Chapter XVIII - Savior
(Ryan POV)
Arme led the way. We knocked out Raz before Arme casted her Detection Spell. We wouldn't want non-involved people knowing our powers.
"Arme how far?" Jin asked.
"A few more meters," she answered and we went on.
(Celina POV)
"They made such a bad move. Now I can freely use this body," Aron said in an amused voice.
What? 'Use this body'...? Does that mean Aron is possessed or something?
The 'possessed Aron' looked at me. "What should I do with you hn~?"
"Who are you and what did you do to Aron!?!?" I demanded.
"Hoo~ Feisty one are we?" Aron smirked.
His eyes glowed red. "Ah~ so you're Elesis. No wonder this fool tried to protect you."
He took a step forward. I searched the ground for a weapon. "Don't come near me!!!" I shouted as I pointed the stick I found.
Aron laughed. "What do you think you can do with a stick?" a sword materialized on his right hand. "Now, this is a weapon," He said and charged at me.
I closed my eyes and waited for the strike.
I don't want to die!!!
Let me deal with this
What?
My body moved on it's own and parried the strike. The stick omitted fire which materialized to a sword.
"My, my. Look at what we've got here~" Aron said and pushed me back.
"You can never defeat the savior of Bermesiah!" I said involuntarily. Something... is pushing me to act like this.
"Do remember the time I killed you 400 years ago," Aron smirked. 400 years ago....?
He went closer and readied his sword.
I am sorry Celina. I cannot protect you fully because you still don't have all of my memories .
Who are you?
"AIR BLAST!!!" I heard a familiar voice yell.
A strong gust of wind came in between Aron and me.
(Ryan POV)
Seighart, Jin and Arme were the ones on the offensive. Mari and Lire supported them by shooting random projectiles from Mari's makeshift weapons. Amy encouraged them with her song and dance. I was given the mission to save Celina because I was the only one without a weapon.
Sweat formed on my face. I can't do anything except for my nature and morphic magic. If only my necklace was here....
I feel so useless.
I went to Celina and helped her up. It must have been frightening to be up against Thanatos of all things, on her own at that.
"Celina are you alright?" I asked. I noticed the stick she held. Could she have really fought him off? I glanced at Aron who was holding a sword I have never seen before.
"Celina?"
She didn't reply. What's wrong now? "Celina?" I tried calling her again.
"You know full well who I am. Treehugger."
Eh? T--Treehugger!?
"E--Elesis?!?!" I blurted out of surprise.
"Yeah. So, can you brief me with what the hell is happening here?" she demanded. I told her about Seighart, Thanatos and the situation.
"What a screwed up life this is," she commented. "Being reincarnated just to defeat him again. Man." She shook her head. "Anyways, since we both don't have our weapons, what do we do? Ronan is being possessed by that messed up God."
"I'm not really sure myself. But--" I made a symbol on the ground. "--might as well use my nature magic."
Veins sprouted out of the ground and tied up Ronan's limbs. "What the--" I heard Ronan shout out of surprise.
"Nice move Ryan!" Jin shouted back at me.
Arme pointed her staff in front of Ronan. "Give up Thanatos. Release Ronan's body! He's only a level 5 magic user!"
Ronan laughed evilly. A magic circle glowed beneath him. Black aura enveloped his body. "Did you honestly think you could defeat ME with simple binding magic?" The veins seemed to rot and disappeared altogether. "I may not be able to use my level 7 magic because of this weaklings limitations. But," he smirked, "I can destroy this body even by just attempting to use any of those level 7 spells."
Destroy his body...? He wouldn't do it right?
"SPINNING PHANTOM!" a voice called out. A very fast spinning object took Ronan aback. His spell was obviously disrupted.
"Vanessa!" Seighart shouted.
"Tsk." The magic circle glowed brighter. "I could at least destroy this--" A larger circle that glowed violet appeared beneath him. "Movement restriction.... level 6?" Ronan glared at the violet haired mage.
"Thank you Arme." Vanessa turned to Ronan who glared at her. "It's about time we end your little game."
Ronan laughed, despite the restriction spell. "These humans are weaklings! Why do you protect them?"
"Thanatos," Seighart came near him. His expression unreadable. "You were also a human. Remember that."
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(Elesis POV)
I received a text message telling us to come back at the supposed meeting area. The meeting area was the place where all the buses would be waiting for us. Well, that just means our trip is over.
I glanced at Ronan who was still unconscious. That must have been painful. Being controlled and almost getting your body destroyed.
Elesis, the Savior of Bermesiah huh.... I took out the necklace Vanessa gave me. Ryan was so enthusiastic when he got his and called out his storm blades.
"Ssangeom...." two blades appeared before me. I clutched them and walked out of the tent.
"Alright guys. Trip's over. We need to be in the meeting area at an hour," I called out.
"Is Ronan alright?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, he is. It must have taken alot from him," I replied. I glanced around and didn't see Raz or Mari in the vicinity. "Anyone up for a spar? I miss using these," I asked the group that was in front of a makeshift fire.
Seighart looked back at me and said, "Want me to do it with you?"
"Sure." Seighart's Gladius materialized.
Attack there. Block. Slash. Dodge. Thrust. Block again.
It seems like a never-ending battle to me. Although.... I made a mistake. Seighart saw this and proceeded to finish the sparring session.
"Eheh. That was some slip up for me." I said while dusting off me clothes.
"At least you aren't that out of shape Elesis," he told me.
"Oh, right. Where's Raz?" I asked after glancing around.
"He's still out cold," Mari replied while coming out of one of the tents.
"It's weird for him to be out cold with just knocking him out ya know," Ryan commented.
"Well, both of them should wake up in 10 minutes or else someone's going to be forced carry them." I said and snickered as I heard someone grumble.