"This is looking dire, I have no chance against him now"
"Wait! it's already been 5 minutes!" Ray then carried Luke and went closer to Luna
"Luna, are you ready?"
"Yeah I am, but summoning Libra is going to made me unconscious for a while, so you better win Ray" Luna cheers Ray up
"Haha, don't worry about that, Luke, protect Luna while you recover!" Ray laughs dryly
"Got it" Luke nods
"LIBRA, I SUMMON YOU" Luna used all her magic to summon Libra
As Luna fell unconscious, a dark-skinned woman with white hair wearing a white robe that only cover her chest and private area with scales in her hands appears, she is Libra
"Libra! Make me and Kiros's mana equal!"
"Hmm as it seems that milady have collapsed, I have no choice, I shall do as you say" said Libra while she cast her magic |MANA BALANCE|
Then Ray felt a large amount of mana enter his body "Woah, I have never felt this strong in my life!"
And the opposite happened to Kiros as a large amount of mana suddenly left his body making him drop to the ground while he was flying chasing Ray "What the? What's happening to me?" Then he noticed the new person beside Ray "Who is that woman, she wasn't here before, is she the same as that lion and cow?"
"Then this means she's the reason why a large amount of mana suddenly leaves my body"
Kiros then lunged full speed towards Libra
ABSOLUTE SHIELD| "Not a chance, now that our mana is equal, you're no threat" Ray provokes Kiros
Kiros then bonked his head so hard against Ray's shield
"AAghhhh, You-YOU!! I'LL KILL YOU!!!" Kiros enraged by Ray's provocation lunges towards Ray
ABSOLUTE SLASH| Ray then slashes at Kiros causing the forest to be split in half alongside Kiros's body
"AAAAAHHHHHHhhhh" Kiros then slumped to the ground
"What just happened Agghh!!" Kiros screams in agony
"Hmm looks like you're still alive"
Ray then proceeds to slash and stab Kiros at various spot without killing him
"P-please… please spare my life" Kiros begs for mercy
"Look at you, half your body gone, barely hanging on to life, and begging me to give you mercy, how pathetic" Ray stares at Kiros coldly
Kiros body then started to smoke, he then reverts into his original form
"You're right, how pathetic I am, If I'm going to die then I'LL BRING YOU WITH ME!!" Kiros then holds onto Ray and begun to self-destruct
"What the! Let me go you fuck!" Ray struggles to break free of Kiros
"Absolut-" Ray tries to cast his magic but Kiros lodge his hand to Ray's mouth and start absorbing Ray's mana, disrupting Ray's flow of mana, making him unable to cast magic
"HAHAHAHA I'm bringing you to hell with me!"
~In the distance~
"Shit, I can't hit Kiros, he's too close to Ray!"
"Wait, Libra!"
"Libra, swaps me with Ray!" Luke looks seriously to Libra
"B-but you'll die if you do that! Milady will hate me if that happens!" Libra argues
"SHE WILL HATE YOU MORE IF RAY DIES!!" Luke screams angrily not wanting to waste another second
"B-but…"
"HURRY"
"Uggh FINE! |SWAP PLACE|"
SWAP PLACE| Libra is able to swap place between 2 person, if said person both have a similar stature and size
Then Ray and Luke swap places
"Wh-What the? What happened?" Ray confused on to what just happened
Then he sees in the distance that him and Luke have swapped places
"LUKE, WHY DID YOU DO THAT" Ray screams angrily
"Ray, I'm sorry for being selfish like this, please take care of Luna, Lenora, and my future child for me, will you?"
"You have a bright future still ahead of you"
"I'm sorry, thank you and goodbye" Luke whispers, but his whisper was heard by Ray because of Luke's wind magic
"YOU, YOU IDIOT"
Ray then cast |MITHRIL DOME| surrounding both him and Kiros so that the explosion won't affect Ray and Luna
*BOOM* a loud explosion could be heard inside the dome
The explosion managed to destroy the mithril dome, but it didn't manage to go near Ray and Luna.
Ray still had a lingering hope that somehow Luke survives the explosion, but when he went near the collapsing dome, he sees of what's inside the dome after the explosion.
He sees 2 burnt corpses, 1 of them is Luke
"NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOO!!!" Luke went down to his knee, wide eyes, mouth open in disbelief, tears coming rolling down his face
"Luke, Luke you dumbass, why? WHYYYYYY? You should've just let me die!" Ray vents out his anger while crying his eyes out
After an hour, Ray stops crying and calls the guild
"This is Rayden Aragorn" Ray said in a monotone voice
"Ah yes Mr. Rayden, Is your mission complete? Report your founding" the guild staff replied
"...…" Ray didn't answers
"Is everything fine? Is there an emergency?"
"Hey what's wrong? Who is calling you?" An old man asks the guild staff who seems to be troubled
"Ah, guild master Victor, it's Rayden Aragorn from the Eden Clan"
"Hmm give it to me, let me talk to him instead"
Then the guild staff gives the telephone to the guild master
"Ray, what's wrong"
"Ah.....guild master Victor....is that you? I'm here to make my report" Ray responds with a tint of sadness in his voice
"Oh, okay, is it as we suspected?" Victor looked serious
"Well, we were partially correct, It is true that they have set up the portal here to invade once more"
"Hooo, and which part did we get wrong?" Victor asks while stroking his beard
"It's not an ancient black drakon that we found, but he's royalty instead"
"Hmmm, WHAT? A royal black drakon? That's troubling, alright go back for now, next time we'll send in 3 more SS-Rank and 1 SSS-Rank mercenaries alongside you three"
"No need for that"
"What? What do you mean? This mission has become an SSS-Rank mission after your founding! We can't ignore this!" Victor confused by Rayden's statement
"That's not what I mean, I mean that we… we killed him already" Ray corrects Victor while holding his tears
"WHAT!! REALLY!!! THAT'S AMAZING!! Come back here hurry, we'll celebrate all day long hahaha" Victor surprised while grinning heavily
"I…. I don't think we can, can you call the Guild's paramedic here?"
"Ah right, you're injured, what's your situation?" Victor switches to serious
Ray pauses for a few seconds not having the courage to speak
"Ray?"
"…...Luna is unconscious from mana shortage, I'm bleeding heavily and can barely stand, and"
"And….and Luke…Luke is dead" Ray finally burst into tears as he can't hold them any longer
"...…Is that so, I'll go there myself with the paramedics, wait an hour, I'll see you then"
Victor then hung up the calls
"Guild master? Is something wrong? You looked distraught" asks the guild staff
"CALL A HIGH-RANKING HEALER AND A FORENSIC HERE NOW!!" Victor shouts loudly that the entire guild could hear him
"Y-Yes sir!"
"Woah what happened?" the mercenaries in the guild started to murmur questions
~After a few minutes~
"Here they are sir, the healer and the forensic team that you summoned" the guild staff reports to the guild master
"This is Lyra Fleur the S-Rank healer" the guild staff introduce her
"What is the purposed of this summon guild master?" Lyra asks curiously
"I'll explain it on the way, we need to go now, no time to waste" Victor leaves his room impatiently
"Woah is this really that urgent?" Lyra asks confused