Chapter 526 About Time

"Nice move!" Daphne grinned and jumped back to her feet, but Velma was instantly in front of me with a massive sword swinging down at me.

I slapped both hands together to clamp it between them, but the ground cracked under me. I was about to throw the blade to the side, but Daphne punched me in the gut, sending me flying back. I righted myself, but the instant I landed, I had to jump into the air to dodge the great blade that was flung at me, then use Wind Magic to dodge the spears Daphne was now hurling at me.

Then I was struck by lightning and sent crashing into the ground.

"Dammit!" I growled but then grinned at the girls. "Well, you two are in much more trouble than you look! I guess I should probably start taking you both more seriously!"

"It is about time. I was starting to get worried that we would be too much for you! Now, if you are done playing around, I would like to get serious," Daphne said, and then started to chant a transformation spell, and Velma followed suit.

I let my Astral Coating cover my hands and my tail as well, but I was beyond impressed with how well the two were doing. If they were only warming up, I was going to have no choice but to take them seriously, sort of. Just like I had told the girls, those that are strong have to be careful when using that strength on others. I sighed and then focused my energy into my feet as Daphne and Velma worked on their transformation spell.

Both women started to bulk up, and Daphne's pale skin had turned charcoal gray, but now I understood why Velma had such bulky armor. She now fit the armor perfectly and wore the silver-plated suit well, but she was grabbing the weapons that she had and tossed them aside.

"Thought that you were going to give us more trouble in the warm-up, but now we don't need weapons made from metal," Velma growled in a much deeper voice, and I snorted.

"Yeah, I really didn't see you two as being a threat, and I am sorry for that, but damn, you both did some serious bulking up! Since I haven't heard either of you say any spells, I will assume that you are both magically enhanced?" I asked, but I already knew as much from flipping on my Mana Runes in my eyes. They were both fast, but I was sure that they were using Accelerate in the warm-up, which meant that they were only going to get faster.

"Are you ready this time? Or does this old god need a little nap?" Daphne asked in a condescending voice, and I made a surprised face.

"Are you waiting for an invitation? Or are you going to talk me into submission?" I asked, and Daphne disappeared.

I blocked the attack she made but then rebuked her with a blast of wind and fire as Velma came at me with the same sword attack from before, but this time she was holding a sword made of lightning. I deflected it with my tail but was knocked back by a wave of electricity. I clapped my hands together and created a shield of pure mana, which blocked another attack from Velma as Daphne jumped over me to get behind me and tried to slash me with her claws. I spun around and blasted her with a wind gust before she could make contact, sending her flying into the air.

"You two are definitely stronger than I thought," I said as both girls returned to their feet and brushed themselves off. "I think it is time I take this fight seriously."

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Daphne frowned, but then her eyes went big as I placed shields on both of them thickly. Then I spoke out loud. "Accelerate times five," I said, and the girls tried to react, but their movements became slow and sluggish.

The ground under me cracked, and I blinked over to them. I tossed both girls' up into the air where they hung, and then burst with Astral Flames, my entire body burning as an infinite cosmos. "Astral Overdrive!" I roared and then jumped up to the girls, threw out 16 portals to surround me, and kicked the girls through different ones. Then they flew back at me from other portals, and I started to slap them around at such high speeds that it looked like I was the only one floating in the air along with the portals around me.

I kept this up until the shields that I had placed on the girls had nearly broken, then I caught the two of them, closed the portals, and put the girls back from where I grabbed them from. I stepped back and snapped my fingers, all my spell stopped, and the girls collapsed as even the barrier disappeared.

"That was an amazing fight!" Daphne said, gasping for breath.

"Yeah, I have to admit that you're stronger than I thought," Velma said with a smirk.

I gave them both thumbs up and then smiled. "This is my way of showing respect to you both! I was extremely impressed by both of you, so I thought that I should make sure and give you each a thorough ass whooping, but I put shields on you so I could show off, haha!"

"I barely even know what happened. I heard you speak, and then I was in the air, then I was back where I started, but I felt sick to my stomach, and like you had punched my entire body," Daphne groaned, and Velma nodded as they both shrunk down and she took off her helmet.

"It was an amazing fight, even if you gave us a good spanking at the end. I was getting concerned that you were all for show, but I am happy to be wrong. You definitely showed off your skills and strength, but it managed to stay within a certain level of respect for both of us," Velma said, and I nodded in agreement, a smile on my face.