VR- BATTLEFIELD
[FINAL ROUND]
Before anyone could attack ice binding Ryu shattered in an instant, fragments scattering like glass in a storm. A surge of blood-red mana erupted around him, sending shockwaves through the air. Before anyone could react, Ryu disappeared, using Flickering Phantom once again, leaving only the fading embers of his presence.
"Elaine! Where is he?" Evelyn shouted, her voice urgent.
Elaine's emerald eyes glowed as she activated her tracking ability, sweeping the area. 'Behind me!' she sensed his presence behind her.
Her bow shimmered, shifting into twin blades as she spun, activating Moonlit Reflection, expertly parrying Ryu's attack before seamlessly transitioning into Silver Fang —a graceful yet lethal spinning assault. Ryu effortlessly dodged each strike, his blade raised for a counterattack when a streak of red lightning shot toward him. A claw, crackling with thunder, slashed through the air.
Ryu sidestepped with minimal effort, his eyes narrowing as he turned to face Rael. His brows lifted slightly—Rael, whose head and arms he had severed moments ago, now stood whole once again.
"Another revival blessing, no!"
But something was wrong. The wounds he had inflicted seeped with death mana, forming eerie black tendrils that tethered Rael's body together. His once-bright eyes were now a hollow, pupil-less white.
"Necromancy, huh?" Ryu murmured, noticing the near-invisible string of death mana connecting Rael to Morgonna. His lips curled into a smirk.
Morganna smirked, observing from a distance. "Come on, you should've known I wouldn't let a valuable pawn go to waste."
Elaine and Rael lunged at him again. Ryu exhaled, then slammed his foot against the ground, crimson mana erupting in a fiery explosion. The force sent them skidding backward as he rushed straight for Morgonna.
His katana gleamed as he executed Ghost Fang, aiming directly at her heart. Just before the strike landed, two undead students, ryu's teamates—ones he had previously killed—stepped in, their rotting bodies cleaved in half to protect their master. More figures emerged ryu teamates, he had killed before fight. There bodies was only left with skeleton with skin on it, all blood already extracted by Veylen for attacks.
Morganna raised her hand, chanting. "Thanatos' Call!"
A pulse of black-green death mana spread outward, making the undead faster, stronger, more resilient. At the same time, she unleashed' Eclipse of Hel' , a domain spell turning the battlefield into a bleak underworld. The very air grew heavy, vitality sapping away from the living while the dead thrived.
Ryu exhaled sharply, his smirk deepening. "How merciless of you, using your allies' corpses."
Morganna's laughter was sharp. "Says the man who butchered his own teammates."
Ryu's eyes flicked toward a wave of holy energy from across the battlefield. Evelyn stood firm, protecting Serena—the saintess candidate—and Slyvara—the high elven princess. Slyvara's nature magic attempting to heal Lunara, whose vampire regeneration was struggling to keep up with the wounds inflicted by Ryu's Hell's Waltz [Elimination]. Nearby, Dain remained unconscious, his dragonkin resilience being aided by Serena's golden light .
Ryu scoffed. "Are they not a bit too relaxed?"
A sudden voice came from behind him. "You're the one who's too relaxed."
Leon appeared in a flash step, his massive greatsword swinging at Ryu's head. Ryu sidestepped effortlessly and countered with a crushing punch to Leon's gut. The leon barely managed to block with the broadside of his weapon, yet the sheer force sent him skidding backward.
But there was no time to breathe. Elaine, her twin blades shimmering with lunar mana, Morganna, wreathed in dark energy, Rael, the undead warrior, and Lyria, ice coating her reaper, all attacked simultaneously. Ryu moved like a ghost—dodging, countering, parrying. Steel clashed against steel, the sound ringing across the battlefield.
Then, with Phantom Step, Ryu created multiple afterimages, sending them in all directions, confusing main cast. In the chaos, he used Flickering Step, reappearing behind Morganna in an instant. His katana shot forward, aiming for her heart.
His blade pierced through her chest, yet instead of gasping in pain, Morgonna merely smirked.
blood spilled, but No life faded.
But something was wrong.
Instead of choking or screaming, Morganna showed no sign of pain. Her body twisted unnaturally, her reaper wreathed in death energy slashing toward him. Ryu abandoned his weapon, dodging just in time. He landed several meters away, eyes narrowing.
"A blessing related to delaying your death or something?"
Morganna grinned, unfazed. She reached down, gripping Ryu's blood-red katana, pulling it from the empty hole in her chest. Blood dripped onto the corrupted ground as she held the weapon with an eerie fascination.
Leon, Elaine, Lyria, and the undead Rael surrounded Ryu. Leon smirked. "Let's see what you can do without your sword."
Ryu extended his hand, his violet eyes glowing. The katana in Morganna's grip suddenly lurched forward, as though being pulled by an unseen force. But before it could reach him, several chains of blood erupted from the ground, ensnaring the blade and yanking it downward.
Veylen appeared from puddle of blood beside Morganna feet, his crimson eyes gleaming. "You're not getting it back."
Elaine summoned vines to wrap around the blade. Lyria and Kiavan unleashed freezing magic, encasing both the chains and katana in layers of thick ice.
Ryu chuckled. "That won't make a difference."
He raised his arm, mana surging. Seven blades of Blood-Red Condensed Mana formed mid-air, coated in Wind Magic for increased velocity. One materialized in his grasp, while the others hovered menacingly, poised for attack.
With a flicker of energy, Ryu activated Ghost Fang, launching an attack. Seven blades of red mana moved mimicking ryu's moments launching seven ghost fang at same time.
Undead Rael and the remaining undead were first to take blunt of attack. Two blood red mana blades reaching them in instent, cutting them before any reaction obliterated them instantly.
Kieran and Lyria hastily raised an Ice Wall, but the two mana blades covered in wind mana sliced through as if it were paper, slashing Kieran in stomach and lyria in shoulder, leaving them bleeding from deep wounds.
Leon used Stormcall Blade – Channels lightning into his greatsword, increasing speed and destructive power and clashed head-on against red mana blade. Impact making his muscles numb, the red mana blades exploding middle of clash catching leon off guard, the impact slaming him back.
Veylen turned toward morgonna raising his hand "I'll be borrowing some blood". before morgonna could react, blood from her veins starts move towards her heart, from hole on morgonna's chest blood starts to leak in stream moving like living, forming a sheild of blood, shielding himself and Morganna. Vaylen also using his own blood to making barrier more thick and strong, The blades get deflecting on impact with berrier, but the onslaught wasn't over.
Two of the mana blades after injuring kievan and lyria abruptly shifted, accelerating toward morgonna and Veylen from behind. One severed Morganna's leg at the thigh,
the other pierced Veylen's neck. Both detonated in Blood-Red Flames, tearing Veylen's head from his shoulders and leaving Morganna collapsing to the ground, her expression full of disfrief.
TO BE CONTINUE....
WARNING! Author note
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