Celestial Whip: Silver Moon and Divine Stars

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(Third Person POV)

"The two of you throw ranged attacks if you can." Jason told Loki and Lucy as he readied his spear, "If she uses her magic on you specifically, I'll negate the effect, only temporarily." 

Lucy and Loki who were behind Jason readied themselves, charging their golden light in their hands as they looked at The Shield of Spriggan in front of Jason. 

Brandish frowned, "It appears you're a bit stronger than I thought you were." She said removing her coat, "I have to take you a bit more seriously...." 

She then narrowed her eyes as magic power began to be released by Jason's armor. She couldn't help but feel unsettled by his sudden power spike after summoning the armor on himself. 

"Come." Jason said

"Don't get cocky." The Nation Demolisher said with a serious tone

Brandish flicked her wrists upwards, causing several stone spikes to shoot up at Jason which hit him on his armor with great force. 

She then lunged at him, kicking the dirt towards Jason as she snapped her fingers. Suddenly, the dirt expanded into a massive wave of earth that hit Jason and engulfed him. 

'If he doesn't want those two near me...' Brandish thought to herself, 'That's fine, I'll focus on him until I defeat him, avoiding those two's attacks if needed. That girl, she's a Celestial Mage, which means...' 

Jason, who was covered in earth and immobilized, looked as Brandish raised her leg up for a downward kick. 

"What the..." He said

Brandish's leg then grew massive as it was brought down, hitting Jason with tremendous force. 

"Command T: Titan's Heel" 

She had added mass to her leg, enlarging it to the point that it dwarfed Jason, and used it as a downwards kick that squashed Jason down. The force of the kick was strong enough to shatter the earth and cause a powerful shockwave that staggered both Lucy and Loki. 

"What power..." Loki said

"J-Jason!" Lucy exclaimed

They both then saw Jason lodged into the ground, his hand holding the spear as Brandish straightened up. Her leg was back to normal as she readied as a stance. 

"Seems that was enough..." She said, "But something tells me that it isn't the case." 

Jason then shot upwards, thrusting his spear at Brandish who managed to jump back away. Despite this, she was still hit by a powerful shockwave. Jason's spear was in Melforce, the vacuum spear. He had hit with a shockwave in order to stagger Brandish and cause her to lose her footing. 

"Now!" Jason said

Loki and Lucy then lunged at Brandish who widened her eyes, they were both charging their golden light into their fists. 

"Let's go, Loki!" Lucy said

"Once again..." Loki siad

"Regulus Lucy Punch!!" 

"Regulus Impact!!" 

They both swung their fists and punched Brandish, causing another massive explosion of golden light that sent her flying back. 

Brandish hit the ground, rolling around as Jason was above her, holding two spears. One was dark blue and the other was crimson. 

"Blue Crimson: Molten Zero Point!!" 

He thrust both spears downwards, sending a massive projectile of both ice and flames straight at Brandish with tremendous speed. 

Brandish then waved her hands at the last second and the projectiles disappeared completely. 

Jason landed several feet away from her, "Shit." He said, "I should've known..." 

The Shield of Spriggan slowly got up, patting her stomach as it was slightly charred. 

"You guys are a pain..." She said, "I guess fighting three at once would prove more difficult than I would hope...well, at the very least...." 

She began to release an immense amount of magic power, a dark green aura surrounding her. The aura was so thick and powerful that both Lucy and Loki were shaking slightly with nervousness. 

"Oi oi..." Loki said, "What's this power?" 

Lucy gulped, "S-She's...." 

Jason, however, wasn't fazed. He had merely readied another stance, holding his spear which he had reverted to its default form. 

'This is going a bit better than I imagined..' Jason thought to himself, 'She can't use her Command T on my spear and armor. And more importantly, me, for some reason. I have to keep her attention from Lucy and Loki as they provide supporting fire from a distance or rush in and get one hit in and back up. I kinda expected Lucy to pull Sagittarius out but I can't complain. I have to use War Magic to beat her no matter what.....even if I do.....' 

Jason took a step forward as Brandish looked at him. 

"Lucy.." Jason said, "I need to tell you something, but you won't like it..." 

Lucy raised her eyebrows, "H-Huh?" 

"Enough." Brandish said as she raised her arm, "I'll-"

Suddenly, Jason disappeared and Brandish was struck with several slashes as he appeared behind her. 

"SilpharionxRunesave: Mercurian Sealing" 

This took Brandish by surprise as her eyes widened. She was about to use her magic extremely, attempting to use it on her entire surroundings. Jason, however, saw this coming and acted accordingly. He struck first, preventing her from doing anything. By combining the Speed God's Spear and The Spear of Sealing, Jason was able to momentarily seal Brandish's magic power within the span of a second. 

This was only momentarily, but it was long enough for Jason to turn around and attempt another spear thrust, using Runesave, The Spear of Sealing, to seal her mind. 

Brandish was able to dodge the spear thrust at the last second and countered with a punch to Jason's chest, sending him reeling back. 

"Shit..." Jason said, "Her magic is giving her a physical boost....It's similar to my Star Rage...." 

Loki appeared next to Brandish, "You're open, though." He said as he swung for a kick, "Here's thi-" 

Suddenly, he disappeared, which surprised everyone. 

Brandish had her eyebrows raised, "Hm?" She said

Lucy widened her eyes, "Loki!" She said

She was about to take a step but her dress disappeared as well, leaving her in her usual clothes. 

"What!" She exclaimed, "My Star Dress....It's-" 

"Tsk Tsk Tsk!" a voice said, "That's no good!" 

Jason turned to see a lone man standing next to them with a creepy smile as he looked at them. 

"Marin..." Brandish said, "You're here...I thought you were assisting Invel..." 

Marin smiled, "Oh, Brandish-sama, I couldn't leave you here." He said, "You were being ganged up on, that's no good!" 

Lucy looked at him, "Who's this?" She asked, "He has a high amount of magic power..." 

"I am Marin Hollow, Brandish-sama's subordinate.." Marin said with a sly smirk, "Nice to meet ya! You definitely pass~" 

Jason jumped towards Lucy and got in front of her, keeping her shielded from Marin's gaze. 

"Careful with this asshole, Lucy." He said, "His magic disables any sort of Spatial Spell." 

"Oh yes. How interesting, you know that!" Marin says, "Celestial Magic counts as a type of Spatial Magic so that spirit was sent back, and as for your dress, it was also sent back...." 

Brandish walked over next to Marin, "Marin." She said, "Why is his spear and armor still activated?" 

Marin frowned, "I...don't know, Brandish-sama..." He said, "It is quite odd." 

"Hm.." Brandish said

Jason leaned his spear on his shoulder, "Lucy." He said, "This is going to be too much to ask but....handle Brandish, just for a moment." 

Lucy looked at him with a shocked face, "E-Eh?!" She said, "H-Her?!"

Jason nodded, "Yea." He said, "I'll try to knock that guy out but he's a tricky one to deal with, especially in my current state." 

"But Jason..." She said, "Don't you have-" 

"Shh." Jason cut her off, "Don't let them hear that." 

Lucy immediately realized what he meant by that and covered her mouth. 

"O-Oh..." She said, "Sorry. W-Wait, I can't use my celestial spirit magic!" 

Jason looked at her, "I told you to use that." He said, "Do it." 

Lucy pulled out a black box from her bag, "Y-yea..." She said, "But this...." 

Brandish narrowed her eyes, "Marin." She said, "Take that box away from her. Now." 

"Okay~!" Marin said

Suddenly, Jason appeared in front of Marin and thrust his spear at him, only to hit nothing but air. 

"Oh!" Marin exclaimed as he appeared atop Jason, "That was scary." 

Jason's armor then exerted a powerful shockwave that toppled Marin off of him and staggered Brandish. 

"Now, Lucy!" Jason said, "30 seconds, keep her busy for 30 seconds!!!" 

Jason then grabbed Marin by the collar of his shirt Marin looked at him with a surprised face. 

They then disappeared.

"What the..." Brandish said as she looked over to Lucy

Lucy opened the box and a powerful aura emitted from it. 

"W-Whoa.." She said

Brandish felt the odd but powerful magic power coming from the box and immediately lunged at Lucy. 

"No you don't!!" She exclaimed

Lucy then pulled out a black cylindrical object that began to glow brightly with dark silver glow. 

"Do I...." Lucy said as she clicked on a button, "Oh!!" 

Suddenly, a massive stream of dark-silver energy ejected from the top end of the object, releasing a powerful shockwave. 

The shockwave hit Brandish and stopped her in her tracks. 

"Dammit!!" She said, "I can't use my magic on her all of the sudden!!" 

"This is...." She said, "Yes.." 

She watched as the energy formed itself into a whip-like shape, emitting a bright yet dark silver light. This was the "gift" that Jason had given Lucy, a powerful enchanted whip similar to her Fleuve De Etoiles. 

Brandish lunged at her again, "Stop this!" She said with frustration

Lucy then swung the whip at her, hitting her with a powerful strike that hit Brandish in her midsection, exploding with a massive shockwave of light. 

The Shield of Spriggan was sent reeling back as she clutched her midsection, completely shocked at the power she was feeling from the whip. 

Lucy then reared it back with a look of surprise, "W-Wow..." She said, "This is...yes....that's right...." 

"Celestial Whip: " 

She then swung the whip again, this time, a dark aura formed around Lucy in an instant as she whipped at Brandish multiple times, sending powerful projectiles at her. 

Brandish widened her eyes as she saw a vision of the night sky behind Lucy, a bright and silver moon with shining stars surrounding it. 

"Silver Moon and Divine Stars" 

The projectiles hit around Brandish, causing powerful explosions that staggered her. 

"Shit!" She said, "I have to do something!!" 

Lucy swung the whip again vertically and watched as it coiled around Brandish tightly. 

"There!!" She said

Brandish felt the entire whip, made out of energy, coiling tight around her body as it burned her slightly due to the raw magic power it was made out of. 

"I..." Brandish said, "This is..." 

Lucy smiled, "I can't believe this..." She said, "This is the weapon Jason made for me..? It's awesome!! I.....whoa..." 

Lucy began to stumble a bit as her grip on the whip's handle loosened. This caused the whip to loosen on Brandish and she was able to free herself and jump away. 

"What..." Brandish said

Lucy straightened up and reared the whip back, "Oh no..." She said, "Lost a bit of strength there..." 

Brandish raised her eyebrow, "It appears that it is draining your magic power..." She said, "I suppose that as long as I can dodge your attacks, I should be fine." 

"Well, that's it for now." She turned around to see Jason 

He was standing over Marin's unconscious body a he had his spear in his hand. 

"You..." Brandish said

"Man, this one really is a fodder piece of shit." Jason said, "He didn't last long against me. Anyways....Lucy." 

Lucy looked at Jason, "Y-Yes?" 

"Don't use that whip for too long, regulate its power." Jason said, "You can use your keys now." 

"O-Okay..." Lucy said

Brandish rubbed her neck, "I suppose it's still a 1v2?" She said

Jason nodded, "Yes, unless she summons a spirit." He said as his spear glowed brightly, "But...." 

"Ten Commandments: 8th Form" 

His spear then switched forms, changing to that of a long black pole and a massive and glowing spear-head made out of bright golden light. 

Jason looked at Brandish, "Let's see this through." He said, "Can you handle this, I wonder..." 

"Millionth Sun"