Veronica and the professor both looked back in the direction they just came into the room, only this time they were watching Eto who just got punched and was thrown over them.

'Eto,' Veronica said quietly as she watched Eto, who lay on the floor and didn't move.

In front of them, Ased had gotten down the stairs in front of the throne and started making his way to them.

'That little piece of shit won't know what he just did,' he said with an angry voice. Veronica had the feeling that Ased assumed himself to be some sort of god. Even though she was scared, she pulled up her baton in a defensive position and looked at Ased.

'Well, well' he said with an amusing laugh. 'The little girl is gonna protect the brat? Fine,' he said and for a moment he stopped.

'Prepare to die with him' he said seriously and he prepared himself.

With force, he jumped in front of him towards Veronica.

She could see him getting closer in a flash and the moment she thought she had to defend herself, something jumped next to her and hit Ased.

A quick glance showed her that it was Eto whose legs were glowing underneath his pants and while he had jumped with one leg, he had hit Ased in his face with the other, sending him flying back.

Eto came down to the floor in front of Veronica and watched Ased getting knocked back but he soon stood up. He growled while he looked at Eto.

'You brat,' and Ased jumped towards him.

He tried to hit Eto but he dodged the attack by diving down. Eto's arm started to glow again and he wanted to punch Ased but he was fast enough to block it with his arm.

Eto could feel the power of the Nieve giant against his arm, knowing he was gonna need all his strength to defeat him.

Ased pushed Eto’s arm away to attack him with his other fist.

He hit Eto in the face and while Eto flew through the air, his red scarf stayed attached to Ased his fist.

Ased grabbed the scarf, looked at it and before he wanted to throw it away, Eto already responded.

'Give that back!' he screamed and this was the moment Ased could sense a little fear into his voice.

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'So, the brat has a precious piece of clothing,' the giant said and he grabbed the scarf with both hands. He slowly started to pull it, making a ripping sound which made Eto aggressive.

'Stop. Give it back,' he said and Ased started to laugh viciously. Eto had trouble getting up but he tried.

'And what if I don't?' he asked seriously and he started to pull harder, letting the scarf make more noises and it started to stretch.

'You bastard,' Eto screamed and he jumped ahead with the power of his legs glowing.

He wanted to punch Ased but he managed to dodge it, making Eto go past him.

Luckily, Eto quickly recovered on his feet and jumped back to try to hit him again. It didn't work but in the moment Ased tried to dodge his second attack, Eto was able to recover his scarf.

He got on his feet, turned and with a lot of force he threw his scarf to Veronica and the professor.

'Keep this for me,' he yelled without looking and the moment he let the scarf go, he got hit by Ased, sending him flying through the air and hitting one of the pillars on the side.

'Brats don't know what's good for them,' Ased mumbled, sounding more serious.

He looked at the professor who tried to jump and catch the scarf.

Ased put his hand on the floor which was covered in ice and closed his eyes to concentrate.

After a few seconds, right under the professor's leggs, the ice suddenly started to grow and almost hit him if he didn't dodge it. The sudden spike grabbed the scarf, making it attached to it on the top.

'Move!' he yelled to Veronica who watched as the floor around them started to grow more spikes of ice.

The professor got back up his feet and started to dodge the spikes who started to appear rappently.

While he tried to run away, Veronica passed him.

As flexible as she was with dodging the soldiers, she now moved over the floor, dodging the upcoming spikes of ice and sliding over the floor.

She had her sights on the scarf which was still hanging on the top of the first spike.

'We can't leave it after he asked us to hold it,' she mumbled to herself and with confidence she made her way to the spike to grab the scarf.

She saw Eto preparing to fight Ased again, hoping the Nieve giant’s attention would get to her as she would try to grab the scarf back.

'Bitch' Ased said, seeing that Veronica got more close and he wanted to try another attack.

Eto jumped from the pillar he was thrown against and jumped in front of Ased, releasing a wave of punches for Ased to block with his arms.

The giant looked at the boy who aggressively released his punches on him and decided he was done with it.

He pulled one arm away, defending with the other while Eto was still hitting him.

Then Ased took a quick jump back and hit the floor with his free fist.

Just like the floor at the professor and Veronica, the floor in front of him started to create spikes of ice, and the plan he thought of succeeded.

The spike of ice in front of him grew and hit Eto in his leg.

Eto was shocked and screamed, as the spike cleaved a part of his leg and blood was starting to appear.