Chapter 173 - Complete Domination

Me, Selshruuk and Felnor quicken our pace as we feel another mana signature suddenly appear where Ying and Cecile are at, I then ask myself.

"did Cecile have back up just in case he couldn't beat his father?"

as we get closer to the graveyard, I say to myself.

"hopefully we get the back up we need from the magic knights that King Dave could gather in short notice."

we then hear a female voice say in the distance.

"three very formidable foes are on their way here, and you are not strong enough to fight them."

I look back to Selshruuk and Felnor.

"stay on high alert, we don't know how many of them could be hiding there mana signature."

they both nod, and then we finally come across Ying and Cecile, but something is off, a boyish looking woman with short hair, is gently head patting Cecile and saying.

"it's all okay now, I'll take over for now."

I then hear Ying shout.

"stay away from her son, that woman Mauri is nothing but bad news!"

not sure if I heard him right, I ask Selshruuk and Felnor.

"did he just say Mauri?"

"yeah."

while Selshruuk clenches his hands into a tight ball and says with a serious tone.

"yes."

I shake my head in disbelief.

"that can't be true, didn't she die hundreds of years ago?"

he replies.

"I don't know, but the person I'm looking at right now, is for certain Mauri."

I chant to myself.

"platinum eyes."

"well let's not waste anymore time speculating on who she is, let's go and help out Ying."

Felnor and Selshruuk chant to themselves."silver eyes."

but the sudden rise of our mana, seems to have caught the eyes of the woman, who calls out to us.

"you three with the incredible mana over there, what are you hoping to accomplish going against me?!"

we stand next to Ying and I reply.

"putting a stop to whatever madness, you've got going on."

she points at me.

"I know you, you are that fellow that the child Paula has fallen head over heels for."

she chuckles.

"it seems that foolish child failed to keep you in doll form."

she sighs and continues talking.

"either way, our plan forward will not be stopped by the likes of you."

Ying shouts at her in anger.

"we'll see about that!"

he yells.

"particle tsunami!"

a fifty foot wave of red particles manifest in front of him and while it fall down towards her, she chants on the unknown language, and she surrounds herself and Cecile with a yellow sphere like shield, the wave comes crashing down, completely evaporating the gravestones that made contact with the wave, I then think to myself as I still feel her mana signature, and see her body heat.

"her defense is pretty strong since it was able to withstand one of Ying's spell attacks."

she turns her attention to Ying and says.

"that was an impressive attack, Cecile was not lying when he said you were the strongest hero of this era."

she chants in unknown language and points at him with a claw like gesture, and immediately after that, we hear Ying choking, I then ask.

"what's wrong?"

he struggles to reply while making a choking gesture.

"my throat is being crushed by some kind of air pressure."

after realizing what she is doing to him, I chant.

"mana shift."

she asks me.

"is that supposed to scare me."

as I focus on the mana signature behind her to instantly move there, I hear Cecile ay to her.

"careful Lady Mauri, he can instantly move at ome pf those spots."

but it was too late, because before she knew it, I already landed two strong punches into her gut,she winced in pain causing her to let go of Ying, she then backs away and asks.

are you a descendent of Arthur?"

I shake my head.

"not at all."

she smiles.

"yeah of course you are not, since his punches are more devastating than what you just did."

I get bothered by that comment, and quickly charge her, but she stops me in my tracks, by doing the same claw like gesture at me, I then think to myself.

"damn it, you idiot, you should have seen that coming."

she raises her hand and lifts me higher up in the air and then chants.

"Conjuration holy spears."

many bright spears appear above Mauri and then she follows up, by chanting.

"Fire!"

even though I didn't feel any of the spears pierce through me, I knew I was in trouble, as I see blood pouring out of the wounds she caused me, I then hear Felnor yell in anger.

"I'll kill you, for that!"

Felnor's flurry of attacks, causes her to lose her grip on my throat, and even though I was free from her grasp, I couldn't move a single muscles, and then suddenly Selshruuk picks me up and as he drops me right next Ying who is still recovering what she did to him, he says to me.

"don't worry Collin, I'll take care of Mauri."

I think to myself.

"as long as I can stay in my platinum eyes, I won't feel any of the pain my body is experiencing right now."

I slowly look to Felnor, who is getting all of his attacks blocked by what looks like a Elven Great Shield, I then notice her conjure up a Dragon broadsword out of thin air, I desperately try to shout for Felnor to watch out for the sword, but I couldn't put word together and in a blink of an eye, her Dragon Broadsword pierced through is abdomen cleanly, he then collapses down to the floor into a pool of his own blood, and as I try to muster up some strength to move, I think to myself.

"please don't be dead kid."

I then hear Selshruuk say to Mauri.

"it looks like, we'll be facing each other once again."

she chuckles.

"oh I wasn't expecting a Dragonoid, for a moment there I mistook you for a Lizardman."

he responds.

"very funny, but that will not deter me, from punishing you for hurting my friends."

she chuckles.

"a Dragonoid being friends with humans and a demi human that is just precious."

he ignores her, and just starts throwing punches at her, but she doesn't seem fazed by any of his attacks to the point, where she just let him land a straight punch to the face, she sighs.

"and here I thought that the four of you, would provide some kind of entertainment."

she kick him away and then chants.

"conjuration steel chains!"

two sets of chain emerge from the ground and wrap around both of his legs and then a larger chain manifests from the sky above, and quickly wraps his body and arms to bind them together and as he struggles to free himself from the chains, she chants.

"Conjuration holy spears."

she chants.

"fire!"

the bright spears also leaves Selshruuk terribly wounded, I then hear her say.

"well it's time to clean up the trash."

as I close my eyes and picture Ellena, Celeste and Hope, multiple voices shout at the woman.

"freeze, you are under arrest!"

she sigh.

"well I guess, my fun is done for now."

she chants to herself in the unknown language and flies away after wings appeared, she then shouts at Cecile.

"come my child!"

Cecile stares at us and then shouts in the unknown language, and also grows the same wings, and as they disappear in the clouds, Ying shouts with a strained and pained voice.

"no, give me back my son!"

the magic knights look at the three of us who are mortally wounded and one of them says with an urgent voice.

"we've got three who are bleeding profusely, let's hurry and get them to the healers."

as I get carried away, my vision slowly fades to black.