Sly Angel~

"Space Shifting, huh?" Big brother Damien said with a voice full of confidence, then added afterwards, "If it was a Unique or Ultimate Ability, it would actually be overpowered."

"But as an Extra Ability? At most, little one, you can shift thrice or five times within a couple of minutes. Hell five times is if you really maxed out the Ability." He smirked and looked up, then continued.

"And you probably have not maxed it out yet. Hell you never will. Unless, the trials would be unfair to us. Now... you only have one chance left. You ought to use it carefully because..."

He paused, and chuckled. His chuckle was cold and heinous. His predatory gaze was also directed at the angel as he added on, "...If you don't, I'll literally tear you limb to limb, and grind your bones to dust."

"..."

The angel did not comment.

It only flapped its wings and looked down towards my direction. This time though, I was ready. So I gave it a fearless glare of a young lady warrior.

One that contained all my emotions in regards to its beauty, and clothing. I gave it all my hate-filled glare, of course, with a hint of jealousy too.

"..."

It seems my gaze worked wonders. For the angel turned its eyes back to big brother Damien and spread out it's wings.

He smiled in response, and prepared to sprint again. And to sprint, he did.

He kicked off the cloudy floor and burst off at insane speed. Yet I could still read his movements.

The angel also did a powerful push of its wings, and sent itself propelling towards him. It was also fast. Not as exaggerated as big brother, but fast nonetheless.

Two black blurs rushed towards each other. And I could see it clearly even now. Maybe I'm mentioning that a bit too much, am I?

It's overexcitement.

I can't help it.

Bang!!

My attention was brought back by yet another collusion. The world seems to be against me and my thoughts. How strange.

And like all the other test of strength that big brother Damien had, he easily won this one too.

The angel's arm was forcefully pushed back. It's fist was shattered, and it's arm bones as well. Reduced to a mess of flesh and broken bones.

And by force at that.

And I mean that it's arm was broken by force due to its weaker strength. While the momentum sent it tumbling back like a ragged doll.

I was hyped. And on my toes as I watched it roll across the soft cloud. It's appearance unsightly and pitiful.

But big brother Damien did not seem to care. He immediately pounced on it and threw yet another punch at it. His posture was like a tiger pouncing on its prey.

Damien did not seem to care though. He immediately pounced on it and threw yet another punch at it. His posture was like a tiger pouncing on its prey.

And instead of outstretched claws, he had a powerful fist packed up behind him. One capable of ending life.

But the angel was quick on its Wits.

It immediately rolled back and avoided being pinned down. It knew that such an action signified immediate death.

Thus big brother Damiwn missed his target, and his fist easily tore through the soft, air-like clouds.

Yet he was not bothered. And he was still faster. He immediately fixed his posture after he missed his target. And he fixed it by throwing yet another punch at the angel.

This was an important moment!!

I felt like time took a rest.

Everything flowed ever so slowly. I immediately ducked, and crouched down. It was an instinctive response from both my body and mind.

I don't know why I dodged though. My instincts and intuition were far before me, as I moved without processing every movement.

And the moment I crouched down, was the exact moment that big brother's fist was a few inches away from striking the angel.

Ah~ Now I see.

I understood my actions.

It was to avoid the Ability of the angel. For even if it switched positions with me, I would still be free from big brother's fist. It made sense now.

My intuition was actually in resonance with whatever movement big brother Damien made.

Such a feat was beyond my imagination.

Bang!!

Yet what was even more beyond my imagination was the angel. It actually... it actually took the punch directly?

???

Not only was I surprised. But it seems like big brother Damien was also surprised. Maybe he also did not expect that it would actually risk its life to take that attack.

Head on. Directly.

"..."

"..."

Both of us stared as the angel was sent back flying tens of meters, grinding along the soft cloud. We stared in our stupor and shock.

I was even out of place with my crouching down as if taking cover from a bomb explosion.

But that did not matter. Embarrassment aside, I was actually impressed.

No, like really. I was actually impressed.

The angel had folded both arms, the broken and the perfect arm before its chest, and took the blunt damage from big brother's fist.

It used the damage arm to take most of the damage, hence the other arm was still perfectly fine. If not a bit strained and bruised, but fine nonetheless.

I just did not expect that. Nor understand why? Because what if he used his full strength? It would have died on the spot.

Unless, did... did it actually forsee me avoiding the attack, if we did switch positions? Did it take the attack knowing that he would not use his full strength in case it switched positions with me?

Did it actually understand that, big brother Damuen's exposure of its ability was also to warn me to be prepared to dodge at anytime?

Was... was this angel actually that intelligent? I slightly trembled as at this moment, we exchanged gazes!!

...!!!

I was horrified. This thing was TOO intelligent. This battle was no more about human against monster. It was far from that.

"..."

My senses tingled as I exchanged glares with it. My thoughts went on an overdrive as I tried to think of a way to deal with this situation.

But... "Hahaha." Suddenly, I was roused by the valiant, and unrestrained laughter of a certain daredevil I liked.

I looked up at him, my thoughts temporarily coming to a halt. And when I saw his face, no, his eyes, I knew.

I immediately knew that he was out for murder. And everytime his eyes were so hungry for blood, the battle immediately ended seconds later.

The demon.

The spirit.

And I was sure the angel was no exception. I subconsciously smiled as I prepared to welcome the finale of this battle.

So what if it was a bit smart? I smiled. I was not aware, but my smile was a bit like his. The smile of a daredevil. The smile of a do or die. The smile of a crazy woman.

So I ask again, what if it was smart? What did it have against pure might? Or against two equally intelligent opponents?

"Your life has reached its climax. Right now, it's either you dodged, or... you die?" He said, smiling even more devilishly. He was handsome.

He also said it out loud, kicking off the ground and charging towards the angel. It hurriedly flipped its wings and flew up.

But he was not bothered.

With his gathered momentum, he pushed himself off the ground like an eagle. He easily crossed tens of meters and caught up to its legs.

"..."

The angel looked down on him and attempted to kick at him. But big brother easily used his strength and weight to drag it, and throw it towards the surface.

The angel of course easily used its wings before it hit the ground and stabilized itself mid flight. But by that time, big brother Damien had landed, and was about to jump up at it again.

...!!!

Now cautious, the angel hurriedly flew even higher than before. Making sure it was fifty meters above ground at most.

"..."

It floated there with its broken arm and stared down at us. I also stared back at it. But big brother Damien did not.

He only watched the environment and smiled to himself. I didn't know what he was thinking about, but I turned my eyes off of the enemy and looked at him.

I was mesmerized by his smile once again. I froze on the spot and subconsciously stared at him. He stated back at me and kept his smile, slightly warning me, "Careful."

I smiled back and chuckled at his casual comment, "I guess it failed." Yes. I failed to trick the opponent. This angel really was smart.

It easily knew that I was not really mesmerized at all. And it was not my acting's fault. My acting was quite descent you know.

"Well, it can't stay there for long though." Big brother Damien commented with a smile. And indeed, the angel was slowly descending every second.