Burning Soul - Chapter 142

“Ace of the lightning strikes, my arse!

You can’t even land a single strike.” Archelaus taunted him as Aeneas failed to reach him.

Saying so he turned around and vigorously laughed at attacking and defending moves of Aeneas. Aeneas felt very disappointed at this moment but he didn’t show or uttered this through his expressions and body gestures. Anxiety swirled around him and his chest was tightened with fear, his knees weakened, sweat trickled down his forehead. He was unable to grasp the circumstances going on. In view of the fact that whenever he was going to ambush Archelaus, it seemed that he already knew his moves and because of these skills which Archelaus possessed, the attacks which he made were continuously failing.

He went down on his knees with his face pointing towards the ground, his face looked fatigued and his body seemed to be exhausted. When Ember glanced at him she rushed towards him. His expressions appeared to lose hope. She sat next to him and tenderly dabbed on his back. She endeavoured to cheer him up, but no use. Is he disappointed by the words of Archelaus? Was he losing his hope? Is he going to give up on this situation? or Was there any new scheme that he was making up in his mind? She was unable to figure out what was proceeding in his mind through his expressions.

He got up unhurriedly from his place and stood in silence for a few moments while keeping his eyes fixed on the ground and no expressions on his face. Noticing this Ember ascended and stood silently next to him. She took a few steps and saw Archelaus little away from them, standing boldly in his place with hands on his waist and looked very confident with his moves of attacking and defending. Paying no attention to him she turned around and looked at Aeneas very hard.

…..

“What has exactly happened?” She went near him and asked in a rather low voice.

“Crap, no matter how fast I am, it’s no use if he can see me coming!” his voice became soft and words trembled upon each other, hearing him Ember had a confusing look,

He hesitantly jerked his body and moved a little away from her as he talked. His annoyance flared staring at Ersa. His face became red, every muscle of his body tensed, blood boiled. He floundered in embarrassment as he was unable to gain victory after trying so hard. He just closed his eyes and nudged his face in a vicious manner.

“See that girl, she’s no ordinary! Wasting no time he went near Ember and pointed his fingers towards Ersa.

I don’t know how exactly but she can take on all damage and won’t hinder, she can even share that mysterious power of hers with her colleagues.

The most irritating thing is that she can not die!” His explanation made it even difficult for her to understand but she got one thing out of it and it was that Ersa was invincible.

…..

Ember strongly believed in her spells and her abilities to cast magic; therefore she wanted to give a try to attack Ersa. She even looked confident with her body posture. Aeneas knew very well that she wouldn’t remain quiet unless she tried. Therefore he allowed her to make her move. She smiled and confidently stepped forward.

‘Let’s see about that!’ She glared at her, closed her eyes and began to cast medium magic yet again launching at her,

‘Nova Burst’

From the magic circle, a ray of blue coloured mana infused in flames hit her and blew her in pieces, in a split second.

The tremendous amount of mana power even froze Archelaus for a moment, “Oye, oye!

Don’t think that’s all you got!” He, for some reason, wasn’t a bit worried, although Ember looked glad, Aeneas had a different thought,

“See, one shot!” She cheered herself, she got a warm, fuzzy feeling, joy welled up in her heart and it was also present in her expressions. The hope of gaining victory fluttered inside her.

“How beautiful! Greater spirit magic!

I must be the luckiest person to be enlightened by the powers of a greater spirit!” Ersa was back where she was!

“That can’t be!” Ember was in shock, she clearly remembered Ersa disintegrating into dust. She had never seen anything like this before. The magic which she used to attack Ersa was really very powerful and dangerous one, it was not easy for anyone to escape from this. She remembered the words of Aeneas; what he uttered and why he was annoyed by Ersa. She was now alarmed perceiving Ersa fit and fine. Her expressions and gestures appeared to loose confidence. She turned back with disappointment on her face and slowly proceeded towards Aeneas.

“Told you, she’s one tough bitch!”

Aeneas cursed yet again with a blank look in his eyes.

“Arch, can I leave him to you to play with?” Ersa looked at him and asked softly, stroking her hair flicks back which trembled over her face.

“Ah! I don’t want a weak opponent!” He replied while looking down upon Aeneas,

“Ah! Weak!”

“Weak, Weak! How long has it been that someone considered me weak!”

Aeneas took a step and indicated to Ember to step back, “Let me tell you why I was an Ace in the first place!”

Standing calm, he took a deep breath. Once again, he repeatedly took deep breaths for a brief moment while keeping his eyes shut.

When he opened his eyes, His eyes had turned vibrant blue, they were shining. “Ace magic, Total Lightning Equip”

As he chanted those words, the sky began gathering black clouds around him along with lightning. The heat from the lightning was perceivable by Ember even when she was standing a bit farther. Aeneas stretched his arms as a lightning bolt struck him changing his appearance.

The aura surrounding him got heavier. The lightning had engulfed him in that split second. But what emerged out of it wasn’t expected.

Instead of getting fried by the intense lighting that struck him, he was not only unscathed but also wearing armor, a rather strange looking one. His entire body had a golden halo and he was wearing a very simple but pure white outfit with red borders. He was holding onto his swords, Excalibur and Gluttony.

“So this is how he looks when he gets serious,

How exciting!” Archelaus showed a hint of a smile by the corner of his mouth. He was too excited to fight with him.

“Without Sigil you are nothing, loser!” He taunted him out loud.

“I wonder about that,

One needs to be certain of something to even gain a sigil!” Aeneas calmly replied, his eyes were coldest ever, unlike last time when he faced Arlo, there was no trace of any chaotic magic, he wasn’t berserk this time!

He took a deep breath and looked at him with a sharp look, “Ace Magic, Lightning Thunder!”

Just as he said those words, he advanced to Arch with lightning speed.

“Tsk!” Before he could utter anything else, Aeneas had reached him, he was light a lightning bolt!

Arch barely blocked the attack but that didn’t mean he was in any means good position, Aeneas continued striking on him.

One after another, he landed almost 100strikes in mere moments.. This time, he successfully overwhelmed him.