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.

wasn't disheartened. Closing his

out in all directions. After which, slowly, it started

SHIIIIIING!

elongating. Sharp, threads of mana shot in all directions,

Tasos looked at Amon and raised the rapier in the air. "Let's see

BAAAM'”! BAAAM'”!

he was prepared to unleash his attack, two black silhouettes crashed near him. Glancing towards

the dust cleared up, and the features of the silhouettes became clear, a trace of disdain appeared

"...useless."

the

like their other brother, they had been defeated by

who was looking back

Even then, her mana was slowly showing signs of recovery. She had most likely consumed a

Amon shouted from below. "I'll protect you while you recover your mana. I've already

"...Alright."

a short pause. She wasn't mad about

Tasos 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

capabilities. As long as he was here, she didn't have

she made

do you think

from the distance. Following this, a tremendous light blue beam appeared in front of her vision, slowly enlargening with every

on

the ground as a green glow flashed underneath his feet. After

BOOOOM'”!

in front of Monica with his shield in front of him, the beam of light ruthlessly smashed against

upwards, Amon's stern eyes swept

know

"What?"

as she felt nothing. However,

expected of one of the seven heads of the Union.

over like furious rolling-thunder. It reverberated

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

"'”'”!"

old man, Monica's and Amon's eyes opened widely as they exchanged glances with each

on the ground,

that

taking his eyes off of the bodies

appeared on his

we last saw each

sky, Tasos lowered his rapier. Smiling, he

"Never been greater, Vice-leader."

***

"This..."

the scene from below, sweat

pressure radiating from the people in the distance made

before the elder

throat instantly became dry and breathing started to become difficult. The back of

"...What is this pressure?"

out of it, I looked towards the elder in the distance

feel as though a heavy train was loaded over my shoulders, and this was considering the fact that he was quite far from where I was. Had I been standing next to him,

thought sent

with grey clothes in the

my best to recognize who the old man was. Because barely anyone knew what

grey clothes, Asian origin,