Furn Star

Chapter 19c: The Battle for Miami

Gladon's Perspective

     Well, this turned to shit.

     Archie's flustered expression was revealed from underneath my body with a bloody nose. He must be in shock from his head hitting the ground. We fell quite far and I moved fast, but even with possible damage to his head, he was eager to get started.
     "G-get off me!!" He pushes me off and hid his face from me. Trying to get the blood off, but the blizzard-white pelt was too pure and the crimson wouldn't leave."
     We both leapt back to where we were, Sable checking on his brother and Obsidian instantly took charge. "Okay. Sable! Archie! Take care of one of them! Richy! You're on damage control! And Gladon, you help evacuate! You won't be all that helpful in this situation.
     No time was spared. The four of us went out with no extra thought. He's really commanding when he needs to be. He was able to assess the situation so fast and divided duties amongst us efficiently. But what's he going to do, and what about the second one?
     He didn't move an inch from up on the roof. A second blade made of void was handled in his other hand as he got into a readying stance.
     Both whales fired a barrage of those hardened, flesh missiles. There may have been ominous clouds, but these things made it almost seem night. A swarm of them encapsulated the city.
     The amount of Magic inside them wasn't insane, however, I could tell they were highly pressurized. They'll destroy the entire city!!!
     It was brief. Like lightning brief. He was able to build-up and compress his power inside himself. The black swords, now covered in fire-like darkness. All that power was released as a surge. And, even faster than with the first one, he shredded all of them and left the larger bits burning before disappearing.
     So this is the power of a Magister!!! It's insane! I snapped back into focus and, with Richard, helped get people out quickly.

Archie's Perspective
     My brother and I flew up using a blizzard I created. The insanity Obsidian displayed was baffling, as well as, protecting us from the surprise onslaught. And I was thinking how far we'd have to go to reach that insane power. I don't believe individually we'd be able to, even if we do have a life expectancy of 170 years.
     "Let's do this." I was a little shook by that awesome display, but together, we are just as great.
     My little brother responded sharply, "Yeah."
     Both of our sapphire eyes shone faintly as our powers meshed. By combining my snowstorms with his sand, we created a catastrophe surrounding one of the beasts.
     Parts of its thick skin were torn and dissolved. The large creature writhed in the air. But what we didn't see coming was the both of them continued to fire rounds after rounds of those missile things.
     Obsidian had to slash continually with his swords' strikes being extended with Magic. We were decimating the Demonic Beast, but it's vitality made it persist and continue fire. The #1 World-Class was struggling to keep up with the numbers, the area, and the focus. I can see how out of all Hunters, he has the best Magic Control. But even with that - he was losing his grip.

     The one we were handling, finally had it's core broken and began to dissipate. The 2nd one actually began absorbing the particles the dead one was leaving.
     Sable panicked. "Oh shit!!!"
     It grew gnarly horns and released an even larger number of bombs and they felt even more pressurized.
     Sable and I tried working together to destroy some of them, but too many escaped and Obsidian was too tired. Where the hell are the other High-Class!!!!!?
     The red and yellow jewels were uncovered again. But instead of trying to block all of the attacks, he destroyed the ones going after civilians and those that would cause too much destruction.
     "Sable!! We need to crank it up!!!"
     "Got it!!!"
     Our heartbeats, breaths, and minds became one. And our Magic synced up. Our power reached heights well beyond even World-Class.
     We both yelled, " Synergized Attack - Hellish Axel!!" Blistering cold with tearing sand, almost ripped apart half of its body, along with its core.

     The five of us regrouped. Still wondering where any other qualified hunters were. All of us were completely drained. Gladon and Richard had to rush people off, protect them from projectiles and debris.
     Just when we all tried to rest, Obsidian's eyes snapped open, scoping for something.