Chapter 7 - The Inferior Hero

A large hand of pure darkness grabbed Oliver, restraining his movement. "Augh, what the hell is this!?"

"Sakuta! Avery! Fuck him up! I'll be right behind!" Miyuki scoffed as his two allies ran for the royal. Sakuta teleported behind his opponent, punching him. He then constantly teleported around Oliver, socking him left and right. Oliver couldn't move, all he could do was allow the beat down to happen.

"Augh- Fuck-" Blow after blow, his face got more and more bruised.

Avery finally caught to the two and begun to add to the damage. Using all her strength, she would jab him harder than Sakuta could ever do alone. "God- *punch* damn- *punch* IT-"

Oliver had enough.

He used all the force in his body to break apart the shadow hand, and quickly with his reaction speed, caught both attacker's fists. He was breathing heavily. "I won't let you... take me down that easily."

With his immense speed and strength, he punched Sakuta in the chest, sending him airborne into the crowd. Then his attention quickly swapped to Avery. With no time to waste, he grabbed her by the throat and headed for Miyuki.

He had not foreseen this, so he tried to run but he was then abruptly slammed into the ground with Avery. Miyuki felt more of his body shatter as he made contact with the concrete. But had no time to lay there, or even time to think, because his life was on the line. He grabbed Avery and ran for the other side of the street.

"Oh not so fast Miyuki." Oliver said with a grin.

Miyuki tried to run away but Oliver instantly caught up, grabbing the two and throwing them into the fountain rubble. Miyuki truly couldn't escape. He doesn't stand a chance.

Oliver Pratt is more than just an equal to Miyuki.

He is superior.

Oliver is superior to Miyuki in every way.

Miyuki looked to crowd around him. They all looked scared and worried. He has to save them from someone like this, ruling the kingdom. He can never let Oliver become king. He has to be a hero for the people.

Miyuki has to be a hero.

Oliver returned to the fountain rubble, staring down the bleeding Miyuki, and the unconscious Avery.

"Oh Miyuki, Miyuki. You.. are...pathetic. You can't even hold your own against someone like you. I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself. How many people can you save, before I shatter their skull?" He snickered and turned to his left, observing the crowd.

Wait, was he going to kill these people??

"Wait! Oliver! No!" Miyuki staggered to his feet, trying to catch up to Oliver as he ran for a civilian.

"You gotta pick up your pace Miyuki!" With intense speed, he headed towards a female civilian. His hand reached out as to grab her neck. He was going to kill her. He's going to push Miyuki to his limits. His finger tips grazed her neck.

"Oliver!" Miyuki, with massive amounts of velocity, grabbed the woman and instantly led her to another part of the town square. He had to get back, fast.

"Oh I'm not done, I'm only just starting!" Oliver chose another victim in crowd. He made his way to a little boy in the crowd, with full intention to kill him.

Miyuki took a breath, then bolted fast, in an attempt to reach the boy. With each step, he felt as light as a feather. He steadily ran towards the two, noticing Oliver inch closer and closer with each millisecond. If he can't make it, that boy will die. He has to save him.

Or, he can grab Oliver.

His switched his focus from the innocent boy, to the man heading to kill him.

Oliver felt his fingertips once again touch the neck of another, before he was stopped dead in his tracks. He turned his eyes to see the one who dare oppose him.

It was Miyuki. He took ahold of Oliver by his throat, and zoomed.

"I'll fucking kill you!" Miyuki yelled out as he forced the back of Oliver's head onto the pavement. He screamed in agony as his hair and scalp was being rapidly etched away by the road. He had to act fast.

Miyuki knew that trying something like this again might not work, as it hadn't worked on Isaiah, but it was the only thing he could think of at the moment.

Oliver grasped Miyuki's right arm, which was choking him, and snapped his forearm. Miyuki howled in pain as he quickly let go of him and collapsed. "Gugh, fuck!" He continued as he clutched his broken forearm.

"Dusk! Help me!" He cried out for the shadow spirit, hoping she could heal him.

"There's no one to save you Miyuki." He grabbed Miyuki by the neck, staring deep into his eyes. "You will die alone, and weak."

"Not if I have anything to do with it!" Miyuki shouted as he pierced Oliver in the left thigh with his sword.

"Augh-! You dick!" Oliver kicked Miyuki's hand, gripped tighter around his neck, then zoomed down the road.

He ran throughout the streets, dragging Miyuki once again, but this time, he'll take a note from his opponent's book. He pushed Miyuki's face onto the street, chiping away at his right cheek.

"Fuck! Oh fuck!" Miyuki screamed as he tried to think of a way to get himself out of this situation. He thought hard, then his mind lit up.

"Shadow wall!"

The two of them bashed into a wall of darkness, disrupting Oliver's plan. They both collapsed onto the gravel. Oliver stumbled to stand, and with no hesitation, he unsheathed his sword of pure light.

He held it infront of Miyuki's face.

"I'll get this shit over with, I'll make your death will be quick." He held the blade up, ready to strike. Miyuki closed his eyes.

𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪! 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Evelyn...

𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Avery...

𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪! 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Lillith...

𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Sakuta...

𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Dusk...

𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭! 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘺𝘶𝘬𝘪!

Leonidas...

In unison, their voiced called out,

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰!

They're all right.

I can do it!

I will be a hero!

Miyuki grunted as he finally shouted, "Shadow.... hand!"

"What the fuck!? Not again!" Oliver was suddenly grabbed by a hand of pure darkness, gripping his body tight.

Miyuki slowly got up, bleeding profusely from every pore on his body. He stretched his legs, and charged for Oliver.

"Hey! Wait! Miyuki!" Oliver called out, fear trembling in his voice.

Miyuki grabbed Oliver and ran, faster than he ever could before. "Shadow fists!" In that moment, both of his hands were covered in a black substance, making them as dark as night. He pummeled his opponent, punching him with extreme momentum. With every hit, he caught right back up to Oliver as he glided quickly through the air.

"This is for Evelyn!

This is for Avery!

This is for your own brother, Francis!"

With both fists clasped together, he slammed down onto Oliver's abdomen, with the force that could shatter a mountain.

"Augh-!" Oliver felt his internal organs explode within his body. He felt each bone in his body shatter to a million pieces. He instantly began to cough up blood. He bleed from every orifice in his body. His eyes were bloodshot, with blood pouring from his eyes. He couldn't see anything, his vision was obstructed.

"M-M-Miyu...ki." He tried to utter his opponent's name out, but his vocal cords were drowning in his own blood.

Miyuki stood there, watching Oliver as he suffered on the ground. He had to catch his breath, as he could barely stand himself.

"Dusk. is it time?" He asked.

"Yes Master! I think you're ready!" She smiled as she appeared from thin air.

"Shadow wings!" Within a second, two large, avian-like wings, sprouted from his back. The two shadow wings then spread out their wingspan, as if ready for flight. Miyuki stepped over to Oliver, and grabbed him by his collar.

"Oliver, it's over for you!" Miyuki said, as he then shot straight up into the air.