Somewhere close to the palace

As yumi and Amon make their way through the now desolate city, the loud noises and sounds of war grew feinter into the distance, Amon and yumi come to a halt in the first town square,

“lets rest here a bit yumi, we should be far enough”, Amon said, helping yumi onto a bench to sit down,

“here I can at least heal some of your wounds”, Amon said,

picking up one of the stone bricks from on the ground in one hand and placing the other on yumi’s abdomen, where amon had punched her, a soft blue light appeared in both of his hands and soon slowly disappeared, as the brick in his other hand crumbled to dust, yumi’s labored breathing got lighter and some of the cuts and bruises on her body disappeared,

“it isn’t much, but you should be able to fight a bit more with this”, Amon said,

“thanks Amon, this has really turned out to be one heck of a day hasn’t it”, Yumi said, staring up into the clouded grey sky,

“it really has”, Amon said,

“say yumi, thanks” Amon said,

“thanks, what are you thanking me for”, yumi said,

“you’ve had my back and stuck by my side, even though it would have ben easier for you to stick by Aluric’s side, I know it can’t be easy fighting the person you’re in love with”, Amon said,

“you might be his brother by blood, but you’ve also been a brother to me most of my life also, plus you know I’m not the type to watch someone I care for fight injustices all by themselves”, yumi said, smiling a bright cheerful smile at him,

“yeah you’re right”, Amon said, standing up, stretching out his hand towards yumi,

“now lets go put an end to all of this madness”, amon said, as yumi took his hand standing up, as they head off towards the palace,

Back with the boys

Aster placed his hands on the causing the earth itself to violently shake, as multiple massive pillars of earth sprang up out of the ground, curving and coiling their way towards Aluric, the tips of them transforming into sharp diamond spikes,

Aluric had a small but bright smile on his face, almost as if he were enjoying himself, weaving through the on coming pillars, effortlessly,

“these big attacks are to easy to read”, Aluric said,

Aster knelt there smiling to himself, As Levant appeared from behind one of the pillars, guns at the ready, firing two bullets at Aluric,

Aluric’s eyes widened as he heard the guns fire at him, as if his instincts had taken over a wall of lightning appeared in front of him, catching the bullets and stopping them before they could hit him, a loud explosion filled the air soon after, sending aluric flying from where he once stood, and sending Levant in the opposite direction, as he collided with the side of one of the pillars of earth,

Aluric stood there as the dust and fire settled, using another one of the pillars to prop himself up, his long red ponytail had come undone and his hair began looking frazzled and wild,

“don’t think you’re going to catch your breath”, Polaris said, appearing in front of Aluric, his sword in full swing,

“you are sadly mistaken if you think an attack like this would take me out”, Aluric said, a sharp high pitched ringing sound filled the air, as polaris’ blade bounced off of Aluric’s arm, sending his hand that was holding his sword wide open unable to guard himself,

Polaris stared on in shock, as Aluric’s arm turned into the same golden stripe pattern as the armor he was wearing, Aluric charged his other hand with a surge of lightning, firing it at Polaris, who in return sent forward his free hand, with a blast of ice, as the two powers met, a massive bolt of lightning raced it way towards Aluric above his head, Aluric quickly raising his hand to block,

“DON’T FORGET ABOUT ME PISS ANT”, Barak shouted, Plummeting towards Aluric with his sword ready to attack,

“to think I would have to use this”, Aluric said smiling to himself,

“UNHOLY WRATH: AZAZEL”, Aluric shouted, his divine energy began to surge as a bright violent golden aura appeared around his body,

Kicking Polaris through one of the earthen pillars, he jumped towards Barak, who was till rocketing towards him, kicking him in his face, causing Barak’s head to fly backwards, taking away all of the momentum from his fall, as his body went limp, and he continued to fall to the ground,

“BAARRAAAKKK”, Aster shouted, witnessing one of his closest friends, his family being knocked out of the air,

“UNHOLY WRATH: OKO ASH”, Aster shouted, using one of his earth pillars to rocket himself towards Aluric,

As aster flew through the air, propelling himself above Aluric, his skin turning silver and his hair turning white, his divine energy surging, a dark green aura began to surround his body,

Aluric looked to him, a full grin ran across his face, “so she’s also taught you all how to forcefully take a part of the gods divinity for yourself”, Aluric said,

Asre swinging his war hammer at full force, as the diamond tipped spikes grew from it once more, As it collided with Aluric’s armor plated chest, propelling him to the ground,

“ HEADS UP LEV”, Aster shouted, Levant looked on as he noticed Alric moving in his direction at a great speed,

“UNHOLY WRATH: OGUN RA”, Levant said, his skin heating up, steam beginning to rise off of it, as a blood red color began creeping it’s way up his arm, a wing made of flames appeared on his back, and a horn of fire on his forehead, both made of bright orange flames on the left side of his body, he placed both of his guns side by side aiming for Aluric,

“SIRIUS NOVA: RAMPAGE”, Levant shouted, A bright blue ball of flames appeared at the nozzle of his guns, growing brighter and brighter, and smaller and smaller in size, until it turned white, the eartg pillars turned a black charred color, the once damp stone paved road was now dry, black, and charred also, the air itself felt as though it had been lit on fire, as Levant released his attack,

It raced towards the incoming aluric at blinding speeds, it almost seemed instantaneous, as silence followed after it made its impact, soon after a massive ball of white flames engulfed the surrounding area, it in and of itself looked like a miniature soon had spawned it self in the city, the surrounding buildings crumbled and melted away at the force and sheer heat of the attack, as the light died down and everything went silent,

Outside of the palace

Yumi and Amon walked through the large white stoned walls which surrounded the Royal palace, a place where they once walked almost everyday now seemed like they were walking through them for the first time, unlike the city, which was desolate, deserted and devoid of life, which was only a mere few meters away, the inside of the palace walls seemed tranquil, still, almost stuck in time, only ever disrupted by the loud explosions from the raging battle outside of the city walls,

The palace itself was also white, with large elongated golden bricks at the edge of each wall and corner, with a large elaborate semi circular stairs, which seemed divided into for sections by golden bricks laid in between the white stone used in the majority of the stairs, at the end of the stairs stood a large white wooden door, the main entrance to the palace, on each side of the door stood a white pillar each one even larger than the door itself, and within the middle of everything stood a rather large figure, clad in a dark red armor, with a rather large sword laying on his shoulder,

“the infamous battle scientist of the artemis guild, Yumi Pasluv, and the once renowned warrior of our country’s military, and famed adventurer of said artemis guild, Amon Varchen, this is as far as you go today”, the large unknown figure said,

“that armor, the kings royal guard”, Amon said, looking around noticing the white dracht sigil on his shoulder pauldron,

“and the captain of the guards to boot”, amon finished, as a bright light white light bathed the area before dying down again,

“that heat just now, those boys are getting serious, but by the time their done the city may not be standing”, yumi said,

“look just stand aside, we’ve come to talk with prince Ea and king Alexander”, Amon said,

“nonsense, it is my duty to protect the royal family at all cost, for I am Kosh Bovard, the strongest knight employed by the king, my only superiors being that of the four pillars, guild master aluric and the king and prince, so as far as I’m concerned you are outclassed, especially in your pitiful state”, Kosh said,

“keep singing those praises, if it helps you sleep at night”, amon said, drawing for his sword, and taking a step forward,

“come at me then and I’ll show why they praise me as the strongest”, Kosh said taking a step forward and swinging down his at Amon,

A loud crashing sound was heard, in the blink of an eye two familiar green and gold swords accompanied by the large bare back mountain of a person who wields them appeared in front of Yumi and Amon, with one foot atop the blade of the captain of the guards, while holding one of his swords to the captain’s helmet,

“you two get to going, I’ll take care of my replacement, lets see how strong he is”, Bard said, a large grin running across his face,