Shadows of Atlas

3- Enter! The Mysterious Odd Eyed Phantom!

As Eto woke up, he thought to himself: 'another day of not knowing who I am. This is getting increasingly annoying by the minute.' He walked down the hall of the Coran base and into the training room as Ernie had instructed. Then, an alarm went off. 'What the hell?,' Eto thought. He made his way to the control room and there he spotted Andrew, Abner and Ernie looking at the screen.

"What's happening?," he asked. "It's our Floralia village base, it's being attacked by the corporation," Andrew responded. "Then let me go in to defend it. I've been raring to give those bastards a performance," Eto offered with a grin. "You're still an iniciate!," Ernie refuted. "I saved your butt, didn't I?," Eto argued. "Argh, just go and take Eto with you," Abner said in annoyance. Both of them made their way to Floralia village on motorcycle to get there as fast as possible. "Once we get there, do NOT engage the high ranked enemies," Ernie warned and Eto rolled his eyes.

"Thank goodness you came," a Coran member said. "We need to prioritize the safety of the injured and-," Ernie was saying as he got cut off by a fireball attack. "Foolish sheep, you'll never defeat us," a voice said. "I assume you're the leader of the attack?," Eto deduced. "I see that not all Corans are stupid, no matter, you shall all fall to the wrath of Blazer," Blazer said. "Lightning Axia!," Ernie exclaimed as he drew out his greatsword and shot a concentrated bolt of lighting, but Blazer dodged it. "He's got the hyperspeed abiltiy!," Eto warned as Ernie received a strong kick and was sent crashing against a wall.

"Shit, Water Power Magic, Rank Up!" Eto exclaimed whilst showing off his newly gained power as he transformed quickly and blocked the explosion with a water shield. "This transformation thing is amazing, thank you for the training Ernie, now I'll pay you back by saving your butt" expressed Eto with sincere gratitude. "I'm too fast for you to even defend, kiddo," Blazer said as he launched a kick against Eto, but Eto grabbed his leg and threw him against a wall. "You!," Eto yelled at a female Coran. "Yes?," she asked. "You are an Ice user and judging by your wand you have the Enchantress ability, am I right?," Eto asked. "Yes, I do," she answered. "Care in enhancing my performance with an acceleratrix spell? It's our only chance to defeat Blazer," Eto said. "Okay! Acceleratrix Boost," she chanted and surrounded Eto with a green aura. "Now we're even!," Eto exclaimed as he landed a punch on Blazer. "You bloody heathen; how dare you!," exclaimed Blazer as he launched a fireball barrage, however, Eto dodged them with acrobatic movements. Then Eto proceeded to fight at close combat, nearly overpowering Blazer. Blazer caused an explosion, that sent both of them flying, as a last ditch attempt to gain distance between the two. "Scum like you deserves to be purified by the flames of judgement!," Blazer yelled as he threw a blast of fire at Eto. "Sorry, but my show hasn't even reached its climax. Aqua Spiral Guard!," Eto exclaimed and surrounded himself with a vortex of water that then launched Aqua Swords which injured Blazer. Blazer was pissed off, the arteries in his eyes were bulging due to his rage.

"That is it! Im activating the Zyth Crystal," Blazer said as he chomped a small bright crystal and gained inmense power. "Final Flame Incineration," stated Blazer who launched a colossal purple fireball. It was so powerful that not even the combined shield of Eto and the Coran's were able to stop it. "W-what in the world is this power?," Eto asked weakly. "Behold, the Zyth Crystals, they have the power to exponentially increase the consumer's powers," Blazer was explaining when a sudden roar was heard.

"It's him! The Phantom!," a person yelled in fear. There, on a rooftop, stood the Odd Eyed Phantom. He had a red colored iris in his left eye and a blue colored one in his right eye; he also wore a red cloak, a mask, and attached to him was a large dragon tail. His sheer presence caused fear in the hearts of both Coran and StriveCo. soldiers alike. He shot a red beam of energy from the mask's mouth opening which incinerated half of the battlefield, thus eliminating many of the corporation's soldiers. He then jumped off the building and landed in front of Eto. They made eye contact and Eto was scared out of his mind. "W-who are you?," Eto stuttered while he made the question. The phantom remained motionless and never broke eye contact with Eto. After what had seemed like hours, the phantom turned around to face Blazer.

"So, you're the Phantom, the one who's been meddling in our plans. No matter, with this power, even you should stand no chance against me," Blazer said as he conjured up a flaming sword and got ready to slash the Phantom, but he was faster and slashed right through him with what seemed like glass shards; therefore killing Blazer. 'So strong...,' Eto thought before he lost all consciousness and collapsed. He then turned back and stared at Eto's unconscious body before disappearing, leaving 3 different colored crystal stars and a strangely shaped sword, behind.