A Random in Re:Zero

Loop 6 - Part 36

Since he hadn't brought his weapons, Leandro could only fight with his body. The fight became less frantic, but more dangerous. While Leandro managed to dodge all the attacks, he knew he would die if he received even one. Furthermore, Garfiel was now much more resilient, so dealing significant damage to him became a real challenge. Leandro had to analyze all his movements and attack him in different places to find his weak points.

Garfiel's aggressive claws sliced through the air, but they couldn't touch the black-haired man, who moved like a flickering shadow as he dodged each potentially deadly blow. While Garfiel was unleashing his rage in uncontrolled and erratic ways, Leandro seemed to flow freely, dancing on the edge of a cliff without breaking a sweat. He patiently waited for the moment when Garfiel would tire: only then could he take control of the fight.

That moment arrived a few minutes later. Having fought relentlessly and tirelessly, Garfiel began to feel exhausted, and his movements became clumsier and slower. Leandro didn't take a second to react.

"Shamak."

A dark cloud erupted from Leandro's body and blinded Garfiel, who was unable to see through the spell due to his rage. Standing behind him, Leandro grabbed his tail and spun him around, reaching great speed, then threw him into the sky. The anthropomorphic tiger rose quite high, but before he could fall, he was rammed by Leandro, who had taken off from the ground like a human bullet to knock him into the air and carry him higher.

Garfiel shook himself and tried to catch the elusive Leandro, but was unsuccessful. Once again, the dark-haired man stood behind him, and this time the consequences were worse. When they reached the highest point, Leandro pushed Garfiel down, using his authority to fall to the ground with great kinetic energy. In a matter of seconds, the two crashed to the ground with a devastating impact.

The ground erupted, and a small earthquake occurred. The shock wave uprooted trees, sending thousands of rock fragments flying in all directions. A huge cloud of dust then covered the area.

All was silent and still for a minute. Then, a gust of wind swept away all the dust, clearing the area and revealing a landscape of utter destruction. The oni sisters had arrived.

"There!" After casting her Fura, Ram pointed to a figure standing in the center of the area.

"Leandro!" Rem ran toward him, dodging the pits and depressions in the ground. Her sister followed her, and soon they were both standing in front of the dark-haired man. "What happened here?!"

"Where's Garf?" Ram frowned, suspecting what had happened.

"He..."

Before Leandro could finish his sentence, the stone mound behind the three of them abruptly crumbled.

"ROOOOAAAAAARRRRR!"

Still transformed into a tiger, Garfiel rose up in a furious rage and brandished his claws, not bothering to look at who was in front of him. Just hearing Leandro's voice was enough to drive him to destroy everything in that direction.

"...!?"

The twins had their backs to him and had no idea what was happening, so they weren't able to react quickly enough to dodge the swipe.

For Leandro, all this happened in slow motion. As if he had broken the RBD taboo, darkness surrounded him, but this time there was no shadowy hand. In that instant, he knew death was looming over Rem and Ram. His mind calculated all the possibilities: he wouldn't have time to force them out of range with his authority. Nor would he be able to completely stop Garfiel's attack, because with his brain limiting his power, the tiger's movement wouldn't be affected.