WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter 63: Magica Erebea Angelus
I don't own Negima
Another explosion echoed across the night sky as Jack and Negi clashed with the three Averruncus, but Kaede nor Ku looked back, they had to keep forging ahead for the sakes of everyone. Besides they knew Jack and Negi could take care of themselves.
"Do think they'll be ok?" Fuuka asked her big sister figure. She was still new to the magic thing and didn't know of the real power that the two time travelers' processed. Another column of flame shot into the air touching the sky.
"Of course they'll be alright!" Fumika protest, "Jack and Negi are the best!"
"Well," Ray interrupted "They may not be the best but they can take those jokers down no problem. Right now I'm the best chance we got to get into that tower. So here's the thing you gals will continue on your way to the tower while deal with this chap here." Ray pointed out the dark figure a top a rock formation; it was none other than Dynamis, one of the original generals that fought in the war twenty years ago.
"I see you still very perceptive Ray, thou truly are a troublesome thorn in my master's side." Dynamis said raising his figure at the group. "But thou art foolish to think I will let those lesser pass! Rabidus Umbra! (Raging Shadow)"
A black beam of magic shot out of Dynamis's forefinger, but Ray simply caught it in his hand and sent it hurdling back at its caster cutting the Dark mages cheek.
"If we're going to do this don't use my techniques, you bring shame to them." Ray snorted, bad guys always being lazy and stealing the moves of real warriors. You never see him taking the fast and easy way, that's why he can say he's the strongest fighter to emerge from the war.
"Now let me show you the proper way to use that attack! Divider of light and dark turn the sun black and banish the moon to oblivion, Rabidus Umbra!" A black beam of magic shot from Ray's forefinger just as it did with Dynamis only this one was five times the size of his! The shadows devoured everything in their path, and even Dynamis who was a shadow user himself had to dodged or be destroyed by the darkness.
"Impressive show but your friends still won't pass." Dynamis boasted, only for Ray to smirk at the dark mage's words. "What's so funny?" He demanded. He would make sure this aged fool was put in this place!
"Nothing, just well their already gone." Ray said pointing to the dots in the distance. Even Dynamis had to emit the wool was pulled over his eyes with this one. They must have taken off when he was busy dealing with Rabidus Umbra.
"Huh, those little pests may have slipped by, but it will make no difference in the end. I will simply defeat you, your nephew, and the Springfield boy, and then return to finish the rest later." Dynamis boasted activating his battle mode. His robes dissolved and took shape of gaint arms on his shoulders, his face was that of a white mask with horns around his neck and various spikes covered his body. "Prepare yourself! For thou shall face the full might of Dynamis!"
"Oh shut up and talk normal for once! This isn't the fucking middle ages!" Ray shouted interrupting the mage's speech. "By the way you still have to beat me before you can move on. That's how this game works, and right now you aren't in very good spot."
"What makes you say that?"
Ray smiled, "This Rabidus lux lucis (Raging Light)." A beam of pure magical light shined from Ray's finger illuminating the area with a light so bright that you would go blink looking at it, and in Dynamis's case wither.
"AHHHH Damn you! You dare do this to the servant of god?" All that response got him was a hard punch in the face!
"You still think that lowly fool is a God!" Ray spat crushing Dynamis into the ground! "As both a reverend and a revelator I cannot condone such blasphemy!" Ray raged smashing Dynamis's face again and again with his fist. It was time to deliver this evil from the world.
Summoning a horde of shadow spikes, Dynamis managed to throw the enraged gunslinger off of him, and regain his footing, but Ray was an old dog with lots of tricks. Skidding on the heel of his boot across the ground Ray turned on the heel and smashed his other leg into the dark mage's stomach, then a left hook, and a right and finally six shots from his six shooter right in the belly!
"Gah!" Dynamis yelled holding his stomach. This fight was going to be tougher then he thought it would be. The wounds on his stomach quickly healed. Summoning a horde of shadow spears, Dynamis ordered them to attack. Making Ray dance around the battle fight trying desperately to avoid from being impaled!
"Damn basterd never fought fair!" Ray complained side stepping another spear, only for another to appear behind him, he quickly spun left avoiding the attack, but it was none stop! Every time he avoided one, another took its place! It was exhausting! And being his age he got exhausted very quickly.
"Time to step up, Magia Erebea: Atrum lux lucis Angelus vultus (Dark light Angelic form)"The left side of Ray's body turned black as the night sky with white tribal marking engraving on his arm, the right side of his body stayed the same with black marking appeared on his right arm, but that wasn't all Ray's trench morphed into a set of wings one black and one white, giving him the appearance of an angel of death. "Are you ready to expect your punishment?" Ray asked stretching his wings. Evangeline taught him Magia Erebea long ago and this is the final result of years of developing it.
"Thou think growing a set of chicken wings will save form thy defeat?" Dynamis taunted. Really though he was wary of this new form. He's seen the power Jack and Negi had gained from their Magia Erebeas and there was no telling the power a seasoned warrior like Ray could wield, especially when he could control his greatest weapon the shadows with but a snap of his fingers.
"We could stand here all day and taunt back and forth or we can actually start this fight, which one do you want to do?" Ray said dodging Dynamis's punch, looks like they were going to fight, good because talking is boring.
"That the best you got?" Ray asked sidestepping around the dark mage's muscled frame, delivering a series of punches that would have shattered a normal man's ribs into dust in the giant's side.
"Come on you got to do better than this I'm an old man, you never age!" Ray said stabbing both of his forefingers into the dark mage's back. "Duel shot: Rabidus Umbra, Rabidus Lucis!" Dark and light beams of magic pieced through Dynamis's back and exited out the front where his lungs where located. He fell to the ground gasping for air as the smoke from his burn organs filled his throat.
Dynamis growled in pain as he waited for his lungs to regenerate. Ray had bested him twenty years ago, he had thought without Al's help and the passing of time the playing field would have been evened but he was wrong! The basterd was without question the strongest among them, excluding his master of course. There had to be away. Then it came to him, the McCoy girl Jesse, the rune within her prison could transfer her powers to him. Chanting the incantations to activate the runes, Dynamis began to laugh like a mad man when the power of Jesse's Magia Erebea Terra Dea Vultus (earth Goddess form) flowing into him!
You think you can control my power? Well guess again those who steal from mother earth pay the ultimate price. Jesse warned, she was tired of people stealing her powers, even if she couldn't stop it, she could still place a seed of revenge for herself.
"Heh, the little princess is full of herself." Dynamis scoffed at Jesse's threat thinking it as nothing then a desperate captives rambling.
"What was that?" Ray asked fiercely. For a second he felt Jesse's presence, and then it faded into Dynamis. Whatever those basterds are doing to her he would make sure they suffered for it!
The dark mage smirked under his mask. "Nothing, I'm curious to know how it feels to be killed by the powers of the very same person you've been trying to save for sixteen years; Magia Erebea Terra Dea Vultus!"
The earth broke beneath Dynamis's feet and piled on top of him making a mountain of earth and stone, which began to mold into the shape of human… a very large human, somewhere in the gaint size.
"Behold terra lucrum (Earth Gaint)!" Dynamis thundered, standing over six stories high the earthen monster was truly one of Jesse's greatest creations.
Ray grimaced at the sight of the monstrosity. He felt both pride and worry at the sight of it, pride for Jesse you created and worry because it was in the hands of evil. There only one thing to do, go all out!
"Blood Rayne!" Black and red shadows formed around Ray as he charged the gaint. Dynamis struck with his left hand, but the swirling death shadows cut right through it like butter! Ray ran up the side of the arm, cutting down the earth golem summoned by Dynamis without phase, but that wasn't all he was doing, no a trial of black whipped in his wake cutting the earth golems are as he went higher and higher!
On top of the golem's head Dynamis stared in horror as Ray drew closer and closer. He summoned a volley of shadow spikes to intercept the gunslinger, but they were quickly absorbed by Ray's black wing and returned to him in several beams of Rabidus Umbra that destroyed even more of the golem till only the head remained, but leaving no more land for Ray to run on. That however wasn't a problem he had wings after all and thanks to the sudden up draft of wind from falling derbies he was able to land atop the head right in front of Dynamis. Where Ray wasted no time in grabbing the dark mage by the head and slowly began to crush his skull.
"This is it. Time for you to meet the maker Dynamis and this little spell will make it an express trip Radiance!" A blinding light burst forth from Ray's white wing, dispersing the shadows that covered the dark mage and revealed a withered old man. "So this is what you look like underneath all that shadowy crap? I gotta say you look like a horse's ass. Well I'd to stay and chat, but I got more important things to take care of. Oh and watch out for the thorns." Ray smiled flying away.
Dynamis wondered what he meant when he said beware of the thorns. He then realized that golems head was still floating in midair, and the sound of Jesse's words rung in the forefront of his mind as rose bush bloomed in front of him with vines of thorn whips growing from it. The vines start to form into the shape of a young girl. A devious smile could be seen on its face as it swayed over to him.
I told you, those who steal from mother earth pay the price. The thorn woman suddenly bursting into vines and flowed into Dynamis's open mouth, the thorns cutting and ripping his insides as they traveled throughout his body and growing out of his skin till he was completely covered in vines and roses, the golems head fell to pieces dropping the planted Dynamis to the earth stuck in an eternal hell forever.
"Well done Jesse." Ray said looking down at Dynamis; this was a fitting punishment for the dark mage. He looked towards the dark tower. That was where Jesse was, and he would finally full fill his promise to recuse her. The explosions from Jack and Negi's battle drew his eye, he knew Jack could feel it, the presence of his twin, and it was getting railed up.
"Hurry up Jack, She been waiting long enough." Ray said flying away towards the tower.
Jack dodged another strike from the Sextum the Averruncus of water. She was really annoying, but nothing more than a nuisance really. Several time he had been caught by her water cube prison, but was easy able to break free with Rabidus Incendia, that though was the problem because any of his fire attacks were canceled by Sextum's water attacks and vice versa making the battle stalemate.
"This is pissing me off!" Jack's aura flared with power as he charged ten Rabidus incendias on the tip of each of his fingers and fire them point blank in Sextum's face! Vapor rising the female Averruncus into steam. Jack didn't stop there though; using his masterly of fire he ignited the air around him into an inferno of flames, so any water, moisture, etc. was absolutely gone.
"I'm sick of playing with these puppets. Magica Erebea: Phoenix Vulcanus Vultus (Phoenix Fire god form)" Jack's trench coat morphed into a set of fierily feathered wings colored in flames (orange). Zipping through the skies in sphere of flaring might Jack appeared behind Quartum and Quintum, grabbed both by the necks and shot the high into the atmosphere.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Quintum yelled as they climbed higher and higher till even the mountains below looked like little specs. He tried to use his fire magic to escape, but it was quickly absorbed by those blasted wings. He turned to his partner Quartum for help, but found that the silent wind user was content to meet his end. "No come on do something!"
"Shut up and die like a man at least you puppet!" Jack rocketed down towards the ground summoning two shadow clones to grab hold of the puppets as he hovered from above. "Falling Super Nova!" The four hit the ground hard! Two massive explosions rocked the earth as the fierily power equal to a nuclear missile burnt the two puppets down to nothing.
"He may have been a basterd, but blackjack did have some interesting moves." Jack said observing the damage. Negi flew up beside him and inspected his wings in wonder.
"Wow amazing Jack! These wings are completely different than any other kind you've used before, it almost like their real." The young wizard gusted over the feathered limbs. He had no idea that Magia Erebea could be used in such away. "How did you come up with this?"
Jack shrugged, "Don't know just kind of came to me. Maybe it's a remnant of Grandpa's spirit; he did have a lot of techniques hidden in that mind of his. Enough of that though we got to get moving!" Jack spurred taking off towards the castle with Negi following behind.
Author's note
Hey everybody finally got another chapter up! Sorry it took so long, but like I said I was having writers block. This chapter is better, but still no up to par, but it can only get better. Next chapter will be a Christmas special on count of the session and the fact it almost been one year since I started this story. Merry Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate and remember it's not all about the presents.