Amos was the first to move with his sword.

Ever so confident in his attack and happy about the loot and payment.

Mana moved swiftly and gathered on Amos'' sword as he appeared in front of Anthony and raised his sword high up in the sky, then slahsed down as if trying to split Anthony in perfect half.

[Amos Sword Technique: Cut of Boredom]

The sword descended upon Anthony with speed and power.

And Anthony not even moving at all as the sword came closer and closer to his head made Amos smile and think that Anthony was just a mage and was just fooling around with the katana hanging on his waist.

Anthony saw the attack coming, ever so slow, ever so bored.

Anthony just took a step to the right at the last second and dodged with the most minimal movement befitting a veteran.

The sword cut through the air and space immediately Anthony dodged and landed on the ground instantly casting a resounding explosion that tore the entire ground in half within a two kilometre radius.

***BOOOM***

The ground shook as dust and debris rose up, but no blood was splattered and moved in tandem with it.

Amos became alert seeing that his attack failed and instantly took a step back.

As the dust cleared, Anthony''s figure came on full display again.

Not even a speck of dust from Amos'' destruction could be found on his body.

Clara instantly moved with her magic as she waved her hands as he casted a spell showcasing her proficiency.

[Wind Magic: Gale Blade]

Mana surged instantly together with the wind element as they mixed together and formed a hundred blades that instantly rained down from the sky all focusing on one target.

Anthony saw the attack coming towards him but didn''t move as all blades instantly stopped in front of him.

Clara frowned as she felt a powerful unknown force forcefully stopping her attack and preventing it from moving.

She chanelled more mana as she tried to control her blades, but before she could control them, the blades instantly shattered and dissipated.

Before Anthony could say anything, Chika materialized behind Anthony and he thrust out his spear with a strong force and immense speed and accuracy.

**SWISSSHH**

Anthony didn''t bother dodging and still stood in place.

As the spear moved closer, Chika felt his speed slowing down continuously until it stopped in front of Anthony.

''Its the same way he stopped the wind blade attack''

Chika thought as he instantly moved out the way as he wasn''t sure what Anthony was doing that made him block two attacks in succession without moving a muscle.

Zayne''s voice sounded from behind Anthony as he stared at the sisters.

Zara''s killing intent increased again and continued skyrocketing as it was sent to Anthony and Amos at same time.

"We can decide who gets the artifact another way, although the contract spoke about betrayal, I can also kill you on the spot since I didn''t kill you in regard to our business but a personal matter"

Zara''s voice sounded again but colder this time as she was indeed ready to make a move against Amos.

Her anger clouding her judgement at this moment as Anthony touched her time bomb and it indeed exploded.

This was a sort of a loophole in their mana contract, although they couldn''t betray one another, this was only in regards to the assassination mission and nothing else.

If right now Zara and Clara decided to attack Amos and his group, this isn''t about the assassination anymore but a personal matter.

They all knew this loophole existed in the contract but didn''t bother covering it as they didn''t know each other outside this mission.

So it wasn''t really a loophole but an unspoken understanding between one another.

As Amos was about to reply Zara, a thought went through his mind.

''What if Anthony kills the both of them?''

This thought hung in there for a second, if this happens he would get the reservoir for himself.

Amos smiled then replied Zara

"I agree then"

Immediately Amos said this, he shot into the sky and went to stand near Meek so they could watch the show together.

Zayne and Chika didn''t know what Amos was thinking or why he agreed, they could only grumble and follow behind him as he flew.

Anthony sighed in defeat.

He really wanted them to fight together, he anticipated such a match as he saw the two groups bickering.

''Too bad Amos is just a spineless coward, such a good show would have been a good sight to behold''

Anthony thought as he sighed.

Zara and Clara turned their fiery gaze to Anthony and said at the same time.

"This just became personal"

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Author''s Note

R.O.B sama where are you.

Reality is cruel to me.