Chapter 149: The Vengeful Elf(Part 9)
"No, don’t-...!" Began Jules as Nero shot towards Leptar rapidly, unleashing a cloud of dark mist as he closed in, before a powerful gust of wind erupted, blowing the smokescreen away as Nero came flying out, crashing onto the ground and skidding away, his mask soaked with blood as he coughed sharply, before collapsing onto the ground.
"He managed to slow down my strike with a burst of dark energy, nothing but delaying the inevitable. It looks like the humans are the only ones left standing now. I’ve whittled down your numbers enough that I don’t need to use my hit and run tactics anymore, this will be over soon," He surmised, before swiftly sidestepping as a rapid slashing wave of flames came shooting towards him, before racing away as a barrage of telekinetic blasts, purple flames, explosions and blood arrows came shooting towards him, evading them with ease.
Aster lifted several rocks on the ground around him, charging them with telekinetic energy before launching them towards Leptar with all the speed he could generate, grimacing as Leptar swiftly swung his large blade across, deflecting the incoming projectiles before they could reach him.
Jules then fired out pressurized jets of flames from her feet to launch herself forward, the flames around her sword intensifying before she unleashed a powerful thrust of the blade, firing out a rapid, drilling pillar of flames towards Leptar.
He leapt off to his right as the flames closed in on him, narrowly evading the attack before twisting his body across as Raven flew up and fired out his beams with all the force he could generate, grazing Leptar’s left bicep before the Elf swiftly grabbed a chunk of dirt off the ground and flung it foreaed as a rapid explosive projectile came shooting towards him, intercepting it a few meters ahead of him before it exploded as it struck the chunk of earth, bits of dirt flying out as a small cloud of smoke billowed out.
"I’ll give you humans one last chance. It’s not too late for you to get out of here if you still want to live. After all, I have no grudge against your kind, there’s no real reason for me to kill you if you agree to back out. But if you continue to fight on the side of my enemies, you’ll leave me with no choice but to regard you as my enemies too. I’m which case, of course, I’ll have to kill you. So, what do you say?"
"Sorry, but I’m afraid that’s simply not an option. The Elves are our allies, not to mention you’ve killed two of our comrades. We won’t abandon Sylph, and we’re not going to run away from you with our tails tucked between our legs," Stated Jules, a flash of lightning erupting across the sky as she concentrated the flames around her blade, puffs of steam erupting around it as the raindrops hit it.
"Yeah, I figured you’d say something like that. But I thought I should give you the chance to live anyway...and you’re going to regret not taking that chance," He declared, before he shot towards Jules rapidly.
She unleashed a barrage of fire attacks at him as the others fired out volleys of their own Spells as well, but he dealt with them with ease, evading some and deflecting the rest away with his sword.
As he closed in on Jules, he unleashed a fierce swing of his sword towards her, as she quickly raised her blade up defensively while simultaneously charging up flames in her mouth.
A deafening clang rang out as the blades crashed, Jules grimacing as the impact severely jarred her arms, before firing out the charged up flames at him as she got launched back through the air at a breakneck speed, burns appearing across Leptar’s face as the flames struck him, before a loud crash rang out as Jules slammed against a tree with immense force, letting out a shaky groan before losing consciousness as she fell over and collapsed onto the ground with a thud.