[i][u]Spring Zone - Hakurei Shrine[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/klfXUZb.png[/img] Tiane: A-Are those...monsters? [img]https://i.imgur.com/qaTF5N1.png[/img] Theo: Seems like it...And it looks like Xaizor is having some trouble fighting them. Suddenly, they hear the sound of Kaori's Compact Glaive activating. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xLk4L89.png[/img] Kaori: Theo, I want you to use your earth magic to push me over the group as fast as you can. [img]https://i.imgur.com/YyA9UD6.png[/img] Theo: Eh? Will you be alright? [img]https://i.imgur.com/aSBGnMX.png[/img] Kaori: Trust me, I'll be fine. [img]https://i.imgur.com/joIM2MR.png[/img] Theo: ...Alright... Then, it was Tatianna's turn to activate her armor. [img]https://i.imgur.com/P27XGqf.png[/img] Tiane: Hold the hell up, I want in on that stunt too. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KhLsmna.png[/img] Kaori: H-Hey...I suggested this because I have the reflexes to hit my targets and land safely... [img]https://i.imgur.com/8QTNoQs.png[/img] Tiane: Don't care, no time for discussions. Theo, I want you to aim me lower. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OTXE1kZ.png[/img] Theo: A-Alright. Theo used his earth magic to pull two square pedestals from the ground, who were angled foward. Kaori took a running start then jumped at the top of the right one. Theo then, did a foward hand movement, moving the pedestal in a way that catapulted Kaori to the air at high speeds. Tiane followed suit, with Theo going through the same motions to launch Tatianna foward as well. [img]https://i.imgur.com/zznmGq7.png[/img] Kaori: Aiming...and FIRE!!! [url=https://youtu.be/GFUJogy4r7w?t=88]From above, Kaori fired bullets with great precision at the monsters[/url]. She landed gracefully on the ground, using her Psychic Aura to cushion the fall. [img]https://i.imgur.com/9YUBJ8t.png[/img] Tiane: [b]COMING THROUGH!!![/b] Meanwhile, Tiane flew like a cannonball, pointing her sword foward in order to stab some monsters who were lined up in a row. [img]https://i.imgur.com/fDQ5VIT.png[/img] Tiane: [b]WOOOHOO!!! OH YEAH! WHO WANTS SOME MORE?[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yc4qtWc.png[/img] Kaori: She's fired up alright... [img]https://i.imgur.com/fwpdQHZ.png[/img] Theo: The assault is not over yet! Xaizor! HEADS UP! Theo then, pulled both pedestals from the ground, making them floating blocks that he used as projectiles, aiming at the monsters attacking Xaizor. [i][u]Nightmare Unitia: Hakurei Shrine[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/SHaEL9N.png[/img] Rayla: This is it!!![url=https://youtu.be/IcM502_6AEw?t=23]WOLF FANG!!![/url] Rayla dealt a powerful punch whose aura was briefly shaped like a wolf, hitting the Maestro's chest and sending it away. [img]https://i.imgur.com/tdTq9cQ.png[/img] Rayla: Was that enough? [i][u]Summer Area - Underground Base[/u][/i] Operator: Alright, I'll see if I can locate the signal of Hinata's communicator. [img]https://i.imgur.com/c00An5f.png[/img] Tatsuna: Right... [img]https://i.imgur.com/6nzNJ8I.png[/img] Sheila: Feeling uneasy? [img]https://i.imgur.com/VViiHJZ.png[/img] Tatsuna: A really bad feeling...Sheila, once we reach them, we're running away, got it? [img]https://i.imgur.com/zSV6Qfu.png[/img] Sheila: Eh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/8VXsPdq.png[/img] Tatsuna: We can't stay here for long...I'm sure something bad will happen if we don't get out of here on time. [img]https://i.imgur.com/EWVoanP.png[/img] Sheila: ...I understand... (But...if we leave them be, won't they escape? Urgh...Just when we finally found their base.) While they waited for the Operator's next call, they kept searching on their own, fighting any soldier they met on the way. [i][u]Winter District - Top of a Building[/u][/i] The dust dissipated, Trent had set up a bunch of explosives on the ground. He knew he couldn't fire those forever, so he had to make every bomb count. Meanwhile, Barry wasn't in the room anymore. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rGO8iej.png[/img] Trent: (He went back to the rooftop? No...I would've noticed anything in the cloud of dust if that was true...) He noticed the door wide open. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RiSOtfn.png[/img] Trent: (He left the room? Is he going back there another way? If so, then I better come back up and fetch...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/04MBSIE.png[/img] Trent: (No...what if wants me to move from here? Right now, I'm in a place where he can't approach without a plan...If I leave here, then he might ambush me...But at the same time, if I wait too much, he might take Tsuya away...No...wait a minute...) Then, he remembered what Barry said a minute ago. [img]https://i.imgur.com/04MBSIE.png[/img] Trent: ("...Can't have someone like you hitting the mark like this...") I-I see...since I've figured out his secret... Suddenly, Barry broke through the floor from below with an uppercut, managing to get closer to Trent without getting blown up by the sticky bombs. Trent fired his grappling hook at Barry, but he avoided it and immidietally cut the wire with his magic. Trent threw the gun as a distraction and went for his grenade launcher, hoping the blast would at least push him towards the wall. [img]https://i.imgur.com/9I9C5MM.png[/img] Barry: *slashes the grappling gun in half with his magic* Tch... [img]https://i.imgur.com/EdYlruX.png[/img] Trent: Here's the bang! Barry then, quickly caught one of the halves of the gun he cut apart and threw it at Trent, hitting him in the face. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RiSOtfn.png[/img] Trent: Kah! [img]https://i.imgur.com/YA9qLQj.png[/img] Barry: This is it! Barry quickly dashed foward, stabbing Trent's shoulder with his hand, making him release the grenage launcher. [img]https://i.imgur.com/rGO8iej.png[/img] Trent: ARGH!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/pvGIn7H.png[/img] Barry: I've got you now... [img]https://i.imgur.com/NlGQgGu.png[/img] Trent: C'mon...if it ends this fast...it's not exciting... [img]https://i.imgur.com/gVIiERY.png[/img] Barry: You're talking nonsense...Battles like this aren't supposed to be fun. [img]https://i.imgur.com/asJe98C.png[/img] Trent: Heh...So...what are you going to do with me? I'm sure my organization has figured out your little secret as well... [img]https://i.imgur.com/9I9C5MM.png[/img] Barry: I want you to answer me this: Why it was so easy to locate your secret base? [img]https://i.imgur.com/04MBSIE.png[/img] Trent: Huh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Hosynq2.png[/img] Barry: I've actually received a message that my friends were doing well...The Intelligence Office even managed to locate your base of operations. [img]https://i.imgur.com/n1Ypszp.png[/img] Trent: That easy huh? I guess...Our work here is finally done. [img]https://i.imgur.com/mOBgfpn.png[/img] Barry: What do you mean? [img]https://i.imgur.com/EdYlruX.png[/img] Trent: My base is getting terminated, that's what I mean...We'll be "retired" from our duties. That's all I have to say...Have fun...searching a needle in a haystack now...If you even manage to get out of it alive that is. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OKuzHDV.png[/img] Barry: Y-You don't mean... "All of our research data was long transfered to other branches. That's all that matters in the grand scheme of things." Meanwhile, in the others building, Nicholas transformed his ice barrier into many icicles, which he fired in many directions, hitting a couple of soldiers with them. Mina then, rushed foward and did a horizontal swipe with her sword, spreading dark flames and engulfing half of the enemy group. [img]https://i.imgur.com/IScXk6o.png[/img] Nicholas: [url=https://youtu.be/dUkA03tLtTs?t=21]Diamond Dust!!![/url] Nicholas then, fired a freezing wave of ice magic, hitting the other half of the group, freezing them in place. [img]https://i.imgur.com/brWQANM.png[/img] Mina: Just hoping we'll make it in time. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OccEPM8.png[/img] Nicholas: Let's hurry up. They went to the building where Tsuya and Barry were at the moment.