The Dark Light

#4. Full tilt

Charlotte and Aran were just heading to the guild after finishing an assignment when they saw some guild members and a group of knights arguing about something.

“What’s going on here?” She asked one of the knights.

“Ah…. Lady Charlotte”

“Hmmm?”

“It’s about the quest that was sent here this morning, I believe you were the one that the knight in charge gave it to”

“Today……” She tried to remember what it was.

“What quest are you talking about. She must have taken in a handful of quest today” Aran said.

“Forgive me. I’m talking about the one that has to deal with the twin bandits in Jura Mountains”

“Oh that. Any problem?” She asked

If I may ask, where is it now? Has anyone taken the quest?”

“Yeah”

“That’s the one Silver and Ken went on”

“Silver…. Ken…. Are they rookies?”

Charlotte and Aran nodded wondering what the problem was.

This is bad…. This is bad…. The knight muttered repeatedly.

“Tell us already. What’s going on?” Aran asked grabbing the knight shoulders.

“The quest turned out to be an S class quest” said the knight commander joining them.

“What do you mean?” Charlotte asked with a shaky voice.

“A while ago, our knights spotted 'the poison mist' in Jura Mountains.

“What!!” Aran exclaimed “you mean….”

“Yes”

“What have I done” she fell on her knees.

Aran let out a sigh. “I’ll go. I’ll bring both of them back.

“I’ll come with you”

“No. You handle things here, leave this to me” He said with a serious look on his face.

She nodded.

“Since you brats know about this place, I have no choice but to silence you both” Tristan said grabbing Silver’s hair pulling her up.

“But just ending you two like that won’t be fun. I’ll have you brats experience the pain of your life first” he said as he threw her to a nearby tree.

“That’s no way to treat a lady” Ken said getting up.

“Oho. You’re one tough brat. Maybe you will be able to entertain me a little” he said with a nasty grin.

Then Ken threw several smoke bombs around Tristan so Silver could get away from his reach.

“You okay” Ken asked looking around

“Yeah….I have an idea”

“Okay. Then I’ll keep him busy” He said going back to where Tristan was.

He got there but couldn’t see him. “Where did he go this….” Suddenly Tristan appeared behind him and try to land a punch but Ken avoided it.

“Hmmm. Not bad”

“So can also fuse with anything as far as it’s gas” Ken said

“Oh…. Is that with you threw the smoke bomb…. To let the girl get away from me and to get info on my ability. Not bad but whatever you do the outcome will still be the same…. Come at me!”

Ken charged towards Tristan at full speed trying to s***h him but missed as he changed to gas form again.

“Hahahaha” Tristan laughed sinisterly.

“Think you have a chance against me. Just give up”

“Tch. I can here his voice from every direction…. Where could he be….” He said as he dodged Tristan’s attack from behind and landed him a punch in the face swiftly.

“You’re pretty fast. Being a while since someone touched me. I underestimated you.” He said as he disappeared.”

“Where could he be this time” Ken said looking around staying on guard.

“Where is he going to strike from next”

“Woah!” He exclaimed as he speedily dodged Tristan’s sneak attack from above.

“That was a close one” He said to himself panting.

“Uh…. You actually dodged that one” Tristan said approaching Ken.

“What’s this…. It’s like he got faster and his aura is different” Ken thought stepping backward.

“Just dodging isn’t going to do anything. Time to go on the offence.”

Then Ken began to move at an amazing speed around Tristan.

“I see…. But you think that predictable charade is going to work on me?” Tristan said loudly.

“With the way his moving around me he intends to come at me with full speed to strike, and that’s when I’ll get him. What an obvious move” He said to himself.

“The moment he wants to strike I’ll morph to my gas from to avoid him then that moment after he strikes I’ll end him with my poison fang. What an easy way to counter him. This brat must be underestimating me if he thinks that’s going to work” He said to himself smirking.

Ken speed increased as he changed his trajectory to where Tristan was and dashed at full speed lifting his sword ready to strike.

“Hmmm…. Naïve brat” Tristan said as he morphed to gas form making Ken’s strike useless then materialized himself to attack.

“Aren't you the naïve one here” Ken said in a low time as he swiftly moved behind Tristan almost looking as if he teleported and used his sword to s***h his back and gave him a hard punch to the ground with his left hand giving a lot of damage to the earth below.

“Ahhhh he’s finally down” He sighed in relief.

“That was some impact.”

Looks like my magic is speed related” he said to himself.

“I wonder how Silver is doing” he said as he sat on a nearby rock to catch his breath.

“That sure took a lot out of me. Hope this will keep him down for sometime.”

“I’m surprised…. For f***s sake. What a sorry sight” Tristan said as he got up.

“Wha…. How are you still….” Ken was surprised.

“Never thought you will be able to push me this far” he said moving closer to Ken while Ken was stepping backwards away from him.

“I have no choice now….”

“Multiple Sclerosis” he said pointing his index finger at Ken making him not able to move.

“What’s this…. My body won’t move” Ken said trying to break free.

“Uh. The flow of the air changed. Uh don’t tell me….”

“Zephyr Lance: Silver screamed changing the flow of the wind to that of a lance aiming for Tristan.

“Tch even if I can’t see them, I can still feel them. Do you think that will work on me” he said as he morphed to his gas form.

“Attack with those things as much as you like. As far as I’m in this form anything you do will be….” He was cut short by a Lance that hit his left shoulder which sent him flying to the tree behind him.

“What…. I’m in gas form”

“Stupid” Ken said getting up.

“She’s controlling the flow of the wind in this area so even if you morph or not…. It doesn’t matter” He added then moved further away from Tristan.

“Damn brats. Don’t get ahead of yourself, with my healing it will be good as new” he got up holding his shoulder

“No wonder he looked okay even after taking my move head-on”

“What…. It’s not healing”

“The zephyr Lance expands the wound it inflicts” Silver said as she jumped down from the tree and moved close to Ken.

“This brat….” Tristan muttered.

“Then I’ll just….”

“Gale Cell” she said loudly as a small tornado began to move around Tristan making him unable to move.

“Uh a wall…. I can’t move” he said in a low tune.

“Oh nice going” Ken said.

“I solidified the air around him so even if his in gas form he won’t be able to get out”

“But that sure took you a long time” Ken said as he sat on the floor resting his hands in his knees.

“My bad” Silver said smiling.

“Is the spell that hard to use?”

“Yeah. Gale spells needs high concentration of mana to make it work and since I’m still a novice at it, it will take a lot of time.”

“I see” Ken said stroking his chin.

“By the way….”

Then all of a sudden the ground began to shake as if a giant just descended.

“Uh an earthquake!” They exclaimed.

“Enough!” Tristan said loudly as he destroyed the Gale cell and made two magic circle; one on the ground and the other in the air that covered the whole mountain.

“What’s going on” Ken said as Silver solidified the air around them making a shield.

“You runts. I’ll show you the power of an S class mage.

“S….Class….?” Silver said in a shaky voice surprised.