As Charlie's command left his lips, it seemed to not have hit Alice or Janet quite yet."Wait a minute, this is still too-" said Alice before her jaw buckled, feeling a strong right fist landing straight on her jaw.As her face twisted, her eyes began spinning and she could feel herself loose her footing."The floor? It's growing, it's coming straight at me" thought Alice as her face fell straight at the ground.Right after her face collided with the ground though, she felt a hand grab her by the collar and pull her back, scrubbing her face on the ground a little before lifting her up to be on her feet, right before a heavy kick came slamming down, tearing up the earth beneath them."Useless!!" Said Janet as she pulled Alice closer and threw her over her shoulder, before turning around and sprinting off.Narrowly dodging huge pillars of crystals that sprung up from the floor. "Nice punch Sukz!" Said Crystal as she lowered her out stretched hands, in turn, lowering the crystals back in
As Alice continued to race throughout the forest, increasing her speed and mobility through the use of her chains, she kept blitzing with a thought on her mind."This plan has got to work!" She thought to herself as her mind revisited the short exchange she had with Crystal."Crystal was even crazier than I thought, those punches and kicks looked weak, but it felt like I would snap in half at any moment.If Suzuki uses the same techniques..." thought Alice as her eyes spun around and met up with Suzuki's, who was hot on her tail."As much as I respect you, I'll not be going easy on you, Suzuki!" Yelled Alice as she quickly increased her pace, dashing even faster."Right back at you!! Thought that's not what someone who's running should be saying!!" Smiled Suzuki as she increased her own pace, tearing the ground behind her.As Janet and Crystal made some distance between each other, their eyes locked and they both readied in battle stances."Military stance 4: Long Knife short Saber" s
As Crystal got into her stance, she locked eyes with Janet and had a serious look on her face."I've got it! I figured it out! It was pretty hard to tell what exactly you were doing, but after being hit with it up close, I know exactly what your doing!" Said Crystal.As both girls stood panting with blood running down their faces and burn marks on their bodies, a smirk landed on Janet's face."Oh, really now?" Said Janet, "your alchemy, it's space-time isn't it?!" Said Crystal."Obviously, I don't really go about hiding it!" Said Janet. "But you haven't exactly mastered it. But now that I know how you use it, your defeat is eminent!" Said Crystal."Don't think you can defeat just cuz you know how I fight!" Said Janet, "But I can defeat you, for that exact reason. You basically warp the space around yourself or objects don't you? You warp the space around the surface of that stick so that it becomes a thin blade or warp it so that it becomes a thick club right?That's the only explanat
Deep in another part of the forest, completely separate from all the other students, scattered across from one another was another team that was on the lookout for Earl."This suckz!!" Said Austin who was on a boat, swaying his hand across the surface of the water."This absolutely blows...." he said once more with a droopy expression. On the boar with him was a fishing rod in his other hand, with its cord cast into the water.The salty taste of the air and the gentle wetness of the water brushed over his hands.The dead silence was loud, with the only other sound being the occasion bubble pop and clashing of small waves.As his boat continued to drift in the middle of a huge lake, he pulled his hands out of the wet water and had an excessively long yawn.As he slammed his jaw shut, a bored expression sat on his face. "This reaaally blows" he said once more."Why am I the one out here fishing anyway?! Damn it Annie!" He thought to himself with a sour expression as his mind visited ear
As Ralph stood face to face with his opponent, he took a stance, glaring his eyes at the man who stood in front of him.The man in turn spun his knife around before settling into a stance, lowering his center of gravity and holding the knife out in front of him.Instantly, Ralph blasted out with an explosive jump towards his opponent, and threw out a punch."No alchemy huh?" Said the man as he dodged the shirt and swung out his knife at Ralph's head.Ralph ducked under the slash and threw out his huge arms in a huge bear hug, "not smart are we?" Said the man as he spun the knife and thrusted down at Ralph's back.As the knife came hurling down at his spine, Ralph paid no mind and went in for the attack."If I let this kid grab me, I have a feeling It'll all be over by that time!" Thought the man, planting his feet into the ground.The instant the knife made contact with Ralph's back, the man thrusted hard before immediately creating distance.Jumping back a few meters, barely escaping
In a certain location, somewhere on the outskirts of Luckage city, but not too far from the cities borders, there was an abundance of very tall trees.So tall that it was difficult to see the birds nests that nestled at the top of the tree.Each tree was absurdly thin, so thin that it was a stretch to even call them trees, yet their leaves spread out so far, that even though each tree was roughly 10 meters apart, it's branches and leaves touched and intertwined with one another.They stretched so far and bundles so much, that the shadow it cast remained both day and night, allowing only a little sunlight- enough to make the lighting resemble that of a calm afternoon- to pass through its leaves.For this reason and this reason alone, travelers called it the umbrella forest, others called it the tall overcast forest, and the locals at Luckage city and the small settlements around it, all called it evernoon.The lush peaceful green nature of the ground that slowly went up and down in slo
As Julian stood in front of the approaching carriages, he wore a tired nonchalant sour look on his face.The sound of the approaching carriages became louder and louder, and the sour look on his face became even more so as he recalled the look on Sidney's face."Damn freeloader..." He said as he recalled the words that he told to Sidney, "why the hell did I even tell him that?..." He thought to himself.A few images flashed through his mind, one where he was on the floor with someone standing over him, with a hot rod, one where he stood over dead bodies, one where he cried in the rain, one where he was freezing and had frostbite on his fingertips.As the images flashed through, his face became even more sour, "pfft! Hell? You haven't seen shit yet" he said as he raised up his hand.The carts were now up close, and the very first one stopped right in front of Julian.Seeing him, the guard riding shotgun was the first to hop off and walk towards Julian, who had a nonchalant look on his
The trek back to his cell was silent. There was still all the noise from the jail cells as usual, but it was quieter than usual.Neither Kipple, nor any of the other Drakemen warriors that accompanied him said a single word. And with a bag over his head, Earl didn't say anything either.It's not like he was particularly talkative since he arrived here. The Drakemen weren't exactly so kind to talk with him either, so it wasn't anything new.But that wasn't the reason for the silence, that much was known by everyone. The Drakemen warriors were escorting a zombie back to its cell, a man who had died and came back to life. That's why they were silent.And what's more, after Earl--a human--was able to take down Nonomo, a beast considered nigh unbeatable even by the superior Drakemen, he did so with powers they had never seen or heard of, and with a smile that he couldn't seem to erase from his face.Even now, he was smiling under the bag over his head.As he and Kipple continued to walk, t