The dust settled most of the monsters already left leaving the town in ruins.
Noelle and the others jumped down to scavenge the books left behind.
Lord Anarue stayed back however, returning to whatever place they came from.
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The fight between the boy and Astra was one to behold. If the Angel's if death existed they would be looming over the fight waiting for a victor.
The boy sent chains to go and bound Astra but she pushed it to the side and began to twirl her staff.
As she does so, enough water to fill the Atlantic ocean spews out, consuming the boy.
He was washed up on the battlefield as the water disappeared.
"Had enough yet?" Astra said in a tone so serious no one would take it for taunting.
The boy getting up from the ground made chains come out from the ground capturing Astra.
As the boy goes to add the finishing blow to the girl by making a chain run straight through her heart.
It was stopped by a mirror of light.
"You're still alive??" The boy turned to the rubble and saw the collector.
He was beaten and covered in blood.
He barely even lifted his hand.
"I wont waste my time....you'll bleed out by the time I'm done." The boy turned his attention back to Astra.
"Haneru..... don't...." The collector pleaded.
But Haneru didn't listen.
"If you do this our world is doomed you can-'' before he finished his sentence he was struck in the chest by one of Haneru's chains.
Seeing this Astra broke out of the chains holding her down.
Lumi watched on in fear she wasn't certain her friend was still there.
Astra raised her staff up high and dark clouds started to form.
The winds started to pick up and a heavy rain was formed.
The winds were so strong Haneru couldn't keep his balance he was sent back only having his footing when braced against a building.
"What the hell is this!" Haneru shouted.
"Where did this power come from??"
Astra didn't respond.
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Kai opened his eyes to light drizzles on his side of the battlefield.
The drizzles turned into intense rain.
"Astra....." he whispered to himself before getting up from the ground still sore from the last battle.
He tried to walk to wherever Astra was but he was limping.
"I have to hurry-..."
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"Collector!...Collector!!" Trevor called out for his master and best friend.
The storm was raging against him; he couldn't walk straight; he often found himself flying or ducking from the flying rocks and building chunks.
When he finally stopped from a break he sensed something ...the mana leaving someone's body.
He quickly runs to it before it completely runs out.
Moving the rubble out of the way his eyes widened and the tears squeezed through.
"Collector!"
The collector was dead....
"Collector, wake up please!" The boy screamed at his master but it made no difference.
He rested his head in the chest of his master and began to cry until there were no more tears.
"it should've been me.."
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Lord Anarue was a good distance from the village but even he felt the effects of the storm and the rain here is nothing compared to what's happening in town.
" Anarue !!" he heard someone scream his name in front of him.
He saw Ari still injured with a sword made out of blood pointing directly at him.
"You have a fight with me now! pay for your sins!!"
Lord Anarue smiled "whatever do you mean?I've never done anything to you."
"You killed both the king and princess, you bastard!"
"I can assure you that wasn't me-" Lord Anarue began to plead his case but was cut off by Ari.
"cut the bullshit I know you can shape shift so don't give me that crap!"
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Astra aimed the staff to the ground and the rain began to fall even harder than before making a town wide flood.
The waters pushed against Haneru and the building following it a lightning strike from above shocked Haneru.
She did this over and over and over.
Until Haneru was finally unconscious ...seeing this Astra finally stopped the attack allowing the pressure of the water to stop pressing against him.
White chains fell from the sky sucking up all the water and magic nearby by impaling everyone except for those out of range.
Trevor-
some lowly survivors
and even the real Noelle were all impaled to get more mana.
The chains after consuming all of this attached themselves to Haneru.
He looked at Astra and cracked his knuckles.
"Look what you made me do...."
....
He lets out a laugh that will let a chill go down anyone's spine.