Chapter 22 - 20 - Saved

Chapter 22: Chapter 20 - Saved

Ivelia could hear the sounds of a battle taking place just in front of the room she was in.

Although she wondered if someone had come for her, her hopes were very low and besides, she was more concerned about her brother and Briar.

Even as her breathing and pulse became slower and she seemed to be drowsy due to her prolonged stay in the cold room, the only thoughts present in her head as she tried to stay awake even as she was still slightly shivering was that somehow, someway, her twin brother had been saved.

That way, she would be more at ease even if she were to lose her life here knowing someone else could take care of Briar.

If she was being honest, she'd very much known that their days together had been very much numbered. It was a miracle that they'd survived till this day and Corneo left them alive for this long.

One wish she had if she was at least going to die here was that she saw Ivar, Briar, Flynn and Aiden one last time before she went.

As she finally began to succumb to the sleep that had been threatening to take over for a long while now, the last scenes in her head was that of herself, Ivar, Flynn and Aiden's smiles as they shared a warm-hearted laughter.

In front of the iron door which opened to the room Ivelia was kept in were two members of a dark guild who were working together to kill a single teenager with silver hair that had a shades of green in it.

They realized just how resilient he had been in making sure he suffered little to no damage while slowly advancing towards them steadily.

"Why won't you die you little shit?!!" the man with a short sword finally roared after about ten minutes of fighting with him.

The other man just kept shooting from his firearm while occasionally taking breaks to refill the empty magazine of the futuristic-like assault rifle he was using.

During these short moments, Flynn would gradually advance while nimbly dodging the wind spells the other goon was firing.

Although it seemed like he was gradually making some progress, it was actually the opposite as his mana reserves had far run out a few minutes ago and he was only pushing on through sheer will and adrenaline in addition to a single thought that had been on his mind the moment he started facing these two men.

'They wouldn't be guarding the door this heavily if Ivelia wasn't there!'

At one of those short moments where the gunner began to reload his weapon, Flynn made a very risky and irrational decision as he suddenly crouched and completely removed his force field while tensing his calves and channeling whatever was left of his mana into his legs which he then used to propel himself and an insane speed, closing the gap between him and the two members in a literal second.

There was of course a price to pay for the sudden decision he made as the wind blades cut various parts of his body, causing blood to seep out from those wounds but the adrenaline ensured that the pain he felt was very manageable.

This sudden movement caught both men off-guard because they had been at a stalemate for quite a while.

Flynn who was now in their range swiftly caught the short-sword wielding man in a moment before raising his own knees and stomping his heels in one swift motion and smashing it into the joints in the man's arm and knee respectively, which then made a crunching cracking sound.

-Crunch!

"Argggghhhh!!!" the man screamed in pain as he watched his bones jutting out of his elbow and his unnaturally bent knee.

The man with a firearm watched in horror as he began to fire his assault rifle again but it was too late as Flynn immediately jumped backwards while throwing a small potion.

The potion which came into contact with the mana-infused bullet caused a spark, igniting the liquid and immediately resulting in a small explosion that blew away both members, resulting in them passing out on the spot.

Flynn huffed and panted in exhaustion but still, he quickly approached the room whose door had now being blown away due to the explosion while walking over the bodies of the two men he had just knocked out.

On entering the room, he immediately rushed over to Ivelia who had now passed out.

He immediately took her pulse to ensure she was still alive after which he then proceeded to take off his blood stained shirt and wrap it around her cold body before proceeding to carry her and make his way out of the warehouse.

As he stepped back out of the room with Ivelia cradled in his arms, he felt an immensely strong pressure which caused even the walls of the warehouse to vibrate vigorously.

This made him give a slight smile as he muttered to himself.

"He's here"

***

(Aiden's POV)

(A few seconds after Flynn entered the warehouse)

"That really caught me off guard brat!" Kai said as he casually stood up from the rubble of the collapsed wall, a slight trail of blood leaking from his mouth.

"So you're also B-rank boy! That's some insane talent you've got there! Too bad your life will end today" Kai continued as he looked at Aiden squarely in the eye.

Kai had deduced from Aiden's punch that he was also of the same rank as him, albeit slightly lower.

All forms of playfulness were gone from his eyes and all that was left was seriousness.

"Unfortunately for you mister, I have no plans of dying anytime soon" I responded in kind to him.

"Is that so?" Kai replied, an ominous but serious look on his face as he muttered a spell, just barely enough for me to hear.

"[Strength Series: Burgeon Boost]"

'Is it me or did his muscles just enlarge?' I asked myself, a bit of anxiety burrowing its way into my resolve to defeat the man before me.

I watched as Kai brought out brass knuckles from his storage ring and slipped them unto his hands while curling his fingers into a fist. He then took a fighting stance.

'Shit! He's even using a weapon art!' I said to myself while ensuring that I didn't take my eyes off of him even as I realized the problematic situation I was now in.

Without so much as a sound, I watched him immediately vanish from his spot and immediately appear behind me while hurling his fists towards my head.

"{Brawler Arts: Shattering Fist}"

"[Gravity Series: Gravity Blast]"

I immediately spun my body at a ridiculous speed, while arching my back and retracting my arm, immediately punching out back with my clenched fists as I met his punch head on.

We both stood in our positions for a moment before a circular pressurized gale of wind which emitted from our fists clashing, threw me far back as I felt my knuckles breaking from the impact of my clash with Kai.

"Aargh!" I groaned in pain as I was flung backwards into the air.

The spell I used is one of the most basic gravity spells in our family and it creates a coating of mana on my hands while using gravity to increase the weight of my punches.

The punches can also be emitted from my hands from a distance in the form of an afterimage while carrying the same force but due to Kai's sudden appearance, I had to meet his punch head on.

As I tried to regain my footing and positioning by twisting my body in mid-air, I noticed that that Kai was pushed back as well, although he still had his feet on the ground.

'Due to his increased muscle mass, all that the pressurized wind could do was only push him back a few meters' I inwardly thought to myself.

I watched him recover his footing after skidding back a bit as he tensed his calves and dashed towards me while leaving a mini crater on the concrete from the spot he dashed from.

Luckily for me, I had repositioned my body in a very favorable way and I landed horizontally on the dilapidated walls of the warehouse while also tensing my calves but adding a bit of mana to my legs to strengthen it and increase my speed a bit.

Upon doing this, I also released the tension in my legs and kicked of the wall, causing it to be destroyed as a result of the impact from the force I used to kick off of it to meet Kai in the middle of the spot we originally had our first exchange.

"Haaaaaaaa!!!" I shouted with a battle cry as I dashed back towards him.

My spell which was now coating my fists in a dark green hue and his weapon arts clashed as we both jammed our fists together and punched out once more but this time, I ensured to use mana to hold myself in place by strengthening my legs as I immediately punched out again with my already broken fist while coating it with mana and released another gravity blast, my fist connecting to Kai's shattering fist weapon art.

Pressurized bursts of wind continuously emanated from every single punch we both threw at each other.

"Excellent boy!!!" Kai shouted as he realized that I wasn't going to just let him overpower me.

-Bam!

-Bam!

-Bam! Bam! Bam! nOve.lb/1n

The next scene was something that I would describe as a scene that came out straight out of an anime as we continued exchanging a flurry of punches which soon caused us to create a fairly small to medium-sized crater beneath our feets but as we went on, I began to realize that I was being gradually pushed back.

My mana reserves were beginning to run low and considering how I'm just a mid-tier B ranker and the man before me is a high-tier B-ranker, he had way more of an advantage over me if we added his battle experience and instinct.

'Drastic times call for drastic measures' I inwardly said to myself as I stopped punching and swiftly ducked, narrowly avoiding two of Kai's punches in quick succession.

I then tensed my calves almost simultaneously from my crouching position and swiftly dashed backwards.

"Are you running away now boy?!!" Kai roared as he immediately dashed after me but I already achieved what I wanted.

Creating a significant distance from him.

As he dashed towards me, I immediately retrieved the second large explosive potion Ivar had made and immediately threw it to the burly man who dashing towards me with immense speed as I skid backwards.

Flynn had given it to me beforehand and told me to use it if I found myself in a pinch.

"What's that supposed to do now?!!" Kai roared again as he deftly dodged the potion I threw at him and continued his dash towards me.

Kai knew that whatever was inside that vial must have being dangerous as he recalled seeing them use it when he went to check the security cameras to check whoever was causing the ruckus instead of blindly charging out like the others.

But instead of seeing the rankers of the Tower, he had been surprised to see that all the ruckus and pandemonium had been caused by three young brats.

"You're smart! I'll give you that mister! However though, you already lost the moment you gave me enough space to dash backwards" I said to Kai as he watched me retrieve a small grenade from my storage ring.

"[Gravity Series: Suction] !!!" I roared.

Suddenly, Kai lost all of his strength and momentum as the force of the spell I roared dragged him with an immense force, along with all the debris on the ground back towards the crater where the liquids had already spilt.

He then watched me throw the grenade with widened eyes.

I had already added a bit of my mana to the vial of explosive potion when I retrieved and threw it but I had decided to activate the spell later while trusting in Kai's battle instinct and his immense speed, hoping that he would dodge it instead of allowing it to hit him.

Yes, it had been a risky move but it was worth it.

But I wasn't done yet as I chanted one final spell with outstretched arms and a shout by willing the last of my mana reserves.

"[Gravity Series: Compression] !!!"

-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

I watched the explosion go off as the grenade hit the crater and react with the spilled potion, resulting in an even larger explosion but I still compressed the gravity of the space it happened in just to ensure that the potency of the explosion was higher.

'There's no way he survived that right' I inwardly thought to myself while panting and huffing heavily as I fell to the ground on all fours.

I had really overexerted myself and I knew it.

I had practically exhausted all the fuel in my tank with those last two spells and a stream of blood was now running down my nose as a side-effect of overdoing it.

I was barely even holding back from totally sprawling on the concrete floor.

"Excellent boy!!!"

My eyes widened in horror when I heard those words.

I slowly raised my gaze up and watched Kai who now had second-degree burns, his black shirt and camo pants completely burnt in so many places and what seemed to be a red hue covering him, slowly start to walk towards me.

"Dammit!" I cursed under my breath.

'He was even able to react and coat himself with mana in that short span of time! Shit! Shit! Shit!'

As I continuously kept cursing at the situation I now found myself in, I felt a sudden wave of pressure descend all around me.

-BAAAMMM!!!

Not even a second after Kai took a third step towards me, something fell from the sky carrying immense pressure along with it.

I watched as a streak of green hue landed on him with a ridiculous force, causing dust to rise everywhere and cover my field of view.

As the dust settled and cleared, a weak smile appeared on my face once I realized who had landed with such a devastating force on the bodyguard.

"Oi! What the hell do you think you're doing to my son!!!"