"I hope you are ready, Kotoha." Arti smiled warmly. Kotoha swiped her hand over the ground, summoning a spear, holding it out in front of her.
"Let us begin then." Arti nodded, hearing the sound of the spear being created. He ran forward.
"Combat creation, mace-" He appeared in front of her. She swung the spear at him with all her might. He used the scythe hand to direct the spear upwards while moving the clenched hand forward.
"Hit!" He slammed his fist into her abdomen, making her cough out blood.
"Invoke rule. Any strike I land will be repeated a second later." Kotoha's eyes widened as he glowed, and she suddenly felt a second impact on her stomach with equal force.
"Let us continue." He spun around, hitting the wrist into her cheek, and a second later, she felt a second impact.
"My palm command-" She shouted, slamming her foot into the ground.
"Brickwall!" A brick wall rose from the ground, and he slammed his fist into it. You heard a snap sound as he stumbled back. There was a dent in the wall, and a second later, the impact struck again, breaking the wall into pieces. Kotoha moved back, skating over the ground.
"Wait...I have an idea." Kotoha grinned as she clapped her hands together.
"The palm commands mass production-" She threw her hands out to the sides.
"Wheels!" She shouted as a lot of small wheels shot out to all sides, rolling over the ground. She rolled in between them.
"Trying to hide your presence among the sounds of the wheels." Arti turned toward her, shaking his hand a bit from the previous impact.
"Revoke rule...Invoke rule-" He took a deep breath as the symbols appeared under him. They all twisted around as two of them vanished, and he landed on his standard hammer form.
"Allow my fist to produce a powerful impact like a cannonball." He glowed as he stomped the ground, throwing his back all the way back, arching his arm like he was throwing a baseball.
"Here it comes." Faust grinned.
"Combat creation!-" Arti symbol appeared as all three circles appeared on the hammer. All of them glowed powerfully, and the glow was transferred to him.
"Hammer and hammer becomes sledgehammer. Add one more hammer. It becomes a war hammer! Combined that with the rule, and we will get!-" Arti threw his body forward, punching the air with all his might.
"Combat creation. Ultimate hammer form. War hammer impact!" He punched the air, unleashing such a shockwave that all the wheels broke into small tiny pieces, and Kotoha was launched through the air like a ragdoll, slamming into the wall. The shockwave caught up to her, shattering the wall to such a degree that there were cracks in the walls all around him. Arti lowered his hand as smoke was coming from it. He slowly opened up his hand, allowing smoke to move up. Kotoha fell to the ground, lying in the dirt. Arti rolled his shoulder and slowly walked toward her, allowing the cane to drop down from his shoulder to his hand. He walked toward her with easy small steps.
"Are you still alive?" Arti asked. He listened and heard her heartbeat.
"I see. For a civilian, you are quite resilient." Arti smiled. Kotoha grinned as she got up.
"Quick thinking gets me everywhere." She had created a giant pillow on her back to take the impact as much as possible, and metal pieces fell off her front as she had created steel plates in between them. It had all happened in a split second. The steel plates were destroyed completely, and the pillow was flattened.
"I guess that wouldn't get you. You are quite amazing when you aren't scared." He smiled, spreading out his arms.
"Combat creation!" He shouted, making the circles point to all the sides. One of them vanished, making him pick quintdent and spear.
"Quintdent and spear. Pike!" He moved forward. She moved toward him, placing a hand on the ground.
"My palm commands gas!" She left an oily gas streak over the ground as she rolled toward him. He took one step forward.
"Here goes. Pike thrust!" He threw his five fingers forward, and she moved to the side at the last second. She skated around him, drifting over the ground, leaving a circle of oil around him. He turned around, smelling the air.
"Gas, huh?" He quickly thrust his palm toward her.
"My palm commands, lighter!" She created a lighter and ignited the oil, flying away from the explosion of fire. She skated over the ground before coming to a stop.
"Invoke. I can't be touched by fire." He said, running out through the fire.
"Combat creation, pike march!" He appeared in front of her, hitting her in the throat with his stretched-out fingers before placing a palm right at her abdomen, sending her flying into the air.
"Combat creation. Two hammers. Sledgehammer!" He clenched both his fists and looked up.
"Wallbreaker!" He threw his hands into the air as Kotoha fell down again, slamming the fists into her stomach and throat.
