Swift and heavy attacks are launched on Noah. Putting him into the corner of the wall. The lady then delivers a powerful ax kick, breaking the wall behind her.
Immediately, Noah gets up and charges his fist. "Gravity-heavy fist!" It missed the lady who once again used her ability to walk on any surface. This time on the wall. She immediately goes behind Noah and swings her kick.
The kick made Noah stick for a second. Then, Noah got blasted away similar to what he felt earlier in the fight.
"Whoa!" The buildings around them got caught and were destroyed. Noah manages to recover and get up.
"Again. I blocked that kick but I was blasted away."
The lady kicks the ground and, using her ability, blasts herself, speeding toward Noah.
So fast in another moment if Noah hasn't thought of anything to counter. This will be a losing game for him.
"Oh, well yeah… Those boots are energy gear like my gloves." Those gears are doing something to cling onto walls and jump off them…"
"It's called attraction and repulsion…"
"Eh? A beggar?" Noah was caught and surprised by the beggar, who answered his question in mind. "How'd you know? Why are you here because it's dangerous?"
"Well, this alley is my turf, and now I think I have to go find another tuft because you destroyed it… I was a professor before. I'm earning a great salary, but when I lost my job, I lost my wife… My children… My house… and my friends suddenly didn't know me anymore. My life is full of regrets."
The beggar said sulking welling tears.
"Man, that's depressing, but I'm in the middle of something here… Please save yourself."
"There is no saving me… But those boots are coated with energy to generate power for the feet. It's impressive technology. Normally, that stuff doesn't exist… Oh, well, my booze bottle is now empty. Could you lend me some money?"
"That's not the time for that!!" Noah yelled, replying.
The lady sends a flying kick. "Thud!" The sound echoed after Noah blocked the kick with his own.
"That's no use kid, I can just simply blast you away… What?" The lady looked toward Noah's feet with skepticism.
"Well, I don't completely understand your ability, but my gravity power looks superior to your attraction and reputation… Before you'll be able to send me flying again. I will suck you into my gravity field."
The lady used her left foot on Noah's head. Noah caught her foot and magnetized it with gravity.
"I can't move."
Like Noah, he believed his gravity ability was far superior to a lady's ability. Having nothing to use to fight. Noah grinned and sent the lady flying up into the sky with a powerful kick.
With nothing for her to hold onto, the lady can cling to stuff and push off of it. Leading her to a disadvantage.
Noah blasted himself upwards to deliver the final punch to the pursuer.
However…
"Two more…? Noah sensed two more pursuers appearing on both sides of him. A lasso caught Noah's arms and released a discharge.
Bzzz. Bzzz. Bzzz.
"Ahhhh…" Noah wailed for a second in shock and hastily clenched his teeth. Holding to the electrifying lasso. He forcefully threw the holder away. His body slammed into the building to destruction. "Gravity Impact!"
High above, a big muscular guy goes off a dive. His head was covered with a thick spiky helmet. The jet pack on his back made him seem like a homing rocket.
"Impressive power."
Noah dodged every rocket-speed headbutt. After some time of playing tag mid-air, Noah finally caught him on his back where he could not see. "Gravity-heavy fist." He went, knocking the big guy down to the concrete road. Breaking the asphalt upon impact leads him to skewers.
The lady in boots goes back in sending kicks, which Noah dodges and runs away to make the distance to breathe. But the enemies don't have any plan for giving him time to recharge.
Missiles came flying to Noah. *Kaboom!* *Kaboom!* *Kaboom!*
"What the heck? These people don't care about who dies on the streets and inside the building. These people are psychotic."
Noah said, levitating high above.
"He can fly." The Lolita with a missile launcher on her shoulder said.
Noah goes to the rooftop of a building and looks around him.
"I'm surrounded by four of them…"
"Make it five." The man holding the princess on his shoulder cuts in. "To think that they'll send five royal guards against one lone boy is surprising."
He said while the sobbing princess was on his back.
"Lumine! Are you okay?! You are crying?"
"I got scolded real hard… And he spanked my butt."
Lumine said.
"Spanked… Wait Lumine is not at the age to spunk. That's sexual harassment," Noah argued.
"That's the plan, but I show her mercy. I merely scolded her real hard and brought out some bad words to make her feel worse."
"We're the royal guards of the Elysium kingdom. Our mission is to bring this naughty princess back into the castle… Brat, if you want to lead a normal life, forget about a princess. We don't want to kill anyone, but those who get in the way have to be exterminated."
The jerk face said to Noah and looked around him. Noah noticed that the others agreed.
Yet, Noah can't accept it.
Lumine is someone with a dream. And one must live to pursue what one wants in life. No one must be in charge of her destiny but herself. Noah doesn't care if she is a princess or not.
The eyes he saw that day. When they hold hands and drag each other to the new world they both want to explore.
Toward the never-ending journey.
Noah held his head down and asked:
"Princess Lumine… Give me orders now. What do you want me to do?"
"Noah…" Lumine smiled and said: "Noah, protect me from these five people and kick their butts for me."
Noah confidently raised his head. "I'll beat these guys down and protect you… For I am the knight of the princess."
The five royal guards were stunned at his words and then they noticed what was on Noah's collar.
"The badge of star and wing… The badge symbolizes a dream. That badge is made only for the personal knight of princess Lumine." The lasso guy said.
"You're kidding!" 3x
"Hey! Princess, what is the meaning of this?!"
Rave turned his raging face to Lumine.
Lumine startled and averted her head shaking.
"Y-Yes… I…I-I give Noah the title. The emblem of a dream. My knight."
"You little… That title is unassignable… This is humiliation." Rave was frustrated and it showed on his reddening face. The same goes for the others, their faces filled with disgust.
"Whoa… This knight thing must be amazing." Noah said.
"Kill… I'll grind you and burn you…"
"This hot babe is freaking me out this whole time."
"The knight of the princess and that badge have a special meaning. They don't belong to any regiment, nor do they follow orders from anyone else. They are loyal warriors who obey and move under the orders of the person who gave them the emblem… So to speak, it's the highest-ranked knight in the whole of the kingdom. That is the position everyone in the royal knights aspires to be in… Basically, that is something we desperately want to get on our hands."
Rave explained.
"We warned you once… Let off of the emblem and forget about the princess. We promise to give you riches and return to your safe old life."
"No! I will not hand Lumine this emblem… I like them both. Which is why I'll protect them… Also, I made a promise that I won't lose to anyone again."
Noah charges up his gloves and boots. Gravity around started to get stronger and stronger.
"Don't regret that brat."
Rave gives his signal and all four royal knights attack in four directions.
…
"I don't get it, princess, why I gave him the emblem? We have been protecting you since you were little. You could just have chosen one of us. Why?"
"That's…"
Lumine pulls her courage to respond to Rave's question. Even if it feels like hurting his personal emotions.
"When Noah is still a child he turns into a weapon and, up to this very point, he doesn't have freedom. He's trapped in the same place… Noah and I were similar. His desire to go out in the world and go on a journey with me resonates with my heart. If I had chosen one of you, I doubt that I'd be able to go on an adventure."
"That is true… That's a too-bad princess. That title is not something you should give over petty emotions like sympathy and empathy."
"I forgot to mention there is another reason why Noah is my chosen one."
A huge destructive sound was heard and all the four royal knights attacking Noah were sent away flying.
"Noah is strong… Although he's at this level now. I know he'll constantly improve and get stronger as time passes. In doing so, Noah will become the strongest knight in the world."