Separated At War

To counter a Territory one would need either their own Territory, or a Domain to even out the applied effects. These two options were not available to Akiol, for these power systems were things he wasn't familiar with enough. 

Synced Nexus was also something borderline impossible due to how many beings he was Linked with. Summoning a Territory via Synced Nexus was not an option either. 

Givale made it clear that they could possibly breach the rule regarding no entry if they attacked the barrier from both sides. However this would be difficult as it meant leaving the current battle. Excluding the helplessness Raven Thread would experience, Akiol doubted the two Third Stages would let him go so easily. 

Thus Akiol came to a simple conclusion. Either Opportunity escapes the area she was kidnapped to and helps create the breach, or Akiol finds an chance to escape. 

Well, escape or defeat the enemies present. 

Souls leapt forward while crying sorrowfully. Akiol swung and cleaved through them all, causing them to be absorbed. Upon reaching Third Stage Star's ability to absorb magic attacks became a passive. This came at the cost that the attack could not be made of physical matter. So ice, water, or earth magic wouldn't be nullified, but light or fire magic would. 

The dulluhan screeched and Akiol found his gaze being forcefully dragged towards it. A taunting ability he wasn't able to resist. Several souls flew across the field towards him, their presence only known by their wails and the shift in mana. 

Akiol found himself unable to swing his sword towards them. It was very likely the taunt ability restricted his movement to a certain degree under a specific set of conditions. Rapidly adjusting the direction of his swing he managed to cleave through one of the souls but was forced to receive another. 

The moment he received the damage from the soul his gaze was no longer locked dropping to the ground rapidly he sheathed Stars and dashed forward. 

As he had an intuition of, the taunting ability of the dulluhan restricted Akiol to making any movements except when they involve the dulluhan itself. This was his eyesight, movement, and attacks. Managing to circumvent this restriction by making a pointless attack towards the dulluhan, the trajectory of the swing just happened to have cleaved through the incoming soul projectile. 

This of course was intentional, but far too late. As his foot dug into the ground he noticed a strange weight on his shoulders. A similar pressure to that of Dot's War Sight. It tugged at his movements to slow him, but not at the point of being too detrimental. 

{Way of the Galaxy: . . .} 

Dashing through the horde of undead he blasted them to the side. Approaching the dulluhan he unsheathed his blade as he performed a spectacular slash as he passed by. Resheathing his weapon caused a massive swirl and explosion of Aura, destroying the undead in its vicinity. 

{Supernova}!

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Kan'na placed her palm against the green hue of the Undead King's Territory. Utilizing her fingers to sense it she frowned when the properties of the Territory entered her head. Removing her hand she shook her head, "It's not magic, there's no chance of me disassembling it. Opportunity's suggestion of attacking it from both sides is most likely our best bet." 

"Which poses a problem.", Yielya bit her nail in frustration, "Both Akiol and Opportunity are stuck fighting Third Stage enemies. If this continues they're going to have to fight the undead army alone." 

Blocking the sun from her eyes Kan'na looked upwards, several magic circles manifesting and shattering time and time again. A brute force method to attempt to find some sort of hole. However a Fourth Stage's Territory proved to be mighty. No matter what magic she used she couldn't breach past the restriction of 'none shall enter'. 

Kan'na and Yielya's conversation fell short by the sound of someone approaching. Turning to face Uyana, Yielya asked, "Something the matter?" 

"I overheard your solution to pass this Territory. While I believe it has a chance to work, there might be another method." 

This sounded incredibly pleasant to Yielya's ears. She originally hadn't anticipated this kind of move from the Undead due to their lack of knowledge regarding Territories. When the initial force had become surrounded and cut off from reinforcements she was racking her brains thinking of a solution. Now, during her struggles, a saint has come forth! 

"This method being?", Yielya halted her excitement and opted to properly gauge the other method. 

"Another Territory. If it extends into the range of the Undead King's Territory, you could create a hole where they overlap." 

"I almost find this pointless to ask but, do you know anyone who's capable of creating a Territory?" 

"I was mostly hoping you all would, but by the looks of it Six Lights doesn't have anyone?" 

"We do not." 

"Strange. Akiol wields an Upper Four Sword though right?" 

The question posed was weird to Yielya. Thus she prompted further, "What do you mean by this?" 

"I was just under the impression that someone of his caliber would be capable of Synced Nexus already." 

"Synced Nexus again is it. No, he hasn't experienced that." 

"Odd. . ." 

Shaking her head Yielya steered the topic back on track, "So we don't have anyone capable of producing a Territory. We're going with our initial method." 

"Actually. . . I might be able to." 

Restraining herself to not roll her eyes Yielya almost snapped, "Why didn't you say so earlier?! Let's get a move on." 

"I. . . just don't know if I can do so willingly. During my fight against Akiol in the Professional Competition I was able to summon a Territory with Synced Nexus. While I have been practicing the most I've gotten was just the initial stage of Synced Nexus, I haven't been able to summon the Territory since then." 

"So it's a gamble. Fine, we try both options. You attempt to summon your own Territory while we attempt to attack it from both sides. Both of these options work for me. Now move quickly we're wasting time!", Yielya basically pushed Uyana into position. 

Taking a breath Uyana remembered the feeling of Synced Nexus. Grabbing her wooden katana she sucked in a breath. After the fight with Akiol she spent the majority of her time attempting to recall that same feeling. It took her a lot longer than she was willing to admit, but now she was capable of entering Synced Nexus willingly. 

Her pupils morphed into the shape of a cherry blossom. A haori manifested onto her shoulders, branches of cherry blossoms making up the pattern. A single large cherry blossom as an icon on her back. Kan'na watched this process intently. Several magic circles hovering around her to take measurements of various aspects in the air. Something about Synced Nexus seemed important, and she wasn't going to miss this opportunity. 

This is as far the Synced Nexus went for Uyana however. Her brow furrowed as she attempted to delve deeper into the realm of Territory. Yet try as she might, it never surfaced. 

What exactly pushed her to such a realm when she fought with Akiol? She couldn't remember.