[Island]
Staring tirelessly in between Shun and Lorius, Akito couldn't help but blurt out.
"You know, if I was someone else, I would have started fighting both of you regardless of who's an ally or not right? Luckily for you I'm not a bastard and not into those kind of cliche"
"Well that's great I guess, cause if we're going along with the trope, you would have stand no chance agaisnt us" said by Shun as he looked at Akito worriedly
"Ahahaha he's right maybe before you could even pull out your sword, I would have flatten you first" said by Lorius as he laughed at that trope.
Seeing their nonchalant reaction, Akito simply sighed in dismay as he then said.
"Well how about we temporarily work together first?"
"Work together?" Asked by Lorius
"Yeah! Let's work together on taking down the boss seeing that all of us are interested on the boss... but even though we call it working together, in reality it's more like competition" explained by Akito
"Competition? What do you mean?" Asked by Shun
"As I said competition, we will not get in each other's way and we will work together in bringing down the boss, the catch here is whoever deals the last hit on the boss can claim the reward it will drop"
As Akito suggested this, this type of method could be more appropriate for the situation, considering that as things stand none of them would want to back away agaisnt such monster who could potentially drop the treasure of the island. With such method not only would they be able to focus on the enemy, but they would be able to confidently not be wary all the time against each other.
"Like a raid, alright! I'm in" said by Shun
"Me too! So let's seal this with contract magic?" Asked by Lorius
"How about let's not? I have a feeling you'll add some hidden clause in it and cheat your way through the agreement" said by Akito as he eyed Lorius
"Ahahaha you saw right through me" Laughed by Lorius.
"This son of a b*tch! He actually admitted it" cursed by Shun
In the end all three of them agree to work together to bring down a common enemy.
On the otherhand both Rosalyn and Ellen are shocked to see three people coming from different academy working together to bring down the boss, despite the common trope of the exam plastered out. Nevertheless this would be the first time they will witness three academy students to work together to bring down a boss instead of greedily monopolizing it.
But as spectators and witness, both Rosalyn and Ellen dropped their guard as they agreed to respect their choice and watch over them.
Meanwhile with the agreement set in stone, Akito and the rest lined up in front of the boss,as they all simultaneously walked inside the boss range.
The moment they did that, an immense pressure tried to weight them down, as each and every single one of them begun utilizing their mana to act as a shield against such pressure.
The pressure itself was simply amazing, it was thick and heavy that even Lorius find it hard to even stand up straight, if it weren't for the mana shield, he would have been flattened on the ground.
Each of them utilized their mana in different ways, while Lorius burst out his own mana to counter the boss pressure, Shun on the otherhand relied on the energy of the Aquasphere to shield him from the pressure, as for Akitk he simply rotated his mana circle inside his inner energy just like how martial artist from music genre create a barrier around them.
Upon seeing that the three of them have stable breathing and walking normally, the boss then increased the pressure he exudes, only for it to prove useless as it all three of them used a method to protect themselves instead of being stubborn in advancing forward.
With that the boss then slightly find this intriguing as he finally stood up and towered all three of them.
Upon seeing this, Akito and the rest finally saw some action from the boss as they all got ready to fight him withal their might. But just as they were about to get ready to fight, the boss surprisingly targeted the strongest adversary among them, as it appeared before Lorius and blew him away with a single punch despite the barrier protecting him.
In justa single attack, Lorius was blownoutof the altars range, as he crash on the walls of a cliff which created a huge impact crater on the wall. Despite him succesfly defending himself, the force itself was simply way beyond he could go against, which resulted him being blown away.
"Goddamn! No wonder this one is called a boss, that thing ain't no joke"
After the boss got rid of Lorius, it then suddenly faced Shun as it raised it hand and did a chop towards Shun. Because of that Shun then quickly crossed his arm out above his head and squarely block the attack, as he quickly squatted in order to use the ground as leverage to deal with the attack.
The moment Shun succesfulky blocked that, Akito then quickly pulled out his sword, as he jumped on Shun's shoulder, and slashed his sword towards the boss monster.
In response to this, the boss simply dodge the attack by pulling back his head, before he quickly closes in and grabbed Akito by the face, while kicking away Shun. After that it then threw Akito towards the center of the altar before he quickly leaped towards him and punched him back to the ground. Luckily for Akito he was able to tank all those attack by creating a barrier around his body in order to protect himself from powerful blows.
In that moment Lorius appeared behind the boss, as he clasped his hand together and created a synchronized magic spell with himself alone.
"Light Ray + Shadow Roar synchro magic!!! White Nova!!!"
With that a huge explosion erupted at the center of the altar, as everything was engulfed by the light and the whole island became blinded by such an attack.