"I'm sorry but you guys have to wait at least 3 days until you can enter the Academy" The Knight replied
The Fangra went back to the magnificent Lake they first saw
"Damn I can't believe that we need to wait for 3 days" Alya said as she laid on the grass
"It's a bummer but we need to train so we can defeat the students there and rise to the top" Cinister said with a determinant look in his face
"But even if you defeat them do you think you can ever beat Allen?" Ragna chimes in
Cinister pondered to himself "I can't see him even giving his all in a fight"
"Fair but how will we even get stronger" Alya said as she got up from the grass "We already fought ourself too many times"
"We need a new and stronger opponent then" Ranga replied
"Maybe I could help" Draen said as he pulled up behind Cinister
"Where did you come from!" Cinister replied while taking a step back
"Well if I'm going to protect this land I have to be able to hear everything" Draen replied
"You're too strong for us though" Alya said as she stood by Cinister
"Yeah we are strong but you were in a world of your own" Ranga continued
"Point taken but what if we make it a 1v4" Draen stepped aside to show Yoake who now was wearing a scarf around his face area
"Yeah I'm teaming up with you losers to beat up this grandpa" Yoake declared
"Yo Yake they didn't let you in huh?" Cinister greeted him
"You know what I'm not even going to correct you but let's go back to the main issue" Yoake replied "Even if we team up we still wouldn't defeat you"
"True so how about I make things easier for you" Draen proposed "If all 4 of you hit me just once you win but if all of you fall on your knees I win"
"Bring it gramps" Yoake said signaling the start of the battle
First he begins by starting to set a trap but was interrupted
"Too obvious" Draen made a remark as he started accelerating towards Yoake with the intention to dropkick him but in that moment Cinister activated [Ashen Veil] as the trapper relocated somewhere inside the ability and set up his traps.Draen stopped right before entering the veil and looked at Cinister
Matchup: Draen vs Cinister
"So you're the support and backbone of the team huh?" Draen asked
"Yeah but just so you know it's not good to get distracted" Cinister answered
Then out of the sky Alya and Ragna dropped to hit Draen with [Astral Sign] and [Water Surge]
"Never did." Draen replied as he sent two Dustbreaker drills to pierce through Alya and Ragna.
Fortunately Ragna reacted quickly and used [Bubble] to parry the drill right back at Draen
"Not bad kid" Draen said as he flexed the muscles in his right hand to catch the projectile that was going faster than a lighting bolt.
"He caught that!" Ragna said with a shocked expression as he was falling through the air
Draen then prepared to throw back the drill at the same speed at Ragna
FLOOSH
"Shit!" he thought to himself
"[Fire Ring Double] and [JetBurst]" Cinister casted as he managed to get Ragna out of the drill's trajectory
"Nice save" Ragna replied as he stood back up "But why are you playing more supportively"
"No problem" Cinister replied "Because if I go on the offensive we will lose so I need to play defensively"
"Makes sense I guess" Ragna said as he prepared to attack again
"Are you guys done plotting?" Draen said as he prepared roots from the ground to bind Cinister and Ragna
Cinister casted [Fire Ring Double] on Ragna and [Zero Delay], making a sphere around him.
One of the roots entered the sphere and Cinister's reaction time spiked
Dodge
Dodge
Dodge
With scary precision Cinister was able to dodge the roots and close the distance between them
"So a support ability that's like a smoke bomb, another that's a speed and power boost and lastly a sphere that lets you dodge anything" Draen remarked "Data implanted"
"Huh?" Cinister was shocked as he stood back and casted [Ashen Veil] around all of the Fangra and Yoake
"[Drill Break]." Draen said quietly as he sent a huge drill towards the [Ashen Veil] that Cinister was hiding in
Then the mage felt his left ear missing "So he stores data and makes a counterplay, fortunately I can heal it up and our joker is finally ready. Go Yoake!"
[Dustbind] Three pillars of dust imprisoned Draen in one place as Yoake managed to barely make contact with Draen's arm leaving a little pierce wound before he got out. "Caught you off guard, didn't I, dipshit".
"You sure did, but that means you're out of the fight" Draen said as he kicked Yoake in the stomach, sending him towards a tree.
"Don't forget about me" Alya said as she tried to stab him from behind
"I haven't" Draen replied as he kicked backwards sending her and her daggers flying
"Shit" she replied as Draen was beginning to bind her with [Roots]
"Nice decoy" Cinister came behind Draen ready to punch him
But Draen laid on the floor and two drills were ready to impale them
"There's a third piece in this link up play" Ragna said as he slashed down at Draen
"Wow you guys really are something" Draen replied "It's unfortunate that I'm just better"
Draen placed his hands on the ground for a hand stand and blocked his sword strike with his foot
"Now what knight?" Draen asked
"I knew you'd do that" Ragna replied "That's why I was waiting"
Then 150 [Aqua Blades] started falling from the sky towards the protector
"Well that's not good" Draen started breakdancing trying to avoid the blades
SLASH
One of the blades cut through Draen's kimono
"Well that's good enough for you" he replied as he axe kicked Ragna into the ground
We cut to Cinister's POV
"Ok two of us are already qualified and by the looks of it Yoake is the only one who has a chance of coming back" Cinister thought to himself "I have to help Alya hit him"
"Hey Alya let's try another-" Cinister was cut off
"No I want to to do it by myself" Alya commanded
"But you might get kil-" Cinister was worried about her
"I don't care." Alya replied "I have been holding you two back so please just qualify yourself then I'll do it"
"Fine just please be safe" Cinister said as he ran towards the opponent
"So you finally grew some balls to fight me instead of hiding in the smoke bombs" Draen teased
"Yeah and I'll show you why I'm the leader of the Fangra" Cinister said
Cinister casted [Zero Delay] and used [JetBurst] to kick him but Draen quickly countered with a kick of his own
Then Cinister jumped back as he dodged the strike and used [Pyroclasm]
FWOOSH
The 3 rings stretched out towards him but Draen jumped over them and used [Roots] to bind Cinister's feet to the ground
Then he gave Cinister a 5 piece combo into a kick sending him flying
"Shit my mana is running low because of the constant support" The Scaler thought to himself "I guess I have just one more trick up my sleeve"
Cinister went to a specific spot and started setting up his spell
"So what's your grand plan, Leader" Draen said cockily as he started walking towards Cinister
"Well I admit that by myself I would never defeat you" Cinister stated "But I've been eyeing this spot for a while"
Draen took one more step but unknowingly he stepped on Yoake's trap that triggered right in front him [Dusthorn] as a giant spike almost pierced the guardian of the academy letting Cinister finish casting the spell
"You dumbass, I ain't out yet" Yaoke provoked
"Thanks for the assist but now it's my turn" Cinister said
Mixed Nexus:
Molten Prison
The four pillars came out and surrounded 50 km of space and creating a veil that nobody can escape from
"What the!" Draen was a little shocked "A Mixed Nexus on your level is quite the accomplishment"
Then he was set on fire and started to burn
"Does that count as a hit?" Cinister asked while being on the verge of passing out
"Yeah I'll count it so you should take a rest" Draen said as he punched him in the gut putting him Into unconsciousness
SHATTER
The Nexus broke leaving a bit of dust
"Well one person hasn't hit me" Draen stood in the middle of all the dust of the broken Mixed Nexus "And it's you miss Assassin"
[Blinkgate] is triggered as Yoake warps to Alya "I know you don't want to be helped but do me a favor and don't worry about getting hit in this last charge. I've got you covered whether you like it or not. " Yoake mumbled so that Draen couldn't hear him
Final Matchup: Alya and Yoake(assist) vs Draen
Editors Note : Lowk feel bad for Cinister and Ragna but it is what it is
Yoake wasn't happy with the names of his traps so he decided to rename them to sound more fabulous :
binding trap- Dustbind
normal trap-Dustthorn
absorption trap-Dustsiphon
Sorry for the mistakes last chapter - The editor / Co-writer