Margaret notices Hayden's energy waning, she notices that Amelia is no longer in a condition to fight and covers her with heavy debris and soon heads to where Hayden's energy is.
At the same time...
Natalie jumps out of the cave, leaving it and landing on a high hill, Elaina follows behind, landing on another lower hill, while focusing her gaze, her opponent, Natalie smiles disdainfully, left eye half closed and right eye wide open, she sends her right fist against the palm of her left hand, the shock occurring in front of her belly, meanwhile, Elaina feels a shiver of emotion run through her body, she stretches her hands in front of her, exuding a crazy smile, with bulging eyes.
Elaina: {tone gradually decreasing from unnerving to a sigh} let's start this again then, but this time, we'll only stop when this is over! And rest assured… You will definitely lose…
Elaina's opponent is not shaken by her words and assumes a position, placing her right leg slightly back. Meanwhile, the orange-haired woman concentrates her orange Vitalis in the palms of both her hands. It flows through her body until it returns to her hands. At the same time, the two activate their elemental marks. Elaina raises her arms and makes an X. She then undoes the X with her fingers tensed, ending up positioned on either side of her body.
Elaina and Natalie: let's go!
The woman advances against Natalie, she starts by kicking with her right leg, vertically, from bottom to top and from top to bottom, then she kicks with her left leg in the same way, she repeats the movement with each leg three times, until Natalie finds an opening and grabs Elaina's arm, but at the same time, the woman undoes her arm and redoes it outside of Natalie's hand, he takes advantage of the girl's surprise and kneed her in the chin, then kicks her against the base of a mountain, her body flies off and falls in that place, Natalie gets angry and punches the stone wall behind her, generating several pieces of rock, she grabs each of the pieces and throws it at Elaina, who in turn kicks and punches the rocks before they hit her.
Elaina: Is that all, little girl?! You're going to have to do better-
Before she could finish speaking, due to the distraction of the rocks, she doesn't notice Natalie approaching, who manages to land a critical blow in the center of her stomach. Elaina's body bends forward as she is thrown backwards at high speed.
Natalie's thoughts: as I thought, only critical hits work on her, besides, there's something I want to test.
The woman's body lands on the ground in a rough manner, she gets up, but before Natalie gets close enough to start punching her, right punch, left punch, the same movement repeated four times, which in turn, Elaina can't defend because she still feels the pain in her belly, Natalie kicks her stomach once more, seeing that now, that area is completely physical.
Natalie's thoughts: exactly as I thought! Now that area on her belly is completely physical, I imagine it won't stay like that forever, but for as long as it lasts, I'll take advantage of it, my focus now is on her belly or landing other critical hits.
Elaina's thoughts: she's probably already figured out how to hit me, this little brat is going to tire me out, huh, but that's how I like it, a challenge!
The two stare at each other for a moment, until they go against each other again. Natalie leans her body forward, while Elaina advances completely straight, already expecting her opponent to hug her waist and try to throw her to the ground. When Natalie does so, the woman quickly moves her legs apart, falling to the ground. When the girl's arm is over her chest, she undoes the area, so the arm goes through her. With that, Elaina reassembles herself facing Natalie. Her hand turns into a blade, with few saws, but each one is quite large. She tries to stick her blade in her face, who in turn raises her forearm to defend the attack. The blade goes completely through Natalie's arm, one of the tips of the saws, almost hitting her forehead.
Elaina: {evil laugh} So that's it? Your weakness is blades!
Elaina's left arm turns into a whip, which whips Natalie backwards. Natalie grunts and analyzes her own arm, while Elaina jumps, amused by the discovery.
Elaina: I imagined that your arm was quite resistant, but I wanted to prove a hypothesis of mine, the material that covers your arms is extremely resistant to brute damage that damages a large area, such as explosions, which is normal for Vitalis' attacks, but if your arms receive damage in a small area, such as a saber thrust, they end up being passed through like paper
Natalie: You're not stupid at all, huh?
Elaina: Obviously! Did you expect me to be stupid?
Natalie: To be honest... Yes.
Elaina: I didn't expect that answer, anyway! Now I know your weakness and you know mine, we're... even! Elaina's thoughts: Everyone else is being confronted by more than one person, am I the only one facing just one? It doesn't matter, this girl here is already done for, I'll defeat her now, she's good at fighting, so much so that I was only getting even with her because of that, but nothing more than that.
The woman smiles amusedly. Sweat runs down Natalie's forehead as she raises her folded arms, preparing for the next attacks. Elaina advances towards her, extending her hand right in front of her face, the hand transforms into a kind of shield, which covers Natalie's vision, surprising her.
Natalie's thoughts: my vision-
Before she could raise her hands, Elaina transforms her hand into a whip full of saws and swings it, cutting Natalie's eyes precisely, making her lose access to the elemental mark, making her weaker. Later, Elaina moves diagonally, horizontally and vertically repeatedly, cutting Natalie's arms and making several cuts across her body. She stops the attack, grabbing her head and pinning it to the ground. After that, Elaina lifts her opponent's head off the ground, grabbing her by the hair and forcing her to look at herself.
Elaina: I'm not one to turn my hands into weapons, I like a punch exchange, but if I need to... I'll use it. Anyway... you're already gone...
The woman transforms her hand into a blade again and stabs the girl in the center of her face, piercing her head without difficulty. She lets go of her hair and lets her fall to the ground.
Elaina: I could even try to land a critical hit on you and kill you forever, but I don't have time, young lady {pokes her body with the tip of her right foot}
With no time to rest, she runs away from there, going to her closest companion, to help him.
At the same time, in this fight...
Like a snake, a chain of lightning snakes across the ground towards Jitsuko, who in turn jumps into the air, dodging the attack. Hayden takes advantage of the opportunity and generates the sphere of his territory, it expands, the scenery changing to the plain with coconut trees.
Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.
Hayden: Motunavitas!
[Hayden's unique technique has several uses, involving kinetic energy. It uses the speed of its lightning bolts for purposes such as creating an electric trail where it runs, which if its opponent touches it, ends up receiving an electric shock, with the intention of destroying its nerves and undoing any motor coordination]
Hayden's Vitalis accumulates in his legs, he runs around Jitsuko, however, sometimes he runs towards him, in turn, his opponent dodges the attacks.
Hayden's thoughts: the only way to beat this guy would definitely be through strategy, there is no way to beat him brutally, I still have goosebumps from being present with this Vitalis so condensed
While dodging the attacks, Jitsuko notices that a trail of electricity is being left where Hayden runs. Realizing the possible trap, he flies upwards, to get out of the contaminated area, but Hayden grabs his leg and pulls him back.
Hayden: You're not going to run away!
Jitsuki gathers his Vitalis in the palm of his hand, forming a transparent pink blade, with that, he moves his hand, the blade cuts Hayden's arm, who falls into the contaminated area.
Hayden's thoughts: Damn, he left the area before I finished preparing everything, I'll have to try something else.
Hayden starts kicking and punching the ground under his feet, to soon throw the debris at Jitsuko, who tries to hold one of the rocks, imagining that it wouldn't be a threat, but when he holds the rock, he receives an electric shock, when the other pebbles hit him, more electric shocks inflict him.
[as mentioned before, Hayden's unique technique can be used in different ways, one of which is to transfer the kinetic energy generated by Hayden's run to any object that is not immersed in water, when this object touches something else, regardless of whether it is a human being or not, it ends up generating the same electric discharge that destroys the enemy's motor coordination]
Jitsuko's thoughts: now I understand, he added the kinetic energy of his element to the stones, I imagine that other objects can have the same effect.
The Vitalis that formed a blade around Jitsuko's hand, increases, causing an increase in the size of the blade, he moves his hand, the enormous blade having a great reach that cuts through the debris sent by Hayden.
Hayden's thoughts: all my attacks are being neutralized without even having the proper effect, I recognize that maybe my attack methods are a bit obvious, but to find out before even taking damage-
His eyes widen when he sees Jitsuko expand her own Vitalis, sending waves of it against the edges of his territory, quickly locating the weak point of his territory and destroying the dome before he could even do anything.
Hayden's thoughts: normally this wouldn't work, however, the amount of Vitalis he can use allows him to do it, destroy my barrier with a massive attack. The difference in our strengths makes that possible. Other than that, I accepted him even inside my barrier... Because of that mask? Although... I imagine it must have more effects.
Jitsuko bursts into the air, flying at full speed towards Hayden, who jumps back, dodging his advance, raises his arms while receiving a barrage of punches against his face, chest and abdomen, being constantly pushed back.
Hayden's thoughts: I feel like my arms are going to fall off! I can't see a single way to beat him now.
He runs back, still with his guard up, he creates a clone through his mirage, which goes against Hayden, it is undone in one blow, but still, it was enough time for him to take a golden ring from his bag and throw it towards Jitsuko, the ring expands, however, he stops in his tracks, before passing through the ring and goes back.
Jitsuko's thoughts: by a hair, that's a portal... I imagine he wanted to get me away from here, he already realized he can't defeat me.
He teleports until he's in front of Hayden, he pierces his chest, then removes his blade and moves away, points his hand at him and twists his stomach, then moves and kicks his face, grabs his legs and twists them too, but with more intensity than the effect imbued in his stomach. Hayden's body falls completely unfit for combat. But before Jitsuko could try to finish him off, he grabs one of the rings and creates a portal that takes him out of the place. Jitsuko ignores this and heads towards her closest companion.
Meanwhile…
Olivia moves her blade, the tip creating a trail that advances against Aki, who continues to be cut without any evident resistance, her limbs constantly being severed, managing to create ice barriers to buy time and regenerate, but something useless, when her limbs are cut off again.
Aki's thoughts: I won't be able to achieve anything this way, she's exceptionally more agile than me.
Olivia's thoughts: Right! I won't be able to kill her this way, I'll use another form of attack.
Olivia cuts Aki's arms once more. Like the other times, Aki creates an ice barrier as a shield to protect herself while she regenerates her arms. Instead of destroying the barrier and attacking her again, Olivia retreats and generates the sphere of her territory.
Aki's thoughts: Oh no... Too late...
Aki tries to undo the ice and stop Olivia's territory from being generated, but she doesn't reach her in time, the sphere expands and covers both of them, the woman spits blood, while her eyes roll back and she is mutilated by an endless sequence of cuts. Olivia moves her blade continuously, generating all these blows that hit Aki.
[Olivia's unique technique is called Ferrumsecans, involving the blade she uses to point it. Any type of sword Olivia carries will gain the attribute of her technique, which is the line created by the trail of the cut. Imagine that Olivia moves her blade from point A to point B in the air, generating a line. This same line is propelled forward in an instantaneous movement. This line cuts everything in front of it, separating whatever is in front of it, regardless of what it is. The disadvantage would be that Olivia necessarily needs to carry a blade. Besides, if she doesn't move the blade fast enough, anyone can get out of the cutting area.]
Olivia: You can't even regenerate that fast.
She stops the attack, noting that Aki would take a long time to regenerate. She quickly puts away her blade and runs to her closest companion. Joining Margaret against Jitsuko.
Before that...
Nikolas takes advantage of the fact that Julian is facing and delaying Marcus and generates his Venandiagrum, covering the three of them. He immediately makes the Uma hand seal and generates his creature, the woolly rhino, which roars and advances against Marcus. Marcus hugs the animal's head while digging his feet into the ground, trying not to be pushed back, but to no avail. The rhino's charge was stronger and knocked Marcus down. Julian circles him and when he sees him down, he advances and makes a cut from one end to the other in his belly, and then makes another cut across his neck, moving away immediately. When Marcus gets up, the animal sticks its large horn right into Marcus' already open stomach, piercing him and moving its head from side to side aggressively, making the man feel a lot of pain with the horn moving in his body. He spits out a torrent of blood while he is immediately thrown against a house that falls with the impact.
Marcus' thoughts: There's still a way to win, I just need to get close to that guy {looks at Nikolas with narrowed eyes}
Marcus puts his hand on his stomach, still feeling great pain, but he bites his lip and tries to endure the pain until he completely regenerates. He runs towards the rhino, jumping over it and dodging another gore. Being more agile, he manages to get close to Nikolas, who was standing still, controlling the animal. However, Julian jumps and gets between them. He walks towards Marcus, the two clashing their blades. Marcus's is heavier, and ends up deflecting Julian's katana. Luckily for him, he manages to land a critical knee that throws the boy away. Nikolas dismantles the creature and tries to defend himself, but Marcus quickly overcomes him, managing to carry Vitalis in the palm of his hand and touch its belly.
Marcus: Vitalitasrestrictio!
Thus, Marcus manages to block Nikolas' movements, taking advantage and cutting his body in half, horizontally. He grabs the upper part and throws it as far as possible. At that moment, Juliana returns to the fight, imperceptibly. He approaches Marcus and cuts his heel, making him fall to his knees facing forward. He tries to cut his neck too, but he leans his body forward and dodges the katana. With that, he manages to regenerate the cut on his heels and get away from Julian.
Marcus: Give up, boy! {points the blade of his sword in Julian's direction}
Julian: What makes you think I can't defeat you?
Marcus: We were fighting until a little while ago, and you were having trouble.
Julian: {takes a deep breath, closing his eyes for a moment and then opens them} I know, but what you don't know is that I was holding back, I didn't want to use my elemental mark, because I know I'll have to face more opponents later, but if I see that I'll lose to you, then I'll use it!
He activates the elemental mark and gets into position, Marcus' confident smile fades and he becomes serious, taking position as well. The two stare at each other for a while, Julian takes a deep breath, his concentration at its maximum as he launches himself flying towards Marcus, who also advances, but instead of flying, he actually runs, Julian is good, almost lying down, while Marcus stays with the upper part of his body, leaning forward, just before colliding with him, Julian stops abruptly, raises his hand and generates a blast of fire, Marcus raises his arm and tries to defend himself, avoiding burns on his face, Julian takes advantage of this and makes a cut against Marcus' eyes, to force the deactivation of the technique, but he barely misses, Marcus moves away and raises his arm, sheathing the sword against Julian, but Julian, being much more agile, dodges and kicks his jaw, then turns to Marcus' back and cuts off his left arm, the same grunts in pain and turns back, trying to cut off Julian's head, but Julian crouches and dodges the blade, he jumps up, grabs Marcus' head and kneed him in the nose, making him stagger back.
Marcus' thoughts: this difference... He really is much stronger with the mark.
Taking advantage of Marcus' brief fainting spell, Julian holds his katana tightly as he cuts off his other arm and continues cutting across Marcus' chest. Marcus continues trying to defend himself, but without his arms, this becomes impossible. With an adrenaline rush, he finds the strength to kick Julian against the inside of a house. Julian falls to the ground, but quickly gets up. He grabs the walls behind him and removes them from the ground, sending him towards Marcus in a powerful punch. Marcus arrives at the scene and receives the punch full in the face. However, he manages to regenerate his arms and grabs Julian's arm and punches his abdomen. With a critical blow, he manages to pin his body to the ground. He screams in rage as he buries his body deeper and deeper into the ground. He gasps as he sees Julian's body on the ground, the impact causing a crater.
Julian: Very useless… {smirks smugly}
Wide eyes, Marcus looks forward, where he sees Julian floating down in a cross position. He sees the fake Julian beneath him disintegrate, it was a pure Vitalis clone.
Marcus' thoughts: How did I not realize this before? He made such an undetectable clone…
The real Julian smiles and points his fingers at the gun symbol in Marcus' direction, and just like that, a barrage of fire beams goes against him, the holed one in a few seconds, he spits blood as he falls to his knees on the ground, he tries to regenerate, but Julian reaches the ground with his hands and somersaults towards Marcus, managing to pierce his left eye with the blade, forcing the deactivation of his mark, leaving him weaker, with that, he jumps back and runs at full speed against Marcus, executing a critical punch in the center of his face, a shrill sound of thunder as he breaks his opponent's neck, making him fall backwards.
Julian: ready...
The young man quickly goes to where Nikolas' lower body was and throws the part in the same direction as the other part of his body.
Julian: he'll regenerate soon, it was just a cut, other than that, he won't be able to do much against that guy.
He looks at the fight on the horizon between Jitsuko and the two girls, a shiver runs through him and he turns, watching a dark smoke forming in the air. It slowly begins to generate a shape, this being Demian, who looks into the air at Julian.