Saturday, July 27, 2019

Chapter 20 : All against all (part 1)


Alessandro Serpi was a very powerful magus. When Harumi realized what kind of adversary she was dealing with, she got scared. She had never faced such a strong magus and she didn't know how to behave.
Alessandro Serpi saw the girl tremble and decided to get away from her. He approached the Regent's Park lake and, snapping his fingers, said:
« Aqua. »
The lake started to move and suddenly an immense jet of water appeared and surrounded Alessandro, obtaining a serpentine form; the boy snapped his fingers again and said:
« Ledo. » 
The water launched, with incredible power, towards the girl who quickly dodged; the jet of water crushed the tree in two then turned and attacked the girl again. Harumi had to dodge three more shots and then quickly ran to find a shelter.
Alessandro was getting bored. He no longer wanted to fight that way but didn't notice that behind him was Tetsuya, who had already recovered.
Tetsuya took Alessandro by the shoulder, turned him towards him and hit him with a fist in the face that made him fly to the ground. Happily, Tetsuya exclaimed:
« Take this, you good for nothing brat! Now you're not arrogant anymore, huh? »
The jet of water returned to the lake, like a snake escaping into its own den. Alessandro got back on his feet almost immediately and at that moment he said to Tetsuya, with a satisfied smile:
« I congratulate you for hitting me once. » 
« Fuck you. »
« Stop making the big guy, you don't scare me, don't you understand it yet? I can safely kill you like nothing. »
« You still do the asshole, I see. Very well, then I'll break your face! » 
Tetsuya dashed forward at high speed but at that moment he saw a black sand mastiff coming to attack him. He immediately turned and hit it with a kick.
Alessandro turned and saw Sergei Rybakov coming; the man said:
« I hope I haven't interrupted you. »
« And who are you? » Alessandro asked, puzzled.
« My name is Sergei. Sergei Rybakov. I see you're busy fighting Murakawa. »
« You are perceptive. » Tetsuya said in a sarcastic tone. 
The black mastiff tried again to attack Tetsuya but the latter hit it with a punch so strong that made it return a heap of black sand. 
Alessandro saw a magic circle appear under his feet on which a bird was drawn and suddenly he was thrown into the air; Harumi, who had created the circle, made another on which both a tiger and a bird were drawn; she jumped in and jumped to reach Alessandro in mid-air and hit him with a fist that made him fall into the trees.
Harumi attenuated her fall by evoking another magic circle on which a turtle was drawn. She fell to her feet and did not injure herself, but realized that Tetsuya had recovered and that Sergei had joined the battle. Fearing failure to fight both she hid behind a tree to avoid being seen.

Meanwhile Saber, Lancer and Archer were fighting each other. No one had gained a real advantage over the other but at that moment Sergei's Servant also intervened; Saber and Lancer were able to avoid the black smoke knives that the Servant had thrown and then Saber leaped and tried to decapitate the enemy, but without success. The girl distanced herself and exclaimed, shocked:
« I went through you! Bastard, you're like a ghost! »
« Exactly! » He exclaimed throwing three more knives.
Saber avoided them with a leap backwards, landed on a tree branch; near her came Archer who said to her: 
« That Servant is a finger in the ass, I tell you right away. »
« Looks like an Assassin. » Observed Saber.
« I think so too. »
« Why can't we hit him? »
« I have no idea, honey. » Archer answered by winking at her.
« I propose a truce between us for now, at least until we have defeated that Servant. »
« Seems acceptable, baby. What do you want me to do? »
« You have to cover me. »
« Do you have a plan? »
« Yes. »
Saber came down from the tree and with the drawn sword went to Lancer, running, and exclaimed:
« Hey, Lancer! Do you want to dance a little more with me? I'm ready to make you cry a 
little more! »
« Be quiet! » 
Lancer launched herself towards her opponent, with the spear pointed frontally; Assassin, meanwhile, noticed that the two Servants were about to collide and threw four daggers at them; Saber immediately noticed Assassin's move and with immense agility jumped towards Lancer, grabbed her spear and, turning, made Lancer lose her balance, making her fall to the ground; quickly, Saber, kicked Lancer and sent her flying towards Assassin, the latter remained motionless knowing that he would not be hit by Lancer's helpless body. 
Saber cunningly went around and, with her sword drawn, took Assassin from behind, he dodged Saber's slash and the latter avoided Lancer's body, which slammed into a tree.
Saber, with a victorious grimace, muttered to herself:
« I knew it. »
As soon as Assassin landed, Saber exclaimed:
« Archer! Hit Assassin! »
Archer shot two arrows and Assassin avoided one but as soon as the second passed through him Saber was near to Assassin; Saber slashed a blow that wounded Assassin at his side, the latter immediately moved away and slumped to the ground. Saber commented with a smile full of pride:
« So that's how your skill works, Assassin. Only one object at a time can pass through, interesting. I guess the fact that you suffered a wound weakens you a little. »
« May you be cursed, Saber! How did you guess my power? »
« I've only had luck. »
« Damn! » Assassin exclaimed, unnerved. 

At that moment a sort of magic blue bubble was generated around Regent's Park. It was a magical area created by Caster who came to the battlefield with the open book and goose feather in his hand.
As soon as Archer saw Caster he shot an arrow to eliminate him immediately but it was destroyed by a human being completely made of ink. 
Caster, commenting on Archer's failed attack, said:
« If you thought you could kill me with so little, you were wrong! The ink of my words communicates to people and people protect me so that I continue to write about their world. There is nothing you can do to stop me. »
Archer then exclaimed, smiling:
« Don't brag too much, Caster! A few little men of ink won't stop me from killing you! »
«We'll see. »

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