[Good, he's here.]
Swoosh
"Hello everyone, did I make you all wait?"
As they were all in suspense an old man then suddenly appeared, which everyone then guessed to be the person that the Leader of the Pure Elemental users was looking for.
"Professor, why are you here?"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"But."
"No need to discourage me."
[Yes, there is no need to discourage him.] The Leader of the Pure Elemental users said as he continued. [He is here to atone for his sins after all. right doctor?]
Not saying a thing, the professor stood there waiting for judgment.
[Oh yeah, before we start . Release these kids will you.] He told them what he wanted before passing the so-called judgment.
With no choice, they complied, and upon doing so, they Pure Elemental users released their mana around them as if exhaling.
"Woohoo!"
"Finally, I'm free."
"I'll burn to crisp that armored knight."
"Brother, you too?"
Asked the guy whom Dustin first defeated when entering the city about his brother, whom Dustin also defeated at the last part.
"You as well?"
"Yes, let's burn that guy together."
"Sure, but let's torture him first before we kill him."
"Yeah, let's do that."
[Enough, something important is going to happen right now.] Suddenly, the voice called out to them. Hearing that, they all turned quiet, trying to listen to his next words.
[Turn around, kids, and you will see an old man beside you.]
They turned and took a good look at the professor.
[Let me introduce you to Dr. Dreg Philstein. The brain of the Pure Element Evolution Project and also the head of the said project. And the reason why you all had to suffer.]
Hearing that, their eyes turned, bloodshot as they looked directly at Dr. Philstien.
Spreading his arms, Dr. Philstein said with a self-loathing tone "Yours truly."
Ignoring Dr. Philstein The voice continued.
[He is right now in front of you all. I would like for you kids to do the honors and make him suffer a gruesome death.]
"NO!"
Hearing that a woman ran in their direction but was blocked by the soldiers.
"You can't!"
[Why? He can do those inhumane things to us, but we can't do the same thing to him?"
The Leader of the Pure Elemental users asked the woman the reason.
"It's true he did many bad things, but he changed. He regrets it and is atoning for it."
"Lily, no need."
"But, Dr. Philstein." Lily pleaded for him to fight back.
Shaking his head, he turned to thePure Elemental Users.
"Please continue."
"Heh, with pleasure."
"""Rahhh!"""
Splush!
"Arrrrggghhaahhhhhhh!"
With that as a sign, they all attacked him together, making him suffer from their attacks.
"NO! Teacher!"
Lily yelled at the events that occurred. But no one helped Dr. Philstein. Either out of fear or out of respect for his sacrifice. Whether either of those choices they made was right, nothing can deny they weren't able to lay a helping hand for him.
"Ah, no, why?"
[AHahahahaha! ]
"What?"
[Haha What a great scene! truly a great scene indeed.]
"How could you? He changed himself for good. He regretted what he had done! Why can't you accept that and move on?!"
[So what.] The voice then mocked Lily.
"Huh?"
[So what if he changed? So what if he regretted what he had done? He made us suffer, and that won't change. And the lives that were lost were all because of him!]
Everyone went silent and wasn't able to say a thing.
[I don't care what he has done afterwards, all I care is that because of him, I won't be able to share my future with my companions.]
"But–"
[Enough. You have done your part. I won't let the monsters attack. Not like they could in the first place.]
Saying that the monsters vanished and not a speck of dust remained.
[Their illusions?]
Of course they are. Although they did have that high amount before we came. We need their sores to fuel our strength. Everyone, return now; it's time.
Hearing the command, the Pure Elemental users left. Knowing what will happen next.
"You lied."
[So what? You guys didn't even notice the truth. It's your own fault.]
Hearing that they were furious Knowing that it was true, they themselves didn't realize how it happened.
[Anyway, it's time to end this.]
"You think you can get away with this; you just release an illusion we can't realize and trick us with it. Heck no."
[If you really think I made them retreat without a reason, then take a good look.] When they heard what he said, they became vigilant, looked around, and felt something.
The ground shakes, and then everyone loses their balance. They didn't know what was happening, then someone yelled.
"Tsunami!"
There was dirt, forming a huge wave that surrounded them.
Seeing this, the bigwigs yelled.
"Men to shelter, retreat.!"
Activate the shields.
Everyone frantically tried to follow the orders as the dangerous phenomenon was happening.
[Well, then let me see you guys buried under these places.] He commented sarcastically.
Leaving everyone in fear.
~~~~~~~~~~
After the voice made the declaration, the guild master left, not knowing what had happened. I just stayed put and rested, and so did everyone.
We waited for a long time, then something happened. There was a mud tsunami, and it was said to arrive in this city at any given moment.
Out of nowhere, the city activated its defense system. It covered the whole city, protecting it from the upcoming danger.
Bisshhh bashhhh
Cling Kalang Kiling.
The two forces faced each other, pushing the boundary of the shield's limit.
As this happened, the people showed clear signs of fear. Not knowing what to do and just praying.
As for me, I was just thinking that it might be subsidized soon.
And, oh boy, I was mistaken. The attack has been ongoing for a long time.
"How come it is like this?"
And when I asked one of the soldiers, they looked at me hesitantly until they finally agreed to answer it.
The attack seems to be from the opposing side and was artificially made. So we don't know what is going on, and we are very doubtful if we can survive.
Hearing this, we are shocked. From the looks of it, the negotiation was a scam, and we are on the thin side of the tread.
Losing hope, I felt hopeless in this situation. And maybe this is it—the end of my road.
[kuu.]
'What should I do?'
[KuU!
'Should I use the railgun and fire multiple shots? or–'
"KUmp."
Suddenly, the titan disturbed my thoughts. Having no choice, I asked him.
[What's the matter? Why did you bite me?]
Listening to him I was shocked. [So you didn't exaggerate that part.]
[Kuu.] He answered affirmatively.
[But wouldn't you have side effects?]
[Kuu.]
He denied it, And said I needed to control him properly.
[Yeah, I guess, but it is worth a shot.]
Thinking of the best place, I saw a tower in the middle of the city, the clock tower.
Left with no choice, we made then moved to execute the rushed out plan.
Climbing up the tower, I raised Titan and put our plan into motion.
"Grow, buddy." Then he grew his shell to a huge size. so huge that it almost covered half of the city when compared to its size.
"Buddy, this is enough." Pushing myself to the limit as I carried the Ninja Star Turtle. We made sure the tip contained the mana absorbing material.
"Is everything okay, buddy?"
"Kuu." He answered affirmatively, and with him were tons of mana stones to absorb the mana of the spell, so theoretically, it will cancel their power when there is no mana.
Getting ready, I used all my strength, including my power boost skills. I then threw Titan.
"Go Titan, I ch- Yeah, let's not. but I really hoped this would work." I then activated my power of magnetism to control the blade's direction.
Swoosh. swoosh. swoosh!
'And what do you know? It worked, although not much but I can control the blades and change their direction while I let the rotation boost the movement.'
Then, as he hit the mud, It was being repelled and it can also be seen how the mud tsunami was losing its strength little by little.
'Good, Titan is slowly affecting the tsunami's power; it won't take long for him to diminish it.'
Thinking so, I continued to control Titan's direction as he surrounded the whole city, stopping the attack.
~~~~~~~~
During the execution of Dustin and Titan's attack. Many people had different reactions to it.
They were both surprised and afraid of what it could do.
"We need to stop him fast."
"I'll be going." Not wanting bad things to happen, he took charge of stooping, but when he was about to do it, the attack was released.
"Oh no. Stop it fast!"
And as they were about to stop, something unexpected happened.
The mud was slowing down now that they stopped.
Everyone was surprised and glad.
But thinking this might be bad, one of the leading soldiers tried to ask the governor.
"Everyone attacks the mud!" The governor commanded.
Without being able to ask, the soldier and everyone else were given a command by the governor. And without asking a question, they followed his command, and everyone attacked.
So they attack, even trying to diminish the attack of the mud. Although
useless, they were still able to push it back.
And little by little, they saw the mud tsunami diminish from the attack Titan and Dustin made.