9: The Reaper Battle
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At that moment, Claad disappeared from Crystl's line of sight and appeared in front of him with a knee to his face as he was thrown away into the distance.
"Kuh," Crystl grinned as he stood up massaging his hardened face. "I bet that knee of yours got hurt!"
"Intriguing," Claad felt a bit of pain from his knee. "Your ability has passively reacted by its own just to protect you. However, here I come..."
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As soon as Claad disappeared, Crystl backed off instantly and tried to match his speed. It was a very intense battle with Claad on the offense while Crystl on the defense. It was too fast that only the god of time and space, Fugn, can see what is happening. At that moment, Nymbus appeared out of nowhere to watch the battle. Fugn took notice of it as his eyes were transfixed at that heavy battle that ensued.
"So, Fugn," Nymbus asked the veteran. "Who is winning?"
"I can't say... but I know that Crystl's fortification is working against, Claad's attacks."
"Aren't you surprised at my presence?"
"I know that you're always visiting him," Fugn turned and lowered his head. "For that, I thank you."
"No-no-no-no wait," Nymbus embarrassingly stopped the old man. "I am just the same as you are to him, concerned and caring."
"So you care for him huh," Fugn smiled. "Then, that makes me happy for him."
"NO it's not what you are thinking!" she reacts defensively.
"Whoa, why are you reacting like that?" he stared at her. "Crystl hasn't really been making many friends, you know. Especially now that Khendal is the only one friend left at Blood Tool and of course yours truly."
"Ah right yeah I am uh glad that I am a new addition to his friends." She smiled while breaking a sweat.
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"TOO SLOW," Claad delivered another massive laser kick at the back of Crystl as he crashed to a mountain. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE POSITIONED AS A GOD SLAYER! I SUGGEST THAT YOU SURRENDER!"
"Kuh, I'm sorry to make you wait," Crystl stood up as he modified his own body. "I've finally upgraded my light speed to surpass your super light speed, Breakthrough Acceleration Body."
"It doesn't ma-" A sudden shot of laser beam grazed the ear of Claad, "Impossible..."
"I guess it's my turn now..." Crystl appeared instantly in front of Claad, punched him hard in the face, and breaking his nose in the process as he crashed down on the ground below. "It's payback time..."
"DARK BARRAGE," invoked Claad from below as dark orbs shot up at Crystl. "I WILL NEVER ACCEPT YOU!!!"
Crystl easily evaded the orbs, as he zoomed in at him. His transformed into a missile and as he hit the ground, it created another massive explosion like that of an atomic bomb. Claad was thrown further with unimaginable injuries that would definitely kill some god. Luckily, the first knight survived. When the dust settled, Crystl pieced himself back together.
"Surrender now and leave me alone," Crystl approached him helpless on the ground. "I won't let you survive next time."
"There won't be any next time for you either," from the sky, the fifth knight made his entrance as he landed in between him and Claad. "There you are, Claad. I've been looking all over for you."
Claad spat out some god blood, "Be careful, Smowk, he is different."
"Oh I know," Smowk grinned as he pulled Claad up. "That's why we'll defeat him, together."
"That I highly disagree," Fugn immediately jumped in front of Crystl. "The rules of engagement must be followed at all times and I had no doubt that Cyrrus Crystl already won the match."
"So you finally decided to side with him, huh," Smowk grinned. "It seems that the rules still apply for the four of us, double battle."
"Really, dragging me into this fight," Fugn sighed. "Then, I have no choice but to be tagging along with you, Crystl."
"I have no other choice, right?" Crystl added modifications to adapt to his opponent. "I've read about all of your profiles. Until a while ago, I've developed weapons to counter all of you knights."
"This is interesting," Smowk grinned as Crystl was struck by a pillar made of the ground he was standing on as he was thrown far. "How come you weren't able to counter that?"
"Crystl!" yelled Fugn as he immediately went to check on him who was thrown far away.
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"What was that sucker punch all about?" Claad prepared to fight as he's completely healed.
"I just gave you time to recover," Smowk formed golems with his power. "Honestly, that was his only opening. I heard that he lost his memories which could've restricted some of his usual abilities."
"You've studied him, huh," Claad grinned and then sensed something. "I guess they've recuperated as well."
"Let's see if they can defeat our never ending army of dark-light golems."
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"That's a lot of golems and they seemed to be covered with Claad's power." Fugn sighed. "Have you read about this in his profile?"
"I haven't seen this yet," Crystl looked around, "and I haven't seen that castle emitting light and dark energy. But, I remember someone telling me..."
'Remember, Crystl, the more powerful they become, the more careless they get.'
"What does that mean to you then?" Fugn asked.
"Slow the time to the slowest you can get. I'll take it from here..."
"If I do that, you won't be able to move much as well."
"Trust me," Crystl grinned, "I am a weapon after all. Now, fly up"
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"That massive amount of power..." Claad suddenly felt chills. "Something's happening..."
"WHAT'S ... ... H-A--P---P----E-----N------I-------N--------G?" suddenly, Smoke felt odd.
"Something's not right," Claad thought, "Fugn fully slowed the time down to the slowest he can. I can't even immediately react to it fast..."
Claad tried to catch up with time by combining his speed with light speed however it was already too late to react. A pole came swinging so fast that it destroyed the castle walls despite its sturdiness. Then it hit Smowk forcefully that it could've broken all of his bones, and then the pole came to hit him. The castle was destroyed, the army got decimated, and the battle ended.
Crystl approached their crippled bodies, "Be glad that I turned my arm into a pillar instead of a blade. That said, the two of you are gods so I'll just leave you two here until you guys are able to stand up again. Cannibals won't be appearing for a while because they seemed to have been caught up by the swing I made. Kuh, time for me to leave~"
"W-what the hell is he?" Claad struggled to move because of his broken body. "Oi S-Smowk, are you awake?"
"I can't feel my body," Smowk tried to move. "I guess he let us live, huh."
Claad clenched his fist, "I can't b-believe this... How did it end up like this?"
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