The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Under Attack 2/2

Immediately, the attack dashed towards Artemis. He was fast, a naked eye could barely keep up but Artemis was no ordinary human. His advanced eyes tracked and predicted the attacker's movements and Artemis was able to counter him with a punch to the gut. The attacker appeared behind him as predicted and he slammed his right fist into his stomach after doing a spin.

"Gah!" The attacker was sent flying to the wall. His body slammed on the wall, causing to crack and for him to spew blue blood from his mouth.

The commotion woke Alice up and she was horrified when she saw the attacker get on his feet, he was coughing up blood but still had the energy to fight. Artemis then walked towards him, all the while taking in the information that was going on outside. He did not need to worry about enemy reinforcements for the time-being since the rest were preoccupied with the Queen's Guard.

"!!!" The attacker shouted as he staggered forward with a black sword at hand.

Two black magic circles appeared above him and out came some shadow shards. They numbered by the thousands, the dark shards were long and were definitely fatal. But Artemis was keen that his Primelium armor that is hard as Adamantium would be able to take it. The shards struck Artemis at speed approximately mach 2, the attacker grinned for a moment before it was replaced by a jaw-dropped expression.

Artemis had tanked his attack, the shadow shards did no damage.

"Tsk!" He then dashed forward, this time he was 100x faster and cast both numerous demonic spells and weapons from different directions simultaneously. Artemis saw every attack as if the world was in slow motion. Then, Artemis realized that he was distracting him and was actually headed towards Alice who was hiding behind the bed.

Artemis jumped at the direction where the attacker was supposed to appear next, and again his predictions were right.

"GAH!" The attacker was not able to react in time to block an upcoming attack with his sword. Artemis appeared in his way and subsequently slammed him to the ground with his bare hands. The impact of his fist was so strong that it knocked him out. He slammed the floor, causing it too to crack.

Artemis landed near Alice just as the attacker was defeated. His blood stained the wall and the floor. The frightened little girl ran towards Artemis and hugged his right leg.

"He's still alive," Alice said.

"I know," Artemis was surprised by Alice's comment.

The attacker was defeated but he was not dead. Artemis could still detect his pulse from afar, but surprisingly his heat sensors didn't detect his heat signature, so his body is cold but still alive. He could already see his magic trying to repair his body to get him up and running again.

Artemis, thinking ahead, decided to end him once and for all.

Alice followed behind as Artemis walked towards the downed attacker.

The attacker was trembling as he lied face-first on the ground. He then noticed Artemis' steps and raised his head to see him. He was heavily bruised, he lost his mouth mask during the impact, his blood came out of his mouth. His nose was broken and his eyes were no longer the same.

He tried to raise his hand to cast a spell but Artemis crushed it with his right foot, ultimately causing him to scream in pain.