The battle was far from over as it had practically turned into an all out war at this point and it didn't look like the legions were suffering that much other than the numbers advantage on their attackers side.
They had pretty much suffered no loses up until this point which was quite remarkable. The only worrying thought they had on their minds was if this was the end or more would considering how they seemed to be in waves as at the time of the arrest.
It wasn't unwise that they had this worry as they weren't gifted with infinite stamina and soon enough they would run out of it but as at the moment, the only thing that mattered most to them was finding a way out of this fight.
As it was becoming tougher at the moment and none of them looked like they were having it easy in anyway.
Erwin though seemed to be the oppressor in his case as he constantly released tiny shots of lightning at a particular man. This attack in itself was in no way fatal but it did cause some sort of discomfort and pain to the person. This kept going on and it didn't look like the man was going to catch a break from the constant zaps he received from Erwin but all that was about to change as two other men came to his rescue.
One of the zaps was about to hit the man again but seemingly got cancelled out by another attack. And from that moment things took a three sixty spin for Erwin.
The attack that had cancelled his out also resembled his own only while his was a lightning strike, the other was simply a pure light attack and the perpetrator looked as confident as ever and his confidence had seemingly infected the other two with him.
They began to attack Erwin with the guy who was being zapped constantly by Erwin being the most aggressor, no one could blame him though.
The guy that was getting zapped threw a punch that connected right on Erwin's stomach sending him tumbling to the ground. Then the light user followed up with a beam but Erwin knew if it hit him, then he would in big trouble. So just like the guy, he shot a bolt of lightning cancelling out the attack as well.
The attack he used was super charged as he knew the other's attack had to be strong to cancel his own out so he had put in a lot into his own.
But while he concentrated on blocking the light user's attack, an earth wall was raised under him by the third guy destabilizing him. But the chance wasn't given to him to recover from this as a round house kick greeted his jaw sending him tumbling to the ground and causing his head to smash to the ground, immediately blood spilled from his mouth. But they didn't seem to be ready to stop any time soon as the earth user once a again rose an earth block from the ground were Erwin laid that rammed into his stomach sending him slightly into the air and once again more blood spilled from his mouth as he clutched his stomach.
"Enough!!!!" Erwin said with blood spilling from his mouth and sparks coming from his hands.
This was what the men should have avoided at all cost, a pissed off Erwin. But now it was too late as they didn't heed the warning given to them and instead went in to finish him off once and for all, what a terrible mistake.
"DISCHARGE!" Erwin said and immediately bolts of lighting travelled around him pulsating with pure energy that shouldn't come in contact with any breathing thing.
The men hadn't expect this attack from him and they couldn't dodge it as the attack itself was very fast and even travelled five meters even after shutting down the three men who were attacking him.
They laid on the ground passed out from the powerful attack then Erwin looked at them for a while before wiping the blood of his mouth and with his hands still clutching his stomach, he staggered back into the fight that was still going on.
Eiko was one of the few people that was finding it hard to deal with his attackers mainly because he was exhausted from earlier and didn't have much on him to do but it didn't mean there was any easy picking.
Two men were on him and they weren't going easy on him as he had to deflect fatal attacks constantly and take the ones he knew he could if there was no way to dodge it. The two men were wondering why their attacks were being pulled and redirected when ever it seems like it was going the right way or each time it looked like it would hit. In Eiko's hands he held his two trusty daggers which he used to knock their sword attacks away.
He decided to go on the offensive and threw them simultaneously aiming at the two attackers. But this attack completely missed them and they found his attempts pathetic, well that was until the daggers returned from behind stabbing them both on the shoulder. They turned to remove the dagger stuck on their shoulders and when the first one successfully removed his and turned back with all the anger brewing inside of him to pay Eiko back, he was greeted with a knee to the mouth which staggered him and made him drop his sword.
Eiko not wasting time, picked the sword and pointed it at the neck of the one down forcing him to stay down. But while he kept one at bay, the other man had pulled out the knife from his shoulder and with the anger in him stabbed Eiko on the back causing him to scream in pain, consequently dropping the sword and fall to the ground. And at this point, the other man who Eiko had the sword to the neck got up and picked his sword with a wicked smile.
He lifted the sword and swung down aiming for Eiko's neck but that's when the sound of the sword clashing against metal was heard surprising them both.
A fourth person had arrived and made the save. And on his hand right now, he had a brace that was lit up white but eventually started fading away. This was Rodney and he had just made it in time to save his faction member. Eiko seeing how he could have potentially being killed rolled out of the way with his back bleeding seriously. It didn't take too long and the men were on Rodney now swinging the sword at him with as much power as they could muster but if there was one key difference between their fight with Eiko and the one ongoing with Rodney is the skill level. Eiko had avoided must of the attacks using his ability meanwhile Rodney was just too slippery and skillful.
This showcase could all be attributed to Yang's teachings but in such a short time, he did deserve some credit of his own. The attacks missed him all and the ones that he couldn't dodge on his own, he used the braces to block them and by now the braces were charged up and glowing brightly.
Not wasting any more time, he quickly put three points into agility and two into strength. And immediately he went on the offensive parrying one attack to the side then delivering an obliques kick that pushed the person back but not enough to make him fall. The other came from behind and swung down hard on Rodney but he had sensed the slight change in the air and avoided it at the last minute.
The two men seeing how he moved from the strike thought they were imagining things as it seemed like he was getting faster mid fight while they were already exhausted. Which was true as the three additional stat point had began to play its path. But then they both changed tactics and decided to attack from both Rodney's front and back simultaneously. This big plan of their was about to be thwarted as Rodney did something quite strange the next moment.
"Even with this extra stat boost I still won't be able to do much to them while they are attacking simultaneously without my sword. But there is something I can do" Rodney said and immediately rolled over his shoulder avoiding an attack and in that short movement, he activated a skill he hadn't used in before.
*Bing!*
[Shadow pin activated]
[- 50 energy points]
[Energy points - 50]
"Atleast with this I can deal with you guys one after the other". And immediately he leaped in the air and with a fist covered in a black outline, he was ready to punch the man he had rolled through his attack from earlier. Seeing this, the other one that was facing him tried to alert his comrade.
"Move!!" The man who was free said but the reply he got was a panick look on the other's face as he shook his head and said .."I can't!! ". The other man was confused by this statement but there was nothing he could do as a fist covered with a black outline belonging to a boy came from above and banged his head sending him straight to the ground. He held on the held tightly and tried to roll on the ground in pain but still that was impossible as he remained trapped there.
The skill Rodney had used this time was one of the new ones the system had given him after waking up from his one week slumber.
This was the shadow pin, a skill that required the user pinning a victims shadow to a spot and therefore pinning the victim himself. The skill was inescapable on it's own. He hadn't gotten any chance to use it up until now. And seeing how effective the skill was, he didn't mind the energy points it required to perform the skill anymore. The other man seeing how his comrade laid helpless in pain on the ground sought to avenge the fallen and dashed forward at Rodney too. But Rodney haven looked to see how the others were faring during that short break in the fight, could see the others were in need of his help and needed to finish the man off quickly decided to pulled yet another trick again.He was going to reach deep into his bag of tricks this time.
*Bing!*
[Shadow bomb activated]
[- 2 energy points]
[Energy points - 48]
And immediately a shadow clone of Rodney rose from the ground in the path the man was heading towards Rodney. But with the rage in him that a little boy was giving him all this trouble, he was determined to end it all there as well. So he gripped his sword tightly and decided he would slice through the strange thing that had just popped up and then head for the boy, nothing was going to stop him. Except his plan was going to be his downfall as the moment the sword touched the shadow clone, a large explosion resounded and the man had been tossed back ten meters away with his gear half burnt and his body just laying there on the floor. Rodney wasn't sure the man was alive again as even he himself had been tossed back by the explosion and had his wear torn also.
*Bing!*
[-2 HP]
"First time I'm getting this. Gotta be more careful now" Rodney thought to himself but then quickly getting up from the ground he began to run towards the other members of the legion to give them a helping hand but then out of no where his path got blocked by a familiar face.
"Orin..my sword!" Rodney said as he stopped in his tracks.
"After I'm done with you for what you did back then, I'm coming for all your friends!!" Orin send and immediately swung down his sword at Rodney who raised his hand in an x shape to block the hit but orin had expected this to happen and as the sword clashed with the braces, he didn't wait for Rodney to recover and immediately followed up with a kick to the stomach and a straight stab with the sword which Rodney knocked away off course with his brace. Right now, Orin was fighting like a man possessed and even as Rodney had put in three stat points into his agility, he had a bit of a hard time avoiding Orin's strikes as all of them were near Misses.
The fight was one sided for now as Rodney was on the defense from Orin's blistering attacks that came from left, right up and down. Anyone watching the fight would know there wasn't any calculation or skill behind the strikes Orin performed. They were just simply fast and powered by rage. But that wasn't going to last for long as Rodney initiated something he was holding back fr doing.
"I said from the start of this fight that I wasn't going to use my powers on you like the last time. But CHI is a free game" Rodney said and once again the black outline wrapped around his hands and when Orin took another swing aiming for his head, he simply grabbed the sword with his bare hands and dragged it out of Orin's hands. But looking at his hand now, he had a slight cut on the palm as the blade had somehow managed to penetrate him a bit.
"Let's keep this somewhere safe shall we?" Rodney said and immediately the sword disappeared right in front of Orin's eyes. This was the system storage feature on full display and Orin just witnessed it but he wasn't in awe of what had just happened. No, instead this is what he had to say.
"You think that's gonna scare me?. Do all the tricks you want, nothing will stop me. I don't need a sword to beat you, i did it once until you cheated and now I'll do it again!!!" Orin said and dashed in at Rodney.
"Oh Game on!!!" Rodney said and charged in as well. And just when the two were about to clash and exchange blows, Rodney was no where to be found again. He had simply disappeared right in front of Orin's eyes. Orin wasn't a fool and knew he had seen the move somewhere before. "This has to be Yang's famous Yueri foot" he thought to himself and already knowing Rodney would be behind him, he turned with his elbow edged out to deliver a spinning elbow but just before he could turn fully, he saw a shadow move towards his face and the next thing he was on the ground.
Rodney had delivered a perfectly placed spinning heel kick that was packed with as much speed and strength as possible. Orin couldn't have blocked this kick as it would have probably broken his arm since he had no armour on. The kick had sent him face first smashing into the dirt and he didn't look like he was getting up soon. ..."Now to go help the others" Rodney said after he stared at Orin for a while he then turned and met a shocking scene.
"But....how is this even possible?" Rodney said as he view in front of him with only the legion members and two other people left standing. Actually one other person as Yang put the finishing touch to the commander of the B unit who begged to be killed. Yang had simply demolished everything in his way and left nothing behind.
Men were lying everywhere around him and the legions were just as shocked as they witnessed the scene in front of them. Even Eiko who had been badly stabbed couldn't help but look at what had caught the others attention as the fight had come to an end.
Blair had seen Eiko get stabbed right before Rodney came to help out and had taken him out of the fight to the side where he called out to Corey who came to attend to the wound using his passive healing skill. Now he wasn't a hundred percent as the wound although it had stopped bleeding, it still hurt him a lot. There was nothing they could do about it now. So he would just have to manage till they could get help.
"Run!!!....get away from here!!!" Yang turned to say to the legions and then turned back looking at a particular direction. Right now Yang stood apart from where the legions gathered as they were all checking on how Eiko was doing. But even they could now see what he was trying to warn about as the trees began to part ways and the forest itself looked like it was alive and coming towards them.