In the 'reinforced and improved' metals workshop...

*Explosions echoing*

*Destruction roars*

"*~Pant!~* *~Gasp!~* My God! How can this be so difficult?" Nero staggers whilst repositioning when all of his ammunition didn't even leave a scratch on their ballistic target. Nero ducks to reload his consumed hydro cartridge.

"Target at eleven guys!" Mikuo warns. He just scouted the enemy's location then he readies his M24 frost rifle for firing. Then he shoots to that direction.

Previously supplied by Len, the four boys arm themselves with battle gears, helmets, shields and long-ranged weaponry. In fact, an entire arsenal is made by him with the aid of his extraordinary abilities, all possessing the attributes and qualities of frost, ice or water.

All their HP bars are at 99% and their complete battle equipments have been enhanced five times the normal strength, capability and durability.

The entity has also upgraded their battle garrison base (which is the metals workshop and its surrounding areas) with barrier spells on its walls and foundations to prevent the building and its nearby vicinities from collapsing and excessive destruction.

Scouting, Len cast and dispatches target-seeking hydro lances by the dozen only to be dodged, obliterated and returned back their way by the opposing side.

"The enemy's about to hurl us another strike. Duck and cover!" Rinto alerts the rest.

Then he dives into a pre-excavated tunnel, grasping his glacial sniper rifle. Mikuo and Nero takes shelter beneath their shields.
Rapidly, Len leaps in front and raises his arm, materializing a huge dome of frost. It serves and supports them as a force field. It rams with a total of 14 direct hits, then it absorbs the 14 energy attacks which protected them and their provisional battlefront.

Even with great repelling power, the barrier didn't stop the attacks from making their ears ring from the noise. The earth beneath the makeshift garrison rumble from the intense pressure.

Len dissipates the shield after the attacks then readies his return fire. Then swiftly, he cast hundreds of frost spears towards the target.

After retaliating against that wave, he, then, sheds off his lenses then he peers skyward and around it to detect their airborne opponent.

"INCOMING! ! ! !" He yells as he spots all the spears that he just thrust are repelled and speeding back their way.

Nero, Mikuo and Rinto use their shields again and ward off a number of the returned frost spears whilst Len snaps his fingers to disintegrate the spears that targeted him back into harmless splashes of water.

"Damn… so incredibly quick…" Len mumbles whilst a drop of sweat falls down his forehead.

Obtaining damages on their stronghold and a deducted 45% HP from minor injuries, the four assemble for ammunition and equipment repairs. They draw back into their sanctuary to discuss strategies when their opponent's attacks temporarily ceases fire.

"Geez Len! What the hell was that? How could you miss so much?" Nero complains when he observed the hesitation from his retaliation. He rushes to replenish his ammo at the same time.

"I'm not going to hurt our friend just because of a dumb misunderstanding." Len retorts, then he quiets down for a brief moment to recollect. Then he restores blighted shields and wrecked combat gears.

"So all along, you're just trying to scare him? We can't keep up with this for much longer if that's how you'll even the score." Mikuo says in disbelief and great exasperation. He is excessively perspiring from all that work out, at the same time, helping Len with repairing their equipments.

"To be honest with you, I didn't let those spears fail or miss target intentionally. They are made to freeze their target and render them immobile but not hurt them. I aimed him with my best effort but he's extremely fast. Damn! This really piles up the pressure." Len flatly confesses. Then he tosses them each an extra strength vigor-revitalizing edibles or VRE.

"Oh my God! This is pointless if we can barely even touch him. Who would ever believe that the usual bullied tease-target in class would turn out to be like THAT? Piko isn't who we think he is anymore…" Rinto mutters through his fatigue, grabbing the glowing edible or band munching it quickly.

Whilst regaining some sufficient health percentages and adequate battling vigor, the three boys all glance simultaneously at the one with the most winning chance against their challenging opponent. He closes his eyes and thinks for a brief moment then he looks at all his three comrades in battle, carefully calculating.

"Guys, why don't we just call it quits? I'm really exhausted." With a smirk, he says these words. Len just lied. Entities don't get tired that easily. He's just got sick and tired of the annoying and monotonous defend-the-base routine.

Upon hearing those words, Mikuo and Nero both accidentally drop half of their VRE that they are nibbling. Visibly, the two are insure doubt of what they just heard him suggest. Usually, Len is considered to be someone who doesn't give up so easily.

"And let him beat us up!?" Mikuo and Nero chorus at the absurd proposition.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT ANYWAY!" Len and Rinto immediately resound together, putting the same earlier blame on the two.

Surprisingly, the two didn't fuss or rant about their unfair accusation. They just bear a straight face in response over the matter. Len smirks again whilst the two blamed figures stand their ground, steadily looking eye to eye with their unofficial commandant.

Deciding that something has to be done about their situation, Len steps out of the metals workshop which also has become their so-called armed forces base and garrison. The others stay alert and follow him shortly armed with their loaded and ready frost, hydro and ice firearms. He wears his contact lenses back on before they step out of the fort. Rinto didn't miss to take note of this, he concludes that maybe Len wouldn't have a need to use his full entity sight for just merely raising the white flag.
Their eyes search around the area.

Tranquility is the only greeting that meet them as they exit. Len frowns at the discomforting calmness of the surroundings. He stares at Mikuo and Nero in the eyes who both got the cue. They both wink in agreement.

"Hmm... could he have given up and left? Was it all that simple?" Len says audibly when no surprise attack appeared to meet them.

"Maybe he's hiding and is planning a sneak attack." Rinto guesses, looking left and right suspiciously.

He observes something's going on when the three exchanged glances, it seems like he's the odd man out for not being included in their tactics.

"I don't know if he'll let us go easy just like that. He really got pissed when we all feasted on staring at Olivia's scrumptious sexy body. Woo!" Mikuo jeers out loud tactlessly then he grins at his own mind's imagery.

"Oh yeah, man! How I wish that I actually groped her when we got the chance. Would have been nice to have a feel. *~whistles~* Such a mouthwatering and lip smacking moment. I'll never forget it for the rest of my life!" Nero agrees noisily. Then he and the older boy high-five in full cheers. He speaks all naturally and even chuckles as if it's a regular guys-only chat time.

"OMG Mikuo! Nero! Stop reminding everyone. And what the hell are you two saying? Are you two trying to get us all killed? Now I can't get it out of my mind!" Rinto says, astounded but all reddened by the memory.

Then, he looks left and right of the vicinity to inspect the area again. Now it's crystal clear to him that he's not part of their modus operandi.

"Still, it was a surprise that she didn't even got embarrassed at all when that happened. I actually got tempted to cup a feel and grab a handful myself. I'd love to grant her my squeezing hugs. *~whistles~*" Len riles seriously as he wipes his nose whilst having a bright red tint on his cheeks with his eyes closed.

All of a sudden, Len grins VISIBLY like a demon displaying how much he entirely 'loved' the arousing and sultry experience.

"OMG LEN, NOT YOU TOO! Why are you encouraging them!? Have you all gone crazy!?" Rinto shouts in shock and disbelief. Then he pauses and thinks of a sure-fire plausibility.

'Or wait… is this a plot to lure Piko out in the open?' He suspects that Len and the two perverts might actually be planning that.

He prepares for the worst since he hasn't got a clue on what's exactly going on.

One thing's for sure since he is the 'odd man out' and the one who wasn't notified - He's going to the one who will be subjected into a world of hurt.

"Blades of Lightning Storm!" They hear their opponent hisses in grave infuriation.

Leaving behind their visible transparent cords that operated like extra hands and arms, fourteen levitating energy blades appear and surround the four. All the blades illuminate then within just a blink of an eye, everything around them becomes blinding bright.

Quickly, the four equip their eye gears and clutch on their weaponry, anticipating any assault. Mikuo and Nero defend back to back centering Len between them whilst he whispers intensification enhancement support on their battle equipments. He also cast a barrier skill on the single unsuspecting comrade whom they predict will receive most of the impaling blow.

Whilst in the blinding spot of light, the four safeguarded but met a vehemence of counter attacks from an unseen foe. Nero obtains a tormenting knock on the jaw, Mikuo acquires a backbreaking jolt on the spine whilst Rinto collides with an excruciating nudge on the abdomen. The fraction of a second when they are plummeting to the ground after obtaining the direct strikes, all three feel their eye-gears shatter into pieces, rendering them blind and incapable for battle.

With eyes barely able to gain any sight of the area, they hear swift sounds of assailing strikes versus slamming bashes; clashing spells versus cracking bare fists; quick dodges, violent shoves, crashing thrusts, thumps and pounces from the earth and other collision ruckuses. They hear them returning back and forth randomly within the blinding battle vicinity.

Len is currently preoccupied in close-range combat when the 14 blades that are afloat above them finally glinted, they blast their full-charged wrath all around the battlefront. Rinto collides with the most aerial strike from the energy attack as they plummet from the sky. Mikuo and Nero take cover on the ground for they have no choice but to wait for the wave of energy attack to be over. They toss their shields to cover them and creep away from him. Rinto bears his situation bravely for as much as he can manage. He grunts from the sharp sudden pain and ear shattering torture but struggles steadfast. He maintains on his feet with the help of his great fortitude. His HP bar drops from 99% down to 3%.

Rinto is taking most of the damage done by the powerful lightning attack when the sound of Len's ice traps capturing a number of prey is heard echoing within the area.

...

SNAP! X1 – capture successful first

SNAP! X2 – capture successful second

SNAP! X3 – capture successful third

SNAP! X4 – capture successful fourth

SNAP! X5 – capture successful fifth

SNAP! X6 – capture successful sixth

SNAP! X7 – capture successful seventh

SNAP! X8 – capture successful eighth

SNAP! X9 – capture successful ninth

SNAP! X10 – capture successful tenth

SNAP! X11 – capture successful eleventh

SNAP! X12 – capture successful twelfth

SNAP! X13 – capture successful thirteenth

SNAP! X14 – capture successful fourteenth

SNAP! ! ! X15 – capture successful fifteenth

...

After the fifteen traps executed, the blinding light disappears in a matter of seconds. Fifteen 3x6 boulders of ice as big as crates scatter and stand in the area.

Quickly, Mikuo and Nero spring from where they are hiding and investigate the traps whilst Len rushes towards Rinto's side to assist him with his injuries.

"Sorry about that one, bro but lightning frequently strikes the tallest first." Len explains, and then he concentrates casting an extra powerful healing skill.

Finally fallen on his back onto the grassy earth, Rinto replies. "F..f-figured…t-that much." He thumbs up then winks on the account of good sportsmanship.

Inevitably, he becomes aware of Len's fingers and hands which appear to be bleeding profusely, his face obtained a number of scratches and his clothes seemed all mangled and covered with his own ice and frost from the brawl.

His watchful eyes search around the area then he caught sight of Mikuo and Nero sprinting back towards them in a hurry.

"Len! Rinto! Fall back! HE'S NOT IN THE TRAPS!" Mikuo and Nero alert the two whilst rushing back to them.

They find the 14 detached blades encased in fourteen of the frost crates but they also discover the fifteen trap smashed into smithereens.

"Oh shit! Move it guys! RETREAT TO THE BASE ! !" Len calls them to gather back into their provisional battle garrison.

They help him carry Rinto then they run at full speed to the garrison. Whilst rushing away from the combat zone, Len looks back to the battle area with a look of determination on himself. Despite all his confirmed and evident exhaustion, he smirks in content.

"You may have dealt me quite a lot of damage but I'll be ready for the next wave. You won this battle but I'll win this war. I WILL DEFEAT YOU." He promises with witty enthusiasm and grave determination.

Once they're almost inside, Len summons for the 14 ice crates to return to him. Within just a second, the crystal clear enclosures speed up and immediately arrive inside the fort.

After that is done, he barred the entrance of their glacial battle fort with a snap of his bleeding fingers.