Gil in a moment of panic managed to deflect the lancing hurled at him, losing his balance in the process. Sakurai did not waste a minute of opportunity to fling her attack at the two individuals. The hunter calmly raced to gain his weapon back, dodging each attack from her with ease. However, Gil was not that lucky. He was flung across the entire bubble with only one thought, "How do I get out of this horrifying situation?"
Gil knew the identity of the hunter and was truly faced with the horror that the don might be losing his living privileges soon. He had a target crush who was also eager to kill him and his sense of control had lost all hope. He was giving into his insanity factor that overrules his mind to make rational decisions.
"So, that is the sacrifice you made. A mental resolve…" told the hunter figure. He could see the so-called 'don' lose his mind, holding his hands over his head and screaming silently. He slowly assessed the bubble battlefield and started to find an escape route that would enable him to capture the two targets alive and get out of the bubble without causing any more damage to the already disintegrating bubble. "I am quite surprised that you two have managed to hold up so well against a fight with me. I will admit that I am not using my fullest potential to capture the two of you. However, that reason is because my client wants the targets to be alive. I cannot exactly deliver bad product to my clients now, can I?"
"Hah, is that so, the legendary bounty hunter? Always hidden in the shadows, isn't it? Well, too bad information is my speciality. Nothing stays hidden from me… ABSOLUTELY BLOODY NOTHING!" Gil could be seen transforming from a sane person into an absolutely destructive and insane person. With Anubis' hood back covering his head, the servant of the Egyptian God was ready to summon the ship once again. The battlefield now comprises three-eighths of the battlefield covered in the Queen's Dominion and another three-eighths covered in sand from which the Sands of Time trickle and cause the time spent in the bubble to even more accelerated. "This will be your death, Radal. The man who single-handedly brought down the entire INiTial project down. The man responsible for the Second Generational mass murder. The man who even Sensei fears."
Sakurai was unfazed by that entire reaction. Her mental state had always been edging between remaining unhinged and behaving insanely. Therefore, these words proved to be futile in encouraging her to disassemble her dominion over the battlefield and submit to the remaining two fighters. Sakurai just screamed at the top of her lungs like a war cry. Sakurai prepared herself for a fight to the death.
"What is the value of my bounty, BOUNTY HUNTER?" Sakurai glared and questioned the hunter.
"The bounty hunter Radal never answers such questions. If my bounties knew the price for their head, some would make the fight harder for me and it would then be a waste of resources to fight someone who is constantly alert and ready to be pumped with adrenaline. Therefore, I am going to pass on that question." The hunter answered. "I am impressed with you, servant of Anubis. There's almost no one who has remained after learning my name. Therefore, even learning my name is a big job. You live up to your reputation, Don. I am thoroughly impressed. However, your heads are going to give me a nice vacation for six months. Thus, I am not backing down now."
At this point, the Servant of the Celtic God was ready to unleash a bit of his power into the bubble field. The Battle in the Bubble suddenly turned from a "hit you, hit me" free-for-all all fight to a battle between three individuals to stay alive in this current scenario.
The servant of Anubis: Gil
vs
The servant of Kore: Sakurai
vs
The servant of Arawn: Radal
A bounty hunter, a don, and a princess… all wanting to fight until they are the last ones standing in a corroding battlefield. They each take a step back and exchange glances at each other, mutually agreeing that they all present would be fighting to the death.
For Gil, this was something he usually does not deal with. He has faced such situations before, but that was with the support of his best friend. He now must face this ordeal all by himself.
For Sakurai, this was completely new for her. She had not used her powers to this extent yet and here she was ready with tooth and nail to prove her worth to the dangerous individuals.
For Bounty Hunter Radal, this was just a regular day on the field for him. He has encountered this same scenario multiple times in his entire career. Being present for two large-scale genocides that caused the end of two generations of servants and avatars, he was accustomed to losing fights and fighting to the death.
The bounty hunter is truly an interesting character. After all, he is the sole survivor of the first generation of servants and continues to live. He does not know the concept of death and his obsession with continuing to live seems to be what is keeping him from descending into chaos. Many people cannot even fathom such a person to fear him. His associated name is absent from most places, making the hunter difficult to track and keep in touch. However, if you do get in proximity to him, all you can do is pray. Radal is known for killing anyone who finds out about his identity and does not leave a single soul alive.
The three stare at each other and then in the blink of an eye throw a powerful attack on the people next to them. The shockwaves of hurling weapons rippled through the bubble's floor and the screams and grunts of the servants echoed throughout the sphere. One small prick and then it would be over for the three of them, as their universal information would slowly start to disintegrate into the void that now surrounded them. The unfriendly creatures of the void would simply just make sure that their souls get the worst form of torture as they are sucked out of their life force.
I sometimes marvel at the stage that the world has set for us. Everything seems to be chosen by us, with rational thinking and impulsive choices… but is it?
At the end of the day, the effect always comes back. Every action has its consequences. Nothing truly is without a sacrifice. Each petal of a flower comes with its own cost. If it is tampered with, the flower loses its ability to propagate and continue the species. Each petal is important, almost as if a fairy and a devil were fighting over its place and it remains in between of the realms.
"By Anubis' power, I shall grant you fair judgment for your death. GIVE ME YOUR HEART!" screamed the powerful Gil as the ship crashed into Kore's throne. Radal was deflecting every shot that was made by Gil and Sakurai while keeping the bubble from collapsing due to the reverberations of the battlefield fight.
On the other hand, Sakurai was completely unprepared for this fight. She didn't know how to handle a lengthened battle and was slowly losing energy and stamina in this fight. She was purely running off adrenaline and trying her best to stay insane the entire time, basically allowing her insanity to keep her alive in that situation in case the situation got even more dire than it already was.
Blows exchanged and distortions completely changed the spherical shape of the bubble. Gil charges up his next shot against Radal and prepares his scales, ready to steal his heart and perform the funeral ritual. Properly readying his lance, Gil took a deep breath. At that instance, Radal comes from behind him stabs Gil through his bottom abdomen, and proceeds to run in strategic circles around Sakurai to bind both the individuals together with one titanium-goungurtin alloy rope.
"One jump here…
One dodge here…
One miss here…
One skid here…
One block here…
One deflect here…
…"
Radal kept singing as he leapt from one place to another slowly caving into the two individuals who were going to be trapped together.
The two crushes of the story that are willing to kill each other, were trapped by the same rope. Binding them together instigated their murder intent for the other, but they were completely powerless against the big Bounty Hunter who had just captured them.
The Hunter took the end of the rope and proceeded to pull the two individuals bound together like a sack of potatoes across the field to a much calmer spot. He seals the girl's mouth shut from uttering nonsense due to her insanity and then proceeds to make them sit, with their backs against each other.
He then sat down a few meters away from the two individuals and then calmly stated.
"Have we finally calmed down? Now let's talk…"