50 Sister Versus Sister

Looking down at the blade, she pulled the first trigger as Wind turned to Fire, another pull changed Fire to Metal, then Metal to Ice, Ice to Earth, Earth to Lightning, then finally from Lightning back to Wind.

Ai grinned sadistically as she pulled the trigger three times as Ice popped up on the display. She had a plan and was confident that she could beat her sister, even with the seven-level difference.

Hoat'l stood off to the side in an open field, a small crowd surrounded them as the rest of the party decided to stand by and watch as well, including Kenji and Lia standing next to each other, poor Kenji looked like he was about to die from exhaustion as Lia smiled as she glowed like the sun. Azura stood next to Damian as they chatted about something. Ai was surprised to see that Damian knew Azura and was friendly with her, Azura seemed like the type to think men were nothing but tools.

A few other of the townsfolk had gathered to see the fight, including Melinda, the lady that had sold the blue sundress to Ai. She waved when their eyes met and Ai smiled and waved back.

Ai scanned the crowd for anyone else that she might know when her eyes stopped on a man wearing white and gold robes, he wore a hood over his head so she couldn't see his face, the man was smaller and leaner than him, but the outfit looked a little too similar to her 'husband' from the Cathedral of the End. She could still see the bottom part of his face, he wasn't wearing a mask but he was smiling.

'That can't possibly be him, can it? No, he is too short. But that outfit, I'll have to question him after the fight.'

"Oi, sis, you ready to get your ass handed to you yet?" Amari shouted out as her sword flew out from behind her and into her hands.

Ai smiled and held Revolution horizontal to her chest. "Let's put on a good show, my sweet big sis."

"Start!" Azura's voice boomed out suddenly as Amari blurred from her spot, appearing over Ai with her sword over her shoulder.

"Predictable big sis!" Ai shouted as her smile turned sadistic. She pulled the double-trigger, coating the blade in an icy blue aura. She plunged the blade into the ground as ice formed around her as the massive blade came down in a powerful swing.

"Not gonna work!" Amari smirked, but immediately frowned when she broke through the ice and Ai wasn't there. Sensing danger, she rotated her body midair and barely blocked the blade that was now coated in lightning.

"Got you!" Ai shouted as she channeled mana into the blade, sending a torrent of electricity into Freyr that arced off and hit Amari. Knowing this wouldn't be enough, she released the trigger and pulled the single trigger twice before gripping the trigger again, igniting the sword into flames as she twisted her body and swung with full force.

"Not quite!" Amari, although partially stunned, pulled the blade back to block the massive flames that still burned her cheek. Pushing back with all of her strength, she sent Ai high up into the air and smirked, thinking that she had an opening, she leaped into the air after her sister and swung her blade in a wide arc.

*CLANG*

At the last second, Ai had rotated the barrel once to Metal and twisted her body to match the angle of Amari's swing as the blades collided and Ai redirected the force away from her, then, with another rotation of the barrel, she slashed at Amari's ankles as Ice formed and bound her legs together.

Ai blinked above Amari with her legs curled as she let out a devastating double-kick, sending Amari flying back down to the ground far below. Rotating the barrel three more times, she swung the blade a few times in the air, each time sending out a sharp blade of wind.

"Tch." Amari clicked her tongue as she slammed her feet to the ground, shattering the ice. Sensing the danger but not seeing anything, she held Freyr above her as a barrage of wind slashes struck her sword with frightening force, leaving a small crater beneath Amari.

Seeing that Amari had managed to defend herself, Ai stored Revolution in her inventory and pulled out Agony. Since Amari wasn't watching, she figured she could probably do some damage by changing things up.

Changing Agony to [Blade-Whip Mode], she blinked a bit closer, sending out heavy slashes so that Amari would keep defending and not suspect her plan. She held Agony to her chest and thrust out the blade as the whip extended out and wrapped around Amari's arms. Retracting the whip, she pulled Amari into the air with her arms bound and summoned Revolution once more.

Hitting the trigger once to rotate the barrel, she ignited the blade in flames again as she pulled using Agony in one hand and swung at Amari's back with Revolution in the other. Amari, realizing that she couldn't break free from whatever the whip part of Agony was made of, turned her back to stone at the last minute as...

*CRUNCH*

Revolution slammed into her back, the explosive flames burst forth, leaving her stone back cracked. Amari fell to the ground as she became paralyzed from the strike as she laid there, breathing heavily from the pain. "F-fuck, sis, I guess you won." She managed to get out, though her voice was weak.

"S-sis!" Ai blinked down to Amari, dropping to her knees next to her. "No! I'm so sorry! I'll heal you right now!" She raised her hands over Amari as magic circles formed in her palms, but she was interrupted when Azura grabbed her by the wrist. "You can't cast any spells, Ai. Just wait, we have a guest that can heal her."

Suddenly the man in white ran up to them, looking down at Amari, he removed his hood, revealing his short, blonde wavy hair and blue eyes, his face was like that of a statue, perfectly handsome in a pretty-boy kind of way. He seemed young, about Ai's and Amari's age.

"Please stand back." He said in a calm and relaxing voice. He stretched his hands out over Amari as a large golden circle appeared between them. "[Greater Restoration]." He chanted as Amari was healed almost immediately. She sat up and cracked her neck.

"Hell yeah! Back to normal!" Amari said with a grin as she jumped up on her feet, causing the boy to fall back on his ass. "Ah!" "Oi, sis, don't go knocking over the pretty-boy helper." Ai said bluntly.

The boy waved his hands in the air. "Ah, no, it's fine. I'm alright." He said as he stood up and dusted off his robes. "It's a pleasure to meet you both, I am Ioune, Lightborne Cleric of Lina. I have traveled a long way to meet you, miss Ai. I have a message for you from his holy majesty from the kingdom of D'vreis. Your mother, Empress -------- of the Solitary Empire is searching for you, and she will invade Caladan within the next month."

Ai's eyes widened in shock. "Wait, MY MOTHER!?"