Point-of-View: Misen Ragiu

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  "That isn't bad, I suppose……," I replied uncertainly, "But it does carry some risk."

  "Don't be stupid, against someone as powerful as him, there's no way we can fully eliminate risk……we're lucky that he hasn't used his strongest form, or else we'd be dead already," Frowned Key in reply.

  Damn it……I hate to admit it, but she has a good point.

  "Fine……I'll do it," I sighed reluctantly, "What about the dog in heat, I'm pretty sure she's unconscious up there."

  "Just leave her be," Sighed Key, rolling her eyes, "Let's do this."

  "Hey, if you're done whispering among yourselves, come on and attack me already, so that I can kill you! Time's a wasting, hurry up!" Yelled out Shiro impatiently.

  "Well, it'd be rude to keep him waiting," Remarked Key sarcastically, before adding as raised her sword and started charging purple flames into it, "Go."

  "Tch, don't tell me what to do!" I snapped, before zipping forward at full speed while charging lightning into my dagger with my right hand and firing bolts of lightning at Shiro while keeping my distance.

  He evaded my lightning and shot towards me while forming a bone sword in his right hand and charging a fireball coated in wind and lightning in his left hand. He then teleported behind me and fired the attack in his left hand as I quickly zipped away to the left, the blast grazing my right side and scorching off my armor and searing my skin.

  I winced in pain as I shot away, continuing to charge my dagger. I glanced over at Key, her sword was bright with intense, purple flames, the air around her shimmering violently……okay, looks like her attack is ready. I reached into my pocket and took out the Spell Card she gave me earlier, as Shiro rapidly flew towards me.

  I then drew back my arm, making it seem like I was aiming to fling my dagger at him as closed in on me. Just as planned, he then teleported behind me as I began to swing my arm. Now! I swiftly spun around and activated the spell……and switched places with Key.

  As a look of alarm appeared on Shiro's face and he began to spring back, I flung my dagger straight at him right as Key swung her sword straight down, in a massive, scorching fiery purple slash.

  Lightning and purple flames burst out in the spot where Shiro was, fiercely crackling and blazing violently. I stumbled back as a wave of heat struck me, my hair standing up on end. Did that work?

  The dust then began to clear, Key getting some distance away by taking a few steps back cautiously, as the dust cleared to reveal……Shiro with most of his right side completely gone, his arm, the right side of his chest and abdomen, the outer part of his right leg were gone, and the right side of his head was badly burnt as well.

  His left arm was also missing, but by his left foot was a long, charred object, with my dagger embedded in it……I see, he must have blocked my dagger by letting it pierce his left palm while simultaneously tearing off his left arm to keep the lightning from going through his entire body. Wow, and even with that, he's taken on this much damage……I did not expect this to be so effective.

  Key then swiftly shot forward towards him with her blade drawn back, and as she closed in on him, she rapidly swung it at his neck, aiming to decapitate him, when suddenly, he blocked her strike with his tail, a furious look in his eyes.

  "Damn it, that was way too fucking close," He growled, as he began regenerating, "I'm gonna fucking destroy you."

  Before she could get away, he wrapped his tail around her sword and as his right leg healed, he drove his knee up, striking her midsection and eliciting a gasp of pain from her and sent her flying back as she coughed out blood in a hollow gasp of pain, before crashing onto the ground and skidding away painfully.

  As she began to stand back up he grabbed her sword and flung it towards her, which pierced into her right shoulder, the force knocking her down and the blade pinning her to the ground as she let out a scream of pain. This is not good……he's almost done healing and he had a furious, bloodthirsty look on his face.

  There is no way that I can defeat him, he is far too powerful. And I am highly unlikely to be able to run away from him either, and I don't even dare to try since turning my back to him would be a fatal mistake. No matter how I look at it, I do not see a way to ensure my survival in this situation……

  "I'm going to kill the both of you, and then I'll take the horny bitch up there as my sex slave, I'm sure she'll be more than happy to comply," He remarked, as he walked over towards me, his injuries fully healed.

  I was frozen, unable to move……it wasn't just fear that was paralyzing me, it was also the knowledge that any effort I make to survive will be futile……so why bother? As he formed a lightning bolt in his hand, he suddenly let out a yelp of surprise as he fell……right through the ground.

  A shimmering hole had appeared where he'd been standing……I collapsed onto my knees and let out a long, slow exhale. I'm alive……I don't know why, but he was taken away before he could kill me……and I couldn't care less about why, I'm just glad that I am still alive. I looked over to see that Key had pulled her sword out of her shoulder and was healing herself with a spell, and I spotted Selesa peeking out from the broken window she got thrown through.

  Had she been conscious this whole time and just hiding? Tch, that bitch……but right now, I really could not bring myself to care about that……I'm far too relieved to still be alive to care about anything else right now……

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  Point-of-View: Persia Gerit

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  Damn it, this guy is really strong! I've got about half a minute left with Accelerate, and Fuo's artificial moonlight is starting to fade and so is the yellow glow around her……neither of us can use our full power for much longer at this rate. And my cracked ribs are slowing me down too, the pain is restraining my movements a bit.

  I fired out blasts of wind-enhanced black flames at him, which he easily slashed or deflected away with his sword, while evading Fuo's ice projectiles and solar beams. We're not getting anywhere at this rate, I need to change things up before I run out of time!

  I shot towards him and sprang off to the right as he swung his sword straight down, before firing out Propulsion from the back of my left heel to rapidly swing and slam my foot onto the side of his head, striking him and causing him to stumble off to his right, slightly dazed.

  I then quickly shot back down with Propulsion as he swung his blade up at me, before slashing it down as I landed, which I evaded, planted my palm on the ground and rapidly extended myself up while balancing on it, striking the bottom of his jaw with my foot and knocking his head up.

  "Damn you-!" He exclaimed furiously, raising his sword before being interrupted as Fuo fired out a solar blast at him from behind, striking his back and eliciting a cry of pain from him, before I swirled wind and flames around my fist and slammed it square onto the middle of his face, his nose breaking as I knocked him back.

  He managed to keep his balance and avoid falling, as I leapt up and swung a kick towards the right side of his head. He quickly responded by raising his sword and getting it in the way of my foot, I reacted by slowing my kick with a blast of Propulsion in the opposite direction, and then swiftly planted my foot on the flat side of the blade and jumped away off of it.

  The moment I did, his grip on the handle tightened and he swung the blade in my direction, sending out a powerful slashing shockwave towards me, which I narrowly evaded by blasting myself straight down using Propulsion, as his attack struck a building and left a long horizontal slash mark on the wall, the bricks around that spot crumbling.

  As I fired out some wind blasts from my mouth, my time limit with Accelerate almost completely used up, Fuo swooped down and fired a barrage of ice arrows down at him, which he swiftly deflected, before raising his sword above himself horizontally to block as she formed a long, thick ice blade and swung it down at him.

  It shattered upon contact, she then zipped back and down, landing in the blink of an eye with that bug-like flying style of hers, before firing out a powerful solar beam at him, which he quickly reacted to by getting his sword in the way, which absorbed the impact of her blast.

  As I charged up and fired out a massive fireball enhanced with wind before her attack could dissipate, he swung his foot out towards my flames, sending out a powerful shockwave that dissipated my fireball and sent a stifling wave of heat towards me, making me stumble back a step.

  Fuo's attack then dissipated and she quickly flew away as he swung his blade up at her, but her artificial moonlight had faded, and she wasn't fast enough to evade it fully, the tip of the blade gashing her right shoulder and eliciting a stifled cry of pain from her.

  "Enough, you're both dead!" He snapped, raising his blade above his head, as it started glowing.

  Uh-oh, that doesn't look good……I need to strike him before he can charge up whatever that attack is, I'm getting a really bad feeling from it. Accelerate is used up, so I'm going to be four times slower than I was upto now……but I don't have a choice, I have to risk it!

  As I began to sprint forward, a blade suddenly came slicing through the air straight towards his head, he quickly sprang back to evade it, as it narrowly missed grazing his cheek, before it suddenly stopped in midair and flew back in the direction it came from……as Kuro walked out of an alleyway and grabbed it. He had another identical sword in his other hand.

  "Th-those are……n-no, it can't be……y-you bastard, where did you get those swords!? And how can you even hold them!?" Exclaimed the blonde guy, his eyes widening in horror and disbelief.

  "Hm? Oh, someone broke my weapon, so I crushed their head and took these……no, wait, it was the other one that broke my weapon, but these are more my style that the hammer, so……oh, hey, nice sword you got there," Replied Kuro, a dark, ominous smirk on his face.

  "N-no, that can't be, y-you couldn't have……I-I refuse to believe it," He stuttered in denial, before a look of unbridled fury appeared on his face, "Damn it……damn it……you bastard……I'll kill you!"

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