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Then, after Ava had deflected both Lulu and Serafine's attacks, she started to address him directly. "Let's see if your resistance is up to my lightning." She then lifted one of her hands towards him.
Artemis readied himself for another grounding, when felt a strong presence above him. When he looked up, he saw Ava's magic circle above him. A lightning strike? No problem. Then, another magic circle appeared directly below that one. Two tier lightning strike? Interesting, but still, he knew he could ground it. That was when a third one appeared below the other two. Three tiered lightning strike from the strongest mage in Dragon Scale? Artemis gave a quick look over to Serafine. Then, flung his arms up, just as the lightning fully engulfed his body.
Smoke and steam filled the area surrounding Artemis, keeping his fate hidden behind a fog.
Soon, a faint sound could be heard, but not identified. Then, a silver and orange light could be seen from behind the smoke. When it finally cleared, Artemis could be seen with his arms directly upwards. A large silver magic circle was both above and below him. Hundreds of red hot glowing wires surrounded him in a very intricate pattern, it almost looked like a sculpture of some kind. The ground around him was scorched and blackened. The fringes of his hair seemed to be smoldering and his whole body was steaming. Oddly enough, his clothes seemed perfectly fine and untouched. His shoes also seemed to be glowing hot.
Artemis slowly put his arms down, then looked over to Ava. Sweat could be seen dripping down from his hair. "Ow." Artemis stated with literally no emotion.
Artemis quickly realized he suddenly had some very interesting new weapons. Seating hot garrote wires and shoes. He needed to act quickly. He was going to be drained here pretty soon, but everyone else was still pretty fresh. If he could last just a little bit longer, the others should be able to pass.
Artemis placed both of his hands in front of him, index and middle fingers extended. "Polarity shift" a silver magic circle appeared in front of his hands. Suddenly, Artemis could feel the metal in Ava's face guard. Then, a silver magic circle would appear directly over her face. Artemis then quickly crossed his extended fingers into an x formation. "Attract." he said with conviction.
Artemis rose off the ground by about 4 inches, the shot wards Ava at a rather impressive speed. The red hot wires circling his body like a tornado. He was suddenly moving towards Ava like a molten shredder. He was also now locked onto her, wherever she would go, so would he. Artemis also wasn't worried about how team mates, he would be able to control his movements enough to avoid.
He wouldn't normally try such a bold move, then again, he wouldn't normally be fighting alongside other people. Why did he feel such a want to help them and protect them? Was he that desperate for companionship that he would sacrifice his own chance at Dragon Scale so they could get theirs? Oh well, too late now. He was probably going to put of magic before the five minutes were up and lose.....but, he didn't care. He was having too much fun fighting Ava.
Once Ava's flurry of punches began to slow down Lulu grabbed Ava's forearm with the hand where Ava grabbed her wrist. She spun under her arm and grabbed her forearm with both hands and immediately teleported Ava and herself straight in the air. After two separate teleportations she managed to lift herself and Ava approximately 75 feet off the ground directly above Hoga and Briar. She then used her falling momentum to spin around breaking Ava's hold on her wrist. Once she was separated she teleported herself next to the Archer panting slightly heavier. As she watched Ava's inertia began to propel her to the ground faster and faster she shouted with a large smile on her face "LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN FLY AS WELL". Lulu watched excitedly to see how Ava would escape the fall. Even if she could Hoga and Briar were directly below and she would have to avoid their strikes as well.
Her smile suddenly vanished as she thought too herself," uh oh I hope she can fly. She can move around extremely fast on the ground but in the air there is nothing to move on. How is she going to escape the fall. She better not die. I just know I'm going to get in trouble if she dies." Her heavy breathing slowed as she watched the situation unfold with a sense of worry over her face.
"It is better to fight with someone than against someone..."
"Let's see if your resistance is up to my lightning."
There was no movement within the cloud of dust that engulfed Artemis. Serafine knew that being a Mage of a Guild will always meant to be in the companions of danger and death. However, she was not wholly convinced that this initiation would bring that to reality. It was expected to get a few scrapes from here and there even if, Ava had stated it earlier. "If yah aren't going to take this seriously I will have to. This is life and death, kill or be killed." Those words rang in her head over and over again until a faint light emitted from the thinning dust cloud. Soon, it revealed Artemis still alive and well. She could not help but feel relief flooding her body. It was good nothing happened to him. "You are safe... That is wonderful..." She spoke in an almost breathless voice. It was then she noticed a flurry of punches brought to Lulu.
The exchange soon ended with Lulu suddenly appearing beside Serafine. She looked at the female beside her. Lulu was breathing heavily which meant that using her magic and the bombardment of blows by Ava had tired her. It was good that Lulu was not greatly harmed, yet there was one thing she noticed. It was the show of concern on Lulu's face. It would seem this girl was not all about fun and games. With that, Serafine focused her attention once more towards the falling Ava while Artemis was launching his own attack. The man now resembled a metal shredder going towards Ava. She was certain that her next move would be a turning point for her. At the same time, she was very certain there were going to be a lot of varying opinion on what she was about to do. However, this is what she believes.
Without further ado, the arrows she had carried with her person and from her luggage came out of their hiding places and went towards Ava. However, they were not there for harming. They were being called upon for a different matter all together. It served as a cushion net for Ava as the pull of gravity on her was being lessen by the second. Although, she knew that Ava did not need her help on that matter. On the other matter, she focused on the steel wires that wrapped around Artemis' body. The said wires should loosened its grip around Artemis' body. Further mental prowess, she would be able to divert the trajectory of his attack to a mere tangent. When it was successful, the strain could be seen on her rather hazy eyes.
"Kill or be killed? I am not a sympathizer for such a thing. I understand that we will be put into a situation that would put our lives in the hands of death. I know knowing our limits is important. And at some point, there would be a time where destroying everything in our path could be the only viable option. But do understand, I make my own choices. So, I will chose to defeat you and survive. As such, I will not allow the hands of my allies to suffer the feeling of being left behind again."
Upon delivering her words, Serafine's eyes seemed to glow ever so briefly. The ground beneath them were shaking and bits of the soil were floating around her. Some of the arrows that were not used hovered around her. A magic circle was not needed for her ability, although there are still some techniques that require such from time to time. However, this was only a mere indication that she was not simply bidding time. She was damned serious about defeating someone without the need to kill or any of her allies to be sacrificed for that manner.
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