233 Knockout

"You say that so confidently, but can you back that up?" Menogias stepped out of the tree he was hiding in.

"Yeah. I will defeat you with one strike and you won't even notice it coming. " Aether grinned widely.

" Imbecile. " Menogias muttered. Aether ignored it and just stared at him with his golden eyes.

Menogias slid his foot on the ground a little.

"Watch this." He thought.

*Rumble!!!!!*

A black spike shot out of the ground and stabbed through Aether's stomach. Aether widened his eyes and clutched the spike.

"Did you see that coming?" Menogias asked him with a smirk on his face.

On the other hand, Aether ignored his trash talking and started to pull himself out of the spike.

*PSSSSHHHH!!!*

Blood spurted everywhere but Aether managed to safely land on the ground.

*Ssssssssss!!!*

A few seconds later, his stab wound had already healed. Menogias narrowed his eyes.

"He's gotten faster at healing. But it doesn't matter, that doesn't prove anything." Menogias thought arrogantly.

Aether looked at him. He teleported in front of him and slammed his fist at his stomach. Menogias jumped away and Aether's fist missed him.

Menogias raised his hand up and black rocks started appearing on the blue sky. Menogias flicked his hand and like a bullet, all of the rocks flew at him.

Aether didn't move and let the rocks get closer towards him. He secretly created a golden fireball in his finger.

He held it in front of him. "Beam." He muttered.

*BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!*

The black rocks were destroyed by his golden beam. The beam didn't stop there. It went towards Menogias, destroying the ground under it while doing so.

"Like that will work." Menogias muttered. A wall appeared in front of him and blocked the beam.

Menogias was already behind Aether. He kicked his legs. Aether fell down. Menogias appeared in front of.

When Aether tried to get up. Black chains sprouted from the ground and wrapped around his hands.

Black pillars rose from the ground. Aether tried to break away from the chains but he was failing miserably.

"Hmph!" Menogias shook his head.

"6 years have passed. I thought you would give me a better challenge but I thought wrongly." Menogias walked around him. He them arrived back in front of him and stared into his golden eyes.

"It's a shame Indarias and Bonanus aren't here. I would've enjoyed their pitiful faces whenei stab you through the skull. " Menogias grinned maniacally. Aether didn't say anything but continued to stare him in the eyes.

"Now, you will die." Menogias created a sword out of Geo and aimed it at his head. He pulled back his hand.

"Any last words?" He asked him. Aether looked at him for a moment before he slowly grinned.

"Fucking dumbass!" Aether shouted happily. He snapped his fingers.

In an instant, Menogias was in chains while Aether was in front of him holding a black katana.

Menogias panicked and looked around. "What! How!!" Menogias shouted and glared at him.

"You're eyes aren't as special as mine." Aether answered.

"Get me out of this!" Menogias tried to break out of the chains he made.

"No." Aether answered.

"Do you know how much pain you caused to Guizhong, Bosacius, Bonanus and especially Indarias? No, of course not. Why would you?" Aether walked around him.

"I don't care how much pain I've caused them! My ambition is far more important than caring about her feelings! " Menogias shouted.

" Your ambition huh? You seem very obsessed over that worthless ambition of yours. I'll gladly take that chance of you achieving it away. " Aether grinned at him and raised his katana.

He teleported in front of him. " Kamisato Art: Flash Strike!" He muttered. In a flash, Aether was already behind Menogias.

Menogias stared at the ground with widened eyes.

*Psssssskkkkkk!!!!!*

" AAAAHHHHH!!!!!! Ardghhhhhh!!!! " Menogias screamed in pure agony. His severed left arm flew away and landed in front of Aether. Blood spurted out of his waist and created a small pool of blood.

Aether went towards the screaming Menogias and punched him on the neck. Menogias went unconscious. Aether touched the pillars and more black chains sprouted out from them.

The chains wrapped around his bleeding waist. It wrapped around his neck. It wrapped around his right hand tightly. Aether nodded to himself.

"The insect is dealt with. He was too arrogant to train. I can see it in his eyes. His eyes are full of arrogance. Let's see how arrogant he will be when he will spend an entire eternity chained here." He thought to himself.

He looked at the severed left arm of Menogias.

" Is that a tattoo? " Aether asked himself. He picked up Menogias' arm and looked over it.

"555. Doesn't that mean 'something new is coming'?" Aether muttered to himself. Pinterest has a lot of stuff in it.

" He's working for somebody. I'm sure of it. " Muninn told him.

" That's an angel number. " Huginn told him. Yes, Huginn can speak now. She learned the language from her sister.

"You're right. It is." Aether replied to him. The severed arm caught on fire. Aether dropped it on the ground and left it to burn.

He continued to Walk but stopped when he noticed something. He went towards Menogias who was knocked out and crouched down beside him. He picked up something that was hanging from his waist.

"His Yaksha mask. Yeah I'm taking this for myself." Aether told to himself. He stood up and looked over the mask.

"The mask will tremendously increase your strength to impossible levels. I am not sure about the side effects that will happen to you if you wear it." Muninn explained to him.

" It'll probably be the same side effects. Go mad and succumb to the darkness." Huginn told him bluntly.

" I won't let that happen. I have a lot to do." Aether told them confidently. He opened a portal and put the mask in it. The portal closed. Aether stood up and closed his eyes. He used Elemental Sight.

" She's already there. Huginn. Tale me there please. " Aether told the crow.

" Caw!"

Makoto who was looking around impatiently jumped when Aether appeared in front of her.

"It's done. Let's go." Aether told her. Makoto nodded and guided him. They arrived in front of a giant white stone wall. Aether marveled at the sight.

"Halt!!!!!"

Aether groaned.

"Fuck this, I'm sneaking in. Makoto you're on your own." Aether told her.

" Wait wha—

"Toodaloo sexy!!!

Todaloo motherfucker.....