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 eyes, he let

in all directions. After

SHIIIIIING!

the rapier until it slowly started elongating. Sharp, threads of mana

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

BAAAM'”! BAAAM'”!

prepared to unleash his attack, two black silhouettes crashed near him.

the dust cleared up, and the features of the silhouettes became clear, a trace of disdain appeared on Tasos's

"...useless."

was the

other brother, they had been defeated by

Tasos stared at Monica who was looking

the orange glow around her had diminished considerably. Even then, her mana was

shouted from below. "I'll protect you while you recover your mana. I've already contacted the others and

"...Alright."

mad about Amon decided to retreat.

her that the operation had failed. Amon's instructions and actions were the appropriate ones given the circumstances. In order to minimize the losses, it was best to end

As long as he was

she made her way

do you think you're

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

not on

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

BOOOOM'”!

light ruthlessly smashed against the shield, sending shockwaves everywhere. Successfully blocking Tasos's attack, instead

looking upwards, Amon's stern eyes swept around as

roared. "I know that

"What?"

as she felt nothing. However,

of the Union. It truly is

mighty voice resounded over the sky before finally spreading all over like furious rolling-thunder. It reverberated beside the ears of a countless number of people, breaking the eardrums of

like an immortal from the novels, 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

"'”'”!"

Monica's and Amon's eyes opened widely as they exchanged glances with

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

that they would've

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

appeared on his

last saw each other,

the old man in the sky, Tasos lowered his

"Never been greater, Vice-leader."

***

"This..."

at the scene from below, sweat trickled

the distance made me involuntarily swallow a

only before the elder suddenly

my throat instantly became dry and breathing started to become difficult. The back of my hair stood, and I involuntarily took a step

"...What is this pressure?"

it, I looked towards the elder in the distance with a newfound trace of

the fact that he was

thought sent

with grey clothes in

man was. Because barely anyone knew what the executives of the Monolith looked like, there

man, grey clothes, Asian origin, unfathomable