Spirit of Nullification (1)

"I am Kulligar, The Spirit of Nullification!"

Joseph, now Kulligar shouted with a masculine voice. Oscar, seeing that his previous thought become reality, paled visibly. The power of his enemy suddenly raised above his imagination. Also, it was his first time to feel the aura of an enemy spirit. It was beyond scary. Even Kairi was shaken to her core. She was a spirit yet she didn't know something like this was possible. Possessing a human body to fully descend the Human Realm.

"It took more time and mana than I first thought but in the end, it succeed. Hahaha, that damn pig was right!! You, humans, are very useful as vessels!!"

After hearing his words Oscar clenched his fists. His mana was almost completely depleted. Aiken wasn't better either. Both of them barely could stand. Still, he wasn't willing to give up. He was ready to do no matter what it takes to stop Kulligar.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"No... what about you?"

"Escape?"

"I don't think we can escape. If he wants to chase after us it is too easy for him. But if he won't chase us and instead he goes to the city..."

"He would probably commit another massacre."

"Exactly."

The situation was grim and both of them know it very well. Before the enemy was Joseph, a difficult but still defeatable opponent. But now it is Kulligar, a spirit. It was actually a High Spirit but Oscar didn't know this at that time. Oscar has some ideas about his strength thanks to the Kairi but he doesn't know if they are accurate or not. On the other hand, Aiken was acting according to his instincts. He was inexperienced with spirits and magic.

Kairi was watching everything through Oscar's eyes. Because of their connection, she can easily do this much. She was pale watching everything. She didn't know much about the common sense of the Spirit Realm. After all, she spends most of her life in that cocoon of hers. But she knows approximate power levels of spirits.

"Oscar! He is the Spirit of Nullification I mentioned to you! He should be High Spirit!"

"I know. He already said it himself. I don't know about high stuff."

"You don't understand. He is one of the rare ones. They are rumored to be as strong as Great Spirits, if not stronger!! But according to the mana he is leaking... he should be High Spirit level."

"...So this is bad."

"It is worse than bad! He may have weakened but he is still a rare one!"

Oscar was visibly shaken. Undine was a Great Spirit clan. Some of their spells he learned could easily destroy a country or two. Still, he doesn't have enough mana to do it anyway. But when he came across an enemy of the same caliber, it is bad news. And according to Kairi, Kulligar IS an enemy of the same caliber.

This is bad, he thought. It was a desperate situation. When all of his hopes were lost another explosion was heard. It was much closer than the previous one. Smokes and fire could be seen from the direction of the city. Oscar could feel the mana in that explosion.

Suddenly a figure flew over and crashed on Joseph. The figure came from the place where the explosion happened. Oscar and Aiken could only watch it with dumbfounded faces. But what happened next was even more shocking for them. Jason came running from the point of the explosion. He was wearing pajamas and there were smoke and fire traces on them.

"Oh! Hey guys! I fought a spirit and beat it up! It was an awesome fight! Wait a minute... Aiken!?"

"Hi, Murphy."

"Oh, hi. How are you?"

"Exhausted. We were fighting against a spirit."

"I see. It must be exhausting. I also fight one. Man, they won't stop until we beat them black and blue... Wait! How do you know spirits?!"

"I have a pet spirit. His name is Joey. He is a cute little bird. He gave me wind powers."

"So you have wind magic. Cool!"

"I know, right!"

What is happening, thought Oscar. The previously grim situation turned into a casual chat among friends. He knew Jason's effect on serious situations but this was unexpected even for him. He took a deep breath and try to focus on Jo- Kulligar. He was already on his feet now. The fight will begin for sure now.

"You can chat later. He is up again. We have to fight."

Aiken and Jason focus on the Kulligar too. The figure Jason threw was lying on the ground without moving. Jason takes out two mana crystals from his pocket and gives them to Oscar and Aiken. After refilling their mana reserves they were ready to fight.

Aiken started with several wind blades. It rushed towards Kulligar. He dodged sideways but get caught by a big fireball. It exploded right on his face. But before Kulligar could do something three spears made out of water pierced his body.

"Hahahhahah!!!!"

Kulligar let out a crazy laugh. He was clearly amused by the attacks of the three. Spears of water disappeared and his wounds healed like they never happened.

"You three... are amusing!! Let me show you the real magic!!"

Kulligar spread his arms and suddenly several big spikes made out of bone grow from ground. Three spikes pierced Oscar's legs, also two pierced each of Aiken and Jason's legs.

"AGHHH!!!!"

With this wounds Oscar felt like he reached his limit. In the previous fight he already suffered quite a bit and now this. It was already hard for him to heal. He gritted his teeth and break the bone spikes. The other two did the same and free themselves not long after.

"Do you felt the fear? This is only the basic of what I can do!! Fear not, I won't kill you. After all you three would make great vessels!!"

All three of them shuddered. Their enemy doesn't even see them as opponents, he saw them as toys! Facing against such a monster was intimidating.

"What are we going to do?" asked Jason looking towards Oscar. He believed that Oscar could find a way to defeat Kulligar.

"He can nullify our spells, too. How can we fight?!" asked Aiken with a frustrated voice. He is depressed, defeating Joseph was already hard enough and now Kulligar came out of nowhere.

Meanwhile Oscar was silent. He felt like everything is repeating itself. Joseph and Kulligar both are difficult foes to fight. Nullifying mana is making almost impossible to fight against them.

"Oscar, I can sense a lot of human getting closer to you."

So, police and firefighters are coming, he thought. Feeling the time is limited he began to think any possible way to solve this. Suddenly a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes.

"I have an idea." said Oscar. Not to Aiken and Jason, but to Kairi. Kairi didn't understand what he planning. But a bad feeling appeared on her heart.

Oscar's spirit eyes were already active. But he gathered more mana on them and pushed them to the limits. Because of this burning pain engulfed his eyes. Just a second later pain disappeared. His eyes were glowing golden but brighter than ever.

With the crystal in his hand he refill his now empty mana reserves. He quickly shaped his mana when it was still inside his body. He wasn't doing a spell. He was doing something more dangerous. He shaped all of it to spirit mana. Right after his eyes, his body released a golden glow.

"Ho? This is unexpected for a human. You can touch into our mana this much... Perhaps you are the rumored human. What was it called? The first mage?"

Oscar rushed at Kulligar without waiting. He was so fast that Aiken and Jason could only see a golden blur. Jason nervously muttered. "Just like the scarlet speedster, but golden."

Unlike them Kulligar saw him clearly. Still he couldn't evade the punch Oscar threw. With the punch Kulligar fly ten meters backwards.

"Now this changes everything." grinned Aiken. Seeing that Kulligar flew away from Oscar's punch give him the confidence he needs. He gathered wind around his fists and run towards Kulligar.

Jason similarly gathered fire around his body and his body released red aura. Right after Aiken he run towards Kulligar too.

The second round begins now!