Chapter 143: Kurt vs Emily. The Life of the Second Friend at Stake!

Chapter 143: Kurt vs Emily. The Life of the Second Friend at Stake!

Kurt confronts the brainwashed Emily.

“Free me, you say?” Emily scoffs. “This power is glorious! Why would I want to be ‘freed’ from it?”

“While under Kogen’s control, everything you say is just BS,” Kurt snaps back.

Emily pulls out a tiny bow and a tiny quiver of arrows from her pouch. With magic flowing through them, both expand to full size in her hands.

“You know, I’m pretty good with a bow,” Emily says with a smirk. “I hope your dodging skills are up to snuff.”

She readies an arrow and fires.

Kurt dodges to the right, but the arrow slams into the wall, ricochets, and curves back toward him. It grazes his shoulder, slicing a shallow cut. Kurt winces, clutching his shoulder, just as Emily catches the returning arrow midair.

“Like it?” she asks. “Using my improved magic, I can give my weapons other properties.”

Kurt responds by tossing two basketball-sized Aura Spheres near her. As he charges forward, Aura Hands extend out from the spheres and clamp onto Emily’s arms. Kurt follows up immediately, unleashing rapid Flame Aura Punches, hammering her face again and again.

“I will free you!!” he screams.

Emily thrusts her knee upward, smashing Kurt in the chin. The efficiency of the strike sends pain ripping through him and blood splashing out from his mouth and nose. She tears herself free and counters with a flurry of punches and kicks. Kurt blocks some, but others land cleanly.

Emily kicks him back, creating distance, then pulls out a sledgehammer. It expands to full size the moment it clears her grip.

Kurt slams his hands into the floor, his aura spreading rapidly across it.

“I’ll be ready for anything you try!” Kurt shouts.

“Oh really?” Emily questions, still smirking.

Emily charges forward, not caring about the aura spread across the floor.

Aura Hands erupt from the floor, reaching for Emily as Kurt charges more magic power. Emily swings her sledgehammer into them. After a brief, grinding struggle, the sledgehammer shatters the aura coating the floor and smashes into it, carving a small crater.

Kurt finishes charging his magic energy and lashes out with a massive Aura Whip. Emily readies her magic-channeled sledgehammer and slams it against the Aura Whip. The sledgehammer blocks the strike, but the force pushes her backward, slowly overpowering her.

“That’s not all I got!” Kurt shouts.

Kurt thrusts his free hand forward, sending his Flame Aura Punch directly into the whip. The energy travels along its length. Emily’s eyes widen in shock as the attack races toward her and slams into her face.

The whip follows through, pounding her body and blowing her back. It continues onward, smashing through a wall at the far end of the hallway.

Emily groans and slowly pushes herself upright. She’s taken heavy damage, but she giggles as she regains her footing.

“A traitor but stro—”

Her words are cut off as Kurt rushes in and punches her in the face, knocking her flat onto the floor.

She giggles again.

“What’s so funny?” Kurt demands.

Emily stands once more. “I was just impressed with that attack. You are a traitor, but you still have the amazing power we received.”

“There is more where that came from,” Kurt assures.

“Indeed,” Emily replies as she reaches into her pouch and pulls out a shotgun.

“That’s…!?” Kurt blurts out, recognizing that particular shotgun.

“Yes, the X12 Shatter Shotgun,” Emily confirms. “The shotgun I bought a year ago but was not strong enough to use it at the time.”

Kurt grits his teeth. “Time for something I haven’t shown you.”

He shifts his aura, changing its properties to electric. Electricity crackles through it as his energy transforms. He gives a confident smile. “This battle is just becoming electric. That’s probably something my good friend would say. You may know him as Joe.”

Kurt is in an intense battle with Emily, and both are bringing out the big guns.

Chapter 143 END

To be Continued in Chapter 144: Shotgun and Electricity