[Completed] Legend of the Five Knights III: Song of Divine Wrath

Episode 50: Trial over the Black Tower

Zini dashed at me in a straight line and vanished midway.

I spun around while swinging my left meteor-hammer at him, striking the edge of his ax. I jumped back and twirled my weapon around me as rapidly as I could.

"Impressive," Zini said as he vanished from sight again.

I closed my eyes and struck his ax once more. He had tried to hit me from behind again.

"How did you know what angle I was coming from?"

I snickered. "I can sense it when I clear my mind."

He chuckled as he stepped back. "Seems this will be tougher than I thought."

I opened my eyes and leaped into the sky as the air around Zini grew denser and crackled. Waves of orange-red energy swung past him several times as his body began to become more muscular.

He's activating second heaven, huh?

I gasped as his ax split into two, with one part swinging one-hundred-and-eighty degrees while the hilt started to melt.

Out of all the weapon transformations I'd seen, this was the most unusual. It was as if the ax were bending to the will of Zini's energy.

I took a deep breath and swung my weapon at him.

Zini held out a hand out, catching it in his bare hands, somehow placing his fingers in just the right areas to avoid the diamond spikes.

I flew higher and clenched my hands together. It seems I'll need to activate Second Heaven too.

The air around me crackled with energy as my amber eyes glowed bright orange. I held out my hand toward my weapon. "I'll be taking that back!" I yelled as I pulled on my meteor hammer. Yet, the man's grip on it was surprisingly firm despite only holding it with the tips of his fingers.

Zini snickered and raised his arm into the air. "You want it back? Then here you go!"

I dashed out of the air caught it by the platinum chain. "Figures you would do that. I've faced a lot of opponents who like using my weapon against me."

"Well, it is a weapon with an obvious double-edge."

I smirked as my orange aura intensified. "Same goes for you and that ax you're wielding."

"But, mine isn't as easy to stop and grab as yours," Zini said as he swung his ax down. The black floor cracked in both directions, sending chunks of half-melted stone falling into the orange yonder.

"Impressive strength, but I don't think that'll be enough to tame me!" I yelled, raising the shards of stone that had fallen. I snapped my fingers, sending the sharp rocks at Zini who stood still.

I gulped. Is he going to tank the hit?

A bubble of molten rock formed in front of Zini in the blink of an eye, the remnants of my projectiles. The debris came together, forming a black spear.