Crepe ran out onto the roadside, her bandaged arm and leg visible under the sunlight. ‘I don’t see him anywhere.’ Xenon came up behind her, the small boy clinging closely to his back. He stood up in a semi standing position, and then began to turn a knob on his binoculars. Around them, a cold gust of wind began to blow. Crepe looked into the sky. ‘Its… getting cloudy.’ Xenon didn’t seem to listen. ‘I don’t see a sign of him. Even the Orc encampment you two headed to has been deserted. I find this all too strange.’ He stood up, and readjusted his binoculars. He held down a small switch at the left end of the binoculars, and the contraption began to sigh a low noise. It began to dismantle itself, and finally became a shape of a small circular crest above Xenon forehead, right in the middle of his temple, where it stayed hidden. Crepe saw Xenon's real face for the first time, and her heart skipped a beat. Xenon looked at the boy. ‘I’ll scout the area again. Hold the boy until I get back.’ Crepe carefully took the boy from Xenon. How lucky, she thought, that the boy was still sound asleep. He didn’t have to witness any of the pain. She fears how she would have to deal with him once he woke up, however. Xenon crouched, and just before he dashed forward, muttered in a barely audible tone ‘Stay alive.’ Crepe looked at her sensei, and nodded.
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‘Its beaking through!’ Another huge swing of the Schyte was repelled by an obviously weakened white barricade. Heraus’s forehead was sweating like mad, but his focus was sternly held on controlling the mana channels of the white and red walls before him. ‘In no way must that Beast break through the last Safety wall! Stay sharp! On my mark, I want the three of you to let him have it! You hear me?’ Holding a huge energy sphere in front of her, Nana nodded in Heraus’s direction. Norm came forward and knelt beside Nana, a huge sphere in his palm too. He too, nodded in Heraus’s direction. YipMan had his back turned at Heraus, but he raised his hands, extending just the index and middle finger to form a V-sign. Heraus grinned. ‘Then let’s do this….’ He closed his eyes.
The white walls began to fade, and so did the red ones. The Baphomet raised his Scythe. Everything went silent for a few moments. Then, as Heraus opened his eyes, the white and red walls completely disappeared. He drew his wand and pointed it at the Baphomet. ‘NOW!!! DIspell!!!’ A huge ray of glimmering light shot out of his wand, and caught the Baphomet off guard. Its Schtye dislodged itself into the air, and the surprised beast wasn’t prepared for the three figures already dashed around him. Nana was gliding over its left shoulder, Norm at the back, and YipMan in the front of the beast. Together, a huge eruption of white light blinded the entire area.
‘Asura STRIKE!!!!’ all three blasts erupted in unison. The Baphomet gave a loud cry ‘ROOARRRRRR!!!!’ The surrounding landscape was obliterated. Every tree, soil and rock in the area was thrown high into the air. The land below began to crack and break in the impact of the blast, until the white light stopped. The three figures were on the ground, panting, and before them, an immense cloud of smoke circulated a huge crater of dust and ash. The beast was dead before them, and on the ground, a broken Schtye lay there, as the wind blew the dust away.
Nana smiled at Norm.’ We did it.. WE DID IT!!!’ Norm looked at YipMan, and they too, smiled, and stood up, ready to share the good news with Heraus.
Behind them, Heraus shouted ‘What the HELL ARE YOU THREE DOING!!!! Its behind you!!!!’ It was too late. The huge schyte crashed down onto the three unexpecting bodies, who turned their back against the huge Beast. A clean swipe, and a horrific gush of blood and screams filled the air. Heraus could barely breathe at the sight of the three dead bodies that now lay before him. ‘NOOO!!!! Nana! YipMan! Norm!!!’
The Baphomet looked up at Heraus. ‘You… were unaffected?’ Heraus looked up at the Beast. In an instant, the Baphomet understood. The scholar was wearing what seemed like a blindfold before his eyes. It stood up. ‘I see… then I just have to…’
‘WATER BALL!!’ A huge string of water gushed from the grounds below. The Baphomet raised its Scyhte to blow the water, the impact sending him backwards one step. Heraus turned to his left. ‘Lexy, what’s going on?’ Lexy dashed to Heraus’s side, held his arm, and dashed backwards, enlarging the distance between them and the Beast. ‘Its an illusion. All three of them fell for it. They must have thought the Baphomet was dead when they attacked it.’ Heraus shook his head. ‘Dammit!’ Lexy reached for Heraus’s blindfold. A hand grabbed hers quickly, just as her fingers were in touching distance. Lexy frowned ‘But Heraus.. this is not the time. You have to unblind yourself!’ Heraus shook his head. ‘Its too dangerous. I can still sense the magic around me, and I have you to be my eyes. Its too dangerous for me to unblind, not yet.’
Before them, the water began to subside, and the Baphomet roared. ‘Foolish magic… ‘ It raised its Schyte, and aimed it at Lexy. ‘Thunder bolt!’ A lightning bolt jacked out of the edge of the weapon, and flew towards Lexy. Lexy dashed upwards, unfazzled. ‘Spell Breaker!’ The Baphomet attacked again. ‘Thunderbolt’ ‘Magic Rod!’ ‘Thunderbolt!’ ‘Spell Breaker!’ The Bahomet gazed at the young Scholar. ‘Impressive… your timing is remarkable. But can you take on this?’ The huge beast began to tremble, pointing its Shtye upwards. Lexy looked up to the sky. Heraus immediately felt it. He pushed Lexy to one side, just as the huge Beast roared out loud. ‘METEOR STORM!!!’ A huge red comet appeared above them, and crashed down onto the ground with a tremendously huge impact. Lexy was sent flying up into the air ‘Kyaaa!!!’ She landed, and just as she recovered, looked at the cloud of dust before her, and shouted. ‘Herausss!!!’
As the dust subsided, a shadow of a man held onto the comet with both hands. Beside him, on the ground, was the blindfold that was attached to his eyes. Lexy grinned, ‘you’re in for it now... Baphomet.’ The Baphomet took at step back. Before him, the scholar that he once thought was merely a blind young man, had eyes that now glowed white with energy. Heraus pushed the comet aside with one move, and in an instant, disappeared. The Bahomet turned around him, but he was too late. ‘Abracadabra!!!’ A huge comet dislodged from the end of Heraus’s wand, hitting the Baphomet square in the chest. The Beast cringed, as it took a step back from the full impact. ‘Impossible… how did you…’ But then, it realized something, and smiled. It steadied itself from the impact, and looked at the scholar. ‘Abracadabra… the copying technique… crafty…’ Heraus looked up at the beast in full height. His physique was different now, much more masculine, and he was taller too. The blindfold must have held back a lot of his magical energy, the Baphomet thought. Heraus raised his wand again ‘Meteor… STORM!!’ 3 more meteors dislodged from the end of his wand. The Baphomet jumped into the air, and with one quick move, jabbed the end of his scythe onto the ground where Heraus stood. But he missed. Up above him, the scholar dashed at him. ‘Third Forbbiden Spell! Deluge!’ A wave of water enveloped the huge beast. The Baphomet was not quick enough to regain its balance, and crashed itself straight into the pool of water. As Heraus landed, he raised his wand up once again, and this time, focused a lot of magical energy to the edge of his wand. He yelled, ‘Lexy, now!’ Lexy whipped out her wand, and pointed it at Heraus. She shouted ‘Nineth Forbidden Spell ! Mind Breaker!’ Heraus suddenly yelled, as a dark cloud of mist entered his body. He began to emit a cold, yet powerful magical aura. The Baphomet tried to get up, but it was too late. ‘Abracadabra! Lightning Bolt!!’ The entire pool of water surrounding the fallen beast conducted the Lightning, amplifying the magic.
‘Guarghh!!!!’ The Baphomet collapsed to the ground, and the pools of water vanished. Lexy smiled at Heraus, and let her wand down. Heraus suddenly turned at Lexy, and pointed his wand at her. ‘Sensei.. what.. what are you doing? We won, we already won!’ Heruas didn’t seem to listen. ‘You’re not Lexy.’ Lexy suddenly grinned. ‘Very good…. Young scholar…’ The world around Heraus suddenly began to shift. Lexy suddenly began to contort, and grow in size. The Baphomet finally grew full image in front of him. ‘Where’s Lexy?’ The Baphomet raised his Schyte. He looked to to the ground beside him, and there she was, lying on the ground, her body badly bruised. ‘You don’t see to be affected by my Illusions… you’re powerful... indeed.’ Heraus keep his wand aimed at Baphomet. ‘Step away from her.’ The huge Beast grinned, revealing a row of dark, unrefined teeth. ‘What if I don’t?’ Heraus began to glow again, and a huge source of magical energy erupted around him. The huge beast bent down, his Schyte in hand, ready to dash forward. ‘The one they call the perfect defence… Trully formidable. Why don’t we end this then, young scholar? I’ll let you see why they call me the King of the Beasts!’ Both of them stayed still for a moment, and then in a split second, dashed at each other.
‘Deluge!!!!’
‘EARTHQUAKE!!!!!’
Piles of sand and dust erupted from the ground, and a huge explosion erupted, and then, everything fell silent.
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Beyond the trees and in the shadows of the moon, Radium looked up into the sky. ‘Its starting. The dark clouds are gathering all across the continent by now.’ A dark mist began to emerge behind him. Radium’s eyes lit up, as he turned around. ‘My My my… that was bloody fast…’ Before him, Tritium came into view, in his left hand dragging the limped body of the King. ‘Now is that the way to treat your King, Tritium?’ Tritium smirked, and with one quick movement let go of the King. He fell to the ground with a loud thud, and let out a barely audible scream of pain. ‘U..rg..hh’ Radium paced towards the body on the ground. And slowly lifted his head. ‘Ah.. Father. It’s been a while.’
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