POV: Arthur Kojiro
As my grin my widened, my Aspectual Force continued to rise, prompting an apalling reaction from the three sins that stood before me.
"Lust, his Aspectual Force is becoming unbearable!" Gluttony shouted nervously, prompting Lust to retreat away from me as I planted my feet into the ground and dashed towards her.
As I pursued her, Envy continued to blast a volley of projectiles towards me from afar as I evaded every projectile with fleet footwork while advancing towards Lust, who was several meters behind Gluttony.
"S-Stay away from me!" Gluttony screamed in trepidation as she tried to slash my throat with her knife, however, I parried her knife into the air as I spun my body forward, sliding forward across the ground as the blades of my swords ripped through the left side of her torso, spilling her blood across the forest bedding as she screamed in agony, collapsing onto the ground as she clutched her wound tightly while I continued to advance towards Lust, who clicked her tongue nervously.
As I approached her, Lust used one hand to lift the scattered debris around the area once more and her other hand to restrict my movement, but to her dismay, my Aspectual Force overwhelmed her, disrupting her focus as she tensed with hesitation and in that moment, I swiftly sliced through the debris she had thrown at me as I slid forward across the ground into a two-sword style stance towards her.
Sharpening my gaze, I prepared myself to finish her off, but Envy spared her death by blasting a volley of projectiles towards me, forcing me to evade and deflect every projectile as Lust capitalized on the moment I was distracted and rushed towards me with a grin of frustration.
"DIE ALREADY!" Lust screamed as she smashed her foot into my chest, kicking me away as I slid backwards across the ground, but panic began to arise from within as I noticed blood seeping through my shirt from small puncture holes across my chest.
She has retractable spikes on her heels?!
As I regained my balance, Lust rushed towards me with a variety of kicks, intending to inflict a lethal wound as I parried her leg away, disrupting her balance as I stepped forward into her personal space and rammed my shoulder into her solar plexus, seizing her breath as she staggered backwards while I positioned myself into a two-sword style stance and closed the distance between us with a single step.
"You damn-"
"Ascension!" I yelled as I tore into her flesh with my swords, but her next action left me perplexed as she used her Aspect to restrict my movement, preventing me from finishing my attack as the blades of my swords remained within her torso while blood seeped through the crevices of her gritted teeth.
This woman is crazy!
"If I'm going to die here, I'M TAKING ONE OF YOU WITH ME!" Lust screamed with a hysterical laugh as she pulled out a pocket knife from her cleavage and tried to pierce through my heart while Envy shot a single projectile precisely towards my head, however, I forcibly ripped out my swords from within her torso and spaced myself away as I evaded both of their attacks, sliding backwards across the ground as I locked eyes with Envy, whose eyes widened with fear as I positioned myself into a two-sword style stance.
If I can't reach Envy before Lust restricts me with her Aspect…
Then I'll just kill two birds with one stone!
I tightly gripped the handle of swords, coating them with my own aura as I then launched two slashes of aura towards Envy, whose fear was replaced with an assertive grin as Gluttony quickly stepped in front of Envy with the intention of absorbing my attack, but despite the nature of my attack, she was unable to absorb it as it was suddenly nullified, leaving Envy and Lust appalled as the visible terror across Gluttony's face left me amused.
"Ah, I forgot to tell you."
"Your Aspect is useless against me." I added with a grin as two large yet, deep vertical slashes appeared across her chest, causing her to spew out blood as she clutched her chest tightly with tears welling within her eyes until she collapsed backwards onto the ground, losing consciousness in the midst as a small puddle of blood began to form beneath her.
There was a moment of silence until the autumn wind blew through the forest as my eyes fell upon Envy, who began trembling in fear as she slowly backed away from me.
"Y-YOU MONSTER!" Envy screamed as she blasted a volley of projectiles towards me out of desperation, disregarding her precise accuracy as I swiftly evaded every projectile and dashed towards Lust, who was taken aback by my sudden shift in speed as I slid forward across the ground towards her, tightening my grip on the handle of my swords as I locked eyes with her.
Time to end this.
"Divergence." I uttered as I slashed her chest with a single swift motion, sheathing my swords afterwards as two deep slashes in the form of a sideways X appeared across her chest, causing her to spew out blood as she clutched her chest tightly and dropped onto her knees with an alarmed expression.
"How could we lose to a mere child?" Lust asked rhetorically as she clenched the ground in frustration while a puddle of blood began to form under her.
"There's no need to question your power. You faced someone who is going to become the strongest in the world. You were destined to lose the moment you met me." I answered firmly as I glared down at Lust, who struggled to utter a single sentence before losing consciousness as I turned around to find Envy, but to my dismay, she wasn't near Gluttony, who was unconscious as I quickly surveyed the area in search for her.
Where did she-
As my eyes locked onto Aria's group, I noticed Envy rushing towards Everett, who used every ounce of courage within his body to protect Aria as he trembled in fear while Envy approached him quickly with Gluttony's knife.
Shit, I wasn't paying attention!
Everett doesn't stand a chance against Envy!
As I tried to rush towards them, a strong force of energy suddenly restricted my movement as I struggled to even move an inch.
What-
Confounded, I forcibly turned my head to find none other than Lust, who was bathing in a puddle of her own blood with a sadistic grin as she used her remaining life force to stay conscious.
She's killing herself just to restrict me?!
"I told you somebody was going to die today, didn't I?" Lust asked with a coarse laugh until she began coughing up blood as I struggled persistently to free myself from her invisible grasp.
If I was at my full strength, I could easily break free from this!
You gotta move Arthur…
MOVE DAMMIT!
I released all of the power I could exert from my body and with a roar of determination, I slowly began to break free from her grasp, but despite my persistence, I realized I wasn't going to make it in time as I clicked my tongue in frustration at my own incompetence.
She's going to kill Everett!
POV: Envy
Thank you Lust, for risking your life to give me this opportunity.
The Hero Association may capture us today, but I won't let your death be in vain because I'm going to kill that boy at any cost!
The blondie possesses a divine elemental Aspect, but she doesn't even understand how to use it properly.
If she did, the girl on the verge of death should have instantly recovered, therefore…
SHE CAN'T PROTECT THE BOY!
As I rushed towards the boy, the blonde haired girl glanced at me nervously as I approached the boy, who was trembling in fear as he loosely raised his guard out of desperation.
THIS IS IT!
"DIE!" I screamed with delight as I lunged towards the boy with the intention of slitting his throat, but to my surprise, the boy blocked my knife with his forearm, wincing in pain as his perseverance left me disgusted.
Why?
You're weak.
You're barely stronger than a normal human and yet, you cling on to life as if you have a purpose to fulfill?
As the boy struggled to handle the pain of my knife tearing into his flesh, I tried to rip my knife from his forearm, but the boy refused to let me do as I pleased as he clenched my wrist tightly, preventing me from removing my knife as I noticed a light growing within his eyes.
That damned light.
Even in the face of death, you heroes refuse to give up.
I hate it.
I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT!
"I HATE YOU DAMN HEROES!" I screamed, enraged as I tried to rip my knife free with force, but despite my efforts, the boy's perseverance won as he used every ounce of strength he could muster to prevent me from removing my knife, tightening his grasp on my wrist as tenacious spirit left me apprehensive.
"DIE ALREADY! JUST DIE!" I screamed in desperation as I made a hand gesture of a finger gun with my off-hand and aimed it towards the boy's forehead, causing cold sweat to erupt across the boy's skin as his determination was replaced with fear while I channeled my aura into the tip of my finger.
"EVERETT!" The blonde haired girl screamed anxiously as I prepared myself to kill the boy by blasting through his head with my Aspect, but as I tried to kill him, I felt a sudden wave of bloodlust directed towards me, disrupting my focus as my body tensed with fear and in that moment, I felt two slashes of wind tear into the back of my torso as I coughed up blood and staggered forward before collapsing onto my knees with tears welling within my eyes as my breathing became shallow from the insufferable pain coursing through my back.
"I... will never understand you heroes." I muttered coarsely as my consciousness faded away into the everlasting void of darkness.