with Levy holding on to his arm he could transport the rest of his body to another afterimage in which he did on levy's left side throwing a strong punch. the arm Levy had a grip on was still in her hand even after calvus left. for a second she could see the image of calvus she had a grasp on flickering about to disappear but if she would have looked closely the arm she was holding was not flickering and remained solid. when she saw calvus was flickering and also saw him on her right side she thought he was reappearing to her right and decided to let go and attack the image of calvus on her right.
there were now six flickering versions of calvus while only one stayed solid. this told vora and levy which one was real and which ones were fake. calvus switched back and forth fighting them to diagnose their strength and feel out their powers a little. he knew he didn't have time to figure them both out completely and decided to just go all out to take one of them or both of them out at once.
"so this is calvus power. this is what you were dealing with steel." jolly asked him while watching.
"yes it's really annoying and from the looks of it he can even do more afterimages of himself. when we battled the highest he went up to were three."
"so he never used anything else, no type of element attack or nothing. yes he did. that bastard has a good amount of tricks up his sleeve. the thing is he doesn't reveal certain things about his power unless he has to which I totally understand after facing him." steel said responding to jolly.
"the thing is, I believed the afterimages,clones or whatever the hell it is he's doing was all he could do after a while of fighting and that was my mistake. when he fights it's not just a battle of power but strategy. i can tell vora and levy are just as strong as him if not stronger, but on the strategy side of things calvus has them beat and with that I'm not so sure who will win. I know one thing for sure when Levy had his arm she shouldn't have let go." steel says to them.
"what do you mean." copper asked.
"well if you look closely calvus arm was the only thing not blinking and it's because she had a hold on him. once he switches to one of his afterimages in a position like that he is forced to come back to that original spot because his entire body wasn't transported. he faked her out and had her thinking for a moment that he was coming on her right. I don't know for sure but grabbing a hold of him or constantly making contact with his body hinders his ability In ways I didn't completley get to understand. " steel said.
Jolly focused back on the screen after hearing and seeing steel's face expression while talking about calvus. it was clear steel didn't take the loss to calvus lightly.
vora's body began to bulge more with veins and her build suddenly looked as if she packed on at least 5 more lean pounds of muscle as purple energy flowed around her as she let out a howl that reverberated shaking the area. waves of purple energy with glowing orbs erupted from her body.
levy's body became covered in red embers as the waves of energy bursted forward.
the waves hit calvus like a tank firing off small explosions that sent him back flying. the area it covered was too vast for him to escape and also too sudden. Levy on the other hand leaped straight into the air avoiding it all together leaving glowing embers in her trail. her actions told the spectators she knew what was going to happen before it actually occurred.
Arrrrg! calvus yells while crashing into four mounds of rocks, trees and skidding across the grass before colliding with the waterfall and cliff. his body tumbled downward as the pressure of the waterfall pushed on him into the river. he was only in the river a second or two before he appeared in a small space behind the waterfall using his afterimage to escape.
Breathing heavily he looked around after spitting up blood and assessing his injury's. his armor held up very well but the pressure and impacts of vora's attack had shaken up his insides. it felt as if his insides were constantly vibrating. after calming himself he reached behind his back and suddenly began to panic.
"my hammer, where is my hammer he said softly but still in clear panic.
vora and levy leaped forward and stood at the edge of the pool of water by the waterfall that turned into a river looking within the water. vora then let out a low growl while looking up at the waterfall as her sensitive ears and nose twitched with the light breeze and mist made from waterfall crashing down.
vora's sense of smell and hearing were really good especially if she was in her full beast form like she currently was. he claws began to glow as she snarled releasing two swipes of claw shaped energy that sliced through the waterfall. sensing the energy attack calvus disappeared and was now on top of the cliff standing over the bank of the waterfall when he was meet with a pair of claws to his back.
After vora attacked a faint afterimage of calvus appeared above on the cliff and levy made her move getting their before he completed the transfer of his body.
"this bitch, she's faster." calvus thought just before feeling a claw to his back that sent him flying once again. with his internals shaken up it was difficult for him to concentrate resulting in him only being able to make one image of himself rather than multiple. while flaying through the air a little luck was on his side as he saw his hammer laying beside one of the broken trees he crashed into earlier. he immediately forced and afterimage forward that grabbed the hammer and soon his real body followed.
what he didn't notice was there were multiple purple roses that sprouted from the ground around the hammer and as soon as his afterimage stopped flickering this told vora calvus had successfully transported himself to that spot. her eyes flashed silver and so did the roses which soon lead to multiple explosions. when the dust cleared calvus was on his knees and hands humped over gripping his hammer.
spitting up blood he staggered to his feet while using his hammer as a cane until he was able to stand up completely. wiping blood from his mouth.
the crowd was in awe at the sight. they thought he was dead for sure and apploued his tenacity. "that's sir Hughes son for you. one man said to another while more people chimmed in agreeing.
"hmmm looks like vora is doing all the work, if it keeps going like this than I don't see calvus winning this fight. not having to deal with them both. vora's ability is insane and as you both saw she can use it in multiple ways." spoke jolly.
"yes she's very impressive, I haven't seen levy's power much and I'd say out of the two vora is stronger but it's not over, just wait, if they knew what I know they wouldn't have allowed him to get his hands on his war hammer again." steel responded.
Calvus breathing became calm as blood ran down from the top of his head dripping from his face. in a low tone he began screaming and gradually got louder and louder as over ten afterimages of himself appeared flashing fiercely in multiple areas. they too were screaming with a strong stance flashing and blinking in front of vora and levy switching from their left to right sides simultaneously.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh,Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
suddenly, calvus hammer disappeared and levy was smashed right in her face and then from her backside by two blinking images of calvus knocking her off the waterfall cliff into the ground creating a small crater.
vora blasted forward at calvus solid image but as she reached him she took a hit. calvus rammed her on her side which knocked her down but that didn't stop vora as she hit the ground digging her claws and feet into it sliding back.
standing to her feet she was a bit confused because she believed calvus real body never moved. "when did he hit me, have I misread how his ability works. I was sure the clones or whatever it is he's using were only useful after he changed positions with one." vora thought.
"so this is what you were saying about calvus and his hammer." jolly asked steel.
"oh no, just wait you'll see. He has done nothing but increase his speed and afterimages to the point where it's hard to tell when or if he moves." steel responded.
Levy stood up from the crater while producing blue flames on her claws and dashed forward. she swiped at every image of calvus that came near her attacking seeking out the real version. calvus was switching from afterimage to afterimage and from place to place so fast it looked as none of them became solid and just continued blinking so Levy or vora couldn't tell which one was which.
one min Levy was getting smacked and the next so was vora. it only took a few more hits from Calvus before Levy had enough and the next moment the light red burning embers that resembled a small lit candle on the tip of her hairs began to grow and move like a shadow.
"all this talk about calvus and vora, you guys are about to see what I was dealing with fighting Levy." copper spoke seeing the red fire glowing on her fur. it was the exact thing that changed the course of their battle.