BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
From the ground tens of icicle-like spears shot toward the control stage espers, their tips exploding in mighty balls of fire. However, the espers were able to dodge each and every one of them. Then they launched their own attacks. Mayla was being pushed back as all she could do was dash through the ground dodging the different attacks.
'Those are no normal states, their power is higher than a high-ranked but lower than an S-ranked and there's also that weird red aura around each one of them. What's going on?! It's just like the first bomb they threw and the first soldiers' bullets.' Mayla thought as she continued evading attacks.
At the edge of the force field dome, Seth stood in front of a bluish wall that rose to the sky. 'What do I do? Mom's in trouble and all I can do is watch as she gets killed, tsk' he gritted his teeth in frustration 'if only I had an ability... No, even if I did have one I still would be an ant compared to them. I can't do anything. I'm powerless' he looked to the ground while clenching his fists. Drops of water began falling to the ground "Please dad, hurry up, mom needs you" he sobbed as a couple of bolts left his hair.
'F*ck! Seth is already at the edge of the dome, I need to get rid of the lightning esper now' as she thought this, Mayla suddenly dashed at full speed catching the soldiers by surprise. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the lightning esper and slashed down. However, now the soldier reacted in time, slightly dodging as Mayla's loaded slash exploded beside him without damaging him. The soldier immediately slashed as Mayla was left open, however, she took advantage of the inertia of her attack to spin and throw a kick while dodging the attack. The soldier was sent flying by the force of Mayla's attack. But she couldn't waste time chasing him, so she willed an ice spike to form behind him. At the same time, the other three espers appeared around her. Without even looking at them she summoned three mighty ice spikes that appeared almost instantly, blocking their attacks and sending them flying by the force of the explosion. Without wasting a second Mayla dashed towards the lightning esper who was waiting for her with a fully loaded attack. Mayla also loaded her attack and channeled her ability through her body, flames appeared all over her body, fire's power further improving her physical abilities as a trail of blood left one of her eyes.
Even though Mayla was supposed to be 4 units of power below the soldiers, as she approached the lightning esper, both attacks emanated the same incredible amount of destructive power, not only that, Mayla's attack was even faster, she would hit him before he could finish unleashing his attack.
WHOOOM!
Mayla was slowed down as the three other soldiers activated their abilities on her. The spear user created an air vacuum behind her that pulled her back, the daggers user pulled her with his telekinetic ability while the other sword user tried to make her arm teleport further back, which even if unable to do so, created resistance in space itself. This combination made Mayla's attack slow down considerably, which was now at the same speed as the lightning user's.
BOOOOOOOOOM!
"MOM!" shouted Seth in despair.
As both attacks clashed a mighty explosion of fire and lightning rose to the sky. The dome-like force field flickered and disappeared.
As the smoke began dissipating, Mayla's silhouette could be seen still standing, the lightning esper's dead body laid at her feet, the damage had been too great for whatever kind of healing ability the soldiers had to heal him.
'She survived!' Seth thought in relief.
However, hovering in the sky, Adam who had been watching everything only smirked "Truly impressive, don't feel bad you survived longer than I thought you would. At first, I had my doubts but you truly exceeded my expectations. I underestimated you, Demon Phoenix, but now it's over."
When he heard this, Seth realized something was wrong, his mother hadn't moved and the soldiers hadn't tried attacking her either, they were just looking, not even in combat stances anymore. Seth focused on the silhouette of his mother that could be seen through the smoke cloud and after some seconds...
"No..."
By now the smoke had almost wholly dissipated and Seth was able to see his mother. For the first time in his life, his whole world crumbled down.
In the center of the explosion, stood Mayla, she was missing an arm, as well as an eye, and a deep cut could be seen across her chest. Her entire body was covered in her own blood.
Blargh!
Mayla spat a mouthful of blood as she fell to the ground. Suddenly a soldier appeared beside Seth, grabbing him by the neck. Seth began struggling, as he desperately tried to free himself from the soldier's grip.
"No... Leave him *cough* alone" Said Mayla weakly from the ground as she coughed up blood. Adam approached Mayla, his hands in his pockets.
"Espers are truly magnificent beings don't you think? Look at the state you're in and yet you're still alive and still not giving up. A gift or a curse? Quite the philosophical question wouldn't you say? You have to undergo so much suffering before dying. Humans on the other hand are brittle, they will break under the minimum amount of pain but that also means they won't be able to suffer too much. That's what I love about espers, they are able to entertain me much more than humans. Working hard to break them is also part of the fun" He said as he arrived next to her.
Bang! Crack!
He stomped on Mayla's only arm left, breaking it. Mayla let out a silent scream. "See? even now I can still feel the will to fight within you."
"Fuck... you!" Mayla answered weakly
"There it is! I actually need to thank you, I had orders to kill you only if you resisted. If you hadn't this wouldn't have been so much fun for me. Now, if your own suffering won't break you maybe another one's will" He said, his smirk widened. Then he turned to look at the soldier holding Seth "Do it!" He said.
Without wasting a second the soldier took one of Seth's fingers with his free hand and broke it.
Crack
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Seth screamed out in pain.
"N-No..."
Then another one
Crack
"AAAAAAAAA!"
"No..."
And another one
Crack
"AAAAAAAA!"
"Stop it.."
Then he took Seth's arm and broke it
CRACK
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Please stop it. Please don't hurt him" Mayla pleaded.
As he heard this Adam raised a hand to the soldier telling him to stop "Now that's more like it." Adam said while looking at Mayla's face "That's the look I wanted to see: powerlessness, helplessness... Despair".
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