The Infinite Story Volume 1

28. The wind of the new beggining

Oliver stoodon the wall with his wolf, the wind blowing around him. Despite everything that had happened, he was ready to do all he could.

Suddenly, a white beam shot towards him. Instinctively, he crouched down, narrowly avoiding it.

On the other side, Lumine was engaged in a fierce battle with Lukas and Nagget.

Lukas created a gun and fired two shots at Lumine, but she swiftly dodged, closing the distance and slashing the gun, immobilizing it. She attempted to punch Lukas, but he evaded by stepping backward. Nagget attacked from behind, but Lumine planted her sword into the ground, using it as a platform to balance herself. Without turning around, she kicked Nagget's sword away, then used both the sword and Nagget as a springboard to launch herself at Lukas. He dodged again, lost in thought, and didn't even counterattack. Lumine landed on her hands, using her agility to jump off the wall and dive through one of the windows, hiding within the wall.

"It's weird..." Lukas muttered, grabbing his chin.

"What are you doing?!" Nagget shouted. "We need to kill her."

"She managed to regenerate and get stronger in such a short time," Lukas mused, still lost in thought.

"Yeah, well, we can still beat her," Nagget replied, stretching and relaxing. "I'll try to find her from within the wall. You stay here in case she appears again." With that, Nagget started running and leaped off the wall, using her wind magic to propel herself through a window into the building.

"Yeah, sure," Lukas muttered, replying to no one as Nagget had already left.

Suddenly, he felt a surge of magic building up and flew upwards, dodging Lumine's attack. The force of her ability erupted from within the wall, breaking part of it and damaging the ceiling of the Prestige in the process.

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Reginald was thrown against the wall by Jenn, but he swiftly recovered landing on the wall, then raising his shield just in time to block her attack.

 "What's happened?" he thought to himself. "I can't help but worry for the other knights. I never thought an enemy such as this would come to our capital one day, even though the possibilities are endless. But I should do what I can for this capital..."

As he fought, Reginald struck his shield with his sword, causing Alb and Jenn to pulsate in a bluish gray color. Seizing the moment, he went forward and managed to scratch Jenn on the cheek with his blade.

"...after all, I was born and raised here," he concluded, resolute in his duty.

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Camilo reappeared on the wall, bracing himself for the next attack. Suddenly, a portal materialized, and Mar emerged. Camilo conjured several white fireballs and launched them at Mar, who deftly dodged by pulling himself toward the inner wall of the castle using his ability. Another portal opened, and Mar disappeared through it.

A multitude of portals sprang up around Camilo, with Mar leaping from one to another as he was pushing Camilo with incredible speed. Even Camilo found it impossible to track Mar's movements or predict which portal he would emerge from next.

"It's pointless attacking him now, and it's all thanks to that girl. What IS her ability? I must have it!" Camilo thought to himself, frustration building as he tried to anticipate Mar's next move.

Then Camilo was grabbed and pulled through a portal, finding himself falling from the sky, then sideways, then up, then plummeting down again. Left, right, up, down—he had had enough. Summoning his speed, he blitzed out of the circle of portals around him and reappeared near the ceiling of the Prestige.

Placing his hand on the ceiling, he summoned one of his many abilities, drawing from nothing a sword made of pure energy, breaking part of the ceiling in the process. Combining this with Mar's ability, which he had not yet mastered, Camilo unleashed a powerful slash at Mar. The attack, although incredibly fast, traveled from the ceiling to the ground rather than arriving instantaneously. Mar, with his quick reflexes, managed to avoid the devastating strike.

Camilo used the ceiling as a platform and launched himself downward, ready to strike Mar. However, using their portal abilities, Mar and Amantii switched places. Amantii intercepted the attack with her spear, while Mar grabbed Camilo and threw him once again through a portal.

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Jenn smiled coldly as she regenerated from the faint scratch. "Okay," her voice turned ice cold.

She then punched the shield, denting it in the process, knocking Reginald several feet back destroying a bit of the wall in the process . Meanwhile, Alb swiftly used his knives to disarm Reginald, taking the sword out of his grasp.

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Voltar flew above the chaotic scene, watching with disgust. "So far, nothing has gone as planned..." he sighed. "...I guess there's nothing to do but—"

Before he could finish his sentence, a diamond spike was launched at him. Voltar reacted just in time, shifting into his electric form. Johan appeared, his hand imbued with his ability, and managed to touch Voltar, forcing him back into his humanoid form. Ema took the opportunity and successfully hit Voltar with one of her diamond spikes, sending him flying.

Electricity crackled around Voltar as he regained his footing and started flying toward Ema. She simply made the platform she was standing on vanish and began to fall.

As Ema plummeted, she threw a few diamond shards from her pocket, laughing before launching them at Voltar. He attempted to dodge, but Johan's touch rendered Voltar's ability to transform into electricity useless. Ema's shards hit their mark, piercing both of Voltar's hands. The diamonds began to melt, causing Voltar to scream in agony as his hands burned from the inside out.

Voltar's raged as he struggled to free himself from the searing pain, his eyes locking onto Ema with a murderous glare. Johan and Ema exchanged a quick glance, and knew what to do next.

Johan's ability, "Sparks of Intellect," grants him control over electricity, enabling him to nullify others' magic or abilities. This power, however, lacks precision—Johan can't selectively target what he nullifies. As a result, Ema's diamonds, created by her own ability, began to melt as Johan's electricity coursed through them.

If the sparks make contact with someone and their nullification property is activated because of Johan, they start nullifying the other person's ability. That being said, there are loopholes to this, but Johan hasn't figured them out yet.

Ema had no way to stop her fall, so she extended the diamonds already embedded in the ceiling, forming a platform under her legs. The impact broke her legs, but she showed no sign of discomfort and remained standing, staring intently at Voltar.

This moment, however, was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a tremendously powerful presence approaching from the horizon. It was someone even more dangerous than their deity, riding on the back of a dragon. Everyone's gaze fixed on them, a deep sense of terror grabbing the very essence of their souls.

"They're here."