CHAPTER 13
[With the sky reddened, all magic in the area began to weaken, individuals who possesses magic could no longer use them due to this now-red sky]
Aiden: Hmm...
Clay: Feeling weak, Aiden? Under the weather? Your Magic ain't workin'?
[He said with a smug smile on his face]
Aiden: What did you do? And why does the sky look like there's gonna be a Rapture?
Clay: My gun magic lets me use any form of magic I want, as long as they have a letter, I can use any bullet under that letter, and right now I've just cast [Anti-magic field], to rob everyone and everything in this area, No, this entire island of its magic! Hahaha! No matter how strong you are, you're nothing without magic...
[He smiled satisfactorily that his teeth were visible]
Clay: ...and then some.
Aiden: Huh? What do you mea- *Cough-Cough*!
[Aiden coughed hard, and he kept coughing till blood was coming out his mouth.]
Aiden: What...the...?!
Clay: That's right brightfil, I don't like taking chances when about to fight an opponent I'm too unsure of, so I'll use anything at my disposal to make sure I win and...everyone.
Aiden: Any...one...? Tch, the kiss!
Clay: You're smart brightfil, I like that. You're also right! Lucy kissed you, that's right! She still works for me!
Aiden: How's that even possible? I burnt the magic behind the seal.
Clay: I told you brightfil I don't like taking chances, after you burnt off their armor, I used a gem to cloak myself and my magic from you detecting it, I then shot a compulsion bullet at Lucy and gave silent orders to poison you through the only way a boy your age would least suspect...A kiss from a girl.
Aiden: You gave the order to take my first kiss? Noooo and Eww, now I'll live the rest of my life knowing my first kiss was an order from a dude, Do you realize how traumatizing that is?!!
*Cough-Cough*!!
[More blood spilled from his mouth when he coughed]
Clay: Save it for the afterlife.
Aiden:*Cough-Cough-Cough-Cough-Cough*
[Aiden kept coughing out blood. Aiden began panting as he said...]
Aiden: Are... there more of you?
Clay: I'm not answering that, goodbye.
[He shot Aiden in the head but before it was about to hit, Aiden caught the bullet in his palm.]
Clay: You've still got that much life in you, huh?
Aiden: I can...barely stand. *Cough-cough*
[Aiden's cough became louder and more exaggerated, Clay looked at him in doubt and got angry]
Clay: Cut the crap, You don't even sound half convincing anymore.
Aiden: Aww, what gave it away? My smile?
Clay: You talk too much.
[He shot at Aiden again but he narrowly dodged it. Though the poison was still very effective against him, Aiden had a bit of resistance against it that enabled him to not get knocked out and bleed out to death.]
Aiden's POV
On a normal day poison wouldn't really work on me, but that was with magic and now that's been cut off.
This poison is making me dizzy. My head's fuzzy and I can barely see. With potency this high I'm surprised I can stand.
I can't tell him that now can I?
I'm not as free as I used to be, so right now I'm slowing down my movements to reduce the poison from spreading through my system faster... I guess...I don't really know if that actually works
Aiden: You know it's gonna take a lot to bring me down?
Clay: So you're saying you can still move? Let's put it to the test!
[He shot at Aiden with both guns consecutively, but all Aiden could do was either dodge or catch the bullets]
Aiden's POV
The more I move the more it hurts inside!!
My lungs are on fire!
Clay: Since you're so fast and out of respect for you, I'll crack it up a notch.
Aiden's POV
No one asked you to, asshole!! Turn it down several notches!
Aiden: Heh, Bring it on!
Clay: So much life in that poisoned body, You're fueling my love for the hunt, now I'll get serious!
Aiden's POV
Oh for Pete's sake, why did I have to go and say that? I just wanted to say a cool line!
Clay: [Gun magic: Letter L: Lazer pointer]
[He shot at Aiden but his body had already gotten weak so he couldn't dodge so well, the bullet went right through his hand, and he groaned loudly as he looked at the newly formed hole in his hand.]
Aiden: Argh!!
Clay: Haha, Light magic, known as the fastest attack magic in the world, that's why it's so rare and dangerous, its speed is something even you can't comprehend and its attack is so precise. And due to its speed, it doesn't make much noise either.
Aiden's POV
Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap!
That Lazer was fast, it had to be going light speed or more that even I couldn't see it, I'm managing to narrowly dodge but I'm still getting hit regardless, if he gets in a shot at my head I'm toast.
Clay: Shall we continue?
No, damn it!
He shot at me several times, I got hit on my stomach, chest, and shoulders.
it's not that I can't dodge this but I have a time bomb inside me known as that poison if I dodge his bullets the poison in my system would spread faster and I'll die, but if I also want to live I have to dodge.
Gahhhh! It's like someone has two ways to win in tic-tac-toe!
Aiden: It burns!
Clay: Haha, that's why I'll never lose, I'll always win. Hahahaha!
Aiden: How are you even using magic under this? I thought it was gone.
[Clay stopped shooting and brought a small sphere from his waist pouch]
Clay: I'm using the magic from this, a Malinin Orb, it's used to store up magic for later use when there's an emergency, or for war, where there's little time to relax, It's normally expensive but I received multiple of these from my hire.
Hire, huh? He did mention he was an assassin and a bounty Hunter, both of those jobs require people to hire them for their services they don't kill on their own... So someone's out for a student's head here?
Aiden: Ha! You big chicken, you were so scared of a kid that you had to pull out all the stops, huh? As expected of Aiden Brightfil, no one can win without pulling out all the stops.
Aiden's POV
I'm obviously not the target, I'm just a nuisance he had to take care of.
Clay: I'll admit I cheated a bit, but I can tell how strong someone is at a glance...literally. And you're one monster I would never want to face when he's at full strength.
Aiden: Oh stop it, you're making me blush.
[Aiden's had a bit of blush on his cheeks as he was happy about the "praises" being showered on him. Clay had a confused look on his face]
Clay: Your attitude differs from your power. That has to be the reason why I haven't killed you yet... you're amusing. People with power are mostly overconfident, boring, or very bland. But you're different. I hated people with power because they looked down on others so that's why I became strong....strong enough to never need help, so strong that the weak can rely on me... That and mostly to kill "Larger than life" assholes.
Aiden: That's a huge contradiction on your former personality, at first you were like: "Have you ever had a 16-year-old girl? They're awesome!" and now you're like " I'll become strong... so strong that the weak can rely on me."
Get your backstory right old man—Gah!!
[He shot at his stomach.]
Clay: You're right, I never really cared about anything but myself, I'll do anything even kill my own family for money, now I'll get back to being the cool assassin and kill you right here and get back to the task at hand.
Aiden's POV
Oops, hehe, perhaps I spoke too much and now I've been shot in the stomach... mom always did say: [In a high-pitched voice] " Your mouth will get you killed one day"
... she's about to be right.
I ran towards him dodging the bullet and punched him in the side, he flew back and then shot another Lazer bullet at me.
Clay: Hahaha, it's not as heavy as the first time, you're getting weaker.
Clay: [Gun magic: Letter E: Earth magic: Boulder crush]
He shot tiny bullets at me that turned into huge boulders mid-air, I kept destroying them with my punches, but he shot too many at a time and got hit and crushed repeatedly.
I have to say: Tanya's hits were harder.
But at the moment in my weakened state ... these boulders hurt a lot!!
I'm on the ground poisoned and beaten with holes everywhere... with little hope of salvation coming my way. Is...this the end?...Of course not! I can't die now! My series literally just started and this is my first arc! But I have to think of a way out of this unless I'm gonna join "Isekai MCs who died wayy too early in their series"
Clay: Goodbye brightfil.
I closed my eyes tightly hoping it wouldn't hurt as bad also contemplating what would happen if I died in another world do I get a do over or do I get sent to hell?
what was happening again? Oh yeah....then he shot at me.
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Aiden: Huh? The bullet didn't touch me?
Draven: Who are you? And how did you beat him up this bad?
When I opened my eyes Draven had cut the boulder in half with his wrapped sword.
Aiden: Draven? What are you doing here? (Apart from the Crystal hunting exams and the loud gunshots and crashing sounds) But still what are you doing here?!
Draven: I heard loud gunshots so I came to see what's up, then I saw you on the ground and I knew something was wrong. So I came to help.
Aiden: Ohh, you're pretty cool, and perfect timing too....but wait... you saw me on the ground and you waited till he fired to come help?
Draven: ....
Aiden: ....
Clay: ....
Draven: We have to stop him together.
Aiden: This guy...
Clay: So the powerful have friends, huh? You really didn't let your power go to your head.
Aiden: My head's probably empty so even if it did go there, it probably wouldn't do anything in there.
Draven: I still can't believe you got all those injuries from him. Are you alright? Can you move?
Aiden: Can it, hero. You were watching him treat a poor, weak, innocent, defenseless boy like crap and now you're worried? Humph!
Clay: Heroes are supposed to show up at the last moments, right?
Aiden: But c'mon, even you have to admit that was too close a call.
Clay: Depends though.
Draven: He shot you several times but you're replying to him like everything is normal.
Aiden: Blehh!! Sadistic hero. Now I'm on Clay's side!
Draven: How hard did you hit his head?
Clay: I haven't hit him there at all.
Aiden: Playtime's over, Draven you can't use your magic too right?
Draven: Yeah, I realized that when I was fighting a bunch of shady guys in the forest, I couldn't use magic but they could, is he responsible for that?
Aiden: Yeah, can you do me a favor and keep him busy? I have a plan to undo all this but I'm too weakened to fight and do it at the same time.
Draven: Sure, I'll hold him off.
I stood up running and the words " Don't die..." left my mouth.
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Clay: You'd really think I'd let him go?!
[Clay shot multiple shots at Aiden but Draven cut them all before they could reach him]
Draven: I'm your opponent now!
Clay: Then I'll just have to get rid of you in one shot...[Gun magic: Letter B: Bomb magic: Nuke]
This should kill you and Aiden at once.
[He shot the bullet it enlarged into a huge fiery meteor, headed towards Aiden, everything happened so fast, Draven ran to catch up to the meteor, he caught up and tried to slice the giant ball of fire with his sword, and when it connected there was a massive explosion that leveled a large part of the vast forest, it was felt by everyone even people who weren't close to the explosion felt it's wave.]
Draven: Aiden!!!!