***Rev
Koba isn't joking around. He truly plans on killing me. He is already unsheathing his sword.
" I'm not going to fight you Koba. I do have to subdue you though for poaching." I say to him.
"Don't worry I won't kill you yet. I'll kill Kendra right in front of you. Then I'll find your brother grave and desecrate it. Once you've experienced true suffering then I'll kill you nice and slow." Koba tells me.
" You know Koba I understand that I've brought you great pain and anguish. I apologized for it offered you money and the chance to kill me. I'll no longer allow your continued disrespect." I say to him.
" Well prove your words with your skills!" Koba says while rushing me. He tries a simple sword strike on me. I dodge it but I can tell he's been learning. Practicing with the other 3 must've made him better. He isn't as good as me though. I hit him with an elbow strike on his skull. Then a knee strike to the chin. With a back kick to follow up.
" How does that concrete taste?" I ask.
***Koba
Well that was unexpected. He kicked me way harder than he should've. I've done my research. He should be scared of using mana. He shouldn't be capable of fighting this well.
" What are you doing get up." I didn't even realize Rev was right next to me. I dash backwards trying to get out of his range. He appears right next to me again. Is he using mana? No way. He can't right?
" I'll no longer be treating you as a victim. You are just a poacher and my job is to stop you. You crossed the line though. " Rev says.
" You crossed the line by killing my family. So i'll take yours!" I yell. How dare he get angry at me after taking my family. Why am I sweating. It's not that hot and I haven't been moving much. My throat feels dry.
" Is it getting hard to breathe? That's what happens when the oxygen in the area starts getting burnt up. " Rev says. How is the oxygen burning up though. He can't use his fire. I'll never see those devilish flames again. At least that's what I thought.
He isn't showing no fear though. His mana is burning up all liquids in this vicinity. He hasn't even
released it. He's just heating up the whole atmosphere around us. Why is that mana attracting toward him as well.
" It isn't fair is it? How a horrible person like me is loved by mana. That's the thing though, the gods of mana don't choose who to bless." He says.
" Yeah you're the last person to deserve that. which is why I'll take it from you. Everything you've built and made i'll take it." I say
" Relationships, friendships, memories all of it. By the time I'm done with you nothing will be left." I'm sounding like a crazy person myself. I don't care though. As long as he experiences the same pain I have. Nothing else matters.
" Your mana technique is stat equalization. Let me show you mine. It's called sun flare." After Rev said that a burst of flames came from everywhere. I've never seen anything like this.
***Juco
" I've never seen such beautiful flames. Have you two?" I ask
" No we haven't either. Rev really has been blessed by us." Kaia and Laia says.
***Reznakov
" Alright things are getting dangerous you kids get back. Take your friend and run." I say.
"Wait you're letting us go why?" Kalif asks.
" You guys aren't my problem to handle you're Rev's and I would advise getting stronger. None of you could handle him even if he kept his mana restricted." I tell them.
***Rev
I wasn't planning on using my flames again. However I need to show Koba that I can change, that I can be better. He doesn't even want to give me the chance though. Which I don't even deserve a chance. I've been given one though, so I have to take it.
" You should leave now Koba. I know you feel the difference between our respective strengths. Don't make me burn you more than I already have." I say to him.
"What makes you think I'll just walk away. After you just showed them flames I hate so much. I'm not letting what you did to me slide." Koba says.
He picks up his blade and starts rushing towards me. He won't be able to get close. His sword will melt before he can even swing it. He doesn't even get a chance to get close though. A spear pierces the sword and shatters it.
" Wrap him up." Reznakov says. The spear starts wrapping around Koba. I don't know how Reznakov controlled it with his voice. Is it a mana technique?
" How did you do that?" I ask.
" It's a weapon art only masters can use."Reznakov says.
" Now Koba. I understand you've only been a poacher to force Rev to come to you. You must've been tracking him very well. However I have to make you leave. Now don't come back" Reznakov says to Koba.
" But wa-" Reznakov hits Koba with a gut punch. He sends him so far that I can't even see him anymore.
" You know they're going to return." I say to Reznakov.
" Yeah but they are your enemies. You have two choices either kill them. Or stop them from hating you." He says.
" Good job you two it's time to head back to the ship. Don't wander the black market is no place for monks." Juco says.
" Rev you have some beautiful flames. They are more like a sun than fire. So don't be afraid of them. That fear will cause them to go out of control. " Reznakov says.
" I understand I'll heed your advice." I say to him. As me and Reznakov are walking back to the ship. We both feel shakes in the ground.
" What the hell is that?" I say.
" It feels like an earthquake." Reznakov says.
" It feels different from that now. It's like I can feel it all around me. Like an overbearing force pushing against everything." I say to him.
" It might be a mana fluctuation." Reznakov says.
" What's that?" I ask.
" It's when someone is directly messing with the mana waves of the world. For one of this size. Someone very dangerous is trying to break in our world." He says.