Cosmic continues to fight Lilith, but is unable to do much against her. He continues to attack, but each of his attacks gets blocked with minimal effort. *She's countering my attacks with ease. All of her stats must be way higher than mine. If this keeps up, it's only a matter of time before she goes back on the offensive and finishes me off. This fight is over for me, but I might as well go out with a bang,* He thinks in his head. Lilith goes back on the offense and quickly cuts off his arm and slashes his chest. He puts all his strength into one attack to knock Lilith back. He turns around and dashes towards Satoshi, "JOSHUA, GET AWAY," he yells. Joshua jumps back.
The Berserker Mage is fighting Aevum and Krytheos when he hears the yelling. He looks past where Krytheos is standing and sees Cosmic running towards Satoshi. He quickly rams towards Krytheos, not giving him any time to dodge. Krytheos holds up his bow and blocks the immediate damage. The Berserker Mage continues to charge forward, pushing Krytheos back. Fire begins to shoot out of all of Cosmic's wounds, his eyes start to burn, and fire flows out of his mouth. The Berserker mage throws Krytheos towards Cosmic. Satoshi turns around and sees Cosmic running at him. "O refk ksof fmay zoks ksire lyedire ul say: Petuud," Cosmic casts. His skin starts to burn as cracks form on his body.
"Is this it?" Satoshi says, "I won't even bother dodging". Kytheos unsummons his bow and begins to summon something else when Cosmic explodes. The explosion creates a giant pillar of flames that can be seen throughout the entire battlefield. The flames consume Satoshi and Krytheos. The flames disappear before a huge wave of smoke shoots out across the entire battle. Dai'chi and Alexander continue to clash, not even turning over for a moment to see what happened. The Berserker mage walks up to Joshua.
"Do you think that managed to kill him?" TBM says. They watch as the smoke starts to dissipate. "I know that one guy I threw in wouldn't have been able to tank it, but I'm not sure about the target." They continue to watch; the other Crusaders also watch, waiting to see what the outcome is. The smoke clears, revealing a half-charred Satoshi. He stands there, looking at Joshua. The left half of his body is almost completely burned down to the bone, leaving half of his skull visible. He grins. He pulls a cigar and puts it in his mouth.
"It's a bit crispy," he says. Kytheos gets up from the ground, holding a giant shield he summoned just in time to block the attack. Iori sighs as she sees that neither of them are dead. Joshua and TBM look at Satoshi. Joshua looks worried, wondering how he is supposed to kill Satoshi. TBM starts happily laughing.
"That guy must be such a riot to fight. It sounds like it would be quite a fun one, no matter who wins. Good luck trying to beat him, Joshua," he says. He walks towards the group of Crusaders that aren't fighting. "I'll take all of you on right now," he says. The amount of mana flowing in his body exponentially increases.
"I'm going to go wipe out the rest of the army. It'll be annoying to take care of them later if I don't," Aevum says. He runs towards the large bulk of the rest of the army and starts wiping them out with magic. TBM runs towards Krytheos. He grabs Krytheos and throws him at Lilith. Lily punches him out of the way. She runs at TBM and begins to face him with Iori.
Alexander knocks Dai'chi back. Dai'chi throws shuriken at Alexander, but he deflects them all. Alexander sheathes his sword and dashes at Dai'chi. "O refk ksof fmay zoks ksire lyedire ul say: Fekah's kbonahk," He chants, a dark red, flaming, trident forms in hand. He thrusts at Dai'chi. Dai'chi blocks the attack and jumps back.
He holds out his hand. " Owhokire," he says. The air in front of Dai'chi ignites. Alexander jumps back, out of the radius of the attack, but Dai'chi's attack isn't finished. "Lyedire Zaevohhw: Ebbuz," He chants. The flames compress into an arrow, and it shoots at Alexander at a fast speed. Alexander counters the arrow with his trident. The arrow hits the magic circle at the center of the trident, causing both spells to shatter. Dai'chi dashes and quickly slashes his katana.
Alexander ducks under the spell. He jumps back and stomps on the ground as Dai'chi continues to pursue him. "O refk ksof fmay zoks ksire muzab ul ksire aebks, Burp Fsoayn," rocks come out of the ground and form a shield in between the Alexander and Dai'chi. Dai'chi slashes through the shield, but Alexander attacks him the moment he does. Dai'chi jumps back and lands, looking at Alexander.
Joshua charges at Satoshi. He swings his sword in a circular motion at Satoshi. Satoshi grabs Skull Cleaver and parries the attack. Joshua thrusts at Satoshi. Satoshi stomps, shattering the ground, and swings downward. Joshua blocks the attack and jumps back. He holds up his sword as he begins to chant. "O ohvabfire ksire muzab ul nifk ku ersoavire di zoy, zoks ksire muzab ul zohn," He swings his sword down to his waist and begins to pivot back up. "Zhon Tyenire Fyefs," He finishes chanting. He swings his sword upwards and sends an air slash at Satoshi. Satoshi charges forward and easily stops the attack with a downward slash. Joshua pivots back to the right and sends a downward slash through the air. Satoshi once again parries the attack with no issue. Satoshi slashes down towards Joshua; Joshua responds with an opposing attack. Joshua redirects Satoshi's attack and jumps back. "O refk ksof fmay zoks ksire muzab ul Yox: Fmaeb ul Yox," He casts. A bright spear forms and fires at Satoshi. Satoshi throws Skull Cleaver, and it breaks through the attack and scratches Joshua's cheek.
"Is that all you have? Stop hiding behind that weak magic and fight me up close like a real warrior, or else," Satoshi says. He dashes towards Joshua and thrusts his hand through his eye. Satoshi throws Joshua, who is heavily bleeding. "You'll die."
*End of Chapter*