Chapter 324 – The Final Battle

Rumble. 

Helio could hear things. It took him a second but he woke up and found two girls standing just in front of him. 

Argh… his head was throbbing.

And in Infront of them were thousands of black soldiers and three purple ones. But there was another- a bit different warrior; white. 

“You didn’t bother waking me?” He said, a bit groggy. He stood up. 

“Well, they just got here,” Enira said, not quite looking back. 

“We were just about to,” Breya said, sweetly.

“Yeah, we believe you.” Helio took out his saber and his sword. And also checked the holo- so far, nothing. So, these people really were here and only here. 

The rest of the world was fine.

But the real problem was the colorful soldiers. 

“Is it me or is that new?” Enira said, looking at the white soldier. 

“You weren’t there when they arrived later on, but that’s a Xene. I did not think they’d let one come here….” Breya grimaced. “Change of plans. We must run. We can’t beat that thing.”

Helio just grinned. “Running was never an option. But we should teleport to Antarctica.” He felt a bit weak- almost like something was tearing his brain- stabbing pain. 

However, he was definitely not going to run away. 

“About that…” Breya grimaced some more. “I forgot that they could set up set up barriers and- it’s not possible to use warp.” 

And Helio remembered the first time there was a barrier over the island too. The second time there weren’t any though. 

‘Shit.’

“I guess we’ll just have to be a bit more mindful then. How far is the closest city again?”

“Wait, we’re seriously not running away?” Breya shook. 

“Probably 300 kilometers?” Enira said. 

“As I said before-” Helio glared at the soldiers. “That was never an option. And I guess, we could always just sacrifice a city or two.”

The soldiers though, never bothered to come attack them. 

Rather only one of them came forward. 

A white soldier- but unlike the rest- her armor was decorated, and she was thin compared to the rest of them. There were creases here and there- to emphasize certain volumes. The soldier was a girl and that was evident from those creases. And though her armor was white- there was silver and gold decoration all over. Her helmet was thick and covered most of her head- her face however was exposed. Very symmetrical; very beautiful. 

Her skin was slightly translucent and Helio could see small veins. “I’ve come, as promised,” she said. 

The voice was familiar- yet felt slightly younger. ‘She’s the real one?’

  “So, it was, you.” Helio didn’t rage around. He’d learn a lot in these past fourteen years of solitude. And though he knew rage was a good way to destroy things- he persevered. 

“Wait, you can understand them? Like what the hell? It took me over six years!” Breya ejaculated!

“Calm down. He’s weird,” Enira said. 

‘Yeah, you’re the last person I want to hear that from.’

  “Now, shall we begin? I’ve gone through the trouble of coming here, so it’d be a shame to not know your name. I’m Xeroha by the way.” The white soldier introduced herself. 

“How courteous.” Helio didn’t lose eye contact. “Helio.”

He charged forward and with the two girls behind him. 

Xeroha didn’t have any weapons. And she didn’t bother making any either. She just stood there- smiling. 

The moment Helio sliced at her- she blocked his saber with just her bare hands, her protected bare hands. “I actually had to pull a lot of strings to be here. So, I’d love it you didn’t hold back.”

The two commanders went for the sisters while the rest of the soldiers just stayed put, circling the six as spectators. They were the crowd- the witness of this battle. 

“Trust me, I don’t plan on holding anything back.”

Helio formed a plasma ball behind him and slammed it at her. 

Steam.

‘No reflected damage?’

Helio backtracked. 

“You say that but you were far stronger back then.” Xeroha walked through the steam. She formed a spear out of nowhere. A spear with a sharp tip and- “Are you just warming up?” Her armor changed to gold and she started to fire beams of light at Helio. 

Helio dodged them. He started steaming, a bit of his head started becoming black. ‘Those are different?’

The beams were hotter and he could feel it- a lot faster. They weren’t quite in the league of the speed Clyde could produce, but these things were fast. 

‘And she’s not serious…’

“Change of plans.” Helio declared. “Enira get ready.”

Enira was fighting a commander while her sister was just running away from the other one. Both were conditionally immortal yet-

Helio switched to his grandfather’s sword and immediately went to white- slicing straight at the girl. 

His hands were being charred.

The girl didn’t block it, rather she dodged- ever so swiftly, and with a smile too. 

And in a second, she was just behind Helio- touching his cheeks. “Are you going to disappoint me again?” she whispered. 

Slash! 

Helio gave his sword a horizontal swing, moving his body sideways but the girl had already jumped back, with a smile. 

This wasn’t the same brute force soldier he was fighting. And he had to acknowledge that. 

***

Boom! An explosion erupted just behind Helio. 

Smoke, sand, and debris were everywhere. 

“HAH!” Enira partially transformed and clawed a commander, promptly biting his head off. 

The commander slowly disappeared. 

And in a distant corner of the universe, a Xene slammed his feet on the link, regretting a second later. “OW!” But that was a different story. 

“Sorry, I’m late.” Enira jumped and arrived behind Helio. “Controlling all these powers is still a bit overwhelming.”

Two commanders were still left and they were hunting a vampire in the corner of the beach who was still busy running for her dear life- though technically she was immortal…

“Your sister will be fine?” Helio’s gaze was on the girl on the opposite side who even now, wasn’t really serious. Beads of sweat fell from his forehead. 

This was not working. 

“She’ll be fine.” Enira focused and produced a purple ball of energy. “I can’t say the same about us.” She fired it. 

And Helio ran for Xeroha. 

The ball made contact and through the debris, Helio emerged, thrusting his sword straight at Xeroah’s chest. The sword went through. 

But Xeroha just smiled. 

Argh!

Reflected damage. 

Helio threw up blood but remained standing- slightly faint. 

The healing was working but he’d punctured his only heart. 

Xeroha however, had three, so it was no big deal. She smiled, raising her fist.. “If that’s all you can manage, I’ll be fairly disappointed, you know.”