Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(98) TMotDS: Moody Discord!

In the vast space where the stars were the only spectators, two boys, once friends now enemies, fought heads on, face to face. Azul summoned two metal harpoon flying at Jonah. Only managing to pull his head away, one of the harpoons grazed his cheek, but he managed to jump back with the other harpoon stabbed the place he once stood. Azul jumped far, swinging his glowing cane at Jonah, but the captain rolled over before it can hit him. Azul lifted his leg, kicking Jonah, who wasn't able to roll quick enough, in the face, sent him flying further away.

"What's a matter, Argentum?" Azul mocked, stepping forward toward the boy. The space beneath him rippled like water every time they made contact. "Didn't you say you want to kill me?" He slammed his cane to the ground. Jonah could hear the sound of something burning. Looking up, his eyes widened when he saw tiny bombs raining down at him. Jonah held his sword and sliced as many as he could. However, some managed to explode early, once again throwing his whole body back.

Jonah quickly got up. Damn it, he was already gasping for air even though Azul hadn't broken a sweat. This battle would end soon and he would lose and lose Riddle and the other! He needed to get out of this space for good!

"I'll be lenient for once," Azul suddenly spoke, stepping forward and space cracked a line. Jonah managed to pull himself away from falling into a pit of lava. "If you can beat me or even touch my cane, the world will shatter. That is if you don't go insane from the whole illusions."

Jonah chuckled. "Thanks for the great hint." The objective was clear now.

Azul growled and dashed toward the captain once again, purple poisonous steam coming out from his fingers. Jonah barely dodged that. Azul managed to grab his eyepatch, pulling it off. Before he could do anything further, Jonah ducked and swept Azul's legs from underneath him. The Octavinelle Prefect fell to his back as Jonah jumped away, hands covering his right eye.

"I hope you don't mind if I'm playing safe here," Jonah smirked. "Someone did say not to be overcommitted in trying to beat your enemies."

Azul snorted. "But of course, you can't just win in full-on defensive more. Everything needs to be in perfect balance!" Azul ran straight at him, raising his cane. This time, Jonah swung his cutlass forward, clashing with Azul's weapon. He was pretty surprised at how strong the cane was, but it was created from a magical pen, so that must be a factor. Their deadly dance continued, sword and cane clashing in the dark of the night.

Stab! Duck! Block! Jump! Parry! Slash!

None of them showed any sign of slowing down, fighting until someone drop or declaring surrender. Azul jumped back and raised his cane, gem glowing as he summoned acid rain. Strangely enough, Jonah didn't make a move.

"This is an illusion, isn't it?" Jonah asked, nonchalantly. Azul's breath hitched. How did he know? The captain dashed forward, using the small chance to punch Azul in the face. The Octavinelle Prefect was thrown back. Finally finding the right tempo, Jonah jumped forward once again, bringing his cutlass up. Azul was barely able to block it with his cane. With a grunt, his gem glowed and it let out a cloud of smoke with sand in it. Jonah winched when some sand slipping into his eyes and Azul used the chance to punch him in the stomach. The pirate gasped in pain and Azul smirked, followed up his attack with a smack of his cane, sending the pirate flying.

Jonah managed to maneuver himself on he landed on his knees instead of back. He ran toward Azul, sword ready once again. Azul had ready to defend himself with his cane, but Jonah switched, holding his sword in his left and charging up for a repulsion ray from his right, blasting beam toward Azul who summoned a forced shield in front of him. Jonah brought back his sword, stabbing the force shield with it until it broke like glass. The captain slid down and kicked Azul under his feet, letting him fall, but he quickly got up before Jonah could reach for his staff. The exchange continued with Jonah trying his best to get Azul away from his staff and Azul defensive-offensive with all his magic. It was such a miracle that Jonah could stand a chance against the prefect without any clear battle plan, but sheer stubbornness was definitely taken a lot of part in it.