The release of Ultima was no easy matter. A person can use their skill at 150% of their actual limit, not only those who can master Ultima can store their energy in a pocket dimension, when they release it, the power from the pocket dimension overflow in their body which can give a North person access to greater control.
The same thing happened to John who was currently the most powerful in this area right now.
This is becoming a hard task for Nion and Zampa to keep up with his spike bullet of John. Zampa had good agility as a ranger. However, in terms of dexterity, Nion wasn't that good, and he directly took an ice spike on his eyes, which made him splurt out blood.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"
He screamed loudly out of pain. No, it wasn't for not only pain but also fear of losing his eye. He may never see with his one eye.
"You motherf***!"
He cursed.
However, John couldn't care about his curse now, he knows that Nion cannot move now, so he dashes with his sword with great speed while shooting ice spikes at Zampa.
Zampa couldn't outrun his dash and catch under his blade, He tried to defend his sword with his bow however the bow wasn't steady enough to take the blade's sharpness, and it got sliced. This wasn't the end of that swing, Zampa's shoulder got cut with that which made a huge wound instantly splashing blood around his own body.
Though Ultima is awesome power and all, this wasn't a power that John cannot maintain for an infinity of time, so he retracts to where he was to maintain the distance between them while his ice armor and shield dropped on the ground.
This was the end of his ultima energy, he cannot use it for the next 3 days until he can store enough energy in his pocket dimension.
Though it was not more than 1 minute that he used this ability he did enough damage to them to ensure their victory, Now all he has to do is to deliver the final blow on them. He looked at Lloyd.
He's not doing so well. If he can't support him quickly then he will lose. If he blocks these two and joins Lloyd, the winner will be very easy.
But he is wrong from the beginning. He couldn't figure out the real problem. And he had to pay for it.
He looked at his chest. He saw the point of a sword. He looked behind him in disbelief. He saw Mina's cold eyes.
"Why?"
He asked her. But he doesn't need an answer at all. Because he already understood where the problem is. Everything went as planned from the beginning. They have stepped into the trap from the beginning.
"Good timing."
Zampa said holding his bloody shoulder. Nion came in front of John grabbing one eye in his hand.
"This devil almost killed me."
He then saw arrows behind the Zampa. He quickly took an arrow and shot it straight into John's eye.
John is a very ordinary person. So he also screamed like Nion a while ago.
His eye was hurting more than his chest. His knees sank to the ground. He tried to get up quickly but couldn't. He has it in his head that if he can't get up now it's all over. But he couldn't because all the energy had left his body.
He looked at Lloyd with one eye in pain. But Mi lin was too strong for him. Lloyd is losing.
At one point, Lloyd fell unconscious.
"It is not right to kill them."
Mi Lin came forward and said.
"Tie them up for now."
Even though John and Lloyd lost but they dealt the death blow to the three, it was safe to say that they somehow survived.
Mina was the only person here who was not hurt. She was the one who tied them two together.
John looked at Mina once after losing consciousness. His face and eyes were very cold. Why didn't he notice it before?
***
John was walking in the middle of thousands of cold eyes. However, he didn't bother to look anywhere but straight toward a single woman.
She wasn't the most beautiful person he saw in this world, However, he admits that his heart was stolen by her a long time ago. He cannot erase those feelings from his heart for a moment.
He went in front of her and told her,
"My everything belongs to you. I can do anything for you, I can even die for you. Can you love for once? Even one time will suffice for me."
Hearing him she smiled mockingly.
"A weak fool like you, how can be a match for me? You are a shame not only for North but the entire four dukedoms. I will rather marry a banana tree than marry you."
Hearing her he said, "I see."
He smiled like a helpless man. Nothing can change this woman's mind. He suddenly felt piercing pain in his heart.
"Is this a side effect of being rejected?"
However, when he looked at his chest area, he saw the piercing head of a sharp sword. He looked at him behind. He saw the horrified hollow face of the girl name Mina.
He tried to do something however, his dream got broken. He looked at his surrounding. It was the cold floor of the maze.
"It was a dream, huh! Ahh!"
When he was trying to speak he felt agonizing pain in his chest.
"I wish this was also a dream."
He saw they were tied by rope. A surprising fact is they drop a dagger on the floor. It was as if they are giving them mercy to escape this hell.
"More of a suspicious move to me."
He muttered and took the dagger with the hands which were tied behind his back.. Every North man given trained on how to escape with a dagger if their hand was tied behind the back. John wasn't an exception. He was well trained and could get out easily from those tieing ropes.