"Are you certain of what you told me now?" A voice questioned from the poorly illuminated room.
A well built rather huge man knelt before a fairly visible throne.
"I am certain of it" The huge man's deep voice echoed throughout the room. The footsteps of the man alighting from his bejewelled oversized chair startled the huge man and made him tremble where he knelt. A cold presence filled the room an intimidating aura flowed out without control.
"Find the girl and bring her to me. Kill everyone that travels with her, spare no one, Lucas inclusively" The instructor's voice was calm yet wickedly terrifying.
"Yes my Lord" the man on the floor bellowed. His presence had disappeared immediately as if he had vanished. The kneeling man stood from where he knelt and made for the exit. The look on his face clearly depicted his hate of being in the former's presence. One of the people under him had betrayed them and as one in charge of him, he must be the one to clean his students messes. He hated doing such but it was their life or his.
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The morning was still young when they started their journey, they were going to Lucas's village for all they knew and it wasn't supposed to be farther than a day journey. They would probably arrive by nightfall if they traveled with horses, but since there weren't any at hand, they had to travel by foot making the journey at little bit farther than expected.
They has built up a tent in the forest to rest for the night. Aaron had been rather cold towards Warren and Lucas throughout the journey, he didn't trust this Lucas and Warren seemed rather free with him. He just wasn't comfortable with the man that almost killed him traveling with them
Sian stared into the burning flames as she cleaned her staff. Warren sat beside her also cleaning his Tonfas and sharpening them all together.
"Those Tonfas was it a gift from someone?" Sian asked not taking her gaze off the flames. Warren looked up at her before replying,
"They were my father. What of yours?" He asked.
"Aaron gave it to me, it was the only one I was good at using" She replied now turning to face Warren "How does it feel to have powers?" She asked.
'so this was what troubled her,' Warren thought. He looked at her for a bit before returning his attention to his Tonfas. "You needn't stress yourself over that, your powers will show when they are ready" He replied before looking at her once again. She had a disappointed look on her face, he wanted to pity her but it was best he didn't. Telling her the truth was probably the best answer at the moment.
Warren immediately dove towards the endangered girl and shielded her from an incoming shuriken. He reacted on time to block her from getting stabbed but couldn't save himself on time, the shuriken had found its way into his left shoulder but he didn't seem to be in any sort of pain.
It all happened so fast she couldn't figure what was going on until she saw blood dripping from Warren's shoulder. He had moved his head sideways in a flash and another shuriken flew past.
Warren rose immediately and helped her up before taking a hold of his Tonfas.
"Who's there?" He shouted into the darkness. His voice had gotten the attention of Lucas and Aaron and they soon rushed out with their blades at large.
A huge man approached from the cover of the forest and with him a large hammer, It's length almost equivalent to the wielder's height.
"Long time no see Lucas" the man said as soon as his eyes fell on the only familiar face he knew.
"Tyrant, what brings you here?" Lucas inquired knowing fully well what the answer would be.
"Well I've come to finish what you couldn't do and take your head with me" Tyrant answered as he gripped the handle of his resting hammer. It seemed heavy to use but this man weilded it with such ease one might think the hammer was made of hollow woods. A sudden swipe upwards send a wave of debris flying towards his enemies
Warren had stepped in and had stopped the attack with a wave of air which stopped the debris from continuing their movement. If only things could get worse, their opponent was an Elemental.
Sian had taken a firm grip on her staff, she was determined to fight alongside these men, after all this Tyrant was after her and she wouldn't stand and watch other people risk their lives for her. She bolted forward at their opponent to the surprise of the others. leaping into the air, she made a spin mid air adding momentum to her incoming staff. She could read a bit of hesitation on her opponent's face as her attack approached him. He didn't counter attack but instead blocked with so little ease that made her feel incompetent
She released an array of attacks on him but he dodged them all with little effort untill Aaron joined and Warren joined in. They combined their attacks just like they did at the prison, the results producing a more lethal attack .
Tyrant tightened his defense more against the offensive duo creating barriers of earth to shield him from their attacks. He smashed him hammer into the ground and sent a mini earthquake towards the two to disorient their attacks before raising the long handle of his hammer horizontally to stop a slash from Lucas.
"Such friends you have Lucas, but I'm afraid they won't stand a chance against what's coming for them" He spun the hammer and smashed it into the ground creating a wall to protect him from an incoming wave of fire, using the hammer as support, he lifted himself up into the air and delivered a kick to Lucas's torso all in brief seconds.
Sian rushed at him again but he easily overwhelmed her before immobilizing her in the ground leaving only her head out.
"That should keep you in place for now" The fight had continued for over half an hour and Tyrant seemed to still overpower the three. He was just on another level when it came to strength and destructive power. The trio didn't stand a chance of winning. They were rapidly running out of strength as they attacked relentlessly without results. She had managed to get herself off the ground and had joined in the fight once more but the tunes didn't change much.
Warren smiled to himself, his battle tactics hadn't failed him, he had been observant for a while now and had seen how Tyrant slowed down and lessened his destructive powers whenever Sian attacked him, he needed her alive and healthy and he was going to exploit that weakness. He had immobilized her earlier so as to go all out against them. But now she was back, he has been slacking off on his attacks. .
Sian rushed at him again and he used her attack as a smokescreen to release an even more offensive attack.
and he blocked her attack without effort and threw her out of his view, she was hindering him but he couldn't hurt her.
Tyrant was taken by surprise, a fast approaching wave of air approached him with much destructive power than before, there was not enough time to counter attack, his only option was to dodge. He made a quick dash to the side and the wave swept by leveling every tree in sight as it passed. Another attack came from above. Lucas had also taken him by surprise.
He dodged it but he wasn't fast enough to avoid another attack from Aaron. His torso was now bleeding as he tried to ward off the unending array of attacks that were launched at him. He parried an attack from Lucas and created an earth barrier to rebuff a combined attack from Warren and Aaron. Sian was not letting him have it easy also, even though her attacks were the weakest amongst the four, she left him open to more dangerous ones from the others.
He had had enough, and it was about time he ended this fight. He reached Aaron in a swift movement and elbowed him in the jaw before knocking himout with a single hit from his hammer. A hit with his weapon was more than powerful enough to kill anyone it touched, but the wound on his torso and the constant spamming of defensive earth walls had taken their toll.
He averted an attack from Warren by raising his hammer horizontally before bending low to avoid a high slash from Lucas. Attacking from the air seemed to be his role in this fight, Tyrant noticed. Lucas attacked from the air whenever he seemed to busy with the attacks from below. A clever strategy, his students never disappointed him.
Taking advantage of Lucas's airtime, he co ordinated his moves to counter Warren's attack and sweep Lucas off his feet before accompanying the kick with a punch from a fist wrapped around by rocks . He Flung around the hammer skillfully to keep Warren at a distance.
It was already a terrible match up for Warren, he was going to lose on a one on one fight with this man but he wasn't going to give up yet without trying. He was near his limits with his powers and the only option he was left with now was hand to hand combat. Tyrant toyed with him as he made effortless attempts to block his attacks. The impact from from each stroke made it almost impossible to block nor counter attack.
His only option was to dodge and it left him open to more attacks since this Tyrant was obviously faster than he was. He bled from everywhere possible as he stood his ground against the brutal monster that played with him. Sian also made attempts but they were no match against him. He had immobilized her once more and had successfully knocked Warren down to his knees before raising the hammer to finally finish him off.
Sian could see the smile on his face as he finally accepted defeat and was on his knees. He was smiling at her, a last smile she supposed, her body trembled at the sight of the incoming hammer and the images of her childhood suddenly flashed between her eyes. Her sisters death and all, the sensation of vengeance and hatred crowded her visions as she let out a loud cry stopping Tyrant executing his plans.
Something had changed, 'this aura it was just like his master's own'
Thehumidity of the atmosphere had changed, she was condensing atmospheric vapor to liquid, it was without a doubt she was a water Elemental, the last of her kind.
The water Elementals were the rarest of the rare, only few were ever known and their names spread terror throughout the lands, their power was incredible as the could dry any human of the liquid in their body killing them instantly with great mastery over the power.
Her aura was similar to his master's but he could feel the uniqueness, she had inherited the powerful ancestral blood of the water Elementals. It explained it all, why his master was after her at all cost.
He dodged a water spear that came out of the blue barely escaping it's range. Things were looking bad for him, the air had suddenly become icy and the liquids she had formed from vapor had solidified into ice each taking the shape of a spear. They launched at him with speed above his, he managed to dodge some and block a few but they were just too many.
He couldn't avoid them all, and it was clear this was his end. The spears found their way into the defenseless Tyrant's body and turned him into a human kebab. The huge man's body fell to it's knees before finally dropping lifeless to the floor.