Chapter 65: Weapon

Ryan: Let me guess.. you must be Arthur Ackerman too? Oohh lucky day for Weapon Indeed, You'll be coming with us.

The mysterious man slowly approached them, with both hands in his pockets. with those hidden both Arthur and Dorothy don't know what he's holding so instead of finding out.

Arthur: Gooo!!!

Arthur yelled as Dorothy blasted a fireball below them causing the dusts from the explosion to conceal themselves, Ryan merely smirked as he was prepared for this.

He thought, by creating a cover for them to hide in they could plan a sneak attack towards him.

Ryan: Hmmm? Let's see if I get this right here in 3....2....

as he counted to one Arthur came out with his sword plunging towards him, Ryan smiled as he pulled out both hands and what he was holding was two stun guns, Arthur was able to notice in time and dodge the attack by twisting his body, and once he landed on the ground he took a step back.

Ryan: That was a good move, dodging my attacks like that you got good instincts.

He was silent, he gave no reply to their mysterious attacker, Arthur's face was plain serious as if he was willing to have a fight to the death with him.

Ryan: That's mean you know, silence is never always the best answer.

Still no reply from Arthur, Ryan rushed towards him with both stun guns in the air Arthur did the same but he was rather calm this time, his movements were smooth, he was concentrating.

Arthur blocked two attacks from both hands with the stun gun right until Ryan was about to get slashed by Arthur's sword, a gunshot was made blowing a hole on Arthur's chest.

Ryan: What the hell!? They wanted him alive!

Zoey: Calm yourself look in front of you.

What he thought was blood was actually just mud, so they used the smoke to create a copy and make a run for it huh, he thought.

While the citizens were still running towards the exit Dorothy and Arthur took a peek behind them to see if they've fallen for the bait and saw the copy they made with a hole in its chest.

A big chill was flowing through him as he saw the copy,

Arthur: We need to get out of here.

Dorothy: I agree.

While Ryan and Zoey were still talking, Hanz has spotted both Dorothy and Arthur in the crowd and said,

"Guys! I found them!."

Ryan: Very good Hanz, where are they?

Zoey: I could probably snipe them from here.

She points her index finger towards the crowd as if she was holding a literally gun in her hand,

Ryan: Whoah! Whoah! calm yourself there, they want them alive remember?

Zoey: Tchhh

She puts down her finger with frustration as she crosses her arms and Hanz continues his report.

"They're heading towards the main gate!."

Ryan: Anyone near there?

Mila: I am Ryy, don't worry I'll get them for sure.

She was waiting right outside for them as she was holding her sword, and removed it from her sheathe.

Dorothy: Arthur?

Arthur: We're almost out, just a little further Dorothy!

Dorothy: [Something feels wrong here? is it something from outside? is one of those guys earlier waiting outside?]

She wasn't sure of her instincts, she was in deep thought what's this she was feeling and once they got outside Arthur yelled.

Arthur: Dorothy!!!!!!

He pulled her away and blocked the strike while the citizens around were panicking even more,

Arthur: What do you want!!!

Mila: Nothing personal, we just need both of you come with us.

He parried her strikes with ease as Arthur could feel she hasn't been training with her sword that much, her strikes were more like a kid on a tantrum, it has no technique, it's all rage and slashing no commitment to her strike.

Dorothy was about to call Atalanta and Aiden for help through her phone, as a burst of mana came behind them and broke her phone, it felt like that was a bullet, she thought as she turned her head towards the source.

A girl and the same guy from earlier were walking towards them giving off a malicious aura well at least just the girl.

Ryan: Good job just hitting her phone Zoe, I'm so proud of you.

Zoey: I told you to stop calling me that.

She pointed her finger towards him with hostility as he avoided the sight of her finger they were continuing on walking towards them.

Dorothy: I'll deal with them Arthur, please be safe.

Arthur: You too.

She backs away from Arthur's swing as she says,

"You're letting her fight them alone? how irresponsible of you."

She rushes towards them again as Arthur placed his sword on the ground, Mila was cautious to what he was planning but non the less, Facing me and my sword head on you must be stupid, she thought.

as she was right about to slice Arthur in half, with his left hand he blocks the sword, but not completely, his hand was still bleeding, confused and shocked to see him do that instead of using his weapon, she tried to slice through his hand but couldn't.

Arthur: It's not that I'm letting her fight them alone, cause I trust her she'll manage to pull through this no matter what.

He said what he had to say to his enemy whom called him irresponsible, but then seconds later felt a sudden pain his chest, his legs were numbing and it didn't stop there, the numbing was slowly making its way up to his head.

Dorothy created multiple copies of herself and blended in with the copies that were rushing towards the two in front,

Ryan: I'm counting on you for this one Zoe.

Zoey: I said, stop calling me that!!!

She fired multiple shots and destroyed the copies within seconds, but she wasn't there, Ryan and Zoey looked around them from left and right and saw nothing,

Ryan: Hey Hanz, are you there? have you seen the girl from there?

Hanz: Ohh.. so-sorry I didn't someone, texted me a message.

Ryan: A message?

Zoey pushed Ryan off as a sword came plunging towards his spot, Zoey blasted a spear that was heading towards her.

Ryan: Where the hell did these come from!?

The weapon dispersed out of thin air, while the spear Zoey was blasted was snapped in half on the ground and the same thing happened to it, there was still no sign of the girl, it's as if she immediately vanished.

But the boy is still there fighting Mila, He thought and the next thing he knew that he was already knocked out cold, Dorothy used the end of her staff and hit his neck hard.

Now on the floor unconscious, Zoey aimed her finger at the last place Ryan was and simply predicted where she was when she threw him to the side,

She open fired and her shot was close to Dorothy's feet, she said to herself "Hmm? I could've sworn she was there." Continuing with her predictions Hanz at the top of the slide was in contact with the same person who contacted them to capture Dorothy and Arthur. The Master of the Darkness Organization.

"Is this Ryan?."

Hanz: N-No sir. he's currently in battle right now.

"I see, since you're free right now I need you to do another job for me."

Hanz: B-But? wha?

"Good, you need to kidnap this girl."

A message was sent to Hanz's phone, as he opened it a picture of a a brown haired girl with a guy wearing prosthetics.

"Obviously you can capture a ten year old right?."

Hanz: U-Umm Yes sir.

He didn't want to take the job as if he's seen that guy beside her from somewhere but couldn't really remember where and who he was.

But from the intense fear of denying the Master of the Darkness Organization he accepted and sent a text to Ryan in which he didn't know was unconscious.

"Hey Boss, we've got another job once you're done with this head to this coordinates this girl is our next target."

He sent the girl's picture and the text he typed and proceeded to head towards her meanwhile Dorothy was dodging her mana bullets from left to right (Mana Bullets are special bullets for Zoey in which tracks the enemy and doesn't disappear until direct contact or it hits anything)

Zoey keeps on dodging random weapons coming from behind and wonders,

"Where do these weapons keep coming from?."

Dorothy created a copy and made her run a different direction and the Mana bullets followed that one, while she was free Dorothy launched multiple fireballs and saw Arthur from the gate falling to the ground, the fireballs landed a direct hit as she tried to head towards Arthur to support him.

He was thrown towards her, She didn't thought about it and jumped to catch him, in her arms Arthur said in a low voice,

"I messed up."

Dorothy: It's alright you did great.

And once they landed on the ground, Mila was right behind them and slashed Dorothy's back, she felt the numbness from her feet rising towards her head, she couldn't move, it was as if she was paralyzed the pain she felt as if thousands of needles were pricking her without rest and feeling it from all parts of her body she fell unconscious.

Arthur who was still half awake held Dorothy's hand and said,

"I won't fall he...ree I'll ma.."

Mila was caring for Zoey's burns from earlier and was surprised to see Arthur got up but with what strength he had left.

Mila: You're the first person to ever withstand my petrification, though you won't last long in a few minutes no---!

Arthur rushed towards her with what little strength he had left and ignored the pain of a thousand needles pricking him,

"If I don't stop her here and now, they'll give Dorothy to some bad guy! I have to protect her, I must!."

Of course by moving around he felt even more immense pain, but he chose to ignore it to protect Dorothy.

Mila rushed towards him with joy seeing a target reach beyond his limits and chose to overcome her petrification, the two were in a duel yet again. Arthur plunged towards her with all his might and swung his sword multiple times while Mila simply blocked those swings,

"Please give me more power!." he thought.

He jumped towards a pole and launched himself towards her while she merely blocked his strike yet again Arthur landed a punch on her face with his right hand, and backed away.

She licks the blood gushing out of her nose and says,

"You're strong, even with my petrification in process you still won't go down."

She rushes towards him with a sense of joy for the battle, it was the first time Mila has ever fought someone who could withstand or negate her power (It's what she believes anyway about him negating her power but the truth was Arthur was merely hiding the pain through his will to protect the person he loves)

Arthur does the same thing and rushes towards her while feinting his strike for her to block it and leave her expose, when he tried to punch her face a second time it was blocked by her left elbow, seeing it didn't work a second time he kicked her legs and backed away once again.

The pain was getting more intense by the minute he keeps on moving, but he was determined in defeating her opponent and getting himself and Dorothy to safety, he rushed in again and ignored the pain with each step he takes the more pain occurs.

Mila: You're really great kid! you just don't know when to quit!

Arthur felt all the numbness from his head to toe, he couldn't feel anything anymore it was like he was being electrified but he still kept on swinging his sword in order to protect Dorothy,

Mila was simply walking backwards while blocking his strikes until Arthur fell on the ground and couldn't lift his sword anymore, He's reached his limit and was now unconscious.

Mila: Finally, it took long enough for it to take effect!

Arthur and Dorothy were both unconscious and Weapon have achieved their first job.

End of Chapter 65: Weapon