"Tsk.... what's up with this...he turned the whole forest into a mirror maze" A women dressed in black screamed in her thoughts.
"I'm...from a witch family...so why?...a coward like him is playing a trick on me..." Mei added.
She was now surrounded by mirrors but unlike earlier,this mirrors doesn't reflect.Mei started to feel dizzy as if she was levitating.
"What is this?."
"I can't feel anything...even my own weight..."
"Where am I...???"
"What...am...I..?"
Mei slowly whimpered to herself as her senses fades.
"Hey kid,are you going okay?" Amano asked rushing towards Jiro who's kneeling on the ground,nose bleeding and panting.
"What happened?"Amano asked him as they stared at the witch who's laying on the ground eyes open.
"I trapped her consciousness..(pant) in the illusion realm.." he answered between pants.
"Tsk...she really pushed me to my limits...even though Headmaster Ishida warned me to not use it in combat" he added.
"Tsk...that damn Kasumi he said he will take care of them...I fell like...aghhhh" Jiro said in annoyance.
"Maybe they got beaten..." Amano slowly answered.
"Nah,that bastard was too lucky to die... " Jiro responded in ridiculous tone.
"This witch's servant must be fighting Kasumi right now..." He added.
"Or....nnNOT.." Amano responded in trembling tone as he slowly turned his head and looked behind him.
Jiro felt the sudden pressure behind him as if a strong wind was blowing behind him,heavy and suffocating.
He then looked at Amano who's already on his knees, trembling and unable to move.
"Mis...ter...AmanO?" He questioned before looking behind him.
And there he saw a man wearing a hat and round glasses.Tree branches popping out of his body and smiling at Jiro.
Unable to move because of fear and the strain caused by the spell he casted earlier.
"Servant?"
"Why...why...why are you here?...if you're here that means...Kasumi and Anna is..." Jiro mumbled.
"Don't worry...they're not dead...at least.." The servant responded.
"Don't worry I'll kill them...after."he added.
"H-How...how did you survive from Kasumi?" Jiro questioned, trying to be calm.
"I don't know...but that fool manage to kill one of my clones" he answered.
"Clone?" Kasumi asked in confusion.
"Haah...I can make clones using tree magic.." he responded.
"My name is Yosi Kakeru...at least telll me your name before I kill you. " He arrogantly said.
"Jiro ...Isumo..." He slowly answered.
"I see...can you still fight?...It's boring to kill someone without a fight" he explained.
"Ye...yeahh" Jiro answered, hesitating.
"Then let's have a go..." he said before Amano punched him and came flying unable to finish his words.
He lands on his feet and wiped the blood on his cheek.
"Ahhh..I see...I see...you have some good allies with you...well I don't mind killing them also.." he arrogantly said while walking closer to them.
"Heyy..old man" Jiro whimpers, caught Amano's attention.
"What?" Amano replied back with a whimper.
"We're going to die here...I can't even stand straight... there's no way we can win" He responded in whimpers.
Jiro was about to tell Amano to run but he suddenly charged forward throwing punches at Yoshi.
"You bastard...what makes you think that you can kill me?" Amano said between punches.
"You'll need me alive don't you?" He added.
"Tsk..don't get too carried away...oldman" Yoshi yelled before throwing heavy punch on his abdomen.
Amano was pushed back and stoped,he then started panting.
"Don't get to full of yourself...just because you're a valuable research subject..." Yoshi responded in angry tone.
"Fine then...let me kill you... I'll show the true power of an elf" he said before clapping his hand together.
"Spirit realm secret technique: The heaven's roots " he chanted before he releases a massive amount of spiritual energy covering the whole forest.
The environment began to change,tree roots started popping up everywhere wrapping them like a dome.
Meanwhile Kasumi
"Wha-...what the hell is this?" He screamed in annoyance after seeing the trees around them started drying.
"This is my first mission after spending almost 6 years of training in another country...and now this what I get" he added.
"Calm down..Kasumi." Anna mumbled.
"This is my first fight in my life...so I'm the one who should be complaining.." she added.
"..but anyway...what the hell is happening?" She questioned Kasumi in frustrated tone.
"Spirit realm...other sorcerers call this spiritual domain.." Kasumi explained in calm tone.
"In order to summon a realm...a massive amount of spiritual energy is needed...and base on its construction and range the summoner might be at least AA level or higher...and he has the ability to absorb the energy from plants " he added.
"AA level? what's that?a grade or something?" Anna asked in confusion.
"Spirit rank or in short the level of a spirit sorcerer at its finest...and supernatural abilities are considered sorcery" he responded.
"Right now the spirit rank are divided into 5 categories according their spirit level and ability to kill or annihilate a whole nation."He explained.
"From weakest to strongest,C rank can potentially harm an individual,B can potentially kill an individual,A can distroy a whole village,AA can annihilate a whole city,and finally AAA that can delete a whole country" Kasumi continue to explain while Anna is still frustrated knowing that the opponent they're about to face is an city level monster.
"How are we supposed to fight that thing?" Anna asked in frustration.
"Go ahead and take the other route...call the HQ for backup...I'll fight him alone" Kasumi ordered Anna.
"Alone?...wait him?who's him?" Anna questioned in confusion.
"That gentleman tree guy from earlier...I don't know how he survived but I'm pretty sure it's him" Kasumi explained.
"If it's him then I should go too...you said you've drain your spirit energy... there's no way you can fight" Anna insisted.
"From what I saw earlier you're probably at B level and you've damaged your arm from earlier, there's no way you can fight either" Kasumi explained in serious tone.
"But.."Anna tried to speak but Kasumi cut off the discussion,and started walking away from her.
"I'm simply buying time...It was you who will decide if you're going to call backup to save us or not...If we die blame your self...haha...I'm counting on you" Kasumi said while waving his hand.
"O..okay." Anna mumbled before running on the different path.
Kasumi the started rushing into the forest to find the guy who's responsible for drying the trees from the whole forest.He continue to follow the high energy frequency that he sensed earlier only to find a large dome made of tree branches and roots.
"This might be it..." He whimpered.
"If I remembered right spirit realms cannot be destroyed from outside" he thought.
"I hope Jiro is fine...that witch might be inside too... summoning my shikigami might be a bad choice" He whimpered in his thoughts.
"If that's the case...then"he murmured while removing the bandages on his right hand and wrist.
Kasumi touched the back of his right hand and a magic circle mark appeared.
"In the name of the contract lend me your strength" he chanted and the mark started glowing purple in color.
"Secret Demonic technique: Corruption Overkill" he chanted with an evil smile.
"Let's see..." he murmured before touching the surface of the domain barrier.
"booOOMM" the sound of the barrier exploding.
"Wha-..." The servant Yoshi reacted before looking behind him.
Behind him he saw a man with scarlet red eyes with demonic aura enveloping his entire body.
"Heh...that's a good reaction...but I can only hold this form for about 2 minutes before draining my spiritual energy that I borrowed...so let's make this quick" he arrogantly spoken before making a slight grin.
"It'll be fun...hehehe" The servant Yoshi responded.