Chapter 7: Shining Quartz vs Raven Black
Momon aimed his sword at the fuming Quartz-armored warrior congratulating himself for such a good entrance.
Could have been better but it was decent enough. Jetzt lass uns sehen, wie stark du bist.
His eyes focused on his objective; a large man with a scarred face equipped with a two-sided spear with black ends to it. His amber eyes locked with his own trying to gauge Momon's strength. The amber-eyed warrior seemed miffed at his entrance.
"Pardon my intrusion, but I can't just let you harm my comrades, can I?"
The warrior does not respond to his quip.
It's no fun when they don't respond.
"Oh! Where are my manners? I am Momon. What is your name, warrior?"
"The name is Maxim, nice to meet you, Momon. Are you the Momon belonging to the adventure team Darkness?" The man's stone face stiffens as he responds with his gruff voice.
"That is me."
"Just my luck I suppose. Unfortunately, we had to meet in these circumstances. No matter, sorry about this... [Martial Art: Shukuchi Din]."
Maxim disappears as the wind begins to pelt his body with its force. He allows his body to be pushed to dissuade some of the damage from the attack. Momon blocks Maxim's attack from behind easily, using the momentum from his spear thrust he rotates his body slashing at his attacker. Momon's great sword is then blocked as a shield expands partially reducing the effectiveness of his strike.
"[Martial Art: Whirlwind]!"
A large gust of wind pushes his great sword off of the makeshift shield which cleanly retreated into the spear. The shining warrior took this chance to thrust his spear into his chest and manages to dent the armor and allow his body to be blown back.
Hmm… not bad.
"[Martial Art: Capacity Building] [Martial Art: Limit Breaker] [Martial Art: Rage Release] [ Martial Art: Greater Ability Boost] [Martial Art: Physical Boost] [Martial Art: Full Throttle] [Martial Art: Pace of Wind]!"
Maxim chants as he feels the muscles in the body expand, spinning and shoving his spear with incredible speed. Using [Martial Art: Flow Acceleration] while thrusting, slashing and twisting with both sides.
Much to Maxim's surprise, Momon dodges all his attacks with incredible ease using his great swords to parry some of his jabs while cleanly dodging, albeit with excessive movements.
I find it quite peculiar that he hasn't hit back yet... he is mocking me! You will regret that!
He then put his all into his push, chanting multiple martial arts into it.
"[Martial Art: Focus Battle Aura] [Martial Art: Piercing Blue Dragon Tusk] [Martial Art: Dragon Fang Thrust] [Martial Art: Grand Power Strike] [Martial Art: Smash] [Martial Art: Strong Assault] [Martial Art: Strong Strike]!"
He put his Aura into his weapon; it shone with a bright red halo as an electric dragon strike hit his opponent pushing him back. Predicting he would dodge the [Martial Art: Dragon Fang Thrust] curved the spear hitting the black warrior. The sound of piercing armor echoed throughout the room with unreal clarity. The combined attack sends Momon flying backwards but the black-armored man dug his feet into the floor slowing down his velocity. Momon just barely shrugged off the attack, though his armor had seen better days. There was a large hole in the armor with cracks all along the front, although what was bizarre was that he didn't seem to be bleeding.
How tough is his armor?
"Is that all? Now it's my turn."
He dusted off his black armor then bounded forward brandishing his two swords bringing them down in a double slash. He barely dodged it and left two large cuts where he saw the adventurer using the momentum to slash again before chasing after him.
I didn't hear him use any martial arts! How was he able to keep up with me?
"[Martial Art: Evasion]!"
Maxim cartwheeled dodging the sword. Slashing at the pursuing raven clad warrior, he used his spear to deflect some upcoming blows while pressing some of his attacks. A barrage of thrusts rained down on Momon, each strike piercing the armor causing Momon to grunt while the others were rarely dodged.
The two of them keep slicing and deflecting each other's strikes, seemingly evenly matched from the outside but Maxim is hardly holding on.
I buffed my body with so many Martial Arts and yet Momon can comfortably match my speed!
Maxim tosses several more Ambroise in his mouth to push himself further.
"Activate Shining Brilliance!"
His armor suddenly shined with a bright light blinding his opponent following with a series of chants.
"[Martial Art: Capacity Building] [Martial Art: Shukuchi Din] [Martial Art: Piercing Blue Dragon Tusk] [Martial Art: Grand Power Strike] [Martial Art: Smash] [Martial Art: Strong Assault] [Martial Art: Strong Strike]!"
He vanishes from sight. The blinded Momon starts being pelted from all sides; coming out of blindness he changes his stance preparing for an attack. Maxim in the air presses his spear downwards towards the black-armored man who evades quite easily before slashing at him cutting his armor.
Once again, the two warriors are locked in a continuous bout of rapid slashes and sword attacks before Momon uses the momentum of one of his swords to push Maxim backwards with the hilt of his blade. He barely had time to activate the shield on his spear to protect himself from death. Pushing a button on his spear causes the shield to pop out. The shield starts to groan from the pressure of his blade, even though the shield was made of adamantine, it still started to crack.
It's now or never!
"[Martial Art: Cyclone]!"
Using his remaining energy, he spun the spear around; all the air quickened twisting into a cyclone that surprises the raven black warrior surrounding him before smashing into the wall. The cyclone drills through the wall leaving the black warrior covered in rubble as the walls collapse.
His vision doubles as he drops to his knees, his spear rolling on the floor. Pain flared up throughout his body, his arms shaking from the extended use. He could hardly even pick up the last of his Ambroise to hopefully minimize the cost his body was having to deal with. His stamina all but evaporates as he struggles to sit up.
Oh, I think I am going to stay here for a while…
"[Crystal Dagger]!"
…Never mind.
He just had enough time to move out of the way grasping the spear tenderly. A familiar shadow floated above and behind him.
Why won't you give up?! The Hammer girl is back as well… because of course, she is!
It seemed like they managed to heal most of her injuries. He easily blocks the attack using the shield button on the spear he tries to sweep her up to it. She dodges the swinging of the spear and hits his stomach with the mallet. He gritted his teeth. He responds by pushing several more attacks that she almost dodged.
"[Shard Buck Shot]!"
Shards scattered all around as the petite caster flew at him
"[Martial Art: Whirlwind]!"
It deflects the shards while sending the two casters flying back pushing his remaining Aura to the limit; the two sides of the spear are surrounded by a red Aura. He jumps forward, his body stinging with pain as he aims his spear at the falling form of the caster.
Just as he is about to pierce her, a familiar black sword stops his strike; he gazes to the side just in time to see Momon using his shoulder to send him flying into a wall. As he slams into the wall, air and blood are vomited out of his lunges. He coughs out a puddle of blood then he gazes up at the slowly approaching figure. He saw an androgynous black-haired figure with sharp red eyes and ornate armor before shivering away like a mirage to soon reveal Momon approaching closer.
What was his luck meeting a person who rivalled his strength? His vision slowly turned black…
I'm sorry, Amelia.
Evil Eye's gaze fell upon a couple of healers carrying the mercenary away. His survival chances were not looking great with the toll the battle had on him. While she and Momon fought through the guards they held back to keep their injuries to the minimum, thus most should survive.
This is unnecessarily complicated but it is what Renner wanted. She is way too nice.
As she looked around, she saw Lakyus ordering around some knights heading to arrest the Nobles. Her eyes fell upon her raven armored hero; he had saved her once again. Her Undead heart thumped as she approached the man who stared intently at the [Rocket Spear].
"T-that's an interesting weapon… isn't it?" Evil Eye tried to make conversation with the silent Momon.
"I suppose… Its runes are quite impressive, and it seems like the warrior took good care of them. It appears to be a Legacy Class item. I have seen a relic class [Rocket Spear] before and it was a beauty." He scrutinized it running his gloves alongside the runes.
"You seem to know a lot about weapons Momon."
"I would hope so working at a treasury for so lo…" Momon caught himself but Evil Eye's interest was piqued.
"You used to work at a treasury?"
"Yeah… A little surprising, isn't it? It was a job my father had given me to do for a little while before I started travelling. That's how I got this armor, it was a gift," he gestured nonchalantly towards himself "I would spend days guarding it which gave me plenty of time to familiarize myself with weapons, doing a bit of polishing and such here and there. I was even given the privilege of practicing with such glorious weapons."
Evil Eye smiled glad that she finally knew at least a little bit more about her hero.
-To be Continued
A/N: An Big thanks to my Beta they made this chapter smoother. They have been extremely helpful! This one took a little longer than expected but I think it is a good brawl. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter The After Math!
I have been looking at the reviews recently. Thank you all for the nice reviews! As I was scrolling I realized someone asked a question about Maxim, so I am going to answer it. Sorry for taking so long to respond.
immyaccount chapter 3 . Feb 16
thanks for the chapter. I wonder what is his level to be able to fight nabe and lakyus. was nabe holding back? I dont remember its been a long time since the last chapters.I have to reread it. The fight was written good. see you at next chapter.
Maxim is around level 50 similar to EvilEye but is able to push above his level with his Martial arts as well as his armor.