Chapter 62 - The Boys Vs. Myer Final Part (1/2)

The massive dust cloud hung in the air, obstructing the vision of everyone in the lobby, except for the brothers, who had activated their Mana Sight the moment the cloud formed.

{We've got company.} Cynrik's eyes flicked around the lobby, targeting several Mana signatures, which represented the several grunts who were preparing to go to battle downstairs.

Cynrik counted approximately 14 Tier-1 beings in and around the lobby, by rough estimate. As he looked around and found the hidden enemies, a random thought popped into his head, making him pose a question to Tobs.

{Hey Tobs, I know that we burn our proficiency for our Affinities by using the Over-Break Mode, but why does it feel like we are closer to those elements than before?}

-Currently, due to the Over-Break Mode drawing a massive amount of Mana Particles and infusing them with the Host's body, the Host has temporarily surpassed the Tier-1 limit and reached Tier-2 Fire Elemental Affinity.-

{Tier-2, interesting, then let's try out some constructs, kuekue!} First, Cynrik closed his eyes and felt the mass of Mana particles swarming within and around his body. Then, taking a deep breath, Cynrik emulated what he saw Myer do earlier, and threw out both his hands like a conductor, and gripped the air. In doing this, swarms of particles peeled off his skin and gathered in his hands before molding into a replica of his SunFlare, the only difference being it was made of Fire instead of metal.

Beside him, Brance was doing the same thing, except instead of two swords, he created two pointed shields made of glowing Earth Mana. These shields were oblong, his whole body's size, and tapered at its top and bottom. They resembled Cap's shield if it was a long oval instead of a circle. In addition, the underside of the shield had a single cylindrical handle that allowed him to hold both shields on either side of his body comfortably.

{Really…two shields… no sword…} Cynrik saw his brother's choice of weapons and had to mock him while admiring his own Fire swords.

But Brance was just as quick with the mockery, {Really…fire swords..che, no originality at all. Clocks ticking; let's deal with the mobs before finishing off the boss.} Brance looked behind him into the pit that was still covered in a cloud of dust. It'll take him a minute to get back on his feet.

Usually, I'd say let's just go down and murk him…but with how much of that Plague Mana is circulating down there, even without Over-Break Mode, I'm not sure if we could get close. There's something off about it. If I weren't covering myself with Mana, that shit would start decaying my skin or something. Better to let him get up and beat his ass again. But first... Cynrik waved his hand, manipulating the Mana particles again, and created five more Fire swords, which circled him while hovering in the air.

Letting out a slow breath and slashing down his left arm, the five Fire swords flew off at speed untraceable to the naked eye and buried themselves into five unsuspecting Tier-1's.

Ignoring the kill notifications, Cynrik disappeared from his spot in a flash of Fire and appeared within a cluster of four mobs, and started slaughtering them like chickens.

Shooting a glance at the timer indicating how much time was left till the forced shut down of Over-Break Mode,

-Time remaining 03:10-

Brance vanished and reappeared in a crowd of Tier-1 mobs before hacking away at them with his two shields.

Unlike Cynrik, Brance didn't need the Dual-wield passive since technically shields weren't counted as weapons but instead equipment. That and, Tobs wasn't registering Mana Construct equipment part of their loadout.

Within 20 seconds, Cynrik and Brance massacred their way through the 14 people surrounding the lobby and returned to where a bloodied and battered Myer was clawing his way out of the large crater.

Neither brother wanted to give the man the opportunity to collect himself, so they dashed forward and attacked.

Brance made it to Myer first and, using his shields, slammed Myer's head into the ground hard enough to make the man ricochet off the ground several inches from the impact.

The attack brought Myer dangerously close to passing out as his limp body raised off the ground and was subsequently flung vertically by Brance, who used his shields like a springboard and tossed the man straight up into the air serving him on a silver platter to Cynrik.