Twisted Wonderland | Mickey's Print

29. Battle Against The King

If Leona looked scary before, now he was terrifying... In the same way as with Riddle's Overblot, nobody could tell if it was Leona the one controlling the giant monster behind him or vice versa. If Leona raised an arm, so did the monster. If the monster turned to the side, Leona followed him.

Then, Leona raised his right arm so the giant monster would lift its right claw, then he roared loudly like a furious, wild beast. "If I can't change the world, I'll reduce everything to sand! Everything is useless... EVERYTHING!" He yelled.

Even though he was going to take some time to forgive Leona for the hurt he had done to him, Ruggie couldn't help but frown with a small gleam of sadness in his eyes. "Have you felt this way all this time...?" He asked aloud. You never said anything..."

Noticing this, Jack walked over to him and tightened his hand around his magical pen. "Ruggie. Don't stop and let's bring him back to his senses!" He told him with fighting zeal.

At that very moment, they felt the earth tremble again and large cracks opened in the ground. Part of the ground rose, forming rocks of different sizes in a tortuous and irregular shape, making it difficult to cross.

"It's ridiculous to think that a traitor, a simple hyena, and a handful of herbivores can stop me," Leona scoffed. "You will be the first to turn into miserable mountains of sand!"

"Any good ideas in mind, Yuu?" Grim asked, waiting for any strategy like their last battle.

"Nothing too great yet, but that glass is smaller than the ones from before, I wouldn't be surprised if it's going to be harder to hit," Yuu pointed out. They also had the disadvantage of not having any nearby places where they could take cover from the attacks, the open space in the stadium was vast, the closest walls were the stands and they were too far away to run towards them without being stopped.

"The good thing about that is that it contains less ink, so the battle time should be short," Riddle added. "Cater, use your Unique Magic if you find the chance."

"Understood," Cater agreed and motioned for Yuu to come closer and whisper something in his ear.

"Sounds good to me," Yuu said before joining Grim, who had given his first fire spit before missing and only hitting one of his claws.

Leona frowned in annoyance, but he simply shook his hand and the charred part of the paw regenerated in a few seconds with the viscous, black substance he kept producing. "Oh, I quiver with fear!" He said mockingly.

"Dammit!" Grim exclaimed in frustration.

"I hope he doesn't move too much, he seems to be fast with those four legs," Ace said before launching an ice attack that was a few centimeters from hitting the glass, but it was strong enough for Leona to feel strong pain in the head. "Ugh!" He yelled.

After listening to Ace, Ruggie had an idea. "Not moving too much?" He repeated. "I can do somethin' about it. Laugh With Me!" A small flash of light shone from his magical pen, he looked at Leona and crossed his arms without moving from his place. With that, he could force him to perform the same position, and Leona felt a force controlling him to do so. Even the monster was unable to move.

"What do you think you're doing, you stupid hyena!?" Leona growled as he internally struggled to free himself.

"Hurry up! It's hard to control this one," Ruggie warned as he struggled to resist his dorm leader's strength. It didn't help that he was still exhausted from the Kings' Roar attack he suffered just minutes before.

Ace wasted no time and repeated his same attack, with the difference that he hit a bullseye. Jack decided to do the same. Leona growled angrily, but the cracks in the dirty glass barely extended."It's very thick," Jack said in frustration.