The element of destruction, one of the most used elements in this parallel world and one of the elements that can have the most variety since destruction is the nature of man
It's also the absolute counter of creation, many like to pretend that the ODS system is completely balanced and no element has the upper hand
But they are obviously wrong
Destruction surely is the best followed by Time and then Space, everything else is on the same level, of course, this ranking only applies to combat
If you are just a casual maybe Creation is the best, the element that can bring anything to life
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"You see Mike has gone crazy and thinks he is a God or something and your brother is very troublesome! I'm certain Mike hasn't been defeated since I can still feel Mike's presence around the same part I fought him... He has started to get away to a more safe land! He is so clueless about mana that he probably doesn't know we can track him and the best part is we can simply suppress our mana and attack!" Floga explained
"I see! Brother is the only problem here! Don't worry I probably can take care of him!" Caroline said as she drank some of her hot tea
Floga and Caroline went out to a café
"And you expect me to deal with Mike? He is strong you know!" Floga whined
"Eh? If you can't do anything then why are you willing to do this all by yourself? Wouldn't it be more helpful if we got Destiny and Luck together? If we are going to do things undercover might as well get everyone involved right?" Caroline asked, it was apparent she considered Floga's tactic flawed
"Why are you repeating yourself? I told you I want to do this alone! FINE! I will take up Mike and win! I will show you!" Floga said as he excitingly stood up
"That's the spirit! Now where the hell are we supposed to go?" Caroline asked as she finished her tea
Floga pointed at the ocean
"It's in the middle of the sea!"
"Eh, the sea? It's too cold there is no way I go there!" Caroline said jokingly
"We are talking about a Sinister Shard not just a petty revenge I want to take using you!" Floga explained to Caroline
Even though Caroline was half-joking she had forgotten about the Shard
"Floga on a serious note now, Lucifer has taken action and it has never been clearer! Sending Behemoth out even though we never got to beat Abet is playing offensive, plus who knows who else is here! For all I know he could have sent another of my siblings on the island! That's why I'm accepting to help you alone, if we focus all our strengths on retrieving Lucifer may attempt to steal the Destruction Shard from us!" Caroline said with a serious look on her face as she started flying toward the mana zone
"How is that possible? Kamira had the shard didn't she?" Floga asked confused
"Is that what you all believe? I guess she still has a lot to explain to you three..." Caroline said before flying faster than Floga leaving him behind
It was obvious that Caroline knew something but Floga respected her choice to keep silent so he too sped up to arrive at the mana zone faster
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It didn't take them long to enter the mana zone but this time Floga had a plan, both he and Caroline entered the zone while suppressing their mana this way not blowing their cover
They were quite surprised to see what waited for them
There was a whole town built just with walls, it even had traffic lights made out of rock
"This guy has actually lost it..." Floga mumbled as he witnessed the town
"What will happen if I destroy one?" Caroline asked with a smirk
"Don't!" Floga replied while slapping the back of her head
"WORSHIP ME EVERYONE!!!"
"You heard that?" Caroline asked
Floga nodded and the two of them started approaching the source of that noise
"Everyone is a pawn compared to me! Everyone should get down on their knees and worship me!"
It was Mike, he was on top of a rocky skyscraper and was talking to a pack of people created by rock, he was wearing a rocky crown and held a rocky scepter that he waved around
"Excuse me but that's too funny to be the actual enemy we have to face!" Caroline said as she tried not to laugh
"He pretty much won Behemoth and me in a battle by himself with no real battle experience! Do you still think he is a joke?" Floga asked as he glared at Caroline
"Yep!" Caroline said before revealing herself
"HEY YOU WANNABE KING! WHAT'S UP WITH THIS LITTLE TOWN?" Caroline yelled at Mike
"Oh? Do you question my authority in my domain? Shall I demonstrate the absolute power I hold in this place?" Mike asked as he used moving pillars to slowly get down from the skyscraper
"Oh please!" Caroline said before throwing an air slice that beheaded every rocky person
Caroline then used her Space powers to redirect every cut-off head toward Mike but Mike managed to block them by surrounding himself with walls
Floga then came out of his hiding spot dynamically by shooting a fire arrow at Mike breaking his defenses
"It's you? Didn't you get squashed like the other nobody?" Mike asked upon seeing Floga
"It takes more than that to kill me bastard!" Floga told him
"I see you brought another hell-spawn to attack me! They say no matter how fast you work the devil works faster right? I guess it's not just a saying!" Mike said before sending a massive amount of pillars toward Floga
Caroline quickly got in front of Floga and with a powerful enhanced punch broke every single pillar
"Hey ya wall enthusiast you have to do much more than that to put a scratch on me, maybe an atomic bomb will do!" Caroline said with a smile
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"It's quite here isn't it?" Destiny asked as she shipped on her apple juice
"Well, the two troublemakers aren't here so what do you expect?" Luck said
It was his third day coming to school after the operation, he seemed to have come to terms with what happened
"Are you doing alright Luck?"
"Well I can't keep being tucked under a blanket, can I? I have responsibilities now... Anyway, I heard you were the one that beat up Daniel, is that right?" Luck asked suddenly
"Yeah with a Destruction technique I developed!" Destiny answered timidly
Luck smiled after a long time and head-patted Destiny
"Stop! We are not kids anymore!" Destiny said while taking Luck's hand off her head
"I couldn't beat him, Floga couldn't beat him either so that makes you the strongest of us three!" Luck told her with a smile
"Come on now it's not like I stand a chance against you in a one-on-one fight! Plus if you two didn't battle him beforehand I would have lost!" Destiny humbly said
Silence followed for a bit
"I miss this Luck... Times that we were just relaxing on the school grounds and talking about whatever! The only people missing are Floga and Hope..." She said as she stared at the sky
Luck seemed to be angry at what Destiny said
"I thought you weren't dependent on your sister anymore!" Luck said
"Hope really liked spending time with you Luck and she would never blame you for what happened..." Destiny said out of the blue
It honestly caught Luck by surprise
"Why are you mentioning it now?"
"Because when you were about to attack me on the ship you said "Not again" are you still telling yourself you killed her? Hope wrote a suicide note for God's shake! She would have died that day no matter what so stop blaming yourself, alright Luck?" Destiny said as she smiled kindly at Luck
For a moment it seemed as if this smile came from someone else than Destiny
After a while of not talking again Destiny suddenly got up and waved at a man
"Who's he?" Luck wondered
He had never seen this man in his life
It was a tall man with long curly brown hair tied in a ponytail
"Who Andre? He is a guy that I met in the gym! He is an archeologist tasked to research our medieval castle! He also said something about the volcano or something" Destiny explained while pointing at the castle which was visible from the school grounds
"Wait you go to the gym? Since when?"
"I wanted to get as strong as you three to make up for my lack of hand-to-hand combat!" Destiny said as she flexed her small but growing muscle mass
"Destiny how's school going? Oh, is he Luck?" Andre asked as he met Luck's
Luck slowly turned to Destiny who was avoiding eye contact with him
"Don't go around talking to everyone about me!" Luck whined
"Ahaha! Don't worry she is just telling me how you and another boy inspire her to work out!"
While Andre was saying that Destiny was trying to silence him by putting her hand on his mouth
"It's impressive how muscular you are for your age! I never have seen you in the gym too, do you go at less busy hours?" Andre asked as he inspected Luck's body
"I work out at home... When did you get here?" Luck asked, he had his suspicions about Andre
"Me? I have a week here and I'm still trying to meet new people!" Andre said with a smile
"I see, good luck with that!" Luck said before walking away
"Eh... I'm sorry about Luck, he is going through a lot..."
Destiny tried to anxiously explain Luck's behavior to Andre but he stopped her
"Nah, don't mention it! You have told me he has gone through a lot so I don't judge him for acting this way! Just make sure you respect your boundaries!"
RING RING!
The school bell rang so it was time for Destiny to go
"I will! Have a nice time at work!" Destiny said before she left him
Andre waved before leaving them alone too
While walking Andre took out a pack of cigarettes and pulled one from the case
The cigarette lit up without Andre doing anything
"You fooled those kids easily! You bad boy!" A white-haired woman with horns whispered at Andre's ear as she raised from his shadow
She had a very attractive face and seducing body
"I had a great teacher like you Mormona! They are your sister's friends though, are you fine with fooling them?" Andre asked the woman
"Of course I am! It's boss's orders, if it wasn't for the order I would have taken them with me for a trip to my hotel room!" Mormona said as she sucked on her thumb
"Why are we exactly going to the castle again? Couldn't I find an easier job to fool the people?" Andre asked as he got a bit tired while walking the tough mountain-side road to get to the castle
"Oh my! I forgot to give you back your mana!" Mormona said before kissing Andre
"Much better!" Andre said as he regained his energy by using mana
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The fight against Mike was still ongoing with Floga also joining in but more like a support unit trying to find or create an opening for Caroline to deal the finishing blow but in Mike's eyes Floga was hardly the issue
'This woman is insane! Is she perhaps Lilith? The wife of Satan! Did the person I fought back then wasn't Satan?' Mike thought as he desperately tried to hit Caroline with his power but failed miserly many times
"GOD IS TESTING ME ONCE AGAIN!" Mike said as he screamed
Many rocky drills were created and directed toward Caroline but she didn't seem scared
"Hey, Floga mind if I borrow your technique?" Caroline said as created a similar attack that Floga used to penetrate many layers of walls
Caroline imitated that attack but instead of using fire Caroline used her sun-like sphere increasing dramatically the destructive power of the attack and destroying all the drills coming her way and also damaging Mike
"YOU THINK YOU ARE HOT SHIT LILITH? I WILL SHOW YOU!" Mike screamed as he tried to close the distance
An uncountable amount of pillars followed him
Caroline took a deep breath and charged at him while also creating her own pillars
"What?" Mike mumbled in disbelief
Caroline made the pillars she created to move in a zig-zag movement, this way she was able to destroy all of Mike's pillars leaving him speechless, Caroline then kicked Mike on the head making him fall to a skyscraper that quickly started to crumble
"My name is Caroline, the sin of pride! The one that will bring an end to your stupid games!" Caroline said as she glared at Mike's eyes
"H-H-How are you creating w-walls? I'm supposed to be the only one that can do that..." Mike said, he sounded heartbroken
"Don't make me laugh, there is nothing anybody can do that I can't do better, so give up the Shard or die, will ya?" Caroline asked with an innocent and threatening smile