Chapter .53

A strong wind blew across the plain; the demi god stared down the first unit as it cracked its knuckles. On the other side caligula roared at Lance, unsheathing its ice blades.

"You sure you can handle that hannibal alone?" Asked Kota.

Lance just grinned back to his team. "It's strong but it's still a hannibal, the trick is to not get hit. Isn't that the way to fight anything?"

The battles were underway, lance against caligula and the first unit against the demi god

Sakuya and Kota opened fire on the demi god, the target was little of at all phased by the shots. Alisa brought her god arc down on it but the enemy caught her sword with its bare hand. The demi god shoved her aside, leaned back as Soma's god arc flew over it.

The fake Lance straightened up then grabbed Soma's arm, throwing him into Kota. Sakuya backed away while shooting but the demi god was on her in a flash, grabbed her arc and kicked it up out of the woman's hands, striking Sakuya in the head with its elbow.

Its attention turned away when the swordsmen were back on their feet. Soma attacked first; bring his god arc down to slice the fiend in half. The demi god sidestepped and backhanded Soma and caught Alisa's blade again, this time going for a stab.

Alisa stared at the demi god then grinned; Soma swung his arc cutting into its side. The demi god back away and blocked with its hand, but the buster blade was too much and took off the demi god's right hand.

Kota got back up and shot a spark bullet, going for stun more then damage. With the enemy staggered Alisa stabbed her arc into its chest, though it moved to evade a fatal hit Alisa still cut through its side.

Sakuya shot the open wound before it could close, the demi god groaned in pain. "Everyone I have a plan, Soma you and Alisa cut open its body then back away so Kota and I can shoot at the opening."

"Fine by me." Answered Soma, he charged his arc and slammed down on the target, the demi god raised both its arm to block. Its arms were nearly torn in half but at least its body was still standing as the cuts closed almost instantly.

"Just remember that this thing is still apart of Lance, so its wounds will heal quickly. " Commented Alisa. "Keep your eyes open and make your shots count."

Kota reloaded and took aim. "Time to save the day!"

Alisa dashed forward while Soma circled around.

The demi god dodged Alisa's swings till Soma attacked, the enemy held out its right arm, but with no hand Soma cut its arm clean off. Sakuya and Kota rapid fired fire and thunder bullets at the open wound, the demi god fell to its knees, covering the wound with its left hand.

Alisa thrusted her god arc into its back, coming out of its chest. "This is for impersonating Lance."

"The world has enough monsters in it." Soma decapitated the demi god, leaving the gunners to finish off the rest.

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Lance charged to attack; his plan was to stab with his left then cut off the head with his right. Caligula grabbed Lance's blade then swung the Gods Eater overhead and slam him to the ground.

On his back Lance breathed rapidly to get back the air knocked out of him, he rolled aside, dodging the caligula's fist. Lance returned to his feet, switching his arcs to gun mode.

A halestorm formed in caligula's hand, the beast pounded the ground with it palm. Lance leaped aside, barely avoiding the pillar of ice. The new type fired flame bombs at the aragami's head, the beast raised its arms to block.

The bombs stuck to caligula's arm gauntlet, the explosions burned through the beast's guard and its arm along with leaving several smaller bombs, adding even more fire.

Caligula roared and waved its arms, summoning its wrist blades of ice. The aragami charged at the Gods Eater, which was fine by Lance since he was out of ammo. Caligula stabbed with its right blade, Lance jumped, landed on the back of its hand and jumped again.

Flying over its shoulder, Lance spun to slice into the mount on its back. After the fourth cut from his god arcs Lance was blown away from the energy release that formed the aragami's wings. Caligula's tail grabbed Lance midair and slammed him on the ground twice then flung him aside.

Lance stopped rolling then slowly stood; Lance felt his body rebel with pain and coughed blood. "Damn it! *Cough* Damn monster." Lance breathed deeply to focus, feeling his body repair itself, Lance entered his battle state, blocking out the world.

There was just him and the aragami.

"Groaaah!" The caligula erupted with rage and attempted another downward swipe. This time Lance absorbed the blow fully with both god arcs crossed in front of him, and pushed back. It lost balance with the reflection of force, and he leaped onto the offensive for the first time.

A mid-level slash with the right arc, a momentary thrust with the left. Right, left, right again. Lance's blades flashed so quickly, Lance thought they were burning his mind. High-pitched slashing sounds popped off on quick succession, and lines of blood shot out of the fray like rain.

"I'll never be like you!" paying no mind to the few blows that the aragami blocked, Lance yelled as his assault continued, left and right. His eyesight began scorching, Lance hadn't blinded and now could barely even see the enemy anymore.

Even the occasional shock of caligula's fist striking his body felt like it was coming from another world. There was just Lance and the need to keep his arms moving, his god arcs swinging.

Adrenaline coursed though his veins, and his nerves sparked with every swing of the arcs.

"Faster, faster!" Lance's mind was accelerated to the breaking point, even the double-speed of swinging twice the god arcs feeling equate. Lance swung faster and faster, attempting to outdo even the speed of light.

"...Aaaaahhh!" Screamed the aragami. The sixteenth hit caught the caligula directly in the middle of it's chest.

"Just diiiieee!" Lance's left arc switched to beast mode, he thrusted to hungry black mouth into the wound on it's chest. The god arc ate the core and way through the aragami's back.

The caligula started to fall forward, Lance stabbed his right arc's blade in along side the left arc, who's form returned to a blade and cut though the sides. Caligula's upper body flows over Lance, crashong behind the new type.

After a few blinds Lance eyes swam with the aftereffects of the battle, he dropped hos weapons then felt all his strength leave his body. He slid to the floor without a word.

Everything faded to white one last time, returning the first unit back to the real world.

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