Rise of the Malactric Heir

They all looked at each other as the barrier crumbled in front of their eyes, and Vellon appeared behind Adora, about to stab her before she could react, but Alix blocked his sword with his own and Vellon looked at him then Alix smiled.

"Now, that's what I call cowardly; doing that is miserable and unfair; you should be ashamed of yourself, too afraid to fight even a girl?" Alix teased as he kicked Vellon into a tree, and Adora looked at him before he smiled.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks," she responded, realizing she hadn't been on her guard, gnashing her teeth and looking at Vellon as he stood up.

"What are you guys waiting for exactly? Tomorrow? Kill them," he ordered and the men rushed to attack them and everyone started fighting to protect each other as well as the crystal.

Ifrit's eyes glowed orange as a ring of fire formed in the air, killing every enemy it came into contact with as it fell to the ground.

The others placed their training to use, Sarah trusted her sword and killed anyone who came close to the crystal without hesitation, and Adora stood there staring at them as they fought without hesitation using their abilities and trusting in each other as well as themselves.

'They aren't the ones I first met; they've all evolved,' she reflected, and Alix smiled as he looked at her.

"I can tell you're dumbstruck, don't worry, I'll protect you," he said, and she looked at him as Vellon stared at them, realizing that he had underestimated her team because they had just started out, and he didn't realize they would have gotten strong enough to fight his boss's men.

'How hard did they push themselves and how powerful are they now? Are they worth killing right now?' Vellon wondered.

"Retrieve the crystal without killing her, you know what to do, don't kill them, just get the crystal and get out of there, we still have a lot more work to do, this crystal will help in that, but it's not enough, don't get lost again or prices will be paid, you wanted to do this, Vellon," someone said coldly to him, and Vellon's eyes widened as his right hand trembled and he gnashed his teeth before taking a deep breath as his eyes began glowing blue and red.

"You guys are really causing me too much trouble now, let me have the crystal," Vellon said as he approached them, and the iron claw began to form on Alix's right arm, the tip of which began to glow red and purple, and a purple marking began to form around the crystal, creating a barrier, and Adora smiled.

'He is managing his own powers, little by little they are coming to light, and he is using them following his instinct, amazing,' Adora thought before she sighed and turned to look at Vellon.

"Alix, I have no intention of tying you guys up because I couldn't get my thoughts straight; let's get that crystal out of here," she said.

"I have no problem with that," he replied as lightning bolts struck the enemy away, and Alix smiled, seeing Ayden was doing well with his powers, and they all formed a circle fighting off the enemy, keeping them away from the crystal, and Ifrit, Kyris, and Serina assisted them.

"Vellon, if you really want all your men here today to die, they will because they are not holding back not after everything you guys have done," Adora said and Vellon started laughing.

"You are really irritating me, what's the matter with you?" she asked, and he looked at her as one of his eyes turned blue and the crystal began to release a darker energy, and Vellon's eyes widened as they turned to look at it, and he gnashed his teeth then clutched his head, and out of nowhere, he punched Adora in the stomach, sending her flying, but she regained her balance and landed on her feet, and Alix's body began glowing red, as he started hearing screams just like he did in his dreams but this time the anger within him was he channeled.

"I will kill you," Alix said as Vellon was about to attack him, and he released the small ball of energy he had created onto the ground, which exploded on impact with the ground, and Alix spun around, kicking Vellon in the stomach and sending him crashing into a tree.

"Are you all right?" Ifrit asked as he approached Adora, and she looked at him, then at Alix, who was glaring at Vellon as he stood back up, and the two of them went head to head, fighting hand-to-hand combat, and a red claw grabbed Alix by the feet and flung him up into the air, but before Vellon could attack him, Alix flew up high in the air and Vellon smirked when he saw that.

"Adora, are you certain you want Alix to fight Vellon?" He is strong, and with Alix's current strength, he is ready to go head to head with Vellon, but Vellon's sun attack," Ifrit said, and Adora smirked before looking up at Alix.

"He can take it, Alix can take it, he wouldn't have started fighting him if he didn't know he could face Vellon but you are right too," she said as Vellon clenched his fists and the crystal started emitting a darker energy which affected both Alix and Vellon.

"What the hell is going on with that thing?" Ifrit asked as he gnashed his teeth and held on to Adora as she saw her mother's death flashing before her eyes.

"It's starting to channel that anger within us, it feeds on parts of the darkness," Ifrit and Alix mumbled as Zack turned to face Vellon and Adora sighed, realizing nothing was going as planned by her, Vellon, or the enemy.

"We have to get rid of that crystal," they all said and Adora agreed with them as they all heard a horn and when they turned around, they saw in the distance that Scott managed to get the ship up in the air then they looked at the crystal.