Chapter 75 - Spear of Leonidas (2)

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They both run towards the skeleton and begin combat.

Alden punches the skeleton's spine then Silvan takes a big leap off of Alden's back. He punches the eye socket and leaps over such skull to try and dodge any attack. He leaps off of its wide neck bone only to be backhanded to the ground. Alden is then hit with 3 strong and devastating strikes. His guard is completely destroyed, leaving him completely open.

To finish off, the skeleton lands a punch to the chest that knocks Alden to the floor.

Silvan blurs forwards with his amazing speed and punches in its left knee. However, he is quickly stopped by a left hook. He hurls across the battlefield and hits the ground hard. Both Alden and Silvan struggle around on the ground in a lot of pain. Alden starts burning the grass around him by simply trying to get up. He stands and is surrounded by dark, dead grass. Silvan stands too, not being willing to back down.

Tanji says to inform them "Almost done!" The entire tip is cloaked in a crackling cluster of bright lightning. The handle of the spear also violently crackles with trickles of lightning.

The skeleton steps forward and slams down with all four arms but Alden blocks the attack. This attack quickly puts Alden onto one knee. The noise is also much louder than expected. Alden jumps to the side and just about dodges the slam, only to be slammed in the breastbone and launched at least 10 metres away.

His fists stop cloaking in his screeching fire and he struggles to stand.

Tanji says "I'm done!" He hurls it at Alden and he catches it with a simple hand. He steps up to one knee and quickly begins forming the final spear. His fire already starts to build up and trickle down towards the tip.

Tanji shakes around and says "Alright. We don't try and win we just hold out. There's no chance we can overpower this thing." He blocks a bone projectile with his metal knuckleduster plate and catches the bone before it even hits the ground with his speedy reflexes. He flips it around into his palm and throws it to the side. He activates his Steel Fist Technique and quickly runs forward to try and use the art.

He lands a good hook and makes a good crack. Silvan hits that same exact area before blocking an incoming bone projectile. Tanji is launched with a simple kick but he rolls and disperses the impact as much as he possible can. He's definitely shaken up by this but is definitely able to keep himself going.

Silvan uses his swift abilities to keep himself from getting hit as long as possible. He leaps up and punches its sternum to follow and land a strong side kick to its vulnerable spine. He dodges a punch only to be hit with the other two arms. He is literally hurled right over Tanji's head and into the dirt below. The battle certainly isn't going in their favour.

Tanji rushes forwards and doesn't intend to hold back. He blocks the first strike up to his head and swiftly moves on to two planned strikes to the ribs. This definitely move the skeleton a little but he, non-surprisingly, doesn't cause that much damage. He blocks a hit to his forearm but it fractures on impact. He's stabbed by a bone appendage from the skeleton's fist and lifted off of the floor. His healing factor is really starting to wear down from the constant healing in the past few hours.

He is thrown next to Silvan and cannot get up. He just shrivels on the ground, struggling from the shooting agony. The skeleton is annoyed. This fight has gone on too long and they just keep coming back. It wants to finish this off now. Tanji is still on the floor, barely able to move. Silvan is just about on his feet, stumbling from side-to-side. Everywhere hurts. The bones, the muscles. Everything. In a constant, gnawing agony.

The skeleton bangs the ground and causes it to tremble from the terrifying strike force. It runs forward with running speed it hasn't displayed any time prior. Tanji simply closes his eyes and prepares for his inevitable fate. Death.

However, he hears a trickle of lightning above his head mixed in with the screeching of a certain flame. Alden's flame.

Alden takes a strong step forwards and pulls back the spearhead almost to his ear. "SPEAR OF LEONIDAS!!" He propels such spear with an alarming force. A strong trail of electricity and fire is left behind it.

It stabs through the skeleton's skull and explodes with all of the clashing forces within the blood red spear. The skull of the skeleton explodes and its body thumps to the ground.

Tanji opens his eyes and the sight is unbelievable. Alden drops to a knee in exhaustion and Silvan falls to his hands and knees, being a step away from passing out. Tanji is still too weak to stand but he sees a small notification pop up in front of him.

[SUDDEN QUEST COMPLETE!: First Mission. Succeed in the first mission.]

[+1,200XP, +1 New Qi Beast, +1 New Art]

He smiles but isn't able to read the other notifications before he passes out.

75 CHAPTERS! To be honest, I never thought I'd make it this far with the series and I hope you guys have liked what I've done so far.