Location: Kirishima Hallow
3 days, 43:00
Weather: Cold
Warning levels: Dangerous VERY DANGEROUS
X puts his mini notebook in his pocket. ‘Damn it. Once we are in that cave, we are gonna get ransacked by these weird-ass ice monsters.’ Kelly taps on X’s shoulder. “This is going to be easy work. Plus, why are you writing, dangerous?” X looks at her like she is stupid. ‘Did this girl lose her mind? We are in one of the most brutal areas. This girl is actually delusional.’ Kelly looks confused. “Why are you looking at me like I’m stupid? It’s not like we’re going to get ransacked by a bunch of monsters.” X looks at Kelly with confusion. “HUH.” ‘This girl has literally never been on a mission.’ X turns around to the ice dragon. “Please protect this delusional girl with your life.” Kelly takes a swing at X. X steps to the left and grabs her arm. “Didn’t you forget, I’m better than you at almost everything?” Archlades looks at X. “Are you ready to go? Once we are here, young one, we are gonna get ransacked by monsters.” “Archlades, relax, it’s gonna be a bunch of small creatures,” giggles Kelly. Archlades looks at her. “Little girl, you know this is one of the most dangerous parts.” Nivrah looks at his left metal arm. “Who is going to lead the charge?” “X, me, and Nivrah are going to lead the charge. Ice dragon protects Kelly, and Archlades backs us up. That’s the plan whether you like it or not,” says Dornesia while looking directly at X.
The whole group enters the cold icicle cave. X gives Nivrah the side eye. Nivrah gives X the side eye back. Dornesia, who is in between them, gives them a warning look. “Be good.” Suddenly, giant monsters made out of ice walk towards the group. X takes out his katana. Dornesia takes out her ji. Archlades takes out his naginata. “Okay, guys, stay in formation,” suggests Dornesia. X runs towards the monsters. “X, COME BACK,” yells Dornesia. X doesn’t listen. The ice monster takes a swing. X jumps high. “NINJA ART, CRESCENT SLASH.” Purple energy quickly develops onto X’s katana. The ice monster takes a swing. X bounces off of the ice monster. He takes a swing, releasing a purple slash. The purple slash completely cuts the monster’s head off. “Combustion magic, explosion start up.” Dornesia stomps, releasing an explosion out of her foot. Another giant monster made out of ice stands behind X. Dornesia infuses fire magic into her ji, subsequently throwing it directly to the ice monster’s neck, cutting its head completely off. “More is coming,”says X. A bunch of ice demon wolves rush towards the group. Nivrah turns his metal arm into a machine gun firing off 10 shots, killing all 10 of the wolf demons. The ice dragon moves its tail destroying a couple of ice monsters. “WHAT’S THE PLAN?” yells Nivrah. Dornesia looks around. “MAKE A RUN FOR IT.” X runs deeper into the cave. “FOLLOW HIM,” yells Archlades. The whole group does what he says.
X takes a swing killing a goblin. Suddenly, a white-skinned minotaur appears with a greatsword. X rolls his eyes. “Damn it.” The Minotaur takes a swing. X quickly spins to the left counterclockwise. X runs towards the Minotaur and quickly takes a swing. The Minotaur blocks the attack. X jumps back then quickly charges again. The Minotaur takes a swing to the left. X slides down to the floor, cutting part of the Minotaur's leg. The Minotaur fires an ice sphere out of its hand. X cuts the sphere in half. “Nice try. Ninja art, Solar flow.” He dashes towards the Minotaur. Heat explodes out of his blade. The Minotaur takes a swing. X quickly evades the attack while going past the Minotaur. He swings his blade twice making two cuts near the abdomen area. Blood and flames gush out of the Minotaur’s body. X turns around while smoke comes out of his clothes. His eyes gaze at the Minotaur’s dead body. “Need to calm down with the heat, I almost burned myself.”
Dornesia runs towards X. “ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT IF YOU GET YOURSELF KILLED?” X looks at the monster. “The monsters here are getting weaker, something is not right.” Archlades looks at the dead Minotaur. “This is a C-class monster. How did it get demoted? Only children Minotaurs are in this class. Most of them are A class.” Nivrah looks around. “X, did you try to get us killed? You know the heat you just emitted almost burned us.” X puts away his katana. “Relax, it was a mistake. Now let’s get moving.” Dornesia pins X to the wall. Her eyes pierced him. Her body is tight, while also being firm. “I don’t know what your problem is, but this is a team effort. I know you’re only 13 years old, but you need to work with us.” “Come on guys relax,” says Katie. Ice dragon looks at X and Dornesia. “We need to go before other monsters find our location.” Archlades grabs Dornesia's arm. "We need to move now. As Long as he is not dead or has no broken bones it's fine.” X looks at Dornesia. “Nobody put you in charge, first of all. Plus, I killed the monsters, so why does it matter?” X walks forward moving past Dornesia. Dornesia and the rest of the group follow X. Archlades looks at Dornesia. “Don’t get me wrong. I completely agree with you.”
Archlades starts to hold Kelly’s hand. “We both know you don’t know how to fight. Me and the Ice dragon are going to make sure you’re safe.” Kelly smiles, “Thank you.” Archlades stares at Nirvah metal arm. “Nivrah, what happened to your arm?” questions Archlades. “Let's say X had a temper tantrum when I did something illegal and sliced my arm off,” answers Nivrah. “Oh, so X happened. Makes sense. This dude pulled up and started fighting 1000 of my men and myself. We all lost and 1000 of my men can’t assist us for a while,” adds Archlades. “So, when all of this is over, do any of y’all want to have a drink? You are all above the age of 15, except for X,” suggests Dornesia. X looks at her. “Watch your mouth.” His eyes widen while automatically pushing Dornesia to the floor. Her stomach hits the floor hard. Dornesia holds her stomach with one arm. The Spears of ice hit the wall. X looks around. ‘Left…Right…no we might be surrounded.’ Dornesia slowly gets up looking at X. “What was that for?” “You almost got your neck blown off,” replies X. Archlades looks around. “Where are they?” Nivrah turns part of his arm into the shape of a shotgun. Ice Dragon eyes widens. “GET READY, IT’S AN AMBUSH!”
Ten humanoid monsters made out of ice run towards the group. X takes out a katana. Nivrah starts firing bullets made out of electricity. Two of the monsters drop to the ground. X charges towards one of them. “Ninja art, vitality thrust.” X generates kinetic energy and transfers it into his blade, turning it neon blue. The monster takes a swing. X thrusts his blade into the monster’s head. The Ice Dragon lifts up his tail and shoots shards of ice, destroying the rest of them. “We should keep moving through this cave before we get overwhelmed,” demands the Ice Dragon.
The whole group starts moving quicker. Suddenly, spikes of ice rise out of nowhere. Dornesia jumps towards Nivrah and X. All three of them crash onto the floor. The Ice Dragon’s eyes widen and quickly create a shield. Giant snowballs start dropping from the sky. X’s eyes widen. “GET OUT OF THIS AREA.” The Ice Dragon grabs Kelly and Archlades and starts running back. “We will meet you at the Crystal. Stay safe,” yells Kelly. X looks up. Spikes of ice start to shoot down from the roof of the cave. Kelly’s eyes widen. “WATCH OUT.” X punches the floor. The floor starts to break, causing X, Dornesia, and Nivrah to end up deeper into the cave.
Ice Dragon makes a couple of random directions. “Wait, I don’t understand what just happened. It takes us 10 seconds to get separated. One direction and now we’re separated,” says Kelly to herself. Archlades rubs Kelly’s back. “Relax. X is a very powerful person, there is no way he’s gonna die. Plus, he defeated a god even when he was outnumbered by 1000 men.” Archlades smiles for a moment. “Yo guys, you see what I’m seeing? That shiny sky-blue crystal.” The Ice Dragon automatically turns 360 degrees, hitting his tail against Archlades and Kelly. Pink energy surrounds the two of them, sending both of them gently onto the floor. Suddenly, spikes of ice hit the Ice Dragon. Kelly’s eyes widen. A block of ice surrounds the Ice Dragon, completely imprisoning it.
The ice crystal starts creating itself a humanoid body with a tail and two wings. “DAMN IT, KELLY WATCH OUT THE CRYSTAL TURNS ITSELF INTO AN ICE SPIRIT,” yells Archlades. The Ice Spirit shoots shards of ice towards Kelly. Kelly takes out a magic wand and fires a fireball. The flames melt the shards of ice. The Ice Spirit vanishes. Archlades quickly turns around and jumps back, evading the attack.
The Ice Spirit dashes towards Archlades. Archlades takes out his naginata. He takes a swing. The Ice Spirit quickly evades the attack. Archlades’ eyes widen. ‘It’s learning. It has a will to learn.’ The Ice Spirit generates a great sword. Archlades jumps back. The Ice Spirit takes a step forward. Archlades blocks its attack. The Ice Spirit creates another great sword. Pink energy generates around Archlades’ body. Archlades safely flies back. His hand reaches towards the shard. ‘It can’t use other types of magic but ice. So that means I can start using my psychic magic.’ Archlades uses his mind to drop shards of ice from the ceiling. Kelly shoots another fireball. Suddenly, two pillars of ice spring up from the ground, one destroying the shards and the other blocking the ball of fire. Archlades charges towards the Ice Spirit. The Ice Spirit takes multiple swings, shooting out slashes of ice. Archlades uses his mind to send the slashes back to the Ice Spirit. The Ice Spirit jumps to the left. Archlades smiles and redirects the slashes. Pillars of ice shoot up, protecting the Ice Spirit.
The Ice Spirit charges towards Archlades. Archlades dashes towards the Ice Spirit while infusing psychic energy into his blade. Both of them clash. Archlades cuts through the giant blades, subsequently hitting the Ice Spirit and sending it flying to the wall. Archlades looks at Kelly. “Don’t get close.” Suddenly, the Ice Spirit bangs on the wall, shooting out five pillars. Kelly’s eyes widen. Archlades uses his psychic energy to gently push Kelly to the floor. Suddenly, a pillar hits Archlades in the face. Blood comes out while Archlades flies back. Another pillar comes out of the other side. The pillar hits Archlades’ spine. More blood comes out of Archlades’ mouth. Crack… His bones start to break apart. Archlades’ eyes widen. ‘Damn it, I lost focus. I can’t move these objects and move Kelly at the same time. I can only focus on one thing at a time and moving a human takes too much focus compared to basic objects.’ A pillar strikes Archlades in the stomach. Archlades spit out blood. ‘Damn it, what to do, what to do. These objects are too big and moving too fast for me to even stop them, let alone redirect them.’ Archlades rolls to the floor, leaving a pool of blood that drips from his mouth.
Kelly runs towards Archlades. “I SAID STAY BACK, KELLY.” Kelly touches Archlades’ body and starts to heal him while putting up a magical barrier. Archlades looks at her. “So, you could have put up these shields all along.” “I can only do it in a proximity and plus I only know how to do these three magical skills like a thunder spell, ice spell, earth spell, air spell, and water spell.” “THEN WHY DIDN’T YOU HELP?” yells Archlades. “I’m sorry, I was trying to get the Ice Dragon free by using heat. It did not work at all.” Archlades’ wounds start to rapidly heal. “Thanks. Let’s think of a…” Kelly’s eyes widen as she sees Archlades vanish in a flash. Ice Spirit rips through the barrier and drags Archlades’ face to the floor until he hits a wall. Ice Spirit punches Archlades multiple times. “Thunder magic, electroshock,” Kelly shoots a small bolt of electricity at the spirit. Ice Spirit tanks the hit while continuously punching Archlades to the floor. Archlades moves his blade with his mind. Ice Spirit jumps back and dodges the blade. Archlades grabs his naginata. Ice Spirit reaches out its hand towards Archlades. Archlades jumps to the left, dodging the spikes of ice. Archlades runs towards the Ice Spirit. Kelly shoots multiple balls of fire. Ice Spirit freezes the balls of fire, turning them into ice spheres. Archlades moves the ice spheres with his mind. Ice Spirit creates a shield, protecting itself from the fast-moving ice spheres. Archlades takes a swing. Ice Spirit touches his blade and instantly freezes it. Archlades drops his naginata and takes a swing. Ice Spirit grabs Archlades’ neck. Archlades’ body temperature starts to get rapidly colder. His whole body turns to ice. Ice Spirit drops the frozen body while glaring at Kelly. Kelly starts running for her life. Ice Spirit reaches out its hand. Spikes of ice pierce Kelly’s body. The spikes of ice turn into a block of ice, imprisoning her.
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X slowly gets up while scanning the area. “Are you two okay, or do you want me to carry you?” Dornesia quickly gets up in anger. “What is your problem? Like what is it? Why are you so difficult?” X looks at her in silence. Dornesia takes a step and grabs X’s shirt. “ANSWER ME. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?” X still remains silent. Dornesia takes a swing at X. X tilts his head to the left, dodging the attack. “I SAID ANSWER ME.” X looks at Dornesia dead in her eyes. “I’m not one of your friends. My mission is to get the crystals. You don’t mean squat to me. You’re not the leader. You stand on a high pedestal. But you and I both know the true you.” Dornesia lets go of X. “Let’s just get to the others.”
Nivrah taps on both of their shoulders. “Guys, I put trackers on Kelly so we could follow her. Even if the signal is cut, with my sensors I can track where she was last.” Nivrah starts walking forward. Dornesia stares at X with anger and annoyance. ‘That little asshole. I hate him. I hate him.’ X starts to observe the atmosphere. ‘-5 degrees. Rough icy walls. So far, no monsters or animals are here.’
An injured wolf starts running towards the group. Nivrah reaches out his metal arm and makes a gun. X pushes Nivrah right before he shoots a bullet of electricity. Nivrah drops to the floor. “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?” “That wolf is not hostile.” The wolf slips to the floor. X sees an army of minotaurs coming towards them. X picks up the wolf. Dornesia helps Nivrah up. All three of them start running in a random direction. “WHAT’S THE PLAN?” says Dornesia. X’s eyes start to accelerate faster. “Nivrah, LET’S SEE WHAT YOUR ARM CAN DO.” Nivrah stops for a moment and changes the structure of his metal arm into an arm cannon. Nivrah points his arm at the minotaur's. Nivrah’s metal arm turns yellow. “Ultimate MOVE, static beam, 100 percent.” Nivrah shoots a yellow beam of electricity. The beam evaporates all 100 of the minotaur's as well as a large section of ice. X’s eyes widen with shock. ‘This guy melted so much ice he created a whole pool. What kind of power is that? Let alone the minotaur's can withstand 500 degrees Celsius, so how hot and powerful was this dude’s beam?’ Steam comes out of Nivrah’s metal arm. “It’s gonna take 30 minutes to an hour for me to use that again. For now, we all should just rest.” X and Dornesia nod in agreement.
X places the wolf on the floor and starts treating its wounds. “X, what are you doing? We don’t have enough resources to tend the wounds of animals. That crash made us lose almost all of our medical supplies,” says Dornesia. “You think I care about that? This animal is just trying to survive. Plus, this wolf is not with anyone and should not be here,” opposes X. The wolf has white fur and two different colored eyes, the left eye being red while the right eye is gold. X rubs the wolf’s back, feeling the warmth of its thick white fur. The wolf wags its tail. Nivrah looks at his metal arm. ‘My power has grown. This beam could destroy X. I have surpassed him with this tech.’ Dornesia stares at X and the white wolf. “So, you’re gonna keep it?” “Why should I?” “You’re the one who saved it and gave it all of our medical supplies.” “It’s an injured animal and it’s harmless, so why not save it and send it out of this cave? These types of wolves should not even be deep in this cave.” Dornesia gets up. “Let’s start walking. I’m worried about the others.” X looks at the wolf. “Hey bud, I’m gonna attach our items to you. Can you walk?” The wolf slowly gets up then barks. Nivrah and X get up. “X and Dornesia, my energy is not really back,” notes Nivrah. “We will manage,” says X. The group starts walking in a direction.
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Dornesia’s eyes widen seeing the frozen bodies of Archlades, Ice Dragon, and Kelly. Nivrah takes out his blade. ‘Where is the ice crystal?’ Dornesia pushes Nivrah. Shards of ice graze Dornesia’s arm. X takes out one of his katanas. “It’s been waiting for us.” Dornesia takes out her ji while charging towards Ice Spirit, a burst of flames exploding out of her ji. Ice Spirit shoots shards of ice. Dornesia spins her ji, burning the shards that come her way. Nivrah turns his hand into a machine gun. “Thunder magic, rapid thunder bullets,” Nivrah fires. The Ice Spirit creates a wall of ice, protecting itself. X charges towards the Ice Spirit. “Ninja art, Zone flash.” Shadow energy explodes out of X’s blade. Ice Spirit creates a katana. Both of them dash towards each other. Both blades clash. Ice Spirit jumps back. Dornesia takes a swing, shooting out slashes of fire. Ice Spirit dodges the attack while shooting out slashes of ice. Dornesia jumps to the left. Nivrah shoots bullets of electricity. Ice Spirit shoots bullets of ice, countering Nivrah’s attempted attack. The Ice Spirit vanishes. X’s eyes widen as he blocks the attack from Ice Spirit. X jumps back. Ice Spirit shoots slashes of ice. X spins sideways in the air, dodging the slash. Dornesia, X, and Nivrah charge towards the Ice Spirit. Ice Spirit reaches out its hand, shooting out spikes of ice from the ground. All three of them move back in various ways to dodge the spikes of ice.
X dashes towards the Ice Spirit. “Ninja art, solar flow.” Heat explodes out of X’s blade. Ice Spirit’s blade glows light blue. Ice Spirit takes a swing. X dodges the attack, turning 360 degrees while delivering a blow of his own. A burst of flames shoots out of Ice Spirit, its katana breaking in half. Ice Spirit rolls to the ground. Dornesia appears in the air, charges heat into her ji. “Combustion magic, explosive pillar.” Dornesia tosses her ji straight through the ground, resulting in a devastating explosion. X jumps back. “WATCH IT. YOU ALMOST HIT ME.” Dornesia hits the ground. Suddenly, a pillar hits her body. Nivrah turns his gun into a sword. “Thunder magic, thunder control.” Nivrah takes a swing at Ice Spirit. Ice Spirit quickly dodges the attack, subsequently creating a katana of ice and cutting Nivrah’s left arm. Ice Spirit shoots a beam of ice. Nivrah flies to the wall. Ice Spirit takes a swing. X blocks the attack. Ice Spirit creates another sword and takes another swing. X quickly jumps back. Ice Spirit vanishes in front of X. X takes a swing. Ice Spirit tanks the attack subsequently chucking a blade of ice into X’s stomach. Blood comes out of his mouth while blood gushing out of his wound. X crunches his teeth. “It’s purely invulnerable to cuts.” Ice spirit kicks X. X rolls to the ground. Ice Spirit appears right in front of X and kicks him into the air. A pillar of ice hits X, sending him right back to the ground.
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Suddenly, the pillar of ice breaks into two. X dashes towards the Ice Spirit. “Ninja art, Kinetic impact.” X smashes his katana into Ice Spirit’s stomach, sending it flying. X dashes towards the Ice Spirit. “Ninja art, crescent flow.” Purple energy bursts out of X’s blade in moon crescent shapes. X takes a swing. Ice Spirit takes a violent swing. Both of them clash. X moves his blade in a pattern. Ice Spirit’s blade flies out of its hand. X delivers four more strikes. Ice Spirit rolls to the ground. X goes into a defensive position. ‘It can feel pain but just can’t feel it when its body is cut. Which makes sense because it is just a body of cold energy in a solid form.’ Spikes of ice shoot up from the ground. X does consecutive backflips. Dornesia takes a swing. Ice Spirit creates a shield of ice. Nivrah charges towards the Ice Spirit. Ice Spirit flies to the sky. Nivrah shoots slashes of electricity. Dornesia shoots slashes of fire. Ice Spirit creates a katana and deflects the slashes. X smiles at Ice Spirit. ‘It’s evolving. It’s artificial. This crystal is alive. This crystal is imitating what it has seen. Whoever made these crystals created a being with the sole purpose of mass destruction.’
Nivrah turns his metal arm into a blaster. “Thunder magic, electro beam.” Nivrah shoots a beam of electricity. Ice Spirit shoots a beam of ice. “Combustion magic, explosion start up,” Dornesia stomps, creating an explosion. Ice Spirit shoots shards of ice. Dornesia spins her ji. “Combustion magic, combustion control.” Dornesia takes a swing with her ji while her blade glows red. Ice Spirit flies to the left, dodging her attack. Dornesia’s eyes widen, feeling a chilling hand tossing her to the ground. Ice Spirit shoots a beam of ice. Nivrah catches Dornesia and moves her out of the way. X appears right behind Ice Spirit with his blade glowing. “Ninja art, solar flow.” Spikes of ice shoot from the wall. X drops his katana, and the katana stops shooting out heat. Blood spews out of X’s body. Ice Spirit punches X in the face. Blood splatters on X’s face. X looks around, then at Ice Spirit. ‘Those spikes move way too fast. The longer we fight it, the stronger it gets. No, that’s wrong, it’s the Ice Dragon’s speed. But where did it get that from? How did it achieve that speed so fast? It’s the blocks of ice; it’s stealing our skills by imprisoning us in those blocks of ice. It has the body of a god, and a dragon combined.’ X’s body starts to freeze. ‘So, this is how it’s done, by the spikes of ice.’ X forcefully moves his body. “Ninja art…” Ice Spirit’s eyes widen, shooting out another spike of ice. “BODY DOUBLE.” Suddenly, a poof of smoke covers X, and a log of wood is in his place. X drops to the ground.
X’s eyes widen, seeing the Ice Spirit straight in its face. ‘Damn it, its power… It’s increasing faster and faster.’ Ice Spirit punches X in the face, sending him flying. Dornesia takes a swing. Ice Spirit grabs her ji and instantly freezes it with her hands. Dornesia’s eyes widen. Ice Spirit shoots thick spikes of ice from the ground, piercing Dornesia’s clear skin. Ice Spirit steals her ji and infuses magic into it. Nivrah quickly turns his metal hand into a blaster. “ULTIMATE MOVE…” Ice Spirit turns 360 degrees, sequentially tossing the ji. Nivrah’s eyes widen in shock. The blade pierces through Nivrah’s armor hitting his chest. Blood slips on the floor, creating its own mini pool. Nivrah shoots a beam full of electricity at 50%. Ice Spirit appears right in front of Nivrah and freezes his metal arm in a flash.
X slowly gets up and takes out another blade. Suddenly, 100 pillars of ice come rushing towards X. X goes into a sword stance. Blue kinetic energy bursts out of his blade. “Ninja art, aerial twister.” X starts spinning clockwise, the blue energy spreading while spinning up, forming into a twister. Nivrah's eyes widen, seeing the pillars of ice getting perfectly cut by the twister. “Hey X, use that attack but closer on that monster,” asks Nivrah. “I can’t, you know that was kinetic energy,” answers X. Nivrah gives X a weird look of confusion. X rolls his eyes. “Bro, you know that kinetic energy is only built up through movement.” “MHM,” agrees Nivrah. “So that big attack cost all of my kinetic energy I built up.” “MHM,” says Nivrah. X goes into a fighting position.
Ice spirit shoots a bunch of arms from its back. X runs towards the ice spirits. “Ninja art…” Both blades explode with blue electricity... “…storming flow.” X steps to the left, dodging one of the hands, then cuts down 2 others. Ice spirit shoots out more hands. X moves 360 degrees, cutting down 4 of the hands. A hand moves towards X’s left. X takes a swing, cutting it down. 2 hands shoot from the walls. X does a small hop, lifting while twisting his body in the air, performing a b twist flip. Ice spirit shoots spikes of ice out of its body. X's drop to the ground, instantly dodging the attack. Ice spirit creates 2 katanas and charges towards X. X takes a swing. Ice spirit parries the attack. X takes a swing with his other blade, hitting the Ice spirit. Ice spirit tanks the attack and jabs a katana into X’s stomach. X stands his ground. “Ninja art, secret technique WILDFIRE.” The ice spirit turns flaming red. Its body starts to shine bright. Suddenly its body explodes with flames. The flames consume X. X rolls to the ground with a few burn marks over his body. His clothes are torn. X smiles, seeing the ice spirit destroyed. ‘That was one of my most powerful attacks.’
X's eyes widen. The crystal rises up again and starts to evolve and rebuild its body to be stronger. X’s eyes widen, “Total regeneration. How much of this place has been absorbed. This is why there were not really any strong monsters; all of them were getting weaker. It's because the ice crystal started absorbing way more power than usual.” X slowly gets up and goes into a fighting position. Ice spirit vanishes right in front of X. X's eyes widen. Ice spirit tosses him to the other side of the wall. X hits the wall, then spikes impale his body. Suddenly ice spirit vanishes in front of X and starts punching him consecutively with his fists infused with ice magic. Dornesia's eyes widen seeing the horror. Nivrah starts moving in rage. Suddenly Kelly gets out of the ice block. The white wolf barks. Kelly smiles at the wolf with tears in her eyes. Archlades drops to the floor, and so does the ice dragon. Both Archlades and the ice dragon have been freed. Ice spirit turns around, still holding a stubborn person who is fighting against death.
Archlades, Nivrah, Ice dragon, and Dornesia smile. "Let's get him." All four of them charge towards the Ice spirit. Dornesia takes a swing. Ice spirit freezes her arm and impales her with three spikes of ice, sending her flying. Archlades grabs Nivrah’s weapon and takes a swing. The sword breaks on the ice spirit's skin. Ice spirit presses its palm on Archlades stomach. Archlades' eyes widen, spikes of ice appear on his back. Archlades flies to the wall. Ice dragon takes a swing. Ice spirit blocks. Ice dragon's eyes widen. ‘It stole all my magic, it stole all my energy, it stole all my power.’ The ice spirit shoots a beam of ice, sending the dragon flying to the wall. The ice spirit shoots a blizzard at the group. Kelly creates a magical shield protecting X. Kelly flies back after ten seconds. “X, NOOOOOOOOOO.”
X’s body refuses to move, it refuses to die, it refuses to lose. X’s body slowly gets up while a boost of energy flows through his body. Suddenly a seal shaped as a cross glow on his back. The blizzard forcefully stops. ‘Is this it…There's something about it. I need to see Keshia again… Wait, who is she? Why did I say that name?’ X’s heart starts accelerating. His heart turns red to black. ‘What is this feeling… I know it's all over, but I can’t give up.’ X looks up to the ceiling, ‘There is no point, I'm going to die.’ Kelly's eyes widen, 'what is happening to X, I could detect another presence in his body consuming him.’ Black aura develops on X’s body while shockwaves of mana shoot out. Ice dragon's eyes drop. “There's something wrong with your friend. His mana is out of control.”
‘Why are you still holding back? You don't remember what they did to us. What they said, our people. They're not your friends. You're not even the same race as them. Destroy everyone, everything.’ ‘I'm almost dead, my body is dying. Lost too much blood. I can barely move.’ ‘So? Over there is our enemy. In fact, they all are. Our people were hurt for so long. Damage, Killed, hunted. There are barely any of us left. This war, this battle is not over yet. ’X's eyes widen, seeing nothing but darkness. A door wrapped up with chains appears, with dark energy oozing out. ‘Open the door, what are you waiting for? It's your birth giving right. You and I both know nobody truly cares about you. You have been alone since you got here and will always be alone. The world hates our kind. They killed our kind.’ X gets up walking towards the door. He touches the nob and opens it slightly. A couple of chains come off. ‘How could I forget what I was?’ ‘Don’t worry I made us remember the pain they gave our people. ’ A blast of dark energy hit X. His body drops to the floor. A bunch of memories come in a flash. The seal shape like a cross shine even more then abruptly stops. ‘How could I forget what they did, I could forget what happened, moms voice, Dad’s Voice, Keshia’s voice.’
X’s eyes change to blood red. On his left eye is a black mark of the sun. In his right eye, it's a black crescent moon. Kelly yells X’s name. X turns his head. A nightmare pierce their mind. Kelly's eyes widen. All she feels is the feeling of death. Dornesia's body freezes out of her mind. ‘This can’t be. What was that? It felt so real, like I was in a pool of blood.’ Nivrah drops to the floor. “What the hell was that?” An image of his kingdom full of blood comes into his mind. Tears flow down X’s face as he sees their reactions. ‘They took everything from us, from mom, from dad. They try to contain us. They try to hold us down. They were scared of us. They think we are a monster. Prove them right.’ X’s presence completely changes. A black horn shoots out of his forehead. Kelly's eyes start to shake. “That is not X. What is that? What happened to him?”
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Scantron's eyes widen, feeling the strange presence. ‘Damn, I was afraid that would happen.’ Scantron looks at the necklace that has a wooden cross. “The seal has been weakened.” Scantron takes his katana. ‘It's time to track him, it should be easy using Aura.’ He touches the ground and closes his eyes. Suddenly, a strange burst of energy in shockwaves comes out of Scantron. ‘DAMN IT WORK FASTER… Calm down, Scantron, do not lose focus.’
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“So, you are what has been told as the Anunnaki.” says X while staring deeply at the Ice spirit. The Ice spirit vanishes. X constantly blocks the Ice spirit’s attacks. The Ice spirit takes multiple swings. X dodges all of them. X delivers multiple punches to the Ice spirit’s face. The Ice spirit rolls to the ground. X vanishes right behind it, delivering another blow. The Ice spirit jumps back and shoots spikes of ice at X. X snaps, shooting out a wave of darkness, destroying the spikes of ice. The Ice spirit creates 2 katanas and rushes towards X. X shoots a beam of darkness. The Ice spirit dodges the attack then delivers 2 slashes. X smacks both of the slashes to the wall. The Ice spirit takes a swing. X grabs the Katana. The Katana made of ice disappears. The Ice spirit takes another swing. X teleports behind the Ice spirit, subsequently punching it in the face with dark energy. The Ice spirit flies to the wall. X reaches out with both of his hands. Both of his katanas fly to him.‘Stop holding back and start destroying.’X infuses his blades with darkness. “Black flow.” X charges towards the Ice spirit. The Ice spirit creates 2 more katanas. It takes a swing; X parries the attack. The Ice spirit's arm flies up. X takes 2 swings. The Ice spirit rolls to the ground.
X charges towards the Ice spirit. The Ice spirit shoots a beam of ice. Darkness flows through X’s blade. “Black crescent slash.” X takes a swing, shooting out a slash. The slash cuts through the Ice spirit and its beam.‘Finish this with your fathers move and kill the others.’
X drops one of his blades while black energy explodes out of his other blade. “Ultimate move 12 moon phase fragment slash.” The ice spirit looks down and sees black hands holding it down. Tears develop in Kelly's eyes as she is the only person who can see it. Nivrah starts holding Kelly. “Are you…” “I can see it… What is this? It's too much…All I can see from it is death and fear,” says Kelly, pointing at X’s body. The area turns white. Everyone looks astonished. X moves his arm 360 degrees sideways like a clock. 12 different black moons appear representing each of the phases. X rises his blade straight up then grabs it with another hand. The increased dark energy enhances the length of the blade. X takes a swing releasing a massive slash. Ice spirit reaches out its hand creating 15 walls. The slash cuts through all of them instantly. The Ice spirit body tilts forward being dealt a direct hit. The darkness starts consuming the ice spirit's physical and spiritual body. The room returns to its full colors. But the ice spirit turns black and then vanishes. All that remains is the ice crystal.
X turns around and looks towards the group, putting them in a different reality. Kelly sees herself in a pool of her friends' and family's blood. Kelly's body starts to shake once more. Nivrah touches the ground, hearing screams of death. Dornesia starts to vomit, seeing her hands dripping with blood. Archlades' eyes shake, seeing every possible vision of X killing him. Ice dragon roars, trying to get the group back to their senses. X's finger twitches. ‘Why stop… This is the true US. You want revenge. You want to give out punishment. I showed you what they did, and you know the only way to repay blood shed with more bloodshed. stronger presence is coming, we could kill them later.’ ‘You know what… Let's have some fun.’
X turns around once more, feeling the presence of a stronger being. Scantron smiles at him. “So, this is the presence of an Oni-neon hybrid who awakened. Keshia was right about how dangerous he could be if X gone out of control. It looks like the Oni side took the neon side out of rage.” X vanishes right behind Scantron. Scantron takes out his katana, blocking the attack. X’s other katana flies from the ground to his hand. Scantron jumps back. “Galactic Zekken style, starlight flow.” Scantron's blade glows bright. X shoots a sphere of darkness. Scantron cuts the sphere in half. X charges towards Scantron. “Black flow.” Darkness explodes out of X’s blade. Purple energy explodes out of Scantron's blade. “Galactic Zekken style, galaxy flow.” Both of them clash. Scantron overpowers X, sending him flying to the wall.
“This is what you got boy; I can do this all day.” ‘I hope this ends quickly. I can't do this all day. I'm old after all.’ Scantron goes into a sword stance. X dashes towards Scantron. Scantron takes a swing. X blocks the attack. Dark energy explodes out of his katana. Scantron's eyes widen. A burst of strange energy pushes X back. “BLACK FLOW.” X takes multiple swings. “Galactic Zekken style, Star flame.” Scantron's blade explodes in flames. Scantron parries one of X’s blades. X's right arm flies up in the air, letting go of the katana. Scantron cuts X in his stomach. X tanks the hit and takes a swing. “Galactic Zekken style, Vacuum 10.” Scantron takes a swing. X blocks the attack. Scantron's body explodes with blue energy. Scantron starts accelerating by 10 meters per second. Scantron takes multiple swings, each strike moving faster and faster. X starts becoming bombarded with strikes. He rolls to the ground. “Galactic Zekken style, total attraction.” X’s body glows purple while flying towards Scantron. Scantron’s blade explodes with plasma, hitting X right in the stomach. X rolls to the ground once more.
X slowly gets up while all of his wounds heal instantly. Scantron points his blade towards X. ‘Damn it, the seal is working, suppressing his powers. I need to stimulate the seal. I don’t know how to, so I'll just beat him until he passes out.’ X tosses a piece of ice. Scantron moves his head, evading the Peace of ice. X’s eyes widen. Scantron's eyes widen. ‘Damn it.’ X and the piece of rock swap places. Scantron turns around instantly. X kicks Scantron in the face. Scantron rolls to the ground. ‘Damn it, he can trade places with objects, great.’ X charges towards Scantron. Scantron takes a swing with his blade. X turns 360 degrees to the left, performing a hook punch. Scantron jumps back. X does a reverse roundhouse kick. Scantron blocks with his hand. “Galactic Zekken style…” X jumps back. Scantron's blade glows green. “Galactic Zekken style, aurora smash.” Scantron's blade hits the ground. Suddenly, aurora energy shoots from the ground towards X. X jumps to the left. X shoots spheres of darkness. Scantron dodges them all. “Galactic Zekken style…” blue energy explodes out of Scantron's body. “...Star blitz.” Scantron turns into a shooting star. X dashes towards Scantron. Both of them pass each other. Suddenly, a star-like cut appears on X. Scantron puts away his blade. Blue energy comes out of the star-like cut, followed by an eruption of blood. X drops to the floor, and his body turns normal. Scantron turns around to X. ‘So much potential but little control. The lord has a great future for you, and my job is to make sure you follow the plan of the lord.’ Scantron grabs X’s body and opens the portal. “You guys follow me, and you wolf follow me too.” Everyone does what Scantron says and enters the portal.
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X swiftly gets up. He looks at his body wrapped in bandages. ‘Why am I in the hospital? Oh wait, I passed out after fighting the ice spirit.’ Scantron smiles, looking at X. The white wolf gets up and its tail starts to sway. “Wha, Wha, what happened? Did I beat the ice crystal?” questions X. “Yes, you did,” answers Scantron. “Where is the crystal?” demands X. “Why do you need it so bad? You and I both know the same thing,” asks Scantron. X nods at Scantron. Scantron tosses the Crystal at X. He instantly catches the crystal. X starts to scan the crystal, analyzing its smell, texture, color, shape, and structure to the minimum detail. “This wolf is still not gone,” surprise X. “Nope, you were knocked out for a week and Y here looked after you,” smiles Scantron. “You named the wolf Y?” X asks, confused. “Yep, inspiration from you. There was something about it that gave me the name Y. It doesn’t have a name, so why not just call it Y as its replacement.” X smiles at Scantron, “Ha ha ha, how funny. What next, we're going to find a lion and call it Z.” “That's not a bad idea,” says Scantron.
“Now you know that you're not human, your memories were blocked by Keshia, and you were given to me,” says Scantron. X bangs on the bed. “I know. I remember almost everything. I'm an Oni hybrid. But with what? That's the question?” Scantron looks sincerely into X’s eyes. “I was sworn not to tell you. Once you are ready, that word will come back to you.” “I'm not even from this earth.” X looks up at the ceiling. “I'm an Oni. Seraphina is not even human as well. She's a hybrid, same for Zephyr.” Scantron laughs at X’s response, “Of course you knew. But there is one thing you three have in common.” X looks at Scantron in confusion. “What is that?” “All three of you are my children. Anyways, you know that you need to give it to Dornesia,” laughs Scantron. “Don’t worry, in a week I will,” smiles X.