Chapter 165 Combining Contrasting Abilities
Mr. Zhao nodded his head in acknowledgment.
Since the time in Zoar and the destruction of Agatha, he had wanted to witness the progress of Nix. Thinking it through, he realized letting Obsidian was the perfect balance he needed to use to know how well Nix could hold his lot.
'Fire ranks are known to have an indomitable willpower, how well could you hold your lot against one of our best members?' He narrowed his eyes at both males.
Obsidian wasn't just an experiment, but rather a perfect manifestation of a sadistic maniac. Trained to view those he is given information about as incompetent, evil, and corrupt.
He had merely fed the recruit's information to him in case of such events like the one that were going to happen anytime soon.
"Do not go easy, yet don't let him die. We need him alive... for now." He said in a whisper, walking away immediately after he had given a go-ahead.
Obsidian nodded his head, turning his attention towards Nix.
"How about we settle this mano-a-mano? No abilities, no tricks, just fists and kicks too if that's something you can do!" Nix stretched, confident in his ability if things were evened out until he could personally murder the system for bringing him so much trouble when he needed positivity.
Obsidian raised a brow at the challenge. His eyes looked up at the boulder he was still holding up. There was no way he could just throw that away without putting it to the best use he could think of.
"Of course," he cracked his knuckles, smiling at the offer.
Nix felt uncomfortable with the ease in convincing him to that condition. It almost felt that something cunning was to follow before the duel began.
"Don't mind if I do take out the trash first, let's see if they can survive this!" He called down the boulder on the barrier he created around the six at great speed.
"Gia, Lumina activate your abilities if you want to survive the boulder directed at you!" Nix yelled at the top of his lungs. Conflicted on how he could help
Inside the black barrier,
"What's going on outside?" Gia rubbed the side of her arms, feeling a chill run down her spine.
"Something isn't right!" Lumina sensed, activating her gift. Her green eyes glowed in suspicion.
"Something is coming, something huge." Lank accounted, placing his hand on the floor and feeling the ground tremble faintly.
Luna had her hand on the barrier, slowly sucking on the dark aura. "This dude just earned himself a fan!" She giggled as she continued with the only thing she could do to weaken the barrier for the sake of all of them.
"Sis?!" Solis frowned at her poor choices in choosing someone to get her attention, this was a crazy, handsome inhumane male they were talking about.
"Shhh!" Luna hushed her brother the moment she felt the barrier weaken.
A yell with a piece of urgent information made them all freeze at the meaning behind it.
Those words sounded like it was coming from Nix, whatever could have made him yell in that manner could only mean one thing.
"The boulder!" The five of them concluded in unison.
They all looked at the still-out-cold Arion on the floor, facepalming at the dead weight they had.
Lumina looked toward Gia, "ready?"
Gia looked uncertain, unsure if this would work. "I'm not so sure, but I can try." She replied timidly.
"Uh... boys and girls," Lank covered his nervousness with a chuckle, "I can't help in this, not at that range. Nix was right, you two would do the trick."
'Stupid!" Lumina grumbled in her thoughts, slightly pissed that he was still repeating what she already knew.
Opening her palm, a tiny jagged current rose and fell, "together." She nodded her head towards Gia.
"Together," Gia repeated, activating her powers, the luminous bright blue glow cackled and increased its glow, startling her.
This wasn't how she had remembered her ability. Whatever had happened to her at the infirmary had changed a lot of things that she would need to explore.
"Focus!" Lumina yelled at her, stern on her concentrating on the task ahead.
Pulling her by the hand, she interlocked their fingers so their abilities combined.
"Remember what we were taught in G&M class?" Lumina asked softly, a smirk on her lips.
When she had gotten a nod from Gia, they looked up at the barrier that had shielded them from the others.
"Any time now," Lank rapidly tapped his side with his hand, anxious about being killed in such a way.
'I can't die this way, there was so much I wanted to do, there is still the truth about my past! F*ck this feeling!' He frowned at the thoughts that crossed his mind.
There was a faint humming sound coming from the two.
Lank bent over to pull Arion away from where they were. "When you wake up asshole, you have to thank me for shielding your sorry ass every single time." He spat in disdain.
Solis and Luna took a step back, moving towards Lank, unsure of what they planned on doing by combining magic and gift ability.
Lumina's eyes glowed, and so did Gia as they were all charged up. They moved in sync, raising their hands, and a beam shot out from both hands.
Boom!
The beam obliterates the boulder and shatters it to dust.
Tiny particles rained on them instead. Lank's mouth gaped open at such destructive power of combining contrasting abilities.
"Pfffft!" Lank spat out in disgust as some of the particles went into his mouth.
"That's what you get for opening that feral mouth of yours." Luna rolled her eyes, covering her brother and herself with a gray cloak like an umbrella.
Huff!
Huff!
Gia and Lumina's abilities were deactivated, leaving them gasping for breath.
Unable to gain control of their stability, they dropped down, unconscious.
Lank's mouth gaped open once more, but this time Solis and Luna had a valid reason to be as shocked as he was.