The Third Party - Chapter 60

3rd Person’s POV (12 yrs. and 8 months old)

“Stand Still!” shouted Rize, blade aimed again at Ken, this time Ken met Rize’s blade with his own and the two clashed in an attempt overthrow the other. Ken pushed the blade away as the two backed off and said…

“Why should I stay still when I know you’ll kill me?” he twisted around as icicles formed around him, with his blade following his move. The icicles in the instant of him tapping one, enlarged in size all of a sudden.

“Ice Magic: Broken Frost.” The enlarged icicles ten times its size, exploded sending ice debris everywhere as well as creating a smokescreen for Ken, Rize jumped back, used his arms to defend himself as he waited for the ice’s advance to cease.

This time he could not afford not to defend himself for he noticed that his wounds were not healing that fast compared to before when getting hit by elemental magic, this kid must’ve done something to him making him vulnerable to elemental magic.

He disregarded his already tattered clothing just as the ice shards had created more holes revealing some of his flesh below, once the siege stopped, he wiped off the ice shards as if they were nothing but dirt on him, while those that embedded themselves on his body where just severed on the spot.

“Where are you?! Show yourself!” he looked around him frantically as the white smoke disabled his sight even when he’s enhanced by his powers and used it to locate Ken. Even this ice smoke I could not peer into?! Just what is this kid?! He thought to himself.

“Right here.” said Ken in a singsong voice as he appeared behind the demon lord, Rize abruptly turned around and lunged for this infuriating child person, but just as he lunged forward a red magic circle appeared below him and the kid said…

“Fire Magic: Igneous Force.” A fire sphere formed in an instant below Rize and before he could react or evade, the sphere exploded sending him flying upwards, the smokescreen dissipated and just as he could fly away, two more fire sphere exploded on his face.

Quite large if we might describe.

One that would propel him higher but got himself pushed down with the other abruptly, as he came crashing down on the ground. Ken walked in front of him, gently tapping the demon lord’s body with the butt of his scythe.

“You’re not dead yet, are you?” asked Ken, dark energies rose instantly at the person’s comment as Rize’s anger flew through the sky, Ken jumped back just as Rize walked out of the rising dark energies, now without his lavish clothing revealing his muscular torso.

Hair turned white as his eyes crackled with dark red energies, but with tattered dark brown pants.

“You impudent fool.” said Rize and suddenly appeared behind Ken and struck his side, sending Ken flying the opposite way, Ken wasn’t able to react just as fast as he tumbled to his cylinder barrier and broke through, before he could recover, Rize was unto him.

Rize appeared above Ken both in mid-air and rained down punches on the child as the said child used his arms to block the fists, with one final punch, Rize sent Ken flying to the ground creating a crater that trailed in front of him.

Rize took out a long thin sword looking similar to that of Sephiroth’s blade but black in color both in blade and hilt, and seems to be made out of the demon’s armor. Rize appeared in front of Ken and directly stabbed the annoying blabbering fool for not taking him seriously in the abdomen.

He raised Ken’s form from the ground and threw him away again using his blade. Ken writhed in pain on the ground as he clutched his abdomen gushing out blood, he coughed out blood but he paid it no mind as he slowly healed himself, a green hue on his hand, just to stop the bleeding.

Rize approached him slowly and menacingly, in order to create the atmosphere he wants before he takes the life away from this pesky brat, but he stared in confusion at Ken as the kid stared at him stupidly, as if accusing him of something he is in crime for.

He shrugged off the thought as an illusion his mind created and said…

“Any last words?” his blade positioned near Ken’s face, this was supposed to make anyone quiver in fear and despair, but Ken’s reaction stunned him.

“That catch phrase again? Seriously? I mean do you guys have anything better to say when you are supposed to kill someone? You know what, you guys are lame, absolutely and undoubtedly lame.” said Ken with a face resembling that of someone who was bored to death as he gazed at the demon.

When he himself is lying on the ground, battered and bruised, and looks to be almost close to dying with that pitiful look.

“Y-“ Rize wasn’t able to finish what he wanted to say when Ken abruptly stopped him.

“SHUT IT! Admit it that that you’re too incompetent to finish the job, I mean look at me, can’t you just have walked or blinked faster then killed me on the spot? But nooooo, you just had to walk slowly trying to set up the mood of despair on your opponent.” He paused, but then abruptly interrupted Rize again.

Ken stood up without any difficulty, making Rize’s eyes widen in surprise.

“Well guess what! You didn’t! Awwww, you’re loss, you’re such a big drama actor that you wanted nothing more than to savor a dying person’s last heightened emotions, sucks to be you huh.” Rize raised his blade in anger at Ken’s words.

Suddenly, the kid disappeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.

“Too late.” said Ken to his ear behind him. Ken clutched Rize’s shoulders and kneed his back sending the poor demon flying forward. Ken appeared in front of Rize again in mid air.

“Too… Late.” Mocked Ken and kicked the demon in the face with his right leg, sending the demon flying abruptly to the other direction. The ordeal continued as Ken used hands and feet to keep the demon lord flying in mid-air and did nothing but send the demon back and forth.

He made all types of shapes with the demon as a light pen in the air, due to how fast he was at sending Rize flying in the air. Everyone who had subdued the three demon vanguards left stared to watch at Ken’s predicament.

They felt stupid for they watched Ken’s form being stabbed by the demon lord’s sword and thrown away only to land and cough out blood, they could still see the location where Ken was previously lying with a pool of blood.

Now look at him, seemingly playing with the demon lord, only that he is the only one having fun, hair turned silver. Wait, his hair is Silver?! Thought Coralia, and used her magic to stare closely at Ken’s hair.

‘It really is silver! Oh dear, oh dear, OH DEAR!’ she thought, unknowns to her, she had gasped and used her hands to cover her mouth, Trunk who was beside her noticed her strange behavior.

“What’s wrong” he asked, Coralia snapped out of her shock and looked at her brother, she gulped once, anxiety creeping to her face.

“Now you’re making me anxious, tell me, what are you thinking.” said Trunk.

“Okay! Ken’s hair is silver!” she all but shouted, she didn’t understand why, but she shouted, and that action was done, she hid her face in her hands, not looking at her brother’s reaction, which was shocked by the way.

The others who were near them, besides Ken’s friends, the three mountain lions along Alfred that had just arrived, and the two alpha wolves, were staring in confusion at her.

“What do you mean Coralia?” asked Klein, the second he heard the name of his disciple.

“Uh… Leader, the thing is Ken-“ she wasn’t able to finish her sentence when Trunk rudely interrupted her, pushing her.

“What are you doing?!” she asked, but Trunk didn’t stop trying to push her to the other direction.

“Let’s get out of here! Look!” he said and pointed at the continuous flashing of Rize’s form. Coralia looked ahead and felt a sudden plummet of a heavy energy from nowhere.’

“Everyone RU-“ she wasn’t able to finish her sentence again when an explosion suddenly occurred right at that moment, silver energies approaching them fast, but had covered them completely.

Klein stared in disbelief at the huge amount of energy this explosion had caused as his figure disappeared in the light as well, leaving nothing in a 200 meter radius.

A dome of light had formed before it slowly disappeared as it was formed by the explosion, and everyone on the cliff, all the magical beasts, mountain lions, and pack wolves, wondered what that explosion was as it was too bright for them.

They expected the explosion to cause immeasurable damage to the forest, but when they opened their eyes, they in turn saw, the forest returned to its original state, as if a battle hadn’t been waged here moments ago.

Klein and the group opened their eyes only to see that they are still intact, they frantically checked themselves and the others, when Felsin, Allen, Celine, Wilbert, and Lyn suddenly arrived out of mid-air falling on Klein.

“Ooof!” the four looked at their surroundings confused, and when Felsin checked on his three patients he was shocked to see them all well and healed up, even their clothes where fixed, or should we say battle armor, even the others had their wounds and bruises and clothes fixed and healed.

“Excuse me, please get off me.” said Klein. The four quickly scrambled off of Klein as Klein quickly rose and dusted off dirt on his robes.

“Pardon.” said Allen and bowed his head to his father. Klein shrugged it off and ruffled Allen’s short hair.

“We have pressing matters at hand first.” Allen looked at his father, not knowing what to say. “Look” Klein added, and everyone looked at the direction Klein pointed at.

In the mid-air, was Ken, hair casted down, in the color of silver, his side facing the group, hand held on the demon lord’s neck, as he writhed up and about from the grip.

“Ken?” asked Allen to no-one, thinking that nobody heard, he did not expect Ken to look at his direction, smiled and waved. Allen gulped at the sudden oppressive aura his friend emitted for a split second.

Ken returned his gaze on the demon lord on his hand and threw him to the ground like a rag doll, creating cracks.

The group wondered what is happening, before anyone could interact or speak up, Ken abruptly landed on the demon, burying him further down the ground.

Ken clutched Rize’s neck again and raised him up, once everyone gazed at the demon lord’s form, they found countless wounds on his body and blood flowing out from deep wounds.

“Arcane Magic: Telekinesis.” a small magic circle just the size of his fist formed beside his arm, issuing the demon lord to levitate in the air but constricted.

“Do send my regards to the Demon King, Demon Lord Rize, that is if you know me.” said nonchalantly as he used his left arm to hug his body and his right arm resting on his left arm, with his hands caressing his face with a mocking expression.

“Who are you?!” shouted asked Rize.

“Now, that is not how you treat a supreme entity, no wonder you got defeated soundlessly by this vessel, oh, you do not know? Then allow me to introduce myself. I am Luna.” Ken paused for a dramatic effect as the people waited for him to introduce his title.

“That’s all, now to send you off to the demon realm.” The demon lord stared in absolute disbelief at this person that suddenly changed temperament, as if this person is toying with him, coupled with the fact that this is another persona, confuses him even more.

“Oh, wait, you can always visit us six years after right? By then, I hope you’re strong enough to defeat my vessel, and do invite the King as well, Okay? Tata.” Ken wave his right arm and a magic circle the color of black formed below the demon lord.

“Dark Moon Magic: Benign Umbran Caress.” Rize’s eyes widened as he was familiar with the spell, a spell that was supposed to be of legend in their realm, the spell that summons the deepest darkness in the demon realm even the Demon King could not summon.

In that instant, black silver threads flew out of the magic circle and proceeded to cocoon the demon lord inside, utterly covering his form, the threads then abruptly dragged the demon lord into the magic circle, making him disappear in sight.

Just as the demon lord was gone, the demon gate went unstable as there was no more outside source supplying it, it then proceeded to break down in on itself and finally imploded, destroying all life around it, even the trees were not spared.

The group stared in disbelief at the sequence of events that happened so abruptly, others could not believe that it was over -Klein and his group-, others were more concerned of the damaged forest -Ras and the other new arrived magical beasts-.

“Now there’s no need to be alarmed.” said Ken scaring the group as they jumped at the sudden voice of Ken behind them, they turned and it’s still the same form Ken took, silver hair, glowing silver eyes, and…. What are those type of clothing?

Ken was wearing modern clothes of both black and white, neither contrasting, instead complimenting each other. The group stared in confusion at the unfamiliar clothing unconsciously.

“I don’t think I’ll be needing to introduce myself anymore since you bunch have heard me earlier, but before that, Healing Magic: Rejuvenation, Cure.” Ken held out his hand to the direction of the damage forest and a huge magic circle the color of green and the radius of 300 meters appeared.

Slowly, life returned to the damaged forest, cleansing and rejuvenating the land to its former glory.

“You said your name is Luna, what is your business here?” asked Klein as he was the first one to snap out of the trance the rejuvenating forest did to them.

“Nothing much, just thought that I’d come by and visit and take a look at the world I was born in, more importantly, I come to deliver a message.” said Luna, and being near him made his voice stand out as the voice did not sound feminine, but masculine, with a hint of nobility and a touch of wisdom.

“What is it? Is it something related to my son?” this time, Alfred asked. Luna turned to him, nodded and said…

“Your son has done a remarkable job at being my vessel, but I wish to see my former creation restored to its former glory, you with the name of Harth, of the Moon Wolf beasts.” Immediately, everyone’s attention turned to Harth, just beside Ras and Nazir, especially the term Luna had called him.

“Assist my vessel, find and unite with your other Moon Wolf brethren here in this world, so that I may bestow upon your kin, my blessing, the symbol of the ‘Eternal Night’.” Harth felt compelled to nod, and so he did, subconsciously nodding at Luna’s order.

“Very good, now, I must be leaving before my vessel wakes up. Remember father and mother of this child, take care of him, or there will be more dire consequences of the crimes of the past.” Alfred and Lyn nodded shakily at Luna’s commanding tone, they felt their body shiver from the threat that Luna hade bestowed upon them.

Especially of what ‘Luna’ said about the consequences of the past.

“Don’t worry, I know that you both will do a good job at taking care of my vessel, just remember to do the same things as you have done in the past, with all that, I bid you farewell.” The silver color on Ken’s hair and eyes disappeared in that instant as well as his modern clothing that returned to his battle armor.

Alfred and Lyn did not know what to feel at the moment, as they both got themselves lost in thought of the situation they were given, meanwhile, Ken landed on the ground, opened his eyes for a moment and immediately fell down head first.

“Ken!” shouted his friends.

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