Legend of Mautau: Angelorum Lux

Ch 24: Thunderfury Arrow and the Light of the Infinite

           Gathering a mass of EDE in his hands, Scott crystallized it into a golden bow. Taking hold of it, he stood confidently before Mythra with Grey. An impressed look on her face, Mythra said, “Not bad, you already seem to have it down perfectly. Let’s see what your Anima Weapon can do!” Gathering her Elementum Orbis into a circle in front of her again, the seven colored rune circles appeared once more. Running his hand across his bow to generate static electricty, Scott pulled back the string, and crackling electricity came from his hand to form an arrow of lightning. As Mythra fired her seven beams of energy, Scott released the bowstring and the arrow shot forth and split into seven different arrows of lightning. Striking each other in the air, the two attacks collided and exploded. Then Grey, a mighty aura surging around him, rushed forward towards Mythra, all the while gathering EDE and channeling it into his blades. His eyes glowing, he leaped through the swirling cloud created by the explosion, and with a powerful slash he cleaved Mythra’s yellow crystal in half. Mythra turned to attack him in the air, but quickly dodged as Scott unleashed a barrage of lightning arrows. Landing, Grey quickly turned and pointed a sword at Mythra and unleashed a beam of volatile light energy. Barely dodging, Mythra looked back as the beam collided with the ceiling and exploded, thinking, “So his affinity is a light based enhancement? Astounding, it’s increasing his strength, speed, just about everything. Light is usually more of an enhancement type, but to have such an increase right off the bat? Then there’s how he also sliced through my Elementum Orbis like it was paper… Could it have been THAT?!” 

        Raising her hand before her, as a dark green rune circle formed, bits of rock from all over the cavern sailed into the air and gathered at Mythra's hand to create a small shield of intertwined stones. She moved the shield to block more of Scott’s lightning arrows, and gathering her remaining crystals into two triangular formations, she focused one set on Grey and the other on Scott, firing elemental energy beams at them. Leaping out of harm’s way, Scott rolled across the ground and into a crouching formation, and taking aim he fired more arrows at Mythra, only this time they stopped short and headed towards the ground. From the points where they struck the ground, yellow lines formed a rune circle beneath Mythra. At the same time, Grey ran from the beams and up another crystal formation, lifting one sword before him as he chanted, “Geminus, Ego Voco Vos, Ventus Acies!” Leaping at Mythra as light green runes ran down the one sword, he lifted the other and chanted, “Geminus, Ego Voco Vos, Lux Acies!” As the yellow rune circle below her crackled with energy, Mythra gathered her crystals below her, and as they all glowed blue she shouted, “Ultimate Element: Glacial Wall!” A large blue rune circle appeared and a barrier of ice formed between Mythra and Scott’s rune circle just as a powerful bolt of lightning shot up at her from it. The lightning bolt was thwarted by the ice barrier, destroying it in the process, but Mythra had no time to relax, quickly dodging as Grey sailed at her and struck out, now wielding a sword of wind and a sword of light. His first strike dodged, Grey used his wind blade to propel himself at Mythra again, lashing out with his sword of light. Mythra quickly formed a black rune circle and attempted to block with a shield of dark energy, but on contact there was a strange light and Grey’s blade sliced right through it and as Mythra quickly backed away she could feel the blood dripping from the graze on her cheek. Mythra thought with wonder, “That… That was without a doubt EDE Dissipation! One of the most dangerous Infinite Abilities!” Slowing his descent, Grey was about to propel himself at her again when Mythra called out, “I’ve seen enough! Congratulations boys, you pass my test with flying colors!”

           Landing on the ground to join them, Mythra’s broom disappeared. Rushing at Grey, she grabbed him in a hug before he could back away and exclaimed, “I’m sorry I was so rough on you! I knew you could do it, you were amazing!” Caught completely off guard by her sudden change of attitude, Grey stammered, “U-uh… Th-thanks I guess…?” Looking on with a sly look, Scott headed for the door saying, “Ok… I guess if we’re done I’ll leave you two alone.” With a menacing glare, Grey yelled after him, “Hey, it’s not like that dammit! Get back here! Hey!” Turning his attention to Mythra, Grey said, “Mythra come on, it’s embarrassing how you keep randomly hugging me like this…” Releasing him, she smirked and replied, “There’s that cute shy side again…” Placing the palm of his hand over his forehead as though she’d given him a headache, Grey sighed in frustration. Turning to head to the door, Grey suddenly staggered as he realized his wounds from earlier weren’t quite healed completely. In the heat of battle he’d simply ignored the pain. Mythra quickly came up to him and said, “Oh right! I’m sorry, you fought so well in spite of it that I forgot you were injured! Let me heal you.” Placing a hand upon each injury, there was a blue glow as she healed the wounds. While healing, Mythra thought to herself, “Curious, these are almost healed. They were quite shallow to begin with, but his regeneration is still remarkable even for a half halman…”