The King’s Strength

" Look who came to join me "

Romulus said, as he looked down at Elena from a balcony on his castle, smiling as he held a cup of wine in-between his middle and ring finger

" What else did you expect? We're at war, remember? "

Elena replied as she looked up at the man, clenching her hands into fists as a frown took over her face expression

" Oh yeah that "

Romulus replied in a sarcastic tone while slowly raising his cup of wine into the air, right in front of the moon, shaking the liquid inside of it to see the effect it had when the moonlight would hit it

" What's with the tone? "

Elena questioned as she squinted her eyes, slowly beginning to levitate as air surrounded her body

" What do you mean? You expected me to fear you? This war means absolutely nothing to me, did you forget what our roles were? "

Romulus questioned as he lowered the cup of wine, turning to look at the woman with a smirk on his face before taking a sip

" Roles? "

She hesitantly asked, confused as to what the man meant, as she slowly got closer

" I own the second strongest kingdom in this entire continent, while you... "

Romulus stopped, not helping his urge to chuckle a bit before covering his eyes with his hands, throwing his head back as he began to laugh

" You own a pathetic village! A village whose only somewhat fearsome, because of you "

Romulus added as he moved his hand away from his face, glaring at the woman who was now right in front of him, levitating a few feet away from him

" Well, we'll see who's going to win this war "

Elena replied, as her frown turned into an expression of confidence, as Romulus simply smiled

" I think the answer is obvious "

Romulus whispered before receiving a strong punch to his gut, which sent him flying across his castle, destroying the walls his body flew over, eventually landing on the ground, creating a small crater with his body

" That was a little too sudden don't you think? "

Romulus questioned, as he slowly pushed the rubble which his body was covered with to the side.

As he stood up, clouds began to take over the skies, while lighting and thunder came after those gray and thick gasses.

" It's been a while since I've fought someone around my league "

Romulus whispered, as he appeared behind Elena, his face holding a menacing expression as killing intent spewed from his body, this immediately caused Elena to jump forward, turning around quickly, shooting what seemed to be pressured air toward the man, but he was no longer there.

" Elena, you know as much as I do, shit like that won't work on me "

Romulus whispered yet again, as he placed his hand on the back of her shoulder, squeezing it tightly, as tight as he could, as veins formed around his arm due to the fact that he was flexing it

" Ugh!! How are you— "

She couldn't finish her sentence as the pain in her shoulder increased, making her whine as her bone became dislocated, soon to be broken

" I don't think you remember what our ranks were back when we were on master's team, so let me remind you... "

He said, before raising her body even higher into the air, before hurling her body toward the ground, creating a huge crater, landing on top of her stomach a few seconds later

" You were ranked 4th, I was ranked 3rd, and I'm pretty sure you remember what the gap was between every rank given to us "

Romulus added as he pushed his leg into her stomach, so hard that his feet sank inside of her skin and muscle, making her scream in agony as he slowly raised his arm, aiming the palm of his hand toward the sky

" I fucking hate you... "

Elena whispered, cursing him about as she tried her best to pull his leg away. Her saliva began to drip from the sides of her mouth as she began to suffocate, her ribs making cracking noises as her entire body shook in pain

" Yeah, we didn't all like each other if I remember correctly, wasn't that why we got separated? "

Romulus questioned, as lighting began to form in a specific part of the storm that was forming, that lighting would then travel as fast as it could down to the man's hand, and as soon as it got there, he caught it, holding it tightly like a staff

" Yeah, we got separated because master's son died, so he left, and once he did, he couldn't keep us in check anymore. Is that enough of a reminder? "

He questioned as a grin grew on his face, before he slammed the lighting in her chest, causing an explosion that even he had to get away from.

The explosion caused a huge crater along with a fog of dirt that covered the entire front of his castle.

After a minute, the fog dispersed, and in the middle of the crater was Elena, charging a huge amount of air above her head and stretched out arms

" Well that'll sting a bit "

He said to himself, as his own air began to engulf him, while the huge sphere of wind that Elena built up was already in front of him, crashing against the air that he formed, sending him flying a few meters away from his castle, crashing against the ground, creating a crater the same size his lighting created

" You think I've been slacking! "

Elena yelled, already above him as she shot another one of those spheres, which successfully landed on hand, exploding in contact as the crater became twice as big

" It looks like you haven't "

Romulus replied as he cleaned away the dirt on his naked shoulders, It seemed like the spheres destroyed his shirt, only leaving his pants on

" But, unfortunately for you, you still aren't at my level "

He added as two lightning bolts formed on his hands, shooting both at the same time, one successfully landed on her left shoulder, piercing through it like an arrow while the other she parried away with a shield made out of wind, leaving her wide open.

Romulus would then appear behind her in a blur of speed, swinging his conjoined fists against her head, hurling her toward the crater, smirking as he levitated in the air, using the method she used

" For you to actually make me bleed, you'd have to train for one hundred more years, but, I wouldn't let you live that long "

He whispered as a huge lighting bolt was formed right above him.