Harbinger: The Four Knights

Dangerous Spar

“How should we explain this?” Mark muttered as Razel sits in front of them and waits for them give her a proper explanation of what really happened. “We got the little dragon from the expedition. Well, it was basically egg when we received it and we hatched it just now.” Amon speak out that made everyone turn their heads to him. [That was pretty straight forward. I think I need to teach this kid how to make excuses in the future otherwise he would be always speaking the truth when we are in a pinch.] Mark thought to himself as Razel lets out a chuckle.

               Kassandra lets out a chuckle because of Amon’s honesty as well while Marcus and Mark were feeling the exact opposite. “So that means that the rumors of the three kids becoming the key figure in taking down the dragons turn out to be true? And that three kids are you guys right? This is outrageous. I don’t even know what to say, do you know why I got so hauled up in my land? I was holding off the guild leader of my land because they want to come in here and take whatever you used during the expedition.” Razel explained what happened to her for the past few months while as Mark had already figured out what she had gone through  because of the rumors.

               “Well, that is that and it had already happened. I passed by the guild to see how they are doing and funny enough, the guild leader doesn’t look that good. He looks pretty wasted considering the number of people coming in and negotiate with him for the past few months that I feel a little sorry for him. So, I bet you three have improved a lot right? Especially you Marcus, the aura you are giving off is a whole lot different from what you used to.” Razel said with a smile on her face.

               “What the heck happened? Why the hell did we get dragged into this?” Marcus complained as he stands in the middle of the training room with Amon and Abel. “We are going to fight aunt Razel, we can’t just let this opportunity slip you know.” Amon replied immediately. “This is good training as well, we can see how much you’ve improved.” Abel supported. Mark and Kassandra are on the sides to watch their little spar. “Are you sure this is going to be fine? Razel can be quite unpredictable you know?” Kassandra said with a worried tone while Mark reassures her that Razel will be able to control herself.

               “Are the three of you ready?” Razel ask as a magical bow appeared in her hands. Amon drops all of his bracers on the floor, immediately engulfing the entire room with the sound of metal clanking.

               CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!

               [Woah- so Amon is not trying to hold back huh?] Marcus think to himself as Abel also makes a bow made of wind in his hand. [Guess I can’t just stay here and watch them right? I am their big brother after all.] Marcus walk in front and wore the mana armor that the three of them are working on for the past few months, Razel flashed a smile right after seeing it. “Hoh! So you really have improved after all.”

               “We’re ready aunty.” Marcus said with a smile on his face knowing that his younger brothers will not fail him.

               FWOOOOSH!

               An arrow immediately fired from Razel’s bow but to her surprise, it just bounced off Marcus’ skin who is not even aware of what happened. “Huh? What was that?” Marcus looks around to see what that thing that bounced off of him but saw nothing. “That is an invisible arrow, I fought her before so I know.” Amon said as he takes out a sword from his void ring. [What the hell was that? My enchanted arrow just bounced off just like that? It’s not a particularly strong ability but its not t hat weak either! Did Marcus got that strong in just a short period of time?!] a smile then appeared again on Razel’s face as she fired off another set of enchanted arrows but some of it bounced off again and some are deflected by Amon’s sword and a few are actually caught by Abel.

               Mark and Kassandra saw what the kids pulled off and were left in daze by their improvement.

               “Equilibrium slash.” Razel takes out a sword from her dimensional ring and blocked Amon’s attack but it was stronger than what she expected. [Dang- so I need to use two of my hands to block this attack?] she then tilts her head to avoid Abel’s magic arrow that somehow grazed her cheeks. [That’s some accuracy there- if I were a little slower I would have lost instantly.] and in that instant, she saw Marcus from the corner of her eyes throwing a punch. [That looks painful.] Razel immediately disappeared leaving only her silhouette to receive their chain of attacks.

               Amon saw threw her swift movement and made a sudden turn but in that instant, Razel fired and an enhanced enchanted arrow that sent a piercing sound as it travels in the air. [Let’s see how you’ll deal with this-]  Razel’s eye widen after Amon swallowed her enhanced enchanted arrow inside his void ring instantly eliminating the threat of her attack.

               Meanwhile

               [THE NERVE OF THAT KID, TO THINK THAT HE WOULD USE THE VOID RING IN THIS MANNER. HE REALLY IS GUTSY.] Astaroth said as he holds the enchanted arrow in his hands and crushed it effortlessly as the Azazel lets out a hearty laugh. [HAHAHAHAHAHA!]

               A volley of frozen arrows showered upon Razel but none of them hits her. “That was least accurate than your first arrow.” She said with a smile and Abel quickly retorted. “They were not meant to hit you after all.” Razel then turns and sees that most of the arrows were deliberately missed to hide a few arrows that would lock her in place. Some of her clothes are stuck on the ground as Amon and Marcus proceeds to attack her relentlessly. [This is quite a troublesome bunch-!]

               “Equilibrium slash.” Razel sees this and immediately grabs a sword and use her own secret art. “Violent s***h!” which parried Amon’s attack entirely but then Marcus’ attack got in and hits her sides.

               BAM!

               Razel was sent flying on the other side of the room. “I think I have made it a little to strong.” Marcus said as he looks at his fists and saw that he was injured. They turn their heads to where razel was only to find her wearing armor and protect herself from Marcus’ attack. “Wow- that’s some dense armor.” He muttered. Mark’s eyes widened after seeing what Razel pulled off in the last minute. “That is her armor, Violent Gale. Now’s she’s done it.”

               “To think that you bunch were the first ones to make me draw this armor out after a long time of storing it away thinking I won’t need it any time soon. I congratulate you all.” A terrifying aura then followed after showing her armor and in an instant, Amon’s legs got struck by an enchanted arrow that made him fall to his knee. “Huh? When did that-!” Amon drag his sword up and manage to deflect another enchanted arrow that was suppose to hit his head but it was a feint, her true goal is to hit his shoulder to incapacitate one of his arms.

               TAK!

               Marcus saw this and immediately run in front of Amon to shield him but he was blown away by a strong wind that seemed to have come from below.

               WOOOOOSH! BOOM!

               Marcus gets locked unto a wall by a surge of wind that continues to pin him to the wall while Amon started bleeding and tries to get up when one of his shoulders got hit that made him lose strength and drop his sword. [I need to disable him first, Luke’s secret art is dangerous but thankfully, he did now teach his kid his dangerous arts otherwise I would be on the losing side.] Razel thought to herself when all of the sudden a magic arrow pierced her barrier. It was Abel, he used an enhanced magical arrow that is able to pierce through human magic. This is the first time that Raze seen that someone managed to pierce through her defenses but then all of the sudden, her eye caught a faint green aura on one of Abel’s hand.

               “Judgement strike.” Razel’s eye immediately widened after seeing Amon unleash one of the things that she feared that Luke would have taught his son.

               BOOOM!

               Amon’s attack almost split the training room in two but fortunately the power of his attack is still not as strong as his father so the training room is able to repair itself immediately but Razel suffered a heavy injury, even with her gauntlets equipped, the damage is still tremendous that she will not be able to use her hand for the rest of the spar. “If it weren’t for my gauntlet I would have already lost one of my arms. Luke’s secret art really is a counter to all of the other knights after all.” She mutters to herself as she tries to calm her trembling hand.

               “To think that you are a healer as well. That was unexpected.” Razel said to Abel who immediately flashed a smile. “I can’t have the young master injured, he is the core of our team after all.” Marcus also got away from the wind that pins him to the wall using his enhanced flames that burns opposing mana.

               “I did not think that the thing Amon taught me would be effective, if I have known then I would have learned it entirely, what a waste of time those few months.”  Marcus muttered to himself as he rose from the floor. “I’m sorry aunt Razel, I have to resort in using father’s most dangerous arts. He told me that using only the balance would be ineffective against other knights and judgement would be more effective.” Amon apologized as Razel waves her hand not to apologize to her since it is a spar that she proposed after all.

               Mark had to stop their spar since it will not end well for Razel even if she pushed herself to the limit after seeing that Amon is able to use the judgement art. “Let’s stop this now. We don’t want needless injuries after all.” Abel immediately heals Razel’s wounds in just a few seconds that astonished even her. “I know, I was shocked as well.” Mark pat her back. [No wonder they were able to pull it off, dragons’ lair. If they were to have a healer like this that can deal with injuries to that extent then being reckless would have been fine. These three, they are monsters on their own.] a smile flashed on her face as she stares at the three figures that would shake the world in the future.

               After the spar, the dragon immediately jumped on Marcus’ head as if it missed him after only an hour of separating. The three of them decided to show Razel the weapons that they used to take down the dragons to clear everything up as she praises them for their improvement and consulted Mark first who also agreed to their decision. So they brought her to the place where they hid the crate and showed her the weapons which completely blew her mind.

               “So these are what you used to take down those dragons? What are these things? Why are they glowing in a red color?” Razel ask as she picks up an arrow as Marcus explained everything and cleared the rumors.