[Understood, master. Our Absolute Fortress has exactly 12 seconds left before it disappears.]
Sage quickly responded with a serious tone, though with a subtle hint of cheerfulness, to which Kai nodded thoughtfully as he carefully checked Oliver's condition. He realized that, although Oliver was still quite badly injured, all his critical wounds had been treated and the rest could be handled without much trouble. He therefore quickly remarked.
[Perfect, I'll activate Absolute Fortress to protect Oliver, leave him a Nen beast, and I'll take the spiders with me. So get them out of here as fast as possible, and make sure you tell Eva to get Oliver medical attention as soon as she can.]
[Understood, master.]
Sage quickly replied with seriousness, prompting Kai to swiftly conjure the Absolute Fortress card between his fingers. Apart from the golden Aura Script pattern, it bore the image of an imposing metallic wall crowned by a dome of blue light in its center. He then crouched down on the ground, laying Oliver there, conjured a small Nen beast in the shape of a black cat with blue eyes, and grabbed a corner of his cape, tugging it rapidly.
"[Absolute Fortress] On! [2 meters] [1 Minute]!"
With its sudden appearance and announcement, all the spiders turned to look at Kai; even the giant monster halted its attack and looked back at him over its shoulder, showing a trace of surprise on its monstrous face. At that moment, the blue-eyed boy gave an arrogant smile while flipping them the middle finger, causing a deafening howl from the spiders, which was abruptly cut off by the wall's appearance.
Without wasting a single second, Kai took the swords floating at his sides in his hands and activated his Lightning Mantle in its second form, becoming shrouded in dark purple electricity. He then leapt forward, out of the walls, precisely at the moment the gigantic Drider teleported behind him and began striking at an absurd speed.
Once outside the walls, Kai jumped toward the sky with all his might, then began spinning like a top, unleashing a flurry of jet-black flying slashes that spread out in all directions.
"Whirlwind Slash!!"
With only Kai's announcement, a merciless, apocalyptic downpour of flying slashes rained down on the area, destroying everything in its path and violently shaking the island as though it were being bombarded. It wiped out countless spiders that began fleeing in terror. The monstrous Drider was forced to shield itself with its massive mace and the legs on its back.
Enraged, the Drider vanished from its spot in a flash and reappeared behind Kai, then launched a swift attack with its lance. But Kai, who anticipated it, grinned defiantly and quickly created an explosion of lightning beneath his feet, propelling him high into the sky and narrowly dodging the enormous mace by mere millimeters.
"Hehehe, I'm not falling for the same trick twice. Electric Slash!!"
In a mocking voice, Kai remarked as he positioned himself behind the Drider. Then, wielding his two swords, he sent two powerful jet-black flying slashes charged with ominous purple electricity in an X-shape toward the monster, striking it squarely in the back and severing two legs on each side. He flung it back down to the ground.
While the Drider roared in pain, its 'voice' so deep and resonant it made the surrounding air vibrate, Kai swiftly kicked the air and fled in the opposite direction. At the same time, he gathered his aura within himself, fortifying his body's interior as best he could in anticipation of what was coming next.
Just as Kai expected, after a few seconds, he sensed the Drider's intent and immediately activated his future vision, right when the monster vanished from where it was. This allowed him to see the gigantic creature attacking again from behind, so he quickly whirled around in midair and, using advanced Armament Haki and advanced Conqueror's Haki to coat his swords, he struck with all his might.
While his swords were mid-swing, they suddenly collided with the monster's gigantic mace, which appeared out of nowhere in front of him, unleashing a brutal shockwave that spread in all directions, shredding the terrain and the surrounding trees. Kai was stunned to see that his swords and the monster's mace did not touch but instead repelled each other as though they were magnets of opposite polarity.
Simultaneously, Kai felt some sort of destructive wave creeping inside his body, penetrating his Hakis. However, since he was prepared this time and had gathered a good amount of aura within, he withstood the internal strike with minimal damage, which was swiftly healed by his aura—though it didn't stop a grave expression from forming on his face.
(This is almost like a clash between Conqueror's Haki… Does it also have Haki? But with Gyo I don't see the black Armament Haki coating, and Haki doesn't allow teleportation like it does. Moreover, my own Haki can't fully repel that 'internal destruction', so maybe it actually has many Quirks, possibly five or more, that grant it this set of abilities… Is this perhaps the work of that 'quirk stealer'? Or does it just have a similar capability…?)
"AHHHHH!!!!"
Despite his doubts, Kai used all his strength to clash with the Drider's mace, pushing his advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki to the limit alongside his Nen, screaming with all his might. This caused fierce shockwaves to shoot out, sending the spiders that attempted to approach flying and carving deep gouges into the ground marked by slash cuts and electric burns.
By exerting all his strength, Kai managed to push the Drider's mace back, knocking it upward almost out of the monster's hands. But with great skill, the Drider used the lower part of its long mace to try to strike Kai, forcing him to defend with his swords, sending him flying back a few meters.
"This thing even knows how to fight…"
Kai muttered to himself while kicking at the air to steady himself, never taking his eyes off the monster, whose multiple red eyes were also locked on him. At that moment, the blue-eyed boy flashed a predatory grin.
"Let's see what else you can do."
Swiftly, Kai kicked the air multiple times so fast they seemed simultaneous, propelling himself at high speed toward the Drider, which had already regained its stance and charged forward on its spider-like legs, reaching a speed comparable to Kai's.
Meeting in the middle, Kai and the Drider began exchanging blows with their weapons at a blinding speed, unleashing powerful shockwaves and insane arcs of purple electricity at high velocity. These tore through everything for kilometers around, while gigantic flying slashes carved enormous fissures in the ground, obliterating the roots covering it.
But despite Kai's best efforts in the midst of the exchange, he was still being outmatched. The monster's strength was comparable to his own, yet its massive size forced him to remain airborne, greatly increasing the difficulty of maintaining his footing. So he began retreating quickly.
As he was forced to fall back, Kai started moving his swords even faster, pushing his muscles beyond their limits, causing tears he had to heal on the fly, adding to the challenge. To his surprise, during one clash of his swords with the mace, Kai somehow noticed the monster grinning arrogantly.
Though startled, Kai pretended not to notice and instead increased his speed even more, worsening the damage to his muscles. This forced him to withdraw intermittently to recover from the damage—a pattern he hoped the monster would notice and try to exploit, and his opponent did not disappoint him.
Using the impact from the Drider's blow, Kai once again fell back a few meters, then tried to kick at the air to re-engage. Just then, the monster vanished in a sudden flash, instantly reappearing at his back, eliciting a predatory grin from him.
In perfect sync, Kai detonated the aura he'd discreetly stored in his right foot, blasting himself violently upward. At the same moment, he contorted his body, arching his back to narrowly avoid the mace by mere millimeters, while his swords began discharging thick arcs of electricity.
"Electric Slash!!!"
Spinning in midair, Kai landed two brutal slashes on the Drider's hands, severing its fingers and forcing it to drop its weapon—an opening the blue-eyed boy immediately seized. He filled his lungs with air, and his purple electricity sparked with arcs extending all the way to the ground, flickering erratically, while his swords started glowing with a purple electric light and were wreathed in dark lightning.
In an electric explosion, Kai vanished from the spot he was in, almost instantaneously reappearing behind the gigantic Drider, leaving only a straight electric trail in midair to mark his movement. At that moment, he spun several times, then unleashed a dual slash with his electrified swords at the monster's back, announcing.
"Lightning Annihilation!"
At Kai's declaration, dozens of slashes appeared on the Drider's front. They glowed with an ominous purple electric light from within, while the slash at the monster's back seemed to activate them collectively, causing terrifying arcs of electricity to engulf the creature. They were so powerful they extended beyond its body, creating deep scorched trenches on the ground.
(This thing is way too tough…)
As the monster roared in agony, Kai landed on the ground with a grim expression, struggling to steady his ragged breathing. He looked with clenched teeth at the cuts on the creature's back, which had only managed to slice through the remaining legs there and the exoskeleton enough to reach its flesh, resulting in relatively shallow wounds. Curiously, blue blood trickled out, quickly evaporating in the purple electricity.
(I'm burning through too much aura… If I keep this up, I'll end up dead…)
Deep in thought and still panting heavily, Kai glanced behind himself, at which point he conjured a new Jian sword in midair. Then he rose into the air, extending his hands in front of him at a right angle while positioning the new sword in the center, as the blades in his hands began discharging terrifying electric arcs.
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The moment Eva stood up at the announcement of the beautiful fairy, she witnessed a shocking scene. That fearless young man with mesmerizing blue eyes, wounded in several places yet still possessing enough energy to laugh confidently and flip off the monstrous spiders—a scene that left her momentarily in shock.
But she quickly regained her senses when an apocalyptic downpour of what appeared to be dark energy beams rained down indiscriminately, instantly killing a large number of spiders. Even the monstrous Drider was forced to shield itself, though its 'skin' seemed so tough that the relentless 'dark energy beams', which appeared capable of cutting through anything, barely left marks.
As Eva watched the scene with her mouth agape, feeling utterly stupefied and even fearful, the monstrous Drider suddenly vanished in a dark flash as if by magic. Then, after an exchange so fast that she couldn't even process it, both the young man and the monster disappeared from her sight, just as the voice of the beautiful fairy echoed beside her.
"We're leaving!"
With the fairy's announcement, Eva saw the impenetrable wall that had kept her safe vanish in a flash of light. She felt a powerful gust of wind slam into her, threatening to blow her away, while deafening explosions and crackling electricity assaulted her ears, and the ground shook violently beneath her, making her lose her footing.
Feeling dizzy from the overwhelming sensory barrage, Eva looked into the distance, where she could see purple lightning thicker than her own body lashing through the air and striking the earth and trees haphazardly. It made her tremble with fear, but at that very moment, she felt herself being lifted abruptly into the air and propelled forward at high speed, sending her into a panic.
Yet before she could scream, she suddenly stopped and dropped to her knees in front of a metallic barrier, much like the one that had protected her before. She clenched her fists tightly in anticipation and nervousness, and then she saw a small black cat emerge from behind the wall, dragging her unconscious son by his clothing with its teeth. Now free of the webs that had bound him.
"Oliver!!!!"
Seeing her son again, Eva screamed at the top of her lungs as she rushed toward him. But upon noticing he was breathing softly, tears streamed down her face, full of joy and relief. Though he was obviously hurt, with traces of blood, bruises, and wounds, he was undeniably alive. That filled her heart with infinite gratitude for her benefactor. Just then, the fairy's serious voice reached her ears.
"Master asked me to tell you that your son is seriously injured and needs medical attention as soon as possible. So once you 'land', the first thing you need to do is ask the women you'll find there to provide support. Tell them, 'Kai sent me first, and my son needs urgent medical care'."
"Yes, I will do that! Thank you so, so much!"
Eva replied quickly as she carefully cradled her son in her arms, to which Sage answered seriously while the Accompany card appeared to her left, pointing at it with one of her swords.
"You can thank Master later. I'm only following orders. And goodbye, [Accompany] On!! [Home]!"
With the fairy's words, Eva suddenly found herself surrounded by a barrier of light. She clutched her son tightly, focusing all her attention on him, afraid he might be taken from her again like last time. But after a few seconds, she felt no tugging sensation like before, so she looked around, only to realize she was alone in the sphere of light.
"Miss Fairy…?"
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