After Luck landed a powerful hit to Abet, the sin of envy, he ran and ran fast, it was officially night and people started going to their homes so he didn't need to worry about someone being Abet
But as he was running a scary thought crossed his mind
'Why am I not seeing anyone on the road? I know it's fall but I should see at least one person, Don't tell me...'
Before Luck could think of something bad he was suddenly struck by an electrical attack that stunned him and made him fall
"I prefer if you didn't run, is not like you can run away from me, you simply are making my job harder" Abet said as he blew the smoke that came out of his fingers
"This must be the copy huh? You can make my simple electrical power this powerful?" Luck asked in desperation
"Well duh! That's my power, copy, and amplifying!"
Abet said as lighting ran through his body, Luck could tell since he could hear the sound of it traveling in his body
"Why are you even doing this? You told me you didn't want to fight but right now that's exactly what you are doing!" Luck said as he crawled back
"Well you already have such a good life, so to balance things out I have to break a bone or two you know!"
Abet said as he cracked his fingers, suddenly Luck used his hand to launch himself at Abet, he then attempted to kick Abet in the head with a mana-enhanced kick but Abet managed to defend against this attack by blocking it with mana and his hands
"Did you think that I would drop my guard twice? You are lucky the first hit landed..."
After Abet said that he dodged the upcoming upper-cut Luck prepared
"Let's see if you can dodge this!"
Luck said as he created a gun, he then pulled the trigger thrice but Abet managed to dodge every bullet by tilting his head to the left and right
He then used his palm to strike Luck's stomach, in result blocking his breathing current
"Do you understand our difference now? You can't put a scratch on me kiddo!"
Abet said as he grabbed Luck by his hair
'Now that I remember it when I used mana zones I always twisted my arms right after merging them, maybe that's why my mana zone didn't work... But if I do it again the right way, it might work'
Luck thought as he endured the pain of having his hair pulled, he then did it
"Specialized Mana Zone!"
Luck said as he merged his hands and then twisted one of his arms and it surely happened
Abet and Luck were transported into an urban snowy-like area, there were tall buildings there, some had light coming out of them and some didn't, it was like a normal urban area but something was weird for Abet, he was standing on the road and right across him there was a shivering boy with a pack of matches
"A Skotos side mana user? I didn't expect that from a good guy like you but I guess you are your father's son so it makes sense you acquire his side of the mana"
Abet said as he stood and watched the shivering boy
"How many matches would you like to buy?"
The boy said as he slowly approached Abet
After the boy came closer Abet realized it was Luck
"What is this SMZ boy?"
Abet asked ignoring Luck's question
"How many matches would you like to buy? If you don't say a number I will sell you the whole pack!" Luck said in a more aggressive tone
"Whatever give me the whole pack, like I give a crap about these matches!'
Abet replied hastily, Luck smiled and pulled out a pack of matches, opened it, and then grabbed a single match
"There you go, sir!" Luck said as he ignited the match
Suddenly a huge wave of fire struck Abet burning his shirt and a big part of his skin
"What the hell was that kid?" Abet asked confused as he healed his wounds
He was very confused and dazed by this attack
Luck didn't reply, he simply picked another match and was about to light it
"You asked for the whole pack so that's what I'm doing, I'm giving you the whole pack!"
Luck said as he lighted up the match, another big wave of fire was then directed at Abet once again, this time Abet used his copied electrical powers to go into the power line that was near him completely avoiding the attack
Abet then came out of the power line that was near Luck and charged at Luck. Once he got closer he punched Luck sending him flying into a nearby building, Abet then raised up his hand and used his borrowed lighting powers to attack Luck with a thunder
The attack destroyed the building even more, but if that wasn't enough Abet jumped all the way up to where Luck crashed to further hurt Luck, it was quite smoky so Abet couldn't see clearly
"Here is your rest of the pack sir!"
Luck said as he lit all the matches left at the same time
This action created an extreme amount of flame that acted as a beam that burned and launched Abet way, making him pierce many buildings until he hit the edge of the SMZ breaking it in the process
Now Luck and Abet were back in the real world, well not quite since they were still inside a mana zone
'I don't know why I knew this Destruction type SMZ but I did, these powers of mine should have a secret even I don't know, it's like the same thing about the golden mana, I don't know why I have it but it helps me at tough times so at least I know that'
Luck thought as looked at the burning body of Abet standing in front of him
"I see, I see, you have been hiding this from me from the start, you had an actually killer SMZ, I envy you so much! I wish I had a SMZ this capable of destroying my target, but I guess I can't... SINCE I'M NOT A STUPID DIVINE LIKE YOU!"
Abet said as he grabbed Luck's shoulders, Luck was out of mana and was shocked since Abet's body was regenerating as he was speaking, suddenly Abet's body was pushed away by some purple-like bullets that hit it, Luck turned in the direction the bullets came and to his surprise Luck saw him
"Good job distracting him kid, now it's the captain's turn to detain this bastard once and for all!"
Gnomon said, he was creating those purple-like bullets and was aiming them at Abet while floating closer and closer to Luck
"Lucky you! You even have a superior come to your rescue! If it was me I would have never dreamed of something like that, never, ever, ever, EVER!!!"
Abet said as he charged at them with a blank stare, his body was still damaged from the burn so some of his limbs were violently flying around
Abet's attack didn't work since Gnomon easily punched Abet in the face, sending him meters away, and making him crush on a wall across them
"I'm sorry I was not here with you but this bastard managed to fool me for a bit, I'm surprised you managed to hurt him"
Gnomon said as he noticed the burns Abet had on his body
After all it was a bit impossible not to
Suddenly a lighting attack was directed at Gnomon but he was easily able to dodge the attack by creating a time circle in front of him that slowed down the lighting attack
"Time manipulation? That's a very nice skill! Too bad I'm out of slots!"
Abet said as clones of him started coming out of his body
The clones then charged at Gnomon mindlessly, exactly as Abet did before, Gnomon after making a small jump back he raised his hand and used his space element to create a gravitational attack, this attack made the plates that were used to build the street come out off the ground and the clones to instantly melt away, Gnomon then used gravitational powers to get ahold of the plates that flew on the air, he then used the plates as throwing disks to attack Abet
And by using another time circle he made the plates move at an incredible speed that Abet wasn't able to dodge
"Oh I didn't think you would fight this aggressively, looks like I have to stop fooling around too!"
Abet said as he created a katana with the element of creation, Abet then charged at Gnomon while using his electrical powers to boost his physical attributes
Gnomon started charging at Abet too but was troubled to see that Abet's whole body was blinking, he simply disappeared and reappeared, it was like his body became the lighting
And at last, they clashed. Abet and Gnomon swung their hands at one another with force, but thanks to their mana defense they were able to withstand each other's attacks
Luck was amazed at the power the attacks had, and since he didn't have mana he couldn't see their movement, but he was able to at least understand their movement
Their big clash ended with a strong punch coming from both parties, sending them back and also causing a shockwave that pushed back Luck and cracked the ground near Gnomon and Abet
"Looks like I can't go easy on guys like him, so today you are about to see why I'm the second strongest guy in UMP"
Gnomon said as he smiled, it was obvious that Gnomon had something in mind
"You are interesting! Who thought that this random night would have became this exciting!" Abet said as blood ran out of his mouth
"Don't get this worked up boy, you barely are qualified to spend my time so right here and now I'm giving you a chance to retreat" Gnomon said as he stared at Abet's red eyes
"Me? Retreat? Now it's my turn to self-care, I won't be going anywhere if I don't get killed or knocked out!"
Abet said as he laughed hysterically
"Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Gnomon said as he created another time circle, He then entered through the circle and his body looked a bit faded
"What is this? Will you now win against me or someth...."
Before Abet could finish his sentence Gnomon struck him on the head at a speed he couldn't react, launching him away
"Things are just getting started!"
Gnomon said as his body was steaming...