"Hmph!!" The elven chief snorted as the staff deflected away the thick lightning bolts and even though he had used half of his strength while blocking the bolts of lightning, they were not entirely made up of mana and were a work of nature. Therefore, some effects still lingered on his body. However, the chief was sure that he could take on Ray. After all, the man had done such inexplicable acts with his daughter that he wouldn't feel at ease, not until the man in front of him was six-feet under the ground and that too by his own hands.
Ray looked at the chief, and noticing the flash of anger in the chief's eyes; Ray smirked. His plan had worked wonderfully and the chief had lost a good part of his reasoning. Not to mention, Ray wasn't using all his strength right now and was simply using enough to keep the chief in place.
As for why? Ray had a good reason for that and that was, Ray was the distraction right now. He had taken the fury of the elven chief upon himself so he could distract him and not let him get involved with the rest of the elves.
He had some idea of the powers of the elven chief and therefore, had taken precautions accordingly. After all, the elven princess had already let him in on some valuable secrets and one of those was that the chief had a woman by his side most of the times and that woman acted in quite strange ways. Ways that even the chief had to compromise on various things while dealing with her.
Therefore, Ray also conserved his strength in case that woman appeared right now, "Though, i am sure mom will be handle her for long enough," he thought as he had shared this tidbit with his mother already and she had assured him that the woman wouldn't interrupt them much.
"Time for Round 2," Ray muttered as he decided to keep up the pressure. He didn't want the chief to get lax and divert his attention and therefore, Ray started to use more of his powers.
Before, he had used his physical strength and affinities of fire and lightning but this time, Ray had decided to use the Void Element as well.
Calling back the Void Shards, Ray willed them to turn into a long spear with one end totally blunt while the other had crooked sharp edge. If one looked at it with the normal eyes, the spear would seem highly crude and primitive but it was the situation that called for such a structure. The crooked end served Ray's purpose very well and so did the blunt end.
With his mana flowing through the spear, small sparks crackled all over his body. His eyes turned a grayish hue as he activated his Void Dragon bloodline completely. The blood that flowed in his veins gained a strange grayish color while his surroundings seemed to bent a bit. It wasn't the surroundings but the space that existed around him that bent and acknowledged the successor of the Void Dragon bloodline.
One could say, Ray had full control of the bloodline now but he wasn't strong enough to wield it adeptly and bring out the full strength of the Void Dragon bloodline. However, that wasn't what Ray wanted anyways. Right now, what he had was enough to deal with the enemy.
His eyes narrowed in on the chief as a chill ran through the chief's spine. The chief felt as if he had been locked onto by a predator and that left the chief baffled. After all, the man in front of him; even though strong, wasn't strong enough to give off such a feeling.
It was safe to say that the chief gratify underestimated Ray and that turned out to be his undoing. Not expecting what happened next, the chief felt the air in his lungs get knocked out. Finding himself above the ground and in the air, the chief tried to regain his footing when a dull sensation rang through his body.
He felt a blunt object hit his head as his trajectory was changed and he was now heading down to the ground. Not just that, but Ray had thrown the chief away from the rest of the elves and into the forest. After all, the mansion couldn't afford to be damaged by the battle between these two.
As for the chief,
He fell to the ground and regained his footing soon after. Standing up, the chief wiped the blood off his cheek and looked around him. Noticing the trees, he smiled maniacally and looked at Ray,
"You know you just dug your own grave, for we elves are the natural inhabitants of forests and the nature favors us while you threw me into a forest. Let me show you the true power of an elf," as the chief said this words, the amna around him started to thicken as it formed a dense layer of mana that even Ray could feel. The tip of the staff lightened up as a small crystal appeared in the middle of the forehead of the elven chief.
"Strange," Ray muttered as he didn't remember elves having any characteristics as he was noticing right now.
"It is thanks to Mother Nature that i was able to grow my power and free myself of my previous limits," the words kept coming out of his mouth but Ray didn't give them any ounce of care. He was too focused on the surroundings and changes happening to the elf to notice anything else. Right now, the elf's skin was changing from a healthy color to a pale color while his eyes turned completely green with the pupils turning eerily red. The crystal on top of his forehead glowed slightly as pulses of energy were released from it as they travelled down his body. The staff in his hand had turned completely different as not only did it look like a branch of some tree but form what Ray could notice, the staff in itself was alive but not conscious.
A rich energy ran in the staff as every fiber of that ornament was filled to the brim with a dense life force that even confused Ray. After all, the life force was hundreds of times greater than his own and that made no sense at all. That was until Mag'ladroth's voice sounded in his head yet again, "Get a grip on yourself kid, that staff is a branch of the world tree and not just any but one of the most ancient ones. So just fight carefully and try to get your hands on that thing,''
Hearing hat Mag'ladroth had to say, Ray got an idea of the situation as he shook his head and focused on his opponent.
By now, the elven chief was covered in an armor made from the trees and vegetation in the forest itself. Not just that, but a thick layer of energy surrounded the armor that the elven chief wore. Ray was sure that the seemingly inconspicuous armor was not so simple either. From the energy that covered it, Ray knew it was going to be a chore to bypass it.
Tightening the grip around the spear, Ray channeled his mana into it as his mana core thumped with energy. Unknown to him, by channeling this much mana into his core; the cracks that covered its surface started to glow as a good amount of energy started leak out of the mana core and if not for Ray continuously absorbing the mana from the surroundings, his mana core would have been emptied long ago.
"Guess its time i get serious," he muttered as his feet dug into the ground. Taking a deep breath, he channeled some of his mana to his feet and exerted his strength, pushing off with great force; the leaves around him flew into the air as he appeared right in front of the elven chief. The crooked end of spear in front, a grayish energy shining upon it as the space around the tip trembled.
"Dinggg…." The spear hit staff as a metallic sound reverberated through the surroundings. Witnessing the staff's durability, Ray's face scrunched up as he kicked the air and jumped higher into the air. Then bringing his staff down with full force Ray banged it right at the chief's head. As the staff hit the chief's head, Ray brought down his legs and kicked the chief back while retreating at the same time.
With a slight smile on his face, Ray looked at the chief; hoping that he had caused some sort of damage but to his surprise, other than a scratch on the staff and some dented marks on the amor, he hadn't caused any substantial damage.
Seeing this, his expression turned serious as Ray realized that it was either him or the chief; a battle of life and death between the two.
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