Chapter 31
BAM! BAM! BAM! "Whaaah!" Mason grunted as he back flipped away from a series of purple magic blasts fired from Edolas Amber's long barrel sniper rifle. This version of Amber was significantly older, like 18-19 years old, evident by her longer frame as well as her bustier chest. She wore a tight, black bodysuit and kept her hair up in a ponytail to keep it out of her eyes. "Graaaah!" Mason turned back and fired a blast of purple magic aimed for Amber's gun but Julia stepped in and slashed the energy attack down the middle and dispelled it.
Julia went in to attack but when she lunged forward, Mason disappeared before resurfacing behind Julia with an attack charged to his fist. "VANISHING FIST! Woah!" Before he could strike, A massive hand reached out from behind him and lifted him into the air.
"Ahaha! Boom Boom!" A very simple sounding voice cried out as Mason was held up in the air. This was the Edolas version of Tyson, an older man with an almost inhuman amount of muscle and an utterly imposing stature that towered over the young fairy tail wizard the only physical difference between him and his other world counterpart being rather than a beard this version had a large bushy mustache that covered his mouth. He wore no shirt rather he was dressed in baggy cargo pants and wore a x shaped shoulder belt across his chest that was decorated with numerous crimson grenades like the one from before. In a single movement, Tyson swung Mason over his head and slammed Mason into the dirt with all his might.
"AAAAHHHH!" Mason groaned as his body was lifted up into the air by the force of the impact before landing on his back and lying there for a brief second before returning to his feet, it was then when the Dragon Slayer one of the red grenades on his back and it was already glowing as if it was ready to explode. "Crap!" Mason was forced to transform his cloak into it's bracelet form which gave him an opportunity to escape the bomb but he didn't get very far before it detonated.
BAAAAAMMMM! The bomb exploded and Mason was close enough that the shockwave sent him flying back a few feet but Mason managed to catch himself upon landing but he wouldn't have much time to catch his breath. His nose quickly alerted him to another incoming barrage of magic bullet and he once again found himself on defense and his mind began racing to pierce a hole in their barrage. 'This schtick is getting old pretty quick! I have to give them credit, they've got this whole team work thing down. Up close or at a distance, I can't find a single attack point not while there all clicking like this. If only the three of them could work this well together back home… The only way for me to win this is to take them out one after another and my best course of action would be to take the sniper out first but where is she.'
Mason tried to follow the Magic Bullets with his eyes but he couldn't decipher any patterns as he was busy dodging the attacks and soon the fleet footed Julia was once again in striking distance and then he was forced to deal her lightning fast jabs which quickly took priority of his attention. 'Crap! I wasn't able to get a good sense of where she could be hiding and I won't be able to sniff her out unless I can get a moment to dedicate myself to the task. It pisses me off to admit it but my nose isn't as strong as Natsu's and as far as sniffing out her soul is concerned all three of them smell the same so it'd be hard to sniff hers out with the other two right here in front of me. Looks like I'm gonna have to retreat for now.' Mason decided before turning invisible and leaving Julia and Tyson lost as to what to do next.
Meanwhile Amber sat atop one of the buildings left standing in the increasingly destroyed ghost town, scanning the battlefield through the scope on her sniper rifle. "So this Mason can put on his own little disappearing act. Too bad for him." Amber smirked as she tapped a button on the side of her magic rifle and immediately the world viewed through her scope changed, almost like an infrared scanner and she immediately locked on to Mason's silhouette. "Magic signature found. Nice try." She declared as she cocked her rifle.
BAAM! A blast of purple magic landed a few centimeters in front of Mason, almost like a warning shot. 'Oh crap!' Mason cried out in his head before he began to sprint away. 'That was a close call! It was almost like she could see me but that's not possible, she doesn't have any magic power she can only use magic tools. There's no way for her to sense me, is there?' Mason's fears were quickly confirmed when a series of magic bullets seemed to follow every one of Mason's movements. 'Okay, so she can see me.' Mason thought as he dispelled his invisibility to save magic power and immediately upon doing so he heard the patpatpatpat of quick footsteps behind him and he turned around his head to find Julia back on the pursuit. 'Not her again. She's too fast to try to beat in a foot race but as long as she's chasing me, she's leaving herself open.' Mason pointed his palm at Julia without even looking back at her and fired an energy blast that knocked her away. 'That was easy, so she's quick but can't take a hit. Good to know.' Mason took note of this but in doing so he was too distracted to notice where he was going.
WHAM! The distracted Dragon Slayer slammed face first into a wall of muscle. "Hehehe Boom Boom…" The Wall spoke then Tyson wrapped his Massive arms around Mason's body and tried to crush the Dragon Slayer but this wouldn't work.
Mason phased through the Massive wizards arms as his foot began to glow purple. "PHANTOM DRAGON STRIKE!" Mason kicked the towering warrior in the jaw but this attack seemed to do very little as Tyson smiled under his mustache. "HAAAAHHHH!" Mason roared as he launched a flurry of magic punches at the bulky bomber but Tyson simply sat back and took the abuse. 'Man, even without magic power this guy can take a beating!'
Eventually Mason grew winded and the punches stopped, this is when Tyson decided to fight back uttering his. "Boom boom!" WHAM! A single punch from the muscular giant was enough to send Mason flying.
After Tyson's mighty blow knocked Mason back several yards, perfect distance for a certain hidden sniper to attack BAM! Amber's magic bullet hit Mason midair and knocked him to the ground in the opposite direction. SLAM! Mason fell flat on his face and took a few seconds to push himself up after the damage he had taken, only managing to climb to his knees and took a look at the sky. 'The sun's setting… I'm wasting too much time! I need to go and help my friends.' Mason thought as he desperately tried to gather his strength but it seemed to be a lost cause at this point. "Gaaaahhh!" Mason groaned as he collapsed back onto the ground.
"Hehehe… Looks like this is the end." Julia declared as she marched alone to the fallen dragon slayer, all the while waving her glowing sword back and forth through the air. "It really is too bad. A three on one fight wouldn't be fair in any circumstance, much less against three of Edolas' elite. Unfortunately, fairness is of little concern to us now and this is your end." Julia put her hand on Mason's shoulder and placed her sword in a stabbing position and aimed it at Mason. "Now, face your death!" Julia declared as she flipped Mason over to stab him in the chest but this would prove to be her downfall.
"TIMOR!" Mason's eyes flashed red the Moment he faced Julia and the glow transferred to her own iris'.
"Huh? Wha? What's going on?" Julia began stumbling backwards, drawing her sword in a defensive position. "Get back! Get away from me?!"
"Boom boom?" Tyson put a concerned hand on the shoulder of his strangely acting friend.
"I said get away from me!" Julia tried slicing at her ally but Tyson dodge the attack but Julia being relentless as ever kept up her assault and the two began fighting one another.
Meanwhile, Amber was watching the situation slowly deteriorate before her eyes. "Woah! What the hell is going on there?!" Amber said to herself as she watch the fight break out between her teammates her scope then turned to Mason as her finger found its way to the trigger. "I'll make sure the mission is finished first then I'll deal with those two idiots!" BAM!
As the bolt of magic began hurtling towards Mason, a smile formed on the Dragon Slayer's mouth. "FOUND YOU!" Mason declared as he quickly created a magic barrier that blocked Amber's magic bullet before he lept in the direction of the blast.
"What the!" Amber exclaimed as the Dragon Slayer rushed her perch and was quickly face to face with the once hidden sniper. "Grrr! I'm not going down without a fight!" She roared as she cocked her rifle for a point blank attack.
"Not so fast!" Mason roared back as a small veil of purple magic formed around Amber's rifle causing the magic weapon to go flying into Mason's waiting hand. "Game over." Mason crushed the rifle with his bare hand, totally disarming the magic sniper. Mason then grabbed the brown haired girl by the rim of her shirt and lifted her into the air. "You're done, right?"
"Not yet!" Amber pulled a small yellow ball out from behind her back and quickly tossed it into the air where it exploded into a cloud of yellow smoke. "Hah! You're so toast! That signal just let our boss know exactly where you are! You're a total goner!"
"Oh, c'mon." Mason rolled his eyes as he dropped the disarmed sniper to her knees. "If you think I'm sticking around you're mental. By the time evil Me shows up I'll be long gone."
"You think so, huh?" Amber smirked as she looked up at Mason. "You'll have to go through HIM first."
"Him?" Mason repeated skeptically and then a loud CRASH echoed behind him as a towering figure suddenly appeared behind him. "Oh, him."
Mason turned around to find Edolas' Tyson glaring at him while rolling a strange object around in his fist. He opened his palm and let whatever he had been holding fall to the ground with a CLANG! On further inspection it was revealed to be the remains of Julia's plasma rapier, crushed into a small metal ball. "BOOM BOOM!" Tyson sounded off before SMACK! With the back of his massive hand the old warrior managed to knock Mason off his roof top perch.
Mason fell back down onto the dirt road, managing to land on his feet. Tyson quickly followed after him but his landing came with a lot more BOOOM due to his massive size. Mason locked eyes with his foe as he formed a combat stance, all the while a strategy formed in his mind. 'He may be strong but if I keep my focus, he won't be able to touch me so as long as I keep clear of his bombs, this should be easy.' Mason smirked as his fists began to glow purple.
"Boom boom…" Tyson growled in an antagonizing tone as he slipped on a pair of heavy black gloves that began to glow red after he mashed them together, forming a shockwave of crimson energy.
"What the?" Mason muttered as Tyson rushed him. The dragon slayer didn't move to dodge or block rather he let Tyson's fist phase through his intangible body, only taking a half step back to put himself into position to counter attack but in doing so he failed to notice Tyson's glove beginning to glow once again.
"Boom Boom." Tyson smirked before KABOOOOMMM! A large blast of crimson energy erupted from Brosnan's knuckle.
"Woah!" Mason roared as the force of the blast knocked him back. 'You've gotta be kidding me!' Mason thought as he completed a midair spin that let him land in position to strike back. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!" Mason extended his arm and blasted a single, volleyball sized, blast of energy at burly brawler.
"BOOM BOOM!" Tyson roared as he charged forward, tanking Mason's magic attack as he reeled back and launched another explosive punch.
'CRAP!' Mason sounded off in his mind as he crossed his arms to defend himself before KAABLAAAAAMMMM! Mason was sent rolling backwards, streams of smoke coming from his body. Mason planted his hand on the ground to try and stop his tumble back causing him to slide a few feat through the dirt, the whole time gritting his teeth in. His eyes turned purple and his whole body began glowing as Mason activated his Drive spell. "PHANTOM DRAGON CANNON!"
Mason put his hands together and unleashed a massive blast of energy from his fingertips, it began to evaporate the ground below it as the energy blast made it hurtled towards Tyson. The muscular mage simply stared down the purple energy before reeling back another punch. "Boom…. BOOM!" Tyson roared as his fist slammed against Mason's attack at the very last second resulting in another BOOOOOOOM!
Mason watched on in disbelief as Tyson countered his attack with his bare, explosive fists. "Bullshit…" Mason muttered in disbelief as his glowing body returned to normal and his eyes became red again. 'Clearly power vs power isn't a great idea here. I'll just wear him down."With that Mason disappeared from thin air.
"Boom?" Tyson raised an eyebrow as he lost sight of his target. He began to scan the ghost town with his eyes, desperately trying to locate his opponent but he wouldn't need to wait long.
WHAM! A magic enhanced, invisible leg suddenly drove itself into the back of Tyson's knee, bringing the towering tighten down on one knee and then SMACK! An invisible fist, charged in purple energy struck Tyson with an uppercut knocking him on his back. "Boom?" Tyson groaned out in pain as he was lifted into the air by a thin veil of magic energy before WHAM! He was slammed back down into the dirt. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! The process of being lifted up and slammed back down into the dirt was rapidly repeated half a dozen times until a number of bruises had formed on Tyson's body and that is why Mason finally decided to make himself visible once again.
"Had enough?" Mason shot Tyson an intimidating glare as he tried pressuring his former ally's counterpart into surrendering. "It would really be best for both of us if you just stayed down." Mason declared as he pointed a magic blast directly at the face of the fallen giant.
Tyson shot a glare right back at Mason before lifting one fist a few centimeters off the ground, such a small movement that Mason didn't even notice. "Boom… BOOOM!" Tyson roared as he slammed his fist down on the ground resulting in KABOOOM!
"Gaaahhh!" Mason growled as he braced himself for impact as the crimson blast knocked him back. 'This guy doesn't know when to give up!' Mason roared in his head, as he charged back in, not even waiting for the smoke to clear. Mason's entire arm became cloaked in crackling purple light. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S PUNISHMENT!"
"BOOM! BOOM!" Mason and Tyson's attacks collide with one another and purple light began battling against crimson but just like with his other punches, energy began to build in Tyson's glove.
Mason caught on and was able to backflip out of range of the next KABOOM! "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT LEVEL THREE!" Mason cried out as magic energy began to form around both of his hands. "MACHINE GUN!" Mason unleashed a rapid barrage of magic blasts by thrusting his palms one after another into the cloud of smoke.
SMACK! WHOOSH! WIth a clap of his massive, muscular hands Tyson dispelled the dust cloud. The giant man was clearly battered and bruised from Mason attacks but he was standing non the less, a twisted smile resting behind his moustache. "Boom Boom…."
"This guy won't stay down…" Mason muttered aloud before Tyson began charging him once again. "PHANTOM DRAGON CANNON!"Mason roared as he blasted the charging warrior once again. 'He's gotta be at the end of his rope by now! I just gotta keep dealing the damage and eventually he'll fall!'
"BOOOOOOMMMM!" Tyson roared as he bulldozed, fist first, though Mason's magic blast. "BOOOM!" Mason leapt out of the way at the last second before Tyson could nail him with an explosive punch, then while in midair he turned invisible once again.
"PHANTOM DRAGON'S VANISHING FIST!" Mason buried his fist into Tyson's twelve pack.
"BLAAAHHH!" Tyson spit up a mouth full of saliva, his knees buckled for a moment but he stood strong and let out a sadistic chuckle. "Hehehe Boom Boom!" In response Tyson slammed his fist into Mason's stomach.
"AAAGGHHHH!" This time it was Mason's turn to spit up but this wasn't even the worst of it. Kaboooommmm! A large red explosion enveloped Mason but the Dragon slayer gritted his teeth and toughed it out. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S PUNISHMENT!" Both of Mason's arms became cloaked in purple magic. "HAAAHHH!" Mason drove both fists into Tyson's massive, muscular stomach.
"Boouuggghhhooommm…." Tyson groaned as he slumped over which Mason took full advantage of WHAM! Mason struck Tyson's chin with a double, magic charged, uppercut.
This blow sent Tyson stumbling backwards but he still refused to fall, and this frustrated Mason further. 'Just stay down, I'm gonna kill this guy if this keeps up. Ok, no more holding back! Time to end this!'
Mason rushed forward towards the stumbling wizard and when Tyson noticed this and retorted with another SMACK! With a powerful clap, Tyson created a gust of wind that while not strong enough to actually damage the Dragon Slayer, did manage to knock him off course and open him up for an attack. "BOOM! BOOM!"
'Not this time!' Mason slammed his foot down and used it as an axel to spin away from Tyson's incoming punch and continued his charge forward managing to get in close before the explosion could go off KAABOOOM! Mason reeled back a punch and let it fly, his fist appearing back out the other side of Tyson's back. Mason had phased his fist through the middle part of Tyson's exposed stomach and then for a brief second he became tangible.
"AAAGHHHH!'' Tyson spit up a mouthful of blood and his eyes went white before WHOMP! He plopped down on the ground and would not be getting back up again anytime soon.
Mason knelt down and placed fingers on the side of his throat. "Good, there's a pulse." Mason dusted off his hands and stared across the village. Destroyed buildings, smoldering craters and mangled roads. "Well, this sure is a mess. Somebody's gotta take responsibility for all this damage." Mason said as a semester smile formed on his face.
(Later)
"HEY! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Amber shrieked as she, tied up like a cocoon with rope, was carried on Mason shoulder before being thrown down next to a tied up and unconscious pair of Tyson and Julia who were being balanced against a lacrima lamp post. "Ooof…"
"Ok, now that you're all here together. Time to make sure it stays that way." Mason pulled out another piece of rope and quickly made it so that all three of them were tied together and attached to the lamp post. "There we go. Now, when all the townspeople return home they'll know exactly who to blame for this whole mess."
"If you think you're gonna get away with this you've got another thing coming!" Amber roared as she violently shook her rope cocoon. "Our boss is gonna MMMMMPH!"
Mason had covered the brown haired girl's mouth with his hand and rolled his eyes. "That's enough out of you! To think I'd actually miss the other you's monotoned silence. Now it's time for you to SLEEP!" Mason's eyes flashed red and Amber immediately fell into an almost comatose sleep.
Mason then turned his attention to the horizon to find the sun mere minutes from setting completely. "Alright, I've wasted enough time. I gotta get going." Mason turned away from his vanquished foes for no more than a moment when his nose twitched and a sickened expression appeared on his face. 'C'mon! Not now!'
Mason quickly turned to find his doppelganger sitting on one of the roof tops with an arrogant smile plastered on his face. "So you took them all down by yourself. Impressive." Edolas mason said as he dropped down to ground level as he pulled his scythe out from behind his back. "Much better than I expected considering my less than stellar first impression of you. Maybe this'll be more fun than I thought." The two Mason's locked eyes and an overwhelming sense of tension filled the small ghost town.
(End)
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