" Us three should be enough to handle him "
Amada whispered, as the three of them levitated in the air, looking down at Romulus's falling body, waiting for it to crash against the ground, and once it did, they dashed toward the man, at full speed, leaving trails behind them.
" Fuck.. "
Romulus said while squeezing the ground tightly, sinking his fingers inside of it as he tried to stand, struggling to do so due to the injury Elena gave him, giving the others enough time to stump down on his entire body, pushing him completely inside of the ground, to then jump up, leaving the hole that they made with Romulus's body
" Elena, do you think you can form a sword like that again? "
Ezra questioned, as he coated his hands with Sanctuary Energy, while blue smoke began to engulf the rest of his body, leaving only his eyes visible
" The sword I made, I made it in a rush, so it wasn't sharp, I had to use all my strength to hurt his body, so to create a sword that would actually damage him, you guys will have to give me some time "
Elena replied, as she clasped her hands together, causing a loud shockwave which made her clothes shake, as a bright white light began to escape from the holes in between her fingers
" Don't worry, take all the time you need, we'll bring him to his knees so that you can cut his head off "
Amada said as Romulus began to crawl out of the hole, his blue energy leaking from the hole like a bright flash of light
" Alright, I'm done holding back "
Romulus said to himself as he cracked his neck, taking in a deep breath before glaring at Ezra, before disappearing in a blur of speed, appearing in front of the gigantic man, with his arms back as he was ready to punch him
" Ezra watch- "
Amada yelled, but her words fell on deaf ears as Romulus began to punch Ezra rapidly, hitting him with a combo of barrages all throughout his abdomen, ending it with a fist covered in fire right to Ezra's chin, sending him flying meters away from them
" I hit all his vitals, he'll have a hard time standing now "
Romulus said before punching Amada right in her face, bringing his arm down, slamming her body against the ground, cracking it for a few seconds before those cracks turned into a crater
" That sword of yours..."
Romulus whispered, as he turned to look at Elena, almost as if he was sure that he finished off Amada, smirking while he began to walk toward her
" Have had to have a very sharp blade for it to even pierce my skin, this is deserving of a celebration, you've managed to harm me for the first and last time of your life "
Romulus said as he stretched his hand out, moving it closely toward Elena's face
" You think you're so mighty! Get off your high horse!! "
Ezra yelled as he appeared behind him, his entire right arm covered in a dense blue smoke, which resembled that of armor, and with that, he swung his fist toward Romulus's ribs, but, to his and everyone's surprise, Romulus caught the fist with incredible ease
" Mighty? High horse? You don't even know who you're messing with "
Romulus replied, as he then punched the fist Ezra was planning on using to attack Romulus, breaking every single finger on it, causing Ezra's hand to bleed as some of his bones pierced through his skin
" A mortal of your stature should bow his head in front of a deity "
Romulus added, as he jumped, high enough so that his face would reach Ezra's, before grabbing him by his hair, pulling him down toward the ground, and pushing his face on it, scrubbing the floor with his nose and lips
" That's much better "
He whispered, as he then stepped on Ezra's head, holding him down against the ground as Amada dashed toward him, but was caught and held by her neck
" When facing an opponent who is stronger than you, you shouldn't mindlessly run toward them expecting to cause damage, I mean just look at how easily I caught you "
Romulus explained as he tightened his grip around Amada's neck, so tight that she began to suffocate, beginning to pull his fingers to try and get his hand to open, but it was useless, his grip was simply, too strong.
" Die! "
Elena yelled, attempting to stab the man with a sword made out of dense white air, thrusting the tip of the sword against his back, but to her surprise, it didn't even pierce through his skin
" That won't work anymore, my skin has been fortified with Sanctuary Energy, weak attacks like yours won't affect me at all "
Romulus said as he dropped Amada, and moved his foot away from Ezra's neck, giving his full attention to the woman who seemed hesitant to attack.
" What's wrong, are you upset that your plan didn't work out as you thought it would? Well don't worry...."
Romulus whispered as a smirk of superiority grew on his face while he began to walk toward the woman who began to step back
" We all go through that stage, the same stage that everyone goes through, denial. You can't accept that you've lost so now you want to, what? Retreat, apologize to your men, and come up with a better plan? Or will you go past the stage of denial and accept defeat? Oh how many options we have "
Romulus continued, as he waved his hands around, getting closer while he spoke, and then his smirk suddenly disappeared as Elena stopped, opening her eyes wide as if she had come to a realization
" Wait, how do you know about the plan? "
Elena questioned as she glared at the man, holding her sword tightly as he simply chuckled
" Well, who do you think sent those letters to you? There were a lot of letters in that mail weren't there? "
Romulus questioned, smiling as he watched Elena wrap her head around what he just revealed
" But how could you know where to send them? "
Elena questioned as she looked at him with her eyes wide open, almost as if she knew what he was going to say next
" I didn't, your spies, they sneaked into my castle trying to get their nasty hands all over my information, but I caught them, honestly I expected them to commit suicide right there and then, but it turns out they were siblings so all I had to do was threaten to kill the other if they didn't do as I said, so I gave them false information and forced them to send that to you, so that you could come up with a plan, that I could stop with not much effort at all "
Romulus explained, as Elena fell down to her knees, her expression turning into a pathetic whining one while all Romulus did was smile, enjoying how easily she now accepted her defeat
" Do you hear that? "
Questioned Romulus as he placed his hand on top of her head, rubbing her hair softly as he turned to look to a side, seeing fire and the screams of countless men
" Those are all your soldiers, crying out for help, upset at you that you brought them to their deaths "
Romulus continued, a grin growing on his face as he patted her head
" Well now you know, that you were nothing more than a means to an end, I started a war not because I had any personal problems toward any of your people, but because, well, doing so would lead me to take a step closer toward the goal I'm so desperately trying to achieve, so don't hate yourself for killing all your people, hate yourself for being dumb enough to let yourself be manipulated by me "
Romulus said, ending his seemingly endless speech before sighing, seeing all three of them on the ground, smirking as he began to walk away