Harm’s Existence/All Trades

Boom-boom-boom!

Several explosions occurred across the arena. After the dust settled two injured individuals were breathing heavily.

Thunder Beckoner tapped their staff, "You two should quit, else I will end your lives here."

All Trades took offense to the comment, "Give in? I'll just be slaughtered anyway! I'll take your life instead!"

"A shame."

Thunder Beckoner raised their staff, "[Atomic Reshuffle]."

A weirdly shaped green polyhedron surrounded All Trades. Slowly, but steadily, All Trades' arm began to disappear. The pain was excruciating, "What- what did you do?!"

"Your body shall be torn into its separate atoms, these will then randomly change places."

A voice appeared behind Thunder Beckoner, "[Warped Cleave: Extremity]!"

Thunder Beckoner sensed the space behind him warping, without hesitation he tapped his staff and disappeared in a blink.

The moment after a scimitar slashed the area he was previously in. This was the other injured individual, Harm's Existence.

Thunder Beckoner found them to be the more dangerous individual. They were able to warp space itself with the scimitar they held. Such an ability was not only troublesome, but dangerous as well.

Space was a strange thing, it abided by its own rules. To tamper with space without any idea of these rules could be catastrophic. Yet Harm's Existence could warp it as they pleased.

While All Trades was fighting to be freed from the [Atomic Reshuffle] Thunder Beckoner sent several ball shaped spells.

Tens if not hundreds of these attacks were directed towards Harm's Existence. This was dealt with a single downward slash. The space warped and the spells curved away from Harm's Existence.

He was only able to hurt Harm's Existence through large scale attacks. However those took time to chant properly. Since he had essentially dealt with All Trades, he could focus fully on Harm's Existence.

"Head my call holder of destruction. Crash down upon my foe with the weight of seven planets. Destroy my enemies piece by piece with your destructive power."

Harm's Existence bolted towards Thunder Beckoner. They hadn't heard this chant before. It would be best to stop it here.

As they ran they noticed something odd, they were unable to get close to Thunder Beckoner!

"[Descent of Endless Chaos]."

Thunder Beckoner finished their chant. Above the arena several dark red clouds gathered together. Harm's Existence looked up, "What is this?"

"You'll have to see."

Harm's Existence raised the scimitar over their head. Bending their knees they prepared to use the most powerful skill they had to destroy the clouds.

They winced suddenly, a small spike pierced their side. Looking back they saw more of these coming towards them from Thunder Beckoner.

"I'm not going to let you charge up!"

Harm's Existence swung their scimitar, warping the space in front of them. The spikes curved away and pierced the ground instead.

"You have a glaring weakness don't you?"

Harm's Existence flinched slightly but said nothing.

Thunder Beckoner continued with confidence, "You can only warp a single part of space at a time. You're unable to maintain multiple warped areas. This is why you cannot defend against large spells."

Harm's Existence continued to say nothing, but it was true. From birth they had a unique ability to warp space. However this was only in minuscule amounts. Upon become Lord Polli's Champion, he was given a weapon that enhanced his ability.

Yet they were unable to improve further, no matter how hard they tried. So they were limited to a single piece of warped space. It would take some time to charge to increase the size of the warped space, time Thunder Beckoner wasn't going to give.

Thunder Beckoner had a face full of confidence, "It seems like I am right. In that case. . . [Wheel of Ice]."

A spinning horizontal wheel of ice zoomed towards Harm's Existence. They attempted to dodge, but soon found out that the ice wheel was following them.

They swung their scimitar, using the warped space as an attack. Upon connecting with the ice wheel, the latter shattered.

Thunder Beckoner finished their chant, "[Earth Uprising]."

Several stone warriors formed from the ground and charged towards Harm's Existence. These weren't very strong, but they served a purpose.

Thunder Beckoner looked up, "Now then, time to complete the spell."

His eyes widened, a dagger pierced his back. Behind him was All Trades!

"Bet. . . you weren't. . . expecting me!"

All Trades was in terrible condition. An arm was gone, several parts of their face and left side was malformed. They were on the brink of death. They were breathing heavily between words. Exhausted from the extra movement.

"My barrier, what did you do?"

All Trades laughed at the question, far too weak to care to answer.

Thunder Beckoner melted into a puddle. All Trades stepped back in surprise. Thunder Beckoner then appeared away from All Trades, "I'm impressed regardless!"

All Trades looked at the puddle then at Thunder Beckoner.

"Curious? It was my latest experiment. I noticed you escaped long ago, so I left a clone. Sadly the clone only holds around seventy percent of my full power."

All Trades dropped the knife, this was where he ended it would seem.

Thunder Beckoner twirled their staff, "Time for you both to end here!"

Thunder Beckoner pointed the staff to the sky. The red clouds rumbled and lightning crackled through them. Swinging their staff to point downwards they shouted, "[Chaos Unleashed]!"

"Aaaaooooo!"

Hundreds of wails was heard. Two creatures descended from the clouds. They were like worms, yet they were formed with hundreds of other creatures. Limbs, faces, bodies, and heads made the worm. All faces that could be seen wailed.

All Trades collapsed, from fear and exhaustion. Their eyes held a flicker of determination. Yet they couldn't do anything.

The worm consumed them. Inside the worm they were grabbed by the flailing legs, attacked by the monster heads. Slowly their body was torn apart, and joined the monstrous worm.

Harm's Existence was trying their best to fight the worm. Yet no matter how many cuts they created, it was automatically healed. Harm's Existence saw the worm descend upon them. Their surroundings turned pitch black.

Thunder Beckoner dusted their hands, "Two down, this took more mana than I intended to use. No matter."

Schling~

A white line formed, longer than the worm. A second later the worm fell into two pieces, each opposite of the white line.

Thunder Beckoner was shocked, "You cut the Worm of Chaos??"

Falling from the worm was none other than Harm's Existence. Faced with death they made a last minute breakthrough. Allowing them to control space to a greater degree!

Harm's Existence was close to death. The worm had injured them greatly. Every movement caused pain. Every action dropped more blood. Harm's Existence knew they were finished, but they weren't going to die by the worm.

"I must say, I am quite impressed. To think that you managed to cut the Worm of Chaos. It's a shame you are unable to continue."

Schling~

A deep cut formed on Thunder Beckoner's side. They winced and covered the wound with their offhand. To think that they could reach so far with space now!

Harm's Existence was nearly unconscious. They had lost too much blood. Still, their will to continue stood strong.

Thunder Beckoner chuckled, "It's a shame you die here, with your ability going this far. . . you could have reached great heights."

Lord Polli smacked the stand, "You better live! I'll fulfill that wish if you win! You have my word!"

Harm's Existence quivered at the words. They took a shaky step forward. A flash of memories crossed their mind.

Their mother smiled, "I'll be fine, don't worry you know? Take care of your siblings."

His mother died by his own hands. A mistake while using his abilities. He was heartbroken for years, blaming himself over and over again.

The only thing keeping him going was fulfilling his mother's dying wish. For him to take care of his siblings.

When Lord Polli chose him, he had only one wish. For his siblings to live their life in comfort, so he may die to atone for his sins.

He couldn't die here!

Boom-

Thunder Beckoner called, "You continue to fight?! Every movement brings you one step closer to death! What are you going to do Existence?"

Schling~

Thunder Beckoner stepped back, a line appeared at his face. A thin cut formed on their cheek, "Tch, it went through my barrier. Why is this thing turning useless?"

Several lines appeared, Thunder Beckoner was forced to retreat to avoid further damage.

"You improved this much? Truly a shame!"

Thunder Beckoner tapped the ground with his staff. Several stones rose and shot towards Harm's Existence.

The space warped and the stones moved to the side. Upon seeing this Thunder Beckoner raised their staff and pointed it, "[Million Fold Bullets]."

Hundreds of small glowing ovals formed and shot towards Harm's Existence.

The space warped and none of the bullets hit. As the bullets continued to form Thunder Beckoner caused a stone to raise behind Harm's Existence.

This stone shot forwards and smashed into Harm's Existence's hand, causing them to drop the scimitar. Immediately the space that warped shrunk. The moment it did Thunder Beckoner tapped his staff, "[Surrounding Stone]."

Stone covered Harm's Existence, leaving a giant ball of stone. Twirling his staff he then continued, "[Compress]!"

The stone shrunk, it happened by stages. Each stage a sickening crunch sounded. Eventually the stone turned into the size of a torso.

Thunder Beckoner sighed, "My healing spells aren't that great you know?"

With this an additional two screens turned red. The names were:

All Trades and Harm's Existence!