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Chapter 24 - Chapter 24- Thorne’s Aura!

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Captain Thorne was smiling as he stood across from Vice Captain Cooper Lang, who was sweating slightly. "How much more of that Aura do you have left?" Thorne asks with a wide smile on his face. "Why are you even allies with Grey Beard? Going to war with an entire army is insane, don't you think?" Cooper asks with a condescending smirk on his face. Thorne smirks as he then looks directly at Cooper. "It's pretty rude… TO IGNORE SOMEONE'S QUESTION!!!" Thorne yells as he reels his right arm upward and then slams his fist into the ground, this caused large six foot long spikes to begin sprouting from the ground as they move one spike at a time towards cooper.

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Cooper's face straightens as he begins to focus, sparks of black lightning spewing from his legs. Cooper dodges the spikes, moving to the left to do so but as he did that the spikes split and began to focus Cooper once again. 'Are these spikes sentient or are they based off of some requirement that needs to be met? Either way… I know how to find out.' Cooper thinks to himself as he looks directly at Thorne, the black lightning on his legs massively intensifying. Thorne's eyes widen as the Spikes he had sent after Cooper had suddenly stopped moving in the ground and this was because Cooper had completely disappeared from Thorne's point of view. 'What the hell, he wasn't this fast before, what's going on with this guy?' Thorne thinks to himself with a surprised face.

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"To answer your question… A whole lot." Thorne hears from behind himself and as he snapped his head around his eyes widened. There was Cooper, reeling back a disastrous kick but the lightning was gone and his right leg was covered in a metal like substance, very similar to Erick's Alt one. As Cooper's leg made contact with Thorne's face, black lightning blew all around the impact, sending Thorne flying a a few feet away but he still landed on his feet. Thorne snapped his head up with a deranged face of anger as his hair was now wildly put together on his head. 'Was that… Roui?!' Thorne thinks to himself with a completely shocked expression, blood running down the right corner of his mouth.

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Cooper stood there looking at Thorne with a grin, his right knee raised bent and still covered with Roui. "A good sense of it, huh?" Thorne says sarcastically and with a smile as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Hey, I never said I was talking about basic Aura." Cooper says with a sly grin on his face. "You've intrigued me enough DeadLeg!" Thorne says, boasting a wide smile on his face and just as he said those words both of his fist were engulfed by Roui. This caused Cooper's eyes to widen slightly but Thorne didn't give him any time to think as he instantly blitzed Cooper, reeling back a monstrous strike. Cooper quickly straightened his face and then dashed at Thorne, Roui coating his right leg.

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As the two of their attacks met, the clash was immense, causing sparks of lighting to strike the battlefield. Neither cooper nor Thorne knew this but their aura had struck both Coastal Gaurd soldiers and Pathfinders, rendering fifty percent of both sides enable to fight. "They're really going all out over there aren't they?" Chopper asks with a smile. Alura looked at him with a surprised face as he said this. 'I didn't have a chance from the beginning. We didn't even prepare for multiple enemies, let alone one of the titans.' Alura thought to himself just had Chopper had turned his gaze back to him. "Don't you want to experience what they're experiencing? That thrill of battle? Come on Alura… give me that same thrill." Chopper says with a wide smile.

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Alura looked at Chopper with a straight face as he conjured a grass katana in his right hand. "You said you were having fun right?" Alura asks him as he stands to his feet, his face hosting a serious demeanor. Chopper began to chuckle as Alura said this, not taking the vice captain serious at all but then chopper stopped as his eyes began to widen with shock. Alura now had a deranged smile on his face and his eyes were glowing brightly like a jade emerald. "THEN I'LL HAVE SOME FUN TOO!!" Alura yells as he raises both of his arms up, flexing every muscle to do so and as he did this at least five Grass giants begin to grow from the ground.

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Chopper had wide eyes as he saw this but Alura was laughing boisterously, causing Chopper's mind to refocus on Alura. "You think this is something to be proud of? I'll cut them down then I'll do the same to you, so stop fighting it." Chopper says with a straight face but Alura was still laughing. "You dumbass… I only need to buy some time." Alura says with a smirk just as the Grass giants run at Chopper. As they reached him he had successfully dodged one attack but was caught off guard by another grass giant sending him straight into the earth. Alura looked at the giants pummel Chopper into the ground and then he quickly turned around, pulling out his monophone.

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"Himá we need immediate support, I've subdued chopper for a while but he won't stay down for long!" Alura says with panic in his voice. "I hear you. I'll come now, thatch replace me." Himá says bluntly through the device. "Alright." Thatch says reluctantly. Alura places the monophone back into his pocket, his face a little relieved now. "DON'T GET TOO HAPPY, WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE… I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!" Chopper yells as the Grass giants were still punching him into the earth. Alura touched the ground as his eyes began to glow once again. "And I'll be waiting for you." He says with low eyes as the grass that formed his left arm was now turning back into his own skin.

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Jester was looking at the entire battle field from the head of their ship, smiling with a wide grin. 'Things are going far better than we planned, we may be able to-' Jester was thinking to himself but his thought had been cut off and he had wide eyes, filled with fear. As he looked down he saw a katana to his neck and his body began to get colder, even colder than the snow already was. "If you move, I will kill you. What are your captains plans here?" Himá asks him with a cold stare. "What's killing me gonna do? I'm merely a navigator but those two…" jester says as a smile crept up onto his face. "…Those men will tear this place down regardless." Jester says as he begins to laugh maniacally but then he quickly stopped. Himá jumped onto the harbor and as she did, Jester's entire body began to freeze until he was completely frozen solid.

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As Himá lakes onto the battle field, many Pathfinders steeped in front of her in an attempt to cut her down but all of them failed, losing their own lives in the process. Cooper snapped his head to Himá and seeing her caused him to smile widely. "Himá!" Cooper yelled but was then hit in the gut by Thorne, Roui still coating both of his fists. "Pretty girls are a terrible weakness DeadLeg." Thorne says with a slight smirk, as Cooper landed beside Himá. "Nice of you to join the party." Cooper says as he wipes blood from the corner of his mouth. "I apologize." Himá says bluntly as a cold breath escaped her lips.

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Thorne's smile widens even more and he throws his hands into the air as he sees Himá. "Do you guys really think this is fair… I'M JUST ONE MAN AFTER ALL!!" Thorne yells as he reels back his right fist, Roui coating it, and then slammed it into the earth in front of him. Himá and Cooper's eyes widen as spikes, about ten feet tall, began to protrude from the ground, moving towards the two Vice captains. "Go Cooper!" Hima exclaims, causing cooper to dash towards Thorne and just as the spikes were about to strike Himá, they were met by here katana, its blade coated with black ice.

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As Cooper and Thorne clashed Himá broke the thorns with her blade and then dashed into the fight. Cooper threw a left kick at Thorne but he blocked it with his right forearm while laughing boisterously. As quickly as Thorne began laughing but he had stopped as he saw Himá approaching the fight. 'DeadLeg hasn't been much of a fight for me yet but these two together… could give me trouble.' Thorne thinks to himself and as his face straightened he struck Cooper in the gut with his left fist, causing Cooper's eyes to roll into the back of his head as black lightning exploding from the impact. "Cooper!" Himá exclaims as he fell to the ground in front of her but Himá didn't stop running, all she did was straighten her face and ready her katana.

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As Himá ran at Thorne she was him raise his hand, causing three six foot long spikes to fly towards her at blazing speeds. This caused Himá's eyes to widen but not with shock, she was merely focusing on the targets in front of her and as they reached her, she cut each of the spikes in half with pristine precision. Although Thorne was slightly surprised a smile began to rise onto his face, just as he dashed at Himá. Their clashed caused the earth beneath them to crack and wind to blow all around them with great intensity, Himá's blade covered with black ice while Thorne was still using Roui on both of his fists.

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Himá moved her katana slightly, creating a small opening, revealing Thorne's face to her. Himá then spit at Thorne but instead of saliva, it was a six inch icicle that flew towards Captain Thorne. Even though he reacted to this attack the projectile still scraped his right eye, causing Thorne to reel back in pain and cover his wound with his right hand. "That was cheap Himá." Thorne says as he grits is teeth in agony. "Sorry. I was upset." Himá says with a straight face as she raises her katana and gets into a fighting stance. Thorne smiled at Himá as a breath of cold air left her mouth. "Don't worry… this should be more honorable for you." Himá says just as she slightly moves her right heel out ward, causing spikes of ice to trail from her feet, their primary target being Thorne.

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Thorne dodges the ice as it reaches him and then quickly dashes at Himá, a wide smile on his face and Roui covering his fists. The Captain and Vice Captain clashed but as they did, Thorne shot a spike from his stomach at Himá, completely catching her off guard. Himá quickly blocked the projectile, causing it to break against her katana but Thorne was already waiting for her, reeling back a punch infused with Roui. Himá's eyes widen but once they Thorne sees a spark of green lightning jolt within her eyes. Himá then ducks under the punch, placing her left hand onto the ground as she does so. This action caused Thorne's eyes to widen with complete shock just as cold air began to emit from Himá's body.

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'That attack was a surprise and not only did she dodge it but she was able to formulate another attack after it, was that… Vista?' Thorne asks to Himself as, for the first time since Himá has been on the battlefield, she had a grin on her face. "You think you can just walk into Captain Don's territory because he isn't here?" Himá asks softly, causing one bullet of sweat to fall from Thorne's forehead. "I am a product of that man, so if you wanna storm the capital for some mad man… then be prepared to die." Himá says but Thorne began to grow tired of this disrespect and reeled his fist back as he stood over Himá. "Well then show me… Vice Captain Himá!" Thorne exclaims as one large spike, about four feet long, began to grow from his palm. As they stared at each other, both of them were boasting a slight grin.

Chapter end.