Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage Vol 2- Descent of Darkness

Episode 56: Secrets Undisclosed

*Hikaru*

"So you're one of the three lights I sensed here," the woman in white said in a low voice.

"Are you referring to light users? I know that there's Nyima, Kun, Nahi, and me. That's four, though. Not three."

"Not that. Nyima is not one of the three I was referring to. Although, she isn't less important to the greater scheme of things." She drew out a sword from her cloak's sleeve. "Tell me your name."

"It's Hikaru no Mikoto."

The woman's blue eyes shook behind the mask with curiosity. "You're a Mikoto? Do you have any relation to the Kami who created this world?"

I remained silent. Brother told me not to say anything, I was intent on following that promise. Even if I had let my real surname slip out. 

"How about we stop talking and start fighting?" I said, shrugging. "Lucis Draconis!" A light dragon emerged from my hand much like Zelde's fire dragon did. I swung the dragon towards her as if it were a chain.

The woman grabbed a hold of the dragon and crushed it with her bare hands. "I see you have yet to awaken. I myself hadn't awaken until four months ago."

I had no idea what she was talking about.

I stopped paying attention to her. "Pulsus Lux Splendens," I chanted. Waves of light emitted from my hands and feet. The ground before the soles of my shoes turned into dust. I floated in midair, watching the girl in the mask. She didn't move. Was she betting on my making the first move?

The girl leaped suddenly. "Pulsus Lux Splendens." The same waves of light emitted from her. "Hikaru, is this as far as your light magic goes?"

Soft feathers started to emerge on my back. I tried to calm down. I sent waves of light in all directions.

"Is this magic?" the girl said. She backed away as her waves of light were destroyed by mine.

I gasped for air and held it in before going in for the kill. I punched the floor and unleashed another wave of light. She grabbed my arms before I could knock her out. "Time powers? Are you perhaps a-"

My eyes widened. Why wasn't she affected by my magic? Wait, her cloak, it was the same as what Kun wore when we met on the day of the entrance exam. Kun had somehow remained unaffected by my temporal magic. Was it their cloaks which protected them from my magic? Or perhaps their masks?

I pulled my arm out of her grasp and threw more waves of light at her. She closed her eyes and unleashed her own. I was sent flying into the ceiling of the barrier.

I grunted and pushed my legs against the barrier. I summoned my wand and transformed it into its gauntlet form and struck the ground, unleashing a wave of light everywhere.

"Hmm, how odd," the young woman said as she jumped into the air.

"What is?" I asked as I flew after her.

"Eien made you come off a wimp. Yet look at the damage you've made to the battlefield."

I floated higher and saw the various craters my bursts of light had made. I chuckled. "Did Eien think that I wasn't going to train? I'm no longer the same person I was during the freshman exchange tournament!"

She chuckled and vanished from sight. I felt a fox tail coil around me. My eyes widened. Images of Kitsune, the man who tried to kick us out of Nine Petal university, flashed through my mind.

I squeezed the tail and tried to yank it off of me but her hold was too strong. "Let... go."

"Alright, if you say so!" she yelled, throwing me off of the edge of the battlefield.