A/N: Yeah, I know I said I wasn't going to update this story anymore, but I'd written quite a bit more as a sort of reserve, so why not post everything else that I've written? The next few chapters are just going to be battles, and introduce a lot of characters that won't come up in the next few arcs.
We received the signal and went outside. Right away, the spearbearer threw spears while the scout ran at us with a hook. I used a pressure field on him, but he was still able to dodge Nathan's flames. The spears had almost reached us but it was easy for me to knock them off course.
"Kryst. Strengthen my baang." Nathan said. I did so and he sent three quick blasts. The scout thought he dodged them, but Nathan made them detonate early and the increased su made an explosion that definitely got him. The scout stumbled back as the spearbearer rushed forward.
"Again." Nathan ordered and he attacked the spearbearer.
But the spearbearer wasn't completely idiotic and stabbed at all of them, making them detonate without hurting him. He was getting close and I was getting nervous.
"Make this one swerve and hit him in the side." Nathan muttered. He conjured up a baang with lots of myun, but not much su. It was obviously meant to intimidate. He wanted the spearbearer to suddenly lunge at it so he wouldn't block it when I made the baang swerve. The spearbearer fell for it. He lunged forward, and I made the baang swerve and added a bit of su to it for good measure. It blew up on his right side, and scorched his ribs and face.
I winced slightly at the smell of burning flesh and the moans of the spearbearer, but you had to hurt people if you wanted to climb. Love declared our victory and we walked out.
Nal-Kae ran over. "By the guardian that was amazing! How did you work together with that arsonist? You burnt them all in less than a minute!"
Cosmos laughed. "I gotta agree with Nal-Kae. That was brilliant. You two worked really well together."
I turned around and saw Nathan standing behind me.
"Why are you still here?" I asked. I guess that must've come out a little harsh.
"Has the social friendly lightbearer left us?" He asked. His lips twitched, then walked off to the balcony that let us look at the pair battles.
I looked up at the fights that would take place, and saw, thankfully, that Cosmos and Nal-Kae didn't have to fight each other. That was something, maybe they'd both get through. But maybe it was better that didn't, I was acting all weird around them. The next battle was the huge, rich fisherman Hyrum with those knuckle dusters and his spearbearer partner Nuviel. He was up against one guy in a long brown cloak and a short, green haired chick. The fight started and both Hyrum and his partner moved forward. Well, his spearbearer partner moved forward. He used a strategy that suited his brain and charged forward as fast as he could without thinking. The guy in the cloak moved and went for the spearbearer, leaving the green haired chick to deal with Hyrum. He started jabbing at her quickly but she could dodge them all. She ducked down and almost punched that huge idiot but he had good footwork too and they ended up in a stalemate.
Meanwhile, the hooded figure was effectively blocking off the Nuviel's spears and he forced the spearbearer into a 1 on 1 fight. Hyrum's team didn't have any sort of co-ordination. What kind of idiot gave up his support and let the spearbearer get in a 1 on 1 fight with another fisherman. The hooded guy did seem like a fisherman; the two handed sword he was swinging it like it was nothing sort of gave it away. There was no way he'd continue climbing with a huge sword like that, it'd get slowed down too much by the shinsoo. But for a 20th floor test it seemed fine. Nuviel was getting pushed back, and it was only because of her longer reach that the battle hadn't been lost.
Back with Hyrum, he and the green haired chick were still lunging at each other, trying to break each other's defences. The chick was faster, but Hyrum could take her out in one hit and she knew it. She was just buying time for her partner to finish off Nuviel and help her attack Hyrum. She also had to stop Hyrum from helping Nuviel. Once the two of them co-ordinated their attacks, they could easily beat their opponents. The green woman was doing a decent job of pissing off Hyrum though, so it wasn't likely that he'd start strategizing. Typical fisherman. If you lost control of your emotions you lost the battle. That was why teaming up with someone you cared about would never work. It'd be impossible to concentrate and fight at the same time.
There was a flash, and suddenly Nuviel staggered back. The spearbearer'd lost against the fisherman (surprise, surprise) and she was stumbling backwards, waving her spear around like a granny trying to swat a fly. Hyrum looked around and was about to run to help her, (yeah, now he cared about teamwork) but the green haired chick suddenly used her hand to stabbed him in the stomach. He yelled and fell on the ground.
"The winners for this round are Blade and Naeyeon." Love annouanced. I guessed that the hooded figure with a sword was Blade, and Naeyeon was the green haired chick.
