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The marvels of Alchemy with the creation of an elixir that has a restoration effect. It restores the user to 100% only if they consume the potion uninterrupted while applying an added buff on all stats. The effects are outstanding, but it only lasts for 3 minutes and after time is up, it puts the user into a weakened state, making them lethargic and dizzy.
The increase in power doesn't outweigh the drawbacks lasting 5 minutes after the effects wear off, but after both effects are finished it applies a heal from the initial state the user was in. Taking another elixir while in the drawback phase will start the restoration process again, but stacks the drawbacks causing an adverse effect.
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The stare down continues for a couple of seconds as Thomas gives each of his exec's a look and once he looks at the second one, he sees a golden blade in his chest with him clutching at it while coughing out blood. Thomas pivots his head towards Zekus.
'Number 79' says Zekus and has a golden blade in his hand. With his focus on the sword in his hand for a moment, a flame fist is in his face. "Step" he says quietly under his breath and he slides backwards and holds his hand out doing a finger flick releasing a soundwave.
The pressure sends Dale flying backwards towards Zekus and he helps him out.
The long awaited fight for supremacy begins.
Several minutes before..
Arthur sits while his companion stands on a tree branch watching them before the fight starts. "I'll take Thomas and whoever goes with him". "You handle that brute" says Arthur as they observe.
He thinks to himself about how strong they get in the future. Zekus reaches S rank with his ability and Thomas was on the precipice of S rank. 2 dangers that the world doesn't need.
"Fall back" shouts Thomas as they try to evade them by going deeper into the forest. He claps his hands releasing a larger blast that is powerful enough to burst eardrums. "COVER YOUR EARS" shouts Zekus at Dale as they back off. It's too late for him as he gets caught in the blast and blood squirts out from his ears.
"13" he shouts as a aluminium parabola shield is formed in front of him to reflect the sound waves. Dale gets covered as well, but was damaged from the initial wave.
It's down to a 2v2 as Thomas and his exec run into the forest. Zekus with his injured partner are still there. Zekus walks up to his partner and sticks him with a regen shot to help him heal as they rest before chasing after Thomas. "This is so annoying" he says as he sighs at his situation. Zekus notices someone is nearby and says "Come out already" "I knew you weren't foolish enough to run because I know you Thomas" he says confidently.
A hooded person with a large sword on their back comes out. Zekus looks again and thinks "Is that a women?". As she walks closer, she pulls out her blade saying "Caliburn X10".
Zekus and his exec can't hear her, but he gets wary and shouts "GET BACK" as if something is coming. The speed at which she drew and swung her blade was unfathomable. It was as if her hands never moved. The strike sliced everything it touched in half, including the exec who was a deer in headlights.
"24 22 77" He creates blocks of Titanium, Chromium and iridium stacked one by one, but she cuts through them like butter. He hops back, but the strike is still coming and he says "74" creating blocks and layers of tungsten continuously with both of his hands out, layers on layers sweating and gasping for air.
At the end, the strike gets through and leaves a cut on his abdomen. The elixir is still in affect healing him, but he doesn't have long left on it as he stands to get add on effects feeling fatigued.
Zekus grabs his stomach to seem in pain and instead throws out number 79 and Freya blocks each golden blade individually and he throws '26' an iron rod into the air lifting his hand up and getting dragged up like a magnet, continuously going up. He smirks while looking down and looks straight ahead to see the wyvern with it's gape wide open coming towards him.
"AHHHH" he screams trying to scramble to put a shield up.
"My prey half breed" she says as she releases an aquatic slash that looks super charged, beheading the wyvern and cutting the iron rod. Zekus falling back down wraps himself aluminium alloy foam and placing it on the ground. She stands there looking at him on the ground while preparing to strike from distance.
Zekus laying on the ground pleads and begs asking "What have I done to you?" as she stands there with her blade out. She doesn't answer and instead takes off her hood. "Ah" "You're from Evolved" "You can't do this to me". She doesn't speak and just glares at him. He continues to talk and ramble on to waste time. At the end he says "You have to arrest me" "I know the law".
As he rambles, the aluminium around him turns into liquid and he gathers it around him to look like a metallic pool.
"Shut up" she says in a distorted voice and his mouth disappears from his face. He tries to talk, but can't and he touches his mouth but it isn't there. He continues to moan and groan and it just annoys her more and she lets her guard down for a moment and he uses this moment to strike.
He creates daggers out of the aluminium sending it towards her, turning around and tumbling away as the timer ran out and he can barely stand.
She blocks the daggers with her hand and uses her enchantment saying..
'Azure Mirage'
The world shifts and changes creating a reflective waters with a clear sky. While stumbling he falls and he feels water on his hands looking at his reflection, demons appear with the water turning blood red. He gets scared and falls on his ass looking up and seeing a sky so clear and pure. A heavenly site that he will never reach.
Aqua shackles form on his ankles tethering him to the ground and making him watch the death, destruction and horrors that he has caused and fresh water getting tainted by his touch. Through the blood appears hands that grab onto him dragging him down and plunging him into the wasteland of his creation.
'Reflection' she says as his head comes off clean.
Zekus feels like something has happened, but he cannot compute it. His head falls into bloody water with the hands grabbing it and pulling him in deeper.
In reality, a decapitated corpse stains the fields of purity with it's corrupted and filthy gore.
Freya looks across to the direction that Thomas and Arthur headed too with a hopeful look.