The party stumbled back..
The projectiles turned towards them
Sukiro's hand released
And so did the skill
The mage flew his arms wide open his ring glowed it was an artifact
"Ring of earth lend me your strength!" he yelled
A giant wall appeared
"Rune of dragon lend me your magic!"
His mana triplied the wall grew more with a shield of mana around it
It barely held against the attack
The mage was pushed back.. His feet struggled against the ground
His hands felt a weight unimaginable
His own attack was being used against him
That's when he realised he just had to cancel his skill
A-rank skill: sky burn [0% output]
The skill slowly vanished into thin air
Sukiro stared at them then at his own hand..
He looked around everywhere
To the party it looked like he had gone insane completely he had feral up till now but it seemed his mind had stopped
But sukiro saw something else
He could see it.. Mana the very essence of power
He could smell it, feel it as if it was flesh
...
Something which should have never been possible occurred in that moment
And then..
The world fell silent
The voice of the words spoke
Skill: mana manipulation [unlocked]
He stared at his hand
The corner of his lips curved into a smile or at least something similar
He gathered mana around his hand..
And slowly turned it into magic
The party saw it.. It was like a flame of mana on his hand
He turned his hand around again and again amused..
Then slowly pulled more and more..
A sphere formed in his palm
The party saw it after it materialised from mana to magic
It was small yet concentrated
Highly concentrated
His hand turned to them
A wicked smile on his lips
BOOM!!!
Something clashed against it
Dust flew everywhere..
Silver hair.. Blue eyes and an old leather coat..
The leader of the supreme dominion
Meanwhile..
The explosions had been heard throughout the large forest..
Elijah finally met up with the rest
"Elijah!" sebastian called out
Elijah looked back and stopped
The rest caught up
"Did you hear that?" sebastian spoke
"If you mean the explosion that obliterated half of the forest then yes it was impossible to not hear it"
"What do you think it was?" sapphire asked
"I was hoping that we wouldn't want to find out" elijah muttered
His tone changed "whatever it was.. Its strong stronger then me"
"Stronger than me aswell.." sebastian added
The party exchanged looks
Elijah never admitted anyone to be stronger than him..
Neither had Sebastian..
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A roar pierced like lightning..
The party covered their ears..
They looked at each other…
Everyone knew whatever IT was all of them would need to be together to stand a chance against it
BOOM!!!!
Another loud explosion…
In the forest…
The leader had arrived just in time..
S-rank skill: rebound art [100% output]
The sphere deflected back to sukiro in an instant..
He roared so ferociously that the entire forest felt it
And then met with the explosion..
"Kyros!!!" the party yelled
"Am i.. Late" he smiled
The party lightened up with hope
"We thought it was over for us" the tank spoke
"that … IT is not human" the healer shivered in fear
"I know" kyros replied
"He can reverse spells, stop it in mid air and use it against you! " the mage shouted
"He just did something with mana i couldn't even understand it"
RRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Another roar even more inhumane the before..
His hands had spread out his fingers separated like a predator, he screamed into the sky
He got on all fours..
His hands gripped the ground and then..
He opened the earth from his hands ripping it apart..
A giant canyon formed the party lost the ground beneath their feet
The mage just in time formed a surface made of mana beneath them…
But it was too late
Sukiro or whatever IT was and already covered the distance in a single leap
Kyros twitched as he stumbled
'
Sukiro's hands inches away from him as he charged like an animal a monster
If that attack hits him he is done for..
SWEEP!!!
CRASH!!!
A mysterious object hit sukiro with such force he was sent flying away..
From the distant trees a hand is still..
In his other hand is a body
Dead
He walks out
Sirius..
Elijah stands in the sky above and Sebastian arrives like lightning..
Sapphire stands with him
The emeralds have arrived!
"What was that thing?! I have never seen a monster like that it was so quick" sirius wondered in thought
"Was that who I think it is?" Elijah gripped his staff tighter
"There's no way.. That could be.."
From the shadow, the dust
A figure gripped the rocks as he got up..
RAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone present in the forest had to cover their ears…
The monsters ran away..
The forest had finally seen something more horrifying than itself…
He got on all fours and leaped into the air..
That's when the emerald finally saw who it was
He had grown claws.. And fangs now
He was..
Sukiro
The one they had raised themselves..
Their member, family
Their eyes widened in disbelief
Every single of them thought the same in
that moment
"That's sukiro!!!"
The sky darkened as if it couldn't let the sun shine
The wind stood still as if it couldn't move
Darkness emerged
Yet this was not darkness at all
This was something else
A different beast