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Chapter 214: Chapter 214
Arthur's Point of View
The Island
Something about all of this felt wrong. Having a death battle with an Elincia lookalike is not something I ever expected to do. It left a sour taste in my mouth. Especially given the state of her decaying body. While the Island may have been replenishing her magic, it didn't do her any good when she had to defend herself against me.
However, the double started to come across as excited the longer the fight went on. As she continued to head for her demise, my thoughts started to linger on her. She could've easily teleported away from the Island but would die after a period of time. Magic was coming off her body at an alarming rate that even the Island couldn't fully replenish. Her attacks were overly dramatic and blatant.
Slamming my heel into her chest after spinning out of the way from one of her strikes, she was submerged in the lava below. A small wave flowed down the volcano's side while another burst came from one of the vents below. Walking over carefully, I kept my eyes open. Unfortunately, the heat from the lava, along with the ambient magic flowing off of it, made for the perfect cover.
Before I could reply, she summoned her magic and sent it flying across the Island. An orb of black and red magic cut through anything in its path. My eyes widened and I quickly opened a portal to redirect it from the others position. The spell appeared to the side of the Demonic Clone and she quickly teleported away as it slammed into the volcano. More lava was sent flying as a chunk of the volcanic mountain destroyed.
Her eyes were focused on the destruction she caused as I darted towards her. Raising Defiance, I brought it down above her only for it to be blocked by several magic swords. Slowly, she turned to me with a smile on her face. Teleporting just slightly out of reach, we watched each other.
"Much better." She commented. "I need your heart to be in this. I don't want you to just outlast me. You need to perform." My eyes narrowed on her as I summoned gravity pillars all throughout the area which crushed anything in their way. "Yes! Better!"
Immediately after, my free hand began gathering hundreds of mini gravity pillars to focus on one point in the palm of my hand. If I could trap the Double in that lightless world, our battle would uninterrupted. A black orb formed in my hand, and though she couldn't see them, the Gravity Pillars would pull her in closer. Think of it as a spike ball, with long invisible spikes.
"That's new." She commented.
"Not for me." Was my simple reply.
Her eyes widened when the orb shot from my hand towards her. Immediately, she brought up her swords and summoned her magic, but when she noticed the ground start tearing up as it got closer to the ground, she teleported into the sky with fear in her eyes. However, it soon faded as a shark like grin split her lips.
"Much better!"