Gentile was on guard when he saw the problems that Shiplion's new form was going to give him, to which he instantly received the new ability of his opponent -¡Lion explosion!- Shiplion spawned a fire spirit of his size which was launched at the other guardian immediately without letting him react, but thanks to the fact that he had foreseen the move, he was able to cover himself from the attack without being badly damaged. Following this, the bronze guardian used his armor to emit very loud sound waves and launch them all over the field to hinder his two enemies with them, Mirei responded to this move by drawing his sword and using a skill -¡Cut strike!- he spun around many times quickly cutting through the air until the wind caused by the movement distorted the sound waves to avoid being affected, immediately Gentile made his next move, he carried a huge sphere of sound in his hands emitted by his armor again and threw it at Mirei, he is unable to react to the attack because he had recently avoided the one already used previously.
Suddenly, the sound ball stopped in its path as if a force prevented it from continuing, Gentile surprised saw Shiplion again to which he said -You know? Thanks to the power that the great "menace" has granted me, my heat and fire control has increased considerably, and I can control it more precisely... I can control the heat energy around me by having it exert pressure to prevent anything from moving, including the air so... Why don't you try to fight me and leave the boy alone? - Shiplion pushed the soundball aside by releasing it in a somewhat distant location where it exploded and caused a huge shockwave.
-Gentile: Why do you play hard to get? You know what our mission is.
-Shiplion: Our mission is to protect this entire continent that we love, I don't know what is that mission of yours that the "menace" has entrusted to you.
-Gentile: Just look at you, it won't take long for you to stop thinking in such an idiotic way, let's fulfill our mission once and for all.
-Shiplion: Why are you suddenly interested in dialogue? Are you afraid of me? Excuse me, but as long as I have sanity, I will still continue to fight for my ideals, And I plan to kill you before that happens, whatever happens to me... We'll see.
-Mirei: Shiplion... Let's finish him off once and for all!
-Shiplion: Calm down child, don't be so desperate.
-Gentile: What do you want?
-Measure the strength your stupid leader has given me- Shiplion told him, putting himself on his guard and about to pounce, once he attacked Gentile he disappeared but the other guardian did not stay still, he also disappeared out of nowhere, making Mirei think that they had gone elsewhere but suddenly in one part of the temple, he saw a huge crash in the air, which was repeated in other parts of the entire area.
"N-no it can't be, they're so fast that I can't follow them with my eyes... And every time they make a shock of blows, I can only see that shock wave they cause- Mirei was stunned by what he witnessed, still trying to follow them with his eyes somehow, at one point he saw a part of the temple and noticed that the flames that Shiplion had summoned were still there, still waiting for orders.
-Mirei: Are you still waiting for orders?
"Our master said we were at our disposal."- they said in a very strange language to Mirei, who was able to understand their words somehow, he did not possess an ability to communicate with beasts but managed to understand their words.
-Mirei: Not bad! How fast are they?
-Flamy No.1: "We can follow our master, we can see where he is going, what attack he plans to make, where he is running."
-Mirei: If you can see him, you can see the other guardian too, I need you to run in the opposite direction of Gentile always to corner him so that he has to stop, once he does I will be able to notice him and attack.
-Flamy No.2: "Didn't our master tell you not to interfere in this fight? You can't be impatient."
-Mirei: We need to help you, and you have left them at my disposal, right? So do what I tell you.
That said, the flamys they were forced to obey the orders of the young warrior, thus following Gentile's opposite step, until they reached a point of cornering him causing him to stop running.
-Now attack him with some skill of yours!- it was the next order that came out of Mirei to which he used another technique with his spear -¡Double thrust- he quickly turned his weapon causing two huge bursts to come out of it, seeing the attack, Shiplion also slowed down to witness Mirei's strategy -Flamebeam!- said both flamys when spitting flames like a flamethrower, being cornered, Gentile could not dodge any attack receiving a lot of damage and a gradual lowering of their Hp.
-Mirei: We can't give it time! Shiplion attack him!
-Shiplion: Idiot! He's so fast that he's moved again after taking the punch, the reason I decided to fight him alone is because he's so dangerous to you.
-Mirei: Then follow him again, this way he will have no escape but to deal with you since you are the one who has his strength on par with him.
-Shiplion: Hmm…You're cunning little one, I'm going to trust you, Gagagaga!
Shiplion started running again hunting Gentile, but this guardian knew the intentions of being caught, he used a skill that he had not shown before, while running all over the field he began to attract pieces of different sizes of iron which when completed threw them at Mirei.
The flamys once again used their "flamebeam" to melt the iron in time and prevent them from hitting the young warrior –This is getting very interesting- were the words that came out of Gentile as he continued to run and attract more pieces of iron, to which Mirei stopped a while ago to direct sound waves towards him and quickly run again so as not to be caught by the other guardian. These waves were too sudden for Mirei, so he could not avoid being injured and was left with very little Hp. -Mirei!- with concern to the young man the guardian stopped to observe if he was okay, to which Gentile had another opportunity to use a thrust with his sword, but Mirei predicting this movement, put his sword against his making that they had a clash of force -Counter!- Mirei surrounded himself with magic to which she made a quick move returning the force with which Gentile had attacked, cutting a part of her armor and lowering more HP. Gentile was upset by all the damage he had received because of the human, but the human began to run again knowing that as long as he did not eliminate Shiplion, his combat would continue to be difficult.
-Shiplion: Boy, that ability has left you without magic again, hasn't it?
-Mirei: Unfortunately, yes... but I can give orders to the flamys while you chase Gentile, our strategy has not changed, I don't think it will take long to recover magic again, so you continue.
-Flamy No.1: "Mirei, I can use the magic I live with to give you more power, even if I have to die".
-Shiplion: My little flame... Your sacrifice will not be in vain.
With that said, Shiplion ordered the flamy No.1 to transform into magic for Mirei and without wasting any more time he began to follow Gentile's step again. Mirei recovered and yelled at Shiplion -Use your heat missiles again while the other flamy accompanies me! - Shiplion used his missiles again, causing Gentile to change his way of running throughout the area, he began to use different obstacles to avoid being seen, stopping in moments to cover himself with iron, remains of walls or giant stones. Mirei caught the pattern that this guadian was using, to which he sent the flamy to attack it -Dash into that stone now! - the flamy sacrificed his life disappearing after the impact against it, thus causing Gentile to brake and thus, he received the impact of both heat missiles. -Yaaaaaaarrr! Boy, you are the most cunning person I know! - said Shiplion very cheerfully, but this feeling was very brief, suddenly many sharp pieces of metal began to cut parts of his body quickly, which did not pass through him because they barely moved.
Mirei turned to see that these pieces of metal came out of and had completely forgotten that while Gentile was running, he was gathering a considerable amount of this material. Some of this material was directed against the boy, who had to use "Cut strike" in order to avoid it, thus being an easy target for a critical attack by Gentile, he loaded an air bullet again to hit the young man badly and finish him off, Shiplion noticed the movement of the guardian, but he was very injured by the pieces de metal, he could not raise his hand to control the thermal energy of the movement to which, he only had to run quickly and before the air bullet finished off Mirei, Shiplion stood in front of him receiving all the damage. This bullet hit with him and completely destroyed Shiplion's stomach making him fall in battle, Mirei was speechless and unable to move from the impact that this caused him, but Shiplion stood up once again, to deceive Gentile and make it seem that he was going to continue following him.
-Mirei: You... despite receiving that attack you are still standing...
-Shiplion: Hey brat... if he did not make this reckless maneuver our world would fall apart... It's something I shouldn't tell you but there's no time...
-Mirei: There's no time? What do you mean!?
With his last strength, Shiplion touched Mirei's forehead and said -excuse me but it's necessary...-I must wake him up. - Once these words came out of the guardian about to die, a powerful aura began to surround Mirei.
-Shiplion: Listen to me carefully Mirei, all the humans in your world who have come here have a great secret, and yours is about to be revealed... The Guardians were ready to die with the secret... but since the black magic has been slow to affect me, I'll have to let it out... You are not only you, the power of someone important to our world rests with you... What I have done now is to release your seal, which only the Guardians and our leader can release since the one who left such power in you only left us the key...
-Mirei: Anyone else? your leader? Hidden power? What are you talking about? Don't assume you're going to die! Resist, we must defeat him!
-Shiplion: Mirei... I have already fulfilled my mission; I know that our world will be safe thanks to your people... and thanks to you... I've been happy... I entrust to you my legacy of protecting this continent...
Shiplion, giving his last breath with these words, fell to the ground while fading into a yellow light, which Mirei felt very warm... in the last flashes of light, Shiplion's voice spread through the place –Whether it was you or someone else, this was my destiny to be a guardian... do your duty- then, Shiplion's life was extinguished.
As Mirei grew more furious and resentful against Gentile, the magic that Shiplion released from him overflowed more from his body –Friend... despite having met two days ago you gave your life for my good, for yours and for that of your world...I will continue your legacy, I promise!- all of Mirei's magic was recovered along with his HP bar, thus improving all the attributes of this and healing all wounds in his body, Gentile was shocked by such power that it came out of the young man -Shiplion, you accursed! You really dared to free him! - he exclaimed and before he could make a move to escape, he was cut in two with one blow by the spear of the enraged young man -Lancerang! - the spear returned to Mirei's hands, the attack was critical for Gentile, eliminating the HP he had left at once.
"You don't know too much about us, you will regret having used that power, you will regret being alive when you meet us!" exclaimed Gentile as he disappeared into a black light full of pain and when he was totally extinguished, he left some sacks of experience and two objects on the ground, an "elegant cloth" and a "medieval spear". Thus, Mirei's overflowing magic was once again hidden in the... ending this hard fight...
To be continued…