Ryuk swiftly tilted without much struggle, his sword disappearing instantly as his claws shot towards Edward’s face, tearing through the air, accompanied by a voice resonating in that place, “You’ll beg for nightmares once I’m done with you, Edward.”
SWISH
In that instant, Edward’s body reflexively dodged the upcoming attack as he leaned down, eyes shot red with determination to kill the man as his hand shrouded in sharp energy before shooting towards the man.
BANG!
“Kughh!” But before he could attack, a swift heavy projectile collided with his other prosthetic hand, which arrived reflexively, yet the force caused his body to shoot at a distance while producing a sharp shockwave.
Screech
Due to recoil, Edward’s body got dragged with his feet embedded on the ground to some distance, trying to stop his momentum.
“Haa….Haa You Basta—?!” Hardly controlling his body, Edward’s eyes lifted with visible rage filling the emerald eyes which reflected a hand shrouded in an orange hue arriving just an inch away.
SWISH
But before that hand can grip his face, Edward’s body lurched back, avoiding the attack. Yet instead of a missing claw, his eyes reflected a foot aimed at his head as if stomping his face.
BOOM!
“KUGHH!” With a very small margin, while falling on the ground due to his lurched body, his tilted head avoided the burning feet which now broke the ground once his head was.
Looking down at the young man lying on the ground, the black masked-man stated with a firm tone, his two sharp amber eyes holding pure killing intent, “This bring backs some old memories, Edward.”
SWOOSH
Instantly, the orange aura surrounding Ryuk’s body started to shine even more as his figure dissolved into the air before blurring due to detecting an upcoming projectile.
SWISH
BOOOM!
“STAY AWAY FROM HIM!” A swift kick, accompanied by a shout from the man who had just seen his son dodging the life-threatening kick by a mere inch, caused a visible tear in the air due to force.
Yet in that moment, his kick appeared much slower, even with such momentum which wasn’t followable by the eyes, evident from an orange figure materializing behind the man with a sword in hand before it arched.
CLANK!
But the sword, instead of cutting off the hand, collided with something metallic, shrouded in aura, coming out from beside the man’s right side, proving his agility to stop the blade.
SWISH
BAM!
Without giving a chance, the man’s body twisted swiftly with his body landing a sharp kick on the young man whose body transitioned from an orange hue to an amethyst one within the time it was hit.
‘?!’
“Ughh…This?” The man’s eyes widened as his feet was stuck to Ryuk’s crossed arm shrouded in amethyst energy, yet there wasn’t any recoil.
Instead, the ground beneath seemed strong enough to not even make him slide due to force, proving his vast control over energy to even infuse ground with it.
“Lady Drishti, you aren’t that unpredictabile,” Ryuk’s pupils glanced towards the three women, yet focused on the middle one holding a small smile, with the other two young women beside her appearing stuck in their position due to some force.
WHOOSH
Regina’s energy burst, her body trying to retaliate yet remaining unshakeable from her position as if stopped by some unknown force sourced from the woman standing between her and Esme.
“Lady Drishti, you can’t be serious” Regina’s eyes turned cold, filled with visible rage seeing how she was the only one who was under restrictions yet all others were freely moving.
“Heh, why are both of you looking at me like this?” Drishti feigned ignorance towards both of the words coming from them and turned her eyes towards Esme, saying, “Why don’t you help him?”
‘….’ Esme’s golden pupils met with Drishti’s and then turned towards Ryuk who had just blocked the kick from a ZENITH Ranker yet remained firmly standing, causing a smile to form on her face as she looked back at Drishti, saying, “But, I already did though?”
SLICE
“Kughh!”
‘…Hmm’ Drishti’s ears caught the sound of a sharp blade swing and then a cry caused by it, her eyes following the direction as they turned towards the blonde-haired man whose head lurched to avoid a blade while his leg was stuck on Ryuk’s crossed hands.
Schlkt
Yet the blade sliced the upper lobe of his ear, cleanly separating it from his body, causing the man to retreat his leg as he swung the sword back in the air from where his ear got sliced.
CLANK!
A metallic sound reverberated caused by the collision of two blades, yet only one appeared visible; the other seemed invisible before slowly materializing, revealing a military-uniformed woman with a stance blocking the upcoming sword.
“…Don’t pressure yourself,” Drishti, though feeling satisfied, understood that she was just placed in an illusion to free Regina’s restrictions, yet slightly cautioned Esme who was pushing her limits.
Indeed, Esme’s illusion was strong enough to even affect her, but in the end, with that lower power level, the more it got used in stronger beings, the more it would take a toll on her body.
In simple words, Esme would have been stronger than anyone else here if it weren’t for her very weak body; the consumption of energy used to affect a being like Drishti took more energy than Esme’s energy core could produce in a moment.
And it was proving through the sweat beads and rising heartbeat Drishti could hear from her.
“It’s fine,” Esme, hearing the woman’s words filled with firmness yet softness, carrying a hint to make her aware of her state, still kept her eyes fixed towards the battle.
thump thump
Her heart was beating much faster, with sweat beads forming due to the enormous control her body needed, with her mind focused solely on trying to channel mana around the space to keep up with the ongoing fight.
Mostly, her mind was focused on creating an illusion big enough to create a dome around this area to camouflage this battle.
Meaning, to fool anyone watching over this battle into thinking that everything is revolving around the conversation instead of any fight.
‘He will be safe, right?’ Esme turned her gaze from the black-masked young man towards the members of the Abernathy family, who were overpowered by several cloaked figures.
Her eyes captured the image of each EPIC rank soldier from the Abernathy family being held by four LEGENDARY Rankers, as if it were an overkill, yet everything seemed part of something big.
The whole situation was confusing.
Since her grandfather was sent to bring Thesis without getting his power unsealed, only four people were fighting with an illusion covering all of their bodies to prevent any surveillance, and all the soldiers from the Abernathy family were overpowered cowardly.
Though, even when she asked why this cowardice move, the answer she got from Regina was simply: No one will call us coward if no witnesses are left.
“Esme, shouldn’t we watch this battle more clearly?” Drishti, calmly looking towards the battle, found the angle of view being disrupted, even though her eyes were seeing everything in slow motion, yet she felt the angle wasn’t right.
“….” Esme didn’t know what to say, already understanding all the words her grandmother told about this woman becoming even more true now, yet she nodded.
SWISH
Drishti and Esme both started to levitate in the air, arriving at a distance above the place where the battle was occurring, observing everything below.
I am sorry for such large gaps, I will fulfill the missing time as soon as possible, Sorry for your loss, Plz u can either Stockpile or Just read, I will upload as soon as finish with chaps and manage all these days lost in interest with upcoming plot.
