Rasie's body was instantly cloaked in blazing orange fire. Scorching heat immediately stung the surrounding air, devouring the oxygen voraciously.
Clang!
Hasya parried Rasie's first slash with the back of his hand, coated in transparent telekinetic energy.
"Ahahah, what was that, Rasie!!!" Hasya shouted.
Rasie gave no pause. She slashed right. Then left. Right again. Left again. Her movements were so fast they left trails of orange light on the retina.
Hasya kept blocking every attack. His feet slid back step by step.
"Not bad, not bad, not bad!!!" Hasya laughed broadly. "Give me all of it, my love!!"
Rasie lowered her body suddenly. She swung her sword from bottom to top in a powerful vertical arc.
Hasya crossed both hands to withstand the attack.
Bam!
The explosive force of the fire threw Hasya's body into the air.
"Zaefal!! Purple hair!!!" Rasie shouted, giving the signal.
Rasie stomped the ground until it cracked, then jumped high, chasing Hasya. Zaefal, who had been waiting for the momentum, jumped from the opposite side.
Right now, Hasya was suspended in mid-air. Zaefal on his left. Rasie on his right.
Gravity seemed to pause for the three of them.
Clash!
Clang!
Zaefal initiated his attack. He spun his body in the air to gain momentum. His sword, wrapped in black Void energy, slashed horizontally, aiming for Hasya's neck.
Hasya ducked his head slightly. The black blade passed just one centimeter above his hair.
Zaefal retracted his sword and immediately stabbed toward Hasya's left waist. Hasya parried the flat side of the blade with his left elbow, wrapped in a shield.
On the right side, Rasie slashed wildly. Her fire sword cut diagonally from the right shoulder to the left waist. Hasya blocked the hot blade with his right palm.
Hiss!
Fire flared upon contact with the telekinetic shield.
Rasie twisted her wrist. She changed the attack trajectory into a straight stab at the eyeball. Hasya tilted his neck to the side. The heat of the sword singed the tips of Hasya's hair.
The three of them began to fall slowly due to gravity.
Down below, Illya touched her hand to the ground. Her lips muttered a spell. The white ground rumbled. A giant earthen pillar shot up rapidly to meet them as they fell.
Fyar sprinted up the growing pillar. He sheathed his katana. He prepared a boxing stance.
When Rasie, Zaefal, and Hasya landed on that narrow earthen pillar, Fyar was already there.
Fyar twisted his waist, aiming a left hook at Hasya's jaw.
Hasya, busy holding off both Zaefal and Rasie's attacks, was overwhelmed. He saw Fyar. Hasya lifted his right leg. He intended to stomp that foot to create an area-of-effect telekinetic blast.
Before his sole touched the pillar's surface, the earth moved, coming alive. The soil coiled around Hasya's ankle and hardened instantly.
Hasya's eyes widened.
Thud!
Fyar's left hook slammed squarely into Hasya's right jaw.
Hasya's head jerked to the side. Gray Neutralize energy spread from Fyar's fist to Hasya's face.
Hasya's white protective aura flickered and extinguished for a moment.
Thud! Thud!
Fyar didn't stop. He delivered an uppercut to the solar plexus and a straight right to Hasya's nose.
Hasya staggered. Fresh blood dripped from the corner of his lips.
"Aghhh, so this is what it feels like!" Hasya shouted while smiling broadly. "Fuck yeah guys! Good job!"
With one leg still anchored by the earth, Hasya spun his body like a top. He ducked to avoid Zaefal's neck slash. He used his shoulder to ram into Fyar's chest to push him away.
Zaefal slashed again at the thigh. Hasya lifted his left knee, blocking Zaefal's sword hilt.
Rasie slashed again at the chest. Hasya blocked Rasie's wrist with his right hand. The fire blade grazed his forearm. Blood dripped.
Hasya growled. He focused his power on his bound leg.
Crack!
He tore the earthen shackle by force. Hasya jumped back, free-falling from the top of the pillar toward the ground below.
Illya quickly touched the ground again.
The ground at Hasya's landing point turned into dozens of sharp spears shooting upward.
Hasya widened his eyes. He punched the empty air. The shockwave from his punch destroyed the earthen spears one by one.
Sts! Sst! Srst!
Soil debris scattered. Hasya landed smoothly.
Atop the pillar, Zaefal and Rasie jumped down together. Their swords were raised high, ready to split Hasya's head from the air.
Hasya looked up. He smirked. He raised both hands upward, palms open. Blinding white light gathered there, ready to fire a telekinetic cannon.
As the light began to glow brightly.
Bang! Bang!
Fyar free-fell between Zaefal and Rasie while firing his pistol downward.
The Neutralize bullets headed straight for Hasya's energy gathering point.
Hasya canceled his attack, panicked that his energy would disperse. He changed his hand position to a cross. An invisible shield dome formed above him.
Boom!
Zaefal and Rasie slammed into that shield.
Void Sword and Fire Sword clashed with the telekinetic wall. Energy sparks exploded wildly. Added to that were Fyar's bullets raining down on the same spot.
Fyar landed on top of the shield. He fired again at point-blank range.
Why isn't the Neutralize working on his shield? Isn't it the same? Why, why? Do I have to increase the magic flow to 100 percent? Fyar muttered inwardly.
Fyar sheathed his pistol. He drew his katana. He flowed all his remaining mana into the blade until it vibrated and turned a dense gray.
He held the katana hilt with both hands, aiming straight down.
Hasya, realizing the energy surge, panicked.
"Fuck!. my shield is going to break!"
Hasya tried to shift his body backward to escape.
Grab.
The ground beneath his feet rose again, tightly gripping both his ankles.
"Tch hahahah," Hasya laughed resignedly. "Illya!"
In the distance, Illya muttered a spell. The ground around Hasya's legs sharpened and stabbed into Hasya's waist and thighs, locking his movement completely.
Above the shield.
Clang!!
Fyar's katana, coated in pure Neutralize energy, pierced the shield. The sound of shattering glass rang out loudly. The shield shattered into pieces.
Zaefal's attack, Rasie's attack, and Fyar's katana thrust glided freely without obstruction toward Hasya's body.