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His magic power was so vast, it covered the entire area where the two stood, causing John to feel a strange amount of pressure on his body.
[Why was that young kid your boss...? You're on a whole other level...] John wondered
John braced himself and once again before preparing himself for whatever which was about to head his way.
"Crustalli, Glacies and... Ice lanceam" John muttered / Translation: Ice Crystal, Ice Spike and Ice lance
Once again, Ice crystals were formed in the air above the two, quickly taking their form as a a small clock was formed in front John
"Antecessum." Translation: Advance
Without making a move, the young man watched as the sound of something ticking resounded throughout the area.
*Tic* *Toc* *Tic* *Toc*
He then looked up and noticed that the Ice Crystals shapes were changing, and progressing with every passing second.
"So that's how it works... Any last words?" The young man asked
Right as he said that, spikes rose from the ground beneath him, instantly piercing him in the process.
Or so John thought, Right as it was about to pierce him, the young man had vanished. Seeing this, John quickly turned around to look behind him.
'Modero' and 'Fulgurationem', Were still active, so he was moving considerably fast.and yet.
*Slash*
John's eyes widened as he noticed that his head had been sliced off his neck. The last thing he saw before his vision darkened was the young man standing behind him with a smile on his face.
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John's eyes opened wide as his breathing got heavier and heavier.
[Eh?]
Slowly, he moved his hand towards his neck before grasping it. Confused. John looked up only to see the young man standing back where he was when lightning had struck him.
John could barely breathe as he struggled to understand what had just happened.
[Did I just... die...?]
"What...?" John muttered
Seeing how his fear was getting in the way of his thoughts, John decided to calm himself. John tightly grasped and clenched on to his daggers as he bent his knees. He took in a deep breath before slowly letting it out.
It didn't help, John's hands and legs wouldn't stop shaking. And like before, the young man slowly began walking towards John.
John had experienced death once before, but that was a time when he didn't expect it. Knowing when or how you would die, is completely different.
As the young man got closer and closer, John's heart began to beat faster and faster, the orb which had been implanted in him was still inactive, but that didn't make things any easier.
John slowly took a step back, before shortly after taking another.
"Hm...? What's wrong? Aren't you going to attack?" The young man asked
John stared at the young man nervously before struggling to get his voice out.
[R...Run... If I fly away from here I can-]
"Don't even think about running, I know where your carriage is, it won't even take me 10 seconds to kill them."
Hearing this, John's heart sunk as he hung his head.
[Deactivate modero... But I'll keep Fulgurationem, just in case...]
"W.W..Wait... D-Don't... I'm sorry, I'll do as you ask." Said John as his voice trembled throughout the sentence
He wouldn't be able to protect them, he could feel it in his bones. John could have been killed any second now, but the man hadn't done anything yet, meaning he still had a chance. Maybe if he did as he asked, the others would be left alone.
"Ask...? Haha... You seem to be misunderstanding something. You see, I don't need anything from you, I just need you to die. Then I'll kill your friends too." Saiid the young man
John's eyes widened as he glared at the young man
"WHY!? WHAT DID WE DO!?" John shouted at the young man
"Nothing, in fact, you quite actually helped me." Said the young man with a smile
"THEN WH-"
Before he could finish what he was going to say, John noticed the young man disappear. And in that instant, he subconsciously ducked down.
Less than half a second after, a lightning wave passed right above John's head as the young man suddenly appeared behind him
"You dodged that? No, you moved before I attacked. Hm... Nevermind, bye."
The young man swung his rapier straight down at John who stood seated on the floor. John who could barely see the movements, could only stare as the rapier made it's way towards his head to finish him off once and for all.
*Pierce*
Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact.
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Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact, falling on John's top as he looked up.
Confused, John's eyes widened at the sight in front of him. He wasn't the one who had been hit, it was someone else.
Long black spiky hair, with an pitch-black emotionless eyes, pure darkness, it was so dark that John wondered if the man could even see. He idn't know the man, but it wasn't his first time seeing him.
The young man who stood in front of John, held on tightly to the blade of the rapier which was about to cut off John's head, with his b.a.r.e hands.
Blood slowly dripped from the hand yet the young man didn't let go.
"You're..."
Without so much as glancing at John, the young man raised his other hand before closing his eyes.
Seeing this, the young white-haired man's eyes widened as he tried pulling his rapier away
"H-How did you find me?" The white-haired young man asked in fear
The black-haired young man, opened his mouth and began moving it as if saying something, but no sounds came out.
Seeing this, the young man let go of the rapier before quickly moving to dash away, but before he could even complete the movement
*BOOM!
A dark lightning strike landed right on the two of them. John watched as the young man who had saved him, continued to hold on to the hand of the man who had tried to kill him.
The hand of the man who had tried to kill had been burnt, yet his hair still glowed brightly. The lightning strike didn't seem like it was enough to end him and only seemed to have infuriated him even more.
"Let go..."
Without letting go, the young man who had saved John began muttering another set of words.
"LET GO! DAMNIT!"
Suddenly, a bright white electric sphere came from within the white-haired man, engulfing the arm of the man who saved John in an instant.
John who saw this was about to move in to help, but right when he did, a sharp pain came from the area where the orb had been implanted in his c.h.e.s.t, causing him to reflexively close his eyes.
John forced his eyes opened despite the pain as he didn't want to miss a single second of the fight, but right when he did, he both saw and heard it.
"Mors." Translation: Death
For a moment, Just a single moment, John felt his heart skip a beat and in that instant, the light sphere which had engulfed the arm of the man who had saved him, dispersed.
John could see half of the right arm of the young man who had saved him missing, along with the person who was trying to kill John, laying on the ground. Motionlessly.
Unable to grasp an idea of what had happened, John noticed that the young man's hair was no longer glowing white as he laid on the ground, and John couldn't feel the young man's life force.
"He's... dead...?" John asked
When? How? John didn't see, feel or hear anything which may have indicated how exactly the man had died, and yet there he laid, motionlessly, with both eyes closed.
John's saviour, crouched down before picking up the motionless body of the young white-haired man. John did nothing but watch, as the young man picked it up.
"Th-Thank... Y-"
Before John could finish, the black-haired young man disappeared, along with the body of the white-haired young man
[What?!]
John hastily looked around, casting 'deprehendre' as many times as he could and yet, there was nothing.
Absolutely nothing, no presence which had the same feeling as the one who John had fought against a while ago, and nor could he track the presence of the one who had saved him because it was as if he had no presence.
"When did he... How did he outspeed... What...!?" John asked as he placed both hands on his head
He didn't know how to feel. The presence of the monster which was beneath them had suddenly disappeared, he didn't die and some random person came out of nowhere, knocking out and taking away the person who had killed him.
[Did I imagine it...?] John wondered as he let out a sigh
"No, there's no way..." John muttered
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His magic power was so vast, it covered the entire area where the two stood, causing John to feel a strange amount of pressure on his body.
[Why was that young kid your boss...? You're on a whole other level...] John wondered
John braced himself and once again before preparing himself for whatever which was about to head his way.
"Crustalli, Glacies and... Ice lanceam" John muttered / Translation: Ice Crystal, Ice Spike and Ice lance
Once again, Ice crystals were formed in the air above the two, quickly taking their form as a a small clock was formed in front John
"Antecessum." Translation: Advance
Without making a move, the young man watched as the sound of something ticking resounded throughout the area.
*Tic* *Toc* *Tic* *Toc*
He then looked up and noticed that the Ice Crystals shapes were changing, and progressing with every passing second.
"So that's how it works... Any last words?" The young man asked
Right as he said that, spikes rose from the ground beneath him, instantly piercing him in the process.
Or so John thought, Right as it was about to pierce him, the young man had vanished. Seeing this, John quickly turned around to look behind him.
'Modero' and 'Fulgurationem', Were still active, so he was moving considerably fast.and yet.
*Slash*
John's eyes widened as he noticed that his head had been sliced off his neck. The last thing he saw before his vision darkened was the young man standing behind him with a smile on his face.
---------------
John's eyes opened wide as his breathing got heavier and heavier.
[Eh?]
Slowly, he moved his hand towards his neck before grasping it. Confused. John looked up only to see the young man standing back where he was when lightning had struck him.
John could barely breathe as he struggled to understand what had just happened.
[Did I just... die...?]
"What...?" John muttered
Seeing how his fear was getting in the way of his thoughts, John decided to calm himself. John tightly grasped and clenched on to his daggers as he bent his knees. He took in a deep breath before slowly letting it out.
It didn't help, John's hands and legs wouldn't stop shaking. And like before, the young man slowly began walking towards John.
John had experienced death once before, but that was a time when he didn't expect it. Knowing when or how you would die, is completely different.
As the young man got closer and closer, John's heart began to beat faster and faster, the orb which had been implanted in him was still inactive, but that didn't make things any easier.
John slowly took a step back, before shortly after taking another.
"Hm...? What's wrong? Aren't you going to attack?" The young man asked
John stared at the young man nervously before struggling to get his voice out.
[R...Run... If I fly away from here I can-]
"Don't even think about running, I know where your carriage is, it won't even take me 10 seconds to kill them."
Hearing this, John's heart sunk as he hung his head.
[Deactivate modero... But I'll keep Fulgurationem, just in case...]
"W.W..Wait... D-Don't... I'm sorry, I'll do as you ask." Said John as his voice trembled throughout the sentence
He wouldn't be able to protect them, he could feel it in his bones. John could have been killed any second now, but the man hadn't done anything yet, meaning he still had a chance. Maybe if he did as he asked, the others would be left alone.
"Ask...? Haha... You seem to be misunderstanding something. You see, I don't need anything from you, I just need you to die. Then I'll kill your friends too." Saiid the young man
John's eyes widened as he glared at the young man
"WHY!? WHAT DID WE DO!?" John shouted at the young man
"Nothing, in fact, you quite actually helped me." Said the young man with a smile
"THEN WH-"
Before he could finish what he was going to say, John noticed the young man disappear. And in that instant, he subconsciously ducked down.
Less than half a second after, a lightning wave passed right above John's head as the young man suddenly appeared behind him
"You dodged that? No, you moved before I attacked. Hm... Nevermind, bye."
The young man swung his rapier straight down at John who stood seated on the floor. John who could barely see the movements, could only stare as the rapier made it's way towards his head to finish him off once and for all.
*Pierce*
Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact.
---------------------------
Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact, falling on John's top as he looked up.
Confused, John's eyes widened at the sight in front of him. He wasn't the one who had been hit, it was someone else.
Long black spiky hair, with an pitch-black emotionless eyes, pure darkness, it was so dark that John wondered if the man could even see. He idn't know the man, but it wasn't his first time seeing him.
The young man who stood in front of John, held on tightly to the blade of the rapier which was about to cut off John's head, with his b.a.r.e hands.
Blood slowly dripped from the hand yet the young man didn't let go.
"You're..."
Without so much as glancing at John, the young man raised his other hand before closing his eyes.
Seeing this, the young white-haired man's eyes widened as he tried pulling his rapier away
"H-How did you find me?" The white-haired young man asked in fear
The black-haired young man, opened his mouth and began moving it as if saying something, but no sounds came out.
Seeing this, the young man let go of the rapier before quickly moving to dash away, but before he could even complete the movement
*BOOM!
A dark lightning strike landed right on the two of them. John watched as the young man who had saved him, continued to hold on to the hand of the man who had tried to kill him.
The hand of the man who had tried to kill had been burnt, yet his hair still glowed brightly. The lightning strike didn't seem like it was enough to end him and only seemed to have infuriated him even more.
"Let go..."
Without letting go, the young man who had saved John began muttering another set of words.
"LET GO! DAMNIT!"
Suddenly, a bright white electric sphere came from within the white-haired man, engulfing the arm of the man who saved John in an instant.
John who saw this was about to move in to help, but right when he did, a sharp pain came from the area where the orb had been implanted in his c.h.e.s.t, causing him to reflexively close his eyes.
John forced his eyes opened despite the pain as he didn't want to miss a single second of the fight, but right when he did, he both saw and heard it.
"Mors." Translation: Death
For a moment, Just a single moment, John felt his heart skip a beat and in that instant, the light sphere which had engulfed the arm of the man who had saved him, dispersed.
John could see half of the right arm of the young man who had saved him missing, along with the person who was trying to kill John, laying on the ground. Motionlessly.
Unable to grasp an idea of what had happened, John noticed that the young man's hair was no longer glowing white as he laid on the ground, and John couldn't feel the young man's life force.
"He's... dead...?" John asked
When? How? John didn't see, feel or hear anything which may have indicated how exactly the man had died, and yet there he laid, motionlessly, with both eyes closed.
John's saviour, crouched down before picking up the motionless body of the young white-haired man. John did nothing but watch, as the young man picked it up.
"Th-Thank... Y-"
Before John could finish, the black-haired young man disappeared, along with the body of the white-haired young man
[What?!]
John hastily looked around, casting 'deprehendre' as many times as he could and yet, there was nothing.
Absolutely nothing, no presence which had the same feeling as the one who John had fought against a while ago, and nor could he track the presence of the one who had saved him because it was as if he had no presence.
"When did he... How did he outspeed... What...!?" John asked as he placed both hands on his head
He didn't know how to feel. The presence of the monster which was beneath them had suddenly disappeared, he didn't die and some random person came out of nowhere, knocking out and taking away the person who had killed him.
[Did I imagine it...?] John wondered as he let out a sigh
"No, there's no way..." John muttered
His magic power was so vast, it covered the entire area where the two stood, causing John to feel a strange amount of pressure on his body. Why was that young kid your boss...? You're on a whole other level... John wondered John braced himself and once again before preparing himself for whatever which was about to head his way. "Crustalli, Glacies and... Ice lanceam" John muttered / Translation: Ice Crystal, Ice Spike and Ice lance Once again, Ice crystals were formed in the air above the two, quickly taking their form as a a small clock was formed in front John "Antecessum." Translation: Advance Without making a move, the young man watched as the sound of something ticking resounded throughout the area. *Tic* *Toc* *Tic* *Toc* He then looked up and noticed that the Ice Crystals shapes were changing, and progressing with every passing second. "So that's how it works... Any last words?" The young man asked Right as he said that, spikes rose from the ground beneath him, instantly piercing him in the process. Or so John thought, Right as it was about to pierce him, the young man had vanished. Seeing this, John quickly turned around to look behind him. 'Modero' and 'Fulgurationem', Were still active, so he was moving considerably fast.and yet. *Slash* John's eyes widened as he noticed that his head had been sliced off his neck. The last thing he saw before his vision darkened was the young man standing behind him with a smile on his face. --------------- John's eyes opened wide as his breathing got heavier and heavier. Eh? Slowly, he moved his hand towards his neck before grasping it. Confused. John looked up only to see the young man standing back where he was when lightning had struck him. John could barely breathe as he struggled to understand what had just happened. Did I just... die...? "What...?" John muttered Seeing how his fear was getting in the way of his thoughts, John decided to calm himself. John tightly grasped and clenched on to his daggers as he bent his knees. He took in a deep breath before slowly letting it out. It didn't help, John's hands and legs wouldn't stop shaking. And like before, the young man slowly began walking towards John. John had experienced death once before, but that was a time when he didn't expect it. Knowing when or how you would die, is completely different. As the young man got closer and closer, John's heart began to beat faster and faster, the orb which had been implanted in him was still inactive, but that didn't make things any easier. John slowly took a step back, before shortly after taking another. "Hm...? What's wrong? Aren't you going to attack?" The young man asked John stared at the young man nervously before struggling to get his voice out. R...Run... If I fly away from here I can- "Don't even think about running, I know where your carriage is, it won't even take me 10 seconds to kill them." Hearing this, John's heart sunk as he hung his head. Deactivate modero... But I'll keep Fulgurationem, just in case... "W.W..Wait... D-Don't... I'm sorry, I'll do as you ask." Said John as his voice trembled throughout the sentence He wouldn't be able to protect them, he could feel it in his bones. John could have been killed any second now, but the man hadn't done anything yet, meaning he still had a chance. Maybe if he did as he asked, the others would be left alone. "Ask...? Haha... You seem to be misunderstanding something. You see, I don't need anything from you, I just need you to die. Then I'll kill your friends too." Saiid the young man John's eyes widened as he glared at the young man "WHY!? WHAT DID WE DO!?" John shouted at the young man "Nothing, in fact, you quite actually helped me." Said the young man with a smile "THEN WH-" Before he could finish what he was going to say, John noticed the young man disappear. And in that instant, he subconsciously ducked down. Less than half a second after, a lightning wave passed right above John's head as the young man suddenly appeared behind him "You dodged that? No, you moved before I attacked. Hm... Nevermind, bye." The young man swung his rapier straight down at John who stood seated on the floor. John who could barely see the movements, could only stare as the rapier made it's way towards his head to finish him off once and for all. *Pierce* Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact. --------------------------- Blood was spurted all over the floor as the rapier made contact, falling on John's top as he looked up. Confused, John's eyes widened at the sight in front of him. He wasn't the one who had been hit, it was someone else. Long black spiky hair, with an pitch-black emotionless eyes, pure darkness, it was so dark that John wondered if the man could even see. He idn't know the man, but it wasn't his first time seeing him. The young man who stood in front of John, held on tightly to the blade of the rapier which was about to cut off John's head, with his b.a.r.e hands. Blood slowly dripped from the hand yet the young man didn't let go. "You're..." Without so much as glancing at John, the young man raised his other hand before closing his eyes. Seeing this, the young white-haired man's eyes widened as he tried pulling his rapier away "H-How did you find me?" The white-haired young man asked in fear The black-haired young man, opened his mouth and began moving it as if saying something, but no sounds came out. Seeing this, the young man let go of the rapier before quickly moving to dash away, but before he could even complete the movement *BOOM! A dark lightning strike landed right on the two of them. John watched as the young man who had saved him, continued to hold on to the hand of the man who had tried to kill him. The hand of the man who had tried to kill had been burnt, yet his hair still glowed brightly. The lightning strike didn't seem like it was enough to end him and only seemed to have infuriated him even more. "Let go..." Without letting go, the young man who had saved John began muttering another set of words. "LET GO! DAMNIT!" Suddenly, a bright white electric sphere came from within the white-haired man, engulfing the arm of the man who saved John in an instant. John who saw this was about to move in to help, but right when he did, a sharp pain came from the area where the orb had been implanted in his c.h.e.s.t, causing him to reflexively close his eyes. John forced his eyes opened despite the pain as he didn't want to miss a single second of the fight, but right when he did, he both saw and heard it. "Mors." Translation: Death For a moment, Just a single moment, John felt his heart skip a beat and in that instant, the light sphere which had engulfed the arm of the man who had saved him, dispersed. John could see half of the right arm of the young man who had saved him missing, along with the person who was trying to kill John, laying on the ground. Motionlessly. Unable to grasp an idea of what had happened, John noticed that the young man's hair was no longer glowing white as he laid on the ground, and John couldn't feel the young man's life force. "He's... dead...?" John asked When? How? John didn't see, feel or hear anything which may have indicated how exactly the man had died, and yet there he laid, motionlessly, with both eyes closed. John's saviour, crouched down before picking up the motionless body of the young white-haired man. John did nothing but watch, as the young man picked it up. "Th-Thank... Y-" Before John could finish, the black-haired young man disappeared, along with the body of the white-haired young man What?! John hastily looked around, casting 'deprehendre' as many times as he could and yet, there was nothing. Absolutely nothing, no presence which had the same feeling as the one who John had fought against a while ago, and nor could he track the presence of the one who had saved him because it was as if he had no presence. "When did he... How did he outspeed... What...!?" John asked as he placed both hands on his head He didn't know how to feel. The presence of the monster which was beneath them had suddenly disappeared, he didn't die and some random person came out of nowhere, knocking out and taking away the person who had killed him. Did I imagine it...? John wondered as he let out a sigh "No, there's no way..." John muttered
