Hojoi grunted in pain. He was still alive; in fact, his body had already started healing using his human Mana.

  What hit me? He questioned in agony, Indhra Trix! He got the answer really quickly after seeing the lightning God Armour.

  Indhra left out a raging breath. He grunted as he turned back to meet Dunn's eyes.

  Now's the time! Hojoi's body flew up. In the middle of the air, he used Mana to boost himself to crash into the wall on the right. He sat on the floor while lying back against the wall as blood dripped from his face. Internal bleeding! He was exhaling deeply while vapours engulfed his body.

  Indhra didn't even try to catch his enemy; he instead gave a sad expression to him. His feelings were mixed. At first, this fight was meaningless for him, but if he doesn't get involved, the close ones die! In the end, he chose to protect his friends rather than the enemy, but who knows, when this selfish act transcends to a selfless one!

  So...this is the power of a God Armour! Hojoi muttered after getting punched on the cheek. Labrica was right about him; he sure has gone pacifist! He could've easily killed me without a slight effort, but he chose a different approach...

  What was that power just now? Aldred questioned, and did Mr Dunn say 'God Armour'? Wait... He slowly realised, his eyes widening, All this time...I was living with a God Armour!

  Kyra looked to her side to glance at Aldred's terrified face. She gulped in fear and looked back at Indhra's sad eyes. What was that power? She questioned the existence itself without hesitating.

  Indhra... Shinsu looked at the sight with worried, shiny eyes. Don't...please don't lose control! Shinsetsu's pupils converged as the image of Indhra torturing his enemy took a glance at this new version of him.

  He sighed with pain. It's meaningless! Words echoed, Killing is...Meaningless! He looked up with confidence as he hid his fear and pain. He enlarged his eyebrow by moving the lids while his lips brushed each other with words.

  " Can we...end this fighting? There is..." He paused while closing his eyes, pain returning." There is no need for killing each other!" Indhra said with a sad tone; his words echoed throughout the cafe. " Please!" He shouted with confidence, coming back," There is no need for humans to suffer!" He used his hands to explain," The world is a better place with no violence, so why can't we all be working together to create a more peaceful world-"

  " The irony in your words!" Labrica shouted with disgust in her vocal cords," The person who is saying this, this person's wife, killed my brother! And then you expect us to end the fight. The only reason I came here with these two assholes is because of her!" She pointed at Shinsu, who stood to her left at a good distance," I must take revenge! I must let my brother rest in peace!" Her pupils converged with determination with each word.

  Indhra stood there, his eyes rolled down with sadness. He remembered the time he and Shinsu killed Raigen, Labrica's brother. One could give an excuse of war for her brother's death, but not Indhra, due to what he just said.

  I was such a piece of crap! He said with a slight disgust while grazing his lower jaw with the upper. Revenge...

  " Revenge..." Indhra muttered the words silently enough to be audible to himself. He got the same vision that he gets every day. The vision of him torturing another person.

  His eyes started to twitch due to being exposed to the wind for too long without blinking. Tears formed due to the constant twitching of his eye.

  " It only gives you more pain and grief!" Labrica made a sound of confusion," Revenge! Revenge produces more pain!"

  Labrica grunted heavily with anger produced in her throat," You're saying as you experienced it!" She used a mocking tone, but then it turned serious with a grunt audible in her voice," Like you experienced the loss of a close one!" She shouted at him with rage.

  " My whole family was destroyed!" He stopped her to speak more," Shed to the bone, by a person whom I later killed!" Indhra said calmly.

  Labrica's widened for a millisecond, but then it relaxed to her usual psychotic look.

  " But!" Indhra said with the same tone. He let a breath out and continued," Did that revenge give me freedom from grieving? No! Instead, I remember that horrifying scene more and more!" Anger could be heard in his tone. He screamed," My pain...It has increased more and more since that one day when I pierced a sword right through his neck!" His kindness spoke," I shed tears every day, not for my dead family, but instead for the person I tortured!"

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  Labrica gave a confused look," Wha..." She was stunned by the reveal. But her goals were more important. Fulfil the wish of the Zenin Clan, kill every Setsu! The words moved through her nerves to her hands, which quickly moved to attack the Setsu standing beside her.

  Indhra looked at the sight and realised something.

  His pupils tingled.

  He pulled one of the tables and threw it in front of Dunn with speed.

  A punch landed on the table, which absorbed all the force while shattering into spiky pieces of broken, shattered wood. Hojoi tried to do a sneak attack.

  I have a plan! Dunn's mind said to his body. He slowly turned to look at Indhra. His pupils converged as the nerves in the eyes moved to the centre. Both of their eyes made contact.

  A punch landed on Hojoi's right cheek. He coughed blood with Indhra's god like punch.

  He flew back with unstoppable speed, but then, as he felt uncontrollable, hands wrapped around him. Hijoi had stopped him from crashing into the wall.

  " Take rest for some time, brother!" Hijoi said with no sign of emotion on his face. His gaze turned towards Indhra. His eyes shone as he looked at Indhra.

  He slowly stood up. I can't defeat him! But I can stall him for some time until Hojoi heals! He lifted his arm and shot a water bullet in Indhra's direction.

  Suddenly, it exploded, which was unexpected. The dust piled up with the water blast. Some of the dust entered Indhra's eyes, causing a burning sensation.

  Just when Indhra became prone to an attack, a punch was felt through the view, blinding dust. It was too late now. Hijoi had managed to land a punch with Mana.

  Trix God Armour cannot heal! Labrica had told both of them earlier about the heavenly restriction of Trix clans' God Armour, that is, the absence of Human Mana.

  The God Armour fell on the floor with his nose bruised. Blood dripped from his nose as he stood up.

  He is not trying to use his powers, but why? Hijoi thought, since Indhra could've easily sensed the punch coming and dodged it with ease, but he chose otherwise. Is he so blinded by his philosophy that he is not even trying to defend himself? Probably not...

  Dunn was in shock, too. Since Indhra never gives a chance to the enemy to attack him. It was weird. What is with him now?

  Indhra, while standing up, turned to look at Dunn as his pupils changed to a yellow lightning symbol.

  Lightning covered him, from his eyes to his legs. The wooden floor beneath him shattered with piles of dust as a lightning wave was left.

  He sprinted with a speed which started to distort time.

  He started to revolve around Hijoi, and lightning afterimages were created with each step.

  Hijoi couldn't see or sense where Indhra was. One point! If you're travelling with a speed faster than my eyes to keep up, then I guess, if I shoot... He raised his arm high as he shot a wind bullet at the afterimages.

  Dhak...dhak... The sound of the heart beating could be heard as the bullet tore through the surroundings. Hijoi raised his eyebrow to show his mana vision shining amidst the darkness of the world.

  Dunn, I have fai...huh? He felt his heart going numb as he saw the bullet with his lightning pupils. The bullet was just in front of Indhra's chest.

  No! Indhra shouted inside.

  A wave of lightning covered Indhra; a blast deflected the bullet. Mana Zone! He shouted inside as the bullet deflected off his shoulder.

  The after-images continued to move, but now they were covered with blood; Indhra's blood!

  5!

  Dunn counted while he joined both his hands like he was praying to a god.

  " Right here, right now! I'll give you a Nightmare!" He mumbled.

  The world around him turned black and white, with the colours concentrated in his eyes—the sound of the heartbeat mixed with the moody scent.

  Indhra continued to run with full speed while Hijoi kept on trying to escape by wind bullets.

  4!

  Dunn mumbled again.

  Hijoi picked his substitution doll and yeeted it up to the ceiling. The after-images with lightning stopped as they formed a single image of Indhra flying up as he raised his leg high to kick the doll to the ground.

  3!

  Now! Hijoi shouted as he sprinted at full speed, as he saw his doll turning to crisps by the lightning kick.

  Suddenly, with an electric wave, Indhra appeared in front of Hijoi while his fist raised high to Hijoi's face.

  2!

  Hijoi's shining eyes made an afterimage as he tilted his head to the side to dodge the punch.

  But then, his eyes told him something. He couldn't guess it! Something punched him in the stomach.

  His eyes went blurry. With the blurry vision, he saw two Indhra, one who failed to punch and another who succeeded. He slowly looked up to see another Indhra in thin air, levitating, his kick still in place.

  He coughed blood as he fell back. He slowly lifted his head to see Indhra with a smirk as Dunn counted with him.

  ONE!

  Both of them said at once.

  " NIGHTMARE!" Dunn shouted with all his energy.

  The world around Hijoi changed at the count of 'one' to a shrine.

  He was tied to a tree just in front of the temple, inside which was a statue of Kamui. The air felt cold, the sky red with a moon engulfed by the blood god himself, shining red to his face.

  His eyes widened as he saw the figure of Dunn emerge from thin air with a silver sword.

  The figure's hands moved as Hijoi's mental pain increased, as he had realised where he was stuck now, in a Nightmare!!! He screamed to himself.

  The sword cut through his arm as pain jolted his body. He screamed with intensity enough to be heard a mile away.

  The arm grew back magically as Dunn proceeded to cut it again.

  Again

  And AGAIN...until Hijoi gave up!

  This was when he realised never to take a fight with a Nightmare!