127 Gheele Folami - Major Chapter - Difference (1/2)

Ivar's wings were misshapen, and I wondered why he didn't try to reform his wings. One thing I was sure of was that those Aegis wings were made up of Yvonne's Aegis crystals. Yvonne was not there with him, so perhaps, he could only manipulate Aegis crystals from a different User one at a time.

Mara was there, and yet, he didn't seem to have her Aegis crystals by his side.

”It seems like you're underestimating me, slave,” I said.

”Hm? And how do you come to that conclusion?”

Ivar's wings kept on pus.h.i.+ng but my s.h.i.+eld didn't budge from it. Also, his face indicated that something was bothering him. Whether it was him being careless or not, an opening was there before me. I had to take it.

Immediately, I raised my right hand in Ivar's direction. Orange crystal shards started to manifest around him.

Ivar grinned, somewhat waiting for me to do that. ”I didn't underestimate you.” He clenched his fists and my crystal shards shattered into pieces. ”However, I am now. Your move is predictable. You can only throw your Aegis crystals at me. And here I am, expecting something else from a User like you.”

As he blabbered to himself, his guard was let loose.

I smirked and took the chance that had been presented in front of me. Immediately, I instructed an orange crystal blade the size of a car to pop out of thin air a few seconds later. Another one manifested right behind Ivar. He turned around carelessly, and I willed my blades to dart towards him.

”Tsk!” He held out his hands again and my blades shattered. ”From the front and back huh. Hm?”

Agatha and I ran towards him and our movement took him by surprise. Due to his wings being occupied with my floating s.h.i.+eld, I expected a late response from him. He tried to summon his wings back but I had taken that into account.

My Aegis particles propagated and orange cords shoot into the air. It diverged and proceeded to wrap the wings. The cords then tightened, preventing Ivar from retracting his broken wings back to his side. When I was about a few feet away from him, I formed an Aegis blade from my right palm.

”d.a.m.n it!” Ivar managed to dodge my blade as he sidestepped to the right. At that moment, it was very tempting to launch a second attack with Ivar just a few feet away. However, it was clear as day that I was vulnerable. in front of him. Doing a secondary attack would expose me and Agatha to unknown danger, and perhaps the hiding Mara would strike at us herself.

As if Agatha knew what I was thinking, she changed direction and ran to the left side of the street. Once I saw her sprint, I did the same but going to the opposite direction.

I ran as fast as I could when something caught my right leg.

It was Mara's hand.

”Don't think you can run away from Ivar,” she said with a huge grin. Her upper body emerged from the graphite as if she was swimming. Before I could react, she coated my right leg up to its thigh in black, metallic crystals. She knew what I was going to do, and instead of waiting, her Aegis crystals shattered along with my flesh within it.

”AAAAARGH!”

I fell down and held onto my non-existent right leg with both hands. It was painful; excruciatingly painful. I was sure that was how it would have felt when someone chopped one of your limbs off. For a few moments, the pain made it seemed like invisible flames were burning my exposed flesh. At the same time, non-existent hot knives stabbed at it repeatedly.