"I'm gonna be honest, I hope he gets in one or two really good ones, for me at least," Oduduwa stated as he and the others watched Maeve and Zero exchange blows.
This wasn't like on Sidra though. There weren't others to share the burden, nor was there the compulsion to hold back. Whatever Aizen had done to them, it was forcing them to fight with all they had. The only problem was that Aizen had also decided not to reenable Zero’s Teleportation or Dragon Roar, putting him at a severe disadvantage. Without his teleportation, Maeve’s speed was far superior. While Zero was quite skilled himself, he relied mostly on blind luck and an overabundance of spells and weapons that he could throw at his opponent.
After his venture in Volja Vatre, that was both figuratively and physically.
Zero volleyed seemingly endless spears at Maeve, forcing her to sprint around the snow like prey. However, it was also giving Maeve time to adapt to the intervals in which they were launched from the magic circles. She began timing them, utilizing every fraction of a second she could, and she began stacking those fractions, turning them into entire seconds, then minutes.
It was here when Maeve evolved, just like Zero, and learned how to access the ‘Minutes between the Seconds’.
Maeve moved with such speed and grace that Zero couldn’t keep up. When Maeve closed the gap between them and appeared right in front of his face, Zero instinctively went to teleport, but nothing happened. Maeve smirked as her fist connected with the bottom of Zero’s chin, knocking him backwards and causing all his magic circles to dissipate.
Maeve rushed forward to attempt a combo of punches, but when she caught up to Zero, he suddenly disappeared. There was no snap or gust of wind, stirring Maeve with confusion for a moment before Zero appeared behind her and punched her in the back of the head, sending her tumbling toward Aizen and the others. Maeve quickly adjusted herself and dashed back toward Zero, and they began exchanging bouts and blows at immeasurable speeds, back and forth with one another, each striking the other with the intent to kill.
But it didn’t take long for them to start moving their bout closer and closer to Aizen. When Maeve would cast a spell, Zero would dart in the direction so that when he dodged a second time, the blast radius of the spell would be awfully close to Aizen and the others. They exchanged this back and forth, each blast aimed to kill. Their intentions were still very much in line with what Aizen wanted, but they weren’t executing it in the same manner.
Their free will was making them crafty, and this was something Aizen would not stand for.
"ENOUGH!" Aizen shouted, but neither Zero nor Maeve listened. They kept going, exchanging blows back and forth, back and forth, and again Aizen would call out to them to no avail.
They continued to fight like he had intended.
He stepped forward, trying to gather their attention with more menus.
[Demon Magic Enabled]
[Teleportation Enabled]
[Dragon Roar Enabled]
Maeve and Zero both saw the messages and took note of them, even using them to their disposal to continue their duel.
Zero opened with a Dragon Roar that knocked Maeve back. He then teleported to her and let out another roar, knocking her into the ground. Maeve kicked off it and grabbed onto Zero as he was coming in for another blow. She seized his arm and pulled it into her cloak. Zero’s eyes widened, and he teleported away instantly.
Aizen shouted again, but Maeve and Zero just continued on. He stepped forward and brought up a menu of his own, where he promptly pressed his finger against it, causing menus to pop up in front of everyone.
[The Duel Between Maeve & Xayddryrth Has Been Canceled]
But Maeve and Zero still did not stop. Maeve actually took a step back, dashing away into the shadows for a moment before emerging just a few meters away from Zero. She clapped her hands together and let out a small shout that caused her cloak to unfurl open and her hair to glow a bright yellow, growing in length and tying itself into nine long braids that grabbed onto her cloak and began spreading it outward, widening it until it was just under a four-meter wingspan. Maeve kept her hands clapped together in front of her and shouted, "Kurama!"
Darkness engulfed the entire area.
Zero, Aizen, Loki, everyone was covered in complete and total darkness.
Then, in front of them all, two enormous yellow Demon eyes appeared, looking down on them.
The eyes glared intently, causing intense magical pressure to cascade through the air until an enormous roar echoed out from under the eyes. Each and every person in the group, except for Aizen, who was simply brought forcefully to his knees, was crushed under a tremendous amount of magical weight, putting each and every one of them in their own personal crater.
Aizen used all his might to pull his head up from looking at the ground, staring once more into the eyes. His body shook tremendously as he began to yell, and as he did, a menu appeared in front of him.
[Demon Magic Disabled]
The darkness instantly receded, revealing the blizzard-filled ice and snow battlefield, and freeing Aizen from the immense pressure. But that was exactly what Maeve had been counting on him to do.
She was already running toward him when she opened up the Black Gate, allowing Kurama to take charge. And when Aizen had taken it all away, Maeve was in front of him, her rapier thrust into Aizen’s chest and out his back.
Aizen gasped as he looked down. "Where did you get that?" he asked.
Maeve put her foot up on Aizen and pushed him back, pulling the rapier from his chest, causing him to fall backward.
She stood over him. "The Dwarves of Mount Aglazad made it for me," she said, lifting the white blade upward, looking at it up and down, the gemstones shining from the glow of her hair as it returned to normal. "It was originally intended to help me kill my mother." She stabbed Aizen in the hand just as he was raising it, pinning it to the ground. As he went to raise the other, she stomped on it, calling out to Zero. "Wake up, bum! I need your help, NOW!"
Zero lay in his crater, listening to Maeve call out.
He groggily leaned up and looked around, his entire body sore. "I fucking hate that fox," he mumbled as he pulled himself upward. He glanced around then turned all the way around to Maeve and Aizen. "Oh shit," he exclaimed, teleporting himself over to them.
His sword manifested in his hand, and in one swift swoop, Zero cut off Aizen’s head, breaking the magic chains on the others and granting Maeve use over her Demon Magic again. Zero collapsed onto his back, letting out an exhausted groan as one last menu popped up in front of him, Death’s voice echoing the words on the screen to him.
[Enjoy This Last Life Zero, But I WILL See You Again]
[The Raven’s of Iza Disabled]
"Ahhhhhahahahahhahahahaha," he began to laugh maniacally as he looked at the menu and the messages in front of him slowly faded away. He closed his eyes and took in a labored breath. "Alright, Magic’s End, looks like I'm finally coming for you."
"I'm gonna be honest, I hope he gets in one or two really good ones, for me at least," Oduduwa stated as he and the others watched Maeve and Zero exchange blows.
This wasn't like on Sidra though. There weren't others to share the burden, nor was there the compulsion to hold back. Whatever Aizen had done to them, it was forcing them to fight with all they had. The only problem was that Aizen had also decided not to reenable Zero’s Teleportation or Dragon Roar, putting him at a severe disadvantage. Without his teleportation, Maeve’s speed was far superior. While Zero was quite skilled himself, he relied mostly on blind luck and an overabundance of spells and weapons that he could throw at his opponent.
After his venture in Volja Vatre, that was both figuratively and physically.
Zero volleyed seemingly endless spears at Maeve, forcing her to sprint around the snow like prey. However, it was also giving Maeve time to adapt to the intervals in which they were launched from the magic circles. She began timing them, utilizing every fraction of a second she could, and she began stacking those fractions, turning them into entire seconds, then minutes.
It was here when Maeve evolved, just like Zero, and learned how to access the ‘Minutes between the Seconds’.
Maeve moved with such speed and grace that Zero couldn’t keep up. When Maeve closed the gap between them and appeared right in front of his face, Zero instinctively went to teleport, but nothing happened. Maeve smirked as her fist connected with the bottom of Zero’s chin, knocking him backwards and causing all his magic circles to dissipate.
Maeve rushed forward to attempt a combo of punches, but when she caught up to Zero, he suddenly disappeared. There was no snap or gust of wind, stirring Maeve with confusion for a moment before Zero appeared behind her and punched her in the back of the head, sending her tumbling toward Aizen and the others. Maeve quickly adjusted herself and dashed back toward Zero, and they began exchanging bouts and blows at immeasurable speeds, back and forth with one another, each striking the other with the intent to kill.
But it didn’t take long for them to start moving their bout closer and closer to Aizen. When Maeve would cast a spell, Zero would dart in the direction so that when he dodged a second time, the blast radius of the spell would be awfully close to Aizen and the others. They exchanged this back and forth, each blast aimed to kill. Their intentions were still very much in line with what Aizen wanted, but they weren’t executing it in the same manner.
Their free will was making them crafty, and this was something Aizen would not stand for.
"ENOUGH!" Aizen shouted, but neither Zero nor Maeve listened. They kept going, exchanging blows back and forth, back and forth, and again Aizen would call out to them to no avail.
They continued to fight like he had intended.
He stepped forward, trying to gather their attention with more menus.
[Demon Magic Enabled]
[Teleportation Enabled]
[Dragon Roar Enabled]
Maeve and Zero both saw the messages and took note of them, even using them to their disposal to continue their duel.
Zero opened with a Dragon Roar that knocked Maeve back. He then teleported to her and let out another roar, knocking her into the ground. Maeve kicked off it and grabbed onto Zero as he was coming in for another blow. She seized his arm and pulled it into her cloak. Zero’s eyes widened, and he teleported away instantly.
Aizen shouted again, but Maeve and Zero just continued on. He stepped forward and brought up a menu of his own, where he promptly pressed his finger against it, causing menus to pop up in front of everyone.
[The Duel Between Maeve & Xayddryrth Has Been Canceled]
But Maeve and Zero still did not stop. Maeve actually took a step back, dashing away into the shadows for a moment before emerging just a few meters away from Zero. She clapped her hands together and let out a small shout that caused her cloak to unfurl open and her hair to glow a bright yellow, growing in length and tying itself into nine long braids that grabbed onto her cloak and began spreading it outward, widening it until it was just under a four-meter wingspan. Maeve kept her hands clapped together in front of her and shouted, "Kurama!"
Darkness engulfed the entire area.
Zero, Aizen, Loki, everyone was covered in complete and total darkness.
Then, in front of them all, two enormous yellow Demon eyes appeared, looking down on them.
The eyes glared intently, causing intense magical pressure to cascade through the air until an enormous roar echoed out from under the eyes. Each and every person in the group, except for Aizen, who was simply brought forcefully to his knees, was crushed under a tremendous amount of magical weight, putting each and every one of them in their own personal crater.
Aizen used all his might to pull his head up from looking at the ground, staring once more into the eyes. His body shook tremendously as he began to yell, and as he did, a menu appeared in front of him.
[Demon Magic Disabled]
The darkness instantly receded, revealing the blizzard-filled ice and snow battlefield, and freeing Aizen from the immense pressure. But that was exactly what Maeve had been counting on him to do.
She was already running toward him when she opened up the Black Gate, allowing Kurama to take charge. And when Aizen had taken it all away, Maeve was in front of him, her rapier thrust into Aizen’s chest and out his back.
Aizen gasped as he looked down. "Where did you get that?" he asked.
Maeve put her foot up on Aizen and pushed him back, pulling the rapier from his chest, causing him to fall backward.
She stood over him. "The Dwarves of Mount Aglazad made it for me," she said, lifting the white blade upward, looking at it up and down, the gemstones shining from the glow of her hair as it returned to normal. "It was originally intended to help me kill my mother." She stabbed Aizen in the hand just as he was raising it, pinning it to the ground. As he went to raise the other, she stomped on it, calling out to Zero. "Wake up, bum! I need your help, NOW!"
Zero lay in his crater, listening to Maeve call out.
He groggily leaned up and looked around, his entire body sore. "I fucking hate that fox," he mumbled as he pulled himself upward. He glanced around then turned all the way around to Maeve and Aizen. "Oh shit," he exclaimed, teleporting himself over to them.
His sword manifested in his hand, and in one swift swoop, Zero cut off Aizen’s head, breaking the magic chains on the others and granting Maeve use over her Demon Magic again. Zero collapsed onto his back, letting out an exhausted groan as one last menu popped up in front of him, Death’s voice echoing the words on the screen to him.
[Enjoy This Last Life Zero, But I WILL See You Again]
[The Raven’s of Iza Disabled]
"Ahhhhhahahahahhahahahaha," he began to laugh maniacally as he looked at the menu and the messages in front of him slowly faded away. He closed his eyes and took in a labored breath. "Alright, Magic’s End, looks like I'm finally coming for you."
