NOVEL NEXT Chapter 167: Nagging Clones
Considering his antics and withdrawn presence, it was easy for one to mistake Blake for prey, even someone like Naomi who had seen his dread.
Though there was no outburst of mana from him, Blake's gaze reminded Naomi of how she ended up in her current situation and she couldn't help but bow her head.
"I'm sorry"
"Do you need Rehabab to show you how to properly bow"
"No," Naomi hurriedly said and went down on one knee her head bowed.
By the time Naomi raised her head which was about a minute later, Blake was no longer present and she looked towards Rehabab with annoyance.
"Why didn't you tell me he was gone."
"I figured you could use the practice. " Rehaba said.
"Urghh you bastard. Still, I wonder who took Solara, and how come we both didn't notice."
"Whoever took her isn't someone to be messed with, let's hurry and get out of here."
Naomi wanted to complain again, but Blake was already gone and her cries would be useless.
"Should we go help him"
"What did Master say"
"He could have been wrong, what if he overestimated Kail's strength, he could die."
"Feel free to go help him then."
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After watching the lava which had covered the ground, eat up the wind sphere which contained an enormous amount of mana inside, Kail and Ezreil focused back on each other.
"It would seem I was given the wrong opponent, you're just bark and no bite," Ezriel said.
"Is that all you have to say?" Kail asked.
"Well, I would also like to ask, how much more time do you have here in the sky."
This question hand Kial lick his lips and Ezriel's smile could not help but widen.
Rehabab's lava pool hadn't just eaten up the wind sphere, but it had drawn every trace of mana in the air into itself and in this way deprived Kail of his greatest asset which was his mana.
Without mana in the atmosphere, it meant that whatever mana Kail was using at the moment came from his own core and well considering he had no wings, one could only imagine how much mana it took to levitate off the ground and how much of it Blake was currently burning.
"I may no longer have my abundant supply of mana, but I have more than enough to end you."
"Sure," Ezriel said and with a flap of his wings shot toward Kail. He quickly closed the distance between them and immediately their weapons clashed.
Our exchange first started off on even footing but soon, Ezriel was attacking while I was defending and retreating, the choice of attacking taken out of my hand after my staff had crumbled all three times I had struck him.
Whenever I attacked, Ezriel allowed my strike to hit, a 100% confident in the mana destabilizing ability of his amour which made it invincible to mana-based attacks mine especially considering my weapon in whatever shape was a mana construct.
After a blocking heavy attack from Ezriel, Kail shot backwards in retreat and Ezriel using this chance charged up his sword with mana and then swung it downwards, a wind scythe shooting out of it and heading towards Kail.
The scythe Ezriel shot off, was long and packed a lot of power, but this did not disturb the calm on Kail's face.
With supreme confidence, he swung his staff at it, his staff doubling 5 times in size before it hit him and then holding the large weapon with both hands, he made another swing at Ezriel.
"hmmm Smart" Ezriel snorted as he got out of the way.
A huge staff meant that not only did it pack strength, but it also carried momentum and If Ezriel had stayed in place, though his armour would have destabilized the staff as it hit him, he most likely would have been sent speeding down to the earth.
Not giving up, like he was still wielding his normal-size staff, Kail turned around and had the massive weapon swinging towards Ezriel.
"Don't tell me you're already desperate" Ezriel said pumping himself up with mana and then swinging his blade to the side, this time standing and blocking Ezriel's swing.
Like it had met an unmovable wall, despite the momentum it came with, Kail's staff was stopped well in place, Ezriel not moving an inch.
"I see, sorry for the delay, I just needed to make some confirmations," Kail said as the giant staff in his hand dispersed into mana, the gluttonous sea below immediately gobbling up the released mana.
"Oh what confirmations if I may ask"
"Confirmations like this" the figure of Kail said, but the problem was that the Kail who spoke was not the one who had been attacking Ezreil but one who had appeared just a step away from him. He popped out of the air like he had just come out of some secret door.
With a flap of his wings, Ezriel moved away from this Kail, but then his instinct flared as another clone appeared in his path of retreat.
"This trick again" Ezriel growled having thought he wouldn't be seeing this annoying technique again especially with Kail unable to access the mana in the environment.
Looking at the clone in his path and seeing it wielding a long katana, firmly poised in the air and ready to strike, Ezriel shot towards the clone looking to crash into it and destroy it.
With perfect form, the clone executed a swing as he got within distance but Ezriel dodged out of the way and then with his hands outstretched he waved it at the clone, a wind blade shooting out of it and destroying the clone.
No sooner had Ezriel destroyed the clone did another appear beside him also with a katana and already taking a swing at him.
"Hmm how is he creating his clones this fast and making them appear so close to me, without mana all around in the atmosphere he shouldn't be able to do this."