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Akira let out a weak chuckle as he looked at the 𝙗𝙤𝙮 in front of him.
“…𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢.”
𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖 didn’t reply immediately.
His eyes moved over Akira’s body—
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙧.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚.
Then he looked at three nearby witches.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦,” he said calmly.
“𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘕𝘰𝘸.”
Varok’s eyebrow twitched.
“…𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦.”
He stepped forward—
Then 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙.
He reappeared mid-air, blade aimed straight at Indra.
Before it could land—
Indra 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 a dagger.
It spun once—
And turned into a 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙈
Varok’s eyes widened.
He twisted mid-air and barely dodged—
But the shockwave still blasted him back across the ground.
He landed, skidding.
Then slowly stood up.
…and started 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.
“𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺…” he muttered.
“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘴.”
Akira stared.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵… 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺?”
Indra glanced back, smirking slightly.
𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 on his arm.
“𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩.”
“𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.”
He pulled another dagger from his pouch.
Lightning faintly 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨.
“𝘚𝘰—𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵?”
“𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥,” Akira replied.
Indra nodded once.
“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥.”
He pointed toward the 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰.”
The witches paused.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?”
“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴,” Indra said, like it was obvious.
“𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.”
One witch stepped forward, disbelief clear on her face.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯—!”
Indra looked around.
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.
𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙.
𝙍𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙨.
“…𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩,” he said flatly.
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬.”
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Varok appeared 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺.
His blade pierced 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁.
“𝘐𝘕𝘋𝘙𝘈—!!” Akira shouted.
For a moment—
Everything froze.
Varok smirked.
“…𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Then—
His expression changed.
No blood.
No reaction.
“…𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?”
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗹𝘆.
“𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥?”
Varok’s eyes widened.
“𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝙥𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸,” Indra continued.
“𝘐’𝘮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
He turned his head slightly.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵… 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
He grabbed 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙠’𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢—
𝙅𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙—
And 𝙠𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙙-𝙖𝙞𝙧.
Varok 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 into the ground.
Indra landed 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮.
“…𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤,” he added, glancing at him, “𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵.”
A beast lunged toward Akira—
A lightning dagger flew past—
And obliterated it instantly.
Indra didn’t even look.
“𝘈𝘬𝘪𝘳𝘢,” he said.
“𝘎𝘰.”
Akira hesitated.
“𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵,” Indra continued.
“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”
The witches immediately resumed healing while indra continue kill the monsters who dared to attack them.
Light surrounded Akira’s body.
Bones aligned.
Wounds closed.
Strength returned.
Varok stood again, anger creeping into his expression.
“𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦—”
He stopped.
Indra was already in 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 of him.
A blade of 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙠 toward his neck—
Varok 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 just in time.
“𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦…” Indra muttered quietly.
“𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.”
Varok pushed him back with force.
Indra stepped back, eyes sharp now.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵… 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
Behind them—
One by one—
The warriors entered the wormhole.
Akira stepped in last.
But before disappearing—
He looked back.
“𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶!”
Varok turned instantly.
“𝘎𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮!” he ordered the monsters.
Several beasts rushed toward the portal—
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠
They were thrown back violently.
Varok clicked his tongue.
“…𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.”
He looked back at Indra.
Slowly.
A grin forming again.
“𝘚𝘰… 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
He raised his blade.
“𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
Indra blinked.
Then tilted his head slightly.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?”
Varok frowned.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨,” Indra continued casually.
“𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨.”
“𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨… 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨…”
He pointed at the 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?”
“𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵!” Varok snapped, charging forward.
His 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 landed—
Indra was thrown back.
But he flipped mid-air—
And landed cleanly.
“…𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺,” Indra muttered, rolling his shoulder.
“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴.”
He looked at 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙠.
Then at the 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.
“𝘚𝘰… 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵?”
A small grin formed.
“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥.”
He stretched his arms slightly.
Cracked his neck.
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴.”
Lightning flickered around him.
Daggers ready behind his back.
“𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵.”
𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 — 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲
The 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱.
Akira stepped through—
…and 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲.
It was—
𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹.
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆.
A sky 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 they had ever seen.
𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱.
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀.
𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹.
Too 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹.
A young archer looked around in disbelief.
“…𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦.”
“…𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴…”
He swallowed.
“…𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯?”