Caelum looks at Zarco, seemingly unaware of the sword-wielding soldier right behind her.
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Zarco tries to warn her.
-Behind!
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The soldier moves his sword with the clear intent to decapitate Caelum.
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But she quickly lowers her head and upper body, barely dodging, allowing the sword to only cut some of her hair strands.
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Caelum then does a forward roll to gain some distance, and as soon as she is up she yells.
-Quick, Zarco! Use that magical artifact of yours!
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Zarco
-It's not magic! It's just a crystal that works according to a twisted logic not understood by your current science!
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The soldier advances with his sword drawn ready for another attack.
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Caelum
-Fast!
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Zarco puts his hand on his wrist
-Ok, ok…
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A small portal opens between the sword and Caelum.
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The sword goes through the portal which then disappears, cutting through it, taking most of the sword, leaving only the hilt and some of the blade.
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The soldier after completing his movement looks at Caelum who remained unscathed.
-What?! - He yells.
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Caelum backs off and says to Zarco
-Good work!
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Zarco
-We have a problem…
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Caelum
-What problem?
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Zarco raises his wrist to show the crystal with no glow.
-Low energy...
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Caelum
-What?
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Zarco
-In short…
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The guard looks at the broken sword in surprise and quickly after, throws it to the ground.
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Zarco
-It was nice knowing you…
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Caelum
-It was? What are you saying?
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Zarco says while in an exhausted pose.
-We're going to die, I'm out of power…
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Caelum looks at him, confused by his sudden extreme mood change.
-Hã?
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The soldier stands still as he questions to himself out loud, wondering what just happened.
-The sword broke in midair?! What just happened?!
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Zarco recomposes after noticing the dumb way the soldier looked at his blade, like he was wondering what just happened.
-Wait, if I can intimidate this idiot…
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Zarco makes an evil smile from cheek to cheek.
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Zarco
-MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Caelum keeps staring at Zarco confused, not properly understanding anything about his behavior.
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Zarco then raises his arm as he makes a pose trying to highlight the bracelet on his wrist
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Zarco
-LISTEN TO ME YOU PALTRY INSECT! THIS IS THE MIGHTY CRYSTAL...
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Zarco makes a quick pause during his speech.
-What was the name of this thing again? Remember… Remember! Oh, screw it!
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Zarco
-OF OMNIPOTENCE! EXACTLY! THE CRYSTAL OF OMNIPOTENCE! WITH IT THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO MY POWER!!!
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Zarco thought
-Although, it only opens portals.
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Soldier
-O-omnipotence?! But, that would make you…
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Zarco
-A god of course. What did you think I was?
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Soldier
-It can't be… You are the being of the prophecy!
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Zarco thought
-Again this? Well, whatever, if it scares them better for me…
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Zarco
-Humpf! This way of addressing me is uncomfortable, listen and remember, the name of the one who speaks to you is… ZARCO NEWSTEIN!!!
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Caelum, already giving up on understanding the situation, decides to just keep watching everything in silence.
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Caelum thought
-What are you saying, idiot?! By now you would be dead if it weren't for my help! There's no way a being capable of destroying everything can be so pathetic!
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Soldier
-Zarco Newstein...
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Zarco
-YES! REMEMBER THAT NAME AND TREMBLE! FOR THIS IS THE NAME OF THE INCARNATION OF CHAOS!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Soldier
-But you said that "with" the crystal, your power has no limits... That is, without it you are nothing.
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Zarco gets nervous
-Eh… Ah… SO WHAT?! With it I have power! And I am with it now! So stop talking nonsense and beg for your life! Then, MAYBE I'll forget about it...
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Soldier
-And just now you said something about the energy running out… So you just lost your powers…
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Zarco's desperate, pissed, and clearly annoyed, though.
-What the hell?! Where did this explosion of intelligence come from! You were supposed to be an idiotic soldier!
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Soldier
-So, all I have to do is defeat you before you regain your power and I'll save everyone!
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Caelum to Zarco.
-Good work.
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Zarco to Caelum.
-Shut up.
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The soldier then rushes forward to attack with only his fists raised.
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Caelum stretches her arm in front of Zarco and says.
-Back off.
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Zaroc
-What? You're gonna fight him?
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Caelum
-Yes.
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The soldier attacks Caelum with a right punch.
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Caelum defends the punch with her right arm, then counters with a right kick.
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The soldier falls to the ground due to the hit.
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Zarco
-Huh, she does fight, neat! Teamwork!
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Caelum
-But you didn't do anything…
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The soldier on the ground knocks Caelum down with a kick.
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Caelum thought while falling.
-Damn it! I got distracted!
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Caelum, right before falling, leans on her right arm and kicks the guard in the head at the same time.
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Her arm crumbles due to the pressure of her body causing Caelum to fall pretty badly.
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The soldier starts to get up.
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But Zarco quickly arrives, kicking the soldier in the chin.
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Zarco then steps on the fallen soldier's face with a wicked smile and a victorious expression on his face.
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Caelum starts to get up.
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Zarco says to Caelum
-You can thank me later.
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Caelum
-Thank you for what?!
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Zarco points to the fallen soldier he was stepping on.
-For having defeated him, of course.
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The fallen soldier punches Zarco's leg causing him to fall.
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Zarco also falls pretty badly.
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Caelum
-You underestimated your opponent.
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Zarco screams in pain.
-Shut up!
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The soldier starts to get up, overcoming his wounds.
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Caelum readies herself, getting into a battle stance.
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The soldier starts looking around.
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He sees three spearheads on the ground, near the area where Zarco and Caelum were. They were cut off from the soldier's spears when they teleported to this spot earlier.
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He aimed for them, but Caelum was between him and the improvised weapons.
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Still, the soldier decided to advance against Caelum.
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Caelum prepared herself to quickly attack the moment he entered her reach.
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But, to her surprise, the soldier instead spreads his wings and jumps, quickly following with the flap of his wings, he ends up flying over Caelum.
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Caelum is caught off guard and turns around towards him.
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Right after turning around, she gets a kick in the face. Delivered with the heel of his foot.
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Caelum falls, she almost gets knocked out by the hit, but manages to remain conscient.
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The soldier passes by her and lands, then he proceeds by quickly picking up two of the three spearheads.
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Zarco and Caelum start to get up, both clearly hurt, Caelum obviously more.
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The soldier stands, wielding the spearheads like daggers he yells full of DETERMINATION.
-You two die here and now!
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Caelum
-What do we do now?
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Zarco
-I didn't want to have to do this, but I'll have to resort to my most powerful technique.
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Caelum
-You have techniques?
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Zarco runs screaming while making various hand signals and wildly moving his arms around.
-OOOOOOOOHHHHHH! BY THE POWER OF THE ANCESTRALS! FACE MY SECRET TECHNIQUE! ÔMEGA PLUS KAME METEOR!
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The soldier prepares to quickly put Zarco down.
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But when Zarco was getting close to him, he threw himself on the ground sliding with a sweep.
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And when sliding right on the guy's feet, Zarco calmly says.
-Punch in the balls.
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He punches the soldier's balls.
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Several images come to the soldier's mind while he faced extreme pain, things like breaking eggs for example.
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Soldier yells.
-Ooooooohhhh!
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Caelum doesn't even give time for the soldier to recover, she runs towards him a jump, doing a flying jump kick right in the soldier's face.
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The soldier falls back unconscious.
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Zarco on the ground questions Caelum.
-We knocked him out for good this time?
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Caelum
-Yeah, I think so.
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Zarco gets up already celebrating.
-YEAH! WE WON!!!
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Zarco reaches out his hand to Caelum as a clear high-five signal.
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Zarco
-Hit here!
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Caelum
-Why?
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Zarco
-Because we won! And since we won, we're excited! And excited people want to hit things! Hit here!
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Caelum punches Zarco's palm.
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Zarco
-Not like that…
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Caelum
-That's stupid...
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Zarco
-Eh, it is.
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END OF THE THIRD CHAPTER.