Chapter 2 Father and Daughter

Two glowing swords clash at a speed that was barely noticeable for a normal human as the resulting shockwaves tear open the ground and shred through the surrounding corpses.

It didn't take long till they both realize that they were equal in strength and none of them would get the upper hand.

The blond knight grinds his teeth and kicks the ground to gain some distance.

The black knight seemingly knowing what he planned to do also distanced herself from him.

With around fifty meters between them the blond knight raises his blade and starts to chant in an ethereal voice.

"Hear my call and lend me your power.

To fulfil my duty as the ruler of these lands.

As servant of the lord and the holy land.

I beseech you."

"Fehlam!!! Extratum!!!" With the final line spoken he slams the now pure blue blade down.

A giant beam of blue energy extends out of the golden sword till it reaches the length of 500 meters and a powerful pressure descends onto the land.

The black knight calmly observes everything unfold till the giant blue blade starts to descend onto her head.

She raises her sword up with one arm and starts to speak in a fiery voice.

"My sword is life.

My life is knowledge.

My knowledge is emotion.

And my emotions are power."

"Nehum!! Astratum!!" She shouts as she pointes her sword at the incoming blue blade.

WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

A gigantic beam of red lightning bursts out from the tip of her blade and crashes into the descending blue blade.

The following collision causes an ear numbing sound and sends a powerful shockwave through the surrounding which transforms the battlefield into one giant crater.

The two energy blades struggle to push each other back, without much success.

These two attacks are manifestations of their experience with their swords and the achieved power.

The blond knight slowly gets overrun by his anger as he shouts through the deafening sounds of the clash and starts to pour his everything into the blue blade, clearly intending to finish it with this attack.

"AAAAAAASSSSTTTRAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screams his daughters name.

With his shout the blue beam suddenly intensifies and sends a powerful blast at the black knight.

The blast impacts on her head and shatters the black helmet on top.

Fire red hair explodes out of the coffins of her helmet and two golden snake eyes reveal themselves.

A fierce smile on her lip's Astral stares at her father with confidence and barley contained excitement.

That is what she wanted to see.

A legend consumed by anger and rage which allow him to break all limits and overstep any boundaries.

She tried it many times but always failed, she didn't know how to achieve this state of pure emotion, so she decided to witness it with her own eyes.

Not everyone is able to do it, because of that she had to choose someone who she was certain that he would be able achieve it.

Who would be a better candidate than her own father?

She didn't feel a bit guilty about anything she has done, not about killing her family, not about the betrayal of her kingdom or driving her father into this crippling rage.

The reason for that is simply, she doesn't have any emotional connection to them.

It is the main reason why she walked the path of emotions, she never shared them, she never lost control of them.

They were her own and nobody was able to intervene with them.

Sadly, this also means that she wasn't able to achieve this state of absolute emotion on her own and forced her to try it with this method instead.

Finally, able to witness the uncontrolled peak of the path she decided to walk on, she couldn't resist the rising excitement within her.

She strengthens her grip on the black with circuits covered sword and slowly reduces the amount of energy flowing through it.

This causes the beam which comes from her sword to slowly being pushed back by the blond knights one.

Astral continues to observe her father and his energy with concentration and focus as if afraid she would miss something.

The confrontation of the two ultimate attacks goes on for a whole hour, but the once equaling beams are now clearly shifting closer to Astral as her beam grows weaker and weaker while her fathers is only growing stronger by the minute.

Then as the blue beam is only ten meters away from coming into contact with Astral's blade she raises her free right arm and pointes her middle and index finger at her father.

"Magic is knowledge.

Knowledge is emotion.

Emotions are power.

And power I will use to fulfil my desires."

She chants with an ecstatic smile on her face.

"Semo! Astratum!!" She shouts and a lightning as thick as an arm zaps out of her fingertips with absurd speed.