[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

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"Brilliant," Sera muttered sarcastically, turning his attention to the plate of armour he was holding. Without delay, he cracked it open, and slipped it on, pressing tightly on the rim of its collar until it clicked uncomfortably into place. "Hello again, other boy," Sera mocked, glancing at Jeff briefly.

[SuperFlash]

"So I'm just other boy now? Geese, you think some people would recognize me for my talent." Jeff said a tad insulted by the guy. You would think his name would grab some attention seeing how his technology's done so much for this place they currently resided in. Doing his best to not pay any further attention to it, Jeff's focus turned to the chestplate Sera placed upon himself.
"Looks like I'm not the only one thats been dabbling with magic and technology and fusing the two together. That chestplate has potential to be a big problem." Jeff said before quietly muttering to Jenso. "I get the feeling those gauntlets might be able to even the field a little. Though we need to be careful nonetheless."

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"Hmph, you think too highly of yourself. There are many promising scientists in Tech-Mo, plenty of whom I could likely credit more to the prosper of this city than you- What have you done?" Sera taunted, lifting the work table and launching it at Jeff and Jenso with his force powers. "Nothing but useless weapons, and gizmos with no purpose. That's all you've made."

[Jensoman]

"Yeah...that chestplate doesn't look good at all. I'm sure he'll have more tricks up his sleeves this time, we'll have to keep a close eye on them." Jenso stated, referring to Sera's helpers as well. He dashed to the right to avoid the incoming table, and slammed his left heel into the ground. A flame wave erupted from the ground where he struck his heel, which kept getting bigger and kept spreading wider as it moved forwards, aimed to strike Sera and his two allies.

[SuperFlash]

"Useless?!", Jeff responded as his level of insulted continued to increase, "Okay I can admit I play that ego cars of mine a tad much, if I do remember so correctly these 'useless' gizmos played a big role with you having to retreat like a little bitch, though I suppose we shall have to repeat those events then to jog that oh so forgetfull memory of yours."

Jeff then readied a device that was on his gauntlet before proceeding to start off with backing Jenso's attack with some with wind blade projectiles.

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Sera completely cancelled out Jenso's flame wave with a force wave of his own, sweeping his right foot across the ground and then flipping through the air, and between Jeff's wind blades, acrobatically, before landing on both of his feet. Something was different about him now. He wasn't flying like before. Without hesitation, he dashed towards Jeff and summoned a pair of force blades around his arms, they glowed with a pale yellow light. Sera jumped and spun in midair, using the momentum from his body's twist to increased the power behind his swing, aiming to cut Jeff clean in half.

[Jensoman]

Jenso took note of the fact that Sera jumped into the air towards Jeff, and dashed towards him. He slammed his left heel into the ground yet again near Jeff for a second before dashing out of the way of Sera's attack immediately. "Jeff, move!" He said. Where he struck his foot, another flame wave erupted from the ground, at the location where it seemed that Sera was about to land. It took a few seconds before it emerged though, giving Jeff time to dodge.

[SuperFlash]

"Okay that armor did indeed do something to him..." Jeff said as he full speed wind blasted him back out of the range of Sera and his Magical Blades and Jenso's flame attack putting himself into tumbling back roll in the process. 'I wonder if that yellow is electricity or just a power boost either way my gauntlets should be unable to be affected by it.' Going out of the roll Jeff then fired off his left gauntlet and attempted to grab hold of Sera's arm with it. He hoped it might keep him in place long enough to be stuck in Jenso's attack and if not he had some other thing ready.

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Jenso's flame wave shot out in all directions, but as the smoke cleared, Sera was unharmed, blocked by a small barrier that protected his body. He stood up, re-summoned his blades, and deflected Jeff's gauntlet with a single swing, causing it to fly farther behind him as Sera ran forward. But before reach Jeff, he dispelled his right blade, and grabbed the gauntlet's chain, pulling Jeff forward and slashed vertically with a great deal of might.

[Jensoman]

Jenso glared at Sera as he pulled Jeff's chain, noticing that he dispelled the blade on his right arm. He dashed towards the man's right as his pupils changed into white flames for a moment. He took aim with his left hand, launching a white flame ball which moved at the speed of a bullet, at Sera's right arm to get him to release Jeff's chain.

[SuperFlash]

'Well shoot I only have a few options for this. Lets hope these things payoff as planned.' Jeff said as he released charged electric energy that he stored into his gauntlet earlier in hopes to shocking the fuck out of Sera who was stupid enough to grab hold of his chain. On the premise of that not working Jeff took aim with his other gauntlet and fired off a point blank grenade on Sera that was designed with a special property to them. "Let see how you handle this 'useless tech'! GO!! TEMPLAR BOMB!"
As the name would specify, this grande was something Jeff whipped up with the initial design for shutting how all arcane energy in a decent blast radius while creating a smoke screen that would blind the soon to be weakened mage. He only had 2 on him though, as they were not the easiest things to make, so he had to make sure the attack would count. With luck it would disable that magical blade of his along with any force fields he was conjuring up just leaving that armor of his to tank any blows.

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Sera darted his head towards Jenso, but stood his ground. The white fireball struck his arm, burning it from his shoulder to his elbow, but he didn't let go of Jeff's gauntlet. His slash followed through, as an explosive noise sounded from between him and Jeff. As the chaos cleared, he was standing next to Jeff with his left arm extended outwards, as if he'd just sliced through his target. But his energy blade was gone, and only a yellowish aura remained. He looked at himself and then to Jeff, but didn't say a word. He felt it, and knew that his arcane network was briefly sealed off from his magical prowess. But with Jeff so close, he was also affected by the blast. Sera took advantage, and immediately stepped into Jeff' striking him with a surprisingly quick left hook, directly into his Jaw, before releasing his gauntlet chain and jumping back several yards.

"You'd sacrifice your own arcane abilities to stop mine. A clever invention, beyond what I'd expected of you. But with your wind manipulation sealed, I am far superior to you," Sera claimed, turning to Jenso, "And you.. That white fireball.." Sera paused and rubbed his burnt arm. The wound seemed to be healing slowly, but wasn't disappearing. "Arki manipulation, just like your friend. But, unstable, and chaotic. That power is undeniably superior to my own, but can you sustain it?" Sera smiled and clicked a button on his armor. Suddenly his Ki became far more dominant. His muscles rippled and he grew about an inch in height.

"Seal my magic all you want"

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~ End Of Chapter 78 ~

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~ Chapter 79 ~

_{A Thief's Ki}

Sera's skin began to discolor, turning bluer and bluer, until it was light blue, and has a crystal sheen to it. It was similar to Ross' darker skin, in a way. He stood resolute, and rose his hand, pointing towards Jenso. "Try that again," He taunted.

[Jensoman]

Jenso frowned as Sera punched Jeff, but felt relieved by the fact that he didn't get cut. He glared at Sera as a sweatdrop appeared on Jenso's forehead. He jumped further away from Sera and took aim with his right hand, quickly launching a flame ball at Sera's chestplate. He made a quick circular motion with his hand, and the flame ball turned into a flame saw, increasing in speed and power as it moved at Sera. 'He may be bigger and have more muscle, but he might be slower now!' He thought.

[SuperFlash]

Jeff was surprised how quickly that left hook of his was and couldn't do anything but preposition himself to go into a roll to minimize the damage of the punch that hit him in the face. Thankfully at least it was before he turned into this blue giant smurf that would have made his head a pancake otherwise. Still it left him bleeding in his mouth and coughing up a bit of blood. "Gah, and you hit hard for a puny mage... I guess I can say it was beyond what I expected as well.."

Jeff took a moment to stand up and shake off the hit before readying for whatever Sera planned to do next here. At this point, the bomb's effects wore off and arcane power was restored to him and Sera. Given it didn't seem he would be relying on it too much right now.

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Sera waited patiently for the fireball, and as it sped up, he stood resolute, waiting for it. Again, as he'd done before, he curled his arm around and struck the flame saw directly at its centre with a force-empowered piercing blow, dissipating the move instantly. Residual flames danced across his chest, but he was unharmed. Sera chuckled and shook his head. Sera looked back down at his hand and flexed his hand a few times, before dispelling the force-energy around it.

"Not a long effect," Sera commented, clenching his fist. "A formidable technique, that saw-like attack of yours. Penetrating power far beyond your body's limit, but at a dire cost. It can be easily dismantled if anyone strikes its epic-enter with magical precision. You can't hurt me with that," Sera taunted, "But now, I'll show you what I've created with the help of that strange man's Ki.."

Sera rose both his hands, but nothing happened for a moment. Then, suddenly, the ground underneath both Jenso and Jeff shook, and two crystalline spikes popped up from the ground, aimed to split them in half.

"Crystal Cross!"

[Jensoman]

Jenso dashed towards the left to avoid being struck by the spike. Fortunately, he was able to sense what would appear from the ground now. He dashed around Sera in circles to make it difficult to discern which angle he'd attack from. He feigned as if he'd punch at Sera's stomach, but kept running until he reached his right side. Flames bursted out of his left fist as he punched at Sera's right knee. "Flame dragon punch!!"

[SuperFlash]

Jeff took to the air by grappling onto a futuristic looking chandelier that hung from the ceiling. It wasn't the most sturdy of devices but did well in holding Jeff for the moment while he contemplated the best way to land a proper blow on this blue monster of a person until an idea struck. Given Jenso's current position with taking Sera head on, Jeff remained there waiting for a proper opening in which he planned to rip the chandelier from the ceiling and hurl it at him like a giant wind propelled bomb.

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Sera leant to the left of Jenso's punch, and spun around after a short hop, aiming a force-propelled roundhouse kick for Jenso's head.

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes widened as Sera kicked at him. He attempted to duck under the kick and launched another white flame ball at Sera's foot that was still on the ground. He hoped it would cause him to fall, or at the very least knock him off-balance for a moment for Jeff to act. He pushed himself away with his feet afterwards, rolling further to the side to get some distance between Sera and himself. 'Shit...looks like I might have to go all out soon..' He thought.