For my friends
Nixion and Cyrus fly through the sky with gold electricity circulating their bodies.
"Hey Nixion, why don't you just accept the inevitable? That dagger is going to be in my hands by the end of this conflict, don't you see," Cyrus remarks.
"Tell me now, Cyrus. And I won't ask again! Those thirty-five years you were presumed dead, where the hell were you? What were you up to? And most importantly, what do you and this L.T.O. organization have planned?" Nixion asks in a stern tone.
"How about you just sit and find out, but if you stay in my way, you'll keel over before you get to watch the best parts?" Cyrus responds in a serious tone.
Suddenly a giant explosion happens down below, which is caused by Kage's energy release against Killer.
"What are those fools doing? First the giant titan and now a giant explosion. I might need to go check their progress," Cyrus speaks with a surprised tone.
"You will do no such thing!" Nixion yells as he flies over to Cyrus.
Suddenly from the ground, a giant green hand comes out, stretches to where Nixion is, and grabs him.
"The hell," Nixion shouts.
"So you've arrived, Solomon," Cyrus says as he sees Solomon float up from the ground.
"Yep, it was a hassle to get here too. drawing those portals is no joke I wish I just had the power instead," Solomon says in a frantic tone.
"Solomon, you as well!" Nixion shouts as he destroys the green hand holding him with one flex.
"Yep, that's my name. What? Don't tell me you actually believed that whole thing about me being missing; I was your favorite student after all. Thought you would know me better than that," Solomon remarks in a happy tone.
"So now another one of my students is part of this tomfoolery," Nixion says as he shakes his head in disappointment.
"So by you joining the battlefield..."
"Yep, the dagger got stolen," Solomon responds to Cyrus.
"Exploiter?" Cyrus asks.
"Yep, that little rat has some new tricks up her sleeves," Solomon says in an annoyed tone.
Solomon and Cyrus both dodge an attack from Nixion as they talk.
"Of course, it had to be that little thorn. I've wanted to take care of her for quite a while. Now I have an excuse, but no need to worry about it right away; she holds no threat to us; we will just make sure she figures that out," Cyrus says in a dark tone.
"Yeah, speaking of no worries, go ahead and handle your business; I'll make sure our beloved teacher stays put," Solomon says as he pulls out his pen.
"Are you sure you can handle him?" Cyrus asks with a serious tone.
"I know I can't beat him; even in his old age, they still call him the strongest OGi user, but I'm a pretty good distraction. Just be quick," Solomon responds.
"Hmph"
Cyrus begins to fly down to the street down below.
"Cyrus!" Nixion exclaims as he begins to chase after him.
"Yeah, let's not do that," Solomon demands as a book manifests in front of him.
As Solomon and Nixion clash, Cyrus speeds down to the roads, and he instantly sees Seth sliding away with the level three dagger.
"It's just a child. What is that Nisugi doing?" Cyrus asks himself.
Cyrus lands directly behind Seth as he's sliding.
"No, Seth!" Kage screams in the background.
Cyrus drives his right hand through Seth's abdomen, completely stopping him in his tracks.
"Wh— Ahhhh!" Seth screams in sheer pain as he throws up blood.
"Where do you think you're going with my dagger?" Cyrus asks in a dark tone.
Cyrus looks behind him and sees the destroyed area left after the battle over the dagger.
"You all are so pathetic, all this over such a simple task. L.T.O., go ahead and begin to pack it up. We're done here without a shadow of a doubt. This operation might not have ended with Nixion's death, but it is still a success because of this," Cyrus says in a commanding tone.
Cyrus pushes his hand even further through Seth's abdomen.
"Ahhhhh!" Seth screams in pure pain.
"No, Seth! Damn it, I don't have enough energy!" Kage thinks to himself as he tries to get off the ground.
"I still can't move my legs; they feel like weights! Why now?" Unknown says as he grits his teeth.
At the same time, Jason and Butch are still fighting.
"Come on, do we ever get a break!" Jason exclaims.
Jason attempts to run to Seth's aid but gets punched in the face by Butch.
"I thought you said we should finish what we started! Don't tell me you're going to disrespect your parents now," Butch remarks.
"Butch, forget the kid! Get me out of this quicksand so we can leave; there's no point even trying now that this monster is here," Ketsu yells as he slowly falls into the quicksand.
"Tch, you got lucky," Butch says as he uses the accelerate technique to rush over to Ketsu.
Butch swiftly pulls Ketsu out of the quicksand with the help of the flex technique.
"Ok, good, let's scram before he looks over here," Ketsu commands.
"Alright!"
Both Ketsu and Butch vanish with the accelerate technique, leaving the city with urgency.
"Yes, with that girlfriend-loving guy gone, I can go help Seth," Jason says as he continues hearing Seth's screams in anguish.
Suddenly Jason gets a shot at multiple times. After dodging every bullet, Jason looks to where they're coming from.
"Wow, we really can't catch a break," Jason says as he sees Killer who still looks fully healthy walking toward him with a pistol.
On the field of ice, Cyrus pushes his entire arm through Seth's abdomen and grabs Seth's right hand, which is holding the dagger.
"Make this easy and let go of the dagger. It might be worth more than your life, but are you really that desperate?" Cyrus asks in a cold tone.
Seth slowly turns his head around to look Cyrus in the eyes.
"If you want this damn dagger, you'll have to tear my arm off, you son of a bitch," Seth says in a disrespectful tone as he spits blood on Cyrus's cheek.
Cyrus looks at the blood on his cheek and wipes it off with his left thumb.
"Fine," Cyrus says with a smile.
Cyrus pulls Seth's right arm with great force through his abdomen.
"Ahhh!" Seth screeches.
"You said I would have to take your arm, and now when I take your word to heart, you scream in pain. How interesting how fast the tables can turn," Cyrus says in a dark tone.
Cyrus yanks Seth's arm through his chest, completely tearing it off from his body. Seth instantly falls to the ground with blood splattering from his chest and the stud where his arm used to be.
"Ahhh! My arm! My fucking arm!" Seth screams in pain as he rolls on the ground.
"Yes, your arm. What a dilemma! Hahaha! How will you live without it?" Cyrus remarks with a cheerful expression as he takes the level three dagger, examines it, and throws Seth's arm to the side.
Cyrus turns around and begins to walk away, leaving Seth for dead.
"Ok, we got the dagger. L.T.O., let's get out of this doomed city. We have other things to prepare for," Cyrus says with a calm demeanor as he cleans the blood on his arm.
Cyrus begins to walk away, and as Seth watches with his blurry vision, he feels a pool of blood building under him.
"Fuhh"
Seth puts his left arm to his chest and freezes the hole shut.
"That's better. That should keep me from losing more blood," Seth thinks to himself as he breathes out of control.
Seth also freezes over the place where his arm used to be to stop the blood while also using the recover technique to soothe his wounds.
"Shit! Everything still hurts, but at least the hard part is over. Now the bastard has the dagger; there's nothing I can do now," Seth says in a defeated tone.
The blurriness in Seth's vision finally goes away, and the first thing he sees past Cyrus walking away is Kage, Alexander, and Unknown struggling to get up while Jason runs from Killer.
"Just hang in there, Seth," Unknown says in a struggling tone.
"Just in a little sticky situation," Jason says as he sends multiple rocks at Killer.
"I don't have any OGI left, but I can still do something to save you, brokie," Alexander remarks as his body trembles.
"You better not die, you annoying prick!" Kage exclaims in a desperate tone.
After seeing all of them struggle to come to his aid, Seth remembers the last words of his mother as he drags his body through the ice with a struggle expression.
"Seth I know it won't be the same without me around, but I know you'll meet many wonderful friends on your path. You will grow to love your friends, even though you may pretend to hate them due to a superiority complex. Haha, I love you, Seth, and I want you to love your friends the same way you would love me. Defend the ones you love, Seth, and become a man who stands at the top with his friends."
Suddenly the silver chain from his mother slipped out of his shirt and started dangling off his neck. After remembering his late mother's words, he then remembers what Unknown told him earlier as he feels the aches from his body worsen despite his recover technique.
"I trust you, so trust me! Everyone... Protect Seth!"
Then finally, as he puts his left hand on the ground to push himself up, he remembers the words of Kage.
"I know you're faster than that! Do you know how many times we battled haul ass motherfucker! Run, Seth!"
"They all fought so hard to grant me an opportunity to get that dagger out of here, and I fucked it all up!" Seth shouts at himself as he spits up blood with a frustrated expression.
Blood vessels start to bulge in Seth's arm and head.
"Even now they are trying to help me when I fucked up!" Seth says as tears build up in his eyes.
Seth slowly begins to get up on his feet.
"I no longer have to prove anything to anyone. I'm free from all doubt, and that's all thanks to you!"
"Nobody wants to hear your damn sob story! They want to hear what you became after, and you for sure showed me what you've become! Don't forget all that training you did just to be able to fight me and prove I'm some fake!" Seth remembers Kage saying to him during the tournament.
"There I go crying again," Seth says as he wipes his tears.
Seth's eyes get serious as he looks at Cyrus's back.
"This isn't to prove anything to anyone, not even to myself! This is for..."
"I love you, Seth, and I want you to love your friends the same way you would love me. Defend the ones you love, Seth, and become a man who stands at the top with his friends," Seth's mom echoes in his head.
"This is for my friends!" Seth shouts as he breathes heavily.
"What is it now?" Cyrus says as he moves his head out of the way of an ice shard coming from behind.
"Hey, Cyrus Blackwood, or whatever your name is, turn your ass around!" Seth demands with mist leaking from his mouth.
"Seth, what are you doing?" Unknown screams in a worried tone.
"He's being a badass idiot! That's what he's doing!" Kage remarks with a proud smirk.
Cyrus continues walking even after hearing Seth's demands.
"Why should I waste my efforts on you again? You wouldn't be worth it even if you were in full health," Cyrus says in a disapproving tone.
"Oh yeah, go ahead and keep thinking that! You're going to see why to never underestimate me right here and now!" Seth declares with a determined tone as he coats his left arm and legs in ice.
Suddenly the entire area gets engulfed in extremely cold mist.
"I'm giving you everything I got! Icy Zone: Ice Kingdom!"
Chapter 195 end