- Final -
"THAT SPEAR IS TO THROW, CROCODILE. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW TO THROW?" Charlotte shouted in frustration.
"OF COURSE I KNOW, TURTLE. I DON'T NEED YOU TO TEACH ME THOSE THINGS!"
The spear that Rak was holding was one of the spears created by Workshop. She remembered for this one, Rak should have threw that spear instead. Mad Shocker will work better if he throws it.
"[Quadruple Cube: Blockage]" Khun began to use his lighthouse to froze Reflejo but that didn't seem to work well.
"Did you really think that you could stop me with that?" Reflejo asked.
"I just need you to turn around for a moment" he replied. "'Cause the real one is behind you.'"
When Reflejo was distracted, Bam appeared behind him and tried to get Hwaryun back. Reflejo challenged him for it.
"BAM, DON'T TRY TO USE THE [REVERSE FLOW CONTROL]!!" Charlotte shouted. "THAT WON'T WORK ON HIM!!"
But when she said that, Bam had already used it and he realized that the [Reverse Flow Control] didn't work on Reflejo. Bam then jumped to his Blue Oar and dodged Reflejo's spear.
"I am a shadow, a creature without the flow of shinsu" Reflejo said to the four of them. "I've been sent here to deal with you. I've thoroughly grasped all your power. I've become one with shadow, and I am both myself and the shadow. I'll perish after I have exhausted this power and will not return. But it's alright.
Mr. Viole, Mr. Nox. It's time for you to laid rest, so I can achieve my long-cherished dream."
They said that when someone dies, if his obsession was incomplete, then he would not be able to reincarnate and still remain in this world as ghosts. Now that Charlotte had seen one, it seemed like it was correct.
"KEEP DREAMING!" She shouted in irritation. "Who wants to die for your cursed dream? Your dream is dream, then what about our dream?"
Reflejo, "Well, it's not certainly our concern, is it?"
"You!" Charlotte gritted her teeth before she added, "You FUG are really despicable! Not only that you kidnapped us in the Test Floor to be your damned slayers, you want us to die for your ridiculous dream? Heh, even if I am to die here today, I would never let you bastards get what you want! Even if I have to be a ghost, I'm not letting you off!"
Khun who glanced at Charlotte knew how angry she was. His blue eyes looked at Reflejo who remained indifferent about her words and said, "A shadow creature who's stayed thousands of years to realize his wish...what an obsession."
"What a freak" Rak said and struggled to climb on Khun's lighthouse.
While he and Rak continued to fight, Charlotte put her right palm on her eyes that were forced to close. She felt pain on her eyes and took few steps backward.
"What's wrong?" Khun asked.
"My eyes...."
"You can't force yourself" Noah said. "If you try to see it more than your limit, then you might go blind."
"But I can't die here" Charlotte said.
"If you can't read the future, then why don't you focus on the present?" Noah asked. "Six seconds won't do much anyway. It's better if you attack with the others. If you are afraid to get hurt or death, then don't worry. You won't die as long I'm here."
It wasn't the matter of being afraid of death or hurt. She was hurt plenty of times. She just needed to read his movements and then informed it all to her brother so that he would get hurt less. She didn't want to see him to get hurt.
"Getting hurt is normal in a fight. It would be rather strange for one to not get hurt in this kind of fight" Noah said again to her.
"I know.....but I just don't want him to suffer that much" Charlotte responded.
Noah, "....."
"Khun, lend me your lighthouse" Charlotte said.
When Khun wondered what the girl meant by that, he already found her opening her fan and then jumped on his blue lighthouse, using it as a jumping point to jump towards Reflejo who blocked her attack with his spear.
"You're finally moving, Nox" Reflejo said.
"I will make sure that you will disappear along with your obsession" Charlotte said.
Her golden eyes showed how deep her anger was as she jumped backward and fought with Reflejo.
Bam didn't really know how strong Charlotte had improved. After all, for these seven years, they were allowed to see each other once a month for an hour. But now he had seen her fighting, he believed that she really had gotten stronger.
Her fan was able to cut through his skills as Charlotte dueled with Reflejo. Of course, it was hard for her as [Reverse Flow Control] didn't work. Her other skills that she had recently discovered didn't work either as they had no effect on this damned Reflejo. Was he really invincible like what he said?
With these two slayer candidates, they began to work together to fight with Reflejo. The two of them worked quite well but the problem was that Reflejo was just too strong. Like what he said, right now, he was temporarily stronger than B- regular. When he found an opening, he attacked both of them together and sent them falling from the arena.
"Bam! Charlotte!"
"Black Turtles!"
Of course Charlotte and Bam wanted to attack back. But Reflejo used Hwaryun as his shield and making them couldn't help but to accept to their fate and fell down.
"You can't attack me" Reflejo said. "The conviction you have that you need to save everyone has put you in this kind of situation. And it is here that you will.....die."
He sent more attacks towards them.
"DARN IT. YOU SON OF A....TURTLE! YOU NASTY BASTARD!" Rak shouted. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
Charlotte closed her eyes and crossed her arms. She was ready to endure everything. But when she felt nothing, she opened one of her eyes before opening both, realizing that she was surrounded in violet chrysanthemum petals that protected her.
Noah saved her again.
But she didn't have the time to think about it when she heard the loud cry with her brother's voice, she immediately turned around and saw that Bam had no one or nothing to protect her. Seeing how he fell down, Charlotte immediately shouted for his name and prepared to jump down as well when those violet chrysanthemum petals stopped her from doing it and sent her back next to Khun.
She didn't think too much as she was ready to fight head on with Reflejo. She was filled with killing intent and her desire to kill Reflejo suddenly increased. Khun had to held Charlotte back before she behaved foolishly that would result on her life.
"Let go of me!" she said. "I want that bastard's life! Let go of me!"
Khun seriously wrapped his arms around her waist so that she won't be able to jump and died in vain. When he can't take it anymore, he raised his fist and smacked her head harder than usual While shouting: "CALM DOWN!!"
After he smacked her head, Charlotte who felt pain looked at Khun and was stunned.
"Didn't you say that you could predict the future? Then couldn't you tell whether your brother is fine or not?" Khun asked in irritation.
Charlotte, ".........."
His words had made Charlotte realize about something. In the Manhwa, after Reflejo landed a hit on Bam that the thorn began to show its true form and helped them to defeat him. So it was actually a blessing in disguise.
When Charlotte knew that she should have been thanking Reflejo to hit Bam and let the thorn reveal itself, she couldn't help but to hit her forehead with her fan and made Khun wonder whether she really had gone mad or not.
"Why did you hit your forehead?" Khun asked again.
"I just realize something important" Charlotte said and looked at Khun. She held his arm and asked with a smile, "Do you have a way to figure out how to save Hwaryun?"
Khun glanced at her hand that was holding his arm. Charlotte noticed his gaze and knew that he must have felt uncomfortable. She pulled back her hand, apologized before asking him the same question. Right now, saving Hwaryun was the top priority.
Khun knew that Reflejo was cautious. He was careful enough and he was aware that the thorn's power might be unleashed in any time. He knew that both Bam and Charlotte cared about their friends that he used Hwaryun as his shield. But he was also careful so that the guide won't die otherwise Bam and Charlotte won't be holding themselves back.
But after he thought about it, he realized that there was indeed a way to defeat Reflejo.
"Rak, Charlotte."
When they heard their names were called, the small crocodile and Charlotte looked at him. With serious expression, he said, "I have a way to beat that ugly lump of charcoal."
They smiled when they heard about it.
"REALLY? WHAT IS IT?"
Khun flicked Charlotte's forehead, "Calm down, do you want the whole world to know about it?"
She shook her head, "Quick! Tell me how!"
Khun wondered whether the young lass realized it or not, that she has been behaving like a child who was ready to do task in order to get some sweets in exchange.
"You said that the Mad Shocker is for throwing right?" Khun asked and Charlotte immediately nodded her head. "Then when I gave you signal, crocodile, you have to throw the spear right on where my lighthouse shows you. Let's beat him up quickly so that the four of us could get vacation."
"Ok" Rak agreed while Charlotte looked like a sad puppy as she was ignored and didn't get any roles for his plan.
But then again, this was the plan he came up with in the Manhwa and it worked quite well.
Rak ran and then jumped at Khun's lighthouse before he jumped high on the sky and threw the Mad Shocker towards Reflejo. If Reflejo wanted to keep Hwaryun alive, then he would move his hand that was holding Hwaryun's collar away and prepared his hand that was holding the spear to block it. Khun had seen this coming and with his lighthouse, he teleported the Mad Shocker to his back, where there was Hwaryun.
Of course, he turned around again and then blocked the Mad Shocker. Like what he had thought, this Mad Shocker was powerful and exceptional. Sadly, the spear ended up in enemies' hands.
From the corner of his eyes, Reflejo saw Khun coming. It was an ambush, he thought. But everything was fine since he had his hostage. With his hostage, he believed that whatever attack will Khun attempt to use, it would all be meaningless.
But who would have guessed that this guy come not for him and for his friend instead?!
Without hesitation, his knife stabbed her heart!
He asked him with a smug smirk, "Hostage....you say....?"
Reflejo was stupefied to the point he didn't know how to react for a moment. Wasn't he busy trying to save this Hwaryun? Then why did he suddenly change his behavior? Could that be he was too tired attempting to save him and thought that killing her would be better instead?
"YOU CRAZY TURTLE!!" Rak shouted as he caught his spear and landed on his lighthouse. "WHAT THE HELL YOU HAVE DONE?!"
"Are you tossing your hostage aside?" Reflejo asked.
With his grin, he replied, "No. That would be my usual style but not today." He loudly declared, "Today I have decided not to abandon anyone!"
The figure out Hwaryun disappeared from his hand and without a trace. Reflejo was surprised again. As Khun jumped backward, he showed his knife.
"I got this item from the first round" he said to Reflejo. "It's called White Heavenly Mirror. One of the three magical abilities of this knife....is it could compress and seal someone who has his heart stabbed with it inside this mirror."
"What?"
"Turtle!" Rak happily shouted his name.
He knew that his turtles were all good!
Charlotte knew that it was the right decision to come. Otherwise, she would have missed such a scene. Her smile grew wide and her golden eyes reflected everything that she had just seen.
"Although you bluffed a lot, I could tell that you have a problem with durability, using a hostage as a shield."
"You little- "
"In another word, without hostage, there is a chance we can win" Khun said to Reflejo. "You should have taken good care of your hostage, don't you think?"
The man who bluffed and proudly declared that he was stronger than B - regular was currently defeated by an E- regular and fell into his trap. How could this not be embarrassing?
In anger, he tried to kill Khun and everyone there. Khun silently hoped so that Bam would wake up soon with his thorn.
Charlotte wouldn't let anything happen to her friends. So she jumped and used a lighthouse as her stepping point and then blocked Reflejo's attack with her fan.
"Don't you dare, charcoal" Charlotte said with a proud grin. She was really satisfied with what had just happened. "This man is the brain of our team. How dare you lay your fingers on him."
Khun seriously didn't expect that Charlotte would bluff like that with her wounds. Her wounds had got worsened and he was sure that if Bam didn't wake up soon to help, then the chance of them winning and surviving would be quite low.
"Now that Hwaryun is safe and sound, I don't have to restrain myself anymore" Charlotte said.
For these times, she has been restraining herself since she was afraid that she would make a reckless mistake that would hurt her favorite guide. But now that since she was safe and sound, Charlotte lifted her fan with serious expression and a moment later, she rushed towards Reflejo.
Her speed and strength had increased than before. But even though she had suddenly gotten faster and stronger, that didn't change the fact that she still wasn't the match for Reflejo.
Violet chrysanthemum petals were gathered by Noah and then they formed a huge arrow. He swung his hand lightly and then the arrow was aimed at Reflejo in which he blocked with his spear. This attack wasn't ordinary either and quite strong. When he was blocking that one arrow, Charlotte shot five bangs towards him.
He was about to retaliate and attack again when his attack was suddenly blocked by someone.