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Return of the Fallen Volume 5 Chapter 104

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Author: Blue_Rat

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Time…At this moment seemed to slow to a crawl as a million thoughts raced through Kazuki’s mind. He could see the instant the lightning in Fera’s eyes shot out to kill him. In the distance, he could see the panicked expression upon Etora’s face as he realized he wouldn’t make it in time. Above him, Kazuki caught sight of Garn’s palace and found it strange for it to be there.

The lightning appeared even bigger in Kazuki’s eyes as it was upon him. Kazuki knew he had to move. He told himself so again and again like an empty echo but his body would not reply. He could once again feel the Azirian blood within him multiply out of nowhere and he felt blood in his throat. Death in front of him and death within, Kazuki found no escape. His death was imminent. Just as the lightning was about to strike him, just as death was about to take him. Kazuki couldn’t help but think about Asuna and Nunully. He could see their faces in his head as clear as day and he felt a great loss that he would no longer be with them.

(Nunully, Asuna…goodbye.)

Kazuki shut his eyes and awaited his demise…

“3rd form, severing tempest.”

A soft voice calmly spoke from the void. Following that voice, a blade of wind tore through the air and sliced cleanly through the arc of lightning destroying it in a single slash.

Fera immediately became alert as this power came from out of nowhere and completely destroyed her attack.

Kazuki, Garn and the other kings, and Etora all paused in shock. The invisible voice spoke out once more.

“Did you think you could kill me so easily?”

The very next moment, a distortion in the air warped beside Kazuki. Like a mirrored cloth being torn away, the air changed and both Shin and Glacious appeared together.

Shin’s cloak had unwrapped from the pair and they appeared before all to see.

Shin smiled with a large grin while Glacious held a single finger outward, pointed toward Fera.

Up above, Brian shook his head in disappointment.

“Garn it seems you are too late to step in. I don’t see you gaining any favor now.”

Tobern agreed.

“So Glacious really was still alive. That’s a damn dragon for ya.”

Garn said nothing but from his silence, one could tell he felt he made a great blunder this time.

(Shit, I stalled for far too long.)

Fera looked Glacious up and down and noticed he was covered in wounds. She didn’t understand what kind of attack he had just used but it didn’t appear to be too powerful. Seeing the state he was in and the fact his power was that weak, Fera’s confidence shot through the roof.

“You ask me if I thought I could kill you so easily. Look at your ugly state and tell me. You took on such a blow from me and even had to take your own magic attack and you ask me that. I can kill you with the flip of my palm in your current state, yet you still act arrogant. How about you shut that mouth of your and just die already!”

Lightning surged in Fera’s eyes and she was just about to fire it when Glacious raised his finger up and brought it down with a simple movement.

“3rd form severing tempest.”

Once again a blade of air shot out and connected with the lightning in Fera’s eyes.

*SZzzzz*

The lightning sizzled out in an instant and Glacious seemed to come to a conclusion.

“To deal with you physically is a difficult task but with these sword forms, energy cutting energy, you are nothing more than a nuisance now.”

Kazuki watched this with awe. Right away he understood that Glacious was using his brother’s sword forms to deal with Fera. Specifically, he was using Kai’s 3rd sword form severing tempest to cut through energy.

(Senior had learned brother’s sword forms a while ago but this is the first time he’s using them in actual combat. To cut through his enemy’s energy in his first battle with that technique, Glacious really is a genius among geniuses.)

Fera didn’t know how Glacious had done it but when that seemingly simple blade of wind came in contact with her power, for a moment, her power was cut through and canceled out.

(This can’t be!)

Fera fired lightning continuously and at the same time she increased the gravity around Kazuki and the others by over 100 times, however before her power was fully activated, with a few simple sweeps of his finger, Glacious fired out just as many wind blades that cut apart Fera’s magic.

“NO! THIS CAN NOT BE!”

Fera opened her mouth and spit out a stream of fire 100 feet wide in a funnel at everyone and launched hundreds of rock spears and lightning all at once but Glacious again wagged his finger as though he were disciplining a naughty child. Her magic was thwarted again and again in rapid succession. None of her attacks could get through no matter what she did.

Shin hovered in the air with a wide a grin.

“Hahaha, Kazuki, your sister is really stupid! Can she not tell that no matter what she does, it won’t work. Could it be is that where you get all your stubbornness from? Hehehe.”

Kazuki wanted to roll his eyes at this moment but that’s just how Shin was. Even in such a moment of life and death, he could still joke around. Kazuki planned to make Shin drink until he puked later on when things calmed down. Seeing his sisters repeated failures in front f him, Kazuki couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

At the same time, Fera was becoming more and more frustrated. Her attacks were wild and chaotic as anger overtook her. Her pawns had died right in front of her and she could do nothing to prevent it. Worse of all, she had come to deal with Kazuki and yet she could not kill him. She cursed that she hadn’t used her real body. Thinking about that though, it would take time to reach the Feya continent and there were other considerations.

Fera’s attacks came faster and with more fury but they were all useless. Finally, she took to the skies, however before she made it far, a large barrier appeared in the sky. It surrounded the area for a few miles and prevented her from escaping. As soon as she saw it she launched lightning at it repeatedly but the barrier barely shook.

Fera looked at the source of the barrier and screamed at the top of her lungs towards the palace.

“YOU DARE STOP ME! SPEAK! WHO ARE YOU!?”

Garn’s voice echoed out from the palace.

“I am no one important, just the King of this kingdom you have invaded and a friend of Glacious. You have stepped into my backyard and caused so much trouble, It’s only natural you receive some punishment.”

Fera never held kings or any other man besides her father as important. So when she heard Garn announce himself as king and ruler of the lands around, she felt nothing but contempt. For a lowly king to dare block her path, Fera felt her fury rise to another degree. Her senses spread out and invaded the palace in front of her. With this, she found Garn within the palace and could feel his power.

“You are only at the 5th stage and you actually dare block my path. Die!”

Fera’s lightning snaked out and slammed into the first barrier of the palace. The barrier shook but it still held strong. Fera seeing this, now realized she was trapped between the two barriers which caused a small amount of fear to creep up on her for a split second.

At the same time, Glacious glanced upward at the snow-white palace and grunted.

“Hmph.”

(Garn really has no shame. To call me a friend and even claim this land is his. I would slap the shit out of him right now if I weren’t hurting so bad. I need to finish this before I pass out.)

Glacious stood tall and although he was covered in wounds, he pretended to not feel a thing. However, his insides were another story completely.

Glacious calmly reached out with his other hand.

“Kazuki, take a look and see how much I’ve learned from you.”

Kazuki was still having trouble moving at the moment but after expelling more Azirian blood he felt his mind clear up a bit and watched on in awe as Glacious extended ki from his body.

The power of life and breath stretched out from Glacious’s hand and to Kazuki’s shock, it extended hundreds of feet up and encircled Fera. To Kazuki who could only extend his ki around 9-10 feet outside of his own body, Glacious’s actions were beyond shocking.

(He has that much ki and that much control over it to send it that far out and bend it to his will. Fucking Genius!)

Fera felt nothing as Glacious’s ki wrapped around her entirely, forming a barrier invisible to her eyes and other senses. At the same time as Fera was still smashing lightning into Garn’s palace shields, Glacious once more lifted his finger.

“Sorry Fera but it’s time you go back. I hope I won’t have to see you for a long time. However, when we do meet in the future, things will be entirely different, believe me.”

Fera wasn’t even paying attention anymore and was clouded by anger. Glacious though didn’t care if she paid attention or not, it would not change things.

“3rd form, severing tempest.”

Glacious waved his finger in the air once, twice, three times, again and again, and again. His hand moved so quickly in the air that it disappeared from the naked eye and following it, hundreds, thousands of wind blades shot out nearly all at the same time.

*Bang Bam Boom Bam*

Continuous impacts rang out as these wind blades slammed into Fera’s body. The first blade cleaved her in half followed by the second and third. Her body continuously shrunk and with each blow, she felt her mind rocked. The first time, Glacious’s attack had merely countered her own but this time around, his attacks were hitting her body directly.

As his energy ripped into her body, she could feel her mind shaking and wavering under the blows as well as excruciating pain. At this moment she finally realized the danger.

(His first attack that cleaved me in half should have forcefully sent my consciousness back into my real body but my mind is still here. Could it be because of this stupid palace’s barrier. Part of my mind is trapped behind this thing. If these blows are causing me real pain, then when my mind returns to my body. Not good!)

Fera’s eyes widen as reality hit her. She tried to fly away from Glacious attacks but as soon as she tried to move a certain distance she ran into something invisible.

(This…Is there a wall.)

Fera could feel something blocking her path but she could not see or sense it in any way. Little did she know it was Glacious’s ki that was blocking her. Several more attacks landed upon her body, cutting her into smaller and smaller pieces. Each attack was devastating and felt like she was actually being cut to pieces.

Fera tried to fly the opposite way but once more she found something invisible blocking her path.

“NO!”

*Bang Boom*

Her body was cut again and again. Finally, Fera cursed at them.

“YOU FUCKING MAGGOTS! YOU WILL ALL DIE! I WILL RETURN AND WHEN I DO…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Glacious held up all of the fingers on his hand and swiped at the air in front of him. Five blades of windswept out, using the 3rd form, severing tempest, these blades finished Fera in one move and tore her entirety into shreds until there was nothing left.

Glacious retrieved his ki, pulling it into himself before saying coldly.

“I told you, you speak far too much.”

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