Somewhere away in the more tropical side of Eden's garden another fight was happening, a more intense experience than the others
Kamira was flying like a maniac across the big trees with the large leaves blocking the almost rejuvenating light of Eden's garden
Kamira was chasing down Abet, the sin of Envy along with Risha who was tailing the sin
"I expected you to be stronger than your little brother but that seems to be wrong! You depend on others too much Kamira Khora!" Abet said as he was avoiding beams from Kamira's stars and the katana Risha was waving at him
"I see you are telling me that but you fought directly my brother but you are avoiding me!" Kamira said as she finally managed to get in front of Abet
She then used one of her stars to slap Abet in the face, Risha then followed with a slash to the neck but she was unable to cut off Abet's head
"Would you stop chasing me like a stray dog?" Abet said as he back-slapped Risha with his fist
Abet then created stars like those of Kamira's and made them self-destruct near Kamira's stars, in result destroying Kamira's stars
"You are nothing but a distraction from the real fight! Once I take care of you two I can finally help Master deal with your annoying brother and my bitch sister!" Abet said as he took the form of a giant gorilla
Abet then started hunting down Risha by punching her but due to Risha's flexibility Abet was unable to land a blow at her
While doing that Kamira created new stars and merged them together to make one big star, With that superstar Kamira created a beam that knocked Abet off the tree
Risha skydived from the tree toward Abet and started hitting him with the katana
While falling Abet transformed into a bird and tried to fly away but before he could get away he was once again stuck by a beam from Kamira's superstar
"You won't get away!" Risha said as she created a metallic net to catch Abet
"I wasn't planning to!" Abet said as he placed his hands together, he then twisted his hands and yelled
"Specialized Mana Zone: Self-image"
After casting his SMZ Kamira and Risha were transported to a room filled with mirrors
They both looked at each other speechlessly
"Be careful Risha! We have no info on how this SMZ works!" Kamira said as she placed her back against Risha's back
Surprisingly the mirrors didn't reflect anything for a long time until one mirror appeared to mirror Kamira
"Captain! This mirror..." Risha said as she pointed a gun she just created at the mirror
"Don't shoot yet!" Kamira yelled
'We both got inside this SMZ so that must mean that this SMZ works like an arena rather than a pocket dimension like most SMZs, meaning if we both try hard enough we may break this SMZ' Kamira thought as she looked at her reflection which staring back at her
"Risha in my mark prepare to break the SMZ!" Kamira yelled
Suddenly every single mirror reflected Kamira, all of the reflections created three stars and pointed at Kamira and Risha
"NOW RISHA!!!" Kamira yelled as loud as she could
The two women then tried to break the SMZ but failed, but what happened later was much worse
The star beams came out of every mirror and stuck Kamira and Risha directly creating a big explosion that shattered all of their defenses
A massive dust cloud was created from this attack
"Damn! I must have killed you!" Abet talked to himself as he walked toward the cloud
Suddenly A bloody Kamira emerged through the dust and punched Abet making him crash at a mirror, breaking it in the process
Kamira then dashed at Abet and with four stars she had created made a star drill to make a whole at Abet's stomach
In addition to that, a hand holding a pistol also emerged through the smoke and shot Abet in the head
'I'm going to die...' Abet thought as he broke his SMZ
Now everyone was falling from the sky, but thankfully they all landed at a big bush
"How were you able to defend against that attack!" Abet asked as he started healing his stomach and a bit of his head
"You see Abet! You simply copy skills without knowing how they actually work! That's why we survived!" Kamira said with a smile as she held to her damaged hand
Risha was standing behind her healing some of her injuries because she was more damaged than Kamira
'My stars' attacks are stronger if they are charged, By immediately shooting out a beam the stars won't do much damage, Fast attacks are meant to be used at fights when the opponent is quicker, they can do some damage in the hope they slow down the target that's all! But so many weak beams together can surely do damage!' Kamira thought
"I have to say I underestimated you Kamira Khora! I will now stop holding back! I'm going in for the kill!"
After Abet said that his head transformed into
Suddenly Gnomon dashed at Kamira at an unimaginable speed, knocking Kamira to a tree
'I didn't see anything...' Risha thought as she saw Kamira get launched away
She was next...
Abet then kicked Risha's head launching her at another oversized bush that stopped her momentum
"Can't complete now can you?" Abet asked with a demonic smile
Many beams were launched at him but Abet dodged every single one of them
"You can't win like that you weakling!" Abet screamed as he rushed in the direction the beams came from
In a matter of seconds, he found Kamira and was about to attack, but Abet failed to realize that his hand was tied to a star-like string
"You won't win this easy!" Kamira yelled as he sliced Abet's hand and then hit him with two large beams that came from two superstars she created beforehand
The right side of Abet's chest was vaporized by one of the beams and the hole on the stomach reopened from the other beam, The beams went out of their way to completely obliterate a massive tree behind Abet
Kamira then placed her hands together
"Specialized Mana Zone: Nebula!"
Kamira and Abet were transported into the abyss of space with a scary view
Well scary for the sin of Envy, because after witnessing that it was the first time in his life he wasn't jealous of someone or something, in fact, the sin of envy felt considerate of someone and kind while looking at the view
What was the view? A massive star-hand that was directed toward him
The star-hand formed a fist and punched Abet, setting him ablaze with a blue cosmical flame
'Will I really die by this weak ass bitch?' Abet thought as he tried not to become ash
"Maaan this power is insane! But I don't envy you! Since this skill is self-destructing! Want me to prove it?" The skeletonized Abet said as his hand started emitting a similar aura to that of the star-hand's
Abet then dashed at Kamira and attempted to punch her
The scary thing was that the punch would have killed Kamira, but thanks to the intensity of this attack Abet's hand self-destructed, it was a flame hot enough to burn in space
After the near-death experience, Kamira had her SMZ broke
Upon returning back into Eden's garden both Kamira and Abet were exhausted, creating SMZs and fighting with that intensity anybody would have been tired
"Don't back down now!" Risha yelled as she stabbed Abet's stomach
'This annoying bitch again...' Abet thought as he broke the blade with his hand
"Don't overdo it Risha! Abet managed to survive my SMZ and also many fatal blows in a row, and the way he did it was not with regular mana defense and healing abilities but with something else, I'm not sure yet but it can't be good!" Kamira said as she grabbed Risha's hand
"He is more wounded than ever! This is our chance, this is my chance to be helpful Kamira! Please don't stop me!" Risha begged
Kamira slapped Risha out of nowhere
"Some seconds before I could see his skeleton and burning flesh and now he is almost fully healed, he is a demon Risha there is no way we can win this easily!" Kamira yelled
"But we threw him everything we had..." Risha mumbled
A feeling of powerlessness hit her as she stared at her broken sword
"That's right ladies! I'm a demon, meaning my limbs can regenerate even after being cut and I can't die unless you vaporize a big part of my body, my mana regeneration is also top-tier! Humans like you can't come near us!" Abet said as he took the broken blade out of his body
"I guess we didn't try our best yet have we?" Risha said as she stood up with D E T E R M I N A T I O N
"NO RISHA! Don't think about using this!" Kamira said as she held onto Risha's wrist with force
"If it means I can take a sin with me I will gladly sacrifice myself, captain!" Risha said as she placed her hands together
"NOOOOO!!!" Kamira screamed
"Specialized Mana Zone: Full metal"
Abet and Risha were transported to a boxing ring created solely of metal, The ring was surrounded by an empty stadium which was also metal
In one corner there was Abet, the sin of Envy
And in the other, there was Risha, a metallic version of her
"What's this? I will fight your robot self now?" Abet asked as he smiled cockily
Suddenly one of his hands was sent flying off the ring and Risha had one of her arms up like she had just thrown a jab at someone
"You talk too much..." Risha said with a static voice
"No fair... I didn't see it..." Abet said as he held to his wound with his other hand
Suddenly Risha launched herself at Abet and tried to punch him but failed since Abet managed to dodge that punch that would have otherwise landed on his face
"I get it... You have no mana here... So your SMZ works like a last resort to a fight! By sacrificing your mana and your body you can fight an opponent at a monster-like pace, but there must be a catch! There is no way you become this strong with no downside or a counter!"
While Abet was theorizing Risha was readying up another attack, and in a flash, her attack was initiated
BAM
Abet's remaining hand was also sent flying off the ring but it wasn't the only thing, some of Risha's fingers were also cut from this exchange of attacks
"I totally get it now! You have no defense and no mana but a shit tone of physical force, so that means as long as I can hit your or predict your movements I can fatally damage your or even kill you! Right now your fingers must have been cut permanently, How high-risk-high-reward SMZ this is! I envy you" Abet said as he laughed hysterically as only his fists became metallic
"Not really! I am still as vulnerable here as I am outside the SMZ when I'm fighting opponents like you!" Risha said as she got into a stance for another attack
Who will emerge victorious in this battle of high stakes when a wrong step can result in death?