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.

After which, slowly, it started converging

SHIIIIIING!

Sharp, threads of mana shot in all directions, causing some distortions to appear in

while, Tasos looked at Amon and raised

BAAAM'”! BAAAM'”!

off just when he was prepared to unleash his attack, two black silhouettes crashed near him. Glancing towards where the silhouettes crashed, Tasos's brows

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

"...useless."

the two

like their other brother, they had been defeated

stared at Monica who was

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

behind me," Amon shouted from below. "I'll protect you while you recover

"...Alright."

a short pause. She wasn't mad about Amon decided to retreat. In fact, she was all in

had failed. Amon's instructions and actions were the appropriate ones given the circumstances. In order to minimize

faith in Amon's defensive capabilities. As long as

the sky, she made her way towards

you think

Following this, a tremendous light blue beam appeared in front

on my

the attack was Amon, who stomped his foot on the ground as a green glow

BOOOOM'”!

of him, the beam of light ruthlessly smashed against the shield, sending shockwaves everywhere. Successfully blocking

right, and looking upwards, Amon's stern

He roared. "I know

"What?"

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

expected of one of the seven heads of the Union.

like furious rolling-thunder. It

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, Monica's and Amon's eyes opened widely as they

elders on the ground, a slightly disappointed look flashed across the old man's

that they would've been

taking his eyes off of the bodies

appeared

since we last saw each other, how

in the sky, Tasos lowered his

"Never been greater, Vice-leader."

***

"This..."

from below, sweat trickled down my

the people in the distance made me involuntarily

was only before the elder

started to become difficult. The back of my hair stood, and

"...What is this pressure?"

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

my shoulders, and this was considering the fact that he was quite far from where I was. Had I been standing next to him, chances were

the thought sent shivers down

man with grey clothes in

recognize who the old man was. Because barely anyone knew what the executives of the Monolith looked like,

grey clothes,