CHAPTER 115: THE TWIN TROUBLE

[3rd Floor, 21st City: ]

A dark scythe was swung against a wind attributed magic skill.

-Swiiiiiiiiish!

The dark energy that was swung from the scythe was demonent so it sliced through the incoming winds, making way towards the caster of the skill.

-Swaaaaaaa...!

Seeing the approaching slash of energy, the caster was momentarily taken aback.

She cast a protective barrier instantly, blocking the attack from the incoming attack.

-Swish!

However, as she did that, she created a gap in her defenses. Her back was left unprotected in the process of defending against the frontal attack.

-Oooooooooooooooooong...!

An opponent wielding a similar golden scythe approached her from the back, closing in the difference instantly and attacking with a slash of golden light similar to the one that the mage had defended against just now.

"...!"

The attack came as a surprise as well. She knew she could not defend against this one so, without a second thought, she activated an item, her magical bracelet, and created another protective barrier around her that covered her from all sides this time.

-Oooooooooooooong!

Right after compromising the important consummate item, she proceeded to cast another powerful wind attribute skill, this time targeting both of the attackers.

{ "Phase 2." }

However, as if to have already anticipated her actions, the opponents, the blond twins with identical green eyes, took a few steps back in unison.

"Zōe."

"Zōe."

Without even looking at the opponent, they activated the hexagonal symbol on the back of their palms, instantly switching positions.

-Ooooooooooooooong!

With the one with the dark scythe behind the mage, he activated an offensive skill, a skill that created black flames, and blasted it off at the protective barrier around the mage.

-Swish!

By switching their positions, they had already evaded the mage’s attack.

-Boooooooooooom!

The attack of the black scythe Brother had created visible cracks around the barrier, shocking the mage who had been confident in the defensive abilities of the item.

Seeing the cracks around the barriers momentarily shook her heart, but that was not the end.

-Oooooooooooooooong!

The Brother with the golden scythe raised his hand and activated a skill as well, a skill that created a golden arrow before his palm.

-Swish!

The activation of the skill was instantaneous so the moment the mage noticed the golden arrow at the front, she knew the impact of that skill would undoubtedly shatter the barrier around her.

-Oooooooooooong!

In an attempt to protect the barrier, she used a skill and created a wind barrier in the front... However, her judgement was wrong once again.

"Zā."

"Zā."

The twins switched back their positions as the hexagon on the back of their hands vanished, returning to the original positions they had been in.

-Ooooooooooooong!

Here, the Brother with golden scythe unleashed his attack at the cracking barrier without hesitation.

-Booooooom!

The moment the golden arrow of light impacted the barrier, it shattered the powerful barrier and the impact threw the mage’s balance off.

{ "Conclude." }

The mage had looked back instinctively at the last moment as soon as the barrier shattered so her attention was diverted, giving the Brother with the black scythe the chance they needed.

-Swish!

Closing the distance with a movement skill, he unleashed the final attack, the slash of dark energy that went straight for the conclusion of the battle.

-Oooooooooooong!

However, the moment this attack was just an inch away from her, the mage’s eyes glowed with a bright blue light along with a pendant around her neck.

-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!

A gust of wind was created, and the attack that was coming for her was blocked by a whirlwind barrier...

"I admit defeat! Damn it!"

In the eye of the unwanted storm, the mage cried out her defeat, accepting the obvious outcome with tears flowing down her eyes.

In this one battle, she had lost far more than she ever wanted. In the end, she even had to use an item that she could only use a total of three times!

"Whaaa... uhn uhn uhn! Why did you do that?! Didn’t you say this was just a practice duel?!"

When the defeat was admitted and the Captain of the 21st city, the mage lady was on her knees, the twins finally stopped and put their scythes away.

"It was a practice duel, captain."

"We went as easy on you as we could. You should have tried better."

The twins smirked at the crying guardian captain. They were delighted every time they played with this person like this.

"You’re mean! You’re both so mean!" Her blue eyes that were so dark they almost seemed black had turned lighter due to the effects of Mana she had exhausted just now.

She wasn’t expecting this kind of ’duel’ when the two of them asked her for it out of the blue.

She thought this would be a learning opportunity for both of them considering neither of the parties had actually fought each other until now.

They had been in this city for a while now and they knew each other very well by this point. Yet, since they had not fought directly, she didn’t really know how strong they actually were.

They had defeated each and every one of the guard soldiers including the vice captain of the city so they were pretty strong, but the captain was a mage.

She may not be like the captain of the 12th or the 30th city, but she was still considered pretty strong among the other guardian captains.

Yet, they were going easy on her? After a battle like this...?

"Why didn’t you tell me you were so strong! I wouldn’t have fought in the first place!!" She was extremely upset that she had to use two of her precious items.

"Who’s gonna give me my items now, huh?!" She was very angry at them, truly angry.

But the twins only smirked as they looked at each other.

It was ladies like these that brought a smile to their faces.

"Oh~ Miss Fay~. Don’t be like that~."

"Let’s first calm down, ok? Let’s take a deep breath first~."

-Oooooooong!

"Shut up! Both of you!" She created another gust of wind and threw both of them away.

Then she got up and walked away from the arena, leaving the disgraceful stage that had cost her two precious items, something these outsiders would never know the value of.

"Hmph!"

She was upset. The soldiers that saw her like that knew well how she would ignore these twins from now on.

"Ah..."

"She has to be protected, brother."

"Absolutely."

She was just so adorable. The twins couldn’t help making fun of her every chance they got.

But then again... considering how she was destined to die in the upcoming war, they could not just sit around and let her sit idly around.

She wasn’t strong enough. She may have been the strongest within this city until they came here, but she knew she wasn’t one anymore.

"We should go now as well."

Now that they had defeated her so one sidedly, they knew she would go and get stronger... much stronger than she was right now.

They had lied when they said they were going easy on her when in fact they were using most of the cards in their arsenal.

They didn’t want to fall behind when she was going to get much stronger... knowing the favourite Native of their idol on this floor, they knew they would have to put in more work from now on.

"Yeah. She won’t mind us going out of the city now that we have defeated her, I guess."

They did not know where their idol was right now but if he was in this city, they knew he would have done everything to protect this specific individual.

Perhaps, he knew the two of them were in this city and perhaps that was also why he hadn’t come here himself.

They had already been marked with the Golden Blood, so they knew their idol was testing them right now.

"We can’t disappoint him now, can we?"

"Absolutely not."

They would now move and do what only He would have done on this floor. Something he must be doing right now in a different part of the floor.

If they were in the right place at the right time, perhaps... perhaps they will also get to witness Him directly.