Leon Crackwell's pov
Ventus walked towards the magic caster with his arms out wide, he took slow graceful steps while holding a confident smile which in this situation would inspire nothing but terror, but before he could touch the man he swerved towards the right narrowly dodging the blond swordsman only to end up in the path of the burly axe man's blades, he tapped off the ground performing a flip while kicking the axe man in the head and sending him spinning, as he landed the swordsman swung towards his face again but just casually leaned back letting the blade fly wide, out of nowhere a ki bolt came flying towards his head while he was leaning back, he caught it easily and with a squeeze of his fist and a crunch the arrow disappeared into nothingness, he bent forward and sent a palm into the swordsman chest but he managed to block with the flat of his blade albeit clumsily without waiting for a sign he began to chain hundreds of moves together jabs cuts punches but the swordsman not only blocked but countered when he could but Ventus didn't loose his confident smile, the axe man reappeared and began his own barrage at Ventus coming from his left while the swordsman took his right, Ventus responded to the swordsman with his right hand and to the axe man with his left ramping up his speed and dishing out countless blows in the span of seconds all without any strain on his face, that was when I heard it
"Dragon water cannon"
the magic caster had launched a spell, a massive torrent of water had taken the form of a snarling dragon and rushed Ventus while he was occupied, Ventus saw the attack coming but still didn't show any worry instead he released two powerful blasts of wind mixed with his essence from both his hands, the people that attack met on the other hand had expected it since this wasn't their first time so they weren't phased much but they did halt their attack, as the dragon flew towards Ventus at breakneck speed I sensed him increase his energy output even more causing his body to toughen, forest green forms flashed in his open hands, he quickly crossed them in front of the attack in what seemed like an attempt at blocking but he was still sent flying a fair distance, other than the sound of all the waves in the world crashing together there was total silence Ventus's opponent were still on guard but Vetus could not be seen behind the thick cloud of dust that attack kicked up by now, everyone was already anticipating what kind of damage he was suffering(me included) but our presumptions couldn't be farther from the truth
"BOOM SFX"
the massive spell that had continued to travel was suddenly ripped apart from the inside a massive barrier of wind was constantly expanding and before long several acres of land surrounding the point of origin had turned into a desert and in the middle stood my completely unharmed wind spirit still smiling but with two deep green short swords in his hands,
"it's seems the mage is most troublesome one here"
he said as he disappeared from sight, he reappeared his blade less than an inch from the mage's throat but hit nothing but air, the mage had managed to warp even when so close to death, no rather, it seems the mage had a warp spell prepared for when attacks got too close quite ingenious actually, the swordsman was on Ventus once again this time swinging furiously at the spirit, Ventus counteracted swiftly he was behind in skill but his speed and raw power more than made up for it, the two began a mad dance fluttering around the battle field while send out attacks that could spell doom if even one grazed the other the swordsman was quite particular about not getting hit and I could tell why, ki reinforcement or not if even one of those attacks grazed him he would die, the swordsman made a misstep and lost balance ventus seized the opportunity and tried to finish him once and for all but before his blade could reach a stream of ki arrows came flying out of no where and repeatedly slammed into Ventus, he had erected an omnidirectional barrier around himself while the swordsman instantly righted himself, it seems both the swordsman and the attacker had planned this, several blades of ki came from the otherside where Ventus was less guarded slamming into the barrier and making it shake furiously it seems the axeman had rejoined the fight they were intent on keeping him in that position so that they could plan their next attack but he wouldn't let that happen
"Helix Crash"
at the sound of his voice the barrier expanded with force blowing away both men he disappeared as well reappearing directly above a bush and swung in an X fashion, a red headed woman flew out of her cover in order to avoid the attack, bad decision that attack wouldn't have caused her much worry, he had tricked her into exposing herself, he spun sideways while in the air releasing a humongous crescent of wind that streaked towards the girl, the girl turned around and fired an arrow its force paltry in front of Ventus's attack, both collided in a massive explosion that sent the girl flying with several cuts on her body, she was unconscious as such she couldn't enhance herself with mana and if she landed the way her trajectory was heading she would break her neck, but before that
"Earthen Embrace"
the mage came through causing the earth to shift into a softer substance and catch her mid flight, she was then swallowed up and reappeared at the mage's feet, Ventus threw one of his swords at the mages head which didn't hit due to the man's warping spell but just as he reappeared he came face to face with his attacker, Ventus had thrown his weapon and sought to attack when the man reappeared, he probably reasoned that a spell like that had a delay everytime it was used, he was right but before he could take advantage of it
"Hell fire storm"
the mage had sensed what he was up to and prepared a spell for when the spirit would show up, Ventus narrowly avoided it but was forced to call his weapons back to his hands in order to block the swordsman and axeman. The ground caved in on where he stood but he did not yeid to them instead he redirected their blades kicking the axeman away while his body was exposed, the swordsman continued to slash at him with dogmatic precision until Ventus spoke
"I think it's time I put you out of the fight"
he swung both blades together with force the man tried to block but instead his sword that was perfectly covered in layers of sword ki shattered like a glass, he was blown off his feet and lay their as if he couldn't belive what just happened Ventus charged forward intent on taking his life but before that could happen the axeman reappeared at his side and swung, Ventus flipped and brought his blade down on his opponents shoulder drawing blood, the burly man recoiled but Ventus pursued intent on slashing his throat but was instead engulfed in flames, the mage had placed a spell (Flare Cirlce) under his feet which gave the axeman just enough time to retreat, when he looked to the side the swordman was no longer there but he paid that no heed deciding to chase after the axeman but just as he was about to begin his assault he suddenly felt weaker both of us looked to the side and saw the mage standing beside both of his unconscious comrades, he held his soul weapon but this time instead of a gem hovering above a rod it was a crystal blue flower, the mage had drained both of them of energy and was now coming after Ventus I thought with panic, we both spread our senses and came to the same conclusion, what ever attack he had planned would be devastating, Ventus quickly moved but the axeman interjected
"get away from me"
he said desperately as he made short work of the man leaving him a bloody mess before charging towards the danger but it was too late, the mage lifted the staff and said the words
"BEGONE"
in such a grand voice I almost found myself flying but Ventus on the other hand was no where to be seen.