Chapter 4

"[Martial Art: Dull Pain]"

Maxim grits his teeth as he feels the searing pain diminishing while he is aiming his spear, which has now become quite difficult because the electricity of his opponent's attack caused his muscles to start twitching. The white lightning waved forming white streaks in the air. The coursing lights emerge from two shining balls of lighting held in the hands of the strangely dressed Spell Caster.

He can't believe he is currently fighting two girls in bunny outfits… and that they are putting up a decent fight. He was also surprised that they managed to dodge his well-renowned thrusting spear. He must be careful, after all, the actions of his opponents implied experience. The rogue and the mallet girl managed to communicate silently and quickly move into a fighting formation. The spell caster, on the other hand, seems slightly less experienced in team fighting but appears to be quite a powerful 3rd tier magic caster.

He uses his remaining strength to activate the flame rune at the end of the rune rocket towards the magic caster. The electricity is still coursing through his body, but of course, this does not prevent his charge.

He launches at her, but she dodges the attack; he responds by using [Martial Art: Gale Acceleration] and [Martial Art: Full Throttle] to increase his momentum. He felt his body start to strain as he sped toward his opponent. His [Rocket Lance] whirred as he held the spear back, the minute she entered the range of the spear he thrust it forward.

"[Lesser Agility]"

The magic caster barely escaped the spear leading to it drilling into the wall leaving a crater causing cracks along the side. This acted as an important reminder not to get hit no matter what. The caster dodged his follow up fist, kicking his face before jumping back to a safe distance.

Not wanting to give the caster time to cast he rips the spear out of the wall and hit the runes in one go, once again, rocketing towards her. A barrage of thrusts blasted the caster, who barely dodged them, she didn't make it out unscathed as several cuts drew some blood. He follows up his thrust by grasping her neck, smashing her against the wall.

The spearhead glints as he prepares to thrust it forward, pure bloodlust emanates from her gaze. A [Fireball] abruptly flew into his face. He instinctively drops his spear and staggers backwards holding his face in his hands. Opening his eyes reveals an unwelcoming light of two more Fireballs flying towards him. His enchanted [Harmonized Armor] glimmers with bright light as it deflects both [Fireball] spells. He prepares to run at the caster when a shadow cast on the ground flew over him. Turning to find the mallet girl flying over the hammer ready to slam Into him.

"[Martial Art: Impenetrable Fortress]!"

"[Earth Bind]"

Several earthly chains bound Fredrick and his compatriots.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

Fredrick the Third's mind races as the chains bind him to the floor. He had tried to escape… yeah that didn't work. His face has been battered and bruised.

How dare they do this to me! Don't they know who I am?! How the hell did they get here anyway? Where is that new Theocracy hero when he is needed? Useless!

He glances at the intruders and immediately recognizes Momon of Darkness, but his partner isn't at all what was described in the rumors.

She doesn't match it all! Is that petite girl in the bunny outfit really Nabe of Darkness?

His thoughts are interrupted by the room shaking as mysterious explosions echo from one of the passages. Momon and the other girl turn towards the passage. They nod at each other as they enter the hallway cautiously.

When they depart, the nobles in the room attempte to break out of the chains, but their human flesh was too weak against magic. They all see the slaves coming out of their rooms, carefully peaking their heads out as they go. Immediately Frederick was filled with relief.

"You there! Come help me out!" He orders as they approach, their faces twisting into terrifying grins. Each of them was holding a sharp object

"What are you doing! Stop that! NOOOOOOOOO!" His voice reverberated along with the other nobles screaming in pain.

Lakyus grunted while slamming her hammer, but due to the martial art he had used, it deflected the strike as he went to punch her again. But this time she swerved and managed to hit him in the stomach. He grunts as his neck snaps back with a thud as she uppercuts him with her mallet.

"Harmonized Javelin, to Me!"

The man bellows and a rune glowed and the [Rocket spear] flew into his hand. He thrust it out randomly at the barely dodging Lakyus. He manages to cut her skin, but she is struggling to get some hits in. She clenches her teeth as several more barrages slowly carve holes into her skin. She then deflects some spear thrusts with her hammer – surprising her attacker – as it blocks his whirring drill spearhead cleanly.

While preparing for the mission she knew she would need a weapon; she would have preferred to bring her swords but those would be quite difficult to hide. Where would she even put them? Luckily, she had this mallet, which was a gift, onto which runes were enchanted, plus its durability was nothing to scoff at.

The onslaught by her attacker was becoming tougher and tougher to get around. She decides to back away to attack from an undefended angle. As she backs up, the man abruptly rushes forward and an unexpected [Fireball] fly's forth. She barely circumvented it; it singed her outfit, luckily the fire went out with a quick flick from her Mallet.

So, what I heard about the spears magic storage capabilities was true? This complicates things.

When one thrust missed, he suddenly shoved the end of his spear into her chest allowing the fire rune's blast to send her flying. Her half nude form crashed into the wall with a large thud that echoed throughout the halls.

Lakyus' vision blurs as she tries to orientate herself, she looks down at her tattered bunny outfit. She broke a rib, yet somehow, she didn't see any burn marks. Through her blurred vision, she sees her opponent blasting towards her to finish her off. She shakily gets up preparing to evade when her eyes finally clear up to see the spear approaching her.

I don't know if I will be able to dodge it.

"[Crystal Dagger]"

Four daggers shoot out from behind her – one of them shot into his shoulder. A familiar petite bunny tail springs in front of her. Evil Eye twisted her body while Chanting: "[Magic Pulse]"

A large pulse of energy sends him skidding backwards, his feet digging into the ground leaving a trail while he is being pushed back.

"Great, there is another one."

-To Be Continued

A/N: Sorry for taking long on this one, but I am glad I ironed it out because I believe it ended up being a really good Chapter! I went through several editions of this fight in order to make it the best it could be! Tell me what you think and stay tuned for the next chapter "EvilEye joins the Battle"!