The three got ready, and prepared themselves for the fight. Elsword was covered in a full on red and black scaled armor. It's made of heated dragon scales, is extremely durable and was made to pierce enemy weak points, hitting vital spots. There was even a stinger on his arm to help him in tight situations.
Rena on the other hand, wore poisonous, naturalistic armor. Touching it was partially deadly, and the poison it secretes is a very volatile weapon. Her bow even had enough poison so that when she would shoot, there would be a chance for poisonous spores to fly with it and explode in a haze of death. There was a spur on her leg in which she could hold spores on the spines to shoot for later on.
Then Chung had an extremely heavy set of armor which weighted actually equal to his Freiturneir armor. It was the hardest ore from the Ritchie Mines, and had extreme mechanical properties. Chung even wore Mechanical Visors to help him see heat sources.
Nodding to each other, they departed to the kidnapper, to try and save Aisha, Raven, and Eve. As they neared the entrance, their blood froze still, and they felt very cold. "A-are you sure about this?" Elsword asked. Chung and Rena stood, standing tall.
"If it's how we're going to save them, then so be it. We'll get them back no matter what." Rena said. "If I'm unable to protect even my friends then I'll be shamed for the rest of my life too." Chung said. They stood staring at the entrance, then ran in, Elsword quickly following behind.
As they ran, Chung quickly stopped and held out a hand to stop them. "Chung, what are you-" Chung quickly slapped Elsword's mouth shut, and gave him the 'Shut up and be quiet' signal. Feeling an eerie presence, Rena stood completely still, looking around. Slowly, she pulled out her bow with a poison coated string, and looked around.
It was about five minutes, and Elsword couldn't take it anymore. "Okay, what the hell is-" "There!" Rena quickly shot a spore at the rooftop, and it came into impact with something, or someone?
"Come out here! We'll easily find you again!" Chung yelled out. Looking around, Elsword quickly readied three runes and his sword. 'Fire, to damage it over time, Ice, to slow it down, and then Light to freeze it in place.' Elsword thought quickly. Nodding to Chung, Rena stretched her bow back, and focused magic on it.
A moment passed, and then Chung's Visor showed a change in light. Quickly, Rena turned to where Chung was facing and shot. "Freezing Arrow!" A shot pierced through the building and quickly, the target disappeared.
"Rena! You can't destroy the buildings, this is a-" "Ruined site, Elsword." Rena interrupted him. "That's why things felt weird here. This is a play house for the spirit here. It may seem like a neighborhood, but really, it collapsed over fifty years ago." She explained to him.
"It may seem like it's been a neighborhood forever, but this is all an illusion Elsword." She readied a spore in her hand. "Chung, Elsword, get ready. Something dangerous is coming. "
They took out their weapons, Chung's glowing a light blue, and Elsword's a foggy red. As they did, a small bat came flying at them like an extremely slow bullet. Lowering their weapons in confusion, they looked at it.
With their attention on it, Rena just barely noticed a gaze on their back. "Mother of-" Rena jumped back, and she saw her. A girl who looked like Aisha was covered in dark, halloween themed clothes, and stared at her with an evil, and dangerous look.
She was wearing a black hat with a long, purple ribbon tied around it. There was a purple top on her and a short black skirt which ended at her knees. Her shoes, gloves, and staff were black too.
"No!" Rena shouted as she landed. The girl smiled and raised her hand as Elsword and Chung turned. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion except for the dark girl. "Death, Field!" A grim reaper appeared on top of her, and sliced around. Pushing Chung and Elsword back, they held their stomachs.
Chung's armor was only cut, but Elsword had some blood pouring out of his stomach. There was a cursed mark just floating above their heads, slowly extending. Feeling it warm up, they turned turned to Rena, who was holding her mouth, with tears flooding her eyes, watching them with horror as the curse mark grew bigger on top of their heads.
They looked at Rena, who was holding her mouth, tears dropping on both sides of her hands as she watched the curse marks finally give way and implode, throwing Elsword and Chung into the ground with such force the ground cracked.
The witch looked at Rena with a psychotic murderer's gaze. "So, are you next?" She said, chuckling deeply. She stared Rena down, and Rena's expression slowly changed. She dropped her hands, limply at her sides, her hair covering her eyes.
"What's wrong? Are you already empty inside?" The witch laughed at Rena and slowly noticed the change in her. It started small, but gradually grew more noticeable. It began with the small rocks around her shaking, then a green speck of light dropping from her. As Rena slowly looked up, the witch grew more and more and more horrified.
"You... You dirty little corrupted fool! How could you touch them?!" A burst of energy appeared around Rena, and she looked like an angel from hell because of not only the gaze she was giving and the way she looked, but also the extremely holy naturalistic pressure around her.
"I'll get them back! You hear me?! I will get them all back!" Rena yelled at her, and readied her bow. "Guided Arrow!" She yelled and four arrows chased the witch. She snapped out of her trance when the arrows were right next to her, but didn't have enough time to get out, so she summoned a small bullet bat to protect her. "Ow." And it exploded, but Rena wasn't about to let her get away.
"I'm not done yet!" She jumped forward and landed on her face. "I know who your are and what you want now!" She shot an orb of light at the witch's face and landed behind her. "You want Aisha's magical power's don't you. Demon Queen Speka." Rena poised her bow at her back, holding three arrows with spores on their tips.
She released and all arrows exploded into a poisonous mess. "That's what you think, don't you?" Rena watched angrily as Specka got up, a bit beat up, but still smirking. "I don't want Aisha's power. Instead, she'll be a vessel for the Demon King Angkor, and once he's free, there will be no stopping him." She laughed at my face and my anger grew. "He needs a strong magical vessel, so I think she would fit the requirements being an Elemental Master and such."
"So what will happen to Aisha then, and why do you need us?!" Rena yelled at her. She laughed. "How else can I revive Angkor without a few sacrifices? Most of all, sacrifices of the six strongest people in high school too. You few would've had so much potential, but now, your future, is gone."
Just as she said that, Rena felt a biting on her side. She felt her energy being drained and looked to her side. A bullet shaped bat was nibbling her side and releasing electrical shocks while draining her of her mana and energy. She dropped to her knees, and closed her eyes.
Smiling at her victory, Speka walked over to Rena's unconscious body, lying face down on the ground, and poked her with her foot. No reaction. She picked up Rena's body, and hoisted her over her shoulder. "Now then! To the underground-" she felt a sharp pain in her back and dropped to the ground, Rena flipping off of her.
"Wh-What?!" Speka sputtered out, clearly in shock. "It's a trick I learned from the Elves. Lower your heart rate so the enemy will think you're dead, or asleep. Helps for concealing the archers. Also, that should've taken my mana, but I knew there would be a dark mage, so I got some resistance." With that being said, Rena got into a ready stance, and aimed it at Speka's back.
"You made the darkness too obvious. Illusions require darkness, the draining of energy, and the way you hid yourself. With the dark resistance you shouldn't be too hard to beat." Rena scowled at her.
"Wh-What are you doing?" Speka tried to move, but was caught in a flurry of leaves entangling her, and stopping her movement. "Making sure you don't come back again!" Rena shot three bursts of three arrows, jumped up the wall and then jumped once more high midair, then pointed at Specka. "ARROW STRAFE!"
An arrow coated in spores flew at Speka and exploded on impact, and her screams could easily be heard, even through the explosion. Landing nimbly on the ground, Rena, however didn't notice the bat shaped spirit float out if Speka's body, grumbling. It was a bullet shaped bat with small wings, and completely purple besides it's white face and black wings.
Taking some magic nullifying rope from her bag and tying Speka up, she saw the houses were no longer houses, but ruins. Sighing in relief, she knew that defeating Speka had released the magic creating the illusion. After tying the knot firmly, she heard some rocks crumble and fall behind her. Quickly aiming her bow from behind her, she didn't see anything.
Sighing, she turned back to Speka. "I guess I'm still a bit paranoid..." She said to herself. She put Speka on her back, and began walking, she she heard it again. Quickly, she turned around faster this time. "Who's there?! Come out!" She yelled, then gasped at the sight.
"Wh-what?!" She dropped to her knees in fear, Speka on her back falling down with her. The figure walked towards her in a limp kind of way. "Rena..." It dropped in front of her, and she smacked it softly.
"Chung! You scared me, and you shouldn't be walking yet! Besides, you're still a bit injured, shouldn't you be resting?" Rena scolded. "But, Rena-Chan!" Chung whined. He lowered his head. "I... I wanna save Eve... Besides, I'm fine, she just knocked me out, see?"
Chung stood up and spread his arms. There were scratches here and there, and the big original cut, but other than that, only his left side was bleeding slightly. Rena turned towards Elsword and he was snoring, loudly. However, the wound on his stomach was already slightly closed. There weren't any other big injuries on him otherwise.
Rena sighed, knowing she wouldn't last because of the battle she just had. "Fine, but you take Elsword, and you two just get them, and go. Okay?" He nodded cheerfully. "But wait, what happened to the neighborhood, and the person who attacked us?" Chung turned grim and looked around.
Rena moved aside and pointed at Speka. "She's Demon Princess Speka. She used dark magic to create illusions and to attack us. The bats that bit us were cursed to drain us of both our mana and health. That's why we would be knocked unconscious by them." Rena explained.
"So, what do we do now?" Chung asked. "I'll go back for some rest, you bring Speka to help you find the rest, and she shouldn't be able to fight back, these ropes seal magic." I explained. Nodding, he stood up and carried Speka over his shoulder.
He nudged Elsword awake and explained to him what to do, and Elsword almost immediately lit up. He turned towards Rena, and smiled a cocky smile. "We'll get them back Rena, with my pride at stake." Elsword pumped a fist and walked away with Chung.
As Elsword and Chung walked away, Rena turned to them, and rubbed her eyes in amazement, then sighed at herself. "Hehe, I need better eyesight. Or maybe... No, it must've been a trick of the light... Oh well, guess I'll never know." She chuckled at herself, then walked back home, turning back once more. "Hmmm... Just maybe..."
So! that was Chapter 3, hope you guys liked it! And if you didn't know, Elsword was wearing Grendized Dragonic. Made to pierce enemy weak spots because it's accuracy and critical stats. Rena's wearing Grendized Alterasia. Theres a 3% chance on the weapon to release a poison cloud when attacking, and a 15% chance to release a poison cloud when attacked. Finally, Chung has Grendized Mechanized armor. Seems good to me since Chung is a tank and also uses mechanics (Tactical Trooper).
I will also start trying to post a new chapter every Thursday/Friday to the best of my abilities, so yep! Thanks also to Icebella for giving me more insperation to write! Thank you so much! ^^