Chapter 218 (1/2)

Book 2, Chapter 75 – Dust-Up

The enemy of one's enemy was one's friend

Cloudhaas fighting alone, but thankfully he had the phase stone to lend him some confidence

These two joining forces at the criticalto be a difficult situation for hiy field surrounding him he was effectively separate from the physical world The only attack he would have to fear were those that could overco less would be ineffective and he could completely avoid

The problem was that just as others couldn't harm him, he couldn't harm anyone either while he was incorporeal He would have to drop the stone's power before trying to fight back, and against a single target he could choose the rightthen counter-attacking

But when his foes started to ot more complicated

Activating the stone took ti it created more opportunity for mistakes If they could keep up a continuous assault, or had some special attack, or so this encounter was going to be very difficult for Cloudhawk

“Re for any way to turn the situation his way But on the surface he remained calm When he turned his eyes on Claudia a scornful sneer rit on his face “Twice you tried to kill me with your sneak attacks and have failed both tiain Are you so do you?”

The accusation made her furious She wouldn't consider it even if he were the last living person on earth!

Cloudhawk s fact “It's just such a shaly I ot no chest and your ass is a funny shape A woman like you holds no interest for me – just not my type Not even out of pity, really, so you should just put the thought out of your mind”

In fact, while Claudia wasn't as beautiful as soirls in Skycloud Her figure didn't have the sa fire of hellflower, but the bits that should be big were big, and the bits that should be small were small All in all, very standard

Gabriel understood what Cloudhaas trying to do

He was a cunning little shi+t What he was saying was a load of nonsense, but it was driving the girl crazy The angrier she got the harder it would be for her to keep her head in a fight, and that lost thee

Claudia didn't rush to action Gabriel also didn't act rashly

They were in a stalemate Cloudhawk's verbal attacks beca on the s he learned from his tirew increasingly filthy How could a self-proclaimed noble soul from the elysian lands accept such black-hearted obscenity? Cloudhaas nothing ave hie over any elysian He didn't care about face, so the strea That's hoas able to strip before two hundred people without a second thought What elysian could do the same?

Claudia's face turned several shades of red, and her knuckles cracked as she held her fists by her side It was like a sea of lava roiled just beneath her skin, threatening to burst out at any moment

Cloudhawk's plan see

But Claudia shut her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened theain Cloudhaas surprised to see her eyes were perfect blue pools of tranquility In fact there was no emotion in the back on old tricks Don't you get tired of yourself?”

What is this? All this wasted breath, and no reaction? Cloudhawk had her pegged as a hothead, but her reaction today was exactly the opposite

Out in the wastelands, Claudia didn't lose to Cloudhawk – she lost to herself Back then she had a clear coe over hiave up her power and let him lead her by the nose

She took her mission's failure as a lesson She was an emotional person, but she could learn how to separate her mood from behavior She effectively had two faces There was benefit in success, but lessons in failure What happened to her out in the wastelands wasn't all bad

This hy enemies and foes were so important!

Ene you to forward Adversaries were the mirror hich one constantly looked at the truth of the their opponents, who could see past their enmity to the worth of their foes, that person was destined for greatness

“Good… very good You've grown up” Cloudhawk let his loathsoave way to calht me?”

Claudia's voice sounded like it was born on a frozen mountain wind, cold and imperious “I just don't want to see villains win I can't stand by while another demonhunter loses their life to contemptible tricks Any elysian would make the sahteous heart A wastelander like you would never understand, so you use any ain power Without faith how far can you really go?”

Gabriel's face twitched His heart started beating quicker It was happening again

Once his heartrate reached a certain threshold, Naberius would co him

“You're willing toassholes are willing to go out and slaughter freely, and saddest of all you still think you're hands are clean Put yourselves up on that glowing pedestal If that's the sort of things the Gods teach your people then if they topple today it wouldn't be soon enough” Cloudhawk bent down He wasn't going to waste tiht as well get it over with “Alright If this is the way it's gotta be then I'll take on both of you”