Chapter 3: Commander Drax vs. Elisa
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Traveling deep into the second level of the underground king's base, Elisa moves like a flash, rushing through long, narrow hallways that lead to what appear to be storage rooms, sleeping quarters, and medical facilities for their soldiers.
Reaching the last room on the second level, Elisa surveys her surroundings carefully, using her third eye to glimpse the future. The image of a tall man with gray hair, wearing a sailor hat and a thick brown coat, appears in her mind just seconds before.
Walking to the center of the room, Elisa senses that this man is clearly the second-in-command of the underground king's organization.
He is, in fact, far more powerful in his hollow energy presence than all ten thousand elites combined, even without red spice boosting his abilities.
Elisa, however, remains unfazed and more than ready to take down this second-in-command. Dropping into a low stance, almost crouching, with one leg slightly forward and the back leg behind for balance, she weaves her energy through the air, forming her divine weapon in her hand. A moment later, a beautifully crafted double-sided gun blade swings through the air, releasing a series of compressed hollow energy slashes.
'I don't have time to waste here...' While swinging her blade and launching hollow energy slashes, she turns into a blur, passing her sword strikes, reaching all the way up to the massive platform where the second-in-command stands.
Landing on the large platform, Elisa is immediately met with a barrage of punches and powerful kicks, each strike growing stronger and faster than the last. Yet, Elisa reacts even quicker, dodging between blows. She charges forward with her gun blade, firing multiple smoke rounds that explode.
The sailor leaps backward, darting with precision, narrowly avoiding the gunfire. He quickly pulls out a bronze-shaded revolver engraved with various colored runes that emit large amounts of hollow energy.
'...Oh, so it's a gunfight he wants...' Elisa dismisses her gun blade, smirking as she draws her revolver and cocks it.
The sailor smiles and says, "It's nice to meet you, young hunter. I heard from my boss upstairs, Mr. A, that you've been causing quite a mess—disrupting or destroying multiple trade routes, wasting our weapon supplies, and most importantly... killing nearly two-thirds of our assets with the loss of ten thousand elite soldiers." He growls and continues, "Oh, and don't get me started on all the territories you've liberated in the past two weeks. Think you're some hero? A savior, maybe... no, I'm ending that now—with a bullet straight into your head."
For a moment, Elisa gazes down at her sleek revolver. It's onyx-colored, designed to look stylish. The dark-green wooden handle is sturdy and intricately patterned with thorns and roses.
A second later, green and blue gunshots flash past each other at incredible speed as Elisa, the light-walker, and Drax, the second-in-command, ignite a bloody storm of gunfire.
BANG! BANG!! BANG!!!
In the dimly lit room, amid the constant whine of high-speed bullets flying back and forth, Elisa hums a low tune in her head while she continues firing more rounds at Drax.
Drax leaps backward into a somersault, dodging Elisa's deadly seed bullets. A smile spreads across his face, and in a split second, he snaps his fingers three times while watching Elisa. Three large, pressurized wind blades shoot toward her in a horizontal arc.
The wind blades tear through the air, each massive enough to slice through large portions of the room. Meanwhile, Elisa isn't worried—she has a plan and is more ready than ever.
Quickly, four seed bullets are fired from her onyx revolver, with hollow energy smoking from its sleek barrel. Moments later, all four seeds hit different parts of the room: two strike the ceiling, while the other two embed into opposite walls before Drax can fully react. He realizes the seeds quickly transform into a giant wooden birdcage trapping him inside.
However, Drax activates his full trigger ability, "Night Gale," which grants him control over deadly winds. He uses these winds both defensively and offensively—creating thick columns of swirling, pressurized air around himself. Moments later, he splits the birdcage in half with an attack called "Tornado Fang."
Splinters of Elisa's seeds scatter everywhere. But she takes advantage of the chaos, activating Burst Flow. Her body moves dramatically faster, turning into a green blur as she dashes across the battlefield. A spark ignites in her eyes as she activates Dead-Eye, boosting her accuracy and shot power—a deadly combo.
Moments later, another stream of blue and green shots flickers through the dim space.
Elisa keeps Drax from catching her off guard using Burst Flow and her quick revolver swaps, all while her third eye monitors Drax's hollow energy signature and scent.
Bang! Bang!
Two more shots are fired; however, Drax notices something slightly different in the seeds she's producing.
'These seeds she produces seem to vary in their effects. First, the ones she shot at me from her gun were brown, and from how they were used, they can immobilize my body and temporarily trap some of my trigger abilities.'
"Damn, bitch, you're pretty good." Still firing at each other, one of the red seeds previously fired disappears instantly. Drax's eyes dart around trying to locate Elisa's hollow energy signature, until suddenly, boom—his body is hit with a sharp pain as a second shot strikes his chest. Surprised and hurt, Drax's body begins to shift and contort, his bones breaking and hollowing out, muscles reshaping him into a giant, all-white eagle hybrid.
"Beast-type trigger ability—good to know." Before Drax fully comprehends what's happening, Elisa appears in front of him out of nowhere; in a swift motion, her legs drop into a low squat, her body twists, and with a forward kick, she sends Drax flying up into the ceiling, shattering it and creating a web of cracks in the wall.
"Such a physical body as yours can handle one of my base kicks, get up commander I know this battle isn't over already." Elisa hollow energy output rises covering the entire room in her scent.
Pulling Himself out from web of cracks, draxs body, thanks to his beast state grants him greater physical durability than when in his base form. He looks down to his stomach seeing the deep imprint of Elisa foot on him.
"You're going to die for that lady."
Draxs hollow energy spikes massively.
sparks of green light weaved in the air, forming Elisa double-sided gun blade back into her hand. Dropping down into her low squatted battle stance aiming her gun blade directly at commander draxs face.
"I'm ready when you are." Elisa smiles, massive waves of her light green hollow energy radiating from her body quietly, now in this battle she outputs her strength to an even greater heights.