Andrew Bailey & The Eternal Maze

Chapter - 20

The fight was indeed one sided but not in the way you would think. Bellows was giving Atlas a barrage of punches however not a one was landing. There was a reason why Bellows was always bullied, he was weak. The only reason why he was dangerous now was because of his newly found powers, so there was no way he could win Atlas with just simple hand to hand combat.

Though Bellows wasn't actually trying, he was making himself seem beatable. After all he couldn't have his targets leaving with their heads still intact. If he seems vulnerable or make it seem like he could be taken down by them, they would obviously stay and try to do so wouldn't they.

Atlas on the other hand had he's own plans, if Bellows wanted to waste time, it was perfectly okay with him. It was about time anyway. 

From the ground, two arms popped out and gripped Bellows's ankle and dragged his legs all the way down. Bellows who wasn't expecting it was trapped, being unable to remove his legs from the ground.

Bellows expected a followed up attack since he was trapped however what came next was a smoke camouflage. Completely blocking his sight.

"I will be seeing you soon, count on it." 

As the smoke dissipated, Atlas and his groupies were gone. Including the bodies that fell to Bellows. Bellows was pissed, his prey got away because he played too much. Once he finds Atlas the next time, no more playing around. 

As Bellows got himself out from the hole, his angry demeanor was still raging, how was he supposed to clam down this intense rage that he's feeling right now.  

Though he had his answer not too long after, through the bushes he could see two little day dreamers just sleeping away under a tree without a care in the world. Bellows thought to himself, they'll do.

Now back to the present ... 

"What do you mean I had it all? You don't know me at all. You do not know what I've been through, what I felt at the time."

"Oh but I do, you merely had a small taste compared to what I went through. But that doesn't matter anymore. You see, moments before, a little turd called Atlas slipped through my fingers. I'm afraid you are going to take his place. You may not be on my target list but I'm afraid you are going to help me relieve this thirst of blood and join my blood collection." 

With a clap of his hands, Bellows opened up a gate above Snow and Ethena with his aura and a sea of blood came gushing out.

"Crystallize."

The blood turned from a liquid to a solid, it was now about to hit them both at an even faster speed than before. Down the blood crystals rained, Snow and Ethena were running backwards to dodge em but the sheer number just seemed endless. 

Ethena gathered her aura into her chest and chanted a spell, she took a deep breath in and released a torrent of water from her mouth. The water acted as a shield against the crystals, the pressure of the water was enough to block em out completely, though Bellows wasn't going to allow something like that to stop him.

"Liquefy."

The blood crystals once again turned back into their liquid form, mixing into the water wall that Ethena was currently putting up. Ethena knew that sooner or later it would be either her running out of aura or him running out of blood. Though she couldn't say how much blood was actually made with aura, he could be just using normal blood that he collected. Ethena was at a major disadvantage at this stage and decided to stop the water wall and back off.

"Crystallize."