Afo was now standing face to face with Edgar and Led with only about fifty meters putting them apart, Edgar was pissed of because of Afo's current action which was kicking his wife Vila and was about to charge at Afo with full strength so as to eliminate this hateful young man who dared to hurt his wife but before he could do so Led had already taking the intiative and once more with lightening speed clashed his katana with Afo's blood makeshift blade.
*CLANG*
At the moment both men clashed Led was sent a few meters backwards first tumbling then finally gains a footing but despite that still glides a few more meters backwards with his hand shaking after the impact and his katana vibrating.
("What the hell?") Led thought, from the moment he met this target he understood something was wrong. He only joined the mission after receiving it because they said they were going to capture the exiled hero, he never had a beef with this hero if anything he had gratitude towards him.
He came because the last time he was captured he had heard that over two hundred elite warriors had died in the job alongside various high level plaguelings and after the battle the exiled hero was almost a vegetable, he could recover but it would take him years and with the intense experiment he was undergoing the chances of that happening was zero.
So he decided to be here and end the hero's life he respected so much quickly since he knew Edgar and Vila were crazies amongst crazies. Of course he was no saint or different from Edgar in his line of work but he believed this hero deserved a quick death but plans had not been going that way his first attack was to warn the hero to make the job easier and the second was an act to back Vila up since he senses she was in danger.
Even when he got there to perform his second attack he could tell thing's didn't seem right because when he was slicing him, first the skin felt tougher than when he sliced him the first time hence he had to put more force, second was that when he got close to his target he saw his target gazing right into his eyes. At first he wanted to pull back but after a few millisecond he decided that he must have met him looking downwards so he decided it was mere coincidence.
Led grips his sword once more and this time around faster than the way he moved last time with the sound of thunder claps he was right in front of Afo, it was as if he just disappeared for a split second and reappeared in front of Afo. Afo with his left hand still in his pocket and like a master training his student swordplay swinged his sword horizontally which Led manages to dodge by bending downwards.
He firmly grips his katana wanting to thrust it right into Afo's heart and end the battle immediately, Afo's hand which was still in motion from his previous swing without looking downwards at his opponent swings the blade downwards and slash he severed his skull in two.
("What the hell?") Led asked once more this time around with cold sweat running down his body, the hair on the back of his neck was screaming for him to run away immediately. 10,8051 times has he simulated various ways to end his opponents life as quick and as safe as possible and 10,8051 times has he died. 7,500 times had he simulated his escape and 7,500 times had he died and the last simulation had his skull severed.
Led was a talented members of his organization not just because of his skill but the other skill he had... and that was the skill to simulate events and see how they turn out and they are never wrong, and right now all the fibre in his being were screaming for him to run for his life yet no escape route was available to him. Afo seeing that his opponents were at a standstill and we're not coming to him he decided to break the ice why you ask?
Simple 'if the mountain won't come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain'. As Afo took a step forward the crackliyof stones could be heard beneath his foot. On seeing this Led knew things were about to end since he couldn't handle the situation he was hoping that together they could end the battle fast.
"Captain let's end this battle as soon as possible!" Led shouted, Edgar really couldn't understand but he could feel the anxiety in Led's voice and from what he knew led wasn't a coward, he immediately takes his huge "pencil" from his shoulder and takes a fighting stance. Just as Afo was about to charge at them and end their misery he heard a voice from his right which stops him and forces him to turn right and find out what was that although he already made a guess.
"You fucking bastard!" She yelled as she charged at Afo while literally almost breaking the sound barrier and with a punch that Afo blocks with the tip of his blade freezes Afo ice solid, not leaving any part of him unfrozen making him look like an ice statue.
*Ftuu*
She spat the blood in her mouth on Afo's frozen face, Led immediately took this chance and beheads Afo leaving the thick frozen head to fall on the ground. Edgar was surprised even Vila as well, they couldn't understand why he was in a hurry to kill him. Vila even was more than surprised and pissed even sice she couldn't torture the living daylights out of the hateful man that dared to kick her breaking two of her lower ribs in the process.
"What the hell why did you kill him?" Vila flared.
"It was the best option available" Led replied while turning to his captain Edgar to decide although he knew he and his wife both had the same thoughts in their heads.
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Afo is seated on a small stone throne beautifully carved on the middle of five huge thrones on both sides.
["You lost your head darling"] trinket teased Afo.
["You could have ended the battle a long time ago with the persona you activated"] King added as if reprimanding him.
("Can you guys tell me the best way to cause you enemies despair") Afo asked in his new lazy tone which immediately brought a huge grin on both trinket and Phoenix's face.
("When your enemy thinks that they are winning") Afo continued his monologue.
["You put them in their place, crushing every trace of hope, that's why you are my darling"] blood trinket completed with a smile that put terror on Afo's face even though it wasn't obvious from his facial expression.
Edgar had a look of surprise on his face as he couldn't understand the scene unfolding in front of him. Vila and Led who couldn't understand why he his expression turned around to end up with the same expression on their faces. The solid frozen Afo who had been beheaded was turning red hot beneath the thick ice.
Led once again who was quick decided that the best step sped at Afo and with another quick thrust pierced his katana into Afo's heart hoping if beheading him won't kill him then stabbing his heart would do the deed, but to his greatest surprise the headless Afo who had successfully melted the ice on his body swung his blade immediately severing his right hand which was his dominant arm.
"Arghhhh!!" Led let out a shout of pain and terror. Because right now in front of him the horror stories he heard when he was a child was playing out right in front of him. Before the other could even comprehend the situation Afo's headless body spun around and with a kick sends Led's body slamming against a tree about 120 meters behind him causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood and passing out immediately.
Vila once again in an attempt to freeze the sword that was stuck in Afo's heart so as to make it thicker hoping the sword must have missed the vital part, the blade on Afo's hand immediately turns into a handglove enveloping Afo's fist as Afo grabs Vila by her wrist and in a single breath swings her and slams her with her back against the floor.
Afo not letting her go in that same single breath raised her upwards tossing her a fee inches off the ground and turns the blood back into a blade and slices her legs severing both of her legs off from her knee level downwards. Vila was going to curse at Afo but she couldn't let out the words before she landed with the severed part of her knee replacing the curse words she was about to let out with a cry of pain.
Afo calmly walked up to his head and picked it up and reattached his head back to his body and sighs not in relief but...
"I just spent a few more pints of blood" Edgar seeing his wife in pain immediately charged at Afo with every intent to kill him angrily swinged his huge "pencil" enveloped in flames slamming it against Afo and sending Afo a few meters sideways with his feet still on the ground gliding leaving his tracks on the ground.
"Vila!!" Edgar shouted as he rushed to meet his wife who was on the floor groaning whining in pain, Edgar immediately picked up the severed limbs of his wife and placed them back on her before bringing out a small bottle with blue fluid inside and gently administering it by pouring it into his wife's mouth as he watched the potion do it's wonder healing the Vila completely of her wounds.
Afo watched the scene unfolding in front of him as if he was watching a TV commercial hoping that he might feel something, maybe a hit of regret or joy but he felt nothing. He could see that Edgar's face was beet red from anger, Edgar's black hair immediately caught flames with his nose bringing out steam like an angry bull from a cartoon.
Edgar turned his attention to the hateful man who had injured his wife and grabbed his "pencil" intensifying the flames on it, his eyes bloodshot and his brain clogged with rage. Afo could see his muscles bulging with his veins popping on his head. The heat of the flames were so intense that Afo could feel the heat from where he was standing that he could only imagine what the woman he claimed to love was having to endure since she was just lying on the floor.
"What are you guys just standing around for" Edgar shouted bringing Mino and the other teammate out of their stupor if surprise.
Afo watched as Edgar raged in anger, but he wasn't focussed on what they all felt rather he was concerned about his own feelings, he was hoping that by now he would feel at least pity for his enemies but there wasn't even a hint of anything so a thought came to his head and what was that thought?
("I think I need more stimulation")
He had to find out why he felt nothing so he had made his choice, since there is a woman and violence against women normally drove him insane due to the life he had lived in the past, the the choice had been made for him and that was for him to cause the Vila who was just regaining herself from the pain of loosing her limbs more pain and find out if he would feel anything if not he would eliminate them.
"We are getting rid of him" Edgar ordered his teammates and immediately charged at Afo, although he was not as fast as Vila or Led but he wasn't any slower.
("Well at least he decided they should work together so he is still reasonable")
Afo held his blade and without further waiting and literally breaking the sound barrier sending supersonic waves from where he was standing and a huge crater that span for over 500 meters behind from where he just left with a single intention, and that was to wreak havock and send terror into his enemies before discarding of them.