Chapter 78:

The Unpierceable Woman/ Illusion Barrage

Ane And His Seames


Lisa sped from bridge to bridge and Melly stood in the middle of it all unfazed. "Is that it?" Melly inquired dryly. Lisa slid to her suddenly and fired a kick but Melly sunk into the bridge which melted beneath her. Her entire body then emitted a toxin and her skin looked as if it was dissolving. 

"What the hell!?" Lisa yelled as she jumped away. Melly's hand stretched out to a bridge which she used to swing herself to Lisa; spitting acid which Lisa dashed away from. The teenager spun onto a bridge but immediately jumped aside to avoid a wave of acid that melted the area of the bridge she was on previously. "This is gonna be annoying." Lisa thought.

Lana ran at Eithan and punched him but the boy vanished into water which then pulled Lana down. She quickly pulled out to realize she was now atop the ocean. "An illusion?"she thought. Elliot was heard chuckling as the water spun into a whirlpool and sucked Lana in. The girl floated into an underwater building and a large trident suddenly landed before her. Terror filled Lana's face. "NOOOOO!" she screamed.

"Calm down." the shadow said as the girl woke up in the hallway.

"I-Im sorry. It seems he can mess with me using memories." Lana said.

"Hmmmm." The shadow mumbled thoughtfully. Eithan sat on a throne of sandstone as Lana fell face first into the sand around him to then be pushed by a huge sandstorm immediately after.

"These illusions...are so annoying!" Lana yelled.

Lisa flipped from a bridge onto another and then dove to one to avoid the constant arrows being shot at her. Lisa then rolled away to avoid three arrows that was shot at her simultaneously to then run onto the walls and speed across the room. Melly's crossbow vanished and her body transformed into acid again. Lisa phased into the air with her bow in hand and she shot an arrow at Melly who tanked it to the chest. The arrow melted away and she glared at Lisa. "How pathetic." Melly remarked.

"What the hell? How am I supposed to deal any type of damage to her?" Lisa thought as she seemed to vanish to avoid the area of acid Melly suddenly spat.

"Come on you brat. Melt away already!" Melly yelled as her hair spiked and turned into pure liquid which stretched across the room quickly. Lisa flung to the roof and dangled there; frowning.

"I might need some help." she whispered to the shadow.

"I'm on it." the shadow replied.

Lana stood up; brushing sand off herself. She looked around her at the vast desert and flew up. The sand rose after her and she groaned in annoyance and turned around.

"Looking for him is useless. He pulled us far away from him in this illusion. This is good considering it reveals that beating him here will most likely affect him in reality." the shadow hissed.

"Why does he only use illusions though?" Lana asked.

"It's apparently his specialty but now I'm starting to believe that's a farce. I think he's weak in close combat." the shadow explained.

"So if you dispel this..." Lana began.

"I can't."the shadow whispered. Lana eyed him. "He realized I could get you out so he's entrapped me in here as well."the shadow explained. Lana sighed.

"So this is the rapid thinking these geniuses do instantaneously. I'm not one of them though so...damn it I'm screwed." she thought. A trident suddenly landed far in front of her and she frowned.

Ane paced around Alice whose eyes were shielded. Ane summoned his blades are dove at Alice from the back. Alice pulled a blade from a sheath on his back and shielded himself with it to then turn and fire a kick at Ane who dodged. Ane sliced at Alice while spinning but Alice jumped back and grabbed his sword with both hands. He dove forward and slashed at Ane who jumped over the attack and spun midair; firing a kick. Alice jumped aside and charged at Ane; slicing. Ane clashed his blades into Alice's. The force of the clash toppled Ane backwards and Alice calmly placed his blade behind Ane to decapitate the teen. Ane ducked and smashed the sword from Alice's hand but Alice seemed to instantly teleport to his sword; eyes gleaming. "Blood assassination!" he yelled; slicing. Ane's body went into dragon form and he appeared behind Alice.

"Dragon Hunt." Ane growled monstrously; eyes gleaming too. Alice slammed his sword at Ane who sliced it away with his claws. Ane jumped back and so did Alice. The two teens then charged one another. Alice bit his lip and blood fell from his lip. A small needle of blood formed in his mouth and he then spat a barrage at Ane who sliced them away. The blood Ane sliced away all hardened and uppercutted him. Ane phased away in midair to avoid Alice's tackle. Ane skidded to another side of the room and the two teens smirked. 

"You're quite strong." Alice said.

"You too." Ane replied.

Sid jumped aside and Boom crushed the hill he stood on. Sid then vanished into the shadows. "This guy's persistent. I just need to play it safe for now." Sid thought.

"You can't hide forever!" Boom yelled; laughing.

"Sid...I need you to test something out." the shadow said to the cloaked teen.

"Sure. What is it?" Sid asked. Boom eyed the wall Sid was cloaked around and slammed his mace into it. Sid flipped into the shadow of the mace and then climbed onto Boom. Shadows stretched from the larger shadow of the mace and penetrated Boom's body. Boom spun his mace but a large hand held it and another uppercutted Boom from the weapon.

"Checkmate."the shadow said; grin showing on the armor.