“True Hubris” Abe finally activated his only breath. His opponent was tricky. Although Abe was stronger, the man he was facing had good reflexes. Abe wasn’t sure how, but the man seemed to be capable of predicting his moves. Although Abe had landed a few good blows and avoided most of his opponent’s attacks, he was getting frustrated. He reckoned that Mane was done by now. If his captain wasn’t done yet, Abe was confident the blond boy would finish soon. He didn’t want to be outdone.
Once he activated his breath his eyes became brighter. They were filled with pride and the dignity of a ruler. Other than that, there was no observable change. Many people wouldn’t even have noticed the change in Abe’s eyes. But the man Abe was facing wasn’t an ‘average’ person. He was able to discern what many wouldn’t.
Abe disappeared from the man’s view, reappearing right behind him. The man’s expression
*BOOM*The loud sound came from Mane’s end of the battlefield. The possessed sword master was lying in a ditch. He had several burns on his body, yet they healed at incredible speed. The man slowly stood up as Mane witnessed for the nth time the wounds that he had made heal up. The fist sized hole Mane had just struck into the man’s chest quickly sealed up, and the possessed man dashed towards Mane once again. The young boy dodged the clumsy attack and retaliated with his own.*Bam* *crunch*The now sluggish leader was sent flying back as Mane’s fist connected with his jaw. There was a crunching sound as his jaw was blown cleanly off his head. Mane watched him fly away silently. His fury was unending.“To kill one who is possessed you need to destroy his/her connection to his/her master. Unless you do that he will keep coming at you” the 6th reminded Man of what was to be done. It was Mane’s masters who infor
“We shall” Mane nodded in agreement. “But for now we should focus on the task at hand” Mane continued. “So how do we defeat it” Abelard wondered. He had tried all he could yet the possessed never truly died.“There is a device implanted in them that keeps the power of Possession active. We need to destroy it. I would keep it occupied as you try to locate it.” Mane instructed. Initially he didn’t need any help finding the device and destroying it even while fighting against the possessed and making conversation with his masters. It was different now. Whatever was going to be born from the combination of two possessed was going to be difficult for him to handle alone. Mane wasn’t confident in destroying it by himself. But it would be impossible for Abelard to handle it himself. So that was the only option. He would have to keep it company while Abelard used his scholar abilities to locate the device.“Alri
“Hot hot hot” the possessed screamed out when its torso was reconnected to its lower half. It rolled around on the ground, trying its hardest to put out the fire. Although it couldn’t be killed by normal means, it still felt pain. After a few seconds of rolling around, the fire went out. But it wasn’t because of its efforts. The fire went out because Mane had broken his connection to it. Since the creepy thing couldn’t die, keeping his flames going would only be a waste of his inner energy. Of course the possessed that had the mind of a little boy didn’t think so. As far as it was concerned, the fire went out because of its efforts.It got up quickly and scanned the battlefield. Once it found what it was looking for, its eyes twinkled like a little boy who had been given some sweets and a silly smile plastered his face. He rushed to the part of the battlefield that had what he was looking for.“A rod?” Mane was curious to
*Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom**Boom*The helpless Possessed landed with a thud after the merciless assault from the two young wielders. Mane was still on fire, and Abelard’s entire body was covered with his combat armor. Two large earth gauntlets were on Abe’s hands. One didn’t need to be hit by that to know that it would be a painful experience.“It is strong” Abe remarked. “It is” Mane assented. Abelard had been trying to break through the Possessed jaw to reach the device, but its bones were unusually hard in that particular area.“It isn’t easy to destroy the core of a Possessed. The areas that house the core are usually so well protected that it takes something special to break through them” 6th chimed in. Unfortunately Mane was the only one who could hear him. 6th was right. Mane was able to easily destroy the leader’s core because of Absolute
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“They never returned?” a man dressed in luxurious clothes had his hand under his chin in contemplation.“No my liege. We sent some men to their last known location but we didn’t find anything.” A man wearing military apparel decorated with medals was kneeling before the throne as he addressed the king.“That isn’t enough to seek an audience with me” the king furrowed his brows and stated plainly. He had known this soldier for a long time. In fact he had known him all his life. The man kneeling before him was the captain of the Kingdom’s Royal Guards and he was very loyal. He would never come to see him for something so trivial.“We didn’t find their bodies; however, we did find something else” once he was done speaking he unfurled the cloth he was holding to reveal a piece of armor in it. The armor had a crest and some strange markings on it. He ordered one of the guards to send it closer to
“So are you going to start or what” Mane was alone in his room. He had returned from his ‘field trip’ a few hours ago. He sat atop his bed in a meditative state and faced his masters in his mindscape. He wanted an explanation and he thought it would be better for him to be there in person to hear them out.“Please don’t tell me it was for my own good” Mane sat atop the rock placed right before the 5th mountain and said. “We weren’t going to” 1st replied. “We did it to protect ourselves, not you” 1st continued.“What do you mean?” Mane questioned with his expression displaying his confusion.“You know what we mean kid. You figured it out long ago didn’t you?” 6th sighedMane’s expression was different from the indifferent one he had on when he first entered the mindscape. His face was twisted in worry
“You sure are stubborn” Ray calmly cleaned his bloody hands as he addressed the man hanging in the cell by a couple of chains. This man was the assassin Mane and Abelard had captured. He was hanging in a makeshift jail cell in the basement. His face was so bloody that he could hardly be recognised. His entire body was in a similar state with a huge hole on the right side of his chest stealing the limelight.“But even the densest of metals can be melted with the right technique and a powerful flame” the only other person in the room with the exception of Ray and the assassin stated coldly. He had his arms folded as he leaned on the wall and observed the entire interrogation process. His green eyes gleamed brightly as if he wanted to see through the assassin.“You have to do more. You are a powerful spiritualist. Surely there must be a way to get the information without having to work this hard” Indra said. Ray wasn’t a Spiritual