Chapter 10. Disagreements

[Path of the Earth: Chains]

While the First was involved in a battle of views with the Second, Zass took advantage of the moment and bound the girl's legs into stone.

At this time, Wesley, who had found a convenient sniper position far from the battle, shot the First in the head. But the bullet stopped next to the monster, stopping its rotation and simply hovering in the air.

Wesley's bullets were imbued with fire energy, the concentration of which was so great that it penetrated any defensive techniques without any problems, dissipating any type of energy. This was the first time the enemy had managed to stop her bullets in this way.

- Crap!

Wesley said irritably.

[Wind Path: Dance of Death]

Glaive began to spin the scythe around himself. With each of her swings, energy cuts appeared, flying towards the First. But all the blows, without reaching the monster, seemed to hit something and dissipate.

Patrick, who was now away from the First, switched to the Second. Together with Walter, they unleashed a barrage of fiery attacks on the monster, but the Second dodged all of them.

Just as the warriors were preparing to strike again, the monster clasped its hands together. Patrick and Walter flew away from him as if something had pushed them away.

Walter flew straight to the First. Realizing this, he decided to attack it.

[Path of Fire: Belial's Strike]

While in the air, Walter made a direct strike. A clot of dark flame burst out of his hand.

[Earth's Path: Creation]

Zass created a wall of earth behind the First, hoping that after Walter's blow she would fly back and hit it.

Suddenly the girl disappeared in an instant.

*Boom*

Walter's flame easily destroyed the wall created by Zass and flew on.

The First appeared not far from the Second, who was exchanging blows with Patrick and Toby.

[Path of Fire: Demonic Pierce]

Noticing the appearance of the First, Patrick turned around with a deft movement and lunged towards the monster. Columns of flame erupted from the tips of his weapon and circled the girl without causing her any harm.

At this time, Mizuki again began firing at the Second, but the monster, with movements of his hands, changed the direction of the bullets, while at the same time dodging Tobi's attacks. Walter and Glaive used [Aspiration] techniques to quickly approach the monsters and attack them.

Sairan appeared behind the Second, as if weaving out of thin air. He swung his daggers, the blades of which were laced with poison, and was ready to strike the enemy with a perfect hidden blow.

- Enough.

A hoarse female voice sounded from under the First's mask.

All the warriors were pressed to the ground by a powerful force. Even Wesley, who was a few tens of meters away, was no exception. Among the entire team, she and Mizuki were not melee fighters, and therefore their internal organs received more damage from the First's attack.

- Strong!

Walter recognized the enemy.

He increased the density of fire around him. The warrior hoped in this way to reduce the effectiveness of the enemy's technology, dissipating its energy with his own. But that did not happen. The pressure on Walter was as strong as before.

- I told you, don't you dare touch my toys!

The Second came close to the barrier of the First, looking at her angrily.

After this, the pressure with which the First pressed the warriors into the ground began to affect the Second, but he remained standing.

The team couldn't believe that they couldn't do anything with the monster's technology. They had never felt so helpless before.

- What the hell are you doing!?

The Second's appearance began to change. The tattoos on his body seemed to be absorbed into his body. He became taller, his muscles became stronger, and his skin became covered with dark scales. Otherwise, he continued to look human.

The Second one hit the First one, breaking through her defense without any problems. But the girl deftly dodged the blow and, touching the monster's elbow, crushed the bones of his arm into small pieces.

- Argh!

Even though Second's regeneration instantly healed his injury, he was in a lot of pain.

He instinctively jumped back.

- Do you really want it?

The girl's hoarse voice was cold.

Behind her, Walter was finally able to rise to his feet. He increased the concentration of fire energy around his body so much that the flames he created began to leave burns on his skin.

Usually, the external energy used by the user does not harm him. But in Walter's case, part of the external energy that he controlled began to penetrate his body, increasing the amount of internal energy, which, having exceeded a certain limit, began to slowly destroy the warrior's body. Now it was as if Walter was using a simplified version of [Transformation].

Despite all the forces exerted, under the pressure of the monster, Walter moved with great difficulty. He walked towards the First with very slow steps, but excitement was burning in his eyes. The warrior was incredibly eager to fight this girl in battle.

- What a fun toy.

The Second whistled, he looked away from the First and looked at Walter.

- A simple bug.

With a slight wave of her hand, the First sent Walter flying.

The warrior flew tens of meters away, leaving the boundaries of the crater and breaking through the remains of buildings with his body. The rest of the team lay unconscious, bleeding.

Their bodies could not withstand prolonged exposure to high pressure. People breathed with great difficulty, their hearts hardly beat, and some blood vessels completely burst. In conditions of lack of oxygen, the consciousness of the warriors simply turned off. Now they were slowly suffocating.

- Are you just going to stand there or are you going to apologize?

The girl's voice was arrogant, as if she considered her ally as pathetic as the people gathered here.

- Freak... Do you think that if the master brought you, if he personally gave you the number, then now everything is allowed to you!

The Second one could not stand such treatment.

Around him, boulders began to rise, being torn out of the ground. It was as if space itself was lifting them up. The Second launched them into the First and ran towards it, hiding behind the boulders.

The First one stood still doing nothing. When the blocks flew close enough to their target, they seemed to break into space without ever reaching the enemy.

The Second secretly appeared behind the First and attacked her in the back with a direct blow. He was able to break through the barrier, but the girl again dodged the attack and, in the same way as the previous time, broke the bones of his arm.

However, this time the Second decided to do things differently. He canceled the regeneration and used his power to shoot small, crushed bones from his arm at the First.

The girl was slightly surprised. But, none of these small projectiles were able to penetrate her other barrier, which completely covered the monster's body. He was invisible, and only in those moments when the bones hit him, in the very space in which the First was located, ripples seemed to appear, like on water.

- Good move, I praise you.

The girl said condescendingly and, using her strength right under the Second's feet, pulled out a piece of earth that hit the enemy in the stomach and threw him up.

Having received the blow, the monster coughed up blood. Then the First used another technique and pressed the Second into the ground, simultaneously destroying the created piece of earth with his body.

- Bitch!

The pressure put on the Second was stronger than before. With great difficulty he rose to his feet.

-You're not even one of us...

He looked at the First with contempt.

- I am better.

The girl answered sarcastically.

Both monsters were ready to continue their fight.

But in just a moment, the Second was crushed. The remains of his body instantly turned to ash. A man appeared before the First, shrouded in an incredibly strong dark scarlet flame, under whose feet the earth turned into magma. The last remnants of his own skin were burning away on his body.

- You better not hold back.

The warrior, whose face was not visible due to the dense streams of fire, warned his enemy in a half-dead voice.

Chapter end