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Chapter 13 - Battle of the Winds

"Don't be too complacent Faye."

A voice from behind warned her, it was Balthazar. He reminds her not to let her emotions took her over.

"We meet again." The man said straightforwardly to Balthazar as he arranged his glasses firmly to slightly above his nose.

"It's you." He just remembered from the appearance of the man. They have crossed path three days ago when he was being chased by the imperial knights. It was him who have the ability to see through heat energy. "That thermal vision of yours is quiet tricky for me." He said with a smirk.

"Of course, what more could you expect from the fabulous Tabith of the Orions." He said stylishly as he flipped the bangs of his hair with a man bun on top.

"I have never expected you're part of the Orions. You certainly just don't fit in the group." He said that angered the man.

"I'm trying to keep my cool here, but you're ruining it." He draws out his dual sword and jumps directly towards Balthazar as he dances with the blades. Balthazar immediately dodges the attack and jumps back to distance himself from Tabith.

On the other side, Faye still can't get over about the cut on her cheek. No one had severed her face before and it remains beautiful and flawless. She was so obsess with her beauty that she doesn't want her face to suffered for just a scratch.

"Wind Blade!" Faye unleashes multiple wind blades that scatters towards the three enemies in front of her. The three were agile and were able to dodge the attacks quickly which landed on the buildings at the back.

Faye's attacks send distortion of sounds within the surrounding area. Maku and Dave who's at the other side of the plaza heard it and hurriedly rushed to the rescue. When they arrived, Faye and Balthazar are in a bad situation. With Faye fighting against the three and Balthazar who is a bad match against Tabith. The two quickly jump within the battlefield that intercept the arising tense within the six.

"My, my! Don't interrupt when a lady is showing off!" One of the girls uttered as she smash the ground where Dave and Maku landed with a strong surge of torrent. She welds the power of water and can even liquify herself into water. She transforms and slithered across the cracks on the ground and emerge below Maku that made him recoiled a few more steps behind.

"Sister, I'll handle this one!" The woman arrogantly said as she returns to her natural solid state.

On the other corner, Balthazar come across Dave as he was pushed away by Tabith and fall on the ground. Using only his raw strength, he's no match to fight against Tabith who wields two swords and a thermal vision that made his invisibility worthless in battle. Dave give him a hand and pulled him from the ground.

"You take that, I'll handle him." Dave uttered shortly which Balthazar agrees. They walked against each other towards the enemy they have chosen to fight with.

"Well sister, I guess you can handle her. I have to satisfy myself too." The woman said as she turned her body into steel and walk towards Balthazar.

"So, it's you and me now, huh." The woman riding the hurricane smirked which angered Faye even more.

"No body is allowed to do this on my face and you are so sorry with this." She glared towards her.

"Then lets put more scratch even more." The woman laughed manically and her face turns into a sadistic psycho ready to kill her enemy without mercy.

"Endless Hurricane!" She sends forth a hurricane that devours everything in its path.

"Monsoon!" Faye counters the attack by surrounding herself in a magical storm, throwing any attacks back.

Unfortunately, after the storm has settled, Faye's thick coat that covers her body was ripped by the strong current of the storm around her. The revelation of her wings caused the enemy to be astound.

"Oh my! Look who it is. The princess of the fairies." The woman said in amusement. "How come I haven't recognize you earlier? My bad, tsk tsk." She said in an offensive manner.

"There's something wrong with your memory, Zeta. Maybe I can fix it." She answered back.

Amongst the elemental sisters who possesses the power of solid, liquid, and gas matter, Zeta is the youngest and the sole welder of the air element. She generates and manipulates air at will. She often rides a small hurricane to help her float midair.

"Swizzling Nightingale!" Faye summons an air elemental that flies toward the targeted enemy.

"How lame? Do you think that would get m----?" She was interrupted by a strong attack from behind that made her fall unto the ground destroying the hurricane she is riding.

'Swizzling Nightingale' is a combination of diversion and attack consist of two air elemental that flies in two opposite direction. The first nightingale flies directly towards the target while the other one flies around and seize the enemy from behind.

"Hmph! You're too easy to let your guard down." One of Faye's eyebrow raised as she flew around her with hand rolled together. "Now to finish this fight! Aerial Pierce!" She was about to hurled spears of wind attacks when she was blown away by great surge of winds.

"Wind of Salvation!" It is a combination attack of wind and speed. The winds slashes with tremendous speed that Faye was unable to dodge it.

"I-I don't think so." The lady grunts as she tries to get up from the ground casting her hand in front of her. In a moment there, a strong elemental energy is building up around Zeta.

"You sure do have some guts for a pesky low class brat." Faye uttered as she struggles to get up from the ground. She was injured from the attacks that Zeta hurled just a while ago.

"You should have just stayed down, princess!" Zeta portend her.

"Easy for you to say." She smirked. "The princess of the fairies does not bow to a mere human." Faye adjusted her movements trying to keep her balance.

"Then you leave me no choice." She opened her arms wide as the winds starts to lift her up in the air.

"Howling Gale!" By creating a localize change in pressure and temperature, Zeta is able to create a small storm that grows in size with time. She can activate the spell again to release the storm. On release, this storm will fly towards the direction it was cast in, dealing damage and knocking away enemies in its path.

Zeta released the tempest she had created with laughs of victory on her face. She watched as the hellish vortex of winds she generates erodes and devours Faye from her very existence. Nevertheless, concealed in her knowledge, Faye is trying to pull something out of her sleeves. Thinking that the battle is over, she carelessly turns her back from where was the gale positioned. Without knowing that the enormous hurricane is coming towards her at a great pace. It was too late when she noticed that the storm she sends forth backfires at her. It swallowed her into the center ripping off portions of her outfit to shreds as each blades of winds within that cyclone slice through her body. Zeta exclaimed in severe pain due to the succession of attacks she received. After the storm has settled, Zeta' body was found lying on the ground unconscious.

"Cyclone Overturn!" It is one of the Faye's trump card that enables her to counter and control any ravage storm before her that prevents her from receiving incoming damages and increases the cyclone's attack damage as she sends it towards the caster. Lucky for her, Zeta was her enemy which is not a good deal for Zeta on the contrary. Faye was left standing alone when the wind soothes with her hand pointed up in the air after her casting.

"Sister!!" Epsilon screamed from a distance.