Chapter 24
principals
Daxia takes a step to the side dodging Zeva’s Katana then a step back as a monk looking strike team member with the number 08 falls from the sky with a spin kick powered by multiple thrusters all over his armor increasing his speed and power crushing the ground where Daxia was just standing.
Daxia takes a step to the side and forward closing the distance to the monk and placing the monk between her and Zeva.
In a split second, Daxia uses resonance magic on her blade causing it to vibrate at high speed then she coats the blade with brilliance and electricity magic and slashes at the monk’s neck.
The monk sees the blade rushing to separate his neck from his body and activates the thrusters at his side moving himself out of the way of the blade.
- you can’t run from me –
Daxia uses the Dokkaebi mask bringing the monk back in front of her as her blade continues its race toward his neck.
Daxia’s pupils move to the side then she stops her cut and takes a step to the side causing the remaining two members who were rushing to save their friend to slam into each other.
- your footwork is impressive but it’s not good enough –
Zeva says as she rushes forward with a wide step and slashes at Daxia.
Daxia opens a portal to her side to escape through.
Her eyes quickly Dart toward the portal and she sees multiple gun bullets coming out of the portal.
Although her body is not fast enough to react to bullets, her eyes and mind are.
She immediately opens another portal in front of the bullets teleporting them away.
- we saw you copy the leader’s magic last time did you think we wouldn’t come prepared –
The monk says as he lowers his gun which he had fired at the other end of the portal that Daxia opened.
-tsk how annoying –
Daxia says with a scowl as she is forced to block Zeva’s Katana.
- your sword skills are pretty good I would have loved to have a one on one spar with you but unfortunately we have to capture you-
Zeva Says then at the last second before the two blades collide, she twists her wrist causing the blade to twist and slash at Daxia from the other side.
Thanks to her eyes, Daxia is able to see through the faint and adjust her blade to block the cut then she uses her mask to bring a massive boulder on top of Zeva letting it drop on her.
Zeva twists her body quickly with the aid of the thrusters on her armor then her Katana glows as a plasma edge is created along the edge of the katana letting her split the rock in two.
Daxia rushes forward taking the opportunity to stab Zeva with her sword only to be blocked by the monk.
-very very annoying –
She complains.
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-that’s enough playing around Zim it’s your turn –
Davis commands then the youngest strike team member with the number 06 steps forward and then opens his mouth screaming but no sound comes out.
~ What’s going on? I have a weird feeling in my chest~
-he is trying to establish resonances with your heart beating rhythm. If he does, he will be able to stop your heart from beating-
Ken asks then Rin answers him through their aether channel.
~yeah well, I can’t let that happen. Rin, calculate where his vocal cords are and display it on my glasses.
-give me a second-
Ken moves to the side to dodge a wall of darkness sent his way by Davis.
- as if I would let you –
~shut up old man since when did I need your permission ~
Ken sends some nanobots from the demon skull to form a floating board under his feet to fly with.
He then points the demon sword at the strike team members and fires a large plasma beam at the kid.
Davis raises a wall of Darkness and blocks the beam of plasma.
- I told you that won’t work –
Davis shouts.
~ I was just buying time old man ~
-got it –
Ken retorts with a smug smile on his face as Rin informs him and displays the vocal cords' location on Ken’s glasses.
Ken applies a force to the kid's vocal cords and tugs on them ripping them apart and causing blood to gush out of the kid’s mouth as he falls to the ground trying to scream in pain but only gurgled noises come out.
Davis and the female member with the number 07 rush to their youngest member while a furious Jorden summons as much clay as he can control and fires all the spells in his rifle at Ken.
-HE IS A KID YOU BASTARD –
Ken turns off the recoil function on the demon sword and fires a plasma beam to the side launching himself away from the barrage of spells.
~ he literally tried to kill me. If you are so upset about it, don’t bring a kid to a battlefield, you hypocrite.~
Using his watch Ken takes control of the car causing it to fly toward Jorden crashing into him and sending him tumbling through the forest.
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~Now how do I get us out of this situation….hmm~
Ken thinks for a moment then flips the demon sword to aim the other way but lowers the power to slow himself down then he aims at the kid again and shouts before firing his sword.
~ DAXIA LOOK OVER HERE~
The demon sword fires at the young strike team member only to be once again blocked by another wall of Darkness.
- you fool how many times do you plan on using the same trick I told you it’s useless –
Davis shouts at Ken as he blocks the plasma beam.
Ken’s lips curl up into a smile.
~ you are the fool, old man we won ~
-AAAGHHH-
- THE THRUSTERS STOPPED WORKING –
- MY ARMOR IS SHUTTING DOWN –
The multiple shouts grab Davis’s attention forcing him to turn around.
When he does, he sees his own shadow magic being used against his team members, as balls of Darkness get launched by Daxia at the strike team members sucking the energy out of their armor.
-NO, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID-
The monk shouts as his armor shuts down.
Their plan was to fight Daxia without using magic to prevent her from copying their spells and using it against them.
Daxia uses wind magic to blow the monk away, before using wind magic in front of and behind her to remove her wind resistance and push herself with wind to increase her speed as she makes her escape.
- SCREW THE PLAN I WON’T LET YOU RUN AWAY –
Zeva shouts as she quickly moves in front of Daxia blocking her path and slashing at her neck.
Daxia raises her blade to block the slash but then her pupils quickly move down with shock to see Zeva’s Katana phasing through her blade and continuing its path toward Daxia’s neck.
‘I got you’
Zeva thinks to herself before it’s her turn to be surprised, she watches Daxia’s lips start to curl up into a smile as her eyes move back up to look at Zeva.
Daxia’s neck begins to phase through Katana letting the katana pass through Daxia’s neck as though she was a ghost.
Zeva’s eyes grow wide and she stares at Daxia with a shocked expression.
-impossible. There is no way you were able to copy my magic from just that glance-
Daxia smiles at Zeva as she runs toward her and then phases through Zeva’s body like a ghost.
-oh, it’s very possible thank you for the new skill-
Daxia uses wind magic to boost her speed and rushes toward Ken’s group.
In their panic, the other three members fire their guns at Daxia but the bullets simply fall to the ground once they hit a wall of Darkness that Daxia placed behind her and lose all their energy.
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A few minutes earlier.
_ ha, ha, haaaaa_
Saiko breathes heavily as Argus covers her entire body.
Responding to the damage done to her entire body, her fear, and her raging instincts, Argus begins to take in a vicious feral form.
It covers her wounds and burns to help them heal.
It forms large hands with large claws, a snout with large jagged teeth, and multiple spikes and horn like projections responding to her desire to keep the ball of fire away.
It forms synthetic muscles increasing her speed and power and hardens at places for protection and to support the new muscles.
Claus looks at the black feral beast in front of him.
-oh, is this like in video games when the boss enters the second phase? I have to say I preferred your previous look better-
The feral beast digs its claws into the ground.
black tentacles come out of her body and anchor themselves to the ground as she pulls out a multi ton chunk of earth before hurling it at the floating ball of fire before raising its arms up summoning two equally large chunks of ice and launching them behind the chunk of earth.
Unphased, the ball of fire remains still as both earth and ice alike burn as soon as they touch it.
-how is she not out of water yet? Is there really that much groundwater in this area? –
Claus wonders.
Sophia shows him a portion of the fire on his armor display screen.
- do you see that small amount of yellowish plasma among the blue plasma -
- yeah-
-well, that color means the plasma is sodium plasma which means this is seawater that’s burning-
- wait are you trying to tell me she is somehow able to draw seawater all the way here? That’s impressive-
The two lovers discuss among themselves as the feral beast continues to hurl everything, she has at the ball of fire but to no avail.
Well, almost everything.
‘No, I won’t use it I must never use it’
Saiko shakes her to shake away the thought of using that magic.
-well, time to wrap this up -
Claus says then flies toward the black feral beast.
-remember, you can’t question her if you kill her -
Sophia reminds Claus.
Saiko panics as she sees the ball of fire rushing toward her once again and sends numerous ice spikes at the ball of fire but again to avail.
She turns around and begins to run away, the synthetic muscles massively increase her speed.
Claus opens a portal in front of himself, then flies through it and comes out in front of Saiko blocking her path.
-ENOUGH-
The golden armor amplifies his voice.
The golden lion then roars sending more pillars of fire out scorching the land and surrounding Saiko with a burning hellscape.
Saiko uses her arm to protect her eyes from the brightly glowing ball of fire as her heart pounds faster and faster.
-IZANAU SAIKO YOU ARE UNDER ARREST, THERE IS NO USE STRUGGLING YOUR CELL IS WAITING FOR YOU-
‘WHAT? NO, I CAN’T BE LOCKED UP AGAIN NO’
Memories from Saiko’s childhood begin to flood her mind.
Flashing images of her blood spilling on the floor, oh her body being torn up and being put back together over and over again.
Memories of the unending loneliness and with nothing to look forward to but death.
-Claus we have a problem –
Sophia exclaims.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAR
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE
A massive beam of light breaks Saiko out of her darkness and drives the fiery lion away.
Saiko looks to the side to see a demon skull close its mouth.
The demon skull was held by a smiling old man dressed all in black.
_old ma-
~ take that you piece of shit ~
Ken’s vulgarity breaks Saiko’s delusion causing the image of the old man to fade and be replaced by a smugly smiling Ken causing Saiko to laugh.
_pffft _
The ball of fire flies out of the path of the beam of plasma and then flies toward the Saiko again only to be hit by another beam that sends it flying away again.
- WHY IS IT NOT BURNING –
Claus shouts with anger rising up.
~ of course, it’s not burning you idiot. you can’t turn it to plasma when it’s already plasma~
Claus opens a portal behind him and enters it then comes out flying above the trio.
-fine let’s do this the hard way -
Claus exclaims as he opens multiple portals connected to their team base and out of each a massive laser beam is fired at the trio only to be met with a large wall of Darkness.
-that’s Davis’s magic how-
Claus exclaims in shock then looks out in the distance to see multiple of his team members laying on the ground motionless while the rest are desperately running toward him with their armors seemingly not working.
-YOU BASTARDS –
Ken falls on Claus from a portal opened above him with the demon sword forming a plasma blade that’s glowing even brighter than usual which he uses to cut the ball of fire in half revealing the fiery lion inside.
~did you know that denser plasma can push against and even cut lighter plasma ~
- WHAT? –
Claus exclaims in shock surprised by the attack.
Ken smiles with a smug look at the surprised Claus and points the sword at him.
~time to die ~
_NO_
A massive ice mountain grows between the two causing both to fall tumbling down the mountain.
A portal opens catching Ken as he falls and letting out in front of Saiko and Daxia.
Ken gets up furious and looks at Saiko.
~ YOU NAÏVE IDIOT. YOU CAN’T NOT BE SERIOUS. HOW CAN YOU WORRY ABOUT OTHERS WHEN YOU ARE IN THIS STATE? YOU ARE BARELY ALIVE YOU IDIOT. IF IT WASN’T FOR ARGUS YOU WOULD BE DEAD AND HE MADE YOU THAT WAY ~
_ It doesn’t matter. I can’t let you kill him when we are the ones in the wrong. He doesn’t deserve to die _
Saiko responds to the furious Ken.
Ken is about to continue his rant when he notices the other strike team members closing in.
~UGH, DAXIA PORTAL ~
Daxia opens a portal for Ken and the car comes out through it.
~ IN THE CAR NOW ~
The trio gets inside the car then the car drills through the ground to reach the tunnels leading to Kim sungta and drive to it.
- they escaped-
Sophia informs Claus who is laying on the ground.
-I know –
- I can’t believe she still tried to protect you even then-
Claus sits up staring at the ice mountain in amazement.
- I know right? Even on the verge of death, she can worry about others-
-it’s probably the adrenaline, she didn’t realize she was dying-
-pfft-Claus laughs – more like she didn’t care she was dying. She looked more afraid when I said I will put her in a cell -
- you are not going to chase them –
Claus gets up and responds.
- No, I need to take my members back to the base for treatment first what are the Damages-
- all armors stopped working
Zim’s vocal cords are torn
Jorden has multiple broken bones and torn tendons
Tubal Cain has multiple internal injuries from being used to block gunshots multiple times
The rest have minor injuries -
The rest of the members reach Claus, and then Davis bows apologetically to Claus.
- I failed you I apologize the mission failed because of me-
-the mission didn’t fail yet-
-what? –
Claus responds which causes Davis to exclaim in surprise.
- we will enter Kim sungtae after treating our wounded members-