47 Skull (1/2)

Surrounded on all sides by shadows, Akira was the first to react. He dashed towards the closest shadow with Arsene following closely behind. Morgana, Axel and Ryuji didn't lag too far behind as they quickly chased after him.

The shadow didn't even get the time to speak as it was met by claws, a sword, a fist and a metal bat.

The boys continued to rush the shadows but no matter how many they defeated, there always seemed to be more. It was as if they were endless.

15 minutes into the fight, Akira and Ryuji were sweating and panting while Morgana appeared better off as his breathing was only slightly sped up. Axel mentally thanked Olivia for training him into what he is today as he was barely tired.

However, even though he was better off than the other 3, the situation started to worsen.

The attacks from Arsene and Zorro started to weaken as the fatigue from constantly fighting started to pile up. Ryuji was aimlessly swinging his bat around while Akira and Morgana staggered as they tried to keep standing.

Axel knew that the boys were reaching their limits and decided to push himself. Axel leapt high into the sky as flames started to appear around him. Everyone stopped and stared at Axel, stunned at the sight of Magna's magic.

Even Kamoshida stalled as his mind couldn't process what was happening.

Everyone knew that Magna was a street magician but they didn't think he could use REAL magic, they thought they were nothing more than tricks and slight of hand.

The fire surrounding Axel slowly started to condense into 5 fiery spear. With a fierce glare, Magna focused on the 5 shadows infront and roared, ”FIRE SPEAR!”

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The spears launched towards the shadows and exploded in a fiery vortex of flames. Seeing his friends standing still in shock, Axel yelled, ”What are you waiting for? Fight!”

His words managed to bring them back as Akira and Arsene glared towards a giant shadow that looked like a knight on a horse. The small flames that burned inside Arsene's helmet roared in wrath as Akira yelled, ”Arsene!”

A creepy chuckled leaked from Arsene as he snapped his fingers. The giant shadow suddenly became engulfed in a black and red flame. It slowly collapsed as it twitched in pain before it disipitated in shards of light.

Morgana was stunned seeing Axel and Akira but he didn't stay still for long as he grinned and shouted, ”Don't think you can out do me, rookies!”

Taking a deep breath, Morgana swiftly dodged the incoming fist of a Jack-o-lantern as he nimbly landed on the floor and said, ”Come! Zorro!”

Blue flames burst out from the floor as the figure of a man appeared from within the flames. Zorro slashed the flames apart with a lightning quick flurry of slashes from his rapier. The slashes sent out a strong gust of wind that slammed into the unsuspecting Jack-o-lantern, sending it flying into a wall.

Ryuji was slightly pale as he panted in exhaustion but he still raised his bat and swung it at the shadow, knocking it backwards.

Axel nodded in surprise at how well they're holding their own in a fight. He honestly didn't expect them to actually fight this well. Grinning widely, Axel laughed happily as he smashed his fist coated in ice magic against the face of a demon, sending it flying a small bit away before it burst into fragments of light and ice.

Even though his mana was low, Axel didn't care as he continued to launch magic-coated attacks. Small explosions of fire and ice trailed behind Axel as he continued forward.

Suddenly, Axel notice that something seemed odd. Just a couple seconds ago, he had his sights locked onto Kamoshida just in case. However, he seems to have just disappeared.

As if on cue, Ryuji let loose a violent scream of pain. The fight came to a complete stop as Akira, Axel and Morgana turned towards Ryuji and froze in horror.

Kamoshida was pressing the heel of his foot down against Ryuji's head as he drove a sword through Ryuji's arm.

Ryuji had tears in his eyes as he tried to struggle but his effort was for nothing as Kamoshida just increased the force he was using to step on him.

Rage built up inside Axel but he didn't let it cloud his judgement as he glared at Kamoshida and kept his distance. He wanted to rush over and help Ryuji but he knew from the look in Kamoshidas eyes that if he moved towards them, the sword in Ryuji's arm might just end up in his chest.

Kamoshida's hand harshly grabbed Ryuji's hair as he dragged his head off the ground. Ryuji tried to struggle but Kamoshida stopped him as his free hand wrapped itself around his neck and started to choke him.