[i][u]World Crossers Guild - Prison Area[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/RKH5haB.png[/img] Veria: STOOOOP!!!! W-What are you doing to him? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Hp76S1J.png[/img] Larissa: Same thing you guys are doing with psychic users right now. This just seems like fair game. [img]https://i.imgur.com/LOgQdRG.png[/img] Veria: Wha... [img]https://i.imgur.com/lp5WStA.png[/img] Larissa: Don't start judging us when you would willingly do the same to many other people anyway. This whole situation is just the pot calling the kettle black. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MzqkaSk.png[/img] Veria: But... [img]https://i.imgur.com/qUPxiPm.png[/img] Larissa: But what? Are you going to deny what you know is the truth? [img]https://i.imgur.com/g4w8c4q.png[/img] Veria: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ru7MVzJ.png[/img] Larissa: That's what I thought...so, if you don't want to suffer the same fate as that man...you better start talking. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MzqkaSk.png[/img] Veria: I...I... She couldn't say anything back. Fully admiting everything that Larissa bluntly said to her. Veria joined DUST because she wanted some purpose for her powers, even if it meant robbing the freedom of others and hurting the ones that opposed her. But now that she was in a position where she couldn't help her benefactors, all she could do as watch her opponents getting closer and closer to achieve their objective to stop DUST, the ones that gave her a purpose were at risk. If they succeeded, Karveria Dimuna's purpose would be no more. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Vakbpjy.png[/img] Larissa: Hey...at least our cause is arguably more noble than yours, so don't feel so bad for losing to us. [img]https://i.imgur.com/GYL69yT.png[/img] Veria: W-We're not going to lose!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/63N4Pek.png[/img] Larissa: Then, can you confidently let us take information from your friend? If you trust your superiors so much, then it wouldn't hurt if we knew more about them. How is it going to be? [img]https://i.imgur.com/mXhfFM5.png[/img] Veria: Fine...go ahead...I'll fill in any details he misses... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Vakbpjy.png[/img] Larissa: Good...Papa, you may begin. [img]https://i.imgur.com/aiL07bs.png[/img] Makis: Sometimes, you surprise even me... Larissa: All I did was show her the truth. There's no need for rocket science. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7VnZBKt.png[/img] Makis: (Guess I'm too kind for my own good...) ...Now then...First of all Mr. Gelato, who are your allies? I'm fairly sure that Sumeragi Group's tech isn't the only thing you're applying to these Compact Glaives. The "Brainwashing Directive" and the "Mind Database" being the two big hints. [i][u]Fleeting Memories School - Front Gate[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/y0vK2uL.png[/img] Andorina: Oh, that's too bad. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xkYtrdh.png[/img] Nanase: You're friends with her? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Xb3rFz8.png[/img] Andorina: We're from the same class. [img]https://i.imgur.com/0k7XK16.png[/img] Ayame: And she's such a super dedicated person as well. She's truly a great asset to this school. [img]https://i.imgur.com/evQ5oMy.png[/img] Andorina: Wah!!! Where did you come from? [img]https://i.imgur.com/dEXT9vp.png[/img] Ayame: Ahahahahaha! You're still so green Miss Andorina. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KA0HYSQ.png[/img] Andorina: Excuse me for not being super powered. [img]https://i.imgur.com/bqLMrXT.png[/img] Ayame: You don't need to. Just be yourself. [img]https://i.imgur.com/QaDbGZO.png[/img] Andorina: Eh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/XWB7xKZ.png[/img] Ayame: Now then...time to continue my quest on finding someone willing to be a hall monitor. [img]https://i.imgur.com/q7qDmBp.png[/img] Nanase: Good luck with that... Ayame heads inside. [img]https://i.imgur.com/drcMOOc.png[/img] Geeves: Overwhelming as always...Now if only her charisma could get people to help out. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KA0HYSQ.png[/img] Andorina: With people like Melanie and Sorano...It's going to be hard... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ThmTiyy.png[/img] Nanase: (Sometimes I wonder how things are at Hyde's School...does things actually work there?) [u][i]Yurei Seimei Mansion - Front Gate[/i][/u] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1kwKPdArkw]Executive Battle[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NO1k44Y.png[/img] Himika: HYAAAAAA!!! Himika dealt a palm strike that sent one of the fully armored Glaive Soldiers away. The other guards were doing fairly well too, but with no effective way to damage them, eventually they would get fatigued. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xbNiRe7.png[/img] Darius: I'll give it to ya...It seems your crew is fairly good. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: Don't underestimate the servants of this family...Nor the branching family either. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hOxIpOo.png[/img] Darius: You look like you have something that can turn the tides...but guess what? I DO TOO!!! He jumps off the truck, then lands on the ground with his Psychic Aura already expanded to the max. Guard: Is that some kind of giant made of energy? [img]https://i.imgur.com/k0H73vJ.png[/img] Himika: So this is why you were so confident... [img]https://i.imgur.com/q52ig2N.png[/img] Darius: Ancestor Mages are just that, Ancient. Humanity has evolved! Psychic Powers are what it's going to move this world foward now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JyZ1Wto.png[/img] Himika: You're completely drowned in your own power...Isn't this what people are trying to avoid? Psychic Users being too destructive? You can't just give a gun to a person an expect him to do good things with it without teaching him what should be the correct way to use. Darius: This wasn't given to me...It has been within me since I was born. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uXRYax8.png[/img] Himika: It still stands. Born with it or not, you still need to learn how you should use it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WUmHAWY.png[/img] Darius: In that case, this is what I was being told how to use...Wheter you like it or not, this is the right thing for me and for my superiors! I'll capture every treasure in the world! Starting by Kaori Osamu! If she doesn't like killing, we'll rewrite her personality into what we know is right. [img]https://i.imgur.com/BKdGtxQ.png[/img] Himika: No regard for living beings at all...You're a lost cause... [img]https://i.imgur.com/wyJwW7b.png[/img] Darius: AND YOU ARE A LOST LIFE!!! He swinged his psychic right arm in an arc. The guards jumped away while Himika jumped over it, then advanced at him with sealing charms in hand. [img]https://i.imgur.com/q52ig2N.png[/img] Darius: HAH! [img]https://i.imgur.com/JyZ1Wto.png[/img] Himika: (This is my actual first real fight...) She dodged the next strikes, all of them being close calls due to Darius reaction time. He wasn't letting her get close. [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: C'mon! Can't you throw them at me? Or are you too afraid your paper garbage won't work? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: (There's certainly a thrill in this sure...every fiber of my body is under pressure.) She avoided a kick and a punch that almost smashed her into the ground. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hOxIpOo.png[/img] Darius: You're not getting anywhere! [img]https://i.imgur.com/NO1k44Y.png[/img] Himika: (But in these circunstances...There's no fun. Fighting for your life is not fun at all. Anyone is sick on the head to think that a fight to the death is something that you can enjoy.) [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: HA!!! Himika soon figured that he knew where she would be next, and planned ahead of that by moving the moment he attacked. Everything bit of trainning she had was giving results. Soon enough, she managed to climb on his back, feeling something familiar in his psychic aura now that she was touching it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OOabAzR.png[/img] Darius: What? How did you... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ajPbuek.png[/img] Himika: It doesn't take a genius to know that you always have to plan many moves during a battle. (In that case...If I'm going to fight...it's for something worth fighting for...Like, the future of my brother!!!) She struck a charm on the aura right where Darius was. He felt a brief moment of numbness, but it didn't seem to have stopped him. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uXRYax8.png[/img] Himika: What? **music stops** [img]https://i.imgur.com/xbNiRe7.png[/img] Darius: Whew...Thought I was getting shocked for a moment...but it seems like your little papers really didn't work after all. Suddenly, a hand emerged from the aura's "back", grabing Himika and crushing her in the truck. [img]https://i.imgur.com/LqNYwj0.png[/img] Himika: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/ICDTpzh.png[/img] Darius: Sorry but, no matter what kind of ancient knowledge you have, it's nothing under the superiority of Psychic Users. Now then, time to...HUH? He felt the grip on Himika getting loose, he tried to concentrate more of his aura into crushing Himika with more strenght, but she ripped the aura apart with her bare hands, jumping away from Darius before he could process what happened. He managed to reform the aura. [img]https://i.imgur.com/wyJwW7b.png[/img] Darius: You...what did you do? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: I just understood what you Psychic Users really are on the inside...just a bunch of spirits that learned how to get bigger. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WUmHAWY.png[/img] Darius: What nonsense are you speaking? [img]https://i.imgur.com/ajPbuek.png[/img] Himika: And you know what my family does to spirits...we send them to their proper place in the after life. In your case though, I might have to use everything I got. Don't worry, the Mamoru Seimei family only seals spirits, so you won't be going to the afterlife just yet. Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut5R-HN4kUQ]Look, My Sword (Heart) Is As Yet Unbroken![/url] Despite her body screaming in pain, Himika decided to keep fighting. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: [i]From the Sealed Gate of Light in the Heavens Above![/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/LwzWCKY.png[/img] Darius: I WON'T LET YOU!!! He dashed foward. Despite his size, he still fast enough to quickly close in on Himika. Still, she was the type to overestimate her opponents, always expecting more than what they currently showed, thanks to that, she kept avoiding his attacks while chanting the summoning spell. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JyZ1Wto.png[/img] Himika: [i]By the power of the Seven Luminaries alof in the darkest expanse...I call upon thee the, the Light of Mizar, to see my will visited swifitly upon my foes![/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/gU0DIVC.png[/img] Darius: STOP!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/1sabjZK.png[/img] Himika: A blade born to slash the life and cosmos apart: Mandala Slasher!!! Mandala Slasher, also known as Mandara-Giri, a sword made to slash apart the spiritual energy of the ghosts. There's only one of its kind, and the only one way to obtain it is going through a harsh trial that puts the Mage's skills to their limit. Himika managed to pass the trial and inherited the sword from her father. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OOabAzR.png[/img] Darius: !!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/k0H73vJ.png[/img] Himika: Now then...it's your turn to be on the defensive... [img]https://i.imgur.com/xbNiRe7.png[/img] Darius: Kurgh... Darius reduced the size of the psychic aura, leaving only the enough for him to move around without putting pressure on his wounds from the previous battle, he knew that he needed all the speed possible to avoid her attacks. He deduced that she would have her own speed reduced thanks to the wounds she sustained from his previous attack. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JyZ1Wto.png[/img] Himika: Don't be so confident on that. [img]https://i.imgur.com/P7oZMa2.png[/img] Darius: (No way...she's planning for my next movements too? There's no way she's in conditions for that...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/BKdGtxQ.png[/img] Himika: It's not hard to guess this one. HA!!! No matter how fast one was, they still needed space in order to dodge anything. With that in mind, Himika made three summoning sigils appear on her right, left and above, each of them firing a barrage of dozens of sealing charms, giving only Darius space to move foward and backward. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MYorvWC.png[/img] Himika: Now that you're focusing solely on speed, if you touch one of these charms, I'll be able to seal your moves. [img]https://i.imgur.com/S25QGmz.png[/img] Darius: (So it's either fight her head on or retreat and be slashed in the back.) Fine by me... [img]https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/thumb/9/92/Directhittransparent.png/250px-Directhittransparent.png[/img] He pulled a remote and pressed a button, summoning a different rocket launcher from before. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ICDTpzh.png[/img] Darius: (This isn't strong as the other one, but it still explodes someone just fine...Even if she's Ancestor Mage, she's taking serious damage if it hits.) [img]https://i.imgur.com/NO1k44Y.png[/img] Himika: HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! She dashed foward. Himika knew he would use a solution that didn't involve using is Psychic Aura for long ranged attacks. All she needed to do was to avoid the incoming rocket and she would win. [img]https://i.imgur.com/wyJwW7b.png[/img] Darius: (Now you die!) He fired the rocket. It travelled at a great speeds, quickly closing in on the girl. But still, Himika jumped over it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/egGp12V.png[/img] Darius: I see, so she has more space to dodge...but jumping over it was a mistake. The rocket launcher came with four rockets loaded. He fired two more, knowing she wouldn't be able to dodge them in the air. [img]https://i.imgur.com/CHggUkF.png[/img] Darius: Do you have a plan for that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/ajPbuek.png[/img] Himika: You're seeing it right now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/gU0DIVC.png[/img] Darius: !!! Darius could move only foward and backward, this also counted for anything that he fired. The torrent of sealing charms above him caught the missiles and sent them away. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JDn139o.png[/img] Himika: It's over!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: NOT YET! He waited for her descent, waiting for her to get close enough so that she could get hit by the last rocket. He aimed it at her when she approached. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Dna42EU.png[/img] Himika: (Do you honestly believe I wouldn't know about my disavantage in the air? If I can't dodge these rockets, I just have to destroy the source.) She swinged the blade earlier, cutting the rocket launcher apart. When she landed on the ground, Darius had only a small window to attack. [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: You're mine!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/LqNYwj0.png[/img] Himika: GAH!!! He punched the girl in the gut with as much strenght as he could possibily muster, launching her away. [img]https://i.imgur.com/q52ig2N.png[/img] Darius: You cleary have forgotten about my reaction time. [img]https://i.imgur.com/k0H73vJ.png[/img] Himika: (No..I was counting on it.) Then he noticed his arm going numb. It didn't respond to his commands anymore, and he couldn't use his psychic aura in that area either. [img]https://i.imgur.com/G7pqI3v.png[/img] Darius: No way...My arm... [img]https://i.imgur.com/LqNYwj0.png[/img] Himika: Cough... She struggled to get up, wincing in from the pain of the previous attack. [img]https://i.imgur.com/kVpdEbY.png[/img] Himika: The doctors are going to have a field day with my bones... [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: Grrrr.... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ajPbuek.png[/img] Himika: What's the matter? You can still use your other body parts...You're lucky I only got your arm...Or are you finally realizing that us Ancestor Mages are worth your attention? You should know that we've been around for thousands of years. We had more than enough time to gather more combat experience than you can possibly imagine. This time, he pressed a button of his remote and summoned an automatic handgun, similar to the ones Werhan carried. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hOxIpOo.png[/img] Darius: Don't think this is over. [img]https://i.imgur.com/yjq4dgc.png[/img] Himika: I never thought that...Even if I can think of many possible moves, the field of battle is ever chang- [img]https://i.imgur.com/6JyGQDC.png[/img] Darius: Will you ever shut up? [img]https://i.imgur.com/3RydSc1.png[/img] Himika: Good Idea...I know This is just going through over your head right now. Besides, I need to hurry if I want to help my brother and Kaori. She took a stance and ran foward once more, knowing that her victory was close, but not sure if she was getting out of it alive.