Gate Guardian - Song of the Frozen Soul

PHASE 21 - CAN I TAKE A BREAK!?

PHASE 21 - CAN I TAKE A BREAK!?

The Labyrinth Garden. As said in the briefing before the tournament, this will be our battlegrounds in this free-for-all match. When all Gate Guardian participants opened the Gate towards the Yami counterpart of this maze, we got randomly scattered to different parts of this field.

Tall brown walls of four meters in height surround me. There are three ways in which I can take, one to the left, one to the right, and on my front. I can’t see anybody here in this area, though I feel a lot of prana signatures around me. Those thick walls are the only thing that’s separating me from the battlefield.

In this fight, grouping with my allies would be the most advantageous scenario.

I look upwards and concluded that I can just parkour-jump until I reach the top of the wall and scan for my friends. There’s no ceiling in this maze at all since the dark skies and the blood moon is visible.

Crash! The wall beside me collapsed! Inside the thick smoke, I saw a Gate Guardian being launched away by a flame-type spell! It’s not the only noise either! The maze was filled with war cries, screams, spell castings, and crumbling debris noises!

Luckily, I prevented myself to shriek. I have to focus on avoiding an unnecessary fight! If my Gate Plate attached on my chest gets hit, it would be all over!

I leaped and ricocheted between walls until I manage to land on top of the labyrinth wall.

And that’s when I realized that it was a completely wrong idea to climb up. Now some Gate Guardians below had their eyes fixated on me!

“<Aero Twirl>!!!”

“<Freezing Missile>!!!”

“<Fire Bolt>!!!”

“Eeeek!” Now I failed to contain my expression! I ran like a circus clown balancing on a rope, barely avoiding the wind drill, ice rocket, and flame ball that was chasing me!

“You can’t escape me!” One female Gate Guardian dressing as a cowgirl said as she swung a green lasso towards me! “<Vine Wrap>!!!”

“Ah!”

My waist was completely constricted, and the woman proceeded to pull me down! My body crashed on the floor, with a loud impact!

When I opened my eyes, the proud smile of the woman greeted me. Her face drifted closer to mine as she arrogantly proclaimed her win. “Oh, you think that you can escape me? Too bad, I-”

Bam. I made a swift jab straight to the cowgirl’s chest, triggering her Gate Plate. She forgot to restrain my arm, so I grabbed this opportunity instead.

Suddenly, the Gate Plate exploded and clothed the woman’s whole body with white light!

“W-Why you-” The cowgirl groaned.

There was a dazzling light.

When the flash faded, the cowgirl is no longer here, not even a trace. It really looks like the Gate Plate opens up an emergency Gate to transport the wielder back to the Earth Realm. I should be careful not to get hit on the chest.

I remove the rope tying my waist, but then-

“<Hydra Dance>!!!”

Three flame dragons swirled to my direction, and I have no choice but to tumble back in order to evade the attack! The ground shatters, making rocks and dust fly around the air.