Peculiar Mirror (2)

'I have to escape with the mirror. I can't entangle any further with these guys' Gelnar thought to himself.

"[Steel Swords]"

Three swords made of steel suddenly appeared and shot forward from Gelnar's hands.

"Leave it to me" Carla said as her lips curled up to a lopsided smile.

"[Whirlpool]"

A body of rotating water suddenly appeared in front of Carla and swallowed the swords before it disappeared.

"[Fireball]"

Leon said as his eyes generated a ball made of fire. The [Fireball] shot forward and threatened to burn Gelnar's figure.

"[Harian Wall]"

Gelnar's hands touched the ground as a thin wall made of steel appeared in front of him and blocked the [Fireball].

Looking at the thin wall, Carla snorted.

"[Water Blades]"

Three swords made of water materialized in front of her as it shot forward and pierced the thin wall before it disappeared.

However, when the wall magically disappeared, behind the wall, Gelnar's figure was nowhere to be found.

Rick's eyes widened in realization and yelled "He's escaping with the mirror. Quick, don't let him escape!"

His eyes darted around, trying to look for Gelnar's figure.

"Found you!" Rick said as he raised his right hand forward as he ran without stopping.

"[Wind Slash]"

A sharp-edged wind shot forward at breakneck speed on Gelnar's direction.

Gelnar stopped running as he turned around and quickly touched the ground.

"[Harian Wall]"

A wall made of steel once more appeared and blocked the sharp-edged wind.

"[Wind Breakthrough]"

Rick raised his hands backward and used the propelling force of the wind to increase his speed.

It didn't take long before he reached the steel wall. He jumped over the wall thinking that Gelnar used the same tactic to escape once again.

"[Aegis Shield]"

But instead, he was greeted by a large kite shield as it shot upwards. Rick was flung upwards, unable to stabilize his footing.

Gelnar was about to run when suddenly, he ducked down. A horizontal blade of water passed by him at a hair's breadth.

"[Water Blades]"

"Tch" Carla clicked her tongue in frustration.

Gelnar quickly grabbed the mirror and took this chance to run with it. However, he suddenly felt a piercing pain on his right knee as he fell down with the mirror.

The impact of his fall caused cracks to surface on the mirror.

"Arrrgh" Gelnar groaned in pain as he held his bleeding right knee.

"[Flame Bullet]"

It was Leon who stood imposingly as he pointed at Gelnar's figure with a finger gun pose.

"I shot him!" Leon exclaimed as he rushed forward.

At this time, Rick landed on the ground safely by reducing the impact with a somersault.

"Good job, Leon" Rick said as he gave Leon a thumbs up and bolted towards Gelnar's direction.

Carla, Leon, and Rick arrived in front of Gelnar who seemed to be gritting his teeth in pain.

"I don't know what you want to do with this mirror but you're not taking it with you. Mind telling us what this mirror is, at least?" Rick said as his lips curled up to a smirk.

Gelnar was about to say something when suddenly, the mirror shook as cracks spread throughout its surface before it stopped.

The trio turned to look at the peculiar mirror with a focused gaze. Gelnar's eyes widened in shock as he looked at the mirror. For a moment, he forgot the pain in his knees.

"What's happening?" Rick asked as his brows creased.

"I don't know." Gelnar replied.

Rick eyed Gelnar's figure suspiciously.

Suddenly, the mirror showed Gelnar's figure who fell down on the ground holding his right knee.

"What the-" Leon exclaimed as his mouth fell open.

The mirror glowed with white light for a while before it died down and returned back to normal.

They focused their gaze on the mirror for a while but after seeing that there's no activity from the mirror, Gelnar breathed a sigh of relief. The trio then turned to look at Gelnar.

"You definitely know something about this mirror. Tell us about it and we'll let you go" Rick said with a threatening tone.

"You don't understand. This mirror is not something that someone like you should be holding" Gelnar replied as he gnashed his teeth.

"Oh, and why is that?" Rick replied as he raised an eyebrow.

'Sh*t, what am I supposed to say?' Gelnar cursed as he racked his brains on how he should give the trio an explanation.

"You don't need to know that. In fact, you three shouldn't even be in this mansion." Gelnar replied with a helpless sigh.

"I can punch him in the face, right?" Rick said as the corners of his eyes twitched.

"This mirror will only bring a looming disaster to those unworthy of it." Gelnar suddenly said.

The trio were taken aback by Gelnar's words.

"Are you saying that you're worthy of it? And what about the mansion part?" Rick said as his brows knitted.

"I don't know if I'm worthy but I'm definitely confident that I'm safe with this mirror. As for the mansion, let's just say that there's more to this place than just being a mansion" Gelnar answered with a shrug.

"Oh, and you're telling us about this mansion" Rick ordered as he bumped his fists.

"This mansion is..." Gelnar said but he suddenly stopped as his eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation.

"This mansion is? What?" Rick said with an annoyed but confused expression on his face.

"[Aegis Shield]"

Gelnar suddenly said as a shield mage of steel appeared in front of him. He then hurriedly punched out the shield and flung it in the trio's direction.

Carla and Leon were caught off-guard and were flung backwards from the impact. Rick, with his incredible reflexes, was barely able to react and dodge it by jumping.

"[Steel Swords]"

Gelnar followed up with another spell as three steel swords magically appeared out of thin air and shot forward at the airborne Rick.

Gelnar then took the mirror with him as he made his escape as he ran while enduring the pain on his knees.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

"Bastard, you're messing with us!" Rick yelled as he parried the swords with his knife.

"[Wind Gust]"

A gust of wind blew away from Rick's hands on Gelnar's direction and struck him. Gelnar was then slammed on the ground along with the mirror.

Crack! Crack!

Cracks spread on the surface of the mirror until it completely broke.

Suddenly, a white blinding light came out from the mirror and instantly engulfed Gelnar's figure as it spread and engulfed Rick as well.