Sky's Friends VS Orion

-2:30 P.M.-

I first ran in and my sword collided with Orion's. His strength was unbelievable as he deflected my strike with no effort, but he didn't retaliate by kicking me, he only moved on to the next, disregarding me completely.

Orion went for deadly kill shots on Lia and Lily, slashing at their throats. Luckily, the girls were way too fast for Orion's slow swings and landed a few cuts on his body. They sealed up way too fast, however, leaving them powerless.

"Come on! Do you think that's enough to beat a White Stone?! I'm afraid the White Stone you've become accustomed to is far too weak to represent true strength!" Orion shouted out to us. We charged in again, but Orion grabbed hold of Alex's shoulder and threw him into one of the cabins on the side of the boat. The wood smashed and looked extremely weak, but it didn't matter for Alex, as he was still thrown in with no effort from Orion.

I ran in again, thinking about Ullr in my next strike as I clashed again. I tilted my body and kicked Orion in the face, but he grabbed my ankle, slammed me to the ground, and then kicked me back as I bounced. He was absolutely stronger than I was, and he was defending his son as well. When did he learn this stuff? Why wasn't he fighting in the war beforehand?

It may have been the intimidation, but Orion seemed much more fierce than his soldiers had been in the past. He flipped with strength, he swung with strength, and he radiated a strength I couldn't match no matter how much I ran in.

Our swords clashed and Orion grabbed my wrist, squeezed it until I couldn't feel it, and then threw me to the cabin where Alex landed. "You okay Sky?!" Alex yelled out. I pushed my body up and nodded.

Even when Ellie and Noboki ran in. Their skills were refined, but Orion was just better. Like an unfair advantage given to him from the White Stone... was this what it was like to fight me?

Ellie and Noboki ran in unison. The two of them together were extremely fast, but the strength from Orion's swings didn't fail to launch them back at all.

Noboki ran in with an upwards slash and when Orion retaliated, he pulled her close and pushed her back. The only weird thing was that now there were two Noboki's? Was that his ability?

"Noboki! Which one are you?" Ellie shouted out. I couldn't tell either, I tried to stare them down, but I only figured out the difference after I blinked.

Usually, the echolocation I had would highlight people with strands, but the illusion was different compared to the usual outlining... the illusion was colored in with strands. Regardless, it didn't matter.

"Go and stab Nathan... he wouldn't let that happen. And, anyway, that one is him." I pointed to the one that was highlighted with strands when I closed my eyes.

"Oh? Looks like you're a lot smarter than I thought." The fake Noboki said.

To my surprise, Nathan jumped up over the fake Noboki just as the strands melted from Orion's body, and shot an arrow straight at my head.

I easily dodged it after closing my eyes and seeing the path it took, dodging to the right, grabbing the arrow, and throwing it back at Nathan. It was a weird match after that, as Orion used the deflection skill and launched the arrow back at me.

I followed right behind him and launched the arrow back, but because of the speed it took when Orion first deflected it, I only added onto it and blew the entire sail off of the ship, pierced Nathan in his shoulder, and tore his right arm off. On top of that, there was a perfect, circular hole right behind where Nathan and Orion were standing.

"Ah... I should've made the first strike. Don't worry, Nathan. Everything will be okay." Orion said, smiling at me. He looked over at me with a smile. I knew what was coming next. He used two of his abilities, and the metal pipe was next. I knew for a fact that he had an ability he wasn't telling me about as well.

I closed my eyes and looked around for the strands. Once I found them approaching my position, I held out my hand and grabbed onto the pipe while it was flying straight for my head.

"Lia... Lily... follow me." I told them. I swung the pipe around and would use it as my second sword to impale him in the leg. The two girls charged in right in front of me as I closed my eyes again. The strands outlined his strike towards Lily's head and I used the metal pipe to block his hit. Orion was surprised as her daggers ran through his chest. Lia slashed him in the face, and I stuck the pipe in his leg. After that assault of attacks, I punched him in the throat, stabbed him in the side, and tackled him into the wooden wall behind him.

Orion was dazed like he just received a concussion, so I repeatedly punched him in the face. Over and over again. Just like Ullr... just like the man he killed!

I broke his jaw, repeatedly punching him in the mouth until his teeth fell out. The blood from the hits started to drip onto my face. It was euphoria once again. I replicated that feeling!

I couldn't help but smile. That was soon ended, as his sword inserted itself into my chest and everything on him regenerated. "Remember... I'm not one of your enemies... I'm a White Stone." Orion kicked the handle of the sword as it was through my chest and shot me across the boat with a simple kick. I broke the wood behind everybody and smashed into the cabin, lying there in a puddle of my own blood. Holy shit... what kind of power was that?

I sat for a second, thinking about what I could do. How would I fight myself? What can I do...