The shadowy figure approached Ricci that he was unable to assasinate Reynold.
Ricci paused for a momebt then ordered his men to prepare to arrack.
Sharone and the others were returning from the site where the arrow came from when they were suddenly alerted by a series of explosions. Lin looked outdide and saw smoke rise up from the flames that ensued after. Everyone was shocked and quickly reacted. They got off the carriage and d
dashed for the capital.
" Mistresses wait" the carriage driver said trying to prevent them from going into danger but they were already gine before he could finish his sentence creating a shockwave as they moved toward the city. They stopped at the city gate. The wails of the citizens and maniac laughter could be heard through continous explosions .
"It's Decorum," Sasha said.
"But how did they get into the city?" Lin wondered. Just then a bolt of lightning shit from the spiral above the tower striking a building.
"We'll think about that later . Let's deal with them first . " Sharone said.
"Let's split up to cover a larger area . I'll go North." She directed.
" Koniko will go East"
" Lin will go West."
"South " Sasha said excitedly licking her lips as her sword appeared in her hand. She flew off before Sharone could stop her. Seconds later screeches and roras of pain as well as explosions could be seen in the distance.
Sharone sighed.
"Sharone" Adriana called via telepathic link
" Adriana are the king and queen safe." Sharone asked.
" The royal family is currently being housed in a safe location. So far only a few Interlopers have infiltrated the castle and they all had a single target."
" Reynolds" Sharone said.
" Don't worry." Adriana said looking at the bodied that were either frozen blocks or impaled and a suspicious human sized puddle of blood in the partially destroyed room. She only had a graze on her cheek and and her clothes were a bit riped. Reynold's bed was surrounded by a barrier.
" Don't worry they're no longer a threat" Adriana said.
Sharone nodded thinking that she'd rather not fight her in future.
" Ok keep the castle safe while we take care of the city."
" Understood." Adriana said cutting the link and creating a legion of ice knights.
" Eliminate them all" she said. Her golems rushed out of the door with two of them remaining to stand guard. She sat on a chair taking her brothers hand in hers.
"OK, let's go." Sharone said after her link with Adriana.
They then separated and went to do their respective tasks as a pair of eyes observed Sharone from the darkness before following from a distance.
Within the tower,
Kojo charged at Eiden, his claws gleaming with a razor-sharp glow. Eiden raised a hand, and a swarm of energy balls materialized infront of the eyes firing powerful beams with deadly precision. Kojo dodged jumping around and doing backflips in order to evade. Despite that one of the beams still hit him knocking him into the ground. The dust cleared and Eiden was surprised that Kojo hd survived the hit although he was wounded ,bood flowing from his wounds.
" So that's what his attacks feel like" Kojo said as his wound closed up.
( Do you want to get killed. )
" I was testing how strong his attacks were."
( Yeah and if I didn't put up a barrier at the last second,there wouldn't be a spec of you left.)
" Ow come on,don't be like that. I got you in my corner so I have room to let loose a little."
( Still you need to be careful.)
" Yes ma'am" Kojo said turning his attention to Eiden.
His barrier was holding up for now. He'd put it up the moment Eiden has activated his ability in order to limit his and and even though he'd succeed he could still feel Eidens World pushing against his Aegis sphere . A testement to Thier difference in strength. He glanced at Saleem's body.
" What are the stats? The information began to run through his brain"
( Eiden is pressing against the barrier while simultaneously syphoning your arcana.)
" So it means the the linger I fight the higher my chances of losing."He sighed.
" Ok " he said.
" Body enhancement spell: Heat" he yelled Releasing his aura.
( Your strength is declining due to the maintenance of the barrier and anti magic circle.)
" Split psyche" Kojo split him conscious into two,part handling his motor functions while the other handling spell casting. The third he allocated to Sysia who calculated his opponents moves giving his some kind of precognition.
Kojo charged and unleashed a barrage of energy threads from his fingers, but Eiden manipulated his World creating a maze of reflective surfaces that reflected the attack. The sticky strands wrapped around his body, constricting like a vice.
Quicksilver
Kojo ducked avoiding the attack and punching the earth causing spikes of earth to shoot toward Eiden.
Eiden retaliated with a wave of crystal shards, each one imbued with a unique magical property. The shards tore through the earth and into Kojo's flesh, releasing a torrent of blood . Kojo fell back but healed and charged at him. A pillar fell to crushed him but he climbed it and copying Saleem's technique unleashed a breath of fire from above. Eiden raised his hand and the attack got cancelled out. But Kojo shit himself forward with a blast of air and with claws extended and imbued with electricity he struck Eiden ,the shockwave destroying the structures behind him. Eiden however remained unscathed, his World protecting him from the attack.
" Tch".Kojo refused to yield, his magic surging in a desperate bid to overwhelm Eiden. He summoned a whirlwind of air magic, but Eiden raised a hand, and the winds died. Kojo's body was lifted off the ground, by paidr of eyes that watched him while others fire energy blast with him at the centre.Eiden raised his hand and clenched his fist causing blocks of crystal to crush him. Kojo broke free and stepped back a few bits of the pillars flying into his face.
" Wait salt?" Kojo said in surprise.
At that instant Eiden manipulated the shards, to fly and knock Kojo away with other shards knocking into him from different directions.
Accelerant
Extrasensory Perception
Kojo activated his other abilities that boosted his perception as well as increased his instinct and reactions respectively. He used his claws to deflect the shards and Eiden himself drew a sword and came at him. Kojo blocked a strike leaning back to avoid a second swing the rolling under him to avoid a downward slash.
He turned and raised his hand at him.
Spatial Compression.
The space around Eiden converged creating a singularty that sucked everything around it inside but an Eye appeared behind eyed and with a glare difused Kojo's attack.
Kojo didn't have time to ponder before jumping back to avoid a pillar that slammed into where he was standing like a meteor. Eiden rushed forward and slashed Kojo whose body dissapeared like mist.
" A body double?" Eiden wondered as he turned to look at Kojo. Kojo raised his hand.
Cursed Chains.
A magic circle appeared under Eiden and chained him in place as he tried to break free but the chains wrapped around him and connecting to a spiked collar around his neck.
" Elemental magic: Glacial Formation + Electrification" Kojo said as he formed some magic circles on his right hie red eyes beginning to glow. Thousands of Sharp icicles formed above them each charged with electricity.
" Gravity" more magic circles appeared Infront of Kojo and gravity pulled Eiden to his knees as a faint magic circle appeared above him.
Elemental magic: Fire + Earth: Rumbling"
The ground under him began to melt and bubble as magic circles appeared at Kojo's left.
" Elemental Fusion: Maelstrom" Kojo said unleash the compound spell he'd woven on Eiden. Eidens Kaleidoscopic eyes rearranged forming a Triquetra.
" Chaos Theory: ANNUL" Eiden yelled unleashing his power and nullifying Kojo's attack. Kojo, drained of energy couldnt react in time as a jab from Eiden created a deep wound in his side. He dropped to one knee and held his wound watched as Eiden walked toward him dragging sword behind him.
( Your almost out of energy Kojo. We need to escape, now)
Kojo charged at Eiden who swung his sword and knocked him back .
Spatial Domination
Kojo created partial singularties but and incorporated them into his attack pattern. Just as he was gaining the upper hand, Eiden used his ability, Chaos Theory to nullify and reverse his attacks through the eyes that were watching and attacking Kojo from all around.
" Guess he's pretty pissed now." Kojo said charging and causing an earth spike to rise in an attempt to impale Eiden who dodged when suddenly Kojo broke through it and slashed his face. Eiden swung his sword slicing Kojo's arm off and kicking him away. Kojo did a hand sign and runes appeared in his severed hand causing it to explode. Kojo ignored the pain and his wounds and charged at Eiden and the two exchanged blows. Kojo's anti magic barrier began to waver.
Kojo then ran out of energy and the barrier broke ,Edens World fully manifesting. All the eyes fire beams of energy at Kojo illuminating the room before exploding.
" Time to end this" Eden said punching Kojo skyward as the cross his arms In front of him.
" Chaos Theory: Void" . An eye with stars within it appeared and energy began to spiral within it.Just then,a white blurry burst through the gates Eiden was gaurding grabbing Saleem and Kojo before Eiden could deliver the finishing blow.
As they disappeared into the portal, Eiden's eyes narrowed as the portal closed.