Chapter 29 - Two Ancient Relics

"And how long were you able to do that trick?" asked Baldwin, walking towards Mavislin.

"Just recently. I don't like being within the Dark Element. I merely used my Valkyrie Light to cancel out the Dark," she explained, shrugging.

Without a second thought, Baldwin raised his staff and attacked. She had barely dodged the attack using her Ancient Relic.

"Baldwin! Cut it out!" yelled Raiyen, dashing to her aid.

Both of them were forced to pull back. Looks like the Valkyrie was to join in the fun now.

"How about a three-way battle?" she suggested, twirling the heavy shield around.

Raiyen looked at her in protest, while Baldwin smiled in a sinister manner.

"Alright then. A three-way battle," said Baldwin.

She gazed upon the two. This turned out better than expected. Raiyen dreaded the idea.

"Mav!" squirmed Raiyen.

He was silent afterward, giving his all into the attacks that were about to come. As they readied their stances, three different colored lights were visible from above.

With Baldwin having a purplish-black Aura, Mavislin's golden one shined the brightest. Raiyen's green and blue Aura kept clashing with her blue shining shield as Baldwin kept trying to sweep the partners off from their feet using the staff.

"Flashbang!" yelled Raiyen, throwing a ball of lightning towards Baldwin.

The Dark Mage answered easily but was unable to foresee the next attack. A flaming whip had found a way to grab hold of his foot, causing the man to stumble.

"Cheap tricks, huh?"

"I've always got this one weapon on hand. Don't blame me for using it," said Mavislin, swinging the whip around.

He then paused abruptly and stabbed the staff into the ground.

This ain't going to be good, thought Mavislin. The Pentagram started rotating with immense speed. Along with that, it soaked up more Dark Energy. An Ancient Relic has been activated. Raiyen looked at Mavislin for confirmation.

"All waves rise and become my shield. All winds gather and become my sword. Rebellion of the Seas!" conjured the Valkyrie, completely ditching the Talon Flaming Whip.

Using her Elemental Energy to charge the Ancient Relic, a huge attack was waiting to be flared up.

"Accusations of the Betrayed!" called out the Angry Man.

Raiyen and Mavislin took a step back as the darkness started to merge into a chain, forming a whip that was connected the Pentagram. As it was done, a huge purplish-black chain dwelled. With a smiling Baldwin holding it.

"Um, is he still sane?" asked Raiyen, nudging the girl's side.

Mavislin was dumbfounded as she gripped onto her shield tightly. They were both really worried, if they allowed him to lose control, one could forget about the future of the entire Earth.

"Focus on your opponent, Time Boy!" yelled Baldwin, swinging the whip at the Time Mage.

Before it could touch Raiyen, Mavislin had flung herself in its path, activating her Ancient Relic in response to its master. The force was incredibly strong, enough to break destroy the Rebellion of the Seas counterattack.

And strong enough to knock Mavislin right into the nearby tree. Raiyen had glitched but was too late to catch her.

"Stay with me," murmured Raiyen.

She clutched her abdomen, still hurling from the pain.

"Sorry, I've lost this one. I should have seen this coming," she whispered, panting.

"Mav..."

"I'm not going to die so fast, mate. I just need to sit the rest of this out," explained the defeated Mage.

Raiyen heaved a sigh of relief. He had something in his eyes that Mavislin had never witness before. Was it a look of, what she presumed was, hate? She could only sit on the sidelines and watch the mess that was about to go down.

"You'd better control yourself, Baldwin. Or I will beat the very meaning of sense out from your thick skull of yours!" roared the Time Mage as he pounced at the Dark Mage.

"I would like to see you try!" he yelled back, blocking the onslaught of attacks from the young boy.

As Raiyen kicked Baldwin in the face, the boy's ankle got tangled with the whip. This made Baldwin turn Raiyen into a rag doll. The poor boy was tossed around, hitting the ground and whatever solid was near them.

This included the weakened Valkyrie. Seeing that she let out another cry of pain, Raiyen then glitched out of the whip's grasp. He then proceeded to stand in an open area.

"Time Ripper!" he said, slashing the air.

Then, using his two arms, he stretched the rift out, making it bigger. The surroundings were starting to get absorbed into the rift, including Mavislin. She summoned up the shield out of pure instinct.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, how in the world could someone or anyone do that towards the rift? There should be laws against that! But never mind that, Baldwin was replying to the boy's change of Aura.

An offense Aura. Baldwin then kicked up the staff into the air, making the whip cut into smaller, straighter pieces. The wh.i.p.s had turned into spears while more appeared behind his back.