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Chapter 32: Despair and Secrets On the Battlefield

Before Zander and Clover could start moving towards Kiran, Landon intervened and kicked their enemy in the side; He ran and curb stomped Kiran before the latter's electrical field shocked him to the point of sending him back several feet. 

Landon rose to his feet and dabbled his paintbrush into a small palette he was holding. "What're you gonna do, paint me to death?" Kiran's taunt was met with a threatening glare. The artist's paintbrush grew in size until it's height was equivalent with his own; the tip of the brush was colored in blue. Now understanding the conditions of this battle, Kiran rose to his feet and a bright flash resided in his hands before a sword with a yellow glow materialized. 

The two of them lunged at each other and their weapons collided; the aura of these two weapons pushed them back in the directions they ran from. Landon's paintbrush emitted balls of paint that chased a strafing Kiran, unfazed by the insulating acrylic raining down and nearly hitting him. Landon swung his brush horizontally to let a line of paint to emit from his attack. Even if he missed his mark, a few drops could be seen on Kiran's attire. Kiran suddenly disappeared from view, causing the artist and humans to look around with angst. 

Zucchini, Clover, and Zander's eyes caught a figure raising his weapon. "Landon, watch out!" They all said in unison; the artist turned around and was struck with the weapon with a diagonal slice. He fell towards the ground just as splashes of red liquid were ejected from his body and splashed against the floor. Kiran circled his victim, whom was holding his bloodied shoulder and was focusing on creating a sort of bandage that would have been made from acrylic, but was hindered by fear and the residual effects of being shocked by the sword. 

Kiran stopped and faced his back towards the spectators before raising his sword again; Zander and Clover grasped each other's hands and began to sprint towards the electrical opponent; however, Kiran turned around and fired electricity out of his hand. The hands that weren't grasped were outstretched in front of the duo to block the surge of electricity thrown at them. The electricity was instantly and painlessly absorbed by the acrylic gloves. 

Once the electrical attacks ceased, Clover lunged at Kiran and dealt a blow on his jaw, knocking him slightly off balance before his electrified fist careened towards the female's chest; however, Zander pushed his sister out of the way and caught it with his gloved hand. Using his sword with the other hand, he intended to mince Zander. Clover slid between the confronting bodies  and stood up quickly with her gloved hands above her in order for her to grab his sword with as little risk as possible. 

Once the electrical sword and the acrylic gloves made contact, the very matter that made up his weapon broke and was reduced to mere sparks that floated among the fighters in the room. Kiran had little time to take in those events before he felt his fist being grasped and tugged by the hands of a young adult female. 

Now that his fists were restrained, he attempted in vain to use his abilities on the young adults; Landon could be heard screaming as he sprinted towards Kiran's exposed body and jabbed him with the other end of a bigger paint brush. Kiran was jabbed in the abdomen, chest, and his neck repeatedly. The consoleoid struggled to get his arms out of the grip of the young adults; this was met by leg sweeping dealt by the siblings to throw him towards the ground on his back. 

Clover and Zander took out their pistols and aimed them at Kiran's body. They fired their weapons at the same time, but Kiran flinched and a small electrical field appeared; the bullets were stuck in place and turned swiftly back in the directions of the siblings. Just before the bullets could return to their senders, Zander quickly ran out of the way of his bullet just in time to take Clover's. 

"Zander, no!" the sister pleaded as she dropped to her knees and examined the bullet wound on Zander's arm. With a glare that conveyed rage, she rose to her feet and balled her gloved fists once more just as Kiran's electrical field died down. "C-Clover, no.." begged her brother; his words fell on deaf ears as evident by his sister's sprinting towards their assailant. He disappeared, startling her mid-sprint until she felt a searing pain in the back of her head and found herself flying a short distance.