Yeru Horka's resolve

"How is this a fair fight?! He's using magma magic with a high advantage against wax magic." Due to how unjust the fight was, Reien yelled for it to end.

Yeru remained unmoving despite being aware of how ineffective his magic was. After showing off his magma magic, Angelo observed the fear and uncertainty Yeru was experiencing. Before the fight had started, it was clear who would prevail, but Yeru persisted. He moved slowly toward Yeru with each foot on the ground that had been melted by Angelo's magma. Yeru was just 5'8 tall, however, Angelo was 7'9, demonstrating how tall and powerful Angelo was.

When Yeru sprang back and cast his wax magic at Angelo, the fight finally started. But Angelo just and unflinchingly melted all the waxes. With a blow from his second attack, Yeru encircled Angelo with his waxes. The wax poured like water, but Angelo stood immobile, a straight face fixed on the earth. After that, Yeru tightened his hand and turned his wax into a bubble-like form before crushing him.

Without making a single movement, he raised the temperature of his magma, which caused the surrounding area to become completely melted from the intense heat. When Angelo realized how pointless Yeru's attack was, his magma exploded with a joyful grin.

"It's meaningless! Despite that my magic negates your magic, how many more waxes are you going to cast? Give up now! You'll end up getting burned." Despite a remark from Angelo about how useless it was, Yeru stayed adamant.

After his remarks had no effect on him, Angelo was elated and persevered till the battle was over. Angelo's magma began to rage and surge with power.

[MAGMA MAGIC: VULCAN PUNCH]

His arm stretched out at Yeru with a tremendous magma released onto his fist. He had time to respond and avoided being hit by it for a few seconds. As the magma fell, it completely destroyed the wall and melted the ground. He was shaking with anxiety as it came very close to endangering his life. Angelo, still giddy, launched another attack by using both of his magma-coated fists to stab the ground.

[MAGMA MAGIC: VULCANIC EXPLOSION]

Unaware of it, the ground began to heat up as the entire area began to shake. Yeru could hear the sound of melting under his feet. Akira raised his voice to tell Yeru to run away as his danger sense started to go off like crazy.

Angelo's magma burst from the ground and shot straight up as Yeru swiftly leaped aside. However, it wasn't over yet; as Angelo unleashed an eruption of his attack and launched a torrent of magma rain following, Yeru had to avoid it. He couldn't dodge them all so he shield some of the magma with layers of waxes to higher his chance of survival.

However, his magma didn't fall just on Yeru, it spread widely to the whole area and the group with the rest of Angelo's allies defended themselves from harm.

[MAGMA MAGIC: VULCANIC RAILGUN]

Yeru rapidly used his waxes on the ground to boost his mobility by surfing while Angelo shot a volley of magma from his fingertips. Angelo grew his magma hands large enough to consume the entire 48 x 56 arena while Yeru was dodging multiple magmas at once. Yeru promptly covered the entire area with waxes and leaped off with the wax that resembled a trampoline. They all hurriedly left the building after it was eventually completely destroyed so they wouldn't all be eaten. The entire structure was gone, completely consumed by the magma.

Their battle then took place outside the arena. As their battle endured, Yeru had a slight injury to his left cheek that was burned by the magma that exploded, destroying their district. Yeru charged up with full power and ended up creating multiple waxes that he shaped into a hand. He charged forward and engaged with multiple strikes at Angelo, destroying the whole place Angelo was standing.

Angelo was still standing and beaming while covering himself in his magma. All the waxes that melted into enormous needles and encircled Angelo were under Yeru's control. The needle-shaped waxes were controlled by Yeru's combined hands, which then launched an all-out assault on Angelo. Angelo struggled to understand why Yeru would use his waxes if there was no benefit that would render all of his strikes ineffective. Angelo started his counterattacks by using his magma to crush Yeru till nothing remains.

[MAGMA MAGIC: VULCAN PUNCH BARRAGE]

Attacking multiply with barrages of magma, directly at Yeru relentlessly without rest. With all of the waxes he had so far poured, Yeru formed them into a huge ball that floated in the air. Yeru landed on the top of a building after dodging all of Angelo's attacks and raised his right hand, and the ball and his hand came together. He struggled under the weight of the enormous ball of waxes and let go of it with a relaxed hand. He dropped the ball at Angelo while forming a spike around it.

Moments thereafter, Yeru dropped a massive spike ball, which violently crashed to the ground and devastated the entire area. Angelo wrapped the ball in numerous layers of wax before engulfing it in lava to melt it. He remained in one piece after almost being crushed down by Yeru. Gladly, none was in the area because they were on an abandoned street.

Yeru started panting over the amount of mana he had just wasted from the strike, not to mention that he dropped a giant ball that was the weight of two buses full of people. His hands were shaking, his breathing state was disturbed, and he was running out of mana.

Angelo jumped with a boost of his magma and launched him sky-high onto the building's rooftop where Yeru was standing.

"Enough is enough. You know that you cannot defeat me. Look at you, panting and exhausted from the frequency of your pointless strikes on me. What I hate about you is that you keep trying to do something you can't and waste your time and energy on it."

"Like I care." Yeru moved his hand off the ground, creating a barrier in front of Angelo's face with his waxes. Angelo once again melt his waxes and Yeru had disappeared after he got a view. A film of wax was covering Yeru's fist as he emerged from behind. Right after that, Yeru used all of his wax to clear the magma wall that blocked his way, Angelo still took damage from the punch to his face even though he had covered it with magma due to Yeru's somewhat quicker reaction time. A hit caused Angelo to fall down, and he was finally on the ground.

He was astonished but showed no emotion despite having a wounded cheek. As Angelo fell, Akira and the others there remembered Akira's action of punching Yeru in the face during their most recent fight. There was nothing left for Yeru to do but be daring and move forward in order to send a strike to his opponent, so he replicated the precise strategy.

"I want you to know one last thing, I've grown." After the battle, Yeru said nothing more.

Meanwhile, Angelo was sitting there in silence. A moment later, out of the blue, he broke into a broad smile and expressed pride in Yeru's success.

"You know, I'm always worried about you, and I expect nothing less from you. I'm always a big brother to you. I can't imagine how cruel fate will be when you are going out there fighting and creating a gang. Heh, this city is ruthless. There's no such thing as an easy life but... " After being defeated, Angelo began to slowly stand up as he said those things that involved his worries.

"I'm nothing but proud of you. I know you're strong, but you have no damn idea how anxious I feel. I apologize if I made you stay by treating you too harshly." Angelo then gave Yeru a close hug before shedding a few tears.

All of his actions were taken just to keep Yeru safe; he was careful to avoid seriously hurting him, but he was proud of his boldness, which gave him the confidence that he could do well. And with that, Yeru won the battle and the Raishoun gang remained.

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*Bonus chapter...

About Yeru Horka's story.

When his mother became pregnant, Angelo was the only child in the Horka household, so he couldn't help but look forward to meeting his new younger sibling. Before Yeru was born, Angelo was 8 years old. He was always a good child who helped his parents without being bothered by anything. After six months, Angelo's mother was finally giving birth to the kid he had been waiting for so long. However, after giving birth to Yeru, the mother was unable to maintain her strength, which resulted in intense sadness for both of them.

After their mother passed away, Angelo held Yeru in the cemetery as it rained. He was inconsolable and worried that he would lose his family once more. Until it happened again... 7 years later, their father became abusive...

He attempted to find a new wife when their mother passed away, but was largely duped by her and became an alcoholic addict. Smashed plates, accusing Yeru of causing his wife's death, while Angelo protected him from his father's abuse.

"YOU! ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU RUINED MY LIFE!" When their father spoke those mean words, Angelo was rendered speechless and didn't know his father anymore.

While his father was experiencing a mental breakdown, Angelo grabbed Yeru's hand and left the house. He didn't return until the police arrived, at which point his father was taken to an asylum.

They were now homeless, they didn't stay in their house anymore because Angelo didn't have the responsibility of being the owner.

"Brother, I'm hungry." After a long trip away from their home, Yeru said he wanted to stave off his hunger. Angelo promised he would find food and unexpectedly, he knelt down.

After his father shouted such hurtful words, Angelo made a commitment and patted both of his shoulders to try and calm him down. Yeru didn't mind because his brother was still with him and they had agreed to be brothers.

Eight days later, Angelo finally developed his system and prepared himself to defend the final member of his family. He eventually formed a gang and gave them the name "Death Pirates." With this, Angelo could protect his brother anytime he needed to without having to worry about him. Unfortunately, Angelo lost control when he heard Yeru wanted to stray outside of his protection and was planning to form a gang for himself.

Because he felt he wasn't prepared to deal with the cruelty of this world, it caused him to treat him cruelly to the point where he no longer wanted to be the gang leader. Nevertheless, he persisted despite Angelo's repeated injuries to him. He saw Yeru showing his anguish, and seconds later realized his own behavior reminded him of his violent father. After Angelo realized what he had done, Yeru finally departed the area, leaving him there in silence. He smiled to mask his feelings while still worrying about Yeru.

And that was the end of it. How Angelo wanted to keep him safe by making him realize how hard it was to live.