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Chapter 22 - Chapter 22: It rests upon your shoulders.

"LET THERE BE WAR!!"

Godfrey balances himself and hastily asks.

"What was that explosion?! What did your king do?!"

The representative just smiles and answers.

"He launched an attack on your Mars base. You all thought of the future. That dome is there to protect you from any hostile attacks, but it won't protect you for long. Hahahaha!"

Godfrey rushes the M'hakian and delivers a mighty blow that shatters the ground, and sends the other natives flying away from the shockwave. He grabs the representative and holds him up.

"Madman!! Does your king not see the folly of battling alone against 5 other races?? He would doom this world and his people to a planetary war?!"

'HYPOCRITE!'

The representative laughs and replies.

"Who said we were battling alone?"

Suddenly, a scream pierces through the air.

"NOOOOO-ugh"

Godfrey, Long Batian, and Mr. Sol turn around to see Kul'Ga with Rysin. He currently holds her unconscious form in his hands and grins while doing so. Godfrey sees the fear still etched onto Rysin's face and pushes himself to the limit, and make sure she's saved.

With a roar of rage, Godfrey explodes forward at Mach 9 and slams Kul'Ga with a jab that fractures the front of his skull and brings him to unconsciousness. He catches Rysin and gently sets her down.

Long Batian goes to check on the hover truck but sees that holes now adorn the vehicle. As if it was pierced by...

"Arrows?--woah!!"

5 light arrows pierce towards Long Batian at different angles. Long Batian erupts with a wave of searing flame and incinerates all of them. He brandishes his spear and points it towards Xorpill.

"So, rats were amongst our midsts, I should have known your act of defending Godfrey's honour was a ruse."

Xorpill simply cackles in glee as he condenses 5 more arrows and replies.

"He's a real strong one, that Godfrey. Luckily, we have him out here. He could probably be number 1 in the academy if he really wanted to be. We've got a real treat for the people back at the base."

Long Batian clenches a fist and a fiery explosion erupts from underneath Xorpill, burning his legs.

"AAAARRGGHHH! MY LEGS!!"

A spear viciously descends on Xorpill's skull and fractures it.

*CRUUUNCH*

Long Batian dispels the spear and rushes to the hover truck. He checks the systems and finds them completely unresponsive.

"Damn it!"

Outside the cave, Mr. Sol angrily reprimands Godfrey.

"Do you not see that these animals crave violence? We already gave them concessions, and yet still they want bloodshed."

Godfrey gives him a backhand that sends Mr. Sol flying into a boulder.

He stands over Mr. Sol's prone form and clenches his fist in rage.

"You knew? How many others knew and found it ok? You would slaughter a people instead of negotiating with them? Is this what the Academy stands for?"

Mr. Sol is silent until he looks at Godfrey with a hesitant look.

"We never slaughtered their people. We keep them in holding cells. We've gathered more and more of them and say that we end them, so that the M'hakians fear us and provide us more Dahl. That has clearly backfired."

Godfrey looks at Mr. Sol in disbelief as he grabs him by the collar.

"Who would propose such an idiotic plan??? What manner of sorce-"

Godfrey's eyes widen as he grabs Mr. Sol by the head, with 2 hands. He uses his Divine Sense and searches deep in his soul for any abnormalities. Nothing. He searches deep in his brain.

'There! A part of his brain has foreign magic imbued on it.'

Godfrey tries something he has never tried before.

'The brain has neural pathways that allows electrical signals to pass through. If I gently push my lightning along those pathways, I should theoretically be able to reach the affected area.'

The young man looks to Mr. Sol apologetically.

"I am sorry Mr. Sol. I will try to be gentle. Though this will hurt."

Lightning gathers in Godfrey's arms and slowly slither towards his fingers. Then, pain is delivered.

"AAAAHHHHHH"

Godfrey doesn't waste a second as he gently but swiftly guides his lightning to the affected area. He easily dispels the magic affecting Mr. Sol and finds it peculiar.

'It is an extremely subtle manipulation. It slightly changes the views of an individual, no doubt to suit the needs of the sorcerer.'

Mr. Sol collapses in a daze. He shakily gets up and tries to gather his bearings. His eyes widen as if in realisation and turns to Godfrey.

"Godfrey!! The entire base is compromised!! The only ones not affected are the newer students!!"

Godfrey frowns and asks.

"Who is the sorcerer that controls everyone? I must take them out to dispel this manipulation."

Mr. Sol shakes his head and helplessly replies.

"I don't know who it is. I think that only those transporting students to the teleporter would be privy to that information. All I know is that everyone is confused and will attack each other. We must head back!"

Long Batian exits the cave and sees the blackened form of Mr. Sol. He raises an eyebrow but tries not to dwell on it.

"The hover truck is scrap metal. Xorpill ensured the utter uselessness of it. Damn."

Mr. Sol turns to Godfrey and urges him with desperation in his eyes.

"Godfrey. It is up to you. You're the only one that can fly fast enough to get back. I am sorry to say, but the fate of Mars...it rests upon your shoulders. I wish that there was another-"

Godfrey raises a hand and shakes his head.

"No need for apologies. I must go."

With a flex of his legs, Godfrey propels himself into the sky and pierces through the wind. Multiple sonic boom are left in Godfrey's wake as he rushes in the direction of the explosion at top speed.

It doesn't take long for him to see the base. The sight of it is worrying. The dome is cracked in multiple places. Truly gargantuan Dahl spears pierce through it and compromise the structure.

On the ground, chaos erupts as the 6 races engage in a brutal free for all. Godfrey thinks to himself and decides on a drastic measure.

'There is no time for subtlety, I must strike them all at once.'

Lightning strikes down from the sky onto Godfrey's body as he charges up an attack.

'Let the lightning serve me. Give it purpose.'

Strike after strike impact Godfrey's body as he reaches a critical point. He then spreads out his arms and electricity explodes from his form and spreads among the fighters.

Thin snakes of lightning hit a M'hakian and then spread into a Tiger Beastman. Again and again this repeats until the battlefield is a veritable sea of lightning.

Then, all the combatants simply drop as if their strings have been cut. Weapons clang to the ground and silence returns to the surface of Mars once again.

Godfrey drops onto the ground and releases a breath. He inspects his body, but finds that he doesn't feel exhausted or strained.

'I owe Long Aotian for this. Such a simple method of control, leads to such versatility.'

Suddenly, a Dahl Spear with the width of a car and the length of a building pierces at Godfrey from above.

Godfrey looks up and quickly raises both hands in time to catch it, but the force of the spear drives him through the ground.

*BOOOOOOOM*

The ground shatters at the impact, and the spear buries itself until only half of its length is visible.

A figure floats down from the sky on what looks to be a platform made of Dahl. He inspects the damage of his strike and smiles at the destruction.

"Ahh that was a perfect strike. I say, if they want Dahl so bad then we give it to them like so."

The smile is wiped from his face as the ground shakes. The spear slowly tilts towards his direction and he prepares himself for battle. Then the battlefield is silent as the spear stops. The figure just laughs to himself.

"Haha false alarm."

The spear then launches itself off the ground and straight towards him at a mind boggling speed.

The figure panics and conjures a large shield. The impact of the spear reverberates in a resounding clash.

He is blown away into a hill and it collapses on top of him. On the ground, Godfrey slowly gets up as he looks to where the figure got blown away to.

The hill explodes in a shower of rock as the figure flies out of it. He glares daggers at Godfrey and shouts as he conjures a giant sword.

"You would strike a King? I will tear your flesh from your bones!!"

The sword viciously descends and Godfrey flies upwards and catches its edge. He looks behind him at the vast number of unconscious people and throws the blade back at the King.

The King, however, is prepared this time. With a wave of his hand, the sword stops and turns back to Godfrey. He is about to gloat until he sees Godfrey clench his fist. A lightning bolt strikes down and the King defends himself with a shield.

"GAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Unfortunately for him, the lightning travels along the conductive metal and strikes at the M'hakian hiding underneath it. The King is blasted to the ground and lays there for a while.

Then he leaps up from his position and the battlefield shakes as all the Dahl weapons float upwards. The King looks at Godfrey and snarls.

"Damn you! I'll kill you slowly and painfully, you insolent cur!"

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