Chapter 36 : Purge of Greenthorn Village II

Nova and Zankoku held their ground in the battle, having Nova mostly fight and kill their opponents alongside the others from the nations as well. 

The nations tended to kill only those they had to and knock out most of the mind influenced ones in order to not slay the innocent.

Elara focused on Varek as her opponent, having the higherups and other Mages from Mirazora on their way too in the attempt to capture him alive while she stalls the fight in actual attempts of winning.

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Ishoki's blade shone against the light's reflection and he immediately rushed at the one in front of him, getting ready to perform the slice to end his life.

"Mutatio!" Trix exclaimed as her eyes glowed a green, initiating another technique that means 'Control'. It's the hardest one for her to perform as she can do it once per day and it allows her to control what her target sees and their illusion if they're under it, even having the capability of placing them under her own.

However, if one has a stronger and more refined mind than her, the ability she casts is rendered useless. And that's precisely what happened, having her not only fail the ability but also freeze as it's reflected back onto her. High risk, high reward.

Satoru saw her zone out and quickly unsheathed his tanto blade, barely blocking Ishoki's death blow strike and proceeding to clash with him, barely keeping up.

He kept blocking, being on the defense as it was proving to be difficult to land a counterattack and put him on the defensive all whilst Trix was immobilized as of right now.

"He's strong!"

Clash after clash, blow after blow, Satoru focused on the anger, to release it at the one that's the root problem for all his troubles and abuse for all these years, but wasn't able to.

Quickly as a backup, he enveloped himself in Storm Cloak instead, gaining the speed advantage in the moment and going to strike down Ishoki.

Not allowing him to do that, his eyes formed a pattern in them, symbolizing a rune. It's the advanced demon eye, the progression, the 2nd stage.

The pattern in the only blazing red eyes went from the full red color to a formed patter symbolizing flames that seem to flicker and swirl around the iris, giving the impression of a raging fire.

"Astonishing progression, Satoru, yet you are NOTHING compared to the likes of me!" yelled out the grinning power demon eyed wielder after kicking him away.

Ishoki conjured and threw lightning rods at Satoru, which he blocked with his tanto blade, even enveloping it in his lightning and rushing at him.

Clashing once more, even cracking the entirety of the room's walls, floor and roof, the two combatants were still not going all out.

Growing angrier with each moment passing, with each strike delivered and attempted, the white haired boy's presence was changing, even having Ishoki take note of it.

His expression was remaining the same, or trying to at the very least.

Nor Satoru or Ishoki had the opening to cast abilities.

Knowing that Trix is in the room, he didn't want her to be wounded, so when he was given the smallest opening, he rushed to her.

"What's wrong, scared?!" Ishoki taunted.

As soon as he reached her, he picker her up instantly and jumped out one of the holes through the walls and gazed back at Ishoki for a moment.

"If what Eldric said was true, and the safe is enchanted, it should survive.."

What followed next stopped everyone's fighting on the streets, having them look to see what happened...

A humongous thunderbolt pierced through the entire large building with ease and blew it entirely up as they watched a cloaked figure fall to the ground from the top floor and place down Trix who was still immobilized.

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"What the fuck was that?!" 

"I don't know!"

From the dust shone- No... Was just visible a black humanoid armor. Ishoki's Samurai Spirit.

Having his knees bent so he doesn't break his legs, he stood back up and turned to Ishoki, ignoring the mass of people that stood there whilst still holding Trix in his arms.

"All of you, stop fighting." Ishoki spoke calmly "And bear witness to me killing the conduit that bears a beast of destruction.

The demon eye wielders, holding undying loyalty, did it in a moment. Using this opportunity, the nation's men quickly disarmed them and dropped them to their knees, holding them hostage whilst also remaining there and standing, looking at the large area where stood a figure cloaked in lightning and Ishoki. 

All of them knew Ishoki damn well and what he's capable, at most the rumors of what he's capable.

The lightning cloaked figure went to one of the nation's people and calmly said to make sure nothing happens to her otherwise he'll kill him and handed her to the female warrior who didn't utter a single word.

Satoru turned around and saw Ishoki's grin reach from ear to ear.

"I need to finish this. I need to kill him now because I won't get any other chance."

"That damned Spirit is annoying. But there should be weaknesses to it and it just so happens that one of them is me."

Satoru rushed at his opponent, performing signs with his hands, activating Stormstride.

He teleported above his behind his spirit, having his hand out to the side with the palm opened as if he was waiting for something.

Turning around, Ishoki's spirit went to strike him, but the boy vanished above. Using the other hand of the black spirit, he went to grab him yet once more he vanished instantly.

Being in front of his spirit, Ishoki's samurai spirit acted and went to slice him with the sword that it possessed.

Right before impact, his spirit dispersed as it's oblique, the spirit's oblique, was pierced through by Satoru's axe, causing it entirely to disperse.

Acting quickly, Satoru rushed at him, catching him off guard and aimed to strike him head on with the axe.

"Got you."

Unfortunately and shockingly, he was sent flying back and rolling on the ground, with the axe falling from his grip, stopping right before impact with a building.

He looked up and saw that a black cloaked figure stood there.

"Varek? No. This one's face isn't burnt. Yet I do not know who it is."

The guy performed a gesture and uttered something that was quiet, a Mage no doubt it is, but the spell.. It unbound every demon eye wielder and they began battling once more with the nations with the additional help of the mind influenced villagers of Greenthorn.

"You are stronger than before Satoru, I admit it. Despite that, I still have to and will kill you." Ishoki said to him.

Trix appeared beside him, recovering from her failed ability as if nothing had happened, understanding what's going on. "I'll take the Mage if you want." she offered to Satoru who accepted.

They both took a stance and Satoru vanished before her, appearing at Ishoki, throwing a white thunder senbon to his face. He moved his head, making it pass it, making the boy appear behind him with the tanto blade, which Ishoki expected and pirouetted, going for his head now.

Satoru did backwards handspring, landing right into a punch to the ground, activating True Thunder and stunning Ishoki, also hitting him with Thunder Breaker and lunging at him, going for a heart stab.

His opponent moved out of the way quickly in the last moment, grabbed Satoru's arm, twisted it and kicked him in the stomach, dropping him to the floor and going to kick his head in.

Before impact could be made, his body poofed and he substituted, appearing above Ishoki, catching him by surprise once more and going to axe kick him mid-air. Using his forearm he blocked and acknowledged that Satoru's kick was strong, that it was heavy.

Using his other hand, Ishoki performed a slice with his blade at the boy above him, yet he kicked himself off up into a back flip and threw multiple Shock Rods. Almost with ease did the head of the demon eyed clan block and deflect them.

"This brat is capable fighting me without gazing into my eyes! How troubling that must be!" Ishoki thought to himself.

Immediately when landing, Satoru used Thunder Circus, which despite blocking, exploded and gave burns to Ishoki's hands and forearms.

He winced for a moment and checked his arms, diluting his sight from the boy for just a mere moment.

Satoru began to form his signs for Stormstride. Stopping him was the black infernal flames that appeared below him caused by his opponent's eye prowess.

"Fuck."

The flame began to form over Satoru and catch onto his shoes, burning his feet and shoes off, deliver the worst degree of burns.

The boy moved out of it, being able to outrun it yet it pained him each step. He began forming something in his hand.. Lightning Flicker.

Destroying and burning the ground behind him, he rushed at Ishoki, piercing him through the oblique as it was tough to land it at all on someone strong.

Ishoki kicked him in the face, lifting him off the ground and an exploding black flame was sent to be delivered to him during the current period of being stunned.

[Thunder Ball] was activated, minimizing the damage from it, yet still being hit and burnt.

Satoru landed and went into a handspring at Ishoki, feet first, kicking the air and sending out rods of lightning from his feet unexpectedly that connected.

"This boy... Such lightning control!" Ishoki thought to himself as he was yelping.

From above, he was hit by Thunder Breaker once more too, getting knocked onto one knee.

After landing, Satoru's axe flew to his grip.

"I-I refuse to lose h-here" screamed Ishoki, fighting through the pain and going to both expand his Samurai Spirit once again as well as launching multiple inferno flame attacks directly at Satoru in front of him.

Satoru was hit and burnt by the inferno flame attacks, it was unlike any burning pain and sensation he's felt, knowing beforehand that inferno flame, black flames, are one of the strongest types of pyres. 

His face was burnt too, specifically the left cheek and around the eye, making it hard to even keep it open, having to close it.

Yet fighting through it, fighting through the pain, knowing that this is nothing he's sustained over the years, he swung his axe whist speaking something that only Ishoki heard and decapitating him.