Duty or Desire

One moment can change a person.

Regrets and blessings are passing winds

Hatred and love are curses beyond control

We became who we are by these moments

etched by time and grace.

-Adam's departure

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(April 7, 2061/ 8:29 AM/ Current location: Central Plaza-)

So he used it. Herrschermagius. It's similar to his... No, it's the same as his. He named it:

"Kleidung Herrentöter". (Alice)

A pillar of light shines Mordred.

A beacon of unquenched rage so to say.

Mordred is charging monumental amounts of mana into his guns. Seething out certain energy far beyond Human understanding. His existence is without a doubt a God-sent gift.

You can now use three magic spells exclusive only in this form.

1st: Crowd type spell: Radiant Meteor shower (Luminosus Meteo Pluvia)

2nd: Enhancement type spell: Hephaestus (Abbas Omnia)

3rd: Movement type spell: "To one place from another" (Unaest Abali)

All can be used indefinitely, without drawbacks or weaknesses.

Holy and Dark magic has been split evenly through the body, making it possible to cast Holy magic spells in your left arm and Dark magic spells vice versa. (Evangel)

....(Mordred)

Blank... Emptiness. Nothing will make him think. His mind degraded to its feral instinct. His ego shattered into millions of pieces and burned to dust. This will not change until he has done his part.

[Mordred: Crowd type magic: {Luminosus Meteo Pluvia}]

Mordred shot every single one of his guns that he had made with his magic.

The magic propelled bullets quickly change its direction like it has a mind of its own. Of course, it is directed at Alice.

Magic propelled bullets are no joke. They cannot be stopped by magic and to make things worse. It can change its direction at will.

That pesky Magic spell. Good thing I have a solution for it. (Alice)

Alice ran away. She ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Breaking the sound barrier as a result. Mordred's bullets followed accordingly.

Parkouring to the roof of houses, jumping off ledges and sliding down the bars. Her physique did not degrade despite her old age.

Using the ledge of a random house, she boosts herself to a height greater than any man or woman can perform.

Jumping to the air with an astounding peak, all of the shots fired swiftly changed its flight path to the sky above. You can imagine it as reverse rain.

She unsheathes her sword and holds it with one hand.

At the apex of the clouds, she bombs down. Speed unnatural to be achieved by a normal person while she cuts away the incoming shots.

No matter how fast a bullet travels, it will lose all of its speed against an impact. (Alice)

She hits the ground, creating a colossal crater and dust clouds as tall as a gas explosion.

Alice ran again and this time towards him.

The smoke she made is swept away by her speed and shockwaves. The bullets are raining down like a sun's dew. It pierced through the ground rather than stopping.

Mordred assumes a Boxing stance.

Alice tried to pierce him but he blocked using both of his arms. Mordred is sent flying at an incredible velocity. Alice's high-frequency blade did leave a mark but nowhere near enough to damage his arms.

However,

Alice's saber cracked.

I used too much force. Another hit could break it. Well, it's fair game when I'm still holding the rank of the fastest swordswoman of the old party. (Alice)

Mordred, while soaring through the sky, uses his third magic spell.

[Mordred: {Unaest Abali}]

Without warning, Alice is on the air. Flung at the same speed as he was after she launched him into the open sky.

What happened? I have never encountered this kind of magic spell before. It was never in the archives. Teleportation magic. Equivalent exchange is needed to perform. Like mana. But this exchange is something else. My speed, travel distance and velocity matched his. It would be plausible that he is on the ground. (Alice)

Alice fixes her position, facing her feet at the back. She broke through a company's building window and landed safely while lying down.

With the 5 kilometer distance I traveled, he won't easily find me. I'll use my Rail Rifle to blow his head to bits. It won't end his life but his recovery will revive him. (Alice)

The side of her armor opened and popped out what she wanted.

An Endothermic Rail Rifle (ERR). Capable of unleashing bullets that are capable of turning the insides of any living organisms into Blue Ice or Mafic lava.

[Alice: No time to lose. I gotta finish this before Charles hears any of this.]

She looks through the scope and sees that he hasn't moved a single bit.

[Alice: Good.]

A surplus of heat is being generated from the base of the barrel.

In an unfavorable circumstance. Mordred sees her from way over what a human can do. With his piercing gaze, Alice is smiling. Their eyes matched.

You might be more than what I bargained for. (Alice)

With a moraless finger, she pulled the trigger. Violet sparks blew out of the holes that act as a vent to keep out the rest of the heat. The houses burned have passed by it. The speed of the bullet made a sonic cloud, tearing the windows as a result.

Alice's aim is impeccable. World-class even. But it could not explain what happened next.

The bullet hits the concrete floor.

It resulted in the ground turning into lava.

Such force, speed and intensity could make someone say that it was a miscalculation. Alice does not make miscalculations when it comes to hitting a target in a very long distance.

[Mordred: .....]

Breathing silently as he stares down at Anna's killer.

Alice felt a chill run down her spine.

Mordred's right arm is not how it looked to be. Bright like the heavens and as gigantic as his compassion, clad in grief and sorrow of the fallen, it is a weapon wielded by the Hero God.

[Alice: Heracles!]

The Labors of Hercules.

Shaped like a Lion and worn as a gauntlet. It's the Hero God's endeavor materialized.

Mordred brought down the wrath of Heracles' departed family with the wielder's sorrow.

Demolishing the 25 storey building like brittle stone and powered through its foundation. Debris and office supplies shredded into bits, walls, pillars, floors, windows, ceiling, you name it he wrecked it down to a pebble.

Throwing out debris kilometers away.

Sending tremors identical to an Earthquake.

It glanced at Alice's defensive spells but the damage was astronomical. Nearly all twelve layers were destroyed in one Godly blow.

Falling to the earth, Alice uses the broken down walls as a footing to get close to the descending Failed experiment.

She places herself above him for a good position to release a ruinous attack.

Alice bobs down, sending with her a body concentrated on mana and hatred.

Dust smoke appears, the cars get crushed by the fallen boulders and explode.

Sounds of slashing and clangs may be heard under the veil of sands.

With Alice's strongest strike and Mordred's block.

The mantle of fumes and dust, gone like a snap of a finger.

The rocks and sand are whisked away. Forming a scene similar to a battlefield.

Alice's saber fractured to a million pieces.

She is left with only her arms and her Railgun is only a single shot obliterator.

First is Heracles' gauntlet. The second is Achilles' shield. I'm certain that it's the magic spell "Hephaestus". To use Greek relics and use them just as how they were strong in the past. A marvel worthy of a country. I only have two options left. Retreat or Risk it all. (Alice)

In that battlefield stood two entities.

One with the notion of revenge.

One with the notion of duty.