Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ High Voltage (part 3)

[Jagger] - "Guilt Extension: Sky of A Thousand Wishes! "

While keeping up with his relentless attack, Jagger began bombarding Athena from all directions with high-velocity spikes made using objects from their environment. However, just like when Mike trained her in her final test in the kitchen, she was prepared. No matter how many times or how unexpected were Jagger's sneak attacks, she was easily able to keep up with the onslaught while maintaining the momentum of her strikes.

As their exchange came to a climax, they were each merely an inch away from each other's faces while each grabbing the other by the collar. The two exchanged a long psychotic stare fueled by the thrill of adrenaline and the murderous intent behind their mind before finally pushing each other away.

[Jagger] - "Existential Judgement: 1st Dimension! "

Said Jagger as he put his hand before his sight.

[Athena] - "Existential Judgement: Greek Kitchen! "

Said Athena as she extended her arms.

With each party now aware of the other's ability, they each maintained a perfect balance between offence and defence. While initially no side took any damage from the other's attack, Jagger suddenly activated Blade of Pandemonium, which upon reaching the 5th second of activation built up enough strikes to overwhelm Athena's ability by cracking the prison.

With Jagger now freed, he used this opportunity to maintain Blade of Pandemonium to its 6th second to strike Athena. With her hands in front of her face, Athena bore a series of devasting slashes which were not lethal thanks to her defence but dealt a significant amount of damage to her body nonetheless. Catching Jagger completely off-guard, Athena conjured an electric arrow from below, which struck Jagger in the lower jaw. This temporary distraction allowed Athena to break free from 1st Dimension.

As each side struck the other with a punch, they were both sent crashing into the city below. As the cloud of dust and debris cleared, Athena and Jagger walked side-by-side while staring at each other with dilated pupils and a grim smile full of murderous intent and excitement.

[Athena] - "Let's do this again, you piece of shit! Existential Judgement: Greek Kitchen! "

Said Athena with confidence.

[Jagger] - "Existential Judgement: 1st Dimension! "

Said Jagger, happy to oblige.

This time, as their abilities struck at each other, Athena conjured one of Sisyphus' boulders and used it to absorb Jagger's Blade of Pandemonium. By the 5th second mark, just as Jagger thought he could pull the same trick as last time, he was hit by a boulder which was destroyed a total of fifty times in five seconds. With this condition in play, the boulder's weight was the Earth's mass with a speed of 10% the speed of light.

While Jagger used his ability to keep the boulder at a safe distance from him, this left Athena with the perfect opportunity to strike. As soon as Jagger turned around, he was hit in the chest by one of Athena's lightning arrows. By the time Jagger broke through Athena's Greek Kitchen, a huge burn mark was left on his chest with charred flesh sizzling and cinders detaching from his ruined clothes.

Both sides were beyond exhausted by the intensity of the battle on top of being severely injured. However, neither Jagger nor Athena showed any sign of weakness or willingness to give up. Discreetly, Jagger prepared to activate another of his techniques but hesitated before deciding to not go forward with his plan.

[Athena] - "Are you ready to continue, you bleeding bastard? "

Said Athena while breathing heavily.

[Jagger] - "This dance has gone on for long enough, so let's clear the floor already! "

[Athena] - "Nah, turn up the music because it ain't a true dance if it doesn't rock the heavens and hell to make God and the Devil nervous. "

Said Athena with a confident grin.

"This woman... I'm going to bathe in her blood and rip out her vocal cords! She pisses me off so much! Does she even know who I am? "

Thought Jagger as his face grew red with rage.

The final showdown was near as both sides activated their crystals and prepared to fight. There is no more holding back and no more games, their next exchange will be a pure exchange of strength aimed at tearing each other apart. But who will have the last laugh?

To be continued...

*EXTRA

- Profile: Athena

- Ability: [Existential Judgement: Greek Kitchen]: "An ultimate ability developed by Athena during her early days under Mike's guidance. Upon activation, the divine hands from her previous abilities will form a prison around her target and apply extreme pressure, simulating the conditions of being crushed at the center of Earth up to twice of said pressure at the maximum power output. Meanwhile, using electricity, the prison will heat up to a temperature similar to the sun's outer layer at 2 million degrees Celsius. However, in line with Athena's nature, this ability is only a tame version of her true Existential Judgement attack. "

- ABILITY STATS:

Power - A

Speed granted - None

Speed of ability - B

Range - A

Durability granted - A

Durability of ability - B

Precision - A

Potential - B