[Grandora City]
The news of Greg's death reachedthe command room. The moment a flatline showed up in Greg's chart, everyone then understood that Greg fell from holding back three sentinels all on his own.
In that very moment Head General Alex and Luitenant Owen who knew Greg from the earlier days, couldn't help but swallow the bitterness in their throat while saluting him for one last time. His sacrifice would never be forgotten.
With another veteran gone in this war, news spread out throughout the battlefield about Greg's death. While the other members of the polar dormitory felt a tinge of sadness from his death, there are some people who knew Greg that felt various emotion.
While fighting Cuatro, Kanzaki couldn't help but get angry as he was mad at himself for not being strong enough to deter his current enemy and aid the other areas. Even though their time was short, he still somewhat got acquainted with Greg through Ryuuji himself.
As for Ryuuji he simply stayed silent, as the rain soaked his head and hiding his sadness. He can't afford to have his feeling cloud his judgement, especially since they are in a war. He needed to keep his head cool at all times, so there was no room for grief.
As for Arthur, he couldn't help but but grief as Greg sacrificed himself to get Arthur away to a safe distance. He doesn't know why he did that, but he guessed that Greg must have seen how dire the situation was and decided that atleast he could get him to escape, even if that cost him his life.
At first he misunderstood Greg's intention, but the moment the fight started and the announcement of his death arrived, he realized that Greg had sacrificed himself for the future of humanity. From then on he swore that he would avenge his death as tears poured down his face.
This time he needed to find Joana and regroup to protect Claire. After all Joana has few means of protecting herself, so in order to increase their survivability, he needed to regroup with her.
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On another area Anthony together with Cynubis and Roland are getting pummeled repeatedly by Siete. As three agents of the organization seemed exhausted, Siete on the other hand is hulking energetic as if all the power in the world is in his hand. In this very moment the mana around Siete was so thick that it even made Cynubis uncomfortable.
As far as they know they have already killed Siete 10 times already and all of those is thanks to Cynubis chaos ability to manipulate sand. However this time their only advantage has vanished when rain started pouring in.
As everyone understood sand and water doesn't bode well with each other.
Sand becomes weaker when it rains because water reduces the friction between sand grains, making it easier to move and causing the sand to lose its ability to hold its shape. Additionally, the water can fill the spaces between the grains, potentially leading to liquification under pressure or vibration, further weakening the sand structure.
When sand is saturated with water, it can become susceptible to liquification. If there's any pressure or vibration, the water can force the sand grains to separate, creating a liquid-like state. This is similar to what happens during earthquakes.
With that sand manipulation became practically useless in this enviroment, which then made this battle even harder to win.
In that moment Siete's laughter could be heard as he realized what happened to Cynubis sand. After all as long as the sand was gone, he would have an easier time finishing off the enemy. Plus they all three of the agents are now tired and nearing their limits, while he was still energetic, the odds are now in his favor.
"The skies are really on my side today, with the rain heavily pouring down, those annoying sands would become useless"
Infront of Siete's provocation, Anthony then asked Cynubis in order to confirm what he said.
"Senior! Is what he said true? Are your sands now useless"
"Unfortunately he is right, with rain pouring this heavy, the water itself would dissolve my sand forms, as of now they are as brittle as form dust" replied by Cynubis
"Thats not good..." Reacted by Roland
In that moment Roland noticed that Cynubis was quite calm despite having his chaos ability turned useless. With his years of experience on the field, he had recognized what that calmness entails.
"Your calm... you have a trump card don't you?"
"You realized? You have quite a perception, well I do in fact have another card up my sleeve, however it takes time"
The moment Cynubis said those words, chills suddenly run through their skin, as Anthony immediately realized that Siete was right behind Cynubis. He was too fast, even though he had his eyes on him, Siete still manage to appear behind Cynubis without anyone noticing.
Before he could even understand what's happening, Siete himself was already upon them.
"What are you guys whispering to each other? It sounds interesting"
The moment Siete said thos chilling words, he then swung his club at the unguarded Cynubis, only for Anthony to instinctively push him Aside and tank the attack himself. With his diamond formation, he had morphed his whole body into diamond in order to block the attack.
However despite that, the force of the swing still smacked him senseless to the point that he begun to wobble when the club hit his head.
Before Anthony could do anything, Siete swung down his club once more, as the attack disarmed Anthony and straight up smack him down to the ground.
After that Siete drilled Anthony with repeated swings, before he suddenly grabbed his leg and smacked him away crashing through 5 buildings like a baseball.
With Anthony taking the fall, Roland and Cynubis quickly engaged in combat against Siete, as they took this chance where his back is turned towards them to attack.
However this time with his tenth resurrection, his whole body became as sturdy as a tank, while his own rampaging mana just made it even more durable, making most of the weapon made by the organization completely useless against him.
"What are you guys doing? Are you scratching my back?"
With a mocking smile when their weapons wasn't able to even pierce his skin, Siete then swung his club at them, forcing Cynubis to jump away, while Roland ducked down to avoid the swing.
When Siete missed his swing, Roland then took this chance to attack him with multiple slashes in a single point, only for it to be blocked without much scratch to his skin.
When Roland saw that he failed to even leave a scratch on him, he then quickly jump away in order to widen the distance between him and the enemy. Unfortunately Siete was fast enough to react on time and manage to catch his leg, before he pummeled him down tk the ground with his club.
In that moment Cunubis swung his spear towards Siete head, only for the latter to react to his speed and caught its blade with its teeth.
Upon seeing this, Cynubis was quite shocked when he tried to pull his spear back, only to fail due to Siete's immense biting strength. Before he could even do anything else, Siete then pulled him closer using his bite force, before he grabbed his by the neck and threw him towards a truck containing a full wet cement.
In one crash, the whole truck was flipped over, as the cement was spilled unto the ground.
"Come at me!!!"
With overflowing confidence, Siete dared to stand infront of Cynubis who was like a prey cornered by a bigger predator.