Chapter 22
Lion of God Ariel
Location: kim sungtae-Koya border
Day: 25th of Jan 5027
-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH-
Ken and Daxia scream as their jet races towards the ground.
Saiko quickly raises both her arms.
BOOM
A large dust cloud erupts as the jet crashes into the ground
- You know they can’t answer your questions if they die right?-
Sophia questions Claus as she observes the area through drones.
- You worry too much I am sure they will be fine -
The dust begins to settle to reveal a black ball of slime submerged in a pool of water in a basin made of snow.
The black ball of slime that is Argus, retracts inside the jet revealing what appears to be hexagonal shaped see through cracks in reality.
The hexagonal cracks are in truth simply distortions in light waves caused by light moving through the jet’s damaged aether shield.
Ken lowers his window and then sticks his head and arm out and shouts at the floating lion in the sky.
~ I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR YOU BASTARD ~
A blurry shadow flies out of the car’s back seat at tremendous speed and then lays flat against the ground.
-I missed you so much. I never want to leave you again-
The blurry figure turns out to be Daxia who is kissing and hugging the ground.
- pffft, see they survived and they are still lively-
Claus can’t help but laugh as he watches his favorite group of thieves.
~ HEY YOU BASTARD DON’T IGNORE ME~
Claus looks at Ken.
- Don’t you mean a car you just stole? –
Ken gets out of the car.
The demon skull flies to him from the back of the car and then forms the demon sword which he points at the agent.
~ I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW IT WAS AN HONEST TRADE BETWEEN CRIMINALS YOU BASTARD ~
- I don’t know why you are entertaining them, team leader, we should just arrest them or better yet kill them-
A female member with the number “02” written on the upper right corner of her chest questions.
- Yeah, I am sick of this mission already. We just need the book, right? Let’s just get rid of these bounty hunters –
Jorden shouts starting to get riled up only to get smacked in the back of the head.
-WHO-
Before he can get angry, he turns around to see the number “01” on the chest of the one who hit him.
He sheepishly looks upwards at the tall man in front of him.
-v,vice leader –
- Keep a cool head you saw what they were capable of last time-
Vice leader Davis reprimands Jorden.
-y,yes, sir-
Suddenly a wave of frost spreads at a rapid speed with the jet at its center flash freezing all 8 members of the strike team.
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The wave of frost continues upwards instantly forming a mountain of ice in its path towards Agent Claus to freeze him.
Saiko steps out of the car’s back seat.
Water freezes under her feet with each step she takes to support her and keep her dry.
She then looks up and is surprised to find the golden Armor still floating in the air unfrozen.
The mountain of ice stopped a few inches away from the golden armor. No, it appeared to be burning.
Blue flickering flames dance atop the mountain, as though there is an invisible barrier around the golden armor and any ice that crosses it somehow burns.
‘Can water burn? I didn’t know that. How did he do it?’
Saiko internally shakes her head but keeps her confident demeanor on the outside.
‘Doesn’t matter I am sure if I hit him hard enough, he won’t be able to burn it’
_ Please leave. I don’t want to fight you and I don’t think you can win _
- You are as arrogant as ever. Is it because you think you are the strongest? –
Claus asks, as the four golden blades floating next to him fly to his frozen team members and burn the ice freeing them.
_ I know I am but I rather not have to use it on people _
The silver cat retorts.
- Well, I guess we won’t get anywhere unless I break that arrogance of yours-
A portal opens next to Claus.
BADUMB BADUMB
-Let’s see if you can keep that confidence after you see your heart outside of your chest.-
Claus reaches his hand towards the portal but then stops as he is shocked by what he sees.
He turns to look at Saiko.
- Did you know all your organs are black in col-
Multiple black spikes burst out of the portal forcing Claus to fly away to avoid getting impaled by the spikes.
-Wow there, I can’t believe even this won’t work on you. Haaaa-
He lets out a short sigh.
- I guess, I have to do this the hard way-
The intense sound of roaring fire fills the area as five fire pillars erupt from the golden armor.
One from each arm and leg and a fifth one from the mouth, then the five fire pillars recede back toward the armor and condense around it forming a sun like ball of fire with the armor in its center.
The sound of roaring fire turns to an eerie reverberating loud cry.
SWIFFFT
Like a shooting star falling from the sky, the ball of fire zooms towards Saiko.
Saiko raises her arm and a massive wall of ice rises to block the path of the golden armor but the ball of fire doesn’t slow down and bursts through the ice wall leaving a circular hole of burning ice behind.
She conjures a jet of water and fires it toward the ball of fire but the water burns on contact and only feeds the ball of fire more.
Finding no way to stop the golden armor’s descent in time, she rushes toward Ken and using Argus she grabs him and then tosses him away to get him away from danger.
~huh? WAIT YOU IDIOT I CAN HELP YOU FIGHT ~
Ken shouts out of surprise as he gets tossed through the air.
Saiko barely manages to jump away in time as the ball of fire crashes into the ground burning the rocks and creating a crater around it.
Saiko raises her two arms and her eyes begin to glow as she summons all the ground water in the area to form a water giant.
The water giant immediately slams its arm on the ball of fire shaking and cracking the ground in the process and causing a cloud of dust to rise.
‘This has to be enough’
Saiko watches from inside the water giant as the dust settles, expecting to see the golden armor crushed under the multi ton weight of the giant’s arm but to her surprise, she sees the ball of fire rising through the giant’s arm leaving a trail of blue flames from burning water behind it.
She immediately freezes the giant’s arm but the ball of fire burns through the ice just as easily as it burns through the water as it rushes toward Saiko unimpeded by anything in its path.
Ken watches as Saiko throws mountain of ice after mountain of ice at the fiery lion to no avail.
It took him a moment to figure it out but he now knows the true identity of the agent’s fire and how it’s seemingly able to burn through water, earth, ice, air, and even other fire if it needed.
Although numerically speaking Saiko has more energy and more power, she is throwing around attacks that would decimate armies like it’s nothing for God's sake.
~haaaaa~
‘Life is so unfair’
Ultimately that doesn’t matter as no matter how much stronger she is none of her attacks would even reach the armor, let alone damage the ball of fire that’s surrounding it.
~ I have to help her ~
Ken starts running toward the water giant and ball of fire fighting in the distance only to be stopped by four members of the strike team who surround them.
- I am afraid you are going to have your hands full yourself –
The most senior of the four members retorts. Ken notices his number is 01.
- It’s time for you to die damn bounty hunter –
Shouts the one with the number 05.
~ We don’t have time for this. DAXIA~
- I AM BUSY –
Ken turns toward the direction of the voice to find Daxia surrounded by the other four members of the strike team.
~shit ~
Saiko dodges to the side as the ball of fire rushes past her inside the giant’s chest.
Although she was able to dodge, the ball of fire broke her air bubble forcing her to exist the giant.
A whirlpool of water catches her and carries her in the air as the water giant collapses into numerous water tentacles that chase after the ball of fire only to burn into blue flames as soon as they contact it.
‘How is this possible? How is he burning water? Scratch that how is he doing it so fast? And it doesn’t even turn into vapor If it did, I would still be able to control the vapor but it’s like even that burns and it leaves nothing behind not even smoke’
Saiko pauses for a moment at her own thoughts.
‘Wait a minute a fire without smoke’
She glances toward the floating Noai who’s observing the fight.
Sensing her thoughts Naoi looks toward her and answers in her mind.
‘That’s a good attempt but no when I said I was made of fire I didn’t mean I was made of plasma’
‘plasma what’s that?’
Saiko’s thoughts are interrupted by her whiskers alerting her that the ball of fire is close causing her to sink through the whirlpool toward the ground as the whirlpool turns into a snake that coils around the ball of fire trying to entrap it but alas it’s pointless as the ball of fire bursts through it.
‘I have to focus I can’t afford to get distracted right now. At least now I know it’s not normal fire it’s plasma whatever that is’
Saiko lands on the ground and then immediately starts running as the ball of fire comes crashing behind through the ground causing another crater.
- tell me Izanau Saiko. As a cat how does it feel to play the role of a mouse -