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Chapter 56 - Balance!

After picking himself up from the crater of the mountain, he relocated himself inside a clearing of the vast forest.

Kenta looked up towards the vast blue sky that stretched above his head. He naturally notices that the dark clouds had completely disappeared, and the rays of the sun spilled from the sky.

Even now for some reason he could feel his control over his lightning had increased, at his current level he should be able to summon lightning without the need to create thunderclouds.

He then observed his surroundings carefully, he was going to try something that might left him in a vulnerable state once he is done, if possible, he wanted to go further into the forest where the probability of being attacked by monsters would be low but, "... It's not ideal but, it should do." He muttered to himself.

Strands of Kenta's slightly long blonde hair fluttered by the soft gentle breeze as his blue ocean eyes sparkled with determination.

He held his hand upwards and at that moment a single bolt of electricity descended from the sky, falling directly onto the spot where Kenta stood.

"Guh!" Kenta's face winced as a small groan escapes his mouth. He felt the slight pain of the electricity attacking his insides but, he bit his lower lips and inadvertently clenched his fist! He used all his will power to resist the pain.

Purple lightning flickered around his body and condensed, Kenta closed his eyes and used his imagination to control the purple lightning! Suddenly the lightning bolt split into two and took the form of two purple transparent and angelic wings that opened wide from his back.

Sweat slid silently down his face as he panted. Once his breathing had become stable, he turned his head to look over his shoulders. "I see... so it's just as I thought. It wasn't my imagination after all." He muttered.

Ever since he meditated and his control over lightning had increased, he had an instinctual feeling he could manually control his lightning more freely which is something mages couldn't do when using magic.

He closed his eyes and tried controlling his purple wings, once he commanded them to opened his wings would spread wide like that of a beautiful swan in the middle of a lake, if he commanded it to closed then the purple wings would enclosed him and wrapped tightly around his body like a cocoon.

After testing out his control over his wings once again he finally tried flying. Kenta kicked off the ground with a mighty stomped creating a small crater onto the grassy field.

His body lifted off the ground smoothly as he flapped his wings to increased his altitude but, "Shit!" He exclaimed.

Just when he was about to soar into the sky his two purple wings disappeared when he was at least 20 feet above ground.

With his wings now removed Kenta's body was once again influenced by the law of gravity and fell heavily onto the ground with a thud. He laid down on his back while facing the sky.

Many creatures could be seen flying through the sky in an orderly manner. Kenta observed the way they flew for some time before he got to his feet.

Just before he fell, he felt an unbalance of his wings, his right wings had more magical energy than his left wing.

With that instability his left wing disappeared followed by his right wing. "I see... in order to fly there should be a perfect balance between both wings." Kenta muttered, as he observed the creatures flying in the skies above.

"Hm... maybe I should try-" Kenta thought of something but was immediately pulled out of his thought as a frown appeared on his face he could feel the earth beneath his feet vibrating.

STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!

"Hm?" Kenta turned his head in a northerly direction where the sound of heavy foot steps caught his ear. In the distance a cloud of dust reflected in his blue pupils. "... That's?" Kenta narrowed his eyes to get a better view of the cloud of dust that was closing the distance between him.

From within the cloud of dust a creature could be seen running on its four legs, the exterior of its rough body was covered in stone like shards and there were three horns that protrudes from his head. The creatures resemble a Rhinoceros! Its red eyes stared at Kenta's left hand that had purple lightning flickering around it. "I see... so it's attracted to lightning. I have studied a lot about monster and beast but, I still can't identify this creature." He muttered.

"... Oh well, since it's targeting me then no mercy must be shown." His voice took on a cold tone as his silhouette became a blur.

Kenta briskly closed the distance between himself and the Rhinoceros like creature with leisurely steps. 'Should I summoned soul eater?' He thought for a moment but then, 'No need! My lightning alone should be enough!' He thought confidently.

Just when the Rhinoceros horn was merely inches away from making contact with his body, he kicked off the ground and leapt over the head of the Rhinoceros, Kenta twisted his body mid-air and landed a spinning kick onto the back of the Rhinoceros head. However, Kenta narrowed his eyes as he saw that his kick didn't even manage to stop the Rhinoceros movements, it was as if his kick didn't even manage to hurt the Rhinoceros at all!

Once Kenta had landed onto the ground he once again closed in on the Rhinoceros from behind landing several blows onto its hard body with either his kick that was surrounded by purple lightning or his fist.

His fist moved so fast that it gave the false image of multiple fist hitting the body of the Rhinoceros like creature continuously. However, even after taking multiple attacks from Kenta it's hard body hadn't moved an inch from that spot.

"Tsk, as I thought... This bastard is attracted to my lightning." Kenta muttered bitterly. The Rhinoceros like creature far from taking any damage seem to be enjoying getting hit from Kenta's lightning.

Once the Rhinoceros had turned its body to face Kenta's direction it once again charged forward! Rushing at him with the intention of piercing his body with it's horns.

Noticing its intentions Kenta sneered coldly as he waved his hand. Suddenly many swords made from purple lightning materializes in mid air. However, whether it was unconsciously or not all the purple swords bares a striking resemblance to the 'Soul eater' Sword!

Seeing the Rhinoceros charging towards him Kenta sneered coldly as he stretched his right hand outwards, following his gesture all the purple swords hovering silently in mid-air turned their trajectory towards the Rhinoceros and shot out at full speed. Streaks of purple lightning trail across the sky closing the distance between Kenta and the Rhinoceros in an instant!

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

A loud sound echoed through the surroundings, as each of the purple swords made contact with the Rhinoceros tough body they instantly dispersed into sparks of electricity and scattered away.

Even after being hit by multiple swords its legs didn't falter in its movements. "What's up with this things tough body?" Kenta frowned.

He was slowly starting to consider using soul eater. "Hah!" He leapt into the air at the moment when the Rhinoceros was about to hit his body, easily evading the attack!

Once he was a few meters above the head of the Rhinoceros, Kenta used its head as a foothold and leapt once again ascending even higher into the sky.

Kenta once again felt a slight pain as two purple wings appeared from his back. He sent the same amount of energy to each of his wings to not create any instability between them!

Both wings opened up allowing him to glide through the sky as he slowly descended onto the ground. However, the Rhinoceros continued with its charged.

BANG!

It's giant horns made contact with a massive tree! However, as though that tree was nothing before its mighty horns the tree topple over from the powerful force and was smashed into several pieces of broken wood! Even though he had expected that to happen Kenta was having trouble keeping his brow from twitching.

"If I had received a direct hit, wouldn't I have been sent to meet my parents, and great grandparents?" He muttered somewhat sarcastically. While it's speed was nothing, it's defense and attack power were simply monstrous!

However, "I have had enough of you!" He uttered coldly. The space between Kenta's hand was distorted for a second as a majestic looking greatsword appeared! "?!" An intimidating pressure was released from Soul eater which caused the Rhinoceros to instinctively take a step back.

However, it's eyes glowed red as it opened up its huge mouth!

ROOOOOOOAR!

A loud beast like cry escape it's mouth as a shockwave spread across the land, "Argh!" Kenta placed both hands against his ear to block out the sound of the Rhinoceros which was completely unsuccessful, as blood could be seen dripping from each of his ear.

The Rhinoceros once again charged forward, it's mighty stomps caused the earth to quake violently under its heavy feet. A densely dark aura shrouded the blade of soul eater.

Kenta was too focused on the Rhinoceros like creature coming towards him to observe his surroundings to notice but, the trees within the surroundings were dying and even the grass lost their beautiful green color and withered away!

As though their life energy were being stolen!

Just when the Rhinoceros was at a distance of 5 feet Kenta swung his sword vertically downwards, the aura of death covered the body of the Rhinoceros.

ROOOOOOOOOAR!

The Rhinoceros writhed in pain as it thrashed about but, the aura of death only continued to devour its huge body. Kenta fell to one knee as he dug the blade of his sword into the ground and used it as a means of support.

His face was extremely pale! He had used a large amount of magical power into his sword, or rather soul eater had took a large amount of his mana to use the aura of death.

As Kenta panted and tried to get his breathing under control, he heard the sound of a small thud! The body of the Rhinoceros had fallen to the ground, there was no trace of its flesh anywhere! Only its tough bones could be seen lying on the cold ground, before turning to dust one second later!

Sweat slid down his face as Kenta slowly got to his feet and look up at the sky that was slowly becoming tinge with an orange glow he then looked at his sword with a confused look before muttering something to himself and shook his head.

"... I think I had enough training for one day." He said as he sighed.