87 Things to find out and stuff to hide? (2/2)

Elohim doesn't answer but licks over his lips. Yes. Definitely a creepy fellow. I guess even with my staff I can't hold the status quo forever.

*ZZZZZIIZZZZZzzzzzz*

A disk of light suddenly whisks through between us. Elohim looks after the disk, which slowly disappears in the distance.

I frown while I look into the same direction. ”It finally decided to come back! But it had bad aim. I will have to change the spell a bit. It's a little embarrassing. Looks like I messed up the aiming function of -highest above the earth- with -closest to me-.”

*Thud*

Elohim's left arm got severed in the middle of his forearm. It dropped to the ground with a sad noise. Elohim looks with big round eyes at the bleeding stump of an arm.

”That looks nasty. You should take care of it.” I grin at Elohim.

Suddenly something hits Elohim from behind and his face smooches onto my barrier while sparks of energy start to sizzle Elohim's face into a brown and crispy mass.

Now I realize that Carne came back from the dead and used his chance to grab Elohim's head from behind. He is pressing the poor guy against my barrier.

Elohim is twitching and trying to get out of Carnes grasp. But it looks like it's futile. Carne is too strong!

”You got back from the dead! Nice one! But why are you suddenly so strong? I wouldn't have come down here if I knew that you were holding back.” I greet Carne with a cheerful voice.

”Shut up! It's my ability! As long as I can keep physical contact with someone I can switch powers with them. The fucker just didn't give me an opening to grab him until now!” Carne smacks Elohim repeatedly with an angry expression into my barrier.

*WHAM!*

”And the sucker!”

*WHAM!*

”Ruined!

*WHAM!*

”My!”

*WHAM!*

”Beautiful!”

*WHAM!*

”Face!”

*WHAM!*

My barrier breaks and I jump backwards in order to avoid being sullied by the bloody lump of flesh dangling from Carne's hand.

Wow! I didn't realize that Carne is such a beauty fanatic. I guess it's important if you have a harem like him? Even though he looks just average. ”That's interesting! That means that right now you are as strong as him and he is as strong as you? Bwahahaha!” I start to laugh.

”What's so funny!?” Carne glares at me.

”You are actually really weak Carne, aren't you? For someone like that to be the leader of a big society....” I smack my thigh while I almost go to my knees.

”So what!? I am the strongest while being the weakest! I just have to grab my opponent! And if you don't stop laughing I will pay you back for what you did to me! Five kids! One night and I will have to deal with five kids for at least a decade or two! I should do some really horrible things to you!” -Carne

Now I really fall to my knees and laugh while Carne shakes his fist at me.

”ARRGH! DAMN!” Carne throws Elohim into the sky during a moment of pure outrage.

*WRROOOOM*

The Council member disappears at an unbelievable speed and a shockwave flattens our surroundings. I cling to the ground in order to not being blown away.

The air calms down and I look up. ”Hey! We still need him as a prisoner! You can't throw him into the orbit!”

”Ups.” -Carne

I stopped laughing while I looked upwards. Above us is the moving moon of the Arcane Community. Everything is silent and I count the seconds.

Will it really happen? I know that Carne didn't aim for it. He couldn't be so unlucky could he?

Suddenly I see the moon changing it's form while a sizeable chunk of it dissipates into the surrounding space and the full moon becomes a half moon. The cool blue shimmering flickers a few times and then stops.....

Of course this happened in absolute silence because there is no noise transmission in space.

Carne starts to gnaw at his fingernails. ”Do you think I can pay by instalments?”

I shake my head while I still look up. Chiffre was so proud of that thing. And it got busted in its first battle! ”Nope. Chiffre will dissect you!”

”Then we have to cover it up! Elohim jumped by himself in order to headbutt the moon! He wanted to show his power! You are my witness!” -Carne

I scratch my cheek. ”That story might be a little hard to sell...”

Carne grabs me at my shoulders.

”You... owe... me!”