Ivern not waiting for the reply of his opponent raised his broadsword
Tempest: First form - Gale
With one hand raised high above his head Ivern slashed down, a strong gust of wind was generated from his broadsword pushing away two of his assailants, not allowing the momentum to waste,
He spun on his heels allowing the momentum of the sword to carry him and got in movement for his next strike
Tempest: Second form - Sirocco
The tip of his sword brushed along the floor, raising dust and rock particles and launching towards the two on his side.
The force of the strike accompanied by the friction of the rocky particles clashing together had increased the heat of the attack
The masked men knew there was no way they could come out of that unscathed, the strength of the that strike was more than they had expected.
The first dug his hands into the floor channels aether through his them to cast a spell
"Protect from all - Gaia's cradle"
The earth rose around him, keeping a majority of the force Ivern's attack created away from him, there was not much he could do about the heat wave but it didn't stop him from chanting his next spell
"Transform the earth into my domain - grand canyon"
The mage had manifested his domain in order to stop Ivern.
Pillars of earth jutted out of the ground, changing the terrain, leaving little room for Ivern to swing his sword around.
The masked mages partner on the other hand flexed his knees to jump into the air, evading Ivern's Sirocco, while in mid air, he activated his movement art
"Zephyr's boots"
Allowing him three dimensional movement in the air.
All ascendants could fly in the air but none could compare to those of the air elemental body path and he used this again Ivern
Kicking the air, he rushed right above Ivern, positioning himself for his attack just as the domain manifested.
1st gate release - rush
Increasing his speed even more he dashed towards Ivern with a roundhouse kick.
Ivern had his movements restricted by the appearance of the rocky pillars, even if he tried to swing his sword to defend against the warriors strike he would be too late, so he released his grip on the sword and countered with a punch.
The force of the punch sent both combatants in opposite directions, the masked warrior flying towards his partner, Ivern, sliding a few feets back.
"I do commend your teamwork, using your domain to isolate me and keep me from using my soul weapon was a pretty nice plan too, but it seems you guys have never fought actual soul masters"
As Ivern was saying those words, the broadsword shot from the ground towards one of the two masked members that had been struck my Ivern's first attack, perhaps she was knocked out by the strike as she didn't react as the broadsword cleaved cleanly through her head, instantly killing her.
They had just lost their healer
Ivern didn't even bother calling back his soul weapon, still standing still, 4 illusory broadswords formed around him
"Let me teach you a lesson, people refer to soul masters as the weakest ascendants as they don't have the undying elemental body of the body route, neither do they have the domain of the embodiment route
They don't have the clone the spirit part gives so they had always been deemed the useless path. But that only because you've never met a true soul master"
As he continued speaking, the 4 illusory broadswords shot towards the mage and the warrior forcing them to defend.
The mage could manipulate the earth to obstruct the swords with just a thought bow as he had created his domain but, the battle had to finish quickly as he couldn't hold it for long.
The first two sword exploded as it came in contact with an earth wall, while the other two drew another path aiming for the mage, he had to be pulled back by the warrior beside him to ensure his safety.
Ivern ducked to dodgeaq a swing from a pole coming at him from his blind spot, the other fallen warrior had gotten up and used the moment Ivern was talking to attack.
"Good, but now let me teach you how a soul master truly fight"
He kept dodging as the masked figure kept swinging her pole to attack him, he pole had an illusory aura wrapped around it, and the pole sounded like a sword cutting through air instead
"It's good that you're starting to understand weapon intent but you're not utilizing it well, lemme show you how weapon intent should be actually used"
Ivern was fucking around with three opponents, even going as far as teaching them a lesson, his soul weapon, not in his hands yet he was pressuring two of his assailants with just weapon intent condensed in the form of broadswords
"This is how you use your weapon intent"
Ivern coated his hands in his cyan color weapon intent and deflected the strike of the approaching warrior, before condensing it into sword form and stabbing at her belly.
He then kicked her away, not bothering to check if she lived or die
The warrior and mage on the other side had their hands full, they might be ascendants but they were just new ascendants, they couldn't compare to the experience and power of Ivern, it took everything they had just to evade his weapon intent (the ones in the form of broadswords that had been attacking them)
"Well then let me show you something else a true weapon master can do, seeing as you're enjoying my lesson"
He chuckled to him as his soul weapon, his broadsword floated towards him, before circling him, like a guard protecting its master
Manifest - Goltarch
The broadsword floating in front of him released a light and it's form changed, if before it looked like any other common broadsword now it had an intricate design, with the symbol for Ying and Yang etched across its blade
The blade had two colors, black on side, white on the other, and was decorated with a gems around its guard and hilt.
Ivern grabbed it and muttered
*Yin*
The two illusory blades that had been chasing after the masked duo vanished into thin air surprising those that were facing them
As they backed into away and faced their Ivern which was now exposing his aura in full making them pay full attention to him, they felt the slightest mistake they made would spell their deaths, and they were right.
"Yang"
Ivern said and they both felt swords ripping them apart from behind, how?
They didn't feel anything, but their answers were left unanswered
Ivern smiled as he retracted all his aura and returned his soul weapon back to its normal state, in that moment, a mosquito flew in and stung Ivern on the neck, he slapped it to death afterwards though.
"Hmm, seems like my edge was dulled, a mere mosquito could actually sting me when I'm in battle mode"
Walking towards the only masked assailant left, he squatted before her and sighed
"Might as well tell you what happened, that there was the special ability of my soul weapon
Every soul weapon had a true name, and when you discover it, you make it manifest
Manifesting the true form of your soul weapon allows it the soul master to use the unique ability embedded in it
No two souls have the same ability as people are different and what you saw was my ability
I can make my weapon and my soul intent go intangible with ying and tangible with Yang, you'd need to have great senses to….."
"Huhn, you're already dead, sad"
Ivern afterwards stood up and decided to go help out someone else, he had already done his part here, but after taking two steps he began to stumble, his vision blurry
He paused and decided to check his system for what was wrong, then he saw tiny black spots eating up his aether from the inside
"Hmm, so that's what it was, the mosquito bite huhn, should have known it wasn't normal for a mosquito to be able to bite great me"
He chuckled as he fell down, drawing his last breath, a great soul master, one of the 4 guardians of Gamora had died on that night
Three black spots, got out from his body, then the body turned to dust right after,
One of the black spots took the form of the first masked woman, Ivern killed, while the other took the form of 2 mosquitoes
She instructed the first one to find the commander, with the instruction
"The first Guardian, the elven one is dead"