While trying to corner Gentile, night arrived, so Mirei and the big beast had to stop somewhere, they found a cave, the beast spewed fire from its mouth to light a fire so that they could rest in the place.
-Mirei: Damn... That abomination spent the day on the run.
-Beast: Calm down young man, by chasing him we have avoided more victims, at night he does not dare to move since his species does not allow it, they hate the night.
-Mirei: By the way, what are you and why do you chase him?
"Gagagaga!" I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Shiplion and I am one of the guardians of this world. You are a human from the other side, right? – the great beast answered.
-Mirei: A guardian? So, you're also infected by black magic?
-Shiplion: Unfortunately for me, yes, but before you a trio of female humans from your world came a few months ago, to whom I was able to talk about all this. Now, if you're going to ask why I look so calm, it's because I'm one of the strongest here and my race reacts well to magic, no matter if it's black magic.
-Mirei: A trio of women? Before us?
-Shiplion: It was strange, I was quiet in my temple and they suddenly appeared, but taking advantage of the occasion I told them that we were beginning to be stalked by evil.
-Mirei: Great... Another unknown among all this disaster.
-Shiplion: Well, focus on getting good sleep, tomorrow we will continue to hunt Gentile.
-I wonder why he is so eager to capture him if they are both guards- Mirei thought, but without asking more, he went to sleep. Early in the morning, Shiplion woke up the boy -It's in my temple belonging, we must go right now- were the words of the guardian, Mirei without wasting time got up, and climbed on him and left. Shiplion had to climb a huge mountain from which he had to make a huge jump, Mirei being very frightened by this held on strong to him -In what area is your temple? Why did you jump to the clouds?- to which the guard replied, -Gagagaga!- My temple is in an area where you can only enter if you have a magical suit that allows you to stand on the clouds- so when they started to descend by the jump, they touched land, it was a small island above the clouds on which there was a kind of altar. Mirei got down from Shiplion's back and once again saw Gentile's silhouette from afar. -This time we have it- he said confidently.
-Gentile: This time we will finish this, my orange friend.
-Shiplion: What do you intend to do with the orb?
-Mirei: What is that orb that you are trying to take possession of?
-Shiplion: It is an orb from which infinite magic sprouts from, for some reason it is an object that the "menace" is looking for.
-Gentile: The only ones who can carry him are the wizards, therefore I have killed every wizard I sense and finally... I had the presence of a special wizard here, but she had already left when I arrived.
-Mirei: You just dug your own grave, scum!
Gentile drew his sword "You are too vulgar for your age, my dear human" and got into a fighting position, so that his opponents were on their guard as well.
The battle began with Shiplion using his fire-breathing power to hurt Gentile, but this nimble armor managed to avoid being hurt with a big jump. While he was in the air, the enraged young man used the two weapons with which he was carrying (His spear, and a katana), he threw them while aiming at Gentile but despite being in the air he was able to dodge the attack of both weapons. When he fell to the ground, he began to run in circles around his two opponents to confuse them and not give them time to defend themselves at the time of his attack, but then Shiplion opened his mouth again -Heat missile!- he exclaimed and from his mouth came a beam of fire that despite the fact that Gentile ran at high speed this attack followed him without losing sight of him -You won't be able to dodge it, silly armor! That attack chases you for emitting heat, the more friction you cause when running will make it chase you more!- he said confidently, while Mirei picked up his two weapons, Gentile saw the opportunity to dodge the fire missile, so that it would be redirected against the young man but when he predicted that possible movement he used his spear to make the attack go back to Gentile -Heat shield!- he exclaimed, his spear was surrounded with magic and thanks to this ability the attack successfully hit Gentile, hurting him by not having time to avoid being harmed. The attack caused an explosion which raised dust causing Mirei to get lost in this -D-Did we defeat him?- he asked himself while trying to see in the middle of the cloud of dust, in which in a very surprising way Gentile appeared behind him -You are too slow to be so confident boy- he said and without wasting time he made a thrust which Mirei could hardly dodge, but thanks to dodging this attack Gentile saw a new opportunity to attack -Sonic!- he shouted and from his sword, huge gusts of wind came out very similar to those that Shiko usually throws from his sword and without being able to do anything, Mirei was very hurt with such an ability, and causing a large amount of Hp to be lost.
Gentile, knowing the type of attack that Shiplion would use, turned around throwing a thrust quickly, but the great beast knew that he would make such a move taking advantage of that to make a mockery and use his huge claws to scratch Gentile. The attack was effective, the power of Shiplion's claws was so much that it destroyed the back of Gentile's armor, making him see that it was useless to walk with that part destroyed, he dropped it.
This guardian, not having so much iron weighting him anymore, became faster, showing that inside he was walking another armor made of bronze. -They have managed to hurt me, they deserve credit- he said in a mocking tone. Shiplion after hurting the other guardian, approached Mirei full of wounds.
-Shiplion: Are you okay? Gagaga! You look like me with so many stripes!
-Mirei: Yes... Don't worry, the problem now is that we know that inside it has armor made of harder material, and the more we destroy the first layer, the faster it becomes.
-Shiplion: Hey kid, you must have some ability that increases your strength, with a little more from you I could execute a plan I have.
-Mirei: I have an ability that consists of not allowing it to move for after many consecutive attacks, but it is very dangerous to use it because of its secondary effect.
-Shiplion: Use it, I'll have your back.
That said, Mirei took the risk of using her most powerful skill, -Lancer dance!- he shouted and in a brief moment, it disappeared and when it reappeared, it was behind Gentile, in the blink of an eye many gusts of powerful winds cut through all his armor, leaving it shattered and making him remain motionless for a while, to which without wasting time Shiplion moved to attack him, But Gentile without having so much weight on him, instead of standing still used this opportunity to dodge and raise a piece of the temple wall to throw it at Shiplion, making Mirei's move an expense and hurting the other guardian. –Oh young warrior What's the use of being quick for a few seconds if you'll be an easy target- He exclaimed with a whole lot of disappointment, but then, Shiplion hit the ground, causing columns of fire to start coming out of it to hinder Gentile throughout the area, but when he made this movement, the momentum of a column made Mirei fly away until he hit another part of the temple -You forced me- said the great beast very furiously. Mirei fell on the ground without being able to get up because he was left without strength thanks to the attack he used, he was an easy target which made Gentile hunt him regardless of all the columns of fire that were in obstacle, Shiplion could barely stand up after using the attack, thanks to the wounds he received from the piece of wall that hit him, but he was willing to jump to the rescue towards Mirei, it was then that Mirei with the little magic he had left used an ability that he had not used before -Swordman and Lancer- he exclaimed with his last strength, then his body split in two, one Mirei with a spear and another with a katana, these two parts could run freely throughout the field, but without attacking since having divided forces they were very weak, Mirei had used this ability to give Shiplion time to recover, their clones began to run randomly throughout the temple, making it more difficult for Gentile to hunt them down the columns of fire.
A few minutes passed with this, Gentile without being able to hunt any part of Mirei stopped chasing them to go after his other opponent, but he had already regained strength by the time he made this decision, Shiplion jumped to the sky and when he descended, he lit his fangs in fires to trap Gentile, with the whole field destroyed Gentile could not escape, but he made a wise decision, this armor was pulled from the high area in which they were fighting, thus forcing Mirei to become one for him to follow him, but even without strength they have joined it was useless, when Shiplion fell with full power, it only caused a large explosion as its target had escaped.
-Mirei: Damn! That cowardly armor has escaped again!
-Shiplion: No... He hasn't, he doesn't plan to leave here without first murdering us.
-Mirei: So? Where has it gone?
At that moment Shiplion found out about Gentile's plan -His goal was from the beginning for Mirei to become one again to have him as an easy target again!- then he quickly launched himself to protect Mirei, at that instant Gentile appeared in front of them with enormous power carrying his hands -Well, well!- You have been able to protect him by predicting me, but unfortunately couldn't say the same for you, a pity my striped friend!- and then he casted the huge lightning bolt causing it to destroy the entire temple leaving only a piece of land on which they could still stand, something unexpected happened, a huge flash surrounded Shiplion at the time of the attack and when it was over, as with Hydra, Nancy and Deaby appeared a hybrid between the beast that was Shiplion and a human, this one seemed to wear armor in the shape of the guardian and had huge mane, still retaining its two tails.
-Shiplion: Yaaaaaaaarrr! Calm down child, I'm here to save you!
-Mirei: It can't be! Black magic has started to affect you!
-Shiplion: Jujujuju! I told you not to worry about me, I'm still just me stronger! Now we'll take care of that talking armor! Can you continue to fight?
-Mirei: Yes... The effect of the attack has already worn off
With Mirei standing and ready for combat again, Shiplion suddenly created two monsters made of flame which obeyed his every order -This is about to get interesting hehehehe- were the words that came out of this new stage of the guardian after staring at himself with Gentile - Get ready child!- he said with a smile to Mirei -Yes, there we go!- replied the boy ready to defeat his opponent...
To be continued…