"You both aren't so slick to double team on me..." Duke held his arms parallel to his sides and had his fists clenched tightly, his few muscles shining against the harsh sun that was plaguing him and everyone else.
"Answer! What do you morons want with me!?" Elias was running short of patience and just had enough to be doing such pleasantries to these low lifes, another shit eating smug faced bastard was just the last straw.
"I would love to know also! But look at this, no words to share! How pitiful." Solemnly looking at his knuckles, he cracked them one by one while Elias eyes twitched in anger and Mika's concern about this situation increased.
"Oh wait, yeah, there is your surrendering, i almost forgot about that." Duke's brow went up and Elias rushed forward with his sword held in front of him, Mika right at his side with her hands held parallel on top of each other in her front, the flow of mana brightened her palms.
"I do not surrender!" Elias threw his sword up in the air and stopped right at his tracks and Mika put her arms behind her as she rushed with all the speed she could muster, Duke bend his knees forward and put his hands on front of him in a cautious way, breathing in and out, his thoughts set in the cake he is gonna buy to himself after this "simple" job is gonna get him.
Elias disappeared from his sight. Now, high in the air, he picked the sword and threw it in Duke's direction with all his might.
Mika was now with her arms crossed right in front of her, power surging in her arms, sparks of electricity turning into a bright light in the palm of her hands that now were clapping together, beams of pure yellow light seeping through the cracks and blending into the light outside.
She stopped about 1 meter from Duke and fired her attack, veins and sweat marking the scowl her pretty face was making the first bad sight with her around something to behold.
"FLASH!" The sound of something metallic came from her hands as a wall of light erupted from her hands and hit Duke straight in the face, his pupils dilated as a burning sensation spread through his eyeballs, a sharp migraine was forming while Mika kneeled and gasped for air.
"Damg it, this takes way too much effort...!" While reaching for a flask she had tucked in her belt, Elias sword was picked up before she hit the ground in front of Duke and he prepared to slash his opponent right across the chest.
"No you dont!" Even without being able to see anything, Duke flexed his arms while hiding his face with his clenched fist, his left leg put in front of him, with a lot might he used it to push himself forward and headbutt Elias, who parried it with sword but before he could counter attack, Duke landed in his right foot and with a hop forward, he spinned in place and landed a nasty left kick right in Elias sideway.
Elias gritted his teeth and glared as if his eyes would spill a laser beam right in Duke's face, the smirk in his face making the pain almost be unnoticeable as his blood boiled and a frustrated grunt escaped his lips.
Taking the opportunity granted by his great performance, he ran at Elias, who put his sword up and tried to pierce his stomach, the tip even slightly touching his sweaty glistening abs.
"Finally, no more of this bulls-" Duke sidestepped and hit Elias across the face with his thin but muscular arms, even though he had to jump to reach Elias' height to land it.
Duke jumped into a side flip, landed with knees bent and did a side flip before landing again at his attack position, which was the same as his defense position from before but with his hands stretched forwards and hopping in place back and forth.
Elias fell in the ground, sweat dripping from everywhere and his clothes getting increasingly less presentable with each scuffle, he stood back up and rubbed his face, he didn't felt blood but felt his jaw hurting when he opened his mouth.
He was extremely calm now, not because he had learned anything about letting his temper get the better of him but because his anger had such a choke hold on him that he couldn't physically express it anymore, his eyes were dripping and tired but still had a enormous killing intent shining in his iris.
Meanwhile, Duke was stretching his shoulders, moving it closer to the ground while gripping his knees and then putting his hands up until his back felt relaxed. Peaceful bliss in his face, he put one hand in his hip and pointed forward with extreme confidence.
"I am the wind, the great Archduke , and with my awesome might i will blow you away!" Mika was sitting, taking the time that both of them seemed to be busy catching their breath to think of a way to out do whatever this guy was doing while worrying about the other 3.
Elias outstretched his hand forward and aimed at the enemy that was stupidly boasting to the wrong side in a very arrogant way, a magic circle with immense power formed right in front of him with his will alone, rumbling with pure electric energy.
Mika knew what this was gonna do, he had the same eyes as when they first met all those years ago when he was just a boy alone and confused in the harsh cruel world.
The eyes of a merciless person who did not give a second thought about getting rid of inconvenient people.
"Say, is it smelling like a thunderstorm in here or is it just me?" Duke said as he sniffed the air around him with both hands in his hip, unaware of the massive Thunderstruck spell that was about to connect on him.