Chapter 34: Thunder Elf

Elastor and Grim charged at each other, swinging their swords at the same time. Elastor blocked the slash and pushed Grim away. Grim jumped up and spun around in the air slashing at Elastor. Elastor continuously parried and dodged quickly. Grim landed on the ground and stabbed straight. Elastor quickly turned his sword sideways to block the stab, but was punched in the face by Grim. Elastor backed down and immediately charged forward again. He swung his sword at Grim but he dodged back. Grim lunged forward and stabbed Elastor with his sword, but Elastor caught it in time. They raised their swords and brought their blades close to each other's faces, Elastor and Grim stared at each other, Grim said angrily:

"You said you have new power, where is it?"

Elastor replied:

"It's not time to use it yet."

Elastor swung his sword high and kicked Grim back down. Elastor lunged forward and swung his sword forcefully. Grim tried to hold back, but the blade slipped. Elastor slashed at Grim repeatedly and the impact of Volt greatsword on Hollow sword was so strong that the sword vibrated and Grim held the sword unsteadily. Grim jumped up and kicked Elastor's blade hard, knocking him out. Elastor backed down with his left arm shaking. Grim smiled and said:

"The Predator!"

The Grim was summoned and roared. Elastor said:

"The Star!"

The Star was summoned and roared. Elastor told The Star:

"The Star, bring back my sword."

The Star replied:

"On my way."

The Star rushed to the Volt greatsword and The Predator also rushed. The Star and The Predator rushed over and scratched each other in the face. The Star continued to push forward and hit The Predator's stomach with its head to push it back down. The Predator clawed at The Star's back, so the panther shoved the hyena back and whipped its tail into its face. The Predator jumped up and whipped its tail at The Star, The Star whipped its tail back and pushed them both apart. The Star launched lightning bolts at The Predator, but the hyena created a smoke shield that blocked the attack in time. The Star dashed through the smoke and into The Predator. The Predator raised its claws and lunged forward, preparing to scratch The Star. Suddenly The Star sped past The Predator and took the Volt greatsword in its mouth. The Star lunges at The Predator and swing sword at it. The Predator jumped to dodge and whipped its tail into the blade. The Star stepped back, but it shifted the sword to the other side of its mouth. The Star charged and released electricity on the fur to prevent The Predator from reaching it. The Predator jumped away from The Electric Star and let the panther return to Elastor. Elastor took the handle of the Volt greatsword and The Star merged with the greatsword to form the Star greatsword. Grim said:

"Time for elemental weapons? Okay."

The Predator merged with the Hollow sword into the Soulless sword. Grim said:

"Ready to die this time?"

Elastor spinned Star greatword and replied:

"It should work by now, The Star."

Elastor and Grim charged and swung their swords at each other. Their slash slashed through the other's cheeks and bled. Elastor saw Grim's eyes welling with darkness, and said:

"Grim, don't be the person you don't want to be."

Grim replied:

"I will kill you!"

Grim frantically charged at Elastor like a beast. Grim swung his sword and launched a smoke slash at Elastor. Elastor thought to himself:

"Damn it!"

Elastor launched a lightning bolt that broke Grim's smoke slash and charged at him. The two continued to fight fiercely against each other before the eyes of the Dark Elf nobles and Halazar. At the same time the others also reached the Throne Room. Eva saw Julia hurry down from The Rhino and ran over to hug her. Eva said:

"Julia, I was really worried about you but luckily you're okay."

Julia replied:

"It's okay, I'm fine Eva. I don't get hurt easily."

Lamalia said:

"Hah, looks like everyone's gathered."

Julia replied:

"Lamalia, you've come too."

Lamalia said:

"Yeah, and what are you wearing?"

Everyone looked at Julia's gorgeous wedding dress making her blush. Julia stammered:

"I'll change right away."

Belle replied:

"No need, let me help you."

Belle waved her wand, turning Julia's dress into the light armor of the Elf warrior. Julia said:

"Great, thank you. And who are you?"

Belle replied:

"Princess Belle Quart, princess of the kingdom of Newlaphaine."

Julia bowed to Belle and said:

"Hello princess."

Suddenly Zed rushed to Halazar unexpectedly. Belle hastily said:

"Zed stop now!"

Zed rushed to attack Halazar when suddenly Grim rushed to kick him back down next to Elastor. Zed stood up and said:

"I thought you finished him?"

Elastor replied:

"I want to save more power for Halazar."

Zed said nervously:

"Maybe it's better to use a new form now."

The darkness within Grim had grown and had begun to ooze, the veins around his eyes turning black. Elastor said:

"This is getting worse, Grim didn't do that last time."

Zed replied:

"Anyway, I'll attack Halazar, you stop Grim so I can attack him."

Elastor said:

"Now."

Zed and Elastor sped forward. Grim saw this, so he spread his bat wings and charged at them. Zed rushed forward and Grim swung his sword at him. Zed slid down in time to dodge the slash and Elastor parried Grim's slash. Grim punched Elastor in the face but he fired lightning at Grim making him fall back. Zed charged and jumped at Halazar. He raised his sword and the blade released the darkness. Halazar immediately fired a dark beam at Zed and he slashed down and blocked the beam. Halazar said in pride:

"You still recklessly used the power of darkness against me. Ridiculous."

Zed slashed through Halazar's shadow and slashed straight at him. Halazar was surprised, he thought:

"How?"

Halazar teleported and Zed sliced ​​his throne in half. Zed turned to look at Halazar who was still surprised and said:

"You may be the king of darkness, but I am the master of darkness."

Halazar unleashed even more darkness, he said:

"You think your self-proclaimed master of darkness will worry or frighten me? What is your darkness compared to mine?"

Zed replied:

"My dish."

Halazar got angry and sucked all the souls of the nobles in the Throne Room. They turned to dust. Eva was surprised and said:

"What kind of terrible power is that?"

Belle replied:

"The primordial power of darkness, its first form, uses the soul as energy to increase the power of its own darkness."

Zed looked at the dead nobles and said to Halazar:

"Are you that brutal? Using your own people as pawns and energy."

Halazar replied:

"That's right, they're nothing to me. I don't have the heart to feel things so I have nothing to lose."

Halazar launched beams of darkness at Zed. Zed jumped to dodge and said:

"The Knight! Merge into me."

The Knight was summoned and fused with Zed turning him into a half-wolf form. Halazar moved the beam of darkness into Zed and he ran around the room to dodge. Belle hastily said to her soldiers:

"Everyone withdraw immediately, we will take care of the rest."

The soldiers left just in time as Halazar fired beams of darkness at them. Everyone lay down to dodge and Elastor grabbed Grim by the neck and threw him to the floor. Elastor said angrily:

"Zed! Do something and don't let him attack us again."

Zed ran on the wall and replied:

"If I stop, I die."

Grim kicked his knee into Elastor's chest to push him away. Grim choked Elastor and said:

"Let's fly."

Grim flew up and dragged Elastor with him. Julia said aloud:

"Elastor!"

Grim flew quickly and threw Elastor onto the stalactites in the cave. Elastor fired lightning that destroyed the stalactites and turned around to land on the top of the cave. Grim swung his sword and launched three smoke slashes at Elastor. Elastor free-falled at Grim, he swung his sword and launched three lightning bolts that destroyed the smoke slashes creating a smoke screen. Grim paused and said:

"When he falls I'll stab him immediately."

Suddenly Elastor rushed out from outside the smoke screen unexpectedly, he threw the Star greatsword at Grim surprising him. Grim dodged in time but was rushed by Elastor and punched in the face. The two fell into the Throne Room below and fought each other endlessly. Grim punched straight but Elastor caught his fist, he said:

"Grim, that's enough. You always say you want to be king to overthrow Halazar. He's too powerful and only we can stop him."

Grim replied angrily:

"Shut up!"

Grim kicked Elastor out and they faced off in midair. Grim said:

"If I don't defeat you today, I won't have a chance to become king."

Elastor replied:

"You are king and you will be king. I won't fight you anymore but I will fight Halazar."

Grim rushed forward and swung his sword at Elastor. Elastor hastily said:

"The Star!"

The Star stopped merging with the Star greatsword and whipped its tail to launch the Volt greatsword at Grim. The Volt greatsword hit Grim's left wing injuring him and causing him to fall faster. The Star withdrew to Elastor and he fell down. Elastor and Grim fell heavily into the Throne Room in different directions. Belle waved her wand to soften the floor where Elastor would fall and he landed softly. Grim landed hard and destroyed the floor. Elastor stood up and said:

"Grim!"

Halazar turned to look at the dent in which Grim had landed, and said:

"Grim get up now, you're not that weak are you."

Suddenly the Volt greatsword was launched from within the dent at Elastor. He dodged quickly and immediately caught the greatsword's hilt. Elastor thought to himself:

"His speed has increased, my hand was shaking when I caught the hilt of the sword with such speed."

Everyone looked at that dent, a heaviness and pressure gradually felt by everyone. The true power of Grim was unfolded, the power of nightmare smoke. A cloud of black smoke rose out of the dent and Grim stepped out in his fused form with The Predator, his half hyena form. Grim's back, shoulders, and knees became enlarged and turned into hyena skin, Grim's arms and legs were covered with sharp claws, his tail grew, and his upper face grew hyena skin. Grim looked at Elastor and said:

"It's about time I unleashed everything to finish you off."

Julia replied:

"Grim, you said you'd let us go."

Grim said coldly:

"That's right, until I defeat him."

Elastor replied:

"Then I won't hesitate. The Star, it's time."

The Star merged with the Volt greatsword to create the Star greatsword. The Star infused Elastor with electricity and his left eye shot out sparks. Halazar said excitedly:

"Here's my chance."

Halazar was about to rush to attack Elastor when suddenly Zed grabbed his neck and said:

"And here I am."

Zed threw Halazar at the throne but he flew up to stop. Belle waved her wand and vines sprouted from the stone pillars and bound Halazar. Lamalia also kicked the floor hard and created a stone wall around Halazar. Halazar said:

"Do you think you can simply stop me like that?"

Halazar was about to destroy the vines and stone walls when Zed immediately sucked his darkness, he said:

"Don't try."

Halazar replied:

"You suck my darkness? How pathetic."

Halazar sucked away Zed's darkness but suddenly he sensed something in Zed's darkness, he thought to himself:

"His darkness, strange."

Zed and Halazar faced off against each other to see who could suck up more darkness. Grim rushed to attack Elastor so he fired lightning to stop him. Lightnings burned Grim's skin but he tried to move on. Elastor released an explosion of thunder that repelled Grim and transformed into his new form, the "Thunder Elf" form. Elastor wore a suit of gold armor with his left shoulder armor made of three bolts of lightning, his leg armor made of short bolts of lightning that increased his running speed, Elastor's hair lit up and his left eye released thunder and he had a left wing was hawk wing. Everyone was surprised by Elastor's new form, Zed smiled proudly and said:

"Yeah, yeah, my boy."

Suddenly Zed lost focus and struggled to absorb Halazar's darkness. Grim smiled cunningly and said:

"Very well, this is even more exciting."

Elastor replied:

"I won't hold back this time Grim, come here."

Grim swung his sword and launched a smoke slash. Elastor swung his sword and launched lightning. Lightning and smoke collided and exploded. Grim jumped up and raised his sword, the smoke blade becoming longer. Grim swung his sword down hard, so Elastor raised his sword horizontally to block it. The two blades striked into each other and exploded creating an explosion that destroyed the walls of the Throne Room. Elastor pushed Grim away and swung his sword at him. He dodged with lightning speed and stabbed Elastor with his sword. Elastor also dodged with equally fast speed, he stepped back and said:

"Let's see who is the fastest in this battle."

Grim replied:

"And that person is me."

Grim created two smoke clones beside him, they charged and slashed at Elastor at the same time. Elastor focused electricity on the Volt greatsword and swung a powerful slash that released lightning that repelled Grim. Grim was sent flying from the castle and Elastor spread his wing and flew after him. Grim spread his wings and charged at Elastor. The two swung their swords at the same time and slashed at the other's shoulder. Blood spurted out but the two looked at each other in anger. Grim released smoke and Elastor released lightning. They slashed down and slashed a cut in the chest. Elastor and Grim spit out blood, they said together:

"It's not over yet."

The two flew away and charged again and slashed each other. Their speed and slashes strike each other in mid-air creating sparks between smoke and thunder. Grim lunged forward and punched Elastor in the face, but he also punched back. Elastor raised his foot and kicked Grim's face high, causing him to fall back. Elastor fired lightning at Grim, but he used smoke to cover it. Grim released more smoke and launched four plumes of smoke at Elastor. Elastor was sent flying away but he immediately resisted. Elastor thrust his sword into the smoke and released an electric current at Grim. Grim quickly released Elastor and said:

"Smoke Storm!"

Grim released a large plume of smoke from his sword around Elastor. Elastor raised his sword and said:

"It's starting."

Elastor activated "Left Eye of Thunder" and said:

"This time I won't fail again."

Grim merged into the smoke and moved around Elastor. Elastor looked around for Grim. Suddenly a slash attacked in surprise from behind Elastor. He immediately parried the attack to Grim's surprise. Grim thought to himself:

"He parried my slash? Maybe after three days he was much stronger."

Grim suddenly flew high above Elastor's head and said:

"One Million Blades, Slash!"

Elastor wondered:

"One million? From a thousand he went up to a million?"

Grim unleashed a series of smoke slashes on Elastor's head, he instantly raised his sword across his head to block it. The slashes were so fast and so sharp they cut through the air. The back slash was twice as fast as the previous one. Elastor said angrily:

"How did you get to that level?"

Grim replied:

"Horsemen of Famine trained me, it took me a long time to upgrade A Thousand Blades."

Grim remembered his training with Exos, within three days of being in Exos' box, he had become much stronger. Exos told Grim:

"Your speed may be very fast, but it's still not fast enough for the strongest."

Grim replied:

"Elastor is not the strongest."

Exos said:

"It's true that Elastor isn't the strongest, but he's outclassed you. You're a speed fighter so upgrade it."

Grim replied:

"My speed is the fastest in the Highland Continent, Elastor can't keep up with me."

Exos said:

"So... Let's destroy this box and release us."

Grim replied:

"What?"

Exos said:

"You said your speed is the fastest, use your speed to destroy my box."

Grim summoned the Soulless sword and said in arrogance:

"With pleasure."

Grim stood in front of the box and stabbed it repeatedly. Suddenly Grim was stopped, he wondered:

"What's going on? My hand feels like it's being pulled back by something."

Grim noticed that his blade did not reach the wall as though it was being pushed away by a force. Grim said in surprise:

"Impossible, why is this happening?"

Exos replied:

"Then get over it, you said you'd do it."

Grim said angrily:

"That's right."

Grim frantically stabbed his sword into the wall. His stabs were fast and powerful but could not break the force wall. Exos said:

"Use your hatred and anger against Elastor. Use it for strength."

Grim became even more angry, he changed his stabbing method. Instead of stabbing continuously in one point, he stabbed around it. Since then, the impact force around the place to be stabbed will be subjected to many forces at the same time, causing the force wall to be damaged and weakened. Since then, A Million Blades were created with a speed faster, stronger and more terrifying than A Thousand Blades. Elastor managed to block and parry all of Grim's stabs. Suddenly Grim appeared right in front of Elastor, he was very surprised and wondered:

"But his attacks on my head are still there."

Elastor stabbed Elastor straight in the face. Just as the blade was about to pierce Elastor's left eye, a bolt of lightning struck Grim and smashed him to the ground. The Star jumped out of the Star greatsword in time and struck Grim with a bolt of lightning. The Star said in fatigue and perspiration:

"It's terrible."

The Star merged with the Volt greatsword into the Star greatsword again. Elastor said:

"Then we need to speed it up again."

Elastor rushed at Grim and Grim also lunged at Elastor. Both of them continued to accelerate and slashed at each other. Zed tried to absorb Halazar's darkness but he was growing weary. Halazar smiled wickedly and said arrogantly:

"Tired? Let me help you."

Halazar shrugged and destroyed vines and stones to free him. Halazar threw a dark orb at Zed that caused him to back down. Halazar said:

"You are nothing compared to me."

Eva shot an arrow of light into Halazar's chest, stunning him. Eva said:

"Disturb him."

Everyone immediately rushed to attack Halazar. Lamalia threw a big rock towards Halazar. He swung his arm to explode the rock, but Alata suddenly shot out of the dust and stabbed Halazar with his spear. Halazar hurriedly stopped Alata's spear with two fingers even though it couldn't be touched by anyone. Alata tried to push the spear but couldn't, he said:

"How did you touch my spear?"

Halazar slyly replied:

"Nothing is impossible with me."

Halazar oozed the darkness to attack Alata, Eva's arrow of light flew through him and hit Halazar causing him to release Alata. Zed and Lamalia rushed forward and attacked Halazar at the same time. Halazar said:

"It's boring, I don't want to confront you with weapons at all."

Halazar summoned his weapon, the Crystal Sword Illusion(It was a sword with a blade forged with crystal and quartz, the blade is a bit thick but the edge is very sharp, the guard is made from the roots of the Nightmare Tree so its shadow power is great). Halazar blocked Zed's slash and Lamalia's punch. Zed said:

"Can't shake."

Halazar parried his sword and clawed it out and swung his sword forcefully between Zed and Lamalia, splitting the two. Zed and Lamalia looked at each other and nodded, they continued their combined attack. Zed and Lamalia moved quickly and attacked from both sides of Halazar. Halazar launched darkness at Zed and Lamalia, and Belle immediately cast a magic shield on them that blocked Halazar's attack. Zed rushed forward and swung his sword at Halazar but he teleported behind him. Halazar stabbed Zed but Lamalia slid down and scratched up in time to knock the stab at Zed. Zed kicked Halazar behind him in the stomach causing him to back down. Halazar was further hit by three arrows of Eva's light and Eva's energy spheres. Halazar was stunned but he was just pretending, he was waiting for an opportunity to surprise attack. Alata flew over and hit Halazar's shoulder with his spear and pinned him down. Lamalia held Halazar's arms and legs with stones. Zed touched Halazar's back and continued to absorb his darkness, he said:

"We still have to hold you back, don't try."

Halazar replied:

"Okay."

Elastor and Grim were still fighting at high speed in midair. Julia looked at them and said:

"I have to help them, I can't just stand here."

Belle replied:

"Don't Julia, this is his battle, let him finish this battle."

Grim flew behind him and punched Elastor so hard that he plunged into the lake. Elastor rose and stood on the water, swinging his sword and launching a lightning at Grim. Grim dashed through the lightning and swung his sword at Elastor. Elastor parried the slash and kicked Grim's chin up, knocking him down. Grim got up and stepped back, he said:

"Smoke!"

Grim released a lot of smoke and surrounded them with a large smoke screen. Grim used "One Million Blades" to attack Elastor again. Grim hid in the smoke and suddenly stabbed repeatedly in front of Elastor. Elastor immediately raised his sword horizontally and parried the stabs. He was slowly pushed back down. Elastor stared at Grim so as not to lose his place. Grim quickly attacked from the other direction so Elastor immediately jumped up to dodge the first wave of stabs. Grim this time attacked Elastor's head again. He raised his sword to block it and tried to keep himself suspended in mid-air. Grim continued to retreat to the smoke to continue his attack. Elastor thought:

"At this time."

Elastor quickly backed away and was able to dodge a sudden slash from Grim. Elastor immediately swung his sword at Grim's stomach and sent him into the smoke. Grim hid in the smoke hugging the wound and spitting blood, he said angrily:

"Very well, I like it."

Grim burst out from the smoke and slashed repeatedly at Elastor. Elastor quickly parried Grim's slashes and swung down his sword forcefully. Grim jumped up and stabbed Elastor repeatedly on the head. Elastor raised his left hand to support and suffered many stab wounds in his hand. He tried to bear it but his blood was slowly flowing. Grim continued to create four smoke clones that surrounded Elastor on all sides and they stabbed him repeatedly. Elastor quickly dived into the lake and dived deep. Grim watched Elastor's bloodstain and prepared to attack him again. Suddenly Elastor emerged unexpectedly from behind Grim and wrapped his arms around Grim's neck. Elastor said:

"Beware Grim, you're at a disadvantage."

Grim replied:

"So are you."

Grim stabbed the Hollow sword through his stomach and the blade into Elastor's stomach behind him. Elastor and Grim spit out blood. Grim drew his sword from his stomach and turned to kick Elastor onto the surface of the water. Grim said in pride:

"Looks like it's over."

Elastor grunted:

"Maybe so"

Elastor unleashed a massive explosion of thunder that repelled both of them and dissolved their forms. Grim was electrocuted and sank into the lake, Elastor hastily dived. Moments later, Elastor pulled Grim up and swam to shore. Elastor threw Grim onto the shore and he fell to one knee from his injuries.Grim slowly stood up, he stepped forward and punched Elastor in the face. Elastor backed down slowly, he slowly stepped forward and punched Grim in the chin. Grim immediately punched back making Elastor lie down. Grim grabbed Elastor by the collar, raised his fist and said angrily:

"Why did you save me? You still think we're brothers and you won't kill me? I'm there."

Elastor grunted, he replied wearily:

"I understand you. Is it hard, accept us as brothers, worry about your throne, become stronger and more worthy. You've worked so hard."

Grim angry repeatedly punched Elastor in the face, he said angrily:

"Shut up! You don't understand anything, your pathetic words can't ease my thinking."

Elastor replied:

"You can trust me, I'll make you king."

Grim said:

"Why should I trust you?"

Elastor replied:

"Since I am Elastor Magnum, not Elastor Yus, a half-elf, your throne can only be made by you."

Elastor spat out blood, he grabbed Grim's left hand and replied:

"Then take my life, if it can make you king then do it."

Grim raised his right hand and summoned the Hollow sword, he said:

"Let's end together."

Elastor and Grim looked at each other, Grim angered and slammed his sword down. Elastor closed his eyes in acceptance of his coming death. Suddenly the blade crashed near Elastor's left ear, he was surprised and looked at Grim. With tears flowing, Grim burst into tears and said:

"Why can't I get my hands on you?"

Grim drew his sword and lay down beside Elastor. Grim said:

"You said you want to defeat my father, what are you planning?"

Elastor replied:

"I have a plan, and you are an important link in the plan."

Halazar was restrained too tightly, he said:

"Looks like it's time for your end."

Halazar oozed the darkness holding Zed, Lamalia and Alata's hands, they tried to pull their hands away. Halazar created a dark sphere in the center of his chest, he said:

"You guys..."

The orb grew larger over time, and Zed and Alata said together:

"The Knight! The Ghost!

Two Elemental Spirits were summoned and charged to attack the orb but its aura repelled them both. Belle said:

"Must stop it from getting bigger."

Eva and Belle did a ranged attack on the orb but it absorbed their attacks. Julia rushed to Halazar, Eva said:

"Julia, wait."

Halazar said in wickedness:

"Die all over!"

The orb exploded destroying that entire floor of the castle. The upper floors of the castle collapsed after the explosion. Elastor and Grim saw the explosion, Elastor was dumbfounded knowing that his comrades were still there. Elastor said aloud:

"Guys!"

Suddenly The Dark slithered forward and grabbed Elastor, which carried him back to the castle. Grim stood up quickly, he ran after The Dark and shouted:

"Elastor! No! wait!"

Grim suddenly fell from his wound. He extended his hand as if to help Elastor. Halazar came out from the explosion, he looked at Elastor and said:

"Come here my son."