Chapter 157: The Hero vs Jules(Part 2)
Akila quickly turned his right side intangible as Jules slashed down at him, her blade phasing through his right shoulder and chest, before she swiftly caught his wrist as he drove his left blade towards her.
He turned his arm intangible to get out of her grasp, before backing away as a bead of sweat ran down the side of his face.
"This lady is so strong, she’s adapting to my Magic way too quickly! I may be avoiding her attacks, but she’s blocking all my attacks too, I can’t land a hit!"
"I think I have a good idea of what you’re capable of now. Playtime is over. [Flame Control]," Chanted Jules, forming several floating fireballs all around her, before spreading them out across the space.
She then shot towards Akila, firing off pressurized jets of flames from her heels to launch herself forward, before swiftly taking control of one of the fireballs and sent it zipping in towards him from behind while his attention was focused on her.
As she swung her blade across towards him, he began to turn the front of his torso intangible, before letting out a startled cry of pain as the fireball struck his back, sending him stumbling forward before gasping sharply as the tip of Jules’s blade sliced across the skin on his chest, inflicting a shallow, horizontal gash, trails of blood trickling down his torso.
He then lunged at her and swung both his blades outwards towards her, before she swiftly sprang back and evaded his slashes, as she sent another fireball shooting in towards his right.
"That won’t work again!" He exclaimed, turning towards the fireball, before crying out as she then launched in another one towards his left, striking his bicep painfully before he quickly swung one of his blades across and sliced through the first one, dissipating it.
"She’s just toying with him at this point, he doesn’t stand a chance!" Alphonse thought to himself with a grimace.
"D-damn it...there’s no denying that you’re stronger than me, lady, but I...I refuse to lose to a heartless Monster who’s complicit in the oppression of innocent people!" Snapped Akila, as he trembled in pain.
"Uh...I’m sorry, what?" Responded Jules in bewilderment, as Alphonse tensed nervously.