HALWRIGHT SCHOOL OF SUPERNATURALS - Chapter 54: Chapter 54

Kyra stood on the highest point of Halwright, the clock tower designed by the previous head of the school, he was anxious, a little nervous, and most of all he just wanted to get this over with. As his hair ruffled in the wind he looked around the school, it was a normal school day even in the midst of war with another school, this was what he was fighting for, peace. "I could do this if you don't want to." Ben spoke behind Kyra shocking him, his shock didn't last long as it was replaced by a smile.
"I need to do this, not just for myself, or the school, I protect you remember and one day my kids will protect yours or it will be the other way round." Kyra chortled beside Ben, the witch also chuckled at the statement. "Besides, you're the Ruler, you can't exactly interfere unless there is something done which shouldn't be, and it is rare already, so just sit back and enjoy." Kyra comforted as he leaned on Ben though he was taller than the witch.
The mirrors protecting the school flashed a bright white, they had just reflected something back and Kyra knew the enemy had come, the wind gently blew around and past the two witches and as it did Kyra vanished with it, he appeared at the front of the school, Nico stood there with a white orb in hand, Kyra knew what it was and it seemed he was in for a fight harder than he thought. "I thought you would leave the fighting to Ben, you've got balls." Nico commented as a katana appeared in his palm.
Kyra looked at the boy just as tall as him, he didn't focus on him for long, he focused on the battle, he held the necklace which represented who he was as a witch, Ben had the same. "Tell me something Kyra, why do you protect him, why are you so loyal?" Nico asked as he twirled his blade but Kyra wasn't going to indulge him in useless conversation. "Just because you failed to be what he needed doesn't mean I will, I know why you hate me, Nico, I'm by his side, everything you ever wanted, but angel dick was too hard to resist." Kyra shot back as rage filled Nico's face.
"You know nothing!" The witch yelled as he released lightning toward Kyra, the bolt was easily absorbed into the witch who was calm as ever. "I know plenty." Kyra replied as he shot out the lightning, it hit Nico straight in the chest and sent him tumbling into the trees, the witch stood up and lunged for Kyra but he was too fast so the slash from his blade missed, Kyra kicked Nico's abdomen and sent him tumbling into the trees, a purple barrier appeared around Nico, it broke his fall and took the damage of Kyra's attack.
Hardened black matter shot up from the ground and pierced Kyra's back, he only grunted when he felt it pulling and breaking his ribs, blue flames erupted around Kyra burnt away the summoning from Nico, but the witch had already sent two more attacks whilst he was protecting himself, a blue barrier appeared around Kyra but it was too late the explosion sent him hurtling toward the beach, Nico took this as his chance to attack, he appeared in front of Kyra and plunged his katana into him several times, what Nico didn't know was that he had been fighting a replacement, so when the Kyra he was stabbing turned to water, he was outraged.
"You're still slow for a witch." Kyra commented as he hovered in the air, he descended down to the ground where Nico was ready, from his hand a blue double edge blade appeared along with blue amour on his body, Nico lunged for Kyra who then defended himself by slashing upward, he charged for Nico and the two began fighting, their ability with swords was almost the same except one of them had an edge, Nico sliced through Kyra's leg as Kyra sliced through his ribs, before he could react a water jet was shot from Kyra, and it caused even more danger to Nico, he tumbled away on the beach but stood up to lunge again for Kyra.
When he was about to hit Kyra he vanished into thin air, but Kyra wasn't stupid, he knew the witch would come from above, and Nico did appear above him, a multitude of black spears rained down on Kyra but he was able to evade them, black hardened matter appeared again and bound Kyra who struggled to get free, he knew Nico was going for the kill. "1st Degree: Lightning massacre." Kyra mumbled and huge bolts of lightning hit the ground Nico stood on, they caused damage as much as the black matter.
"Dark Fog: Serpents Hail." The fog covered the entire area where Kyra and Nico were, Kyra knew the fog had hallucinogenic properties, and also Nico who used it as a cover to attack from all sides, he knew he didn't have an option, a shield appeared around him, he waited for that attack but also laid his own, several versions of Kyra appeared around him with the same stance he had, the first attack came and it dragged away one clone, another came and dragged away another, when it came again aiming for him, Kyra made ice appear from the ground and shot it upward toward whatever creature lurked in the fog.
Nico came behind him and sliced through his back, he retaliated by shooting a beam of blue light toward Nico, the witch tried to set himself free but he was surrounded by the versions of Kyra who were now fighting. The fog had to go and he knew it, the longer he stayed in the dark, the more it preyed on him, his eyes turned to catslits briefly as his back healed but he shook it off, Nico could see Kyra staggering to his feet, he killed the last clone from Kyra and began gathering his mana for an attack toward him.
Kyra's body was littered with Greek markings his eyes turned white and from his hands, multiple specks of ice were shot out. "Sun Dance." He mumbled as a single beam of light was finally shot from his hand and reflected over the tiny specks of ice, it worked in destroying the fog Nico had cast because his spell was aided by the sun, as he breathed in fresh air again, he flipped back to dodge Nico's katana. "Demonic Derangement." Nico shot his spell but Kyra was ready for it, he pushed his palm forward and the attack that was meant to hurt him turned to black flakes of ice. "6th Degree: Purging Ice Storm." From above dark clouds appeared, instead of lightning long sharp shards of ice were released, Nico's barrier couldn't hold them back and when it shattered the ice impaled his body several times over. He laid on the ground bloody with shards embedded in his body. "Detonate." He heard Kyra command, it was too late to avoid it, the shards exploded with a fury of blue fire.
Kyra braced himself for the after wave, he knew his attack wouldn't kill Nico, he was a tough bastard and indeed Nico was on one knee coughing out blood. "Sombre." He called out and his katana flew back to him, as he stood up ready to fight an insane amount of power was gathering around him, Kyra could feel it as well but he wasn't to be underestimated as well, just then, multiple explosions occurred.
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Alarion barely flapped his wings to stay up in the sky, it was as if the wind easily carried him as he waited for his opponent to show up, Mael was to answer for all the things he had done, he had to, the angel needed answers as to why his brother was doing all this, creating chaos when there wasn't a need for it, it was a good time as any, and he needed answers. "I know you're there." He called out knowing whoever was hiding was trying to sneak up on him.
"You're as sharp as ever Al." That voice, he knew it. "What are you doing here Cal?" The angel demanded as he looked at his ex. "What do you think I'm doing, I'm your opponent, did you really think Mael would waste time with a low life like you, he's the advisor of the council of Vastorway, he has no time to be involved in useless battles, he's a ruler, which you could've been if you actually could be the strongest at your pathetic school." Cal shot back making Alarion sigh, of course, he would be bitter.
"I don't know what Mael said to you, and I don't care, what I want is answers from him, you can't provide that and I'm not going to waste my time with you, you're too delusional for your own good" Alarion responded as he turned to fly back to school, what he didn't expect was a blade being plunged into him, his whole form wasn't tangible so he didn't feel the pain, it just went through.
Cal gasped in surprise as his blade went through and out Alarion, he hadn't expected it to and he knew now, that fighting Alarion was suicide but he had challenged him, he didn't see him move only felt the impact of a knee with his face, it was so strong it threw him to the ground where he crashed and raised debris into the air. Alarion appeared behind Cal and held him by his hair whilst he struggled to stand up. "You're too weak to even evade a simple knee, you can't fight me, don't try it." The angel advised his struggling ex but Cal was stubborn.
Another blade appeared in his palm when he tried to slice Alarion's hand with it, it turned into little sparkling lights on impact, then Cal smirked which threw off Alarion, two spears impaled Alarion's wings, they came out the other end and pierced the ground holding him down and from the ground vines sprouted and began to ensnare him in their bind, Cal moved from the ground, fluttered his wings and flew a distance away from Alarion.
"Did you really think he would send me alone?" Cal laughed without humor as he watched the form of Alarion with his pure white wings stained with his own blood. "No I didn't think so." That response shocked the laughing angel, it was Alarion who stood beside him, his wings weren't there either, he punched Cal several times over and slammed him onto the hard ground, the angel coughed and choked out as he felt the full impact of the hits he had received, he looked up with his blurry eyes to see the form of Alarion with wings dissipate into tiny flickering lights, he should've known.
Alarion wasn't beside him anymore, the angel was in the forest behind the two angels sent with his ex to fight him. "We both know you aren't Vastorway's strongest, let's not pretend you are." He mumbled as he punched the two beings in the gut simultaneously, they choked and stumbled whilst feeling the pain of Alarion's strength, the first one he kicked so hard the boy flew off toward the open area where Cal lay, the second he dragged back to the others.
"How pathetic." Alarion muttered looking at the three. "Since we're obviously not fighting I need information, when does Mael plan on executing his plan, he's failed to gain all five of the hybrid kin, what now?" He asserted but the three only glared at him. "Please don't make this harder than it has to be, just talk." He urged but Cal merely scoffed and brought his fist to hit the ground, multiple sand golems appeared and separated them from each other, they all had weapons which they swung at Alarion.
The angel sighed, a single beam of light was shot for his palm, it was hotter than lava and bright enough to blind anyone in the vicinity,  it destroyed all the sand creatures in one blow,  Cal who had his eyes closed shut opened them later, he was shocked to see his creatures gone. "Now that we've established the fact that your pathetic little power is an insult to me, let's continue, above his palm three spears made of light appeared, they hovered right there waiting for his command. "What is he planning?" He added as a spear was shot into the leg of one of the angels, he screamed bloody murder as the spear burnt him from the inside.
Another was shot from his palm into Cal's chest. "Alarion make it stop!" He begged in between his wails, he felt the pain radiate into his whole being, sucking out any life in him. "Now little angel, tell me or would you like to feel pain as well." The archangel asserted as he walked toward the boy who was the only one standing. "We don't know, please we don't know!" He screamed but a spear connected with his shoulder. "Wrong answer." Alarion mumbled as he stood over the angels, they crawled away from him once they managed to pull out the Spears.
"How about we let your inner nightmares torture you for a bit." The angel suggested as a black dome appeared around the three angels, it didn't take long for screams to echo out from the dome, they were terrified screams, their worst nightmares were being shown to them, this was mental torture that would make them break and give him what he wanted, Cal appeared by the dome wall screaming and begging for mercy.
"Please Alarion, no!" He yelled as dark chains dragged him back inside. "Please, no, no please!" Another screamed and Alarion watched with pity, but this was war, there was no pity or love during war. "Help me, help me please!" Another scream ripped out from the dome. "Alarion please, we don't know anything, let's us out." Cal begged on his knees with tears streaming down his face but this time black claws dragged him back and screams echoed once again.
"That is enough!" A voice yelled, power in it's suffocating waves radiated off this being. "I know this is war but this is not right." The man argued looking at the angel who was light incarnate but still have a cold heart.
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Kyra staggered to his feet, his leg was shattered, he was missing an arm and half his rib cage was broken, he knew Nico had it worse because his skin was still dried up, he was missing both a leg and an arm and from how he looked, the witch had shattered his whole rib cage. Kyra spat out blood which sizzled on the forest floor, he flicked his fingers and his arm moved on its own and began reattaching itself, his shattered leg was also healed.
"You're still as strong as ever." Nico mumbled as he lay on the ground, his skin looked healthier, not dried out and his breathing seemed to have picked up as well. "No I'm not as strong as back then, I'm stronger." Kyra replied as he straightened out his back, his arm was reattached and perfectly fine again. "I guess so." Nico choked out as he staggered to his feet, his legs seemed to have healed but Kyra knew he had put more damage on the boy, Nico was strong but he wasn't that strong.
"I guess it's time you finish me off." The witch mumbled as his eyes turned pitch black, shadows began to form in his now repaired arm, they formed a vortex but Kyra could see the nexus in the eye of that vortex, this was one attack he had to pour his strength into, five pentagrams appeared around Kyra, they had an electric blue glow onto them, and each one rotated around him, above him six symbols in hieroglyphs appeared, they made a circle and as they spun like blades they created a bomb that would detonate on contact with Nico's attack.
Behind Nico a single invisible rune hovering in the air, it was the hidden technique he had been taught by Ben. A barrier appeared around Nico as he finally released his final attack, it hurtled toward Kyra with frightening force. "Zeus's last defense: Blood of Old." Kyra mumbled and his first attack was launched and as expected it detonated the moment it touched with Nico's, the two powers struggled against the other until Kyra pushed more of his power and the cataclysm happened.
It enveloped them both destroying their barriers, Kyra did not scream he took the pain for his victory, Nico was silent as he was torn apart yet again by power he never imagined possible. When the blast was finally over leaving debris Nico was on his back unable to move, Kyra struggled to his feet and stood panting heavily. "Syre Style: Dawn of Destruction." The witch mumbled and the invisible rune appeared, five glowing blue spheres were released, they shot up into the sky as the clouds began to rumble, from the clouds a single beam of blue light was shot down toward Nico, the witch surrendered to his fate.
The power knocked him out completely and he vanished from the battlefield, Kyra dropped to one knee, he had won.
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"Who are you?" Alarion questioned the person who had appeared from nowhere. "I will talk, just please stop this." He begged but Alarion was adamant, he didn't know this person and it very well could be a trap because he was powerful. "I'm not here to fight you just please, I can't watch this, how you stomach it is beyond me." The man added as he looked behind him with sadness.
"Why should I trust you?" The angel questioned, he knew something was off with this man. "Because if I wanted to attack you I would have, and I also know you're manipulating reality, which is by far astounding and amazing to watch." The man explained but it didn't do well to make Alarion stop. The man made a knife appear from thin air. "By the bond of my blood, I will speak the truth and nothing but the truth, if I shall break this oath then let my blood be purged of mana." The man announced slicing his palm.
This was enough for Alarion because he knew an oath like that would kill, he waved his hand and the dome vanished, Cal and the other two lay on the floor bloody, they vanished once the dome was gone. "You're Mael's brother, Alarion, I'm Annel the person who was resurrected at the time pillar, please don't be alarmed I'm not here to fight, I just want to understand." Annel finally confessed and Alarion saw no reason to be alarmed so he nodded. "Why are you fighting, how did Halwright become this strong, I'm on the wrong side of the battle I know that but please I need to understand." He begged and the angel sighed.
"Let's head back in time then." Ben spoke after he appeared next to Alarion.