Cian was beginning to think of radical ways to win the tournament despite him not being on it anymore.Rather, he just wanted to fight, to fight Asa Narasu and make her regret doing this. “...”“Cian. Don't.”Just as Cian stood with a gloomy face, Vincent immediately stopped him with a word. “They're not stopping here, aren't they? This will not stop until we win or eliminate them all. If they're going to play dirty, doesn't that mean we have the right to do just that?”Cian said those words with a clear t
“We have Magicroft against Dokuji Chio! Dokuji was automatically forwarded toward the semi-finals after his opponents surrendered in a row! Is this a rigged match?! Or is it something else!?”Currently, the tournament of the annual Moonblight Mixed Magic Arts were almost reaching its final stage. With the last match of the semi-finals coming up, Magi was finally up against the last contestant that had yet to even fight in the brackets after being automatically put into the semi-finalists. Despite his connection to the mayor, it was not a rig nor a privilege that Dokuji had that enabled him to reach it instantly. It was simply how the tournament had gone for the past years. Dokuji was considered a semi-finalist automatically as he was left undefeated for the past years. As they both appeared in the arena, Dokuji stood on the other side, leaning into a cane that he had always had. All the moments of preparation came to this moment for Magi. There was no chance he would lose to som
“––I am your demise, snake.”Like a distant sound, Magi’s voice reverberated in the arena. It reached everyone as if he was just as close to them as he was to Dokuji, catching their attention entirely as they were silenced.His voice felt rather different, and along with it was a cold intimidation that reached the masses. “Big words, however, do you have the strength to back it up?” Dokuji readies himself, dashing forward once more to clash with the now new form Magi had taken.Dokuji had a gist that this could be a certain magic provided by the machine that converts Elemental Magics into a Unique one, however, it was impossible to generate two types of magic with one elemental magic as he already had Portal Magic. It didn’t add up. Perhaps there was more than that, making it all the more a mystery that he needs to know. “Unwise to challenge me.” Magi replied, ignoring the question as he saw Dokuji move forward, his eyes able to keep up with Dokuji now.Like earlier, Dokuji attempt
“Infinity Shift, Integration.”With his power now integrated into his Grant, Glazier, Magi would now be able to use it with the power of his ability.Although it should have been impossible to change it, for Magi's Grant, it was relatively easy due to it only being but a gun with an empty core after Magi couldn't constantly supply it with Ice Magic.“Enough of this! I will make it so you won't have to walk!”Dokuji lunged in, disappearing as soon as his feet left the ground. Magi could sense that Dokuji was close but with him moving faster than the wind can react, Magi couldn't pinpoint where he would appear. So to know, he would fire his pistol on the ground, opening the first and sealed portal, firing the next upwards as the sealed portal below him opens up the same time as he opened the other.Dokuji's attack came right after, missing as Magi reappears above him, launching a punch that delivered a constant velocity as they now began to fall indefinitely. "Keh! You–"Dokuji cursed
As the tournament of the Mixed Magic Arts concluded, the Res Trackers were ousted due to their affiliation with Magi.The tournament had concluded with Red as the winner, and without a fight, they lost against them once again.News about Magi's arrest had begun to circulate. The Cold Mercenary was now taken in custody, locked away at the high-level underground prison of Moonblight. Kira and the others knew they couldn't appeal otherwise now that Magi was in their hands along with the people's ire. With the heat focused on them, there was nothing they can do but wait it out."Cian's missing and Magi has been captured. This is the worse that could happen!" Kira shouted as she slammed her fist into the desk, breaking it down into two."Just what the hell happened?!" She ground her molars, frustrated at what had happened. It had been two days until that day. "Even though we didn't know that much of Magi's past, there was something that stopped us from doing so, to think that it was th
11 years ago, Magi and Cian were only normal orphans. However, that wasn't the whole truth. The moment that they were kept inside the orphanage, was also the start of their cultivation as future mercenaries.Magi, who showed all kinda talents in both intelligence and power became the first one to lure the eyes of that one single person, Shanti.Shanti, who was still young at the time, however, has the same look and smile, as if he never ages. He was interested in Magi's capabilities as a mercenary, but not only that, he had begun to claim him as his property.He would throw hardships in Magi's way. Be it accidents, or sudden raise in food prices and even the man who bumped into Teresa was someone Shanti had hired to do that.It was all made just to see Magi's almost expressionless face make a despaired expression.But that was not enough. He wanted to get close to him, see how he can break him, and finally see the weeping that Magi never showed anyone.Then, it came to him. An idea.
"What the hell... what the hell!"Standing atop the highest building in Moonblight, Cian screamed out his frustration, looking into the distance.Remembering those times when he had practically lived in luxury, getting almost everything he wanted, only to know that it came from the act of killing innocents.Cian believed that Magi had only taken missions that led them to eliminate condemned criminals in Newyark.However, it was not the case."That was all fucking hit fees."It was why he left the digitalizer. He immediately realized that what they'd led up until now was a life made from the blood of others, and Cian couldn't help but be disgusted by it.Even if Magi was his brother, this feeling in his chest, felt like a betrayal."––AGH!"Cia conjured fires in his arm, throwing it into the sky as it exploded along with his tantrum. He couldn't keep it all to himself.Soon enough, the sentient guards from below would start to detect his activities, seeing it as an act of terrorism as t