Re: Broken Blades [Zorolo]
I could feel my energy expelling around me, just as clearly as I could see his on the other end of the room. The green flames around him flickered violently around him, he was much stronger then the last time we fought, and I knew, he had even more in store. I couldn't help but smirk at that last exchange, the power rush was something of a dream, so strong, I knew at that instant that this battle was going to be fun, I could hardly wait to see how strong he had become. “I am always ready,” I answered his call.
“Then let us begin, it shall be enjoyable,” He said reaching for a pendant on the wall. It seemed my earlier musing where close but not entirely correct. Instead of a trap, it was more akin to a change it battle, and interesting twist I must admit. It also added a new level to the battle, I was able to quickly determine one of the symbols, but the others where a secret, if we could figure them out then we could use them to our advantage, so it seemed I already had the upper hand.
I could see clearly as Zorlo's outstretched hand tap on a symbol of three outwards facing triangles that made a sort of hazard sign. As the world around me started to twist, I felt a white light bath over me, so fierce I had to close my eyes in order to stop from going blind. As I felt reality, space, and time meld around me, I opened my eyes when I felt the light bath ceasing.
“Hmmm....Ice,” I mused looking around the frozen wasteland that seemed to stretch for miles. It was something from The Soviet Union, or the New world. It was cold enough that even I, who for the most part felt little of the climate changes was close to shivering. There where small drifts of snow, but for the most part it was dead grass covered over by a thin, but sturdy layer of ice. With ice comes the higher risk of tripping up, the ice was slippery, I could tell by how it shined in the cold light, and that could be a problem. Dead trees seemed to be sparse across our frozen wasteland battle field, I quickly decided that it would be best to take to the SKS, to avoid the small possibility of slipping on the ice. Better safe then sorry, a mistake like that would look foolish, and could be fatal.
Channeling energy beneath my feet, I could feel my body lifting into the air, ah the sensation of flying. The wind through my hair, my cloak blowing behind me maliciously, there was nothing like it. I could see my opponent Running forward, and leap at me with his blinding speed. It really was impressive his speed, he was much faster then me, hell I heard once that he could out run bullets, now that was speed.
Apollo was already drawn when he was in the air, and he leapt even higher then my flying height, using gravity, and his Aura he slammed down at me. I did get my blade out in time, but his force was so powerful I could feel my height lowering as I withstood his Aura powered attack, to the point my feet where only an inch above the ground. Damn, he was strong, his aura seemed to boast his potential strength to much more then any normal human could obtain. Of course, I to, am no normal human.
Focusing a fraction of my energy to my blade, it quickly started glowing a purplish color. I could feel the tension weakening as he saw this, and the green haired opponent quickly bounced off my blade into the air, just as a wave of energy released through the blade, twirling through the sky until I could no longer see it. Glancing down, I could see my opponent sliding on the ground, just barely dodging my attack. This was already fun, but I had to figure out a way to use the environment against him, or this would become to repetitive.
It would have been easier if I was proficient in ice, or water magic, but I could do no such thing, it looked as though I had no choice, but to fight this area out until I could find one that better suited my tastes, or at least one I could formulate a strategy for. The frozen wasteland did nothing for, or against me, and I knew it. As Zorlo got ready for an attack, I quickly drew a dagger I kept hidden in my cloak, and whipped it towards the man at a speed, akin to a bullet. I knew the attack would miss, but that was not what I cared for, using his momentary distraction, I slipped into the shadow world, using the shadow of a half dead tree as my gateway. Now I had the playing field, you cannot hit what is not there.