107 Confrontation

"Grimhild… I know the truth now, I know all that you've been hiding from me- no… from us!" (Kyto)

Grimhild and Kyto were outside of the cafeteria, staring at one another. No staff or teacher was present, it was only them.

"…What are you saying, Kyto?" (Grimhild)

"I'm saying… you're a witch, aren't you? The duality magic, and your age, your knowledge and wisdom, your feats to do the impossible! You have to be a witch, there's no doubt in my mind about it." (Kyto)

"And if I was, Kyto? You confronted me about this, and you talk about it as if it's some terrible thing." (Kyto)

"You… you were the one who burned down my village… you killed my family, didn't you?" (Kyto)

Grimhild lifted her brows, shocked at his words.

She couldn't speak… she could only quiver in her lip.

"…" (Grimhild)

"Answer me, Grimhild. There's no doubt in my mind about what I said… none at all." (Kyto)

"...…." (Grimhild)

"Long ago, after my dad pushed me out the village to save my life, I flew for miles… but I recovered midair, from willpower alone, to save my father. I ran fast as I could back to the village…" (Kyto)

The Cyrodel balled up his fist, squeezing his eyes in agony, reminiscing his trauma.

"-But when I got there… my entire village… all of it… disappeared in front of my eyes. I thought to myself, maybe I'm dreaming… maybe this is all some illusion. But no." (Kyto)

"...." (Grimhild)

"I walked towards what was left, and I found my dad's grave. But, I realized something… the magic that destroyed my family's village had this overwhelming duality. You fear it, yet you wanna embrace it. You hate it, yet you want to love it. That's the same effect I felt when you destroyed that deity in the village of gods. The same feelings I felt from my past as a kid, I feel up to now as a man." (Kyto)

Tears ran down Kyto's face as he stared at the ground below.

"…There's no questioning it, Grimhild, you're my enemy." (Kyto)

"…Kyto." (Grimhild)

"No… don't give me that sweet voice! And don't look at me with that worried expression!" (Kyto)

Kyto lifted his fist in rage as a magical aura surrounded him.

"You were using us! Manipulating all of us to follow you along for some evil scheme!! But now I know the truth, I know what you really are! You'll regret this, I don't care if I die to have my revenge for all that you've done!" (Kyto)

"… every day, I think about what I've done…" (Grimhild)

"…Huh?" (Kyto)

"There's not one day where I don't think about Apache… and your village…" (Grimhild)

"…Shut up… you don't have the right to utter my dad's name." (Kyto)

"But it had to be done, it was the only way I could make you strong, Kyto." (Grimhild)

"Shut the hell up Grimhild!!!" (Kyto)

"I retried this countless times, something had to be done! Their sacrifice wasn't in vain, it made you who you are today!!" (Grimhild)

"Enough of your fucking talking!!!" (Kyto)

They both shouted at each other, but Kyto was pushed to his limit. His rage consumed him, so he dashed forward, closing the distance between them, cocking his fist back.

His true power would finally show.

The power hidden within him was never seen by anyone but himself.

He was encouraged to kill Grimhild Yorgana.

He didn't want to see her face anymore… nor did he want to hear her voice.

"Roaring Amalgamation!!" (Kyto)

Grimhild was naturally coated with several magical barriers, and each one was superior to the other one… but even that was nothing, to the Roaring Amalgamation.

"!!!" (Grimhild)

Grimhild widened her eyes, Kyto's punch broke through each of her barriers, smashing her right into the face.

"Haaaa!!!" (Kyto)

Her entire head… flew off.

Blood would spill everywhere on the ground, leaving nothing behind.

The attack killed her. Not physically or spiritually, but conceptually.

Not even her Mana force could return, yet-

"Your anger has consumed you, Kyto." (Grimhild)

Standing behind Kyto was Grimhild Yorgana.

Such a thing shouldn't be possible. Even Kyto was stunned. Her body was laying on the ground, lifeless, yet another copy of her appeared behind him.

"…How did you?" (Kyto)

"[Gegobuura], it allows me to embody endless possibilities and choose any possibility needed to complete certain actions by becoming that possibility itself. I simply chose to become the possibility where I would return from your attack after death." (Grimhild)

"…How? What sort of magic is that?!?" (Kyto)

Kyto, shocked at first, went back into his primal anger. He ran towards her, throwing his fist forward once more.

"Your ability, Roaring Amalgamation, it can kill anything in its way; fairies, gods, cyrodel's, the undead, and even me… yet it lacks the range to do so." (Grimhild)

Grimhild swiftly ducked under his fist, throwing a right hook into his gut.

"Guooohh!!" (Kyto)

Kyto was lifted from the ground, launching backward from propulsion.

His eyes turned bloodshot red, eventually recovering midair with a simple backflip.

"…You already know so much about my ability…?" (Kyto)

"I'm proud of you Kyto, you've acquired something that surpassed even my expectations." (Grimhild)

"I don't need your praise! Go to fucking hell!" (Kyto)

Kyto swung his arm to the side, frowning from his bundle of anger.

"When using Roaring Amalgamation, you "collect" everything around you, taking its properties and physical strength. You can copy abilities used on you if you wanted to, but its main use is to eradicate whatever is in its way. However, that's not all." (Grimhild)

"…?" (Kyto)

Kyto lifted his brow, still angry in his face.

"When it's being used, you essentially become invulnerable to all harm. When an opponent tries to attack you, their attacks are "erased", and are reverted back to its original state. When a weapon is being used against you, that weapon will be erased or reverted to as if it was never drawn to attack. You've never mastered it until now, that's why you struggled with Agnes." (Grimhild)

"…I shouldn't be surprised that you found out about it so quickly, considering everything else you've done." (Kyto)

"Even while consumed by rage, you compliment me Kyto." (Grimhild)

("How is this possible? Her punch should've reverted back to its original state… yet she completely bypassed it. What kind of monster is she?")

"You created this ability through the use of Magic Theory. Each magic category has an authority that governs over them; earth magic is governed by the authority of Gaia, fire magic is governed by the authority of Vulcan, and so on. My duality magic, I created it as its own magic category, and it's governed over by the authority of Grimhild Yorgana." (Grimhild)

Grimhild slightly smirked.

"Your Roaring Amalgamation, you created it as its own magic category, and it's governed over by the authority of you. I'm impressed by you Kyto, you hide a lot of your intelligence." (Grimhild)

"…My ability… it supersedes Catastrophe magic… and I still cannot match up to you." (Kyto)

"You may be strong, but there is nothing I cannot decipher in front of me." (Grimhild)

"…I don't care!! I'll wipe that smug look off your face, and knock you down until you're dead!!" (Kyto)

"If you continue to let the rage consume you, then I have no choice but to fight back." (Grimhild)

"I'll let it consume me… I've been training all my life for this day! For the day I could enact revenge upon the person that destroyed my village, my friends, my dad!" (Kyto)

"The only way we'll talk is when you're on the ground." (Grimhild)

"I'll like to see you try and put me there!!" (Kyto)

In a quick flash, Kyto appeared in front of Grimhild, stretching his leg behind him.

"Tee-yaaah!" (Kyto)

Performing a roundhouse kick, he slammed his shin right into Grimhild's shoulder, yet…

"Wha-?" (Kyto)

Grimhild was holding his shin with her hand, suddenly kicking him in the gut.

"Aaaaaghh!" (Kyto)

Kyto was shoved backward, tumbling across the ground until he landed flat on his face.

"…She… resisted it?" (Kyto)

"Everything I decipher will not affect me anymore. My spells, your spells, future enemy spells, as long as I can analyze their attacks, I can change their spell fragments to be unable to harm me. Your Roaring Amalgamation poses no threat to me anymore, Kyto." (Grimhild)

"…Hyeeeaaaaahhhh!!!" (Kyto)

Kyto completely ignored her words, blinded by his willpower to win.

He stood back up, charging at Grimhild, bleeding from his lip.

"Escalate Magic, Gravity Storm!" (Grimhild)

A magical circle appeared in front of Grimhild as a purplish wave of gravity would spread fifty meters around them, pinning Kyto to the ground.

"Nguohh!" (Kyto)

Through the use of Escalate Magic, it increased the power of the spell to its maximum damage potential, thus, amplifying the gravity by hundreds of times.

This Rank 8 spell felt like it was Rank 10.

"…Now." (Grimhild)

Grimhild walked perfectly fine through the gravity storm, approaching the pinned Kyto, and crouching down to his face.

"Can we talk?" (Grimhild)

"…I… lost?" (Kyto)