Chapter 72: Emily and Joe vs Walno

Chapter 72: Emily and Joe vs Walno

Emily and Joe charge at Walno, who is still standing on the stairs. Joe engages Walno directly and throws a punch at him, but Walno blocks it with his own punch. Emily engages from the side and tries to punch Walno as well, but he kicks her in the gut, knocking her against the railing.

“Don’t think so low of me,” Walno says with a disapproving expression. “I can hold my own in a two-on-one battle.”

Walno uses his Item Manipulation Magic on the railing, and the end of the railing detaches from the stairs and wraps around Emily. It lifts her up.

“Put me down!” Emily demands.

“As you wish,” Walno replies in a polite tone.

The railing pulls back and then swings forward, uncurling so that Emily flings into a wall at the top of the stairs. She screams in pain as she lands back on the floor.

The other railing comes after Joe, but he ducks under it to avoid getting wrapped. He then jumps on top of it, and immediately jumps off the railing while starting a downward kick. The kick strikes Walno in the face, knocking him down the stairs.

Joe glares down at the bottom of the steps as Walno stands back up. “Maybe you should be the one to not think so low of us because we can overwhelm you in a two-on-one battle!”

Emily gets up and pulls out her Slasher Sword again. “And I’m back in the fight!”

Emily and Joe charge down the stairs at Walno. Joe creates a lightning bolt in his hand and throws it at Walno. However, Walno uses his magic on it, stopping it in its tracks. Joe’s eyes widen, shocked at Walno’s ability to stop his attack. “How?!”

Walno sends the lightning bolt back at Joe, hitting him with enough force to knock him down while slightly electrocuting him.

Emily continues her attack and slashes her sword at Walno. He tries to dodge it, but still ends up getting cut by just the tip of the sword. A blood wound opens where his tuxedo was cut on his chest.

Emily thinks, “Why didn’t he try to manipulate my sword? He had no problem doing it to Joe’s lightning bolt.”

Walno uses his magic on a metal pole of a table and breaks it off, now wielding it. “I don’t have a sword but this will have to do.”

Emily and Joe charge at Walno, and Joe tries to continuously punch Walno while Emily tries to slash him. Walno blocks them using quick reflexes with his metal pole.

Soon, Walno lands a hit on both Emily and Joe with the pole. He then kicks each of them, sending them flying back in different directions.

All Kurt can do is watch helplessly from the chair he is tied to. “Damn it! I need to break out of this chair and help them! Could I use my Aura Image? No. My aura would not be able to come off my body with this manipulated magic wrapped around me.”

“Indeed, there is nothing you can do,” Walno says with a smile.

Joe stands up at one end of the room. “It’s time to create some weather in this room. Rain Storm!”

A storm cloud forms at the ceiling of the entire room, releasing a downpour of heavy rain throughout the room.

“Lightning Storm!”

Lightning starts randomly striking throughout the room from the clouds. Soon, it strikes the metal pole that Walno is holding, causing him to be badly electrocuted.

Emily takes advantage and uses her Slasher Sword to cut off Walno’s right arm.

The magic wrapped around Kurt weakens from the storm, allowing him to break free of the chair and join Emily and Joe.

“You’re finished,” Joe declares.

Walno pants while using his left hand to clench his right shoulder. “Not quite,” he says with irritation.

“What?” Joe responds in surprise.

Walno raises his voice. “This natural arm is expendable! Observe!”

He uses his magic on a bunch of metal table legs, and breaks them off. They form into a liquid and gather around his wound, forming into a metal arm to replace the one he lost.

“See?” he asks, returning to his calmer tone. “I don’t need natural limbs.”

He uses his magic on a table cloth and forms it around his metal arm. “And for good measure, I’m covering up the metal so you can’t take advantage of it with your lightning.”

The heroes stand still, becoming increasingly nervous by Walno’s continuously impressive feats.

“His magic is incredible!” Kurt shouts.

Walno smiles. “Let me show you the advanced Item Manipulation Magic.”

Walno’s magic is advanced enough that he can create replacement limbs! How will the heroes defeat this strong opponent?!

Chapter 72 END

To be Continued in Chapter 73: Advanced Item Manipulation Magic