"Do you seriously intend on fighting against me ?" She asked with an amused tone in her voice.
"....I assume you must have put a barrier around this place…..it doesn't seem like people come here that often".
He replied with a straight face.
Her lips curled into a dubious smile as a black portal appeared beside in the air.
"You don't seem to realize….that I am the one responsible for the appearance of that creature"
She referred to the monster that appeared during the meeting with the King.
"I am truly grateful for that….but if the King couldn't get my son…what makes you think a dead person could ?"
Her expression turned dark at his statement but she remained fixed to her position.
Two arms popped out of the portal, dragging the rest of its body out with its head first.
"....you called mother…" it said as it landed on the ground with a loud thud.
"It seems I won't be able to get this one…please take care of it" she said pointing at Michaelo.
The creature snarled as it charged at Michaelo with great might.
".....do you…." He muttered out as he swung his blade down, slicing the beast into two in an instant "....underestimate the power of a Jun ?"
He asked, staring at her blankly.
"....". More portals appeared surrounding her, as more of the creatures forced their way out, landing on the ground with great might.
"let's see how long you last"
"...if this is all that you have prepared…then I may have to be worried for the people that captured my son instead of my son".
Her brows furrowed into an annoyed gaze as her body slowly dissipated back into the Lake.
"I'll be sure to make sure that doesn't happen".
".....a ghost….." Michaelo muttered as he looked around his environment. "The king…would like to know of this…".
Another monster charged at him but he cut it off in an instant.
Turning towards their direction, he swung his sword up. "I will have to notify him once I'm done with you lots".
Swinging it down, a power thrust caused a wave slicing off those in his presence.
"He is just one person ! Let us take him down together !".
One of the creatures screamed out as it opened its mouth, causing a beam of white light to gather at the front.
Three others followed its lead while the rest. Almost fifteen charged at him together.
Michaelo slowly turned his gaze up in the air. There were a total of 17 portals and each summoned one of these creatures in a span of 2 minutes.
'The only way to close the portal would be to attack the creator first but since she's not here…..I will just have to kill every one of them'.
He jumped to his left dodging a beam of light that struck the ground some few darts away causing a loud explosion.
He dodged another, running to his left while flipping and turning to dodge the rest that came his way.
"Chapter 1 of the Jun swordsmanship ! Endless surge !".
By his command, a stream of waves of energy surges out of the air each time he swung his blade down.
The energy sliced the creatures as easily as you would with a piece of paper.
He vanished from his position, appearing in front of the beast that led the rest.
"I get that not all of you can talk ?"
The beast snarled and made an attempt to scratch him with his claws.
"Sadly for you…"
Michaelo swept his blade diagonally, slicing them off as he appeared behind their dead bodies. "...you are no match for me".
He swung his blade down, driving off the blood that stuck to it.
His gaze fixed on the portals as more creatures, bigger than the last, began to pop out in pairs.
"....." he contemplated for a while but his intentions were fixed.
"Let us see…who will get tired first…"
He charged at the creatures as soon as they landed, slicing those that failed to block and killing those that failed to resist.
"I shall kill you all".
******
Raph aimed his sword at the beastly creature as he forced a snow storm to form around the laboratory.
The female that captured him had been hiding behind the counter and watched the events unfold herself.
"....what…what is this kid…" she muttered as a shivering sensation climbed up her spine.
She felt her body freeze up to the sensation and it stuck to the ground.
'He's ….freezing everything….' She thought.
"What…is this ?" The beast muttered as it rushed towards him.
Raph took a step back dodging the sudden charge and spun to its back, swinging his blade down, slicing across its back.
The beast screamed in pain when Raph suddenly appeared beside it, slicing its neck in the process.
"..." he stared at the dead creature and shifted his gaze to the female hiding behind the counter.
"...is this the only thing you called for ?" He asked, feeling a bit disappointed at the quick outcome.
"To think you would cause this much issues"
A eerie female voice proprojected in his ears as he quickly turned around towards the door to find the ghost floating towards him
"....Mother !" The female screamed as she suddenly rushed to her side.
"It seems I underestimated the abilities of the Jun family"
"You did always have a habit of suggesting you were the strongest….Layla Swanstorm"
Her eyes opened in dismay while the female looked at them confusingly.
".....Swanstorm" she muttered under her breath.
The official family name of the royal family, Swanstorm.
"How does a mere chickling…..?"
She muttered as she raised her hands in the air. "You….I've changed my mind. Killing the both of you would be best for me"
The ground began to rumble as loud cries began to echo from the deeper parts of the room.
"They were more…." Raph asked as he swayed his sword around. "...nevertheless….I will take care of them all".
He suddenly charged at them, appearing in an instant as he aimed his sword at Layla.
"Material things don't work on me…"
She said as he swung his blade down slicing through her but just as she said it went through her easily.
'I'm well aware' Raph's memories from the past were a unique experience for him since he remembered quite vividly how she was defeated.
"You appeared too early". He said as he controlled the mana in his veins, spreading it around while manifesting a white flowing flame on the palm of his hands.
Her eyes bulged open in confusion when he suddenly grabbed her physically. The white flame spread around the blade of his sword as he attempted to slash her again.
'Impossible !" She cried out when the female standing next to them attempted to push Raph away.
The mana spread vividly around his body and bursted out in a large pulse pushing her away. He continued with his attempt to slice her when the loud screams he heard became too close for him to continue the attack.
He quickly shielded his body with the sword as a heavy blow pushed him away, causing him to crash on the white walls of the underground room.
Raph coughed out blood as he landed on the ground, standing.
"...I see…" he muttered as he stared at the beast that had barged through the walls of the room, using its head to push him away. "You had more than just the Lion-looking chimeras"
".." layla stared at him with great contempt as the 1000 square feet large lizard creature crawled around her.
It was green in color with four pairs of eyes and a long tongue with sharp bits stuck out of its mouth.
"...." Raph gripped the hilt of his blade. "I wonder ... .how you intend on hiding all of this from the royal family" he said.
"...." she remained silent as she stroked the beast. "....Kill him but don't devour his body".
The creature cried out as it charged towards him in a frenzy, blowing off the ceramic counters that stood in its way.
Raph jumped out of the way causing the creature to crash its head into the walls causing another tremor.
"Mother, if this continues, all our researchers will be gone !" The female screamed out as she crawled her way towards the floating figure.
"None of that would happen…" she muttered. "I already prepared another way ... .detonate everything if they win.."
"...." she nodded her head as she quickly ran out of the room.
"Now then…show me your abilities….Raffaelo Jun"
Raph jumped out of the way as the creature's tail slammed its former position causing a crater due to its force.
It cried out as it suddenly turned around in an instant, whipping its tail as he landed on his new position.
Raph cried out as he blocked it with his sword. The force pushed him against the wall again causing a larger crater.
"...."
He slowly stood up from the debris as he wiped off the blood that dribbled down his lips.
'If I had learnt at least the first chapter ... .but…from my past memories….'
Raph had reached a situation where he would have to depend on himself instead of his sisters. At least, in this life.
He didn't seem scared at the thought of losing but he did feel something else. Excitement.
It had taken over his body as he hardened the grip on his sword. 'This….would be good practice for me…'
It was his real first battle against something or someone whose power level wasn't that higher than his.
It was a perfect time to hone his skills.
"I do have some skills I've been thinking up in my head though". He muttered, the temperature around him suddenly began to decrease rapidly.
'This snow isn't enough…..I'll have to do that….'
A skill he came up with after many trials and errors in his head on how best to use his traits.
"Cold zero".
He muttered as a chill breath surged out of his mouth. His body began to turn pale white as the snow that covered the room began to turn to ice. His sword was turned into a fine sculptured ice sword and the tip of his white air began to freeze up.
He pointed his blade at her as he said. "Can you handle the cold ?"