Vol 7 Chapter 9 (2/2)

That difficult to avoid thread of fire and electricity was causing Jupiter no end of troubleIts position was changing constantly, even during an attackIt et

How?

Cloudhawk didn’t offer Jupiter any chance to save faceHe lashed out again and again with the whip reaching a full ten etEvery strike was different and fell upon the youngstormScorched whip-marks peppered his body

Noah was stunnedMembers of the Nilam family were, too, as well as Idonea

They watched the oft ned Byzantium dandy almost whip his opponent to piecesJupiter’s attacks were far stronger than Cloudhawk’s, but soh each of the they were so precise as to be unavoidable

In a handful of seconds Jupiter had been caught by twenty lashes

Black burn marks criss-crossed his entire forauntlets were in tatters and dripped bloodJupiter’s hands were too er welled up inside of hihtHis attacks grew more and more imperfect while his foe’s superhuhtest flawsHe felt helpless

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No, it didn’t th! Idonea would not be stolen away by this foul ht in a trapMental energy poured froated flood and his spear launched into another set of attacksHowever, this time they were not spread out across an areaThey coalesced into a single strea to kill hi all of his strength into this attackIt reached up to a hundred ly wideIf it struck, there wouldn’t even be a corpse to bring back to Byzantium

Jupiter’s eyes ide and bloodshot“Diiiee!”

The Spear of a Thousand Shadows stretched unsettlingly until it was eight or nineIt screamed toward Cloudhawk, yet he remained cal around to form a vortex before him

When the spear reached him he pulledCloudharapped around the spear’s shaft and tugged it to the sideAt the last instant the spear’s trajectory shi+fted, just as it released its energy in a deadly torrent

The thick wall of the Argyris family th was on full displayBut the attack had taken nearly all of Jupiter’s power to executeAfter using it he was tapped for thehis breath, Cloudhawk pulled his spear back

The younger , more than his beaten hands could contend withHis spear slipped fro a hundred meters awayIt buried itself in a sardens

The outcome was clear

Cloudhawk looked over at Jupiter as nearly mad with fury“A soldier’s weapon is ten times more important than any loverIf as a soldier you can’t even hold onto your weapon, how are you supposed to protect the people you care about? As far as I can tell, these Mighty Ten are only yris family looked on with confused expressionsThe Nila the poor boy was enough and sohty Ten? This young outsider certainly didn’t h“Jupiter, you’ve lost”

The beaten youth looked up at Lance, then over to IdoneaLike a brokenhis spear behindToday he’d lost not only the girl he loved, but his pride

Cloudhaatched hio with a smirkShaerExperiencing defeat hat , he would bounce back

“Congratulations Young Lance!” Noah strode forward“You have won victory over Jupiter and have the right to count yourself ahty Ten”

The steward joined in excitedly“When your mother and father hear the news they’re sure to be thrilled!”

Idonea watched Jupiter slink awayOnly once he was gone did her eyes turn back to the mysterious noble who had coeIf Lance was able to defeat Jupiter then they all had underestiame to support us!