Ray calmly summoned his Seele Schneider and transformed his Ginrei Kojaku into his Einarmiger Bogen.
"Lets do this. C'mon." Ray taunted.
*THUD THUD THUD!*
Mars Rushed at Ray, His body Coated in diamond armour.
*SLASH!*
*BANG!*
Ray attacked first, bringing his Seele Schneider down in a sick arc. Mars took the blow head on, his armour chipping under the strain.
*WHOOSH!*
*THUD*
Mars retorted with a punch to the gut. But with Ray's Blut Vene and Reishi Enhancement combo, It felt like a tickle.
*TWANG!*
*THK!*
Ray held his Bow at point blank range and fired. The arrow pierced Mars's right shoulder, making him stumble backwards.
*SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!*
Ray capitalized, striking again and again with his Schneider at one spot.
The left shoulder guard.
Lotus saw what Ray was doing and intercepted, appearing out of thin smoke.
*BAM!*
He kicked Ray away from Mars. Mars used this moment to activate his fire magic.
*WHOOSH!*
Flame Recovery Magic: Pheonix Robe!
Ray raised an eyebrow he dusted himself off. His body language said that he didn't give a shit about what Mars was doing.
Ray spun on spot, scanning the smoke with his Soul Sight. Ever since returning from the Underworld, his soul sight had gone from being an active skill to a semi-passive skill. Now, he could toggle it and when it was on, it didn't use up any Reishi at all.
As Ray scanned, He saw Lotus's soul fragments scattered around the smoke.
'What an amazing technique... This guy not only Elementalized his body, but rather his soul as well.' Ray thought in awe.
"Stop zoning out while fighting me. Do I really look that weak?" Mars's voice sounded from Ray's side.
Without turning to him, he replied. "Jeez. Your so uptight. Yeah. Your weak."
Ray turned to face him. Mars's right shoulder was almost healed. He was now slowly building up layers on his armour. "Your moves won't so much as scratch me, as they are now. But that guy?" He pointed vaguely at the smoke. "His moves are way too interesting and effective. I can react to yours. His? I'll say 50% chance of me reacting."
Ray said as he flicked his Seele Schneider.
Mars's face darkened. His shoulder had healed. He quickly went on the offensive.
Mineral Magic: Colossal Diamond Titan!
*RUMBLE—CRUNCH—CRACK!*
A massive Titan, similar to the one Ray had mangled earlier took shape.
This one, however was much more bulky and looked more... colourful? It had Purple accents, a blue body, with yellow rings at the start points of all limbs, from the torso. It also had 2 black horns, decorated with more yellow rings.
Wth.
Did this guy think that Making his titan like that will make it better?
*BOOM!*
Puzzled, Ray dodged the titan's attack. It had clutched both arms high in the air and then brought it down, like a hammer. He used the arms as a launch board, propelling himself forward.
*WHOOSH!*
Suddenly, the Titan's other arm came at him from the opposite direction, aiming to swat him aside.
*Whoosh.*
Ray frowned as he stepped on air and launched himself backwards and away from the Titan's range.
*Tap.*
'Where the Fuck did that come from? I'm sure both hands were under my feet.' Ray thought as he landed.
That's when he saw it.
*DUN! DUNN!! DUNNN!!!*
Four more, arms emerged from behind the titan, floating in mid-air.
"What the..."
1 pair went below the already attached arms, and the other stayed above.
This, coupled with the colour scheme of the titan, reminded Ray of a certain Pokémon.
Fucking. Hoopa. Unbound.
REIO YOU- #$@$@#$%&@!!!
ARGGHHHH!!!!
HOW THE @#$& DID YOU MANAGE TO BRING POKEMON INTO THIS?!?!!?
C'mon man! He's already a diamond human. Now you're giving him Hoopa too? And not just any Hoopa.
Fucking. Hoopa. Unbound.
*FWHOOSH!*
One of the floating arms launched forward. As to what was propelling it? Smoke. This was Lotus and Mars's combo magic.
Mineral Creation Magic + Smoke Creation Magic: Six Floating Armed Mineral-Smoke Titan![1]
*SLAM!*
*BOOM!*
The arm slammed down at astonishing speeds. Ray retreated back.
Now that the Titan was made up of stronger and sturdier materials, plus, powered by Lotus's Smoke; The Destructive power had shot up and out of the roof.
Taking hits head on, like he did earlier was no longer viable. Dodging was his only option. And of course, One of his strongest suites.
While dodging incoming blows, he kept attacking with his arrows. But none of them managed to so much as scratch the body of the titan. All of them bounced off. He even tried Heilig Pfeil's in between, but they left only a light scratch.
'Fuck. That's beyond sturdy. I'm gonna need some serious firepower to break that...' Ray thought.
*WHOOSH!*
Speeding up his retreat, he made a massive gap between the titan and him and started charging up a Focused shot.
*BAM!*
Lotus, somewhere in the smoke, noticed this and suddenly formed beside Ray, drop kicking him before vanishing again. Ray's concentration broke.
'What the-'
The titan closed the distance. Ray retreated again and tried once more. Lotus noticed and attacked. Ray's concentration broke. Titan closed the distance.
'Damn it! That smoker's ability is a pain in the ass. I'll have to take Mars down first! If arrows won't cut it, I'll have to break him using Seele Schneider!!!' Ray yelled internally as he dodged again.
*THUD THUD THUD!*
*WHOOSH!*
This time, after landing, he took off again, equipping Seele Schneider and rushing towards the titan. Titan took his charge head on. Two massive fists filled Ray's vision.
*FLASH!-------SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING!SHING!SHING! SHINGSHINGSHINGSHINGSHING!!!!*
For a moment, everything went black. Suddenly, clear cyan-blue lines cut through the darkness, and everything returned. Ray was a few steps ahead of his original position, the Seele Schneider positioned at his waist like had just sheathed it. The Titan's arms were behind him. Blue slashes slowly appeared on them, and then, they shattered.
Seele Schneider: Blitz
*SWOOSH—CRACK!*
Mars didn't wait. He swung the other Titan's hand at Ray's position, while launching another floating arm at him, aiming to flank him. Ray leapt high, well above the approaching arms and directly over the titan.
*VMMMMMM!!*
A huge amount of Reishi gathered around the Seele Schneider. The Sword-like weapon thickened and elongated. The former, Longsword shape of the Seele Schneider dissolved into a massive Broadsword-x-Longsword the size of 1 and a half Astas.
Seele Schneider; Mode: Dragon Slayer[2]
*FWOOOMMM!!!*
*WHOOSH!*
Ray twisted his body midair and stepped on air to propel himself downwards and towards Mars and his titan, with Dragon Slayer raised high above his head.
Seele Schneider: Overpowering Slash!
Even more Reishi started gathering within the sword as Ray descended rapidly, propelled by his midair launch, gravity, and the weight of the sword. The sword itself, by the way, weighed 100 pounds. 100 pounds of nothing but Reishi.
*KRA-K...*
The titan crossed its arms above itself to block the attack, but to no avail.
Ray swung the sword, slashing through the arms with ease and completing a full flip. Ray bought the sword down onto the titan's shoulder in a second swing and then exploded the Reishi stored in it.
*BOOOOOMMM!!!*
A loud shockwave erupted from the point of impact. The chamber shook from the explosion. The ground beneath titan exploded outwards, unable to withstand the sheer force of the attack. The titan? Mangled. Mars? Rag dolled into oblivion.
Poor Hoopa. This is the power of physics. Mass into gravity into extremely high velocity. One of the deadliest combos in history. There's even theoretical warhead based on this. Rods from God.
The main idea was dropping Solid metal rods above the impact zone, and then letting gravity, mass and drop velocity do its work. The concept was introduced to replace the usual missiles, which were filled to the brim with gun powder and explosives. I.e. Hella expensive. The man who up with this was a solid 10 on 10 psychopathic brainiac.
Anyways. Let's get back on track.
*Thud.*
Ray quickly dispelled the Dragon Slayer once he landed. Even with his already enhanced Body and Blut Arterie running overtime in the background he was barely able to lift the damn blade.
*SMASH—THUD!*
Suddenly, he was drop kicked in the face out of nowhere.
'What the-'
*BAM!*
A punch.
'Eh-'
*CRACK!*
A kick.
"What?! Wait! paus-"
*Smack! Crack! Bang! Thud! Boom! Smack!*
Ray was immediately consumed by Lotus's barrage of attacks. Lotus would make his body tangible, hit, then go intangible again. A fucking annoying ability.
Ray gritted his teeth in annoyance and exploded Reishi outwards the moment he felt the next attack connect.
*WHOOM!*
It worked. The Reishi explosion hit Lotus fair and square, flinging him away.
"Oh dear. Looks like my cover's blown... To think that my proudest move would have been bested by a kid... The Clover kingdom has quite a monstrous rookie indeed." Lotus said, as he coughed up blood.
But Ray was in no mood to chat. Getting hit so many times does that to a person. Ray merely grabbed Lotus by the hand and picked him up. Then, in a fluid motion, twisted the hand behind his back and forced him on his knees.
"Ow ow ow. Be carefull kid!" Lotus yelped. Ray ignored it and released Reishi, coating Lotus's arm in it.
His brows furrowed and he frowned as he worked, trying to make cuffs.
However, manipulating Reishi to create intricate working objects was still too much for him.
*RUMBLE… RUMBLE RUMBLE!*
Suddenly, the ground trembled. Tremors from the opposite side made its way to him, shaking the ground violently.
Ray's grip on Lotus slipped, who rushed away from Ray. But Ray didn't give chase. Because the scene in front of him was more important.
Mars was getting to his feet from the place he had Rag Dolled to. A Massive amount of Magic Lingered around.
"You've got be kidding..." Ray muttered as massive crystals erupted from Mars's feet, spreading outwards and transforming the battlefield.
*CRACK—SHATTER—BOOOOM!*
Mineral Creation Magic: Mineral Cavern!
The Chamber was completely changed. There were mineral crystals everywhere.
Ray looked over at Mars, who was now on his feet and moving steadily towards Ray. That's when he saw it.
Mars's eyes were closed. His breathing calm, and even.
'Are you fucking kidding me?!?!? This guy's fighting while he's unconscious!!! Even Grim reapers didn't give me such a headache while fighting!' Ray thought
*VMMMMM...!!!*
*SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!*
Mineral Creation Magic: Great Titan Armour
A Massive number of Crystals converged around Mars, engulfing him. Ray quickly shot two Pfeils, but both were deflected by the crystals.
'Damn it! What kind of Kink does this guy have with titans and giant robots!? I swear. If he summons Hoopa one more time... Ima fucking combust!!!' Ray screamed Internally.
However, contrary to Ray's expectations, the crystals gathered and formed an armour around Mars. Ray sighed in relief as he Charged up his Blut again.
*THUD THUD THUD!*
*BOOM!*
Both rushed at each other, closing the distance in an instance. A shockwave erupted as they met in the middle. Crystal armour against bare skin and Reishi enhanced clothes.
They pushed each other back and rushed forward again.
*SWOOSH!*
Mars struck first, sucker punching straight. Ray ducked underneath and closed the distance, slamming his knee into Mars's stomach.
*CRACK!*
Pain exploded up Ray's leg.
It #&$*%& Hurts!!!
How the #@&# is he so sturdy?!!?
Ray quickly launched himself backwards using Hirenkyaku. Once space was established, Ray quickly shook his leg in short bursts to get rid of the numbness.
"Your done Mars. Seriously done." Ray growled, equipping Seele Schneider.
*THUD THUD THUD--- Whoosh!*
Mars lunged forward, and stopped abruptly, just out of the Ray's swing radius. Mars brought his hands from the side and swiped the air in front of him like a Black Panther with schizophrenia fighting shadows.
*SHING--- SHING!*
From the ground on his flanks two crystal lances emerged, heading straight for Ray. This all happened in an instant.
*WHOOSH!*
Ray reacted immediately, jumping high into the air again, like he did before, against the Hoopa titan.
*WHAM!*
*SLAM!*
*BOOM!*
Mars sensed the incoming attack. His instincts screamed at him. He barely moved out of the way as Ray came crashing down with Dragon Slayer in his hands.
Quickly switching back to base form, Ray rushed forward with the Seele Schneider held at his waist, in a sheathed state.
Seele Schneider: Blit-
*CRASH--- SLAM!!!*
Mars's instincts screamed again. Immediately, he reacted. But instead of retreating, he coated his shoulder in diamond and rushed forward, catching Ray off guard, and sending him stumbling backwards.
'This... Brilliant Punk?!?!' Ray's eyes widened as he recognised Jozu's move.
'That's it. I'm fucking pissed now. Damn guy stopped two of my favourite moves!' Ray stabilized himself and let Mars come closer.
*CRACK!!*
Suddenly, a loud crack echoed, as Ray dug his feet into the solid crystal ground, creating a foothold. He leaned forward, holding the Seele Schneider well ahead of him, much like a rapier.
Seele Schneider: Stich!
*WHOOSH... RATATATATATATA!!!*
He thrust the blade back and forth, creating a barrage of rapier-like thrusts that hit as hard as bullets. Mars? He was in the dead centre of it. His Armour shattered, his body took the toll. The flame recovery robe couldn't keep up with the damage he was taking. It was the end of the line for Mars.
*FWOOSH!!!*
Smoke Creation Magic: White Out!
Suddenly, a huge amount of smoke engulfed Ray's vision. Ray lost his footing, and the barrage ended. He quickly exploded Reishi outwards again and the smoke cleared out.
In front of him he saw Lotus's smoke carriage moving away from him at a rapid speed.
"OI! Stop right there! I didn't fight you idiots just to let you leave!!!" Ray yelled as he quickly equipped Ein armiger Bogen and fired a couple shots.
But all missed. By now, they had already left.
"Damn it!" Ray cursed stomping his feet in frustration.
For the first time, he was seriously annoyed by tenacity that Lotus displayed.
*bang. bang. bang.*
Ray suddenly heard, silent, muffled banging from behind him. He turned around and saw Asta and the others, peaking at him through the transparent Reishi barrier he had put in place.
"Ah Damn it... Here we go..." Ray muttered as he cracked his neck in annoyance and waved his other hand, vaguely in their direction, dispelling the barrier.
*CHIRRRPPP!!!*
"Whhoooaaa!!! Ray! That was so cool! Amazing fight!!!"
"Are you ok Ray? What happened?"
"EEK!! That was so scary!"
"Fight me Ray!"
"You need me to heal you?"
"What Exactly Happened here? How did that guy get free from my bindings."
A cacophony of voices erupted in Ray's already annoyed eardrums. Nero pecked at him in frustration. Asta stared at him with star eyes. Yuno looked worried. Noelle was scared. Mimosa stared at the battle remains, then at Ray, checking whether he needed healing. Klaus began demanding a Battle report. And Luck? The berserker wanted a fight...
Mein Neger... Oops. Got sidetracked. Back to the story.
However, before Ray could answer, the chamber--- No. The Dungeon groaned and begun collapsing. The Crystals around them started fading away, as Mars's lingering magic faded.
Quickly, Ray spoke. "We can talk later. Yuno. Get us out of here. NOW!"
___TBC___
[1] I know... I know... My sense for naming stuff rivals Minato... I know... I know...
[2] It's said that it takes Guts to life a Dragon Slayer.......... Get it?