May 14, 2020

  Waldo and Iravin stand against each other, both assuming their fighting stances. Waldo’s stance is different this time. Because of Iravin’s strange adaptation and Waldo’s cursed energy starting to become denser and more refined, his stance is accommodating for these changes. Both warriors stare each other down intensely, seeing who will be the first to move. Mara continues to look at the fight from afar so as to not get caught in the crossfire. She’s speechless from the dazzling performance of power from Waldo and Iravin. Never in her life did she assume that people could move around and fight like that. She’s never seen anything like Iravin’s abilities either.

  (That man is really strong… he came back stronger than before! His abilities are super weird too. But… Waldo is going to win. He always has…)

  In a flash, the two of them disappear from their spots. They each throw a punch at each other, and they collide, causing a clash of power and the ground below them to crumble. Waldo begins to holler a battle cry, which causes his call for battle to increase and apply more pressure. Iravin quickly adjusts and goes on equal ground again. Suddenly, the two of them throw their second fist and they jump back. Waldo blasts himself forward with a shockwave and turns his body around. He extends his leg midair for a kick and continues to fly towards Iravin. Iravin prepares to take the attack, standing his ground and putting his arms up. Suddenly, Waldo spins his body and releases shockwaves in all directions. This throws off his trajectory and has him move in many different angles. Waldo then appears to the side of Iravin and attempts to grab him. However, Iravin sees through the entire attack, dodges the grab, grabs Waldo by the arm instead, and then proceeds to throw him onto the ground. Waldo coughs out a small amount of blood before getting thrown onto the ground again. On the third throw, he manages to catch himself in a handstand position, condense a shockwave from his back, and fire it at Iravin. Iravin defends his body but lets go of Waldo in the process. Waldo uses this split-second opening to sweep Iravin’s feet off the ground.

  “Now I have ya! Have a taste of this!”

  As soon as Iravin’s feet come off of the ground, the ground erupts with a large burst. Shockwaves come out of the earth and rain down on Iravin. Waldo doesn’t stop there, however, as he continues to place his palms on the ground and make shockwaves erupt from the ground. Waldo looks back up but then sees a phenomenon. He stares upon this with a wide grin and laughs.

  “You’re kidding me! You’re something special, Iravin!”

  Iravin begins to walk through the storm of shockwaves. His body gradually takes less damage, and any damage is being neutralized through regeneration.

  Waldo continues to grin and his eye flares even more. He begins to laugh out loud.

  “Hahaha! You’re a damn beast! Fine, hard way it is! The bigger they are, the harder the fall!”

  The shockwaves persistently continue to storm down on Iravin, but Iravin continues to walk through the storm like a tall and unyielding force that will not fall down. Waldo has never before seen such a grand display of strength and dexterity. It’s dazzling. It’s brilliant. Waldo begins to recall all of the shockwaves and stands back up. Iravin then lunges towards Waldo. Waldo lets out a small laugh and begins to charge towards Iravin. Suddenly, Iravin stops midway through his lunge, changes both of hands into whip fists, and spins around. Waldo gets caught off guard by the whip fists and attempts to block them while charging. However, as soon as the whip fists make contact with Waldo, his arms suddenly get blown off by the sheer amount of force on the attack. Iravin quickly switches one of whip fists into a blade and swings at Waldo. Waldo slams his hand into the ground, grabs out a big chunk of rock, and attempts to slam it across Iravin. The blade arm cuts through the rock like tofu but that allows Waldo to escape from Iravin’s range.

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  Waldo jumps back into the air, regenerating his arms. He scoffs and lands on the ground and contemplates what to do next. Mara continues to watch from a safe distance on top of the wagon. She suddenly sees Iravin turn towards her and give her a stare. Mara shivers and takes cover behind the wagon. She’s not sure why Iravin is looking at her now, but she doesn’t want to stay around and find out. Iravin gives another glance at Waldo and then back at Mara. The gears in his mind click and an idea appears in his mind. He suddenly disappears from his spot and runs over to Mara. Waldo becomes confused for a moment, before realizing what’s about to happen.

  “Huh? Hey! What the hell do you think you’re doing!”

  Waldo sees Iravin running straight towards Mara and chases after him. Mara’s eyes widen in shock, and she extends her hands. Before she can run or use her cursed technique, Iravin grabs her by the wrist. Iravin looks at Mara with a certain glare as if he’s planning on something. On instinct, Mara grabs onto Iravin’s wrist and tries to use her cursed technique against him. He can feel the heat starting to build up from her hands and smiles.

  “Allow me… to further awaken that technique of yours.”

  Iravin suddenly turns one of his arms into a rope. The rope wraps around Mara and binds her. Mara begins to scream at this capture and tries to resist. No matter what she does though, she cannot free herself from this strong extension of biomass. She looks up with a pleading expression.

  “Waldo! Help me, please!”

  When Waldo sees this, his body comes to a halt. Mara is being held by his enemy. Why is he doing this? Many thoughts begin to spiral through his mind, but all of those begin to become blocked out by pure rage. His eye suddenly grows increasingly in violence and harshness. His rage swells up so much that a secondary purple hue can be seen at the center of his eye. He grits his teeth and clenches his fists. Visible veins can be seen across his forehead.

  “What the hell are you doing? Leave her out of this! This is between you and me! Let go of Mara…You damn creature!”

  Waldo’s speed suddenly spikes up, moving at an incredible speed of Mach 6. He roars as he closes the distance between him and Iravin. In a flash, however, a wave of electricity shoots out at Waldo. Waldo stops in his tracks and is hit with the sudden jolt. He looks up and sees Iravin holding onto Mara, using her. Mara seems completely out cold or very zoned out. Her body is limp, and her eyes are unreadable. Her hands, however, are still glowing, meaning that her cursed technique is currently in use. Before Waldo can question what is happening, a huge blast of fire is shot towards him. Waldo puts his arms up to defend against it, but the flames are incomparable to before. Mara’s technique doesn’t produce flames of this scale. Could it be?

  (Is Iravin forcing her cursed technique to reach its full potential? This is much stronger than anything she was able to produce!)

  Waldo begins to gradually march forward. He forces himself to tough it out through the flames and keep pushing. He starts off with a march, it turns to a sprint, and then he uses his shockwaves to fly forward. He also sends some shockwaves down into the ground and in the direction of Mara. The shockwaves come out of the ground and strike Iravin’s hands, releasing his hold on Mara. Waldo quickly catches her then appears in front of Iravin with Mara in his arm. Iravin can see his eye glaring violently at him. He’s pissed off. A punch is thrown with as much cursed energy as Waldo can muster. However, something felt off about this. It felt different. Space was distorting and a lot more power was surging. Both Iravin and Waldo begin to see it.

  (Blue and white sparks!)

  (Blue and white sparks!)

  Waldo begins to holler as he throws the punch. Upon seeing the several sparks, a new feeling overcomes him. Some sort of urge causes him to shout from the top of his lungs.

  God Flash!

  Waldo’s blow of cursed energy sparks blue and white, transforming into a God Flash. The God Flash is similar to a Black Flash, but it is a version that is taken to the next level. In that very moment of landing a God Flash, Waldo feels like his eye was opened. The mist that shrouded his mind has disappeared, and he now sees everything in a new light. This is the so-called “flow state” that comes with landing a Black Flash attack. Everything has become clear. The War Spirit has now become one with his power.