The Union of their Wills (II)

"Uff, uff..."

"What's wrong Maria? Are you hurt?"

"No, it's not that. I just have a hard time using these wind powers"

I've already thought about it when I first saw them. If they are what I think they are, something completely different from the soul of the Spiritist, then I have an idea of how they should work.

"Remember what Lavos explained to us?"

"Huh? Well, he talked about various things. About what exactly?"

"What he mentioned about the aether"

"Ahhh, that. Yes, I remember"

"Try to use that to enhance your abilities. Do you think you can pull it off?"

I didn't want to go into detail and say it out loud just in case Rowen knows what I mean. I don't know if he has a way to counter the Channeler methods. If she really has the potential to be one this should be enough, in theory at least.

She can't use her spear because of some interference, the best alternative now is for her to understand and improve this ability of hers.

"Emmm, I'm not sure, but I'm going to try"

Maria closed her eyes as if trying to concentrate.

"I trust you. Corneria, I charge you to take care of her"

"Leave it to me, I can't move when I'm casting a spell anyway"

"Zeke, that leaves the two of us in the vanguard"

"Don't give me orders. The situation is very clear"

"We'll have to find a way to distract him, we can't allow him to get close to the girls"

"Didn't you hear me? Don't tell me what to do"

"Now, don't act like that. We have to come up with a plan"

"It's enough to kill him, right? The faster the better"

After finishing his sentence he rushed at our enemy.

"Hey, wait!"

"Hollow Force!"

Without even listening to me Zeke gathered the power in the edge of his weapon and raised it towards Rowen.

"Your resistance is useless"

One of his extra arms stretched out and impacted against him, eliminating his technique.

"What?!? It didn't work?"

"Looks like it, Thunder!"

For my part I began to gather electricity in my katana and throw it in a slash, which was repelled in the same way.

"How about this then?"

Zeke spread the cloak over his left shoulder covering himself completely. As he finished his silhouette vanished.

"Huh? You left me alone!"

This guy! Doesn't he know the meaning of working as a team?

"Even if you disappear, it won't do you any good, because the moment you try to attack..." Rowen raised an arm pointing at nothing. "Look, there you are!"

Just at that instant Zeke came into view with his scythe ready to attack him.

"What the hell!? Why is the ability over!?"

Is it that he performed something to eliminate its effect... Or perhaps he understands perfectly how that Object works? After all it belonged to that woman who possessed the ability to take on the appearance of another person. Since she was his subordinate, it's not strange to think that he already knows all the tricks she used.

There's no time to think about it, I have to act immediately.

"Sonic!"

Switching runes I quickly jumped to push Zeke away from the punishment for his carelessness. I didn't calculate well the distance where I would fall, so I used too much force and we both fell to the ground.

"That wasn't necessary" he said, getting to his feet.

"You were about to die! Not only that, you endangered me and the others!"

"..."

"Don't you have anything to say? How about a few words of thanks?"

"Why did you save me? We're not partners or friends"

"... no, we're not"

"Then-"

"But now we have a bigger threat to deal with. We'll see our differences later, for now the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Is that enough for you?"

"Ha, do you always come out with such cheesy phrases?"

"Just shut up and cooperate for once"

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Anything to kill this old bastard"

"You think they can ignore me? You'll pay for their impudence, it's about time they found out what my Zetsubou wo Noroi ni kaeru chikara wo motsu Belt is capable of"

Rowen buried her 4 arms in the ground for a few seconds. When it came out each one was covered by a dark layer of rock, just seeing it was enough for me to determine that it had increased its strength considerably.

He just revealed the name of his artifact, we must be prepared for the worst.