Chapter 81
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Alexander's eyes suddenly narrowed in apprehension before suddenly his upper body twisted back oddly, just in time to avoid a flying spear as it pierced through an afterimage of his moving form. Alexander took hold of this spear with quick reflexes as it fought in his hands to escape.
Squinting his eyes, Alexander looked in the direction where this surprise attack originated from to find a familiar man standing there, the lanky man, complete with his head. As if Alexander hadn't decapitated him earlier.
Peering downwards, Alexander could see the other lanky man still there struggling onto his feet, his head still missing.
"It would seem my hypothesis was correct." Alexander muttered under his heavy breath before he growled at the two lanky men, which were both clones of the Sky Magician, 'Hidden'. "Silva Mona, what has our family done so that you attack us so!"
"You will find out in time!" Shockingly, this voice erupted from right behind Alexander.
Instinctively, Alexander raised his Crying Night and brutally swung it behind himself, only to cut air as the third clone swiftly dodged the attack, the slightest of grins on his pale face as he fixed the bowler hat on his head.
Before he knew it, Alexander was surrounded by nearly a dozen identical men resembling this man called Silva Mona. With trepidation, Alexander assumed a neutral stance as he stood straight and tall in the middle of them all, the blade of his spear 'Crying Night' resting harmlessly on the earth but his grip on its long pole strong and tense.
"You will not be leaving here." Alexander suddenly spoke as his eyes suddenly darted towards the other man aside Silva Mona, the jittery man who had always been by his side. Being called out, his shoulders made a start as his motion froze in its spot. In his hand was another Void Teleportation Scroll. In this moment of hesitation Alexander's free hand suddenly reached into the Magic Pocket hanging by his waist before unveiling a golden spherical object in his hands.
Both the jittery man and every single one of the Silva Mona clones' eyes opened in recognition of this object.
"A Rune Gem!" There was a hint of disbelief in one of the Silva Mona's clones' voice as it spoke.
A second after those words escaped his lips, Alexander's form suddenly vanished from its place. Below the headless Silva Mona clone watched as Alexander darted straight in his direction. But he knew that his target was not himself but the earth below, which he would need to activate the ability of this Rune Gem.
'Things will become difficult if I let him use this Rune Gem. From his words, this Rune Gem clearly contains some sort of magic that prevents the use of teleportation spells... That would make our escape ten times harder... And it is not time to kill Alexander yet... It would bring too much trouble...' These thoughts passed quickly in Silva Mona's collective mind.
The headless Silva Mona clone's body suddenly shattered, revealing his innards which was made up of several mechanical objects covered intricately in runes, drawn at a minuscule level. The intricacy of these clones could be seen at a glance of these several, interconnected parts. A second later however, nothing of the clone could be seen as it was evaporated in an expanding explosion that originated at its center.
Above, Alexander was forced to maneuver around this explosion that reached several dozen meters in length. The delay was short, but enough for the encroaching clones who had begun to chase after the darting figure of Alexander.
Flying at full speed, the several clones all moved in conjunction as they extend their two hands forward, palm raised upward so the flat of it was facing the retreating Alexander. Several small soft click noises sounded before the center of their palms suddenly opened to reveal a small hole before something quick and silver shot out of each of these holes, a silver afterimage in its wake.
Alexander peaked behind him to find several small projectiles flying in his direction like small arrows. At closer look, they all seemed to be metallic poles only a few inches long with a pointed end and intricate runes down its full length.
Singing a quick chant, an azure glow formed a barrier behind him midair, shaped in the form of a large shield. The initial several dozen bolts crashed explosively against this shield, throwing out sparks and cracking deeply the surface of the shield before losing momentum and falling. But the second half of bolts managed to pierce through the then damaged shield without losing too much momentum and chasing after Alexander's shadow.
These bolts were incredibly fast and caught up to Alexander while he was still only several dozen meters from the earth below. But with a massive and guttural swipe from his sword, glacial wind swept the closest of the incoming bolts and sent them flying into the earth and thistle trees around him.
Finally, Alexander reached the ground, singing a quick chant another azure shield appeared and blocked off the remaining bolts, ending the chase. Alexander stop there though as he chanted once more and a glacial cold wind began to form before him, large and encompassing and so cold that icicles began to form in the turbulent and freezing winds.
With a large growl, Alexander swept his Crying Night in an upwards arc and sent the glacial wind blasting towards the incoming clones, who were forced to stop and react to the raging winds threatening their existence.
Five of the clones shot in front of the rest and interlinked their fingers as an azure barrier began to form in front of them and expand at an incredible rate, just in time to meet the brunt of the incoming attack which raged forward like a powerful storm, threatening to blast that growing barrier at any minute.
As the wind raged on and the barrier held strong, the two sides were locked in a stalemate as below, Alexander sung out in his longest chant yet before finally crushing the golden sphere in his hand against the cold ground below, its form smashing into glittering gold dust that merged with the earth upon eventual contact.
"We were too late." A Silva Mona clone clenched its teeth and fixed the bowler hat on its head haphazardly, its frustration palpable.
With the area of impact of the golden sphere at its center, golden runes began to expand in a disc shape, covering the ground quickly, its length even vanishing in the distance.
This massive, expanding rune only completed when it reached a radius of two miles.
Alexander let out a heavy breath as he stood from his crouching position and gazed resolutely upwards, his sight transcending the turbulent gales of his own spell and the azure barrier holding it back and at the sight of several clones looking back at him similarly.
He was not going to give his attacker any chance of escape. Even if there was the possibility that they were all just clones, they could still hold a clue to the organization that was threatening the livelihood of his family.
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Alexander's eyes suddenly narrowed in apprehension before suddenly his upper body twisted back oddly, just in time to avoid a flying spear as it pierced through an afterimage of his moving form. Alexander took hold of this spear with quick reflexes as it fought in his hands to escape.
Squinting his eyes, Alexander looked in the direction where this surprise attack originated from to find a familiar man standing there, the lanky man, complete with his head. As if Alexander hadn't decapitated him earlier.
Peering downwards, Alexander could see the other lanky man still there struggling onto his feet, his head still missing.
"It would seem my hypothesis was correct." Alexander muttered under his heavy breath before he growled at the two lanky men, which were both clones of the Sky Magician, 'Hidden'. "Silva Mona, what has our family done so that you attack us so!"
"You will find out in time!" Shockingly, this voice erupted from right behind Alexander.
Instinctively, Alexander raised his Crying Night and brutally swung it behind himself, only to cut air as the third clone swiftly dodged the attack, the slightest of grins on his pale face as he fixed the bowler hat on his head.
Before he knew it, Alexander was surrounded by nearly a dozen identical men resembling this man called Silva Mona. With trepidation, Alexander assumed a neutral stance as he stood straight and tall in the middle of them all, the blade of his spear 'Crying Night' resting harmlessly on the earth but his grip on its long pole strong and tense.
"You will not be leaving here." Alexander suddenly spoke as his eyes suddenly darted towards the other man aside Silva Mona, the jittery man who had always been by his side. Being called out, his shoulders made a start as his motion froze in its spot. In his hand was another Void Teleportation Scroll. In this moment of hesitation Alexander's free hand suddenly reached into the Magic Pocket hanging by his waist before unveiling a golden spherical object in his hands.
Both the jittery man and every single one of the Silva Mona clones' eyes opened in recognition of this object.
"A Rune Gem!" There was a hint of disbelief in one of the Silva Mona's clones' voice as it spoke.
A second after those words escaped his lips, Alexander's form suddenly vanished from its place. Below the headless Silva Mona clone watched as Alexander darted straight in his direction. But he knew that his target was not himself but the earth below, which he would need to activate the ability of this Rune Gem.
'Things will become difficult if I let him use this Rune Gem. From his words, this Rune Gem clearly contains some sort of magic that prevents the use of teleportation spells... That would make our escape ten times harder... And it is not time to kill Alexander yet... It would bring too much trouble...' These thoughts passed quickly in Silva Mona's collective mind.
The headless Silva Mona clone's body suddenly shattered, revealing his innards which was made up of several mechanical objects covered intricately in runes, drawn at a minuscule level. The intricacy of these clones could be seen at a glance of these several, interconnected parts. A second later however, nothing of the clone could be seen as it was evaporated in an expanding explosion that originated at its center.
Above, Alexander was forced to maneuver around this explosion that reached several dozen meters in length. The delay was short, but enough for the encroaching clones who had begun to chase after the darting figure of Alexander.
Flying at full speed, the several clones all moved in conjunction as they extend their two hands forward, palm raised upward so the flat of it was facing the retreating Alexander. Several small soft click noises sounded before the center of their palms suddenly opened to reveal a small hole before something quick and silver shot out of each of these holes, a silver afterimage in its wake.
Alexander peaked behind him to find several small projectiles flying in his direction like small arrows. At closer look, they all seemed to be metallic poles only a few inches long with a pointed end and intricate runes down its full length.
Singing a quick chant, an azure glow formed a barrier behind him midair, shaped in the form of a large shield. The initial several dozen bolts crashed explosively against this shield, throwing out sparks and cracking deeply the surface of the shield before losing momentum and falling. But the second half of bolts managed to pierce through the then damaged shield without losing too much momentum and chasing after Alexander's shadow.
These bolts were incredibly fast and caught up to Alexander while he was still only several dozen meters from the earth below. But with a massive and guttural swipe from his sword, glacial wind swept the closest of the incoming bolts and sent them flying into the earth and thistle trees around him.
Finally, Alexander reached the ground, singing a quick chant another azure shield appeared and blocked off the remaining bolts, ending the chase. Alexander stop there though as he chanted once more and a glacial cold wind began to form before him, large and encompassing and so cold that icicles began to form in the turbulent and freezing winds.
With a large growl, Alexander swept his Crying Night in an upwards arc and sent the glacial wind blasting towards the incoming clones, who were forced to stop and react to the raging winds threatening their existence.
Five of the clones shot in front of the rest and interlinked their fingers as an azure barrier began to form in front of them and expand at an incredible rate, just in time to meet the brunt of the incoming attack which raged forward like a powerful storm, threatening to blast that growing barrier at any minute.
As the wind raged on and the barrier held strong, the two sides were locked in a stalemate as below, Alexander sung out in his longest chant yet before finally crushing the golden sphere in his hand against the cold ground below, its form smashing into glittering gold dust that merged with the earth upon eventual contact.
"We were too late." A Silva Mona clone clenched its teeth and fixed the bowler hat on its head haphazardly, its frustration palpable.
With the area of impact of the golden sphere at its center, golden runes began to expand in a disc shape, covering the ground quickly, its length even vanishing in the distance.
This massive, expanding rune only completed when it reached a radius of two miles.
Alexander let out a heavy breath as he stood from his crouching position and gazed resolutely upwards, his sight transcending the turbulent gales of his own spell and the azure barrier holding it back and at the sight of several clones looking back at him similarly.
He was not going to give his attacker any chance of escape. Even if there was the possibility that they were all just clones, they could still hold a clue to the organization that was threatening the livelihood of his family.
Alexander's eyes suddenly narrowed in apprehension before suddenly his upper body twisted back oddly, just in time to avoid a flying spear as it pierced through an afterimage of his moving form. Alexander took hold of this spear with quick reflexes as it fought in his hands to escape.Squinting his eyes, Alexander looked in the direction where this surprise attack originated from to find a familiar man standing there, the lanky man, complete with his head. As if Alexander hadn't decapitated him earlier.Peering downwards, Alexander could see the other lanky man still there struggling onto his feet, his head still missing."It would seem my hypothesis was correct." Alexander muttered under his heavy breath before he growled at the two lanky men, which were both clones of the Sky Magician, 'Hidden'. "Silva Mona, what has our family done so that you attack us so!""You will find out in time!" Shockingly, this voice erupted from right behind Alexander.Instinctively, Alexander raised his Crying Night and brutally swung it behind himself, only to cut air as the third clone swiftly dodged the attack, the slightest of grins on his pale face as he fixed the bowler hat on his head.Before he knew it, Alexander was surrounded by nearly a dozen identical men resembling this man called Silva Mona. With trepidation, Alexander assumed a neutral stance as he stood straight and tall in the middle of them all, the blade of his spear 'Crying Night' resting harmlessly on the earth but his grip on its long pole strong and tense."You will not be leaving here." Alexander suddenly spoke as his eyes suddenly darted towards the other man aside Silva Mona, the jittery man who had always been by his side. Being called out, his shoulders made a start as his motion froze in its spot. In his hand was another Void Teleportation Scroll. In this moment of hesitation Alexander's free hand suddenly reached into the Magic Pocket hanging by his waist before unveiling a golden spherical object in his hands.Both the jittery man and every single one of the Silva Mona clones' eyes opened in recognition of this object."A Rune Gem!" There was a hint of disbelief in one of the Silva Mona's clones' voice as it spoke.A second after those words escaped his lips, Alexander's form suddenly vanished from its place. Below the headless Silva Mona clone watched as Alexander darted straight in his direction. But he knew that his target was not himself but the earth below, which he would need to activate the ability of this Rune Gem.'Things will become difficult if I let him use this Rune Gem. From his words, this Rune Gem clearly contains some sort of magic that prevents the use of teleportation spells... That would make our escape ten times harder... And it is not time to kill Alexander yet... It would bring too much trouble...' These thoughts passed quickly in Silva Mona's collective mind.The headless Silva Mona clone's body suddenly shattered, revealing his innards which was made up of several mechanical objects covered intricately in runes, drawn at a minuscule level. The intricacy of these clones could be seen at a glance of these several, interconnected parts. A second later however, nothing of the clone could be seen as it was evaporated in an expanding explosion that originated at its center.Above, Alexander was forced to maneuver around this explosion that reached several dozen meters in length. The delay was short, but enough for the encroaching clones who had begun to chase after the darting figure of Alexander.Flying at full speed, the several clones all moved in conjunction as they extend their two hands forward, palm raised upward so the flat of it was facing the retreating Alexander. Several small soft click noises sounded before the center of their palms suddenly opened to reveal a small hole before something quick and silver shot out of each of these holes, a silver afterimage in its wake.Alexander peaked behind him to find several small projectiles flying in his direction like small arrows. At closer look, they all seemed to be metallic poles only a few inches long with a pointed end and intricate runes down its full length.Singing a quick chant, an azure glow formed a barrier behind him midair, shaped in the form of a large shield. The initial several dozen bolts crashed explosively against this shield, throwing out sparks and cracking deeply the surface of the shield before losing momentum and falling. But the second half of bolts managed to pierce through the then damaged shield without losing too much momentum and chasing after Alexander's shadow.These bolts were incredibly fast and caught up to Alexander while he was still only several dozen meters from the earth below. But with a massive and guttural swipe from his sword, glacial wind swept the closest of the incoming bolts and sent them flying into the earth and thistle trees around him.Finally, Alexander reached the ground, singing a quick chant another azure shield appeared and blocked off the remaining bolts, ending the chase. Alexander stop there though as he chanted once more and a glacial cold wind began to form before him, large and encompassing and so cold that icicles began to form in the turbulent and freezing winds.With a large growl, Alexander swept his Crying Night in an upwards arc and sent the glacial wind blasting towards the incoming clones, who were forced to stop and react to the raging winds threatening their existence.Five of the clones shot in front of the rest and interlinked their fingers as an azure barrier began to form in front of them and expand at an incredible rate, just in time to meet the brunt of the incoming attack which raged forward like a powerful storm, threatening to blast that growing barrier at any minute.As the wind raged on and the barrier held strong, the two sides were locked in a stalemate as below, Alexander sung out in his longest chant yet before finally crushing the golden sphere in his hand against the cold ground below, its form smashing into glittering gold dust that merged with the earth upon eventual contact."We were too late." A Silva Mona clone clenched its teeth and fixed the bowler hat on its head haphazardly, its frustration palpable.With the area of impact of the golden sphere at its center, golden runes began to expand in a disc shape, covering the ground quickly, its length even vanishing in the distance.This massive, expanding rune only completed when it reached a radius of two miles.Alexander let out a heavy breath as he stood from his crouching position and gazed resolutely upwards, his sight transcending the turbulent gales of his own spell and the azure barrier holding it back and at the sight of several clones looking back at him similarly.He was not going to give his attacker any chance of escape. Even if there was the possibility that they were all just clones, they could still hold a clue to the organization that was threatening the livelihood of his family.
