Chapter 11: Ch 11. The hottest flame
On the rooftop of the clover castle Galileo and Magnus face off against Lykan, who has finally opened his grimoire. A daunting display of magic power illuminates the sky above the palace.
"Did they finish him?"
"They can't have, don't you feel all that magic pressure? It's all over for us…"
"Idiots MY big brother is up there fighting! He can beat anyone! Plus, there's that Magnus guy too!" Leopold is the first to show support to their heroes. Others begin showing their support too."
"Go Magnus!"
"Kick his ass Gali!"
"MAGNUS! GALILEO! YOU CAN DO IT!"
"Aww that's so sweet they're cheering for us." Peering over the edge.
"Galileo it's do or die time. Expect every attack that comes from here on to be a possible kill shot."
"If they weren't, he wouldn't be worth fighting."
"Good to know you're ready...Hey do you have any fire based techniques available?"
"Don't be a smartass my magic is sealed right now."
"You ARE a dragon, aren't you? Isn't breathing fire natural?" Galileo's embarrassed facepalm proved he'd forgotten this fact. "I really wonder about you sometimes…"
"Whatever, what's your plan and be quick about it!"
"We do the same thing as last time. Lykan's ice can't keep up with our lightning, so we'll maintain our advantage in speed. However, we'll switch our strikes to a flame base it'll force him to expend more magic to counter."
"Alright. Sounds like it'll work."
"Of course it will."
"Have you finished your little chat?" The magic pressure causes the area of rooftop around him to begin to freeze over, it even snows around him now as if he has his own atmosphere. "It's time to close the book on this battle of ours."
"But you just opened it! What kinda corny-"
"TUNDRA ACCORD!" A three meter high tower of jagged icicles encases Lykan and the bursts towards the young heroes at blinding speeds.
"Son of a bi-." The wall of ice crashes down on them with devastating force. Magnus barely dodges it with substitution jutsu leaving a wooden stump frozen next to Galileo in a massive wall of ice.
"I thought you were ready dammit! How the hell does a dragon get frozen!"
"And then there was one." Magnus turns to face Lykan who is grinning having stopped one of his opponents. "This formation does wonders for my magic. After I take care of you maybe I'll start permanently sapping magic from others."
"I thought you wanted to do better for the people of clover."
"I did, but I realize now that there are people like you. Monsters who have the power to make change but enjoy this foolish regime's ways. I can't believe you'd side with these greedy nobles over the people who cared for you all your life. My struggle may seem trivial to you, but you lived among those who never got the chance to help themselves. You saw how they lived! Blessed with such power and you use it to defend your very oppressors. Thinking back on it I'm glad you turned us down…you make me sick."
Lykan's words actually cut a little. Magnus hadn't ever given much consideration to the overall state of the commoners. Sure he was planning to send money from his endeavors as a magic knight back home. Still, that was years away and really only for the church. There were plenty of people much worse off than them because of their poor quality of magic. With his powers he could have made them more prosperous years ago. "…I was only thinking of how I could benefit from my actions. How can I be the hope of the people when I don't even care about them?"
"Since you understand, surrender. Give your magic to me and watch me lead clover into a new era. One where all will be equal under me."
"HAH! Server under you? The failed captain who couldn't even protect his own squad. Don't make me laugh. Just because you had a good point doesn't make you right." He pulls a gold hair tie from his wrist and ties his hair back into a short ponytail. "I've decided, from today onwards I'll do whatever it takes to defend the people and help those in need, like a true wizard king would. Anyone who gets in my way will be cut down." Drawing his sword with that last sentence, his entire demeanor completely changed from the easy-going schemer to the domineering king of man once again.
His glare was so cold even Lykan felt a chill, still he was undeterred. "Wizard king? How can you do such a thing when you'll be locked up feeding me your magic power! Just like your-" A wave of azure washes over the entire scene, heading towards Lykan. "SNOW FORT!" A layer of condensed snow forms a protective column around him. His armor barely holds as he pours so much magic into rebuilding it to keep from being incinerated himself. All remaining ice had instantly evaporated.
"I was getting a little cold, thought I'd warm things up." Galileo, now fully defrosted (again), blows smoke and grins big. "Now that's a punchline, asshole."
"You couldn't have stayed frozen one more minute? I was just about to cut him down. Terrible punchline by the way."
"You were starting to sound too much like the protagonist. Plus, it was cold in there!"
"It's your fault for getting frozen."
As his fortress of snow crumbles, Lykan steps out. "You little shit! I thought you were dead!"
"I'm hard to kill, what can I say."
"Let's put that to the test! Cold War!" 10 Wolf heads made of snow appear around Lykan and with a loud howl they breathe rapid fire snowballs with devastating force.
"Storm leg thunder spiral!"
"Leaf shocking hurricane!"
They jump forward together with spinning roundhouse kicks arcing lightning from their legs. The lightning crashes into the cannonballs exploding on impact.
"Windward Howl!" The ten wolves' heads combine into one massive head behind Lykan. With a howl even more fierce than the last the head breathes a cyclone of freezing wind. Oddly shaped knives with three prongs fly in all directions coated in purple lightning. Magnus appears where the highest one is weaving hand signs. The others fly as if they have a mind of their own, piercing the wolf's head and continuing at Lykan. He dodges them with the help an ice trail allowing him to slide at high speeds. However, the blades lose no momentum and chase him relentlessly. One flies across Lykan's path and Magnus appears point blank upside down. He goes for an overhead kick but Lykan blocks with his arms crossed up high. He realizes he's now face to face with Magnus, defenseless.
"Fire style! Roc flame bombs!" Magnus breaths countless embers out that grow into a small meteor shower, violently blasting Lykan away. As he skids across the rooftops burning, purple lightning converges above, and Galileo appears above him preparing to exhale azure flames.
"Aurora Hunt!" Lykan raises a hand towards Galileo and storm clouds rapidly form over him, A giant wolf made of multicolor lights eats him snatching him out of the air. It crashes down on the roof leaving an enormous rainbow colored crystal in it's wake. He rises to his feet to notice Galileo isn't inside. An azure glow illuminates Lykan's backside as Galileo roars from behind him. Lykan dodges via his Ice slide but Magnus rushes Lykan with his sword coated in flames, while Galileo covers him with blue fireballs. "FROST WOLF MARCH." Lykan blows a gust of wind and an army of white wolves charge at Magnus each at least two meters tall.
"These can't stop me!" He Hacks and slashes through them with acrobatic grace, the sharingan saw every opening no matter how small. Some even smash into each other in vain attempts to catch him, others were blown away by fireballs. Soon he's upon Lykan but a sharp pain in his ankle stops him. "What the?" A pair of jaws had formed out of the scattered snow and bitten his leg.
"Frostlock." The snow formed several more jaws that bit into him as they began to encase him fully in snow.
"AMATERASU!" Black flames burst out and the ball is spliced to pieces then evaporated in the next second. "(He forced me to use my Mangekyo…)"
"First blue now black fire? You kids are full of surprises."
"Got that right! Magnus flicks his wrist and POOF! Four shuriken appear in his free hand. "Shuriken shadow clone jutsu!" He throws them and they begin multiplying mid flight until hundreds of thousands of shuriken are flying at him. Lykan conjures a wall of snow and in second's the wall is blackened with the metal stars. All he hears is "Demon wind shuriken!" A four bladed weapon similar to his shuriken but much larger flies through the wall coated in black fire. Lykan ducks and it sails over his head. Poof! The demon wind shuriken turns into Galileo who is now behind him.
"Shit!" Lykan finds himself trapped between a rock and a hard place.
"Black fireball jutsu!"
"Azure lightning flame roar!"
The off colored flames are spewed sandwiching him into a hellish inferno.
"WHITE WOLF'S DEVOURING FROST!" Lykan flips to the strongest spell in his grimoire. The howl of a wolf could be heard loud and clear as a tsunami of snow gushes in all directions. The silouhette of wolves can be seen forming in the wave.
"YOU"RE FINISHED! RAAAAH" Galileo doubles his output.
"Inferno style: Flame control!" Magnus manipulates the black fire and then the red and blue follow. Swirling around Lykan his spell was completely contained. The flames don't stop but compress around him.
"AFTER ALL MY HARD WORK! HOW CAN I LOSE! NOOOOOOO!" The shrinking ball of flames reduce him to ashes. Galileo and Magnus wave upward and the flames rise way up in the air before exploding creating a series of shockwaves that would have erased the castle, had it went off at ground level.
"Think that settled it?" Magnus looks up at their fireworks still going strong.
"If he comes out of that he can have this damn kingdom. I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to do much hand to hand with him though."
"Yeah, that was a little disappointing. Maybe next time." Shrugging nonchalantly.
"Well I'm going to do something about that formation…my magic hurts."
"What?"
Galileo doesn't answer instead he walks to the edge of the building and leaps down onto the courtyard like he's cannonballing into a pool. "MAKE WAY!" His skin turns to scales and hardens like steel. He smashes into the ground destroying a large area of the formation and canceling it's effects. "I can already feel my magic coming back to me!" Magnus appears from the mark on his coat. The two are surrounded by the people who were waiting below.
"They beat Lykan even after he had his power boosted so much."
"Such young talents! They'll be the pride of clover kingdom in no time!"
"Maybe they'll be a king and wizard king duo like never before!"
"You did it Bro!" Galileo chops Leopold in the head before he hugs him.
"Of course I did."
"You didn't die, good job."
"Yuno it wouldn't kill you to look slightly happy to see me alive. "
"Sorry Magnus, you came to us for help and ended up doing all the work yourself. The magic knights were pretty useless today…(Our kingdom's best was here and could do nothing.)"
"It's all of our kingdom to help protect."
It was obvious from this day, that these two boys who were only eight years old would bring big changes to this kingdom in the near future. The crowd showered them with praise and love as they became the new stars of the night.
"Galileo Vermillion! Magnus Pendragon! This kingdom owes you a great debt of honor for your courageous deeds tonight. No one will ever forget this night fire and lightning defended us from an icy grave. The Clover Kingdom thanks you sincerely." The crowd cheers in agreement. "In several days' time we will celebrate your honor with an awards ceremony!"
"YES!" Magnus loves high end food and fashion.
"NO!" Galileo hates formal events.