Vol.2 Chapter 30

Chapter 49:Combine

This is getting worse as time goes on, the undeads are closing on us as we slowly retreat towards the throne where noel and flare are fighting the King. Suddenly we heard a shout.

"Who the hell do you think we are!!!" yelled Noel.

I turned my head to check what happened

'Are they quarrelling? At this time??' I thought to myself.

"Don't worry about them. Luna! How long is left till the dispel spell is complete?" Botan reassured me and voiced out her main concern

"Just… a little… bit more…" Luna seems to be writhing in pain while computing for the wide area dispel.

The undead are covering the ground for every inch we retreat, we are in a perilous situation unless both flare and noel manages to win or Luna completes her spell before we get run over by them.

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"What do you mean by combine!" Flare finally lost her patience and yelled.

"Flare, remember when we kick that dragon's ass?" Noel asked.

"I.." Memories flowed back to her mind and she finally recalled what she really meant by that.

"We're doing that?" Flare finally cooled down and questioned Noel.

"I can see you finally snapped out of it. We tried your way, now we do this my way, don't you agree?"Noel said in a determined tone.

"I read somewhere that in marriage both need to treat each other as equals for it to work, what you said makes sense. Fine, we'll do it your way." Flare pulled out her uchine and took a stance.

Noel also took a stance and spoke "Don't speak as if we're already married, our cool off period ain't over yet"

Both of them glared at the King, ready to spring at him at the drop of a hat.

The King declared "Don't worry, I can make it painlessly for the both of you. So come at me with all you got!"

Walls of bone protrude from the ground where Noel and Flare is standing which is a trap the King had been busy preparing when they started arguing a while ago in order to trap them. Unfortunately both of them dashed towards the King at the same time the King made his move.

Their reaction speed surprised him but the king was well prepared for this situation to occur.

Multiple bone spikes protruded from the ground in response to the path they took. In response Noel and flare split up and ran towards the king.

'Now that you're all alone, what are you going to do?' the King looked at Flare and Noel and wondered.

Noel faced the bone spikes ahead and crushed them as she moved forwards, meanwhile flare tried to feel the movement of the bones beneath the ground using her gift to predict and avoid the spikes in advance.

"This is absurd." the King muttered

The king summoned some undead and send them to their path

Noel pulled out her mace and started swinging it down on the undeads.

Flare shot her arrows at the undead and a few of them dropped down lifelessly after their spirit core was hit.

Both of them stood side by side and fended off the remaining undead with ease.

Suddenly, Flare felt something huge coming towards them! "FROM BELLOW!!"

Then a huge wall of bones raised from the ground like a grand curtain and it split up Noel and Flare.

"Ahh… just my luck…" The king seems disappointed.

"Hello there King Shanz, or should I call you future father in law?" Noel teasingly spoke.

"I have nothing to say to you, let's just get this over with."

And that's how 2 hard headed individuals began exchanging blows with each other without a word.