Chapter 213: A Fight Between Monsters

Chapter 213: A Fight Between Monsters

"Fuck... he's Fucked." Kyrin wasn't saying this lightly. Anyone with no knowledge of the place, and no training of surving the place, is fucked.

And right now, in this time when there are Kraken's Relic wielders hunting them down? He's double fucked.

"What are your Orders?" Asked Estris in the ensuing silence.

"We're first going to drop Aki. Then we'll return with reinforcements to rescue the Relic Wielders... and Axel," she added. Though, there were chances that Axel might not survive that long.

Akiko drew her sword. "Take me with you. To find Axel." There was no room for discussion in her tone.

Kyrin had an absurd expression on her face. "Are actually going to fight me? For that brat?"

Akiko shook her head. And instead of pointing the blade at Kyrin, she point the sharp edge on her own neck. "I'm not going out here, without finding him."

Kyrin looked at Akiko, dumbfounded. She knew her enough to know that Akiko was dead serious right now.

"Have you gone mad? You would rather die than leave? Is this all you care about now? What about your revenge? Is even that no longer important?"

Akiko shook her head. "I just need to support him. The revenge... He will take it for me."

!!!

Kyrin burst out in a series of exclamations, now feeling like this not real..

"...What has he done to you?" Kyrin shook her head, not knowing whether to feel angry or amazed right now. Aki never cared about her own life, to begin with. All she cared about was revenge.

Kyrin has tried numerous times to made her quit, but she has never succeeded.

But now, after so long, her obsession with revenge has finally gone. But at what cost?

"Sigh... let's go find the brat then. I really want to beat him up."

....

Axel looked at the area up ahead of him.

Dense Lightning was flashing in the place, powerful enough to make Axel's hair stand from a distance. Activating Arcane eyes, Axel's jaw dropped at the huge amount of energy fluctuations. From that, it was clear that it was a fight between relic wielders.

'What to do?'

To be honest, Axel had no desire to interfere. But still, Relic wielders were a precious resource on both sides. If there's a chance to save one his side, or eliminate one from the enemies side, it could make things easier for him later.

That's why, it's better to first find out what the situation is. Also,

'That lightning'

He had never seen such strong and pure lightning. It seemed to call on to him.

Dispersing the water and going into stealth, Axel quickly made his way towards the site. The two silhouettes who were fighting became clearer. One was a handsome man with yellow hair. Not blond, but yellow, like the lightning being emitted from his body. He had the kingdom's trident symbol on his broken armor, it would seem that he is on the friendly team.

On the other hand, Axel was confused. 'Lightning Affinity?' His mother also had the Lightning Affinity?

"But" Tronis grinned. "We also had our own cards up our sleeves. The princess didn't expect 'that' person to be on our side. We managed to separate her from the Royal Relic. We were planning on capturing her, but she had the brilliant idea of destroying the key." His face distorted. "That explosion was a huge loss. But still, the Royal Relic survived. We've been trying to corrupt it even since."

Ender gritted his teeth. "'That person'? Did the person accompanying her betray her?" He demanded. But the man just laughed.

"Tronis! Tell me! Damn it, I told her not to trust that man!"

"What does it matter to you? Your dear cousin is dead anyway. Just stay down for a while. I'll wake you up when we reach the base for torture, I mean, 'interrogation'. There's something else I need to deal with right now." Saying so, Tronis crushed Ender into the ground, rendering him unconscious and severely injured.

At the time, Axel felt a huge amount of force pushing him down. 'What?!' Axel was shocked. Was he actually discovered?! How?!

The man turned toward Axel's general area. "I've been feeling your presence for a while. You have nice hiding skills, but no one can escape my detection field." Tronis grinned, increasing the force on Axel. "So, why don't you come out?"

'Fuck!' Axel's eyes widened. Why did he not think of that?! If this guy has control over energy waves then he is a walking radar! The basic stealth mode that he has on isn't enough to escape the man's senses.

The force being applied to him was too much, so Axel quickly submerged himself in water. But of course, that meant his cover was blown. Unfortunately, he had no other choice at the moment. None of his other abilities can fight Gravity.

"Water? Is that you, Arslot?" But when Tronis confirmed that Axel was definitely not who he thought he was, his eyes narrowed. The amount of control the person was showing over the water was not something that ordinary spell casters can achieve. "Who are you?" He asked suspiciously.

'I need to kill him.' At the same time, Axel realized that there was no way to hide his water affinity now. Axel's mind went on accelerated mode, thinking multiple thoughts at the same.

Instead of answering, Axel first covered his face with a mask and also covered his hair. In case this bastard escapes, or in case Axel has to escape without killing him, at least his [Chris] indentity would still be temporarily usable.

As for running away without a fight?

'Not possible.' Due to various reasons. First of all, 'That man' his gaze turned towards Ender. Axel can't let him get captured. He is much stronger than most of the Relic Wielders Axel has seen. Losing him would be a waste. Also, 'A distant relative, huh?'

Axel no now knew the Origin of his Lightning Affinity. It would seem that the Queen, or his grandmother, was from the Lightning Septis.

If these two reasons aren't compelling enough to fight instead of run, there is also the fact that running might actually be more dangerous than split been.

All of these thoughts went through Axel's head in a matter of milliseconds, before he finally took the actions most suitable for the situation. "Who am I? Who are YOU?" Even though he was underwater, his voice was heard loud and clear.

Answering a question with a question. Tronis was already suspicious of his identity. No matter what answer he gives, it would only result in increased hostility. Asking a question would be better to buy time.

"You don't know who I am? Is that even possible?" As expected, the question was enough to momentarily stun Tronis.

But in the next moment, he was completely stunned. Because, a huge amount of water was falling from the sky.

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A.N.: Next: Axel vs Tronis, the Ruler of Water

Next next: End of the Fight, Skeeter Caught

Next next next: The Royal Relic

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