Lucy's House - No One's POV
"I hope you understood what I told you? " asked Lucy.
"Yes, yes. I have to protect your book from anyone who comes to take it," said Can while laughing.
"What do you find so funny? "Yelled Lucy.
"I still can't believe that this idiot of Elfman wanted to read your story. The last time I saw him read was when he was still a little child," replied the elder woman.
"Yeah, that's why I secretly think that there is a secret organisation that wants my story. Anyway I won't take too long, I'll be back by the afternoon," Said Lucy.
"Well if it is a small job, why don't you take your story with you? "Asked Cana.
"I really don't understand why, but one who sent the request has a phobia of paper ever since he discovered he was allergic to paper. So I can't really bring it. And I really want the client to stay happy and pay us or else I'll be homeless,"replied the blonde.
" That's such a dumb phobia ,(A/N : Not insulting by any means people with that phobia. In fact, I don't even know if it exists) ," said Cana.
"Anyway I'll be going now, the train is gonna depart in some minutes so I need to get to the bus station. Also remember that you can do anything you want but don't invite anyone there and don't read the book," Said Lucy before she ran out of her apartment.
Some Hours Later
"Damn! It is so boring here! There's not even any sign of alcohol here! And my portable stock is already empty!" Complained Canada as she let herself fall on Lucy's bed.
She turned her head to the right and saw Lucy's desk and an idea struck her mind.
"I know she told me not to do this, but how will she know I did this if she was not here," She said to said to herself as she got up and opened Lucy's desk's drawer.
She took the stack of paper and said, " Let's see what you so want to keep to yourself,"
Chapter 11: Separated Ways
Recap:
Jasmine is lost in the frozen cave with Hendricksen, the illusionist knight, who fell into his own illusion.
Meanwhile after a rude battle against Bain and 14 more armored detectives, Pharis succeeded in greatly reducing the enemy numbers but Bain does not look like a pushover.
And lastly Lea attempted to make Averan fall off the cliff and failed. However Dan managed to kick him off with a powerful surprise lunging attack. But unfortunately, he fell too.
Let's now resume our story. . .
No One's POV - Lea's Location
"Daaaan ! Nooo ! " yelled Lea.
"Nooooooo," she started whimpering as she fell on her knees.
"I need to get the others, we need to find him," she said to herself as she got up.
"Let's see where the cave is, " she said as she removed her tablet from the pocket of her coat, only to find its screen shattered.
"Dammit! How am I going to get there in such a blizzard now! " she said to herself as she started running forward.
15 Minutes Later - Outside The Cave
"Frost Orbs! " Called Pharis as he created some balls of ice and threw them towards Bain's machine. On contact they exploded and for a thick white mist.
"Don't think that I will fall for that again," said Bain. When the mist disappeared we could see the armor started glowing red hot and also melting the layer of ice caught on it. The armor also looks like it thinned itself and now a blue sphere could be seen at the head.
"Are you joking with me!" Yelled Pharis.
"I have to expose the most vulnerable parts to do it but it is going to red rid of your freezing attacks," said Bain.
"How am I supposed to defeat him if he is going to melt my ice?" Thought Pharis.
"To all available units, I am sending you my location. I order you all to rally at this point," said Bain.
"And now he is requesting reinforcements! I need to finish him quickly, look for the others and escape before they arrive. There is no way we will able to defeat all of them," thought Pharis.
Meanwhile - Inside The Cave - Jasmine's POV
It feels like I have been walking for hours. Mirage is still under his spell and now I have to multitask because of it. I have to fight the creatures, protect Hendriksen and also make sure we are not going in a round. It was really tiring.
Then we arrived in a large open space. The temperature was a little warmer here but not by a lot. It did not seem like there were any creatures here too. I walked a little bit forward and saw a little accumulation of water. It had steam rising from it too. A hot water pond ! Here! That's unbelievable ! A hot water bath was all I needed ( Reminds me of another good song and album called " All I Need" by the talentuous Foxes) . I instinctively dropped Mirage and stripped to my underwear.
I decided to check the temperature first. To position myself better I decided to mount on the two small ice blocks in middle of the pond. But as I put my right foot on it, I heard someone yell : " What's the meaning of this! Who is that! ". What was even weirder was that the block of ice was smooth and slick and both of them started sinking. I was taken aback by those two unusual happenings and fell in the pond.
In front of me then rose above the water surface, a very small humanoid body with a crystal like face. It had human eyes, nose and mouth and also had a white beard and mustache. It started it yelling " No! Who do you think you are miss? Touching people's behind while they are having a bath. You're such a pervert! " That totally freaked me out and I blasted it with a fireball away from me. It knocked him back and looked like he started melting.
As it slowly got up, I took up a deep breath and calmed myself. He did not seem that harmful. "Hey Miss ! What do you want! Coming to ruin people's bath? Who are you? "Asked the weird creature.
"My name is Jasmine and I only wanted to take a bath too. . ." I said.
"Why here? There are many places where you can take a bath," it said.
"Well I'm lost in these caverns with that other man and we can't find the exit so we do not have many options," I said.
"I see..." it said as it rubbed its icy chin.
"If I help you to get out, will you let me relax in peace ?" It asked.
I could not let go of such an opportunity to get out so I accepted it.
"I'll let you use my hot water pond meanwhile. Try to enhance your magical powers with it. The minerals present in it not only help to relax the muscles but also help magic power absorption," it said.
"Enhance my powers? How?" I asked, interested by what he just said.
"Alright I'll teach you the basics. Close your eyes and concentrate yourself, deep inside your heart, deeper in to your soul and even deeper in the magic source in you..."he said with a calm voice.
I initially doubted his method but I ended dping what he said, deep in my heart, deep in my soul, deep in my magic...
"What can you see," he asked me.
"Two bright orbs. One is flame red and the other one is dark blue. They are suspended in a dark space,"I told him.
"Concentrate even more," he said.
And as I did countless number of very dull grey orbs appeared in the previously blank space.
"What can you now see," he said.
"The space filled with similar orbs but they are dull and grey," I told him.
"Try focusing on one of the lighted orbs,"he said.
I started concentrating on the blue one and I started sensing water. Its freshness , the movement of waves , the flow of water, rain dripping from my skin. It was a quite unique experience.
"Now try to concentrate on the other one," he told me again.
While focusing on the red one, it felt like the temperature was rising. It felt hot and I felt like my skin was burning but it was not hurting me or anything. In fact I did not feel any pain from it.
"I believe you felt some sensations when you concentrated yourself. To enhance your magic must keeps focusing on it and make your magic flow and move like the element, like the sensations you are feeling," he said.
"Understood," I said.
"Another way is by focusing on your surroundings and absorbing their energy. Try it," he said.
I then started meditating and started focusing on the environment. After some moments I could feel myself rejuvenated . I could feel more energy in my body, and the more I did it the more I started feeling cold. Was I doing wrong? Since now the cold affected me? I decided to ask that little person but as soon as I opened my eyes, he was no longer here.
"Looks like he already went looking for the exit for me," I said as I went back to meditating.
Outside The Cave - No one's POV
"Ice Barrage! " called Pharis as he sent hundreds of ice projectiles on Bain in his second robot form. But the latter did not move and as the ice touched the metallic skin, it melted.
"Stop doing this ! This is cheating! " Yelled the ice wizard.
"Even if this form is more vulnerable,you should not underestimate it as it is a lot swifter and quicker than the main version," said Bain kicked Pharis quite quickly.
"I must say though. You have quite an endurance and stamina," said Bain.
"That's why you must pay attention to the fight!" Yelled Pharis as he appeared from the right side of Bain and dashed at him.
"How!" Said Bain and as he looked at the location where Pharis was supposed to be and saw that it was a body made of ice.
As Pharis was going to hurt the robot with his ice sword, Bain simply swung his arm at him but this one was an ice body too.
Then another Pharis from behind and slashed the robot.
"You! " yelled Bain as he hit Pharis again only to find another ice clone.
And it went on like this, Pharis kept on making ice clones and attempts to hit Bain while the latter kept destroying them.
As another Pharis was coming to hit Bain, the latter thought of something, " What if I just activated my flame skin. If it is only ice clone it will melt when it hits the Mechanoid." And thus he allowed the other Pharis to close the distance and hit him, but he did not hit the skin, instead he hit the giant orb at the top. The sword pierced it and the sphere started cracking and a part of it broke.
"You insolent brat !" Yelled Bain as he swung that Pharis away . The latter was the real Pharis and smiled.
"You've destroyed the vision lacrima but don't think that I'm done," said Bain.
The armor then morphed back into its original form.
"I might no longer see you but by combining the inputs of the temperature, magic and distance captors, I'm able to make an artificial vision. I may not be able to see much details but I can see what I need to target," said Bain.
"Oh crap. Can't I get some minutes off? " said Pharis.
Of course Pharis. Lets get back to Jasmine for some minutes if you want.
Hot Water Pond - Inside The Cave - No One's POV
"Boo! " yelled the ice person in Jasmine's ear. The latter panicked, blasted the ice person with a fireball again.
"Your fireballs seemed to have got stronger, " he said.
"Ah it's you. So did you find the exit? " Jasmine asked.
"Yes I left indicators on the route. You can't miss them. Now get lost ,I want to relax in my pond," said the ice person.
"What shall I do about him? He has not woken up yet,"asked the dual mage.
"He'll eventually wake up when he defeats the illusion. If you knew how to break illusions that would help him too but I believe you don't know how to," the other person.
"You are right. Unfortunately I don't know how to cancel illusions. Anyway thank you for everything. I only have a question," said Jasmine as she dressed up herself.
"What's on your mind?" Asked the little ice person.
"What are you exactly ?" Asked the dark Olive haired lady.
"I'm an elemental spirit. I'm Welter, the ice elemental," said the so called Welter.
"Well ... Welter it was nice meeting you but now I must go on my way. I have some persons to find," Said Jasmine with a smile as she took Hendricksen with him and marched back.
"I wish you good luck on your journey Don't let my teachings go in vain or use them for evil," said Welter.
"I promise! " yelled Jasmine.
"It's been quite a long time since I've seen a human, let alone interact with him. Since she was able to see me I guess she is an elementalist. Well she is not that strong for the moment but I'm sure she'll progress further and become very strong like the others," thought the spirit as he watched Jasmine leave.
Outside The Cave - No One's POV
The battle in between Pharis and Bain was still going on but this time Pharis was more in disadvantage. Bain did not have to make much effort to use the robot while Pharis used a lot of energy and magic to take down his enemy and was more tired.
"I'm in a really bad posture, in that form he is receiving near to no damage and his attacks are even more powerful. And now since he know I'll try to freeze him, he won't let me close to him or even my projectiles," thought Pharis after blocking the missiles of Bain. The latter then dashed and broke Pharis' shield with a punch also hitting him in the process, sending him flying some meters behind.
"This is bad, I'm nearly out of magic, " said Pharis in between pants as he slowly got up.
Just then he noticed the missiles flying towards gim. "Shit, I won't time to make a shield,"he thought. Just then a large mass of crystals prevented the impact.
"Pharis, get up quickly and come with me. We need to go and get him," said Lea as she over to Pharis.
"I'm glad you are fine. We were looking for you two," said Pharis.
"Yeah yeah. Call Queen Bitch we need to go right now. Our fellow photographer might be in danger right now," said Lea as she lifted Pharis up.
"What happened ? Why are you so restless" Asked Pharis.
"He tried to help me defeat a metal armored person by making him fall of the cliff. He succeeded in doing it but he fell off too. I don't know if he is dead or alive, but we must save him," yelled Lea.
"Sure let's go but I do not believe our guest will allow us to leave so easily," said Pharis as he pointed to the android.
"Looks like you got a sidekick but it does not matter since I'll crush both of you and you will finally tell me where he is, "said Bain.
When Lea finally distinguished the enemy in the blizzard, her expression changed.
"No ... Not another one," she said in terror.
"What do you mean?" Asked Pharis.
"We fought someone like this," said Lea.
"You too? Well at least you got to fight only one. I got to fight fourteen of them and it was really hard to get rid of them. Only this one is left, he is the leader of the robots," said the ice mage.
"Fighting one was already hard for me but Pharis incapacitated thirteen of them. Am I really that weak ?" Thought Lea shocked.
"Well then it should be a cakewalk to defeat this one the too of us," said the monster hunter.
"I'm sorry but you'll have to bail on me. I'm nearly out of magic," said Pharis with a smile.
"Fine I'll take care of him. Just at least try to not be a burden and defend yourself if he attack," said Lea as she made Revlon appear.
"Heh," was all Phrais replied.
"Alright, let me kick your ass quickly so that I can go and look for Meatbag ," explained the blonde as she dashed towards the robot.
"Quite cocky aren't we? " said Bain as he sent missiles towards Lea. The latter dodged them with ease and slashed the leg of the rob several time but again, it was just scratches.
"Dammit," cursed Lea. Then Bain immediately kicked Lea in the air and hit her again with it's laser canon.
"No! " yelled Pharis.
Bain was going to hit Lea again with a lunging attack but Pharis interrupted him with an ice attack.
"That was not necessary. I can fight alone. Go and rest a bit," Said Lea as she got up.
"He is definitely stronger than the one. This one is more brutal and aggressive but is less accurate
," thought Lea.
Just then Pharis was hit by the laser beam why sent him flying and crashing against the mountain slope.
"I'll show you of what steel I'm made of!" Said Lea as she transformed Pandemonium into Genova and hit the robot.
Unfortunately the skin wasn't even scratched and the robot then retaliated with a heavy blow, badly hitting Lea.
"This fight is going to be extremely long and painful," said the blonde.
And for some five more minutes the fight continued on and our heroes were hurt a lot while Bain only had scratches and little cracks.
"It is impossible to destroy that thing. We really need to escape," proposed Pharis.
"I will never give in. Understood! " shouted Lea.
"Its futile. Just give me my information and die already!"
Just then another robot came. It had a dent on the left side and had blood splatters on the chest piece.
"I see you finally found back your Mecha armor but still look at its state. Anyway, reinforcements and no longer needed," said Bain.
"Not another one !" Said Pharis.
But Lea did not respond, she looked at the machine looking horrified.
"No...It can't be..." said Lea as she fell in her knees.
"What's wrong? " asked Pharis.
"Look at the headpiece of the one that just arrived. There is a deep scratch running around it. It was me who made it. That means that this was the robot I fought," said Lea while shaking.
"But didn't it fall off a cliff with him ? Wait! You mean!" said Pharis shocked.
"Yup. . . That blood on the army might well be Meatbag's," said Lea.
Pharis merrily stood petrified.
"You are gonna pay ! You little fucker !" Yelled Lea as she attempted to hit the second android with Genova.
The android simply blocked the attack and pushed Lea away.
Just then it charged its missiles.
Lea was ready to evade them and Pharis block them, but the missiles flew towards neither of them but instead all of them hit Bain's android. It did not allow Bain to get up and continued with a barrage of magic bullets.
"Wait? What is happening here? Why is this one attacking the one! " said Lea.
"I don't know but it is now a golden opportunity to get rid of him! Frostbite! " said Pharis as he clapped his hand like they were two jaws. Just then the Bain was enclosed in an ice block that looked like the head of a wolf.
Then the blood stained robot kicked the ice and broke the ice also hitting Bain in the process. It then followed with a laser shot. Bain was not getting any time to riposte and his machine was slowly crumbling.
With a final missile blast from the other android, Bain's android exploded sending the man flying far away.
" Now it is just the three of us," said Lea.
" Nope, it is only the two of you . I'm done," said Pharis while panting heavily.
" You'll pay for what you did to Dan," said Lea with a deadly glare.
Just then the chest piece of the robot started moving. It was like if something was going to come out of it.
"Wait! Its me !" Said a familiar voice.
Out of it came Dan with torn clothes and blood on his forehead but he did not land well and fell head first in snow.
"Wait? What?" Said Lea and Pharis shocked.
"Wait a minute! Give me just a fcking minute !" Yelled the Blonde.
"How did you get hurt so much! No! How did you come here! No wait! How did you get in that thing! No no! How did you defeat the guy that was inside this and take his place! "
Asked Lea.
"Ugh which question should I answer," said Dan with an awkward smile.
"Just narrate everything. It would be better," said Pharis.
"Help me get up first though , my leg is frozen . I can't move well," said our photographer as Lea came to lift him up.
And our photographer started: "Alright so...
No One's POV - After Averan's and Dan's fall
As the robot fell on the ground it made a large 'thump' noise. Dan fortunately landed on the android and did not suffer as much as the robot. He only had a wounded forehead which he got by headbutting the robot while Averan's machine got a huge dent on the left side. The shock was so big that Averan was forced out of the machine.
Dan touched his forehead and winced in pain as he got up. Averan also got up and immediately pulled out a sword.
" I had the perfect opportunity to show my valor to the five generals. But you messed all up. I'm gonna kill you," He said with a low voice.
He then went to slash Dan, the latter blocked the attack with his arm. Averan continued with series of slashes and blows and Dan could not stop him and merely blocked with his arms. Cuts were formed on him.
Averan then knocked back our hero with a kick.
"Done already? I expected more from someone who dared to defy me," said Averan as he came close to the still downed photographer.
"You should have ran away like the girl told you. Now your life is going to end now," Said Averan as he held the tip of his sword above Dan's and prepared it to trust it in the photographer's head.
"He's quite strong. I can't really get much time to retaliate. But I'm not going give up this time. If I want to become stronger, I'll have to win this encounter. I'll have to survive," thought Dan as he layed down.
"Now die!" Said Averan as he trust his sword with force.
Just before it touched his head, Dan spun and evaded the sword. Averan tried removing the sword but it was stuck in the soil.
"It's now the perfect opportunity for me. He is weaponless," Said Dan as he got up.
He then took out his camera and snapped the other man's image in Light Burst mode.
Averan then started rubbing his eyes and said " You! Couldn't you die! "
Dan took the opportunity that he was stunned and took the opportunity to punch the older man, knocking him down.
Averan tried to get up but Dan did not let him and kicked him before he could rise.
As he fell down again, Averan took Dan's other leg and flipped him and Dan fell too.
Both rose up and Averan lunged on Dan but the latter snapped him again making him miss and stunning him. Dan was then going to kick him when suddenly a snow wolf appeared in front of him. He stopped and noticed that they were surrounded by those creatures and they did not seem friendly. They were barking and had their canines out.
"Looks like the noise and the flashes attracted those beasts," said Averan.
"The blizzard is making them hard to spot too," said Dan.
Just then one of the wolves jumped on Averan but the latter punched him away. Then the beasts started attacking them.
They were quite in a difficult situation, as a single bite of those, results into limb paralyzing.
Averan was fighting them while Dan was flashing them with his camera.
Dan was struggling to keep up with fighting those animal and then he remembered the armor. He looked at its direction and saw that it was still open.
"Maybe I could try to run and get inside," said Dan as he started running towards it, flashing the snow wolves attacking him on the way.
"Hey ! What are you doing! I ain't done with you! " yelled Averan as he started running after Dan.
Dan managed to run most of the distance when suddenly a wolf bit his right leg. He instantly fell to the ground and he could hardly feel his foot.
"No! " said Dan as he tried to shake the wolf off his leg but it won't budge.
He then tried to flash the wolf but the wolf closed its eyes and kept digging his teeth into his foot.
Dan then noticed that more of those wolves were coming for him, along with Averan.
To get the wolf off he then started striking it with his camera.
One times. Two times. Three times. And the camera broke, but the beast let go.
Dan then mustered all his strength and started crawling to the android.
He managed to get in and close the hatch , right before Averan and the wolves came.
"Get out of here! It's mine !" Yelled Averan as he smashed the metallic armor. Dan was still panting heavily from the shock and effort and could not respond.
Seeing the wolves, Averan started hitting the armor more frequently and started begging : " Please open that! I promise you that I will not kill you ! Let me in! "
But Dan knew that he would eventually try to kill him and would also give the opportunity to get him too and simply kept on panting.
As the wolves approached, they jumped on Averan. But they were too many and eventually Averan was getting bittem from everywhere and started laying motionless as the beasts started tearing his suit and eventually prey on him.
By his decision, Dan now had to listen to Averan's cries of agony for long minutes. Dan was terrorized by the recent events. Someone is dying because of him. When the cries stopped some five minutes later and the wolves' jaws' sound noise ended , Dan felt a bit more calm but still restless.
"It's no use staying here. I need to get back to Lea," said Dan.
He then readjusted him to the armor and said, "How do we operate this thing ? I hope it does not sap magical power from the user."
"I hope it still works after this fall. Or else it would be hard to get back to them," continued the dark reddish brown photographer as he started pressing random buttons and pulling levers.
After some guesses, he pushed a blue button and the robot went active again and a little light appeared, making the markings on the buttons more visible .
Afterwards, a screen appeared in front of him showing him the seen in front of him.
"Excellent. I can now see outside but how to make this thing move now? There's no buttons or levers concerning movement here," said Dan as he fumbled around the different buttons and controls.
Unfortunately he could not find anything.
"Just get up already!" Shouted our hero and the armor started moving and it started standing.
"So it works by voice? I wonder of it works by mind? " said Dan and then the robot lifted its left arm.
"Oh it does ! That's so cool!" Exclaimed Dan.
Dan then started making the armor move and the movements started getting more fluid after some time.
"Ok, I managed to get to know of the movements. What do we have for attacking? " said Dan as he looked around the buttons.
" One lever for each arm to activate the gatling, the magic bullet pistol, the missiles, a laser , A Phase 2? What's that? I why must it be used only as last resort? " said Dan.
Just then an alarm rang and the blue lights turned red. At the top of the magic screen, a 'Incoming Message From Bain' notification appeared.
"What's that? " said Dan as he clicked it.
"To all available units , I order you to come to my location. We have a target to annihilate. He is not letting go and willing to give us the information we want, so we need to eliminate him. End of the message," said a voice similar to Bain and an image of Pharis appeared.
"Shit, I need to get there quickly. I can't let them kill Pharis," said Dan and then he started moving towards the coordinates Bain sent him.
Back To Reality - No One's POV
...That's how it all happened, " said Dan.
"Heh, I guess you deserve your moment in the the spotlight this time. I'm quite happy that you showed yourself not to be a useless meatbag," said Lea with a friendly tap on Dan's back, but the latter fell.
"Yeah, But we really need to go. As Dan said more of these things are coming and I do not want to want to fight more of them," said Pharis.
"You're right. Let's find Queen bitch and get away from here," said Lea.
Pharis nodded in reply and both started advancing towards the cave.
"You're going to leave me here? May I remind you that you can't really get up well since my leg is frozen," said the photographer as he tried to get up but instantly fell on the cold snowy ground.
"You are really worthless alone, aren't you? " said Lea while lifting Dan up.
" What happened ? Weren't you praising me earlier ? Anyway, bring me back to the armor and I'll be fine," Said Dan with a smile.
"Whatever," replied the blonde as she carried Dan back to the android.
Just then, the suit exploded, blowing our heroes away.
"What is happening? " said Lea as she slowly got up.
"No! I did not even get to toy with its secondary phase," said Dan.
"Behind the remains and the black smoke of the remains, thirty three of those android appeared.
They slowly started approaching towards our heroes.
"We are really in a bad position right now," said Pharis as he rushed to Dan and helped him get up.
"Sorry Lea but you are on your own this time. I'm out of magic and Dan can't even walk well," said Pharis with a smile.
"As much as I hate to say this, he is right," said Dan , with a smile too.
"I don't see the need of smiling here! " yelled Lea.
"Am I really going to have to defeat all of them?" Said Lea as she got in a defensive position.
"Hey! Don't count me off !" Shouted a familiar female voice.
Indeed, it was Jasmine who just got out of the cave.
"Jasmine ! At last! " yelled Pharis.
"Yeah and it was futile for me to get down there since I found nearly nothing," she said as she walked to Lea.
"Now if you don't mind. It would be nice if you could move your ass and help me make a way out," said Lea.
"Alright alright. Jetstream !" Called Jasmine and this time, larger and more powerful water jets appeared from the ground and pushed back some robots.
"Wow! They are even stronger than before! " said Dan.
"And that's not all ! Flame Wisps! " Called Jasmine with a smile as small glowing fire orbs appeared around her and were then sent flying towards the remaining robots, exploding on contact.
"Looks like our enemies are thick skinned," said Jasmine as she noticed that the robots we not much hurt, they only had a few burn marks.
"Yeah, they are quite tough. We had to use one of there armor to destroy them," said Lea as she made a made a crystal wall to protect themselves from the gun fires.
"Then why don't you use it again? " asked Jasmine.
"We would love to do so but they blew it up before Dan could get in," said Lea.
Just then a missile attacked her from the back.
"Damn it, they made a breach, " said Lea.
"No! They surrounded us. There are some of them coming from up" said Pharis as he pointed towards fifteen more of those machines sliding down towards them.
"Crap. We're surrounded," said Pharis.
Jasmine created a flame wave and made the group of fifteen fall but then she got hit by some magic missiles.
"There are too many of them," said Lea before she blocked an incoming punch with Eaglas but then got hit by some magic bullets.
"Girls, mind helping us, " Said Dan as he and Pharis were in the centre of a circle of five androids, each pointing their gatling gun at our heroes.
Just then the blizzard started thickening, blinding totally the area.
"How did the blizzard get so strong . I can barely see anything," complained Lea.
"I'm not liking it. That will make fighting them even more troublesome," said Dan.
Pharis extended his other arm and said, "Wait! But this is not snow! "
"I see you're finally awake. I hope you had nice dreams," said Jasmine laughingly.
"I'm sorry I left you on your own out there. Anyway thanks for taking me out," said a voice.
"I'll repay you by defeating those things," it said again and by a violent wind, the mist vanished and our heroes found themselves regrouped behind a now awoken Hendriksen.
All the enemies were now also regrouped at another spot.
"How did we all move ?" Asked Dan.
"Most important of all, who's that guy? " asked Pharis.
"His name is Hendricksen. He is a knight of the army of Riversland. I met him in the cave," explained the water mage.
" And what does he expect to do alone when we all failed to defeat these things in group," said Lea .
"I admit. I do not know anything about them. But I'll definitely protect you all from them," said Hendricksen.
"Hold On! Look Up!" Shouted Dan as he pointed upwards towards the hundreds of missiles flying towards them.
"Shit ! I won't have time to destroy them all. Prepare yourselves for the impact," ordered Lea as she sent Ares flying towards one of the missiles.
But something destroyed it first, it was a cloud of mist. In fact, there were many streaks of mist that destroyed all the missiles one by one quite quickly. And the mist cloud seemed to originate from Mirage.
"Sorry, but I said I'm taking care of them," said Hendricksen as the mist retracted and turned back into the blade of his sword.
"Mist is supposed to be made of water droplets. How come it destroyed those things? " asked Jasmine.
"Like you already know I can turn the blade into mist. And by this ability, it also means that I can turn my mist into little metallic dusk that I can control the same way like my mist," replied the elder man.
"Hmm, quite interesting," said Jasmine.
"And it is by this mean, that I'm going to defeat these things. They seem to have an extremely strong outer skin but I believe that like most hard skinned creatures, they are weak from the inside," said Hendricksen as he grabbed his sword with both hands, held it horizontally near his elbow with the blade pointing towards the group of enemy.
"Mist Cannon !" Called Hendricksen as the blade instantly turned into mist that got propelled at a high speed towards the enemy. Halfway the jet of stream divided into multiple streams and each went to hit each of the robots, but not doing any actual effect except knocking them back a few centimeters.
"You yourself said attacks from the outside are ineffective, then why this? " asked Dan.
"Just watch," replied Hendricksen with a smile.
Indeed. It seemed the mist seeped into the outfit using the small ventilation holes at the joints of the armor.
"Now! Expansion! " yelled Mirage as then out of all the robots, jets of stream started coming out at high pressure, even dismembering the iron colossus and projecting their riders out.
"And now, Sleep !" Said Mirage and all the enemies fell to the ground and remained motionless.
"What did you do to them?" Asked Lea.
"I trapped them in an illusion showing them their greatest desires, so I believe this will hold them longer inside as they would probably want to continue the dream they are living right now," said Hendricksen as he sheathed back his sword.
"Well if you don't mind, I believe we should run away while we have the time," said Pharis.
"Yeah, Let's pack up. I had enough of these mountains," said Lea .
And after gathering their stuff they all started running away from the cave except for Dan, whom Mirage carried on his back.
"Can someone tell me why this dude is following us," asked Lea.
"Well to be honest, I have a really bad sense of orientation and might get lost again ," said Hendricksen.
"Thanks, ugh... What was your name already? I'm sorry that you'll have to carry me, " said Dan .
"My name is Hendricksen and its alright. You can't move and we can't leave you there alone," said the illusionist.
"I'd rather prefer if we left him there and he got killed," said Lea.
"So mean," said Dan.
"But Lea, wasn't it you who kept rushing me in our fight and was so determined to bring Dan back alive, when we were fighting that dude in armor," said Pharis with a smile and everyone except Lea laughed.
"Enough laughing! I really need to get to the capital to get my tablet repaired!" Yelled Lea.
"Please bitch, shut up. You want to get us in another avalanche or what? " said Jasmine mockingly.
"Shut up! You! " yelled an enraged Lea while Jasmine smiled.
"Anyway, you guys are going to the capital right? I would like to stick along since I need to get there too," said Hendricksen.
"Ugh, no really? Another useless meatbag . First Meatbag then Queen Bitch then Popsicle and now Meatbag No2 ? This is really becoming a drag," sighed Lea.
"Well Lea, may I remind you that Hendricksen is stronger than all of us together? " said Lea.
"Nonsense. I could beat him any day," stated Lea.
"Well if you say so, I'll be happy to test whether it is true or not once we reach the capital," said Hendricksen.
"Well well. That makes things more interesting. I'll gladly fight you," said Lea.
And it is with the same joy and enthusiasm, our heroes continued their voyage to Vermica, the capital of Riversland.
Back To Lucy's Appartment
"Wow this is the first time I'm glad I was sober . Her story is nice," said Cana as she kept the book back in the drawer.
"What to do now ? Lucy's house is so boring ," said Cana.
"I know ! Happy told me that Lucy has special underwears . Let's prove this ," said Cana with an evil smile.
But just as she put her hand in the panty drawer , the door opened and Lucy came in.
"No really ? Not you Cana ! Just get out , just fucking get out," Yelled Lucy while pointing outside the house.
As she exited the room, Cana said to herself " At least she did not find me reading her story"
End Of Chapter :-
Next time: Chapter 12 : THEFT !
Well guys sorry , this chapter was supposed to come out a few weeks before but I got lazy and there was also the time where i nearly completed formatting the story but accidentally closed the tab.
Anyway, I've recently been engrossed in an anime. In fact it was the first anime i ever watched from when I was a little kid , I did not know its name . All I remembered was the protagonist name . Then last week , I started digging in and found the name of the anime. It is Called D-Gray Man . I'm really loving it and i believe you guys would like it too. Please take a look at it . When i finish it , I might make a fanfic bout it , but idk .
Anyway , thanks for reading and see you next time. Don't forget to review :)