Chapter 39: Easia’s Left Arm Revealed

Chapter 39: Easia’s Left Arm Revealed

Easia grits her teeth. “We’ll see just how tough your Aura Image really is.”

She starts dashing, her fists glowing with glittery magic energy. The Aura Image reforms its arms into whips and thrusts them at Easia. She slides to dodge before pouncing straight for the Aura Image, landing a punch that damages not only the Aura Image, but also Kurt as well.

“Gahh,” Kurt utters as a bit of blood flows out of his mouth.

“So, it’s as I thought,” Easia says. “My Fairy Beams went through the image, but they affected you. All attacks on an Aura Image do very slight damage to the user. You actually did feel more pain.”

“Have some more!” Easia shouts as she begins a barrage of rapid punches. The Aura Image does its best to dodge, much to Easia’s annoyance.

“You know, maybe I should actually be focusing my attacks on you, Kurt,” Easia says with a grin as she ends her punching barrage. She quickly pivots toward Kurt, leaving the Aura Image chasing from behind.

Kurt clenches his teeth, his body trembling slightly as his nerves escalate.

The Aura Image extends its arms out like whips, bashing into Easia’s back and knocking her to the floor face down.

Immediately after, Kurt notices his movements returning to normal. “Nice!” he shouts as he stands up. The Aura Image flows back into Kurt’s body. He grins as his confidence grows once again.

Easia stands up, rubbing her back. But her eyes open wide as she sees Kurt approaching her, shocked to see her Fairy Dust has worn off.

“I got something for you!” Kurt shouts with determination. “Max Flame Aura Punch!”

Kurt slams his flame-covered fist straight into Easia’s gut, causing her to cough up blood before she is sent flying back, knocking over many more shelves before her body comes to a stop.

“It’s over,” Kurt declares as he walks toward Easia, who is still coughing as a result of blow she took.

“No… It’s not…” she replies, still defiant, even through her coughs. “You forgot...”

She stands up, grinning even while in pain.

“…My ugly left arm. You must have been able to move because my anger and frustration caused my fairy power to dissipate.”

She brings her left arm out from behind her back, though it looks no different than her right arm.

“It looks the same as your other arm,” Kurt says, almost let down by the reveal.

Easia’s tone of voice changes, becoming more insane as she responds, “Oh, does it?!”

The skin on her left arm turns from a fair look to a monstrous look, becoming a grotesque gray and green mix. The change quickly affects the rest of her body. She leans forward, grinning and deranged.

With an insane tone, she shouts, “Now do you see why it is ugly?! Using it to fight makes me look like this and I hate it!”

“Wow, she wasn’t kidding,” Kurt says to himself, surprised by her new appearance.

Easia rushes furiously toward him, her movements becoming more erratic as she closes in, and then begins a barrage of rapid punches without a clear pattern or strategy.

Kurt uses his aura on his arm to help block the punches before attempting to kick her, but she roll-jumps out of the way.

She quickly dashes forward and elbows Kurt in the jaw, and then swipe-kicks him in the head, sending him flying toward the right. He grabs onto the side of a shelf to stop himself from flying farther.

He notices a grocery cart next to him, eyeing it with interest.

“That could work,” he says.

Easia runs toward Kurt again, but he uses his Aura Magic to launch the cart at a high speed, slamming it into her. The cart not only damages her, but it also trips her, making her fall to the ground face down.

Kurt then creates six individual spheres of aura, three floating above each of his hands. He launches the spheres at the ground surrounding Easia so all six form a hexagon around her body.

“Time for another one of my new abilities!” Kurt shouts as the six spheres begin to ignite, burning bright with fire. “Aura Spheres!”

The fire spreads, connects all six Aura Spheres in straight lines before the flames spread into the middle and burn Easia.

She screams, “AAAAAHHHHH!!! It burns!!!” Nevertheless, she stands up, even while being continuously burned by the flames.

“Flame Aura Punch!” Kurt yells, blasting her with a flaming punch, not giving Easia even a remote chance of retaliating. His flaming punch knocks her back until she crashes into a group of grocery carts.

Despite the damage she has taken, the flames dissipate and she recovers quickly. However, her frustration grows. She charges at Kurt, screaming, “Damn you!!!”

Easia tries to punch Kurt in the face but he dodges by leaning his head back. He then grabs her right arm and slams her down to the ground.

Kurt thinks, “This is my chance for victory!!”

He presses his foot down on Easia’s back.

“You think your deranged state makes you stronger?!” Kurt yells. “No, it just makes you more erratic! I will help you get rid of this deranged state!”

Kurt forms a sharp, aura-made blade around his right hand.

“Aura Shrapnel!!”

Kurt swings his right arm down on Easia’s left arm. The Aura Shrapnel slices right through Easia’s left arm, cleanly cutting it off. With her left arm removed, her deranged state ends and she returns to normal.

Immediately after, Zeth enters the grocery store with magic guardsmen and medical staff. They spot Kurt and Easia first.

Zeth runs over to Kurt as he shouts, “Kurt! Are you okay?!”

Kurt takes a deep breath now that his fight is over. “Zeth, I just defeated Easia of the poachers. However, she needs immediate medical attention because I just cut her left arm off.”

“Why did you do that?”

“When she uses her left arm, she becomes deranged and insane. I have a feeling there was foul play on her.”

The medical staff members rush over to tend to Easia’s wound and wrap it up. They place her on a stretcher and begin taking her away.

Easia calls out to Kurt, shouting with gratitude, “Thank you! You have saved me! I won’t forget what you have done for me! I promise, one day, I will repay you for this!!”

Zeth glances at her, somewhat confused by her mentality. “She seems grateful. That’s not what I expected to be honest.”

“The arm must have influenced her,” Kurt replies. “She probably is a better person than she appeared as a poacher.”

“It might be worth looking into eventually, but right now we have to stop the rest of the poachers,” Zeth urges. “Come on, let’s get out of here. We can leave the safety to the people in this area to the magic guardsmen.”

Kurt has taken down one of the Poachers, but six more still remain!

Chapter 39 END

To be Continued in Chapter 40: Victory and Defeat