We're picking of where we left of.
Silvia: we have to use Union Arcanis.
Arthur raised his head and looked at Silvia, he had blood running down his face.
Arthur: no...its too big of a risk.. his voice was tired
Silvia: but what other options do we have?! she was desperate
Halbert: she is right, if you don't do it ,then...
Arthur: - what do I do...Lilith is hurt , everyone has been hurt while i was gone...damn it, i hope I'm not doing a mistake- he raised his head again Silvia...
Silvia: yes...?
Arthur: any idea how to get close to me in order to do that?
Silvia: I-
Carter and Roko entered the room
Carter: alright, Nick had to leave ,but we won't miss him.
Roko: Ready for round 2 ?
Carter: patience , let's have fun with the others as well.
Roko: very well, i say we cut Silvia with the knife.
Carter: not a bad idea, her clothes are already shredded , so i can see some more skin to cut.
Silvia: -wait, its gonna be risky, and a but weird, but it might just work-
Carter: too bad i can't cut all your clothes , underwear included, but someone called dibs on that honor.
Silvia: too bad, you won't get to see what Arthur saw... she said with a very...seductive to of voice
Carter: !!! he was shocked to hear what he just heard
Roko: what did you said?! he was shocked as well
Arthur: - the hell...I ain't seen nothing.- he was confused
Halbert :- when did that happen?!-
Silvia: - i hope it worked-
Carter: no way you did it with him!
Roko: wait Carter, she might be telling the truth.
Carter: what makes you say that?
Roko: i mean, they've been living under the same roof for how long now?
Carter: you're right...son of a..
Silvia made a flirty face and winked at Arthur.
Arthur: -she's trying to trick them, i guess i should play along- he smirked you don't know how it is to sleep with a women until you actually do it.
Carter: oh please, you know what. he picked up Silvia's handcuffs and put her on her kness in front of Arthur.
Carter: they say that seeing the one you love get hurt , hurts you more.
Roko: after this, i would like a piece of that bastard's treatment.
Silvia put her forehead on Arthur's and closed her eyes.
Carter: stars...nice display of affection you 2, but it won't save you. he had a slightly disgusted tone of voice , he took the knife and aimed for Arthur's shoulder , he wanted to stab him.
Silvia woke up in a room.
Silvia: where am I? she looked around , the she looked at herself My wounds are gone, and my clothes are fixed...
Someone knocked on the door
Arthur: hello?
It was Arthur
Silvia: she opened the door what is this place?
Arthur: I'll say , our souls.
Further ahead lies a forest with a huge tree on its edge on top of a hill.
Silvia: that forest...is your soul?
Arthur: the way it manifests..yes.
Arthur: yours is pretty...familiar.
Silvia stepped out of the room and looked back.
It was her house, the small room she was in dissapeared, then the inside of the estate looked like the original one.
Silvia: wow... she was amazed
Arthur: come, we don't have much time.
Silvia: oh yeah, what do we have to do?
Arthur: we must find each others mana core, its the source of our mana and magic.
Silvia: how do we do that?
Arthur: mine's easy, see that big tree? he pointed to the tree
Silvia: i do.
Arthur : sit under it and try to absorb the mana it lets out, that mana will flow into your core.
Silvia: I'm guessing you must do the same.
Arthur: yes
Silvia: but...i don't know how my core manifested ...
Arthur: you don't know, you feel it.
Silvia: what?
Arthur: the core can't be anything, it must be something that means something to you.
Silvia: means something to me...in my room... there's a picture with my parents.
Arthur: i see...
Silvia: maybe that?
Arthur: we'll see... he went inside the estare and Silvia went towards the tree.
Silvia: so this is his core...its so...peaceful.
Inside the estate
Arthur: he was holding a picture this is Silvia when she was younger and her parents...she looks happy.
Arthur: this is the core, time to start.
he began absorbing the mana from Silvia's core , a black trail began making its way to his tree.
Silvia: he found it...my turn. she did the same with the tree, a white trail made its way to the picture in Arthur's hands.
Silvia: this is...too much...i feel like my body's gonna rip in 2... she was in pain
Arthur: Silvia!
She could hear Arthur's voice all the way from the estate.
Arthur: don't hold the mana inside of you, let it flow between us! he was shouting
Silvia: i see...
The leafs of the tree became white like silver and multiple trees appeared around the estate.
Silvia returned to the estate and Arthur came out of it.
Silvia: this is...
Arthur: it is done...
Back to Carter
Carter: this might tickle. As he was ready to stab Arthur's shoulder , a powerful shock wave pushed him and Roko back.
Carter: what? he didn't knew what happened
Roko: what's happening?!. I thought the inhibitors have them powerless!
Silvia's inhibitor broke from the power and fell on the ground .
She then removed her handcuffs using her lightning combination.
Silvia: much better...
Carter: what did you d-
Suddenly , Silvia dissapeared and appeared behind them, she was holding the chains used to tie Lilith, Sky and Halbert.
Roko: is this lightning mode? he was nervous and a bit scared
Carter: bullshit, she isn't strong enough to master that. his voice had an irritated tone, he clclearly didn't expect any of that nor was he ready
Arthur: Aren't you forgetting someone? hisinhibitors broke, he then broke the chains and freed himself .
He had a strange light around his body, you could see small lightning bolts erupt from his body like he was overcharged.
Carter: oh no... he looked at Arthur , he was scared
Roko: GET HERE GUYS! he shouted
Roko's friends came inside the room.
Roko: its 6 on 1 , no way he can take us all.
Halbert: you're forgetting someone...
One of Roko's friend turned around and Halbert punched him in the face, knocking him out.
Arthur: damn , didn't knew you still had it in you.
Halbert: i might be old but i still got some hot steam in me. he took his shirt of, it was dirty.
Carter: Stars of the frozen north!
Roko: oh boy, a sneak attack won't work this time... he was clearly nervous
Halbert was frigging loaded, at his age you would expect him to play bingo and what not, but he looked he could lift a cow with only one arm.
Halbert: At Sinaps I was actually the teacher responsible for practice, and not just magical...
Arthur: very well, I'll take those 2 , can you handle those 3?
Halbert: ha!. Back when I was a teacher these guys were still in diapers, no problem.
Arthur: good. he took a step and grabbed Carter and Roko, he dissapeared with both of them.
Halbert: - that light around him...no doubt about it, lightning mode: Ray-
Silvia: Sky, help me with Lilith!
Sky: right! she went to Lilith and began using her water element to heal her.
Lilith: is brother...fighting? she was still weak from her wounds
Silvia: yes...
Sky: and he's gonna win.
Outside
Arthur appeared with the 2
Carter and Roko took some distance away from him.
Carter: what was that... he was frightened by what happened
Roko: i knew you weren't normal, but how did you...
Arthur: Union Arcanis.
Carter: Silvia...you 2 didn't do a thing...
Roko: wait, so they tricked us ?
Carter: yes...they only had to touch...and i let them do it.
Roko: damn it, what do we do now?
Carter: the mana draining crystal must've drained most of his mana, he's on a timer.
Roko: i see, we only have to attack until he runs out of mana.
Carter: and since its a Union Arcanis with Silvia, when he runs out, she runs out.
Arthur: are you done with all that whispering?
(battle text)
Carter covered his fist in rocks and jumped at Arthur from the left
Roko covered his foot in fire and came at him from the right
Arthur didn't move, as the 2 hits were about to land, he caught them
Carter: what?!
Roko: oh boy...
Arthur caught Carter's wrist and Roko's ankle and threw them away.
They managed to land on their feet
Carter: what was that?
Roko: I heard of this ,but seeing it is a completely different thing...
Carter: what is it?
Roko: lightning mode-
Carter: i know that much, but this is not just lightning mode...his mind is faster as well, not just his body..
Roko: let me finish! Its lightning mode: Ray.
Carter: what's that?
Roko: take it as lightning mode level 2, but that guy can catch the lightning itself while like that,but.
Carter: but?
Roko: if i remember correctly , it consumes a lot of mana.
Carter: that sounds good, in that case. he smiled
Carter covered his body in granite and charged at Arthur.
Arthur dodged and kicked him in the stomach.
Carter got pushed back, but damage was small thanks to his armor.
Carter: good thing i didn't skipped too many classes, this granite is gonna be handy.
Carter continued with close-range attacks.
Roko began shooting fire from distance.
Arthur had almost no problem at all dodging the fire and fighting Carter at the same time.
Arthur covered his fist in what looked like lightning and punched Carter.
A loud noise echoed , like thunder , Carter backed away.
Carter: damn it, i felt that in my bones... he clearly felt that
Roko stopped his attacks and prepared a to fire a singular strong hit.
Roko: eat this!
A huge fire ball was heading towards Arthur
Arthur put up a ice barrier and managed to stop it.
Roko: no way...
Carter: of course, the lightning is from Silvia, but his power is still ice...
Carter and Roko started attacking him at once
Arthur blocked each hit they were trying yo land,but
Carter managed to land a hit in his stomach and in that opening, Roko hit his side.
Arthur backed away.
Carter: what is it?
Roko: running low on mana?
Arthur : - Ray is consuming too much mana...I have to switch-
The lightning around Arthur dissapeared and ice started to appear on his body.
The ice formed a armor, all the way to his fist and legs.
Roko: pff, my fire will melt you right away.
Arthur charged at Carter ,but Carter blocked.
Carter's armor around his arm broke.
Carter: wow!
Roko: the hell...
Roko shot multiple fire balls at Arthur , all direct hits.
Arthur put some ice on his face , but the fire barely had an effect.
Roko: that ice must be cold as heck.
Arthur grabbed Carter and threw him towards Roko.
Carter managed to turn and land on his feet.
Carter: this won't get us nowhere!
Roko: he's powerful...
Carter: if they hadn't Uni-..that's it...
Roko: Carter, what are you thinking?
Carter: Union Arcanis... he looked at Roko with a strange look in his eyes
Roko: i don't know if- AHHH C
Carter caught Roko's legs in stone and grabbed him by the face.
Carter: thank you for being a good pupper...
Roko: bastard...
Arthur: -what is he-...what is this mana?-
Roko passed out
Carter was literally smoking
Carter: i can feel it...the power...MAGMA!
Carter stomped on the ground and a stream of magma erupted below Arthur.
Arthur dodged, barely.
Arthur: what did you do?!
Carter: isn't obvios?. What you did...
Arthur: you forced him to do it!
Carter: so?. If the other one was here as well i would've took his magic as well.
Arthur: have you no drop of respect for those arround you...or are you just a monster?
Carter: look who's talking!
Carter charged at Arthur.
Carter tried to punch Arthur ,but Arthur blocked, Carter turned the rock on his arm into magma to melt Arthur's ice.
Arthur: -too hot!-
Arthur backed away
Carter: what's the problem?. Too hot?
Arthur punched the ground and ice started spreading .
Arthur: ICE AGE!
The ice was engulfing everything, but
Carter: GREAT ERUPTION!
A powerful stream of magma erupted from the ground and surrounded Carter, the ice didn't reach him.
Arthur: damn it.
Carter: Hahaha, this is amazing!
Carter began throwing balls made of magma at Arthur.
Arthur managed to dodge most of them ,but one got his leg.
Arthur: GAHHH!
Arthur covered his leg in water to heal it ,but...
Carter jumped at him with his fist covered in magma .
Carter: I won't let you heal!
Arthur: -damn it-
Arthur reinforced the ice on his arms and blocked Carter's hit.
Arthur used his wind element to fly away, but
Carter began shooting fire at him.
Carter: this fire and magma magic is amazing, this power is amazing!
Arthur was in a pinch, all he could do is dodge, until
Arthur landed and created a powerful ice dome around him.
Carter: what is it?. Afraid to face me?
Arthur: - i have to focus, if i let this mana flow to Silvia ,the results could be horrible-
Arthur hair and eyes changed color, from blonde with green eyes, to black with purple eyes.
Carter was hitting the dome with strength
Carter: come out!
Arthur/Mortem: as you wish!
Mortem came out of ice , his ice armor was gone, but he clearly gave it up with a reason.
Carter: my parents did say something about this appearance of yours, so what?!
Carter charged to hit Mortem with his magma covered fist
Mortem blocked it and froze the magma as it touched him.
Carter: What?!
Mortem : - this only gave me a bit more mana, its time to finish this-
The lightning that was around Mortem at first reappeared
Carter: Ray again?. It won't help you!
Mortem covered his fist in what looked like lightning, but it was more powerful and violence than before.
Mortem: time to end this..
Carter charged at Mortem with his magma covered fist, Mortem pulled his fist back and prepared his hit.
As Carter was about to hit him, Mortem dodged and backed away, he then threw the punch at Carter,but
He was too far away and it was obvious that he couldn't hit him.
The lightning around his fist dissapeared and his hair has gone back to normal, Ray also dissapeared.
Carter: Hahaha, all that and look at you now!. You ran out of mana!
Mortem/Arthur: are you sure?
Above Carter there were pitch black clouds, lightning and thunder were echoing through them.
Carter: son of a...
Arthur: MJOLNIR!
A powerful lightning bolt descended from heaven and struck Carter at full force.
Carter collapsed to the ground, smoke coming out of his body.
End of the chapter