"Not bad boy, but better keep it up!" Several more circles appeared in the sky, each one glowing ever brighter with balls of energy concentrated in their centers and aid right at . "See if you dodge these!"
"CRAP!" I started moving in ti to avoid the rays of lights that rained down on with the occasional bolts of lightning and fire mixed in. Darn it, this guy was relentless!
...
"Hrunting!" I quickly projected the sword and broke it before putting it on the bow I created on the fly and let it loose. Kokabiel smirked as he moved to one side to avoid the shot, only for it to be replaced with an expression of surprise as the arrow bent at unnatural angle and aid for his back. Stopping his onslaught, he opened his wings and flew off into the sky with Hrunting following him like the blood hound it was, not once letting up on the montum.
"Hey you got him on the run!" I could barely hear Ise yell out excitedly as Kokabiel started taking hard turns to throw off the sword.
"I'm not done yet." I created another Hrunting and let it loose to chase Kokabiel at the other end, forcing him to hightail it at a hard corner and having two Hruntings chasing him. Then…
"BOOM!"
"Yeah, you got him!" Saji whooped loudly as he high-fived Ise. I rely notched another sword into my bow and kept it there at the ready and aid at the burning cloud of smoke where the arrows detonated. Knowing my luck and seeing the toughness of this fallen angel, it won't be that quick. I was proven right when a spear broke through the cloud of smoke and nearly clipped my head off if I did not move at the last minute.
"Ohh~ not bad boy, not bad at all." The rest of the smoke got blown away by the fallen angel flapping his wings as he revealed a leering face that seed more reminiscent of devils in the books. "But it seems you are still holding back on . That is not very nice of you, you shouldn't do that when we can have a good fight. I would have to think of sothing to motivate you"
Great, I have to have another battle maniac for an opponent.
"Oh wait, there is one." His smirk went a little wider as he looked at . "I believe you are currently looking after one of my subordinates. How is she? Have you been keeping in touch with her for today?" My heart stopped at those words, my mind briefly removed from the fight and to the little girl with the temper. He couldn't have!
"A little careless of you, not wanting to check up on your charge." Kokabiel remarked as a magic circle appeared beside it and a bound and gagged Mitelt ca out of the circle and hovered next to him. "So then, does this motivate you more to fight seriously?"
… He wanted to be motivated? Okay, I was officially motivated. And officially pissed off.
I dismissed Kanshou and Bakuya from my hands and replaced them with the gauntlets that I loaned to Koneko during the Raiser match while removing my coat. It had been quite a while since I used these guys, so let's see if I still got the touch. First I got to get Mitelt out of the way.
"Let her go." The words ca out of my mouth in a deadly whisper as my eyes hardened at him.
"You want her?" Kokabiel motioned with his hand as more circles appeared around Mitelt and the light rays radiating from them connected with one another to form a cage. "Then you better co at with a bit more work."
"Fine." I raised my arms and balled up my fists. "You want to be serious, you got that!" With that I slamd my fists together, activating the runes on it and making them glow brightly. Then slowly, the glow spread to my arms, then my torso and finally my entire body, all the while feeling a heat on that reminded of that ti as a child.
The fire from which I was forged.
I did not need to look at the others when they gasped loudly despite the distance; the visual confirmation was before when the glow diminished and I found my body encased in what could be considered as 'blade mail'. The blades interweaved and interlock one another, creating a layer of swords that was totally abnormal and yet naturally organic. I should feel freaked out, but on the contrary, it was like taking a breath of fresh air.
My body was made of swords.
"Well that you don't see every day." I lifted my head to find Kokabiel looking at with an eye I would see was a cross of analytical and maniacal. "But I wonder if it is more than just a show."
"Let's try it out then." I clenched my fists and crouched before pushing my feet off the ground, leaving behind a crater and getting up close to his face to deliver a straight right. I was sowhat satisfied that he did not expect to be this quick, and I took that chance by layering on the punches and the kicks at his body, feeling so of his bones break under the impact.
Yet he was still smiling like it was the best thing ever.
"HAHAHAHA!" He laughed even more despite having his body pumled by my fists and looking like a bloodied piñata. "This is what I an to have a good fight!" With his one good arm, he grabbed one of my fists and with a hard swing, sent flying over him and towards the courtyard. "Co on boy! Give all you got!"
I growled as I rolled on the ground and quickly got into position. Kokabiel being airborne was certainly a problem and I highly doubt he would give the chance to use my bow, but with [Brahma Ka Caimpiyana] equipped and its dual ability to enhance my traits and equip certain attributes, I got that part redied.
"Hrunting!" I projected the original sword form in my right hand, then with a flick of my wrist and a light punch of my fist, the sword dispersed into red dust and got absorbed into the gauntlet, making my body glowed briefly before taking on the sa crimson hue as the sword.
Let's try this again.
I jumped straight at him and predictably he dodged to the side to try and aim a spear at my sides. What he did not expect was changing my direction without warning and coming right back at his face. With a quick left, I sent him hurling back a bit, then without letting him take a break, I got closer again to kick him in the gut. His next few attempts to escape got thwarted as I continued to hit with both my fists and legs at him.
"GARH!" He coughed out blood as he took the damage and gave a glare that was sowhere between murderous and interest. "Well, you do have more tricks, but…" I swung a fist at him only to get pushed back by an odd looking rune that appeared in front of him. "If your only solution was to get up close and personal, you will need to rethink your strategy boy!"
Well that was a bit annoying, thankfully I had other options.
"Bring into my hand, [Black Lotus Custom]!" I commanded [Hell's Trident] to create the next weapon I had in mind, hovering in the air as I took a quick peek at Mitelt. I would need to get her out of his clutches.
"First Illusion, Hell's Locust!" I swung the dark purple spear at Kokabiel, the tip glowing ominously before a dark energy issued from the spear and rushed forward, breaking apart and changing its form into hellish looking insects that barely had a resemblance to locust and their crimson eyes directed straight at Kokabiel.
"Whoa!" Kokabiel spread his wings and fled upwards, the Hell's Locusts following in hot pursuit and relentless in their desire to murder him. Kokabiel called forth another one of his weird rune to block them. For a mont it seed it was effective in halting them temporarily, then to his shock and much to my amusent, the apparitions started to chew through the barrier, tearing it down quickly to let the others behind to push through.
"OUI! OUI! That is so serious voodoo type magic you have there!" Kokabiel crackled as he called forth more of his magic circles to send forth bolts of lightning at them while using his spear to parry my attacks. "But you would need to do a little more boy!"
No need, my objective has been t.
Using Hrunting's ability to ho in on the target, I maneuvered my way to Mitelt and jabbed the circles with Rule Breaker, disrupting their structure and allowing to grab her away from him. With a quick application of Prana, I made my way to the ground and next to the group of devils.
"Whoa!" Ise jumped back as I hit the ground a little harder than intended and forced everyone back a little. I ignored them for the mont and focused my attention on Mitelt. Apart from several bruises and a shortage of Prana, she seed to be mostly fine. With a quick projection of a healing staff, her skin color beca less pale and she started to breathe a bit better.
"Hey guys, how is it hanging?" I inwardly enjoyed their expressions at my tallic skin, no doubt wondering what I did to get this. I paused to look at Kiba in the distance with a few other armors around him. "Okay, so what's the story on him and his buddies?"
"Well, it seems Galilei had a few more tricks up his sleeve by installing sothing into Kiba that summoned those armors around him." Ise gave the answer rather quickly and with a face that spoke of his frustration of the situation.
"Okay, where is Rule Breaker?" Ise and a couple of the others gave a confused expression. "The dagger I lent to you to stop Kiba, Ise!"
"Ah!" Ise let out a sound of understanding before adopting a sheepish expression. "I'm afraid that got destroyed by those knights there." He pointed while looking away from . I could only let out a frustrated sigh while massaging my eyes. Great, now I needed to make another dagger.
Typical.
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