Chapter 43

Our bodies were freezing up like sheep. This power of divine energy was like oil to us. Our mana was burning and rejecting the presence of it. And wanted to get away. It was literally moving on its own.

Alie was feeling sick from it. This power of the gods is not a good feeling. The divine power was gone now and Kane had transformed into a prophet of Eris. 

A spear and shield. A red and golden robe of the god of war emblem. He had no shirt. The power of gods. "Have any idea how to defeat some like a god?" 

"He's really a god. He a prophet that uses divine powers. And to your question. I have no idea." Like a shooting star he was in front of us. He wraps his arm around our neck as if we were his friends. "Its a shame the god of light created in the wrong world. A human who loans those chosen by the gods. And hatred for the term love." 

Laney who I always though of as a laid back person with too much enthusiasm. He never showed an ounce of hatred. But his face had darken. With a mixture of discomfort. "A half-blood that was never given a destiny nor the love. A being that was not made for this world like many others of your kind."

His words did not hurt. I do believe I was not made for this world....I'm not sure what my true role is. But that doesn't matter. I have to move. But my body won't move out of fear. "Another half-blood that hides out of shame. A girl who is shunned by her family except one. A soul that rejects its other side."

"Terra?" She began to have flashbacks of her childhood. She was dreading and ready to cry. "An elf who never wanted to lead. A small child who question her own people and her tradition. A person with a deep sin that no even her sister will forgive."

Terra shots an arrow at him with no hesitation. Of course the arrow was blocked by a unknown power. "Its a shame that you all have so little to die for." I managed to move my body to punch him the face. He slaps me away while Laney slashes at him. Alie uses her basic magic to bind him with roots from the ground. 

"Like sheep with no herder." In his hand a red flare of fire appears. "Pyro cannon." What's with this sudden heat!? Alie looks around and sees every thing turn to bright red color. "Every one get out of the circle!" 

Everyone runs in the other direction to avoid his attack. Every around the area can see the large light in the sky. Servin who was frustrated with a lot of what he thought would go as planned was failing. He was already having a hard time dealing with Hen.

Like the rays of sun being blocked from clouds the attack pushed divine energy down on the ground. But it was just air heated. It was like heat waves. Intense hot air.

When the waves of heat disappeared. We all charged at Kane. We slash and punch and through as much spells at him as we can. He did move from the spot he was standing at. He either moved to the left or right to dodge attacks. He would block or dodged our attacks. He lays multiple attacks on all of us.

Kane slashes me with his sword. And follows up with summoning a spear and throwing it at me. The Spear exploded releasing air pressure.

Nobody could lay a hit on him. Laney right eyes was swollen and bleeding from the head and shoulder. 

Alie and Terra were down after Kane throw Terra at Alie. Tise could barely held her self up. She was using her bow a crutch to stay standing. 

I need to get up. I can't stay on the ground! I got up and helped Terra and Alie. "We need to keep fighting."

I remember Hen and my mother speak of encouragement. To help morale or to show I am here to die with you. I'm not a person who can speak in crowds that's not me. I am not a leader. I am only me.

A song of my mother she used to sing to me popped in my head. I can't speak our or understand my peoples language but. Those words she spoke of especially the first words. 

"I rise in the new set with a new soul and with a new life. I will never give my life to the ends of those who want power for themselves!" I beat my chest with my fist speak the words of people. The panther clan always sang this song to the world from what my mother said.

"The words of warrior. These are your last words huh. How fitting. Your more a warrior then those I have fought." He runs his sword through. Alie cried out my name and with the others in shock. "I'm not a warrior...I rather be me then a king or warrior!" 

My axe was not at side during this time I summon it in my hand and use it to jab the more pointed part of axe into his ear! I then grab the potion Vlatka had given me. I shove in his mouth and punched it to shatter the glass in his mouth.

His divine power force me out of his weapon to get me away from him. His mouth was shattered with glass. His tongue had split open and made it look like he was troughing up blood.

A smirk a cross his face made us all uneasy. "You fight like warrior and like child. But I respect it. After all this is life and death situation."

He through's divine slash's in our direction.

To slash was at a speed I could not dodge. So I was only ablet o stop it with my palms. it exploded when it made impact and I could feel my hands burn and skin peeling off. Alie hits me with another healing spell. 

But Kane smacks her away. He then turns his eyes to me to kick me in the gut. He then follows it up bny slashing at Laney who blocked it with his mana shield but the impact of weapon shattered it and pushed him back. 

Tise jumps back and tries to draw her sword. Terra jumps to help.

Kane grabs Tise and swings her at Terra. They both dragged across the stone ground leaving small injuries on their bodies.

Kane turns when He noticed me running up to him. Laney also recover and ran up to attack with me. With few moments of fighting Kane had put us in the ground. He then steps on my face forcing my body to break through the stone ground. He steps on my body again and follow ups with a punch to the face.

He grabs me by the neck giving me no time to recover. He knees in the guts uses the bottom part of his hand to punch me in the back. After that he kicks me away from him.

Laney swipes his sword but catches his sword. "You should have stayed a merc Kid." Laney tried to pull away his sword but Kane grips was to strong for a mere human to match. Suddenly vines surround Kane bodies to hold him down and tries to choke him.

"Is the extent you can do Elf. Nature magic should be your thing since your a moon elf." Tise looked fine form what happened to her earlier.

"Don't speak my peoples name!" 

Kane breaks through the Vines and grabs Laney by his neck. "I could just break his neck easily. This must be how that era must have felt like when magic was weak. Tise draws her sword but was stopped by a force of divine energy. He entire body was frozen. But she was still able to talk. 

"Watch while I'll kill your friend Elf." As he was about to snap his neck. Kane body felt heavy and filled with substance. He lets go of Laney and grabs his chest and stomach.

"What?...what's wrong with me!?" His veins start to turn dark green and the divine magic was changing color. This our chance! I grab him by the waist and suplex him into the ground. He immediately attack at the same time.

At the time Alie was the only one who understood what was happening. "Magic...the potion!" For a second his godly form reverted back to his original state.

He release an atomic wave of energy to push us off him and jumps away recover. Alie runs to us to inform us what she realized.

"Did you all see that!?" 

"We did...but I think...I need a rest." "Its fine Laney just listen. Magic must be the key to defeat him." "How so?" Tise asked.

"I don't know but his divine power is rejecting the mana. He hasn't used his potions either. When Ivalyo forced the potion into his mouth and smashed it. His power was having some kind of reaction to it! The result was what we just saw."

Laney then says we don't have enough magic to use against nor has it worked. "We used magic attacks on him."

"The astral type of magic is not the answer but the physical kind does." "If that's true then how do we do this?"

Everyone looks at Kane who was walking towards us. "Ivalyo." "I know. Alie. I'm the only one that physcally handle him."

"You sure. I saw him step on you into the ground."

"This is no time for jokes Laney." "I was kidding Terra." "Anyway your not the only one can match with strength Ivalyo." 

"You know I have an a strategy. I worked with a lot of Adventures and they have this formation they all use."

A fire lit under us all. It was like we were going into a frenzy. "Terra, Ivalyo. You take the front. Your the tank. While Tise takes range. Alie your the healing support. Where counting on you. And I will be your speed attack. Or just attack."

We ready our selves for Kane. Me and Terra run up to Kane to stop him and have him focus on us. Alie instructs Tise and Laney to give her their potions. "I guess you have a plan?" 

"Yeah. And we when I give you the signal to run you run." They both looked at each other but nodded.

"For now we need to make him use more power." 

Ready's her arrow and Laney jumps in to help me and Terra. Again we were being pummeled by him. But the way our formation was set up the tree of use were able to recover thanks to Tise. When he would tried to focus on of us Alie would come and heal one of us.

While Alie was doing that Tise would attack with her arrows. She would go for his eyes of head as well as knees and hands. We would then attack him while he was being attacked.

He started to show signs of hesitation but kept up his stance to fight. I summon my axe to even the ground with me and him. I through my axe and he counters it, sending it in the air. But it summoned back to my hands. Before that Laney goes in for the attack. His sword deflects of his body.

I can't pierce it! I don't have the strength to. Kane turns but Laney turns into the electric to get away. At the same Time I go for the attack and finally force my axe into his side. Terra also forces his sword into his left eye. But it did not go through his skull.

"ARGHH!

 Kane kicks me away while the axe was in him. Laney appears in the air and lets himself fall and kick Terra's hilt. The sword slight pushed in. 

"3rd Wind!" Terra's kicks away Laney to avoid the air that was about to crush them both. Kane attempts to pull the sword but I jump onto his back to stop him. I grab the blade and try to force it through.

"I won't let you leave this place alive imperial! Never!" 

"You! How dare you!" Alie then appears and jumps onto Kane and force the bottle into his mouth. I jump up while I head on the sword to use my leg to put over his shoulder to lock his arm away from attacking her. If he moved his head the sword would rip through his head. 

He breaks the potion with his teeth. Most of the potion fell onto the ground. His appearance was turning back to normal but was shuffling between the two forms he had. But when we thought he was done for me. 

Me and Alie were both attacked by magic. I jump to catch Alie and we all regrouped. "Shiya." She had survived but was not in good condition. He arm was tore to the bone and dragging like rope. Her face was slightly burned and hair was partially burnt off.

She was a beautiful girl just hours ago. Now she paid for the consequences of war. "Your alive!?" "I...am here to serve you as always captain." 

"Good!" The potion is eating away at me! I need to be more careful. "Shiya is alive. Things have gotten more difficult now!"

"What do we do Alie?" Alie stood in silent thinking of some thing. "Ivalyo. You still know how to use that basic aerial attack spell?" 

"I do. Why?"

"Its times for me and you to become one now. I need time to prepare. Can you the rest of you keep away?"

"What ever it is. I hope it gets the job done. We trust you two." Everyone agree and went on to hold them back.

"Didn't she say to use it when near death?" "She did but we don't have time now to think about it. I have no idea what other side effects it could have but I can hold them back when we become one. When we finally use our mana as one. It should give you a boost in mana. Vlatka said it would either way."

"Then the spell you asked about." "Ivalyo...me and you combine could cast the greatest novice spell ever. You already have more mana then every one here! You can do this...we can do this."

"But?"

"You haven't developed your mana pool enough to control that large amounts of mana. It could erase us instantly once its cast. But all that depends on your body if holds up...do you still want to do this."

My life I have never tried to risk anything. I still want to run away but...I never knew why I was living why I was still alive. But looking at the women in front of me was enough for me to keep living and help her build a bright future for the world. "I won't run away. Lets do this"

I take the potions and drink them both. A surge of mana runs through my entire body. My veins started to glow light blue and as well as my eyes. The waves of mana was pulsating from my body. Alie steps closer and hugs me. "Lets see how far we can go."

No saw her body be absorbed by me when they were fighting Kane and Shiya. A more massive wave of mana exploded from my body. I could not control all my mana since I was still raw and not a developed mage.

Everyone turned to see the surge of mana I was emitting. Everyone and including the imperials were shocked. Loid and the princess could also see the massive tower of mana.

Servin who already knew of his potential was raging in a fit. Hen smiled and unleashed a wall of gravity and crushed a dozen Lazare knights. "Get'em kid." Arnell was also shocked by the sudden power a mana.

"Everyone get back! This might be the greatest spell I'll ever cast! You don't want to be here when it hits!"

I take my stance and hold out my arm with my hand facing Kane. I shot a out a spell to knock away Shiya. Kane raised his eye brow in confusion.

"I want to end with me and you! Isn't that some thing a North men like you would want!?" Again his smiled showed how much of warrior and lunatic he really was. His feelings could not get in control. "I like your style half-blood...no. I should call you by your proper name. Ivalyo!"

He also gets in his stance. "Give it your best shot Ivalyo! I can't wait any longer!" With that I charged and condensed as much mana as I could control.

"Lets do this Alie." "I'm with you Ivalyo. Lets show the world how far we can go!"