ALBT chapter 3

Ty and Leo dashe into the forest. They obviously had training of some form. But compared to me who is self taught. My skill and proficiency with ki lacks luster. But most kids usually tell their parents once they awaken a Magic or Ki art. And wind magic is only notable for the support applications. All but my predecessor were support fighters. My predecessor was a council member of The Vale. That's all I really know to be honest. The Vale is stingy with the information they give out to the public. Shoot! I lost track of time. I don't know which way they went.

“They went that way,” Uncle Polo said.

“You're still here?” I asked

I looked back and he was gone. Not thinking too much of it, I ran off towards the Temple.

Looking around there the Island seemed to be Flourishing with life. So many sleeping animals. Ones you'd only see in books as much of the world is Stacked Cities. Some of these are supposed to be extinct. But something felt off. The animals seemed to all be hiding. But since they are animals they can't hide their Ki signature. What would they be hiding from? Then I heard a loud bang off in the distance. The same sound from that kid ty’s gun. And a very loud yell that I could only assume was leo. I hurried over to the sounds and what I saw was the body of a giant but the head of a Goat sitting in a weird position in the air. It was freaking me out.

“Shit why is the Baphomet here of all times?” Leo said, holding his shoulder.

What is that thing… Ty was laying back against a wall bleeding from his head. Leo was cut on his left shoulder.

“New guy, come help us!” Ty shouted.

“I wouldn't fight that thing if I were you. Wait… I am” Great now your talking Nyle. Why don't you just take control of my body and kill that thing. “ Can't those things have 3 hearts, I could probably take out 1 of them before I get sucked back into your soul. Then lend me some power or something. “Right now? Yeh If I were to open the floodgates to my… your ki reserves your entire body would be destroyed. I have to slowly change your entire body in order to survive with this much Ki. Your soul, let's say, is a small pool, and mine is an ocean… all of them. You would explode. But right now you could hold a small percentage without dying. But it will hurt like hell once you stop using ki.” It's better than dying Nyle. “Ok here you go.”

Nothing really changed on my body. Besides the tattoos running up through my eye. And… a horn? It was one small stub on the right side of my face. But I could instantly feel the influx of ki that seemed.. Foreign. But I don't have time to complain. With the surge of this ki and the powers of Nyle my body seemed to be a little bit older. As my clothes were kinda tight. I wrapped my body with a veil of swirling wind. I jumped at the Goat demon ready to punch it across its face. But the demon had other plans. Without leaving its stance it conjured a wall of pure ki. My punch cracked the wall a little bit. Every animal has Ki but not every animal can manipulate it. About 1% of humans can't control ki and only 20% get magic. But animals are very rare. The demon looked at me and I got swatted like a fly. It didn't really hurt me, I assume this form has pain dulling or something.

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“Leo, Ty, come help me!” I screamed.

They got up. Leo gripped his sword and a frenzy of swirling flames gathered around his sword. And Ty summoned a huge sniper rifle. “Leo you try and seer his eyes shut, Ty you play defense your guns have a lot of kicks so if we're about to be hit shoot him. And for me I'll try and do the most damage I can do.” They looked and nodded in agreement. I don't know how long I got. I looked at my hands and noticed that I have a tear on my shirt. I was still growing. “Because this works as an hourglass. If you don't use the ki i give you it stacks up. Look at your horn kid.” He was right, my horn grew a little bit too. If I took too much time my body would be destroyed from too much ki. I had to end this fast because there is no way I could expand this ki fast enough..

I launched once more at the Goat. This time I'm going to go around the wall he will make. The goat let out a shrill cry as Leo sliced his back open. The blood spurting out and trying to grab him like a rope.Leo cut the blood ribbons before they latched on. I lost eye contact with the giant goat. It was behind me. I looked around and saw pure fear. Luckily Ty shot and blasted the goat a far enough distance that I would die. This demon was a pain. Hovering in the air I condensed the wind and shot at him. Ty was reloading but I didn't have time. Appearing right in front of the goat I socked him right across his face. My punch knocked half his face off. But before I could even think I was flying back in sheer pain. 3 slash marks across my chest. Leo went in right after me and he managed to slash one of the eyes. That was good he now had a blind spot. But just like me Leo was sent back with even more force. The goat finally stepped on the ground. His right eye had a fire burning where Leo slashed. His left cheek and jaw were torn off. That's when I realized Ty was missing. The demon with 1 claw cutting the air to create a… portal?. He pulled out Ty holding him like an ant.

“ TY!” Leo screamed. WIth rage filling him he blasted off with the orangish flames on his sword turning a pale blue. His form was superb. I had to make a play after him. I vanished right behind the demon. This form was ultimately weak compared to what I will have in the future. But the power was perfect for now. I formed my hand into a spea. And coalescing wind around me to make my entire arm a giant lance. When Leo tears through him I will make a giant hole in his chest. But when Leo got there he didn't cut his chest open, He chopped off his right arm that was holding Ty!” Continuing on with my attack the giant lance of wind that was my arm I impaled the goat. The Goat screaming in agony Its eyes glowed red. Shooting into the air it took that stance with its fingers. The blood spewing out of his body undid all the damage we did. No, he was still missing a heart. I destroyed 1 of the hearts. The demon's blood also created 2 more arms. Now we were fighting a 4 armed demon. “They get stronger every heart you destroy” Nyle said. What? You’re kidding me. “LEO it gets stronger for every heart we destroy!”

“And how many hearts are there?” “3 but I destroyed 1.”

Ty recovered from whatever happened to him. He was summoned to sawed off shotguns.

“I have 4 powerfull shots with these. These are my strongest guns but only at close range and I can only use them once a day.” Putting that in mind I decided that i'll play zoner and and Ty and Leo can be brawlers. “Leo, you try and cut those arms off. Ty I want you to blow those things off ``''Easy enough” Ty said. Leo was already hurling at the demon. “Judgment slash!” Leo yelled.

His flames of pale blue grew 10 times the length of his sword and he slashed down cutting off both left arms.. The flames continue to burn away at its flesh. Ty ran towards him and took a giant leap. The goat knew that tTy was the biggest threat right now. He was prepared to clap Ty. I swirled wind around Ty so where nothing could enter the sphere of wind. The goat tried and the wind ripped out its palms and knocked back. Ty aimed with one of the shotguns. When he fired the goat narrowly dodged the first one blasting off the flesh on the right side. But the second shot connected. Or so I thought. It sacrificed One of its arms. Now it only had one arm left. The goat didn't realize he had another one though. He shoots both shells at one Blowing off the Goat's ugly head. Once again blood spewed out. And it shot up in the air. The blood regrew its whole body. But this time he conjured weapons of flesh. A spear,shield,sword,hammer.

“Yo, you're out of time” Nyle said ``What already?!” “Yeh sorry that or your heart will fail and you'll die. Fine. The horn I once had was gone. And my power felt like it went from like a Dog to a mouse. Leo was already rushing at the demon swinging left and right. He already destroyed the spear and shield but just burned through it. Ty was sniping at it, It blasted off a chunk of its right shoulder. I was no far weaker than them. The only way I was on their level was when I was tapped into Nyles power. There is only one way I could make a difference. A bomb……