48 Thats Just Unfair (1/2)
Arima didn't wait further, he waved Karma and charged at the gargoyle. The latter crossed its arms and their color started changing to dark blue, the same color spread on its whole body. Said like that, it could sound like it was long but it only lasted half a second.
Now the gargoyle looked like it was made of blue steel. The gargoyle waved his claw and clashed with Karma to make it deviate. Result, a crack appeared on its now steel like hand and Karma created a new depression on water.
The gargoyle grunted and the crack on its claw closed, he continued to clash with Arima. They kept fighting in close combat while flying around. Everywhere they went, the water would leave until the bottom of the sea and only come back after a few seconds.
”[Karma, Verto] (Change)” Karma transformed and became a huge great sword. Arima swung it vertically and added lightning to it. The gargoyle turned his hand into a blue s.h.i.+eld and tried to block the strike. He was sent flying down and dispersed the water below him after reaching the bottom of the sea.
When he looked up, the silver light he had for eyes, wavered. Arima was pointing at him with Superbia charged with electricity and plasma. Arima smirked ”[Gun metuunt blasphemantes] (Rail Gun)” He chanted and pressed the trigger.
The huge black pillar instantly shrouded the gargoyle and pierced the earth. The pillar only stayed for a few seconds above earth, but the bullet was still going down underground, carrying the gargoyle with it.
Arima snapped his fingers and the semi-transcendental adamant.i.te bullet exploded with the plasma and produced a ma.s.sive cave underground. The water began to enter the huge hole created by the bullet, but the siphoning never seemed to end.
Arima called back Superbia and gripped Karma with his right hand while taking Ira in his left. He sneered and turned his head slightly to his right. A few seconds later, the gargoyle emerged from the water. His body was full of cracks but they had already started closing.
”As expected, you're not a living being, killing you physically will be hard” Arima said ”That's troublesome” He complained
The gargoyle looked at him ”You're saying that but aren't you ashamed for the grin you held since the beginning” It commented
Arima laughed ”Ashamed? Of what? I always liked to fight, now I'm fighting for revenge, how can I not enjoy the situation?” He retorted
The gargoyle fell silent and its eyes s.h.i.+ned and started spinning in a circle. Its body began growing in size immediately. He continued becoming bigger until he was twenty meters tall. His color changed to a sparkling silver and its eyes became dark.
Arima's eyes focused and moved instantly, he vanished from his original position and reappeared beside the now huge gargoyle. He swung Karma while using lightning magic. His sword moved faster than the sound.
But, different from what Arima predicted, the ma.s.sive gargoyle avoided in a blink and placed himself behind Arima before kicking the latter.
Arima jumped in mid-air and hurriedly looked back at the gargoyle with widened eyes ”(Too fast. What's going on?)” He thought. He pointed Ira at the gargoyle and fired a simple electrified bullet.
The black ray of light pa.s.sed through the gargoyle and flew away in the distance. The gargoyle had actually s.h.i.+fted his position, but it was so fast that he left an after image.
Arima's mouth twitched when he realized what happened ”Hey, that's cheating, you freaking b.a.s.t.a.r.d” He said, Arima called back Ira and focused on Karma
The gargoyle looked at Arima with a face that couldn't express any emotion ”I said it, right? I can't take you head on” He said and disappeared
Arima's eyes narrowed and he suddenly moved his katana above his head. The blade stopped a silver claw trying to attack him. Even after that, that same claw disappeared and Arima gave up on blocking, he jumped from where he was, but he was still struck on the back and a huge cut formed from his shoulder to his waist.
Arima clicked his tongue and raised his speed to the maximum. He started blocking attacks that were coming from random and totally unexpected directions. He was surprisingly on the defensive and it lasted for more than a few minutes. Each attack aimed at him had only a tenth of a second of decalage. It was the first time Arima got that much injuries since he arrived in this world, although he was already healing.
”That's enough!” Arima finally shouted and his aura exploded and the sky darkened. Two ma.s.sive circles appeared above and below him. The two circles connected themselves together with a blue light.
At that moment, the blue light was disturbed at some place and the figure of the gargoyle reappeared there. Arima stared at the gargoyle and his eyes glowed with a purple light. Thunder roared and the sky brightened. Multiple purple lightning bolts fell from the sky and shrouded the gargoyle in the same color.
The gargoyle was struck directly and lost an arm. After that, it instantly vanished like before. Arima frowned ”Just because you're used to this soul manifestation, you can move freely in here. That's past cheating that's just unfair” He complained
The gargoyle revealed itself far away. Its arm was restoring itself ”It's not that unfair against someone like you” He said and prepared to attack one more time when he suddenly trembled and looked down at his chest. He saw a dark red sword piercing through his body. He turned his head and looked behind him.
Arima was there smiling, stabbing him with Karma ”[Accelerans](Accelerando)” He breathed out a strange mist and chanted. The gargoyle looked at him in shock and looked back where he was looking at before. The place where Arima was supposed to be was totally empty.
”How did you move so fast?” It asked with a confused tone
Arima smirked ”I still don't master it perfectly, but time magic is pretty useful” He said
The gargoyle was of course shocked that he talked about time magic like it was nothing but he concentrated on the situation, he started disturbing the area and his figure blurred.