The Ambush of Flame pt. 2

One of the better things about being a Genka is their ability to engulf their fear in flame. Even when being outnumbered, they could keep their mind in fit conditions. Although being a Santi Waraney, Sahasya took it a step further and let his heart overdose with bravery.

This ability, however, doesn't work on absolute fear emitted by dark music.

"Come! I'll make sure not even your ashes will make it back to your homeworld!" Sahasya shouted, taunting the entirety of the void army which is now driven out to the higher level of the slowly burning trees, keeping their distance away from his fire.

They all looked at him as if waiting for an opening. Meanwhile, their gesture indicates they're readying themselves for a jump. But to where? If they just blatantly hopped over Sahasya, his [Santi] which is now already on a claymore size can easily split them with fire.

"Are they about to open another portal!?" Sahasya thought. He then turned his gaze from upward to front. They might be cheeky enough to ambush him directly from portals spawned straight to where he stood.

*!!!*

Hundreds of black and white portals showed themselves in front of those Suanggi, and they quickly hopped to it as if they are an opened door. But as the last Suanggi plunged into the portals, the night went back silent.

All Sahasya could hear is the sound of grasses and woods burning by his fire.

"Do they just give up? Wait, no! They're just evading the flame!" He quickly put out all his fire to reserve the fuel provided by oxygen and the vegetation. Although burnt grass doesn't burn as well as the ones that are still fresh or dry.

*!!!*

And his guess was right, as soon as the fire perished, the void army came back through their black and white portals. Arrows and magic went flying towards him, raging through the air, without giving him a chance to assess the situation.

*Thuck!* *Splash!* *Stuck!*

Once again Sahasya summoned a circle of blazing shields to block the incoming projectile from his surrounding. Not even a scratch was able to impair his uniform, and behind those shields, the Waraney already strengthen his stance, with his blade pointed straight towards his targets.

[Fire Arts]

[4th Level]

"(Crinkle Charge)"

"Karis Lalisi!"

Like a flash of light, he crashes through the scorched ground. His blade was swift, and it slit the throat of the Suanggis one after another. It's like seeing a shooting star rushingly drawing its complex constellation.

Black blood spurting everywhere. Ones that quickly evaporated by his burning madness. Sadly, this overpowered advance wasn't able to see its finish. You see… the Suanggis that got demolished by Sahasya are nothing but weak expendable.

When Sahasya was busy cutting the pseudo people each by each, the Suanggi who wore a headband on his head, jumped right in front of the young man, and powerfully kicked him, till he was sent flying and hit a scorched tree.

*Ack!*

Blood puked out of the Waraney's mouth, and the tree which got struck by him slowly falls as it was no longer stable after being devoured by flame.

From the tree where he lay on, Sahasya gazes upon the one who just kicked him out of his streak. The Suanggi doesn't have a mouth on their face, or at least not one that we can see, but even then Sahasya knew he was grinning at him.

"Don't you dare look down on me!"

Sahasya quickly grasps his [Santi] and rushed back at his attacker. He coordinately swung that blade of his with powerful strikes, but none of them were able to connect to the Suanggi's body.

That pseudo man is faster and more experienced than Sahasya.

"Argh!"

The Waraney knew he's outmatched in speed, so he scorch his [Santi] till it was enveloped by a flaming flower, and smashed it violently to the ground. Sparks spread like a cloud of blown dust, and each of the particles ragingly explodes, engulfing everything around it.

Everything was covered in smoke, and by the time it perished, Sahasya couldn't find a single trace that lead to that headbanded Suanggi.

*Shoot!*

Out of nowhere, a black dagger flew toward Sahaysa at the speed of a bullet and it was covered in white mist. He could block the first strike, but others came to follow. Lots of those daggers were able to pierce Sahasya's defense and lacerate his clothes and skin.

Even with armor made out of black steel (an alloy of iron and tungsten), it cannot hold the advance of a void-coated strike. Sahasya's new [Santi] was made out of holy platinum, which means it's the only thing that can withstand any of the Suanggi's attacks.

Luckily for Sahasya, he is still an Earth Shaper. He's strong enough to survive all of those incoming daggers, even with his body covered in scratch and blood.

"Bloody hell! This is annoying!"

Out of frustration, the Waraney gathered solar energy onto his blade, and swung it at the Suanggi, throwing a wave of mad flames toward the creature.

It was a wide strike, yet the pseudo man was able to easily dodge it. The wave went through him and hit the trees standing behind him. Those poor plants got crashed, each of them fell to meet the ground, while their leaves and barks left burning.

The Suanggi hopped close to Sahasya and grasp both of his daggers firmly. He then slashed and stabbed those short blades towards Sahasya continuously without any sign of mercy.

He was so fat, most of his advances weren't able to be parried by the Waraney. Sahasya could feel the pain with every strike he threw at him.

"This is bad! My position worsen as time went on! This is the second time my speed was inferior since I went to Kaput." Sahasya thought to himself. "I need to find a way!"

Throughout his training as Santi Waraney, Sahasya was never once at a disadvantage when it comes to speed. Especially with his main target is sea giants, which are times slow compared to him.

Now that his opponent is an agile type, Sahasya might have a bad time with this one.