[IC] A Hero Tale {Complete}

[SuperFlash]

Jeff did his best to stay out of Sera's attention for the time being waiting for the perfect chance to send the thing flying. In the meanwhile he also armed his gauntlet with 2 bombs and took a moment to concentrate his energy.

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Before Jenso could get a chance to move out of Sera's range, the half-elf's foot slammed against his Jaw. Jenso's fireball had stalled him long enough for Sera to land a hit. It still struck him, however, exploding against his right-most abdominal area. It didn't seem to do much damage at all though. Sera landed on his left foot as Jenso was launched off balance by his kick, and used a force wave to re position himself underneath Jenso in the blink of an eye. In another quick motion, Sera launched his fist towards Jenso's back, and struck him with immense force, launching him once again, towards the ceiling where Jeff was perched. His power showed a phenomenal improvement. His hits felt as strong as Ross', with his initial speed and agility which Sera amped up with his force-manipulation. The fusion of arcane mastery, and a power level that on its own, dwarfed Jenso's, was rearing its ugly head as more formidable than any foe he'd faced before. Sera rose his hands and aimed at Jeff and Jenso as he flew through the sky.

"Crystal Cross!"

Two spikes jutted out of the ceiling above Jeff and severed the dangling light source, making it fall towards Jenso as he was launched upwards.

[Jensoman]

Jenso grit his teeth in pain as he was launched towards the ceiling. He coughed up some blood as the chandeleer fell down towards him. 'Shit...I can't lose consciousness now..!' He thought, as his vision began to get blurry. He stretched his body out, as a burst of flames erupted from his feet to launch him out of the way of the incoming chandeleer. He spun around in mid-air, making sure to land safely and a good distance away from Sera. 'Looks like I have no choice...If he keeps hitting me with those attacks..'

Jenso's vision began to get clear again despite the pain that rushed through his body. He crossed his arms for a moment as his Ki began to skyrocket. "Omega..." He muttered, as white flames violently bursted out of his body. The immediate area near Jenso began to heat up immensely by the sheer intensity of the flames, as his pupils changed into white flames. "...OVERHEAT!!!" He roared, as even more flames bursted out of his body and coated him completely in white flames. His muscles had increased as well, as he uncrossed his arms. The flames stabilized somewhat now, but still lashed out violently which signified that he did not have complete control. He used his hand to clean the blood off his mouth. "You're going to pay for your crimes." Jenso spoke in a cold and booming voice. He took aim with both hands immediately, launching a torrent of white flames at Sera which moved at insane speeds.

[SuperFlash]

As the chandelier got broken from the ceiling because of the spikes Jeff began to plummet along with it. With this and the situation Jeff saw Jenso being placed into he knew it was either now or never. He kept up his concentration and focused immensely on placing aside his emotions, worries, and distractions allowing his wind sage powers to take form. His Ki and Arcane power then began to spike to a new high as he then fired off his other grappling hook and began to swing it around in the air in a helicopter like motion getting faster and faster until the wind almost made a small tornado of sorts which surrounded him like a shield along with allowing him to levitate in the air. Following this motion he then shifting the motion of the chandelier and raised it high in the air and proceeded to swing it down towards Sera like it was a super fast, giant mallet.

"I agree Jenso, a man like this doesn't deserve the title of king, just like the one that came before him." Jeff said in a voice that echoed through the wind.

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Sera launched a wave of forceful power towards Jenso, but missed as he darted away. For a moment, he swapped his attention over to Jeff, who'd already begun flinging the chandelier about, but a gigantic burst of Ki alerted him towards Jenso once again. His eyes narrowed at the flash of burning light, and the torrent of flames that followed. Sera swung his arms back, bearing his chest, and then flung them forwards in a crossing motion, sending two crossing gusts of force towards the torrent. The two attacks collided, but Sera's force prevailed as Jenso's attack ended. However, by the time it reached Jenso, it was no more than a gust of wind, barely strong enough to even upset Jenso's balance.

"What!?" Sera hissed. He looked up as the whipping winds from Jeff's tornado pull began slashing towards him, and he raised his arms in a reactive manner as the chandelier cam crashing down on him. The wind burst outwards and the metal crunched as it hit him dead-on.

A few moment passed, and as the wind cleared and the wreckage was visible, Sera was gone, crushed underneath the giant piece of metal. Or so Jenso and Jeff may have thought. A cracking noise sounded, and the metal split in two, revealing Sera as he busted through the top and landed on top of the wrecked heap of scrap. His blue skin was slightly cracked around his shoulders. A single shard less than a centimetre in width fell off to reveal his true skin, still in tact, underneath. He was covered in a protective coating the entire time! Sera stretched his right arm for a moment and cracked his neck before looking up at Jeff angrily.

"I'll show you what true royalty looks like."

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~ End Of Chapter 79 ~

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~ Chapter 80 ~

_{Sera's Potential Revealed: Crystal Casket!}

Sera flexed both of his arms and rose them above his head for a moment before swinging them down. His wrists touched his waist as he gathered power and his crystal armour grew thicker. Spikes jutted up from his shoulders and his hands became clawed weapons. His head was encased in a crystal-like helmet that flattened out his hair and moulded to the line of his neck and spine.

"Crystal Casket!" He shouted, before bending low and propelling himself towards Jeff at top speeds. To Jenso, Sera in that single moment was a blur. But to Jeff...

[SuperFlash]

Jeff did his best to maintain his wind sage form of his despite his mind's constant need to change focus onto different things and to let his emotions effect his actions and thus did his best to maintain focus on fighting Sera and not hurting Jenso in the process. When Sera came flying at him like a blue death rocket he was ready, with a speed set to counteract he kicked out at him launching the tornado he had around built up around him and then flew upwards back to the ceiling landing feet first on it.
On closer examination the tornado could be seen to be made up of a bunch of wind scythes which spiraling around each other at an alarmingly fast rate. "Sage Arts, Wind Scythe Tornado!"

Once landed on the ceiling, Jeff immediately starting preparing his next counter attack and began to build up a giant sphere of wind in his right arm.
'I can't let up on these attacks, not even for a moment. Otherwise he might actually get the better of me', he thought to himself as he continued to maintain focus.

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes widened as Sera's wind stopped his flames. Not only that, but now he had transformed and launched at Jeff like a blur. He couldn't keep up with Sera's speed to discern just what he was doing, but his sensing ability and the direction Sera was moving at gave him a good idea to know where he was. He took aim with his hands, launching a torrent of flames at Jeff's tornado at insane speeds with both hands.

The white flames were caught in the tornado and merged together, powering up Jeff's attack tremendously with his own Arki powers as well and turning the tornado white as it headed for Sera. 'Looks Like Jeff can see what he's doing..' Jenso thought, feeling both relieved for his friend's safety, and impressed.

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Sera couldn't stop himself, but his sheer momentum was enough to overpower the tornado's pull. The wind sliced at his crystalline armor but left only small scratches, dealing no significant damage. It did however, slow him down further. By the time Jeff dodged, Sera flew out of the tornado's radius, but once he slammed his fist against the ceiling, his body, now stopped, was pulled back into the tornado. Flames soon overcame his vision and the surrounding area was flooded with a bright white light. Sera flailed his armed around, creating an array of force waves to protect his body, but the flames melted away a few portions of his armor, leaving a darker blue casing around his left thigh, right shoulder, and lower back. As soon as he'd gathered enough energy, Sera launched himself out of the tornado with a burst of forceful energy, and landed on the ground near Jenso. He rose his hand and tossed a force blast towards Jenso at point blank, and dashed behind it to follow up with a series of punches and kicks.

[SuperFlash]

Jeff's eyes widened as Jenso attempted to fuse there attacks together leaving him slightly surprised. The surge of emotion caused his form to nearly disparate for a second but Jeff litterly slapped himself to bring the form back. "Nope nope, not yet" he muttered to himself as he busted himself down from the ceiling with his giant force orb in hand and landed next to Sera and attempted to return the favor on him by using the orb to blast him head on and try to send him flying into the wall.

[Jensoman]

Jenso took note of the incoming force blast and sensed Sera approaching. He slammed his left foot onto the ground, causing a flame wave to erupt before him in order to clash with the force blast. The wave was stronger and faster than his regular form's, and had more pushing power than his torrent of flames did. The blasts stopped him from seeing what Sera was doing however, but he hoped the wave would delay Sera momentarily. He dashed towards the right at top speeds with flames erupting from his heels to speed up his dash, in order to avoid Sera's assault. His breathing got deeper as he moved, signifying that the move was quite exhausting as the flames behind his heels dispersed. His forehead was sweating even more as well. As he moved towards Sera's left, he punched at his left theigh.

"Rocket Strike!!" Jenso shouted. As he punched at Sera's left theigh, a powerful flame erupted from his elbow, making him punch with the strength of an actual rocket. It wasn't quite as destructive as a superform-charged flame dragon punch would do, but it's increased speed put a lot of force behind it.

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Sera's force wave and Jenso's flame wave cancelled eachother out. Again, the wind from Sera's attack struck Jenso, but did nothing. It was clear that Sera's attacks were stronger, but only slightly. Sera's first punch missed and Jenso moved, but his kick following that struck Jenso's stomach dead-on. Jenso seemed to power through it though, pushing against Sera's leg with his own flame-boosted sprint, and threw him off balance slightly. Then, he struck Sera's leg and shattered the crystal coating. Sera fell forward and turned to the sounds of whipping winds as Jeff flew towards him. He rose both his arms to block, summoning his force blades and crossing them. The sphere of wind struck, but began to shrink as the two powers collided. As soon as it was gone, Sera propelled himself forward with a burst of energy, and his right, undamaged leg, slicing at Jeff's stomach with his left blade.

[SuperFlash]

Jeff seeing the incoming danger matched his charge speed by flying back away from him at the same speed of Seras charge, thus keeping him from being able to close in the distance. He then proceeded to fire off 3 wind sage boosted wind scythes with his kicks before firing a plasma bomb at Sera and time it to explode the second it came into contact with him. The bomb itself was also wind boosted to counter.
"You are gonna have to try a little harder then that." His voice echoed loudly towards him. It seemed to be more then just a taunt as the burst of wind that came from it as it acted as a shockwave of its own.

[Jensoman]

Jenso cringed in pain for a moment after receiving Sera's kick, but felt glad that he managed to land a strong blow. He dashed after Sera as he charged at Jeff. He launched a few fireballs into the air near Sera's head with his right hand, and closed his palm. The fireballs exploded in mid-air, in an attempt to blind Sera momentarily, to confuse him and give him a harder time to strike Jeff. He launched another rocket boosted punch at Sera, aiming for his lower back this time.

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Sera continued dashing forward, slashing Jeff's wind scythes in half as he proceeded. 1, 2, three! The plasma bomb itself was caught in a sphere of force. Sera clamped his hands on either side of the bombs as it exploded and concealed the explosion until it was over. Then the smoke came, and Sera felt Jenso's fist break the armor on his back.

"Those punches!" Sera grunted, spinning around and slashing at Jenso with his right blade.

[SuperFlash]

With Sera turning around the opening Jeff needed came available. Giving it everything he had he boosted at Sera max speed and aimed for the shattered spot on his back with both of his metal boots. On the off chance that Sera could react in time Jeff readied his final templar bomb and prepared it for another point blank shot from his gauntlet. If he was hit with the bomb too it wouldn't matter as he had one final trick up his sleave.

[Jensoman]

Jenso attempted to jump out of the way of Sera's slash, paying close attention to the blade to avoid the attack. He noticed what Jeff was doing, and smirked at Sera. "Here, have another one!" He taunted, feigning another rocket punch at Sera's chest. Instead, he stomped the floor with his left foot, hoping Sera would have put most of his attention on his punch. The flame wave would erupt from the ground at his feet, and at Sera's exposed left theigh.

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Sera stopped hard on his right foot and locked his focus onto Jenso's punch.

"He's fast!"

Sera kneeled forwards but when the punch didn't fire, it became clear what Jenso was trying to do. But Sera had more to worry about. He had revealed his back to Jeff intentionally, cautiously waiting for his energy signature to spike further. With both hands, Sera dispelled his blades and contained the flame wave at Jenso's foot, using his force abilities to redirect right back towards Jenso. He then rolled forwards, through an explosive white burst of flames as his force containment ended, and out of Jeff's way, leaving the wind-sage master to head straight towards Jenso. Sera landed behind Jenso and stood up, with heavy burns along his left thigh.

[Jensoman]

Jenso's eyes widened as the flames struck his leg. He grit his teeth in pain, but Jeff was his bigger concern. He was headed towards Jenso at top speeds, and was about to strike him. He attempted to move out of the way of Jeff and move himself further away from Sera by jumping further to the right. Unfortunately, he would be too slow if Jeff did not act. 'Shit..!' Jenso thought.

[SuperFlash]

Jeff's eyes widened as his terrible lack of thought led to this situation. The shock was enough that Jeff fell out of his sage form and crashed down going into a roll and stopping right before Jenso. The entire room then proceeded to spin around with him feeling entirely disoriented and his face bleeding once again from the impact. "whoops..."