During the fight, Dave had wandered outside along with Kirby to spectate what was going on. And seeing people destroy the mansion left by his parents did indeed annoy him, but there was nothing he could do. Never had he felt this weak before, all he could do was clench his fist in anger.
Suddenly, he felt a fist imprint itself onto his face causing him to fall. He could taste iron in his mouth from the punch, he then looked upwards to see the cause.
"Dave! You remember the beating I took because of you!" Chris said the boy whom Kevin had not only beaten but robbed in the alleyway.
With his mansion burning and now being assaulted by this bully, he had enough. He ran to Chris, preparing to throw a punch. However, having the resolve to fight and knowing how to were two very different things. As expected, he was elbowed to the gut and kicked back to the ground.
"All our suffering is because of rich pricks like you!" He shouted, as he continuously kicked Dave in the gut.
Eventually, Dave began to spew blood from his mouth. His durability and endurance were incredibly low, therefore this might have been the worst pain he had ever been inflicted.
To his surprise, the kicking stopped and a pained scream could be heard. Dave looked up to see Kirby biting Chris in the leg. Sinking its teeth deep into his leg. In an attempt to free himself, he shook his leg but Kirby's grip was far too strong.
"Get the hell off!" Chris yelled, kicking Kirby in the head. Eventually, drawing a moderate amount of blood.
'I am so pathetic! I need even Kevin's pet to fight for me?' Dave inwardly cursed.
He thought back to Kevin, a man he would wish to be like. Kevin was hardly afraid of anything, even when Anami nearly killed him he still had the fighting spirit.
'No, I am not pathetic! I will get stronger! Even be great people like my parents!' he vowed as he threw his glasses to the bully.
"Don't you dare hurt him!" Dave yelled, throwing a punch at Chris' face. That was the first punch he had ever sent out, therefore, it was quite weak. Not only that but, it seemed to have hurt him as well as Chris.
Finally freed from Kirby's grip, he created a fireball that hovered on his palm. He wasn't planning on hurting Dave but scared him into submission. He knew Dave's personality, a timid boy who knew when he has lost.
"Just give up," Chris said.
"No!" Dave shouted, pushing his fist into the fireball and onto Chris's face. This action greatly surprised Chris, to the point of him still not being able to respond even as he landed on his ass.
'What?'
"Just because you are stronger does not mean you can do whatever you want!" Dave shouted.
Chris stared at Dave for a while in shock, before getting up with a grin.
"Haha, after you rich brats look down on us. You think you have the right to speak! You deserve everything that's happening!" Chris spoke out, showing clearly his anger for the rich. He went in for another punch but due to his sudden burst of emotion, he accidentally used fire to coat his hand.
The attack was too fast for the non-athletic Dave to dodge. And with the magic added to the attack, it would put him in the hospital for weeks if not months.
'I'm sorry Kevin, I was weak!' Dave closed his eyes, preparing to brace for the attack. It almost reminded him of how he and Kevin met, in this same situation. Only this time, Kevin was not going to save him.
*Krrrr*
Despite hearing a weird sound, he still braced himself for about ten seconds until he realized nothing was coming.
"Huh?" When he opened his eyes, he saw Chris' fist coated in flames suspended in the air. Almost moving in slow motion.
He then looked at Chris himself, who was slowly forming a shocked expression but his face was moving extremely slow. Even Kirby was moving panting very slowly on the ground.
"What's happening? It's like time is slowed," Dave questioned.
The other fights in the area appeared to be moving at normal speeds but only where he was, was slow. The snowflakes falling to the ground as well were moving rather leisurely. He wondered whether it was his doing but for now, he needed to use the opportunity to take care of Chris.
Grabbing a stick from the ground, he swung as hard as he could onto Chris' face. Even the impact forming on Chris' face was slow, which made him question how long this would last. But for now, he continued to hit Chris to ensure he was out of the fight.
However, after a few seconds. Time resumed as normal with Chris taking the hits and falling unconscious and Kirby's breathing resumed normally.
Seeing Kirby all beat up, Dave put his attention on him and not on what just occurred. He rushed into the mansion to help his injured ally while hoping he wasn't late.
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Larry who was under the false name of Max had desperately run out of the city with his pursuers. He did not wish to involve Kevin and Lilith in his problems. Now in his complete werewolf form, he ran past trees and used the environment to his advantage.
'I cannot beat them with my current streng-' Larry suddenly felt a piercing feeling in his back, causing him to skid on the ground.
"Larry...Larry. When will you learn, if you give up now? Maybe the young master let you go... maybe," Marcus. said.
'I don't have any mana to use magic, but I can at least fight back till I die!' Larry thought forming, a fighting stance.
"Oh boy, here we go again!" Marcus sighed, taking an arrow from his quiver.
Larry kicked off the ground, trying to bite Marcus' head off. Marcus on the other side backstepped and stabbed Larry with the arrow and then palm struck him, adding a good amount of wind magic in the attack.
Larry was blown back by the attack into a couple of trees.
"I'm not holding back, Larry!" Marcus said, using his deviant element.
He then shot a ton of arrows into the air in different directions. Despite, the directions they were shot in, they all moved and turned to Larry like a homing attack.
[Deviant element: Controlled winds]
Larry was unfazed by this and coated his arm in the odd purple energy he used against Kevin. One by one, he blocked the arrows with his bare hands while dashing to Marcus. Larry applied the purple energy to his whole body, rendering the arrows ineffective. They simply bounced off his body like they were hitting a hard metal.
"Ha, the legendary purple werewolf! Let's see whether my Mando is stronger than yours!" Marcus yelled in excitement.
He as well coated his arm, in emerald color. Their fists clashed and created a huge shockwave, that blew away the nearby snow on the ground and cleared the clouds in the sky.
The impact of their mysterious power nearly uprooted a few nearby trees.
Both the purple werewolf and the Archer were pushed back a bit. They regained their stance and continued at it, trading blows that created various quakes.
"Enough!" Ray, the man in the white mask said. Using his sword, he instantly cut through Larry's hard purple body, leaving a lethal cut.
The werewolf fell in pain, reverting his transformation to normal. The man who stood in front of him was a foe which he stood no chance.
"This is the end, huh?"
[Lightning magic: tiger form]
"No, it's not, you are our bounty!" Lilith shouted, alongside Kevin who attempted to kick Ray but he evaded.
"You are that girl, I saw," Marcus recognized Lilith.
"Wha...t are you?" Ray asked Kevin.
'What?'
"What's wrong?" Marcus asked.
"He is completely black and white!"