With what had just happened now, Rodney and almost anyone who knew how the alliance stood would be surprised. For one, the person who had perpetuated the attack was known to be quite the rather aggressive type. And while most of the time Erwin would do things that would come off as being rather irrational, at the end of the day, no harm would come to the people he knew and cared about. Rather, most of the times when he had lashed out, it was towards an oppressor and he would usually do it to protect the others with him.
But seeing as he had quickly gotten in the way of Mia Not just that, but opted to throw an attack, a lightning shot at her, it was clear something was not just right in the situation that was playing out. And with the looks of things, seeing how Mia had dodged the attack and paused mid air, it was clear the actions of her team mate did not go down well with her.
With the wind around her now blowing more fiercely, she charged at Erwin with her wings being aided by the wind, she had an advantage of speed. And not wasting any time, Erwin dashed at her on air as well. But then she had other plans as she stretched forth her hands and a burst of wind came shooting out of her open palms.
*Bang!!!*
There was smoke covering Erwin as the attack had hit. But when the smoke had cleared, Erwin had come straight out with a fist covered in lightning and the other one having a round lightning barrier around it, making some kind of lightning shield. Now it was obvious what had caused the smoke as the air shot most have hit the lightning shield which now flickered for a while and eventually dispersed into tiny sparks.
But one thing still remained and that was Erwin's fist as it swung back mid air and came flying at Mia's head. And yet again, a smoke had clouded the air. But this time, it wasn't Erwin, it was Mia who was tossed back a bit mid air. And Erwin's lightning coated fist, completely mangled. And with one look at Mia, one could see her two hands still held out with her palms opened. It didn't need to be told, she had performed the "air flush" in the middle of Erwin's attack.
Looking at his disfigured fist, sparks began to come out the more and his eyes glowed brighter in its blue colour. And not wasting time, as he saw Mia coming towards him with a fist of her own, he coiled up into a ball shape like a hedgehog and his wings acting as some kind of blankets, he opened them up with a quite the force and a field of charge filled lightning left him going all round in circles and eventually hitting Mia head on as her fist was mid swing and knocking her away as she tumbled through the air and eventually hit a near by tree.
"Arrrr!!!!"
Mia screamed out as the pain from the shock persisted for a little while. And as the shock died down, the black liquid substance that would come out of her face kept pouring the more but wouldn't go past her nose and wouldn't drop. She now rose from the ground and while anyone thought she would go at the one who did this to her,she did the complete opposite of their expectations and instead went up. Passing Erwin's position and even the trees, she kept on going. And after she had gotten to a certain height, she stopped.
Now Erwin seeing her high above him started to release more sparks from his hands and soon enough, it was solidifying. But the identity of what he was attempting to do was still yet to be known as the next minute a sound caught their attention.
"What is happening. Why are they fighting?" Rodney questioned internally..
*whooosh*
Mia was seen coming down with full force. While she came through the air, she spun her body repeatedly and in turn, she had been completely engulfed in the wind. And looking at her now, she looked like an actual torpedo coming in full force ahead. But the one that looked like would get hit stood firm and instead placed both his hands out. And the thing he was forming in his hands before had immediately burst into tiny particles and they had now joined up with other tiny sparks to form what looked like some kind of lightning force field that went as round as covering his entire body length and width. And this included his wings which were also being shielded.
But there was no need for all of that as before Mia could hit him, a large rock was sent through the air below Erwin that smashed into Mia breaking into pieces. But the work had been done as yet again, Mia was seen flying through the air. And this time, it didn't look like she had any directions in mind as she wasn't in control.
"Guys, stop!!!" Rodney yelled out at the three. Johan included as he had been the one who had sent the rock to hit Mia. And he didn't look apologetic about it as he rose to the air with his wings and chased after Mia who had crashed somewhere in the trees. But following behind swiftly was Erwin. And looking at his hand now, it was nearly almost healed up. Just remained a few fingers that would regain their normal shape.
"You, even in this form, you are no match for me" the demon from earlier said as he saw Blair coming towards him. And Blair was by no means unaccompanied as following Swiftly behind was Eiko, Corey, and Blaze. But the demon wasn't going to stand and just watch. And it came to be as the next second, ashes left his body and slowly started to form and before long, five more demons of identical looks as the one that had been speaking appeared. And they all gritted their teeth's with red eyes glowing fiercely as they watched Blair and the four others come at them. Then in unison they all bent forward and snapped back instantly and dark wings could be seen attached to their backs.
"What is happening, why are they acting like..like..." Rodney was going to say but stopped half way. One because he lacked the proper words to describe what was happening. And the second reason being the fact that he was interrupted.
"Like mindless fools??" A voice said. This was Gypson, the voice in Rodney's head.
"Yeah...that" Rodney answered..
"Well...I thought you've figured it out"... Gypson paused for a while giving time to see if Rodney would try to save himself from being criticized. But seeing that the other truly had no idea of what was happening, he decided to just go on with what he had to say..
"This is their first turning. They must have undergone some kind of forced evolution. This is the reason why the system was designed to only have them given this much power specifically when they are at level 10 where they'd evolve naturally. But somehow due to the situation on ground, somehow that process was overridden and hence you have crazy demon infants running all around in a frenzy" Gypson explained...
"So I would have gone through the same process if I was back at the hunters?" Rodney reasoned the situation.
"Well yes, you would have still turned the moment you had evolved. But two things prevented this from happening. The first one being the fact that you had died back then....well almost dead. Hence your body chose to use the energy it would take up to transform instead to heal your body. The second reason is quite obvious, you had become one with your ...with your demon".Gypson answered.
" Hold on, I'm asking again... Do those guys also have demons...like..you know, the thing inside of me?" Rodney asked....
"Yes and unlike you where your demon energy and CHI had mixed to become one granting you a certain amount of control, they haven't had time yet to completely become one with their demons. So right now, they are basically being controlled. " Gypson answered.
"So that one week I spent sleeping wasn't because I couldn't handle the pain like you told me, it was done to keep me from stopping whatever process that would make me merge with ..with my demon!!!!!" Rodney asked with quite the tone in his mind.
"Calm down boy, you were in a more critical condition than they were just minutes ago. And just so you know, like I said, they had gone through theirs in an unorthodox manner. I'm sure the effects would kick in very soon." Gypson replied.
"But wait, if i could do this all along, why hadn't it been somehow triggered against those men from the Hunters. And hasn't this sort of thing happened to me before?" Rodney asked curiously.
"Well the situation then and now are two different cases. Remember this time you are going up against a demon...not really...., never mind. The point is the presence of him coupled with the fact that you were also in an extreme situation resulted to what you now look like . Now back then something similar had occurred true, but they are not on the same scale though you acted a bit like how they are acting now....".
" Back then, you had accidentally triggered this skill you are using at the moment, the "knight's rage". But you were still below level ten so you couldn't see the skill being active. And because you lacked the power to maintain the form, it had faded rather fast. Again, another reason which distinguishes what is happening to you now and them. You are using a skill, they are also using a skill quite alright, but unconsciously....Now I think you have more important things to worry about".. Gypson replied.
"Yeah so if there's anything I have gotten from this is that they are not the ones in control, they are asleep correct?" Rodney asked.
"Yes" Gypson replied.
"Okay, how do I stop them?" Rodney asked.
"Well the simple case would be just to let them tire out. Eventually they will not be able to supply the energy needed to keep this form for long. And then they'd transform back to their normal state" Gypson said.
"What?!. I can't let them go on like this. Who knows how long they'd remain in this state and what if they get hurt?" Rodney asked concerned.
"Well, then you want to go for the harder option then?" Gypson asked with excitement conveyed in his voice.
"What is it?" Rodney asked.
"You'll just have to make them stop" Gypson replied casually.