Mal compressed his domain, his eyes locked on the fleeing Ava.
He bends his knees, [push] he used his gravity manipulation to launched himself upwards at supersonic speed.
His figure was silent—no sound, no sonic boom, no nothing.
After a few seconds, he ascended 1,000 meters. He gazed down at Ava, who was panicking, and scanning her surroundings with her will and eyes.
As he looked at her, multiple emotions flowed through him: love, regret, then determination. He looked at his palm holding pieces of blood and flesh, he sighed while he stop concealing his aura.
[push]
He launched himself downwards towards Ava at supersonic speed.
His eyes lock Ava's, who had just turned towards him after she sensed his aura.
He pulled his fist backward. He could see happiness and longing within the depths of her eyes.
"Be gone!"
he shouted in a calm tone as he punched forward at supersonic speed,Boom!Shock waves spread out like a storm, uprooting everything on the ground. The spot where Ava previously stood was now almost empty, only bits of blood and flesh floated silently…
...…
[Ava, a few seconds earlier]
Ava, from the moment she had received the mission to fight against Mal, she had understood a few things.
She didn't know when or how ,but Her ancestor had somehow discovered her dirty secret, one she tried so desperately to hide.
Not only had she fallen in love with a barbarian, but worse, she had commited a taboo, she had secretly given birth to his son. Because of an incident that happened many years ago it was forbidden for a barbarian and skyclan to reproduce.
Her eyes flash with sadness, the ancestor had sent her to die at the hands of her lover. 'How cruel, the ancestor, no, grandpa, why couldn't he have accepted us? Why couldn't he pardon me? Why does he have to be so cruel to send me to die at the hands of my lover… but thankfully, we had already prepared for something like this, right, Mal?' Her eyes locked with Mal's, who floated shirtless, his right hand in a punching motion, and his ability pulling her forward.
She then gazed at her two struggling companions. 'How long have I known them, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years? Maybe more.'She had a little internal struggle about what she was about to do, but when she thought of her child and lover, determination flashed within her eyes. 'Don't blame me, it was the sky clan who betrayed me first.'
"Stop resisting!"
She shouted to them, and they gazed at her with confusion. She gazed into their eyes with confidence and then told them to trust her, and they did as she knew they would. After all, she had gotten them out of many life-and-death situations, and she was the royal princess. Plus, how could they known that the girl whom they watched grew up was going to betray them in less than a second? They complied.
They launched towards Mal, and she stabbed them in the back, using them as meat shields. After her last companion died, Mal's warm voice echoed in her ears via will, "Cut me." She hesitated, how could she harm him? "Come on, cut me. Make it look real. Cut me. I can sense eyes in the dark watching us. Cut me. And After this Ava,we will be free."
'Yes, we must make it look real. ! I have to show more strength, or else those who are watching will start having doubts.' Thought Ava, She felt Mal weaken his ability enough for her to break free. She broke free from his ability, then cut him across the chest with her wings, and then flew outside his domain, putting on a show, pretending she was scared out of her mind.
She gazed at Mal, who appeared above with his hand in a punching motion. 'Do it, and we will be free,' his fist came at her head at extreme speed, and right as it was about to make contact, she activated her secret ability, that only she and Mal knew about. She hadn't told anyone about it, not even her mother, whom she loved dearly.
Her ability allowed her to become intangible and invisible for 10 minutes. The only way someone could discover her was if they scan her directly with their will; other than that, not even emperors could sense her.
After using her ability, Mal's hand went right through her, after which he instantly released bits of flesh and blood he had secretly collected from her companions. She gazed at him one last time before flashing towards the direction of the outer forest at the speed of sound, making sure to avoid the auras where kings were.
Mal stopped using his ability.It could be seen that the last move had taken a toll on him. his figure seemed a little weaker, and even his hair had stopped floating upwards. Mal gazed in the direction of the outer forest, sadness flashing in his eyes as he whispered, "Sorry."
Mal then scanned the other sky clan kings with a cold expression. They trembled in fear as his gaze passed them;
they had all lost courage to fight. After Mal's eyes scanned the forest and the sky, he was searching for the gaze he felt earlier, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find the creature he was looking for.
...
Unbeknownst to Mal, under one of those trees that his eyes passed, stood a jet-black, 11 ft tall rabbit. Apexion, his body pulsed with the true meaning of concealment, and his starry eyes flashed with various emotions as he analyzed the battle he had just observed.
There, in front of him, floated a king with an ability that allowed his strength to almost reach that of an emperor's.
The only thing this king lacked was a true meaning.
Could this king defeat an emperor? No. but he could most definitely exchange a few blows.
After analyzing Mal, Apexion couldn't help but ask himself, when he was at the king's rank, was he strong enough to fight against an emperor? He thought about his ability, his starry eyes. They gave him black flames that could almost burn anything at his rank, they gave him the ability to see energy, and speed up his thoughts.
the answer he came up with was, no. He wouldn't have been able to exchange blows with an emperor, whilst at the king rank, but he felt that as long as an emperor didn't comprehended any type of speed true meaning, it shouldn't had been a problem for him to escape.
With that conclusion, Apexion started to doubt and question himself.
Did he overestimated himself? Was his ability really all that? If he were to fight the other emperors, could he win? What type of ability did the emperors have, if they had any and was it has strong as this king's? He wasn't sure.
Apexion then gazed at the floating Mal, his eyes start flashing with envy and killing intent. 'If this barbarian is this powerful now, how powerful will he be at the emperor rank? he will most definitely be able to threaten me when he becomes an emperor,' thought Apexion. As far as he was concerned, any creature who posed any type of threat to him, whom he didn't have under his absolute control, should just die… but unfortunately, he turned his gaze towards the clouds in the sky.
He could sense the presence of an emperor within, and he wasn't ready yet to make himself known. If it wasn't for that, he would have sliced mal into pieces long ago. 'How lucky.'
He suddenly thought of the beast alliance leader, Perseus.
After witnessing Mal's strength, he Now he believed that the rumors might have been true.
Perseus might have been as strong as Mal.
If it wasn't for the fact that one of his minions had notified him hours ago that Perseus had become an emperor, he would have returned immediately and ripped him to pieces. He sighed with regret.
Today had given him a wake-up call. He decided to return and dedicated himself to becoming stronger, much stronger.
He gazed at Mal one last time, then at the sky, then towards the outer forest, and then east, after which his figure vanished.
….
Mal, who failed to locate the presence, focused his gaze on the Sky Clan kings. His eyes flashed with coldness.
But Just as he was about to launch himself at one of them, the ground started to vibrate, and loud growls and howls echoed out from the east. He turned his gaze towards the east, his brow furrowed. He saw countless beasts of all different shapes and sizes, their numbers more than double the combined total of the SkyClan and Barbarian Clan warriors.
Mal turned his head upwards then shouted,
"Beasts! From the East!"
His voice echoed across the three battlefields, alerting all the warriors from both sides.
The warriors, after hearing him, as if they had an unspoken agreement, all stopped fighting, then turned and rushed towards the east.
(Author's note: I have changed a few things in the previous chapter.)