"Well then, it seems like you're not going to put up a fight." Kahlil walked slowly to approach Uncle Martin who's in the verge of losing his consciousness. Uncle Martin cannot move his body anymore because of the shock and impact that Kahlil did to him. He tried to drag his body and lean on the rock to recover a bit, but Kahlil is almost on his front.
"Time to die... Lightning Magic Skill: Lightning spear!" Kahlil raised his right arm and generated a lot of Mana to create another powerful lightning spear. Because of his boosted body, and Zeus' wrath effect, the lightning spear doubled its power than the last time he created it. The electric particles blew up, smearing all over on the area.
"AHHH!" As soon as Kahlil was about to shoot it, a large stone appeared on his front. He shot it through the stone causing a massive destruction near Uncle Martin.
"Earth Magic Skill: Wall of defense!" It was Arthur who cast a defensive magic spell.
"What the hell?" Kahlil exclaimed, he didn't expect to see some back up.
"Go grab the other soldiers and Martin! I'll handle this." Arthur ordered the other soldiers to help the fallen men.
"Yes sir!" They responded.
"Now then, I didn't expect you to be here, Kahlil..." Arthur draw his sword in front of Kahlil declaring a duel to him.
"Heh! If you guys were only keen enough then you should have already known where would I be..." Kahlil smirked as he mocked Arthur.
"Really? Then I guess we should finish you on your own territory." Arthur responded.
"Dream on! Lightning Magic Skill: Third Form, Lightning strike!" Kahlil advertently did a stance to generate another massive amount of Mana in his radius. He boosted his body again and gained more speed.
"Arthur be careful! His magic is not normal!" Uncle Martin warned Arthur about Kahlil's ability as a Lightning element user.
"I know that myself... Earth Magic Skill: Hundred boulders!" A couple of rocks suddenly flew in mid air forming a large ball-shaped hardened ball. The other soldiers including Uncle Martin left the scene and exited the area. All that was left now were Arthur and Kahlil. While they're exiting the cave, Uncle Martin whispered something.
"Hey, do not leave this cave..." He said while leaning his arm on the other soldier.
"But sir, Commander's order..." He disputed.
"No... You don't understand, Arthur won't stand a chance against that monster. I have a plan, I want you to listen to me and prepare. Tell the other soldiers what to do as well. We cannot waste time anymore, if Arthur die then it's all over. Now let's go!" Uncle Martin exclaimed as he struggle to stand on his own legs.
"Okay!" The soldier who's supporting responded. He carefully placed Uncle Martin on wall for him to rest. He then gathered the other soldiers to listen to what Uncle Martin is going to say at the very least.
"Alright, I need you guys to do something for me. First, you three, those people who can activate a trap spell, I want you to generate a Mana and put a trap spell on exit." Uncle Martin said.
"Huh? But why? If we put a trap spell on the entrance, Sir Arthur won't be able to get out of there even if he cast a magic barrier." They disputed.
"Don't worry, Arthur knows how to deal with trap spells. Also, you guys know that he is an Earth elemental mage right? Using his abilities, he can re-construct the structure of the whole cave and if he managed to do that, then he can safely remove himself from harm and bait Kahlil. Once Kahlil follows him, he'll trigger the trap eventually. I'll call Arthur secretly to tell the other details." Uncle Martin explained the way to use the trap spells as an advantage.
"Next, Wind mages! If my deduction is correct, wind magic can harm lightning element users. If Kahlil didn't managed to trigger the trap, I want all of you to cast a wind blast to push him on the wall as much as you can so he cannot escape. You guys will need to do some advance magic skills for this one and be clever on how you time it. The signal is depending on you guys, if Kahlil passed through the trap, blast him as hard as you can. And if he managed to trigger the trap and made him vulnerable, I want all of you to do joint-casting." He added.
"Joint-casting? Do you mean? –"
"Yeah... You guys will fuse your mana generation to create a poweful spell. I need all of you to cast a tornado if he is caught within the trap. At this point, he won't be able to use his lightning abilities to escape because the tornado magic will just bounce his spells on him and rotate. A loop of air will make his mana unstable." He answered.
"Then?" They asked what's next.
"Me and Arthur will combine our skills to use erosion on him. If this works then the final shot will be depend on our fire elemental users." The soldiers removed their gaze from Uncle Martin and decided to look on the fire elemental users.
"Us?" they asked with confusion.
"Yes, all of you. After we eroded him, cast a dragon spell to finish him. He won't be able to survive if his body is already a magma." Uncle Martin declared as he stared at them with a serious tone.
Meanwhile, Arthur and Kahlil's location.
"AHHH!" Arthur rushed in towards Kahlil's position. Using his sword, he tried to slash him two times but he quickly evaded it. Kahlil returned the blow using his electric punch but Arthur managed to evade it as well. He followed the punch with an electric roundkick, Arthur took the blow with his arms using an armored rock spell. The impact blew him away but he didn't flinch.
Kahlil burst out a lot of electric bombs and shot it everywhere. Arthur evaded all of it but the cave were now unstable because of the explosions. He tried to rush in again and waved his sword but with Kahlil's speed, he cannot slash him. It's hopeless against a monster who's speed is more fast than the others.
"You! Stop evading my attacks and face me head on!" Arthur taunted him. Kahlil leaped again to fulfill his request. He kicked Arthur in the belly causing his armor to crack instantaneously and flinched right away.
"Earth Magic Skill: Reconstruction!" Arthur cast a spell that lets him manipulate the area. While Kahlil is busy trying to evade the boulders, Arthur tried to reconstruct the surrounding with his magic.
"Damn it! He changed the area!" Kahlil didn't have the chance to escape from the construction. He was trapped in a corner.
"Hehe... Now take this!" Arthur began manipulating the other side of the walls as well to complete the trap. He molded a bunch of rocks again to throw on Kahlil.
"Damn!" Kahlil blocked the heavily threw boulders with his lightning arms. It was very painful to him since he cannot cast a magic barrier while using all of his mana to boost his body and speed. Arthur had him in a predicament.
He continued to throw rocks at him, dusts and smokes emitted outside the cave. The cave is trembling again because of it.
"Arthur!"
"Martin?!" A communication magic appeared beside Arthur.
"Listen here, we prepared a plan to defeat Kahlil. I want you to lead him into the entrance as soon as you can." Uncle Martin said.
"What? Why?" Arthur is confused.
"The entrance for that area you're currently in has an all around trap spell that we planted earlier. I need you to lead him to the trap and escape the room using your earth magic. If he doesn't manage to fall for it, get out of that area as soon as possible!" Uncle Martin explained.
On the other side of the cave.
"Marie!" Nile exclaimed.
"You're coming with us as well!" A woman teleported behind Nile's back and she kicked him. Nile flinched and slid through the ground, he dragged his body to stand up but he received another blow from the woman.
The woman is dressed as a scout, she has a white hair, wears a dark cloak and a bag of tools for thievery can be found on he belt.
"Y-You... You're a thief aren't you..." Nile realized as he struggled to stand up.
"Yeah... I don't know how or what happened but we can't just let you venture around here. We're going to capture and kill everyone who dares to enter our territory. Isn't that right, Baddock?" She said menacingly with a mocking tone.
"How dare you steal the treasures from the capital!" Nile yelled.
"Well... Let's just say we need this treasure... for power..." She answered.
"Big brother Nile!" Marie shouted for help. Baddock was embracing her while he's wrapping a rope on her arm. He's tying Marie.
"Marie!" Nile tried to run away from the woman but she blinked way too fast. Nile received another punch from her.
'Damn it!'
Marie were struggling, but as she gazed on the corner, she saw her father laying down.
"Papa!" She yelled. Francis woke up but he's beaten.
"M-Marie? Marie!" He responded as he struggled as well. Francis was tied on a rock with a rope. He tried his best to get out but it's impossible.
"Marie's dad?" Nile asked out of the blue. He looked down for a while as he was trying to regain his energy.
"AHHH!" Without thinking, Nile stepped up and suddenly break through the ground.
'This kid...' The woman gasped. Nile ran quickly while raising his arm, he punched the woman right into her face right before she even use her spells.
"Argh!" She backed off a little, she felt the pain that Nile gave her.
"Y-You... Release them now!" Nile yelled as burst again.
"Try to make me!" She instantly blinked again to stop him. Nile managed to evade her link but she cast a spell on him.
"Wind Magic Skill: Chaos wind!" Nile didn't have much time to evade the wind attack. He caught the spell and blew him away causing an injury on his back.
"Why aren't you using your spells? Don't tell me you haven't awaken them yet..." She asked. Nile struggled to stand up, he shed a blood on the rocky ground while gripping his fist. He pushed his body up by moving his right knee.
"I... I don't have my power yet... But that's not the case here! Stealing stuff and treasures from workers and mercenaries and vendors, Killing a lot of people, doing a lot of crimes, kidnapping childrens, making fun of someone, and taking away someone's family member... You guys have done enough!" Nile enraged as he speak the words he's been trying to not speak of.
"Just how many more crimes do guys intended to do?" He asked.
"Hahaha! Well of course we'll do crimes until we die. After all, that's the only primary reason of why we are here anyway..." She answered while smirking. As soon as she said that, she cast another wind magic spell on Nile to make him fall down on his knees again.
"Wind Magic Skill: Chaos Wind!" She raised her left arm to generate a mana. Just like Kahlil's ability, she formed her magic spell into crescent-shaped structure then she shot it directly on Nile's position.
"Take that!" Nile tried to run away but he is too slow for it. Because of the massive impact he gained, his body won't function correctly, not to mention that he has an injury on his back.
"Big brother Nile!" Marie called out to him but Nile didn't respond. His body recieved another impact from the 2nd wind attack and he cannot stand anymore. He tried to stand up but he's already depleted.
"Yes that's right... just lie down there you little twat, I felt that punch earlier and it's payback time.
Nile's body lied upside down, his face were drooped in the ground and he cannot move an inch. As the woman approach him, Baddock noticed something.
"Hey, look at that!" Baddock said.
"What?" She was confused.
"That thing on his finger, there's a glowing shiny thing on his finger." He said.
"What did you say!?" She gasped as soon as she noticed the light as well. Nile's ring were brimming with luminosity, a light blue flare can be seen. And after a while, a blue aura appeared and consumed Nile. They're dumbfounded by what just happened, they didn't knew that something is about to happened.
Nile stoop up from his position easily using his knee.
"That's impossible! You should be already unconscious!" She exclaimed.
As soon as Nile stepped on, he opened his eyes and they noticed something. He left brown eyes was gradually turning into blue; a trigger and signal that signifies that, Nile's power has been awaken.