Chapter 106-Noah vs Tungsten

"It's been a while…Tungsten Brasher…" I say as I watch Tungsten's iron walls rise out of the ground around us.

"And while I'm flattered that you've been thinking about me all this time…" I continue as I turn to face Tungsten, before my face narrows into a scowl, "LEAVE ME TEAM ALONE!"

"I can no longer do that, Noah," Tungsten replies as he aims his staff at me, "You, and your team…have taken EVERYTHING away from me! And even still, you plan to rob the entire LIVELIHOOD of bandits across the world!"

"Your livelihood hurts people…" I growl, "Khione…Mary…"

"Necessary pawns for my plans, "Tungsten smirks as he lowers his staff, "Mary, Flint, the Ice Charger…it took ALL of their help to defeat me. What makes you think you can fight me one on one?"

"We were suffering from our wounds from the previous battle," I answer, "And I…am a whole new person from when you last found me."

I frown as I grip the black eyepatch covering my right Devil Eye.

"Is that what the buzzcut is for…?" Tungsten ask.

I pause.

"Um…yeah…" I answer.

"Then let's see how "new" you've become," Tungsten says as he slams the butt of his staff against the ground, and silver sparks of energy begin to burst and swirl around Tungsten's body, "Iron Charge, Level One: Pole Pistol!"

Tick iron rods then begin to shoot out of the walls of the iron wall behind Tungsten, and fly towards me.

In response, I resume my Charge Stance.

"Water Charge, Level Five: Liquid Armor!" I shout, and as Tungsten's iron rods blast into me, they pass right through me with no give, as if I was made of water.

Tungsten's eyes widen slightly, as if he was somewhat shocked by my development.

"So you can turn your body into water now?" Tungsten asks, "Impressive."

"Yeah," I reply, "This is new."

"Iron Charge, Level One: Pole Pistol!" Tungsten shouts as he sends even more iron rods flying out of the iron wall behind him towards me, blasting into me, and attempting to pummel me.

I let out a battle cry as I began charging towards Tungsten.

Tungsten lets out his own battle cry as he sends HUNDREDS of iron rods flying out of the iron wall behind him towards me, but no matter how many iron rods Tungsten attempts to club me with, none of them have an effect on my liquid body.

Once close enough to Tungsten, he holds a hand in the air, as silver sparks of energy begin swirling around his arm.

"Iron Charge, Level Four: Buzzsaw Sword!" Tungsten shouts as iron spikes spread out of Tungsten's iron skin, forming a jagged, saw-blade sword for an arm.

As Tungsten swings his buzzsaw sword arm towards me, which has no effect as it passes through my water body, I resume my Charge Stance.

"Water Charge, Level Three: Rapids Claw!" I shout as water begins swirling around my fist, which I launch towards Tungsten's jaw.

Before my spell can connect, Tungsten slams the butt of his staff into the ground again, as silver sparks of energy begin to burst and swirl around his body again.

"Iron Charge, Level Three: Dragon Scale!" Tungsten shouts as the flesh of his face turns silver, like iron, and once my spell connects with Tungsten's face, I manage to cause Tungsten's head to snap to the side, but otherwise it has no effect against his cold, hard skin.

"Damn," I grunt.

With a smirk, Tungsten turns back to face me, pushing my fist away in the process.

Tungsten then raises a hand, and as he clenches each finger into a fist one by one, his hand slowly turns into iron.

"Iron Charge, Level Three: Dragon Scale!" Tungsten shouts as he launches a fist onto my gut, causing me to double up and split up a glob of blood as I'm sent flying backwards. My back SLAMS into the iron wall behind me, causing me to slide down it, then flop to the ground in a pool of blood.

"Damn it…" I grunt as I prop myself up with my forearms, "I'm still inexperienced at turning my body into water…"

But I don't have much of a chance to rest when I hear Tungsten shout: "Iron Charge, Level One: Pole Pistol," and iron rods fly out of the wall behind me.

Swiftly, I scramble up to my feet and resume my Charge Stance, turning my body into water as Tungsten's iron rods blast into me, having no effect on my water body.

"ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP USING THOSE MEASLY TRICKS?!" Tungsten roars through the smoke.

"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE, TUNGSTEN!" I roar back.

More iron rods come flying towards me through the smoke, and in response, I resume my Charge Stance, as Tungsten shouts: "Iron Charge, Level One: Pole Pistol!"

"Water Charge, Level Three: Squirt Gun!" I shout as I thrust a hand towards Tungsten's iron rods, but as the water leaves my hand, I yelp from the pain.

"Crap, I let Tungsten get me angry!" I cry.

My Squirt Gun blasts into Tungsten's iron rods, melting them, and reducing them to a puddle of silver metal.

"Heat too, huh?" Tungsten asks as the smoke clears.

"That's not all," I smirk as I resume my Charge Stance.

I take a deep breath in…then out.

"Calm down, Noah…" I say to myself as ice-cold water begins swirling around my hand, "Remember…what you're fighting for…"

Now calm, my eyes shoot open as I glare at Tungsten, who's in his Charge Stance as well.

"Water Charge…"

"Iron Charge…"

"Level Four…"

"Level One…"

"-TYPHOON!"

"-POLE PISTOL!"

With a roar, I slash a hand towards Tungsten, sending a wave of water flying towards him.

Meanwhile, Tungsten thrusts his staff towards me with a roar of his own, sending dozens of iron rods flying out of the wall behind him towards me.

My wave of water wraps around Tungsten's ron rods, freezing them in place and encasing them in ice.

Tungsten's eyes widen. "Ice…too?!" He cries.

My Typhoon then blasts into Tungsten, wrapping around him in a giant whirlpool.

Tungsten screams as he's sent flying 'round and around in my whirlpool.

Until then…my whirlpool SLAMS Tungsten into the ground, before splashing everywhere, dousing Tungsten's iron walls and cause them to freeze then cold-snap, shattering them, sending chunks of iron flying everyone, and OBLITERATING Tungsten's Dystopian Maze.