Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 78 | Hwuendlio Freosan

Agent 34 stood up, acting weak and hurt as he did. He shook his legs on purpose and breathed heavily to throw his brother off. He closed one of his eyes tightly as if it was unable to be opened. "I don't have it," he repeated.

"You liar," Braunick said. "That's it. I'm done. You're dead," he raised his fist, the black fireball engulfing it without harm. He prepared to slam it straight into his brother's body.

A smirk appeared on Agent 34's face. He uttered the spell which his friend had managed to create: "Hwuendlio freosan!" He cried.

Braunick's brow thinned and his facial expressions faded. The flame disappeared and his muscles went stiff. No matter how hard he tried to move, his body locked up and prevented him from doing so. He had been frozen in place.

Agent 34 quickly entered his brother's mind with his newfound power. He found many, many memories inside it. The thing that stood out most was the giant swirling masses that all consisted of many colors. They were the gems in their mental form. He went straight for the White Gem, which was nearly half of his brother's power.

Agent 34 didn't really know what to do. He had never been taught the ancient art of curse extraction. Suddenly, as if another gift from Fáolar himself, a singular spell appeared in his mind yet again: astyrung.

"Astyrung!" Agent 34 said to the swirling white mass. It stopped swirling and began to spin in the opposite direction while decreasing in size. It vibrated a bit and tried to oppose the removal, to which the elf repeated the spell: "Astyrung!"

The White Gem swirled in the opposite direction and popped out of Braunick's mind. Soon, the king forcefully ejected the gem by it forcing its way out of his mouth and onto the ground. While the evil human was still stunned, Agent 34 grabbed ahold of the White Gem and crushed it within his palm, the energy flowing inside of it going into his body and his mind and enhancing his power.

Braunick's black and white form disappeared. He went back to his normal self and fell to his knees when Agent 34's spell wore off. He huffed and puffed before wiping his mouth with his forearm.

"You..you took the gem," he muttered in shock. "I've never heard of a spell like that. What was that?"

"Nothing you need to know about," Agent 34 explained.

Braunick pushed himself off the ground with a grunt. He took flight once again and harnessed the power of the Black Gem, one of the two power gems he still had left. His body went pure black, a dark glow illuminating from him.

Agent 34 did the same as well. With ease, he was able to push his own self off the ground and with a simple spell, he took flight and was able to maneuver his body. He reached into his own self being and harnessed the power of his newly acquired White Gem. By just merely feeling the energy, his body began to change. It turned pure white. His pupils disappeared and turned white, his armor morphing with the change. A white glow shone from his body and he himself looked as holy as one could get.

The two brothers launched at each other. They collided in the middle, an explosion of black versus white. They fought with no swords; only their powers and bare fists.

Agent 34 slammed his white fist right into his brother's left cheek. He responded by striking the elf in his chest, which did him no good due to his arm he wore. Agent 34 knew he could easily freeze Braunick once again but wanted to try to have some fun with his brother.

"Brother! Join me! I'll give you half of my power!" Braunick proclaimed.

"Half of your power? Which means what, half of your Black Magic or your gems?"

"Either! Whatever you want! Please, don't bring a downfall to the empire that I have spent years building!"

"Hwuendlio freosan!" Agent 34 shouted. His twin human brother froze midair, but the forces gravity did not apply to him. He did not collapse into the ground and instead stayed airborne. "Braunick, just so you know, if I ever wanted to join in your evilness, I would've done it two years ago when I first encountered you. And, if I want half of your power, I can get it myself,"

The spell wore off and Braunick fell to the ground. He huffed and looked up to his powerful brother with tears glistening in his black eyes. "You're acting just like me!" he told him. "You're using your power to have fun in the harm of others!"