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.

Tasos wasn't

all directions. After which, slowly, it started converging towards

SHIIIIIING!

it slowly started elongating. Sharp, threads

Amon and raised the rapier in the air. "Let's see if you

BAAAM'”! BAAAM'”!

attack, two black silhouettes crashed near him.

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

"...useless."

the two

like their other brother, they had been defeated

his head, Tasos stared at Monica who was looking

fairly pale, and the orange glow around her had diminished considerably. Even then, her mana

"I'll protect you while you

"...Alright."

head after a short pause. She wasn't mad about Amon decided to retreat. In fact, she

the appropriate ones given the circumstances. In order to minimize the losses, it was best to end the

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

the sky, she made her way towards

do you think you're

the distance. Following this, a tremendous light blue beam appeared in

on my

foot on the ground as a green

BOOOOM'”!

his shield in front of him, the beam of light ruthlessly smashed against the shield, sending shockwaves everywhere.

Amon's stern eyes swept around

out!" He roared. "I know that

"What?"

obviously confused as she

of the Union. It truly is hard to hide from

finally spreading all over like furious rolling-thunder. It reverberated beside the ears of a countless number of people,

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

"'”'”!"

the old man, Monica's and Amon's eyes opened widely as

on

thought that they

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

smile appeared

since we last saw each other, how have

man in the sky, Tasos lowered

"Never been greater, Vice-leader."

***

"This..."

from below, sweat trickled

people in the distance made me involuntarily swallow a

was only before the

started to become difficult. The back of my hair stood, and I involuntarily took a

"...What is this pressure?"

elder in the distance with a newfound trace of

fact that he

thought sent

old man with grey clothes in the

recognize who the old man was. Because barely anyone knew what the executives of the Monolith looked like, there were no images of them

man, grey clothes, Asian