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Chapter 66: Confrontation I suddenly began to sway on my legs and my vision blurred. I saw that the same thing was happening to Alexis, for she was wobbling unsteadily. She toppled to the ground and began to change back into her original form. My legs crumpled and I also fell. "Artemis? Alexis?" Daniel ran over to us. Suddenly, his face turned red and he looked away. I felt a breeze of wind blow over me and I suddenly understood. My clothes and Alexis's armour had both been ripped to pieces when we had transformed so we were now naked! "This is so embarassing......" I muttered just before I fainted. "Artemis, wake up." someone shook me awake. I got up, panting. "You look like you were just on a treadmill." Roy remarked. "Errr...... Who dressed me?" Alexis had woken up and was staring at herself. "I did." he smirked. "Pervert." Alexis muttered and punched him in the face. "Oww... I was just kidding!" he protested, holding a broken nose. "So thats the Centurion Mode......" I thought. Suddenly, I spotted something outside the window and I summoned the Archaeion. "Artemis?" Alexis glanced at me. A cat looked in the window. "Nothing, I thought I saw something outside." I replied and the Archaeion disappeared. "How long did we sleep anyway?" I asked Roy. "A full day." he answered, looking at a calendar. I went to take a walk around the town and I saw people crowded near a notice board. When I went to look at it, they took one look at me and some fell head over heels while some gasped. There was a picture of me with my wings and tail and Alexis fighting the Mushmom! "Great, now they'll know for sure I'm Ivan." I muttered under my breath as the people began to swarm around me, asking for autographs and whatnot. A few cameras flashed and the Dark Dragon whispered to me, "I would not stay if I were you." "Agreed." I breathed and ran away. Residents looked out their windows and younger archers joined the crowd. I quickly rounded a corner and the Dark Dragon said, "Dark Sight." I hid in the shadows as the sound of heavy footsteps passed by. "Where'd she go?" "Awww, I wanted her to teach me archery too..." "Hello." a voice said beside me and I jumped. Hands closed around my chest as I struggled to get free. "Long time no see, Ivan." I froze. A Crusader bearing a sword similar to Alexis's Kotetsu stepped out of the shadows. Crap! I tried to kick his groin, but he was wearing armour. "You're not going to get away that easily." he smiled sinisterly. "Great timing." the Dark Dragon sighed. "If you awaken now, they'll surely see you." it added. "Do I have a choice?" I rolled my eyes. The Crusader quickly let go of me once he realized that I was going to awaken. Great black wings and a tail burst out of my back and I began hovering in the air. "There she is!" someone yelled and footsteps headed my way. "Lets see what you can do. Minotaur, are you ready?" the Crusader said. "Whenever you are." a gruff voice replied. Horns burst out of his head and his body began to grow. The crowd stopped running towards me and began to back away as he let out a roar that rocked the foundations of the whole town. "Embodiment of the earth! Minotaur, Awaken!" he shouted. His mouth protruded outwards and he began pawing the ground like a bull. His torso, legs and arms became muscular and he pounded the ground, creating a shockwave. I dodged it only to find a fist coming my way. "Argh!" I was slammed into the wall of the building behind me. The monster in front of me grabbed my hands and began slamming me on the ground. Bones broke and I started to lose consciousness. "Fight me with your true power! Dark Dragon!" it roared and flung me into the wall again. I coughed blood and tried to get up, but failed. Most of my bones were already broken and I could no longer stand! "Weakling. Power Crush!" it curled its hands into fists and prepared to slam them into my body. I braced for impact...... Something suddenly flashed through my mind and I sat up. It was a fleeting image of Artemis fighting a massive bull! "AAARRRGGGGHHHH!" I screamed as the massive fists hit my body. More bones broke and a crater appeared under me. I barely managed to hang onto the last thread of my life force. "Die! Power Crusher!" another fist began falling towards me. "Centurion Mode." my lips moved. The vortex of black swirling energy rose up around me again and flung the Minotaur back. It threw its arms in front of its face to protect itself and again, my clothes were ripped to pieces. "Not again......" I sighed as my entire body began transforming again. My tail grew longer, my wings grew broader, my neck extended and the rest of my body became dragonish. The vortex disappeared and I sank to the ground. Apparently, the transformation had failed to heal some of my wounds that were too serious. "It'll take a few seconds. Just be patient." the Dark Dragon explained as the Minotaur roared. A roar erupted from near the river and seconds later, a swirling black vortex appeared. "Artemis!" I yelled and I took to the skies, wings flapping violently. |
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