Through the portal, Macarthur had stood up and dusted himself off and stood up. There would undoubtedly be a fight with the family leaders when Regius came out of the portal, Regius probably suspected that as well and whatever he did next would be drastic, to say the least so Macarthur looked towards Leem who approached Macarthur once again. He placed his hand on Macarthur's shoulder and although he winced he left it there.
"I will help you protect the boy when he comes out but there is an issue, Kylie she has been making calls. It is highly likely that they know and will make their way here if not at least 1 of them then several and even we can not take on them all on it is impossible." Macarthur grinned at him " I know which is why this is what we will do." Leem listened to the entire whispered plan in silence and then shook his head.
"I think the only calculation that you have off is how strong Regius will be when he comes out of the portal. Prometheus was close to the queen so before she left with Leon she wrote down the mana body technique and my sister seeing how strong Leon was asked him for a favor that she paid for in Forbidden Astra. He left us with notes on mana practice and how battle makes us stronger. The queen didn't put a single bit of it into practice until Ashlyne was born and you know the queen is a seer just like Elizabeth was but it would seem she made it so that Ashlyne and Regius would have more than a couple of similarities."
Macarthur looked at the man exasperated " My lord Leem get to the point." Leem scowled back at Macarthur "If I didn't know otherwise I'd think you were an idiot. The girl Ashlyne after everything he's displayed there is no way she will pass up the opportunity to fight with him." It was Macarthur's turn to laugh "That'll be fine you've seen the boy fight, he will be fine." Leem tightened his grip on Macarthur's shoulder "You are missing the point, you've felt no mana from the girl because unlike Regius whose mana surrounds him like a damn sun she has achieved the second stage of Mana body as well as she is rank 4. She has been fighting mana beasts in the depths of Ocean for years under her mother's instruction."
It was Macarthur's turn to shake his head which to the others watching just looked like the two of them shaking their heads back and forth in some type of silly manner while they whispered. "You haven't begun to fathom Regius' strength, he was able to execute a strike from pure mana that was able to threaten my life back when he was only eleven when they first found me. I was already well in the demigod Rank and now with the level of his spirit there is no way she can compare "He fully embraced his concept and has a forbidden rank spirit that is a dragon-like the rest of the Lowe family not to mention it being unbound."
Leem's face stayed deadpan even at the revelation and Macarthur was beginning to worry there was no way right. He looked back to the screen and back to Leem."My sister the queen truly is entirely too competitive sometimes. It's part of the reason she sent me here despite the girl being strong enough. She wanted me to convey a message "If you can raise a little Monster then why can't the Atlanteans." Macarthur smacked his palm to his head finally understanding that this little girl was Regius' match in every damn aspect of power. Macarthur looked at Leem one last time before turning back to the screen. "Yall are the goddamn worst."
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In the Goblin world, Regius stood before the portal with the only people remaining being the six of them. He let the Mask of Owari stop covering his face so He could look the four people in the face. "I'll change the rules for you all. Kaitlyn can leave her bracelet and walk through the portal unscathed because no member of the Kord family will be allowed in my presence. I certainly won't go to school with one and if she agrees to that then the rest of you can walk through the portal without giving a single bit of what you have collected.
You can also take option two in which all of you try to stop what happens next and in return, I will empty your bracelets and not have any members of the families in this year's freshman class of Merlin University." They didn't even get to contemplate when Kingsley walked forward and handed Regius his bracelet. Harry's face turned a bright red "Kingsley what do you think you are doing!?" but Kingsley only shook his head. "He has an entire Rank on us and at the end of it all Merlin University isn't an opportunity I'm willing to give up for the Kords." He then turned back to Regius "I cried for weeks when I was told you were dead and knowing the truth is worse. I know apologizing means nothing but I'm sorry but I'm also not my father. I hope one day we can be friends again."
He didn't say anything else as Regius gave him back the bracelet and he walked through the portal in silence. "Anyone else?" Gerald approached with his head down and even though Harry didn't say anything Regius could see the veins on his neck pulsing in rage as he handed his bracelet to Regius and then walked back through the portal. Harry and Kaitlyn had been summoning forth their Astra since the moment Gerald went through the portal and the moment they appeared Harry instantly threw a spell forward.
He held two silver hammers that had slender handles while the back of the hammerhead seemed to be a short pyramid made for piercing. Kaitlyn on the other hand held a sword and shield decorated in a vibrant red. The shield was engraved with different fearsome animals from a time before they mutated into the present-day Mana beasts and her sword was a rapier with a glowing red blade that came out of a crossguard shaped like a rose. She charged shield first to match the speed of the spell made of dark mana that Harry had shot from his mouth in the form of several black nails while he also charged forth and slammed the back of the nails with the back of his hammers causing them to break through the sound barrier as they appeared before Regius but despite that Regius still had not moved.
The Fool of Owari covered his head again and the nails that had been aimed at his eyes harmlessly bounced off of it. Harry was before him before long swinging both hammers while Kaitlyn came from the side stabbing towards Regius' waist. Regius never even bothered to defend against their attacks. No one a rank beneath him would be capable of harming him especially without top-tier Astra which these were not. Regius only sighed knowing that this wasn't even a battle at this point and it was time to end this and head home. They had fallen back to gather mana to cast a spell in unison and In turn, Regius activated the Petal of Wind and appeared next to them both, and before Harry could react Regius punched him in the Jaw so hard he fell unconscious while he also grabbed Kaitlyn by the throat and dragged her kicking and screaming towards the portal.
The box was no longer necessary so Regius kicked it off of the portal breaking it to pieces in the process with some of those going through the portal. Regius had Ashlyne take the bracelet off his wrist before throwing his limp body through the portal. Kaitlyn on the other hand had still been banging at his arm and trying to get free to no avail. Regius looked at her and shook his head "You can blame your mother for this but the Kords won't exist soon enough but the promise that I made with Peter still stands even for you so I've thought of something else." Link walked out of Regius' chest and stood before them both while Roaring into her face and the anger melted away into fear and sobs while Regius noticed something yellow dripping down her leg and into the snow and Link recoiled in disgust and shook his head at him while making gagging noises. "Link stop playing ya won't even have to touch that part of her." Regius looked at Link who eventually gave in and with one massive chomp, he bit Kaitlyn's midsection and pulled his head back with a massive Red Orb in his mouth. Link was connected to Regius and his concept in such a deep way that Link could take people's entire mana space robbing them of the chance of ever practicing Mana again while not harming their physical body.
He had made it so Kaitlyn would never be able to practice mana again. He threw her through the portal while Link swallowed the orb down and it appeared in Regius mana space for him to later twist into a strand. The pain of having her mana space torn from her had caused her to faint. Ashlyne had stood on the sidelines this entire time while Regius took half of the spoils and transferred it to her while he put the rest in his.
"Ya know I thought I'd let it go but seeing your spirit I can't and this may be the only chance for a while so how about you fight me Regius Lowe." Regius was about to brush her off when he finally looked at her and he saw her heterochromatic eyes blazing with mana and in response, his senses warned him of great danger like he was being looked at by a predator and his golden eyes blazed with mana just the same. "Well, then Ashlyne Vernize let's fight then."