As Charles clung to his life, witnessing Renji's defeat at the hands of Aneteron, he mustered all the strength he had left to catch the unconscious Renji. Aneteron's sinister laugh echoed through the rooftop as he relished his impending victory. The death knight believed that his dark deeds would be rewarded, now that he had defeated one of the strongest Knight Magus.
Aneteron (laughing)
"Ah, how satisfying it is to witness the downfall of those who dare challenge me! Your friend is nothing but a weakling in the face of my power!"
Charles (grimacing)
"You won't get away with this..."
Charles blood splattered from his mouth caused by the injuries and over consumption of anima mundi
Aneteron (smirking)
"Oh, but I already have. You two are at my mercy now, and there's no escape from your fate."
Aneteron prepared to cast his powerful ball of glowing green energy, a sphere covered in a sinister dark silhouette. The sphere expanded ominously, growing larger and more potent by the second. As he hurled it towards Charles and Renji, a sense of hopelessness washed over Charles. He closed his eyes, bracing for the inevitable end.
Charles (whispers)
"I'm sorry, Renji. I couldn't protect you..."
However, as the darkness of despair threatened to engulf them, Charles suddenly heard a voice in front of him. Opening his eyes, he was stunned to see a young man with white hair and purple eyes standing before them, calmly blocking Aneteron's attack with his left hand.
Charles (surprised)
"Who... who are you?"
White-Haired Man (smirking)
"It's unusual to see my older brother beaten and bruised up!"
Aneteron (furious)
"You dare interfere? Do you not realize who I am?"
White-Haired Man (sarcastic)
"Oh, I do. And I also know what you're capable of. and yes running away is an option mweheheheh"
Aneteron (laughs)
"You're a fool!, To show up just to run away from me"
With a wicked grin, Aneteron attempted to boost his attack using another ball of glowing green energy. But to his surprise, the white-haired man effortlessly pushed it back, canceling the death knight's next attack.
Aneteron (stammers)
"Impossible! Who are you?
As Aneteron asked who the white-haired guy was, he responded,
"I just another magus passing by and going to beat you up. I will not let you hurt my older brother and Renji."
Aneteron retorted,
"So that weakling Charles is your older brother, what a shame."
The white-haired guy coldly replied,
"My older brother is not weak. He has strong willpower, determination, and spirit that even someone like you could not break."
"So you've come here to belittle me and just to show me how pathetic a weakling I am in front of you, Noel,"
Charles said.
Noel said, "No, don't say that, big bro. You're not weak," sincerely.
Aneteron said, "Are we going to stand here all day, or are we going to kill each other?"
Noel told Charles to stand aside as he was about to fight Aneteron.
Aneteron said,
Noel levitated himself a little higher and unleashed a magical circle at the tip of his shoes, forming a yin and yang symbol in blue.
Aneteron didn't analyze Noel's magic and immediately rushed towards him, unleashing a sword attack. However, the moment Aneteron entered Noel's magic circle, Noel quickly unleashed an aerial punch to Aneteron's stomach.
Aneteron was shocked and asked how a human could pack such a heavy and fast punch.
Noel then took his stance and assumed a form of energy so intense that even Aneteron's power couldn't compare.
Noel explained that the nature of this magic is to analyze every single movement and physical attribute of every enemy that enters his magic circle it's a common for knight magus to use.
Aneteron once again entered the magic circle, trying to attack Noel with his sword, but Noel took his stance with his anima mundi blue color aura covering his hands, countering every strike of Aneteron's blade.
Aneteron's thousand blade strikes and Noel's thousand hand defense countered each other easily.
Aneteron was knocked back by Noel with a smooth strike of an elbow to his chest.
"I'm really pissed off right now. I'm going to END ALL OF YOU!!!!"
Aneteron transformed his blade into a skeleton dragon called the
"Frozen Drake."
Excluding the hilt, his blade deformed and turned into an ancient skeleton frost dragon. Aneteron's final trump card, the
"Frozen Drake,"
was formidable and able to freeze anyone that came in contact with the dragon or even its blast breath.
Aneteron ordered the dragon to attack Noel. However, Noel instantly dodged by jumping through the air. Just as Noel noticed it, the dragon was already behind him, preparing to unleash a blast breath.
"It's faster than I thought,"
Noel remarked
The dragon unleashed the attack, and Noel was caught up in it. Just as everyone thought Noel was completely unscathed, he mockingly said,
"Tutella Arcanum is the best defense against any attacks, as long as you have enough AM requirements to do so."
Aneteron snapped and unleashed his bat-like wings as he charged at Noel.
"You are nothing but a kid who can't win against a being like me, who has a thousand years of experience in battle!"
Aneteron declared.
He used the dragon's tail, connected to his sword, to strike Noel. But Noel quickly blocked and grabbed it, easily throwing both the dragon and Aneteron back to the ground.
"Impossible!! How did this happen? How come you did not get frozen?"
Aneteron questioned in surprise.
"Favilla Ventus (Wind's Embrace) is one of my powerful wind spell techniques specifically designed by me, of course, to counter freezing abilities and manipulate the flow of cold energy. By harnessing the boundless energy of wind and the intricate control I possess over the element, I can create an opposing force that resists and dissipates freezing effects, effectively thawing and breaking free from the icy constraints," Noel explained confidently.
Aneteron, in disbelief, said,
"This is impossible! How did you do all those things despite being a human?"
Noel responded,
"Well, I do possess these purple eyes that I have inheri..."
Aneteron interrupted,
"Wait, purple eyes? Now I see, you're one of the successor of The Great Guardian Edin, who also possessed the purple eyes and guarded the gates of Dark Void 30,000 years ago."
"I'm impressed that even as a death knight, you still know history. As you see, my purple eyes give me the ability to use wind abilities and magic freely without anima mundi consumption,"
Noel replied.
Aneteron suddenly laughed,
"Then I have no other choice but to go all out right here, right now."
Aneteron screamed in anger, causing his dragon sword to unleash an aura. He used all his remaining cursed energy to unleash the final form of his dragon sword, from the sword handle to the dragon's tail and body, until the head was covered by a glowing green aura surrounded by dark silhouette energy. Aneteron's wings expanded and were covered by dark smoke energy. His eyes burned with green flames, glowing dimly. His final transformation left Aneteron incanting,
"Death Dragon's Despair: Thousand Soul's Misery."
Unfazed, Noel calmly said,
"Well, Mr. Death Knight, let me teach you something about us Knight Magus. Most of us possess a powerful technique called the 'spell zone.' It allows our AM techniques or abilities to unleash their full potential and turn into powerful techniques that cover a certain area or bring any foes into the user's realm of the spell they created, where the spell reaches its full destructive capabilities."
Aneteron replied in a deep, final boss-like voice,
"I know, and I have killed thousands of Knight Magus that used the spell zone."
Charles was astonished by Aneteron's power, but he was even more surprised by how calm his younger brother remained.
Aneteron finally unleashed his final attack and shouted,
"Merciless Death!"
Noel remained calm and said,
"Then let me give you one straight-up fact that you will take to your own grave. You may have killed thousands of Knight Magus, but you will never make their lives meaningless. They fought until their very end, passing down their legacy to their successors, who will continue to fight and protect the world against evil forces like you."
Noel chanted,
"Spell Zone: Tornado Cataclysm!"
Turning the entire city into his realm of winds. Charles had witnessed this before Noel and Aneteron disappeared like bubbles from his and everyone's perspective and the spell zone will only affects the two individuals who are involved in a duel. However, for those within the Spell Zone's realm, a massive magic circle expanded, covering the entire city. Five giant, brightly gust swords circled around pointed at Aneteron Noel raise his palm towards Aneteron and chanted,
"Five zephyrs pierce this evil creature until there is nothing left!"
The giant gust swords rushed towards Aneteron, piercing him and destroying every cell of his body. Aneteron screamed as slowly vanish a sudden flash of light came into Aneteron's eyes he is in the field of flowers he saw himself,he asked
"where am I? What is this place?"
his former self when he was a human he saw a beautiful woman with a cute little angel face girl enjoying the view of the sun
"who are they?"
Aneteron asked.
The girl suddenly ran to Aneteron the girl said,
"daddy I've missed you, please stay with us"
the girl pleasantly asked Aneteron he finally realized and remembers everything those two were his family, his wife and daughter. Tears suddenly came down from his eyes then the beautiful woman walks towards the little girl and said
"I'm sorry ayesha, I'm afraid daddy cannot stay here with us"
Aneteron get down on his right knee and said to ayesha
"just remember this ayesha"
with a gentle look on his face.
"daddy will always be with you, no matter where I'll go"
Aneteron looked up to his beautiful wife and said
"I've spent 5000 years to collect souls, all that to bring you back you life but I've never thought I would go this far"
Aneteron cried on his wife's arms
"I'm sorry Serena I couldn't protect you, I'm sorry I've failed to bring you back!!"
Serena replied
"all you did was unforgivable, taking lives of innocent people, but I and ayesha will always love you for eternity"
Aneteron cried even more heavier and give his daughter and wife a one last tight hug before he completely crumbles
"I'll forever love both of you"
Aneteron finally vanished and his ashes we're sent to the shadow world were souls who committed heavy crimes will be punished for eternity.
Noel's spell zone realm crumbled as the battle came to an end. He let out a sigh, as if he had fought effortlessly, and immediately rushed to Charles and the unconscious Renji to check on them as he reached the two a bunch of knights magus apeared.
End of Chapter 5