Chapter 88 Let Me Go... You Freak!

The vines grew even larger and thicker.

'I'm sorry but you have to face this alone, if you really are special in the eyes of Zhao, you should be able to find a way out of this.' She turned her back, holding out her hand to keep up the vine shield.

The smoke was slowly eating its way into the vines, with more overlapping to make up for the losses.

'Stay calm, she can handle this!' Nix closed his eyes momentarily, activating his passive gift's field as a safety precaution in case the smoke eventually diffused to the rear, where he was.

Looking over at the dome shaped vines that were overlapping, Lumina held a shocked expression at the fact that what Miss Lotus had done was simply a 'take care of your mess' move.

"Great! Just great!" She deadpanned, shaking her head at the being left to face this half baked psycho alone.

Slipping her weapons partially into her gloves for a while, she did several backflips in quick succession, until she was met with a dead end–the wall.

'You really think some useless forbidden spell can get to me?!' She held a smirk as she wiggled her brows at Arion, angering him further.

Her hands feeling on the wall for the vines she had seen earlier, she couldn't afford to take her gaze away from Arion.

Using the only chance she had at escaping this gas before it got to her, she used the vines as a propelling apparatus, she successfully skipped over the several vines.

She had noticed how some vines were dangling several meters in front of her, all she could think about was how vulnerable he looked while in the middle of the ring-like gas.

That was the one place that didn't have the gas diffusing into. This would simply explain how he could still be safe while walking through his creation.

Making a quick plan on what was to be done, she needed to force him into canceling the spell.

'What you don't know is that I have more than one hidden weapon.' She snickered in her thoughts.

She quickly drew her throwing stars, throwing in to her designated target.

Woooo!

Arion sidestepped, shaking his head as she missed her target. But was met with a smirk on her lips. His eyes widening in realization at what she was trying to do.

Looking above, the vine was coming down on him with great speed.

'Target locked!' She smiled, proceeding to her next plan.

The only natural approach to handle the vines dropping were to jump out of the way or using his spell to reduce it to nothing.

The only downside to him choosing the latter was that it would be in a closer range to him and would be potentially dangerous to him. This was the ultimate double edged sword of a spell.

As expected, he jumped out of the way.

At that same moment, and with a swift movement, she threw one of her push daggers towards Arion.

If it had hit, it would have done a lot of damage. But his guard was up, and the dagger just hit his shoulder, causing him to let out a yell of pain. This only intensified when he pulled it out forcefully.

She was now within an area that was barely lit. There would be no way for him to see her, but she was ready. She had her eyes set on him. With a swift move, she charged at him while he was still reeling from the pain.

The spell was cancelled immediately as soon as he lost focus. He coughed out blood, his vision blurring and his breathing strained.

His hand went to his throat as he tried to take in air to the best of his ability.

Gasp!

Gasp!

He wondered why the effect had shown so soon, he had merely just used it for a few minutes, the toll shouldn't reflect until a few hours.

Hearing some shuffles in the shadows, he thought she was going to attack him from behind, but instead he was met with her in close range.

His eyes widened in shock when she brought her hand up and made a fist, taking a shot at an uppercut, with a tooth flying out, his body tumbling a few meters before he made a hard contact on the wall.

"Ooooo!" Nix let out a wince for Arion. She had done quite some damage in just that punch, and he could only guess he would probably be seeing stars for a while.

This reminded him of his encounter with his brother at the time, and he couldn't help but let out a chuckle.

Sitting on him, she pulled him by the collar of his overcoat. "You're a sore loser!" She yelled at him as she began to slowly lower him down to the ground.

"Am I still at a disadvantage?" She laughed maniacally, and he could feel her eyes burning into his.

Her feet held his arms down, this made him more vulnerable than he already was. Looking at him, a burning hatred began to grow.

"How could you put the others in danger just because you're trying to make a point?" She shook him slightly in disbelief at how he had acted.

'Yet I'm called the monster?' She gave a sad smile at being left with no choice than to go with the unconventional.

When Arion refused to say anything. Her body shook in rage at his indifference.

She punched him on the right cheek, then the left and this continued for somewhile until she was hyperventilating after her action.

To her displeasure she felt no satisfaction in what she had done, his bloody face still carried no remorse.

"Just let me go," Arion said, blood spurting from his lips.

Lumina raised the corner of her lips, her face scrunched up in disgust as some of the blood had made its way to her face.

He struggled with the strength he had left, trying to get her off him again.

She merely looked down at her with a blank expression at his puny efforts, letting out a sigh at how troublesome the battle had been.

"You're nothing without your magic." She returned the favor, remembering when he had taunted her at her choice of going with weaponry.

"You freak!" He sneered, spitting on her face.