1172 Assistance 2 (1/2)
There were shards of glass all over the living room.
Garen stared coldly at the gunshot hole in the floor, and felt an inexplicable rage rise in his chest.
”I never bothered you guys, but you've come knocking on my door instead…?” His voice was deep and low as he looked at the direction the shot had come from.
Whoosh!
He instantly transformed into a wisp of white smoke, floating out of the living room. He dashed out through the hole in the glass, and aimed straight for the top of the tower.
Not long later, Yuria returned to the villa gates, his heart heavy, and was just in time to see Garen shoot out, heading toward the distance.
”I'll follow him, you catch up later, Sis!” Yuria was the faster one of the two, so he quickly allocated their roles and then gave chase.
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”He's coming.” On the tower, the man who had shot off that round stood up. ”He's pretty good at dodging gunshots, you guys might be in for some trouble.”
”It's fine, this is the best chance for us to see if he deserves to become one of us. Hehe, it's not that easy to get into Vulture!” Someone laughed coldly.
”Whatever. Those two kids are coming too, I'm off to complete my quest.” The shooter dismantled the sniper rifle with a familiar touch, and then placed the parts into a black box. He sealed and lifted the box, walking toward the only stairway that allowed descent from the roof. Soon, he vanished into the darkness.
Only the twins remained standing on the roof of the tower, patiently awaiting Garen's arrival.
Time passed slowly…
But soon enough.
Bam!!
There was a dull thud, and the metal door at the entrance was kicked open. It flew off and spun toward the floor nearby, clanging and rolling a few times before it finally settled down.
A white figure walked out from the stairway entrance slowly.
It was Garen, his expression as calm as a lake.
”Which one of you ambushed me?” His voice was very even, but there was a hint of impatience.
”It was all of us.” One of the twins smiled strangely.
”If you got the balls for it, come at us,” the other one chuckled.
”You're the one who said it!”
Garen did not waste any more time talking. Pulling out his long sword with a clang, he allowed the blade to reflect a clear arc of pure white light in the dark night.
Whoosh!!
A line of bright light instantly lit up in the gap between Garen and the twins, the silver light so bright it was almost blinding.
”Spider!”
The twins stretched out their right arms at the same time, pointing at Garen.
Whoomph!
In the blink of an eye, their arms burst open like a bouquet of blossoming flowers. Their entire arm was dismantled, forming a forest of spider-like sharp metal blades. The black blades gathered like so many Metal Flowers, unnaturally sharp and cold.
And just as Garen's silver-white Saber Light lit up, the two Metal Flowers also exploded at the same time. The blades shot out in every direction.
Psst-psst-psst…
The many metal blades instantly burst forth, like an instrument that had been pressed against a coiled spring.
Garen's silver-white Saber Light crashed into the black Metal Flowers.
Clang!!
There was the sharp sound of metal against metal.
The Saber Light took a turn and shot forward once more. It wove around the Metal Flowers and headed toward the man on the left, aiming for his waist.
”Interesting!” The twins laughed, and gently adjusted their Metal Flowers. With a whooshing sound, a long blade appeared from within the Flowers, perfectly positioned to stand in the blade's way.
Garen's Saber Light changed trajectory again, and the Metal Flowers continued to move as he did. The speed of their movement was faster than the rate Garen changed the direction of his attack. After all, Garen had to move his whole body, and they just needed to wave their arms slightly.
”It's useless,” said one of the twins with a smile. ”Our Spider Arms are the strongest form of local machinization. These are equipped with extremely powerful supermagnetism, you can tell that they're attracting your saber even as we speak, right?”
”That's right,” said the other twin cockily. ”No matter how strong your Saber Art is, you're still nothing without a metallic weapon, and our magnetism inhibits your metallic weapons. It's useless…”
With a whoosh, the silver Saber Light finally stopped. Garen looked at his opponents, frowning slightly.
Every time his blade was about to reach the enemy, it would be blocked by that powerful magnetic force. That power interfered with his originally perfect blade trajectory, causing it to lose its mark. That way, his Saber Art would naturally be stopped. This was also one of his Saber Art's flaws, it put too much importance in perfect accuracy, and that ended up becoming one of its weaknesses.
”Since metallic weapons are useless…” He tossed away his steel katana, and pulled out the other weapon he always carried around with him, the wooden sword at his waist.
”A wooden sword?!” One of the twins widened his eyes. ”Are you kidding me? Is there something wrong with your head?! Or do you really think that a wooden saber can cut through the Spider's defenses?!”
”Hahahaha…!!! This is killing me! You dare use a wooden saber, the most primitive of trash weapons, to face the Spider!!” The other started roaring with laughter.
But Garen ignored them completely. According to the Plot, everyone from Vulture was completely off their rockers. They had been modified until they were neither man nor monster, and they had lost all of their humanity, becoming instead violent, rash, mindless murderers.
Trying to talk to people like them was merely a waste of breath.
Earlier, he had only used his pure, basic Saber Arts in their simplest form, and it seemed as though his weapon was inhibited by the enemy's magnetism, so he could not achieve anything with it.