TBATE-ALLIANCE

Chapter 28

3rd Person POV

Frustration, anxiety, doubt, and fear. All the emotions Arthur felt just a moment ago faded away as a shroud of black lightning cracked around him. Aether and mana poured into Arthur at an alarming rate, faster than ever before, as he let himself sink deeper into realmheart.

Using gravity magic, Arthur lessened the gravity around him to counter Nicht's spell. With pure strength, Arthur pushed himself up from the ground and stood up tall with an expressionless look, and his eyes closed. The aether continued to pour into him, weaving its tendrils into the gold and amethyst runes, which slowly spread out, connecting with one another around his body.

Arthur's eyes shot open, and an immense, suffocating presence shot out from him, washing through the area. Nicht's gaze, which was locked on Sylvie, went wide, feeling this pressure, which almost felt divine. His head shot toward Arthur, and his mouth went slightly agape, seeing him standing there, enveloped in a golden aura, emitting a presence more potent than before.

Arthur's gaze flicked to Nicht's hand, which was wrapped around Sylvie's throat, and his eyes narrowed in anger. He raised his hand into the air and gathered the wind around him to form a wind blade. Nicht scoffed, seeing the wind blade, and surrounded himself in a cyclone of void wind. Arthur flicked his wrist, and the amethyst motes moved in and surrounded the blade, coating it in aether.

Arthur waved his hand down, shooting the blade forward toward Nicht. Nicht watched the blade with disinterest, knowing that it wouldn't penetrate his barrier. However, he soon went wide-eyed as the blade clashed with the barrier, cutting through the void wind like butter. The blade flew forward and cut through Nicht's armor and arm, which was holding Sylvie at the elbow like it was nothing.

Nicht yelled in pain, and Sylvie quickly flew back, pulling Nicht's hand off her throat and throwing it to the ground as she coughed violently. Knowing there was no time to waste, Arthur activated static void, and the world around him became monochrome. With his eyes locked on Sylvie, Arthur took an earth-shattering step forward, closing the distance between them instantly and appearing right beside her in the air. Arthur deactivated static void, and Sylvie and Nicht both looked at Arthur, surprised with wide eyes.

"P-Papa?!" Sylvie said shakily, concerned for Arthur, seeing the current state he was in.

"How?" Nicht said in disbelief.

Arthur looked at Nicht expressionlessly and raised his hand toward him. Arthur snapped his fingers, firing an unimaginably powerful shockwave that shattered Nicht's armor, his bones, and several of his organs as he flew back and crashed into the ground a few dozen feet away.

Sylvie's eyes widened with surprise, seeing the extreme power Arthur had just displayed, Sylvie's eyes widened with surprise. Then, Arthur closed his eyes and focused on Regis' thoughts, narrowing his position. Then, seeing where Regis was in his mind, Arthur opened his eyes and twirled his finger, creating an amethyst portal before him. He waved his hand, and the portal flew toward Arthur and Sylvie, bringing them into it, and they appeared on the other side, hanging in the air.

Arthur closed the portal behind them, and Sylvie looked around curiously and confused. She looked back at Arthur, seeing him accessing the full extent of Sylvia's will, which was putting a lot of strain on his body, even with it being part draconic.

"Papa..." Sylvie said, reaching out to him in concern.

Arthur ignored her and looked down at the figures on the floor. Aya, Olfred, and Varay were pinned down with tendrils as Sameer stood above Rohan with his foot on their chest and a liquid green spear in hand. Sameer's eyes went wide, feeling the sudden divine presence, and he looked up, seeing Arthur and Sylvie. Sameer's eyes narrowed on Arthur, and he felt a drastic change from him and saw the golden aura around his body.