Chapter 10
Gareth POV
Gareth dodged the incoming fist of Derek before planting a punch of his own sending the eighteen year old backwards. Gareth quickly stole a glance in Asami's direction and saw her matching Regulas blow for blow.
Suddenly he felt a slight breeze as he spotted Elisa flying in the air towards her opponent.
"Storm Bringer!" Elisa shouted as a tornado sprung from her fingertips heading straight for her opponent who seemed fairly calm.
"Sorry Hurricane but no cigar! Water Blast!" Calypso countered as a blast of water clashed with the tornado causing a big explosion.
Gareth tore his eyes away from the scene only to be met by a fist to the face.
"You're fighting me!" Derek shouted as he punched Gareth again.
Gareth felt a million volts of electricity course through his body.
What the hell? What kind of magic is this? No spell?
Gareth quickly stretched out a hand towards a tree and a chain latched onto to hit, Gareth was sent propelled forward as he dodged a series of fireballs.
"Tell me what magic do you use?" Gareth said as he quickly ducked and moved forward to avoid a fireball.
"Deconstruction magic. Powerful and effective. Tell me why are you holding back?" Derek asked methodically as he continued to throw fireballs.
Before Gareth could respond he saw a barrage of earth being sent straight towards him. Gareth quickly created a chain and slung it towards a tree missing the blast my inches.
"I'll crush you all!" Regulas shouted.
"Be careful you oaf! You almost took out my kill!" Derek yelled.
"Shut u-" Regulas started before he was knocked backwards by Asami's metal arm.
"Can it!" Asami said as she ruthlessly pounded downwards.
"Yes...this sensation is what I was waiting for!" Regulas replied as he blocked all of her punches.
"Stay down dammit!" Asami said as she was flung backwards into a tree.
"Wind Wall!" Elisa called from above as a barrier of wind prevented Regulas from striking Asami while she was down.
"Focus!" Derek shouted as he clicked his fingers causing spikes of gray ice to pierce the ground below Gareth causing the chain mage to jump backwards repeatedly as the ice snaked towards him.
"I'm your opponent! Not him!" Derek shouted in anger as he raised his hand causing Gareth to rise as if he was being held by some invisible force.
I might not be able to beat him...
"Gareth! Storm Shred!" Elisa shouted as she sent blades of air towards Derek.
"No interfering!" Derek said as he started to glow brightly causing Gareth to suddenly drop to the ground and stay rooted.
Just how strong is this guy?
"What the hell?" Regulas bellowed as he seemed stuck to the ground with Asami a few metres away from him also unmoving.
"Can't...move..." Asami said as she struggled to look at Gareth.
Gareth eyed the tanned girl in blue as she remained rooted to the spot whilst standing, she didn't seem bothered by the change at all. Elisa however was another story all together as she looked taken aback.
"Impressive huh? Gravity magic has its uses." Derek said with a smirk of satisfaction.
He's skilled but quite annoying...think I'll have to actually go all out!
"Are you going to go all out now and stop holding back? I'm not an amateur y'know!" Derek said with an annoyed look.
"Sure! Remove the gravity and I'll show you!" Gareth taunted as he grit his teeth angrily.
Derek clicked his fingers and the fighting resumed.
Elisa swooped forward and collided into Calypso taking her off into the air out of sight before suddenly plummeting downwards as soon as she turned into a dot in the sky a few hundred metres away in the sky.
"Elisa!" Asami called out before being blown past Gareth by a powerful blast of rock. Gareth winced slightly as he rose to his feet at the sight of Asami hitting a tree.
"Fight me!" Regulas shouted as he ran towards her for the follow up and punched her with a fist of rock which sent her flying out of Gareth's sight.
"Deal with him and then help Calypso." Regulas ordered before bounding after Asami.
Looks like it's just me and him...
Derek stretched out his hand and a jet of fire flared towards Gareth who dived to the right before jumping back to his feet.
"Can you quite with all the fancy dodges and fight me? You're a mockery to your nickname The Sentinel! Come on! Show me that legendary tough guy act!" Derek mocked as he rushed towards Gareth and punched him in the face sending Gareth crashing down onto the ground.
Gareth collapsed to the ground and felt the taste of dirt fill his mouth.
So...weak...now...what the hell did he do to me?
"That's what I call a stinger punch." Derek said as he clicked his fingers which caused electricity to course through Gareth's body.
Gareth yelled in agony.
Get up my child and fight for today is a new dawn...now get up!
Before Gareth could even question the mysterious female voice in his head a blinding flash of harsh light appeared, Gareth shielded his eyes.
Seconds later...
Gareth opened his eyes after the light died down to see a shocked Derek standing before him.
In front of Gareth's hazel eyes was a girl with black wavy hair that reached down to her feet. She wore an armoured jacket and a set of black trousers with Chinese symbols; she also wore a pirate hat and had peach coloured skin. The girl turned around and flashed Gareth a smile; her blue eyes had no irises much to his surprise.
It can't be...
"Do you not recognise me?" The girl asked as with a playful smile on her lips as she moved out of the way allowing Gareth to have a clear view of Derek's trembling form. She clicked her fingers and a transparent barrier formed in front of Gareth.
"W-what? Why can't I attack you Gareth? TELL ME!" Derek said angrily as he repeatedly punched the barrier but to no avail.
Who the hell is that?
"I sense a powerful presence yet I can't see anything..." Derek muttered to himself.
Gareth got up shakily to his feet.
"I trust that you can deal with this mage yourself now?" The girl said as she suddenly disappeared with a poof.
Whoa...that was so surreal...time to deal with this guy now and not hold back!
"Listen up! I am the Sentinel of Beast Talon!" Gareth stated as he got into a fighting stance.
"Bring it fool!" Derek said as he clicked his fingers causing a blast of lightning to come crashing down hitting Gareth's body causing it to steam briefly.
"Time to show you my true magic." Gareth said as he closed his eyes and his body glowed with a powerful navy aura causing the ground around him to tremble slightly.
"Excellent." Derek said with a grin as he charged up his own red aura.
Gareth's eyes snapped open.
Time to show this punk whose boss!
Elisa POV
Elisa opened her eyes after crashing on the coast of the lake, standing before her was a glowing Calypso who had a venomous glare in her eyes and a light blue aura.
"Let's have some fun." Calypso said with a smirk before raising her hand sending a hand of water to grab Elisa and drag her down.
Elisa could only gasp as she was dragged down into the lake...
Asami POV
Asami ran through the treetops jumping from tree to tree.
Need...to...get...out...of...here and recharge...
Suddenly, Asami's foot was caught by a heavy object; she looked down to see the yellow toothed grin of Regulas.
"Gotcha!" Regulas said as he bought his stone fists downwards, dragging Asami through a barrage of branches and leaves until she finally landed with both feet on the ground, Regulas was stood a few centimetres in front of her.
"Time to finish you off..." Regulas said as he caused his hands to sharpen into blades of earth.
Looks like I'm almost down for the count...
Asami's head lulled slightly as she collapsed to her knees.
Lior POV
Lior blanched backwards in his seat as he sat across from Casper. The entire dinner table shook furiously.
It had been two days since their first meal together but Lior hadn't expected anything like this to happen.
"Why is your guild mark glowing-"Lior asked incredulously.
"I could ask the same about you." Casper replied as she pointed at Lior's hand which had a faint green glow which kept flashing on and off.
"Any idea what this means?" Lior asked.
"No idea...must be the weather or something..." Casper said before her eyes suddenly narrowed in annoyance.
Lior suddenly heard a familiar female voice in his head.
Lior don't be so blind...wake up and get your guild mates out of there...I don't select weak guild masters!
Suddenly, a bunch of images filled Lior's mind of Rahzel and Tryst's bruised and battered bodies unmoving in a dingy and dark cell, a bucket was in the corner of the room.
What the hell? Who are you?
You know who I am...I am Lady-
Lior suddenly felt the connection cut off as he saw Casper relax her features in satisfaction.
"What just happened?" Lior asked slowly.
"That was just the main entity we're trying to stop from rising and preventing us from resurrecting my brother...think of it as a guardian of death." Casper replied.
"Oh." Lior said unenthusiastically.
"Why so surprised?" Casper asked.
I'd better not tell her who that was...I think I remember who that voice belonged to...
"Nothing. If it's all the same to you can I retire to my quarters?" Lior asked.
"Sure. Don't let the bed bugs bite." Casper said with a smile.
Lior got up from the dinner table and turned around to the stairs.
Rahzel and Tryst practically beaten to death? I've got to find them somehow...and is that voice really who I think it was? I hope my children are doing okay...
A/N
Hey all,
So there you have it...shorter than usual but next chapter I can confirm you guys will finally get a chance to see Rahzel and Tryst after such a long time of neglect(sorry about this OC makers)... and trust me there are going to be some interesting decisions made by the remaining guild members...
Scrawlx out!