Right now Daniel was brought into a SMZ he had no idea how it worked and seemed to be overpowered by the wolf that was dashing across the trees like a shadow
The wolf was a complete mystery to Daniel but all he could do was block its attacks
"Impressive form ya got there Luck! I didn't think a shrimp like ya could have such a powerful SMZ" Daniel said as he tried to keep up with the crazy movements of the wolf
Suddenly a kick from the wolf that shattered Daniel's armor launched Daniel into the little house inside the forest but this attack didn't come without a cost, the wolf had broken its leg and was also wounded by a punch Daniel barely managed to throw
"Do you know what a SMZ really is Luck?" Daniel asked with his deep serious voice
There was no answer
"A SMZ is an extension of our body and mind, not just a room where our abilities go ape-shit, A SMZ is a mana zone that doesn't allow anything to enter it or exit it without the user's approval this way the user has complete control over the mana zone but even thought a SMZ is so strong there are two ways to break out of a SMZ and regain the neutral ground or even gain an advantage, want to know how?" Daniel asked but before he was able to answer his question the wolf attacked him
This time with its big claw, Daniel kept the wolf's mouth open with his two hands and thanks to his turtle armor he was able to hold them in place
"That's rude... Anyway, let me answer you! The first way to break out: If the enemy user uses an SMZ that functions like an ability, for example, Caroline's destructive SMZ is like an ability that's why you were able to enter the SMZ, a SMZ like hers can be used in another's SMZ like yours because it basically aligns the planets and shoots a beam, you can theoretically do this here right? Plus if you used your SMZ which was a planet I could theoretically use mine inside yours since yours is just a small ass planet..."
Before Daniel could proceed with his lesson he punched the wolf and threw a shield at him like a disk but the wolf easily slashed the shield into pieces
"Second way: Just break the SMZ by force, and judging by our mana gap I can easily break out of this zone, here I will do this right now if you don't believe me!" Daniel said as he prepared to break the SMZ
The wolf couldn't allow that so it charged at Daniel and tried to kick him with his healthy leg but before he could make contact with Daniel the SMZ broke, and the wolf turned back to Luck
Luck kicked Daniel in the face but it didn't do the same damage he would have done if he hit him as a wolf
"That was quick!" Caroline said as he beat some random guys
"I-I'm not done yet! I can take him" Luck said as he was visibly tired
"Like hell, you can lay a hand on him!" Floga said as he landed violently on the ship, bringing with him a big wave of fire
"Come on now guys! This fight is between me and Lucky" Daniel said with a smile
"LUCK USE A RANDOM SMZ!" Caroline yelled
Luck with no hesitation placed his hands together and twisted them
"Special Mana Zone: Asteroid B-612"
"Special Mana Zone: Turtle's shell"
Both Luck and Daniel yelled out their SMZ names
Something cool about SMZs is that when two of them are cast at the same time they collide creating tension as if two black holes collided, but not affecting the environment in any way, just a great clash between mana
'I will win this clash, after all, Luck is quite weak' Daniel thought as he confidently smiled
But his happiness was cut short after he witnessed a small shinny girl, he was shinning a gold light which blinded Daniel
'Oh yeah I forgot I'm dealing with the white mana spirit...' Daniel thought as the big mana clash ended with no results
The only thing that happened was Daniel lost some mana and Luck lost all of his, he was completely stripped of his mana
"Whoa! Daniel, you actually lost a SMZ battle against Luck? I guess I overestimated you!" Caroline said as she picked up Luck
Despite Luck having no injuries except his damaged leg (from the previous SMZ), he had momentarily passed out of the stress the SMZ brought to his body
"Can you defend Luck while I beat some people up?" Caroline asked as she placed Luck near Floga
"What? Give this guy to Destiny! Why should I care about what happens to him?" Floga whiningly asked
"I could help but you need to learn how to defend too! Gnomon said that you have no defense tactics despite having such a flexible ability so deal with it alone!" Destiny said with a smile as she hit many bad guys with her brand-new skill
Life spears, these spears worked like normal spears but instead of damaging and creating a hole in the enemy's body they simply weakened them while stealing some of their mana, the life spears could also work as a support item if Destiny wished them to, they would have to stab the ally but of course, it did no damage and instead of stealing mana and weakening, they enhanced the person's power and healed their wounds
"Whatever! You do whatever you have to, For some reason, we seem to win pretty easily, did we really need all this force to begin with?" Floga asked as he looked around at the countless defeated enemies
At that moment something snapped for Floga
'Is this a trap?' He thought as he tried to look around for any hints but they were none
"Wait this guy wasn't there..." Floga thought out loud as he looked at an unconscious enemy
Suddenly the body of the enemy started laughing and getting up
"I guess my skills have gotten a bit rusty right?"
It turns out the enemy was Abet the whole time
"Stand back!" Floga yelled as he threw at him a fireball which exploded on impact
"Come on now! We are friends!" Abet said as he took the form of Destiny
Suddenly Abet was stabbed by many Life spears
"Ouch, why would you do this to me? I'm you after all!" Abet said in a sad tone while turning toward Destiny
BOOM
A bullet was launched at Abet that pierced his hand
"No hesitation even though I have your friend's body?" Abet asked as he returned to his original form
"Don't take the form of my friend asshole! I warned you once but it seems I have to kill you so you can understand how I feel!" Luck thought as he struggled to stand
"Luck! Don't push yourself! He is way too strong for us to fight him!" Destiny said as she ran away with both Luck and Floga in her hands
She simply grabbed them both by their wrists
"There is no reason to run! I can outrun you in about a second" Abet said as he started running next to them
His little joke was quickly disturbed by a beam from one of Kamira's stars
"Why don't you stop teasing kids and fight with someone your size idiot?" Kamira asked as she looked angrier than ever
"Kamira huh? The next head of UMP? You don't seem so strong!" Abet said as he stopped to stare at her
"They say don't judge a book by its cover!" Kamira said with a smile
A beam hit Abet from below, Kamira had set a stat under him before he could notice him, Kamira then followed up to her surprised attack with three more beams before starting to hit Abet with her hands, She also used her stars to extend her close combat combo
"Creative!" Abet said as he also created similar stars to Kamira's
"There is no reason to copy my stars if you don't know how to use them!" Kamira said as she continued to fight Abet by mixing physical and mana attacks, leaving no room for Abet to fight back
If Kamira's attacks weren't enough purple bullets started hitting Abet too, The bullets came from Gnomon
"So you plan on ganging up on me while your men take care of everything? That's just cheating! So you don't mind if I call some friend of mine right?" Abet said as he pointed at the highest point of the ship
Everyone stared there and to their surprise, they saw their worst nightmare
Lucifer Gestalt was standing on top of the ship watching everything unfold in front of him
"About time you notice me!" Lucifer said as he landed near Luck, Destiny, and Floga
"Do something..." Floga mumbled to himself
But it was futile, his legs were shaking with signs of stopping and Destiny was in a similar state
"I think it's time to balance the fight so why don't we visit my favorite place on earth!" Lucifer said as he placed his hands together
"Specialized Mana Zone: Eden's Garden!" Lucifer said as everyone on the ship with some exceptions got teleported to his SMZ
The exceptions were Luck and many enemies that navigated the ship
"Welcome to our original world which violence is prohibited and pureness surrounds the land! But sadly we have committed a terrible sin so most of what I said is history! No matter what happens my SMZ won't break until thirty minutes pass so fight until your bodies crumble!" Lucifer said as he was relaxing on top of the Tree of Life eating the forbidden fruit
Everyone was scattered around the infinite size of the garden but they could hear the voice of Lucifer like a narrator in a movie, it was like his voice was in their head
The notable pairs of people were these:
Daniel along with Floga and Destiny
Abet with Kamira and Risha
Lucifer with Gnomon and Caroline
"Ahhh... Why do I get to fight ya two losers?" Daniel's silly voice returned after he entered the SMZ
"Finally! An opportunity to prove myself!" Floga said as he unwantedly started to smile
"Don't do anything crazy! We still don't know what the effects of this SMZ are!" Destiny said as she hesitated to attack
"Effects? There is no thing as effects in this SMZ, my super great master has no such need as special effects to be unbeatable unlike you and I, so come at me, weaklings!" Daniel said this in his serious voice
Daniel's voice gets cleaner and deeper when he speaks seriously or about his master, quite a weird habit
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"So what do we do now? Lucifer is unharmable in his SMZ!" Caroline said as she sat down
"Don't give up just yet! We might have a chance!" Gnomon said as he was ready to attack at any time
"No, no you don't get me! He is literally unharmable, he is like a ghost here, and we are the same for him, he can't harm us in any way" Caroline said as she attempted to take a nap
"So what? Shouldn't we find the others?" Gnomon asked angrily
"It's no use kid! They are many kilometers away from here, maybe a hundred thousand or more" Lucifer said as he picked another forbidden fruit off the Tree of Life
"A SMZ like that is a big pain in the ass, but at least we can discuss with our enemy I guess" Gnomon said as he flew on top of the branch Lucifer was sitting on while eating
"I have nothing to say to you!" Lucifer said as he continued peacefully eating his fruit
"Nah I think we have too many things to say to each other, Let's start from your sudden attacks with Abet in the country of Kesio" Gnomon said as he knocked the fruit out of his hand
"Oh, man... I wanted to eat that..." Lucifer said with a sad expression on his face
It was obvious that Lucifer didn't take Gnomon seriously but when Caroline stepped into the picture Lucifer started becoming more serious
"Come on now old boss! We just want to talk nothing more. We want to understand each other a bit better!" Caroline said with a smile before obliterating the whole three of life
"I can't deny a talk now can I?" Lucifer asked with a smile as he raised his hands
The somewhat small-scale operation turned into a war in a couple of seconds...
Who will emerge victorious from this war?