Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 48: 3 Against 1

Istanbul and the others had passed through the thunderstorm that sealed the Sei Roja Valley from the outside world. The morning sky was again visible, after they continued to walk leaving the black clouds behind.

Now they saw clearly the part of the Sei Roja Valley that had previously been hidden behind the darkness of the storm. The walls of the cliffs were towering a little far to the left-right, which had not previously been very visible in the eyes.

Then the road is very wide forming a path in front of them whose ends are still not visible, along the path there are also pillars scattered at several points of thick diameter and towering upwards.

Even so, the path is not really straight. Slightly turn around following the cliff wall that borders the edge.

Istanbul leads the way with a step full of confidence. He knows where to step. Here the traces of Devan magus are so felt, not only by him, but by Maia and Meghan as well.

("This... ")

Istan is starting to feel awkwardness, perhaps others as well. He felt not just a single trace of powerful magus.

They continue to walk up one of the cliff paths with the path that turns. But they did not climb it, but immediately flew cutting the climbing path.

Until when they are at a certain height, they simultaneously feel a little discomfort. Even so, they are not the least bit disturbed, except just realize that there are things that bother them.

And a moment later, they came to a wide flat plain, which in the circle of its banks stood apart from the pillars of lights that did not light.

Just then, their gaze was instantly fixed on a human dressed in all-black hanfu, standing looking at those who had suddenly emerged from the edge of a steep cliff.

"Hooohs... There seems to be an unusual human being, whose eyes are able to see our existence", Istan said.

....

And that human was none other than Zivan, who was looking at them with his eyes wide open with his overwhelming sense of shock. That's because Zivan knows everything in front of him.

("Austria... Meghan... Maia... Raven?")

....

"Thou shalt... Who?", Istan tried asking, after his foot landed on the flat ground of the cliff.

"Why did you get here?", Zivan asked back.

Zivan stared intently at Istanbul right in front of him. But the look on his face could not hide the anxiety that was in his heart.

"Don't ask back!, Man!. Of course we can get here. I repeat!, Who are you?, why can you see us?"

"What happened to Sachiel?"

Raven who stood at the very back answered Zivan's question,

"Ooh, so you want to know the situation of the white angel, let me tell you. Her... Not okay lhoo. Uh-huh.",

Raven understood the human feeling before her, which is why she tried to play Zivan's feelings with cynical answers and smiles.

Zivan's hand clasped firmly, he was in a dilemma.

He had already noticed the arrival of a group of powerful entities that were heading towards him. That's why he went down, preventing them from going higher.

All the scenery in the courtyard of his residence, is actually something that should not be allowed to fallen angels know.

But at this moment he was so polluting Sachiel. He was about to catch up with Sachiel, but at the same time, he could not let Istanbul and the others cross this line.

"You.", Istan held back his sentence, suddenly the look in his eyes that led to Zivan sharpened. "... Fallen Angel Reincarnator, right?!", he continued.

The other three groups of Istan were quite dumbfounded at hearing that remark. Zivan himself seems ordinary, he had guessed sooner or later they must have realized it.

"Where is Devan?, you must know something?"

Zivan was silent. His mind was still assessing the situation. He understood very well, that entity before him, it was almost impossible for him to trick.

("The other strong traces of magus that I have felt all this time, unmistakably, he is the owner of this magus. Moreover, the magus has the same color as Devan's footprint.")

At the same time, Istan's mind also worked, trying to deduce every knowledge he gained along the way

("The big question is, who was he in the past?")

Istan suddenly smiled faintly at Zivan.

"It seems that you have helped Devan a lot during this time", Istan let out his evil smile.

Meanwhile, Zivan, after assessing Istan's behavior, loses the confidence to trick.

"Yes. I've helped her a lot all this time. Hm!, you're late. He's not here anymore."

("That's it. He's not easily fooled.")

"Hoi!", from behind, Meghan suddenly snapped and lightning-fast forward, leaving a small crack at the footing point of her right leg earlier.

"PUM!", a fist covered in lightning bolts shot out, striking Zivan a little further back.

"My boss didn't ask 'he's here or not', but my boss asked 'where' he was'. Looks like it needs a punch to make you a little smart, stupid human!"

Zivan wagged his right arm as it fended off Meghan's fist. Fortunately Zivan's arm was just smoky, not to the point of flushing.

("Boss?.... So yeah. So Istan is Delbora's current leader.")

"Stupid!. You may think that I will tell you that. Do not you judge yourself to be high?, O lowly entity.", come out immediately the skill of Zivan's provocation. This time, he was confident in the effectiveness of his own words.

"Yes. We judge ourselves highly. Trouble for you!?" And it's true. ISTAN PROVOKED!

Quickly Istan moved his hand, gripped forward and then he jolted his arm back.

Zivan who was in the distance was immediately attracted as fast as the wind passed Meghan towards Istan who was ready to clench a fist.

Meghan, aware of Istan's intentions, did nothing when Zivan was drawn quickly past her, but Zivan quickly twisted his body in mid-air, using the speed of the pull to throw a kick towards Istan's face.

Istan's instincts worked when they were both within range, instantly he leaned his body back to low, avoiding the kick, while weakening his fist that he had been about to release into Zivan's face.

Unfortunately, Zivan's attack didn't stop there. Another turn of the foot Zivan lifted while in the air, until the tip of his heel exceeded the height of his head, then he pushed the foot down to hit Istanbul on the ground.

"PUMB!", Istan crashed into the ground, so strong that it bent the fragments of the ground into the air.

The pounding of Zivan's leg was directed to Istanbul, but Istan did not receive the impact of his attack.

Zivan immediately landed his feet and immediately moved sideways backwards keeping the distance between Istan and Meghan on both sides.

Zivan didn't seem surprised by the result of his attack. From the very beginning Zivan had known, there was a gravity barier around Istan's body, which prevented any attacks from touching his body.

Immediately back on his feet, until not a second he fell.

("He, reading my movements.", Istan bathin.)

Istan immediately quickly ran towards Zivan carrying his somewhat irritated feelings. While Meghan on the other hand, she still quietly watched waiting for the timing to decide to move....

When Istan reached Zivan to attack...

"Siuuw!!", Meghan arrived with an arm covered in lightning elements, preparing to take off a fist from Zivan's other side.

Zivan flinch when he threatened an attack from two sides, but look at his face as if he had known the pattern of the attack they launched.

Unexpectedly, Istan and Meghan began to fall forward, after feeling their legs being strangled by something.

Except for Istan, in the slow incident he was mired in the air to fall to the ground, but the Istan attack was not as simple as Zivan thought.

The fist of the Istanbul fist contained a force of attraction, at that time it was not the fist of Istan that went to Zivan's face, but rather the face of Zivan who was chasing himself into the fist of Istan.

In normal events...

"HUK!!! - PHUM!!!", Zivan received Istanbul's heavy fist, and both fell. It all happened so quickly and briefly.

The dragged Zivan immediately set the position and tried to take his balance back, but this time he did not stand up straight.

His hand held the cheek near the corner of his bruised lip while breathing heavily enduring the pain from Istan's punch.

But the worst is still Meghan who crashed the furthest until it hit the cliff wall in front of her.

Meghan was so surprised not to think about the situation that befell her. He recalled how Zivan had looked on the face when he was just a moment in his strike range.

("That man, how can he still be that calm?, as if he knew what we were both going to do. ")

While Istan, he was still untouched due to the repulsion force all over his body that served as a barrier that protected himself from outside attacks.

Like earlier, he immediately rose again until not a second of himself fell.

("I can't believe it. Like that, you can't say read the movement. He.."), Istan chose not to continue his thinking.

He saw a newly formed hole in the ground, from the point he and Meghan stumbled. At that time, Istan actually suspected something a little, but due to certain factors, this time he did not believe his own suspicions.

Istan then looked at Zivan whose face was slowly healing itself.

"I thought you were half angel fallen."

"Therefore, this will have no end. I can't beat you, and you can't beat me. So we better stop....."

"New!!", Meghan quickly moved in front of Zivan.

"Can't beat you you say?. Sure enough!, don't get big on your head!, we're still holding ourselves back" Meghan said calmly but pressurized.

At that time, there was an evil smile from Istan's lips that watched Meghan and Zivan face to face. With that evil look on her face, she glanced towards Maia who was standing on the other side while saying her name...

"Heheha, Maia......"

And Maia immediately played her ability....

....

"End it up, man!"

Meghan's lightning arm plunged into Zivan's cheek with half the force. Until when a few more stops his fist about Zivan, time is normalized.

"PUM!!", the surface of the cliff wall immediately cracked, due to the wind ripples pushed by Meghan's fist.

It was because Zivan so nimbly leaned his head back that Meghan's swift fist passed in front of his face.

"WHAT!!!"

Istan, Maia, and Meghan instantly fluttered on the spot. Their faces were so in disbelief that a human had just dodged Meghan's fist, which was a few cents away from her face.

However, it should be impossible for Zivan to avoid an attack that his human senses could not capture, if not for the experience of his past life instincts, which stirred and saved him from instant defeat.

But the evasion movement, completely depletes all the oxygen in his lungs. He even had to jump back and forth twice to distance himself and give himself a chance to breathe.

However, not at all did Zivan turn his attention to them. Maia who knows to be near Meghan.

With just one look, Zivan instantly knew what their attack scenario was, armed with an understanding of the time element magus ability he had.

one of the abilities of the magus owner of the time element, is being able to stop time and move when things stop. And the requirement to get other entities moving when the exchange is active, is to make physical contact.

'That's why Maia suddenly got close to Meghan. Maia had to touch Meghan, channeling her magus so Meghan could move at a standstill time.'

when an entity moves freely in time that is at a standstill, there is no change that it can make except for itself. Everything is frozen, including energy.

'That's why Maia had to normalize the timing when Meghan unleashed destructive energy on Zivan, with the aim of shortening the attacking range to turn off evasive opportunities.'

- And magus users can not always play the ability, there is a time interval for them to be able to play it back. -

'Therefore, he had a chance to recover, while Maia was in a time where he could not play his own ability.'

That was the understanding in Zivan's mind.

Suddenly....

Zivan's self was pushed and pulled towards Istan who was behind Maia and Meghan.

"Phuk!!-Bhum!!", Istan's powerful fist slammed from above into Zivan's face, throwing him firmly down.

"I saw it lhoo. You looked exhausted after dodging Meghan's attack just now. Heee", said Istan, who was still bowing with his hands clenched down, smiling with satisfaction, after finding his conjecture correct.

In the end, Zivan's understanding of the time element was not enough to secure himself. He was still very exhausted, having once avoided the element that was considered the strongest magus element.

But just like the others, Zivan also held back. From the beginning, he had not blatantly used his magic ability in front of the three fallen angels.

"Low ego you say? Hah!, just keep the reproach for yourself. The ground is the ground, no matter how strong you are, it is still your place below. Look!, you look good lying on the ground. Ahhaha!"

Istan straightened himself and with his bows laughed at Zivan lying right at his feet.

Zivan's chest was hot, his self-esteem did not accept, he was so humiliated to hear the words and attitude of Istan who crossed the line.

And suddenly....

"BHUURRR!!!", comes out the stems of sharp branched plants that surprise everything around Zivan.

Almost the plant hit Istanbul if not quickly he jumped away from Zivan.

Zivan stood straight between the stems of the plant, as his eyes glared at Istan with anger.

"Alright if that's what you want, Istan!. Go ahead!, I won't hold back anymore."

Raven who didn't know anything looked at the incident as usual. But for Meghan, Maia, and Istan, the incident really surprised them so much that it made them silent for a moment.

Something that Zivan wanted to hide from the beginning, finally came out also due to being lured by the spicy words of Istan.

In that momentary silence, Istan suddenly....

"Ahaha... Haha... Haha... Haha"

("He said my name, how does he know my name?...... Now everything's clear.")

All the questions and thoughts that daritadi not finished in the mind of Istan, immediately all answered.

"PREGNANT!, YOU ARE TRULY DECEIVING ME, TEACHER!"

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