The Author's POV

'”Bang!

Crashing against the trees on the ground, was one of the black-hooded elders. Breaking multiple trees, his body skid on the ground leaving behind a massive trail of destruction.

"Brother!"

"Youngest!"

Accompanying the fall of the black-robed elder were two hoarse voices. It was the two other elders.

Once the dust cleared, the black-robed elder appeared on the ground passed out. Compared to before, the aura revolving around him was extremely faint, indicating that he had been severely injured.

"Kill this bitch. We can't let her live after what she's done!"

Staring at their brother, the two elders looked at each other with rage clouded eyes. However, even though they said those words, neither moved. The frightening power that Monica had displayed to the both of them, had left lingering feelings of fear inside of their minds.

To make matters worse, now that their brother was gone, their power had halved. Even then, their indecisiveness didn't last for long as their aura skyrocketed.

Staring at them from the corner of her eyes, Monica's orange eyes blazed brightly. Turning her head to get a better look and observing them from her position, she could tell that they were on their last struggle. One more move from her, and they were done for.

This was to be expected though. For the past five minutes, they had been going at each other non-stop, repeatedly releasing their most powerful moves whenever they could. In those exchanges, Monica had managed to gain the upper hand almost every single time. Now that one of their brothers was gone, the fight was as good as done.

"Haa..."

That being said, Monica was also not in optimal condition. Even though her injuries were far lighter than the three elders, her stamina wasn't. She estimated that within ten minutes, her mana and stamina would deplete completely.

She had to ends things quickly.

Raising her sword in the air, the mana within her body surged like a torrent of water as the hue around her expanded rapidly. From below, it looked as though a sunset had appeared from behind her.

She looked absolutely majestic.

WAAAAAANG'”!

As Monica was preparing herself to finish the two remaining elders in the air, on the ground, a terrifying beam of light shot towards a massive black tangible shield that radiated massives amounts of mana.

Like a shooting star, wherever the beam passed, nothing but the devastation was left behind as it scorched everything within its vicinity.

BOOOOM'”!

Finally, the beam collided against the shield, and a powerful shockwave spread across the area resulting in a massive crater being created as dust enveloped the area.

Once the dust from the collusion cleared up, in the middle of the crater there was only one area that remained unaffected. Standing in the middle of it, on top of a small structure, was Amon whose arms were crossed in a perpendicular manner. Levitating a couple of meters in front of him was the black shield.

Pushing the shield away from him, Amon provocatively looked at Tasos and mocked.

"You think that this kind of attack can hurt me?"

"Hmm, not really."

Tasos tightly held onto the rapier in his hand.

A rare trace of solemness flashed across his eyes, as his gaze never left Amon who was standing opposite to him.

"To be honest, I thought that I would've at least been able to scratch your shield, I guess your nickname is not for nothing."

Although he had known about Amon's capabilities for a long time, experiencing them for the first time, he couldn't help but feel like people had undersold just how strong his defense was. It was much sturdier than he had expected.

It was so strong that, not even a full-powered normal attack from him left a scratch on it. It was extremely sturdy.

Amon's defense was, Tasos wasn't disheartened. Closing his eyes,

directions. After which, slowly, it started converging towards the rapier

SHIIIIIING!

the rapier until it slowly started elongating. Sharp,

After a while, Tasos looked at Amon and raised the rapier in the air. "Let's see if you

BAAAM'”! BAAAM'”!

unleash his attack, two black silhouettes crashed

the silhouettes became clear, a trace of disdain appeared on

"...useless."

the two

brother, they had

who was

had diminished considerably. Even then, her mana was slowly showing signs of recovery. She

protect you while you recover your mana. I've

"...Alright."

mad about Amon decided to retreat. In fact, she was all in

betrayed them, it became clear to her that the operation had failed. Amon's instructions and actions were the appropriate ones given the circumstances. In order to minimize the losses,

in Amon's defensive capabilities. As long as he was here, she didn't have

from the sky, she made

you think

rang from the distance. Following this,

on my

his foot on the ground as a green glow flashed underneath his feet. After which, he disappeared from where he was standing as a

BOOOOM'”!

beam of light ruthlessly smashed against the shield,

looking upwards, Amon's stern eyes swept around

"I know that you're here.

"What?"

next to Amon, Monica was obviously confused as she felt nothing. However, this later

seven heads of the Union.

a vast and mighty voice resounded over the sky before finally spreading all over like furious

a gray-robed old man whose origins seemed to be Asian, appeared in the sky. With his white hair cascading down on his back, and long grey beard, the old man's presence completely

"'”'”!"

as

briefly glancing at the three black-hooded elders on the ground, a slightly disappointed look flashed

thought that

muttered in a tone loud enough for everyone to hear. Then, taking his eyes off of the

faint smile appeared on his

been a while since we last

the sky, Tasos lowered his rapier. Smiling, he

"Never been greater, Vice-leader."

***

"This..."

scene from below, sweat trickled

the distance made me involuntarily swallow a mouthful

was only before the

started to become difficult. The

"...What is this pressure?"

towards the elder in the distance with

considering the fact that he was quite far from where I was. Had I been standing next to him,

thought sent shivers down

grey clothes in the

turning as I tried my best to recognize who the old man was. Because barely anyone knew what the

man, grey clothes, Asian origin, unfathomable