Harpstein just smiles and looks at Dolor. Azarath is getting up from his position. Harpstein recalls his spear back to him before rising to his feet.

  *Harpstein: Dolor? This was the guy with gravity manipulation. He shouldn’t be here. Something is wrong.*

  Harpstein touches his earpiece to try to contact the rest of the group; all he hears is static. Harpstein looks over at Azarath.

  [Harpstein: We should run. We are not equipped to deal with someone of his level. Blake is probably trying to regroup anyway.]

  Azarath just gets up and looks at Harpstein.

  [Azarath: Run? Do you think I would engage in something so undignified?]

  Azarath points to Dolor. Harpstein looks over and sees Dolor locked onto them.

  [Azarath: Even if I did want to run, to preserve my beauty, of course. I don’t think he will just let us go.]

  Dolor sighs.

  [Dolor: It saddens me that you think I would just let you go. None of you is escaping here alive.]

  Dolor's eyes glow as he prepares to use his gravity manipulation.

  『The Anchor』

  Dolor points his fingers at Azarath. Without warning, Azarath is sent flying backward and slams into a hole in the ground. The hole grows and is so deep that the bottom is not visible. Dolor looks to the side to attack Harpstein, but he is not there. Jumping back, Dolor realizes that Harpstein is behind him. Harpstein lunges forward with his spear. Blocking it, Dolor prepares to use Anchor again. Harpstein quickly ducks.

  『Golden Hour: Acceleration』

  Dolor's finger moves faster and accidentally points at the ground below Harpstein. Having no time to be surprised, Dolor quickly moves his head to the side as a flurry of stabs go at his head and neck.

  『Golden Hour: Time Stop』

  Dolor coughs up blood as a spear goes through his heart. Dolor falls to his knees, and Harpstein appears behind him.

  *Harpstein: Is this it? I used one of my three time stops, and it seems like Azarath isn’t back yet.*

  [Dolor: You know…]

  Turning around, Harpsteins eyes look on in horror as Dolor stands tall.

  *Harpstein: He must be using the Anchor to keep his heart together!*

  [Dolor: You are skilled. You don’t do too much damage, but you are skilled enough to aim for vitals with every stab. It saddens me to have to kill you.]

  [Harpstein: Don’t worry about it. I don’t plan to lose here as for hitting your vitals. I'm not as nice as my teammates.]

  Harpstein starts to rotate his spear clockwise.

  [Harpstein: My previous enemy was too weak for me to use this. You seem just right. My spear fighting style.]

  『Golden Hour: Time Stop』

  In an instant, Harpstein appeared in front of Dolor. Dolor's eyes widen as Harpstein puts his spear into position.

  『Crimson Fang, The Akon Spear Style, Form 1: Flesh Ripper』

  Harpstein plunges his spear into Dolor's chest. He drags the spear from the top to the bottom, making a bloody line on Dolor’s torso. He then plunges the spear in the middle of the line and kicks Dolor back. Harpstein tries to go in for another attack, but Dolor already has his hand out.

  『The Anchor: Crush』

  Harpsteins head crushes in on itself, and he dies instantly.

  ←

  Harpstein jumps back instead of pursuing the attack and dodges the crush. Looking at Dolor, Harpstein plans on accelerating everything again. Dolor's feet start to glow.

  『The Anchor: Moko Down』

  Suddenly, Dolor is behind Harpstein. Dolor sends a kick so fast that Harpstein gets launched across the arena. Harptein tries his best to stand before Dolor appears on top of him and crushes his head.

  ←

  Harpstein turns around and blocks the first kick, surprising Dolor.

  [Dolor: Out of all the people I’ve used Moko Down on. Only three others have reacted to an attack. This saddens me. You will die soon.]

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  [Harpstein: If I'm going to die soon. Why not clue me in on Moko Down?]

  [Dolor: The concept is simple. I'm removing gravity from myself. Other than that, the speed boost is just my basic speed.]

  *Harpstein: This is bad! I need to deal with this. I should be more skilled!*

  Harpstein sidesteps his fist and goes to the counter. However, Dolor’s fist is already back and slams through Harpsteins head.

  ←

  Sweat is starting to appear on Harpsteins head. Harpstein jumps back.

  *Harpstein: I need to create some dis-*

  Dolor appears right next to Harpstein.

  『The Anchor: Split』

  Half of Harpsteins body is forcefully separated, killing him.

  ←

  Harpstein is now visibly panting. Dolor notices this.

  [Dolor: I’m sad that you're getting tired already.]

  *Harpstein: This is bad! He’s too fast! Too strong! Too durable! I can’t beat him by myself! It seems like every attack is lethal! If that is true, I hope Azarath is not dead. I'm switching tactics to defence. Luckily, I know the basics of the three main sword styles.*

  『Sappire Spear, The Mirror Spear Style, Form 1: Glass Guard』

  Harpstein quickly deflects all of the attacks and moves into another position. Dolor sees through this and hits Harpstein in the chest. Sending him flying back. Harpstein is on the floor, clutching his stomach. Dolor walks up, ready to deliver another blow. Before Dolor can shoot the hit off, two lasers hit the side of Dolor and blow him away.

  Harpstein smiles and looks over.

  [Harpstein: Azarath!]

  Azarath's shirt is entirely blown off. A giant bruise covers his entire chest.

  [Dolor: Wow. I hit you with a full-power Anchor blast. I'm saddened that you survived that.]

  *Harpstein: Huh?!? You mean he survived the same hit that blew my head to smithereens?!?*

  Azarath walks up.

  [Azarath: You… Do you know how much this shirt costs you peasant?!? I will destroy you!]

  『Laser Blast』

  Azarath's eyes glow red as lasers shoot out of them. Dolor blocks, but they are too strong and blow up when they touch Dolor’s arms. After the smoke clears, Dolor is already ready to use the Anchor. However, Azarath is not visible. Dolor looks up in shock.

  [Dolor: You’re flying???]

  Azarath is floating in the sky before flying directly into Dolor’s stomach. He shoots Dolor in the air before flying on top of him. He puts both fists together and slams them down on Dolor.

  『Planet Breaker』

  Dolor slams back into the earth so hard that the ground shakes and the wind is blown at high speeds. Dolor slowly rises from the crater before coughing blood and falling a little.

  *Harpsetin: The damage dealer is here! Now I just need to support!*

  [Dolor: You are strong. A few more hits could be dangerous. This saddens me.]

  『The Anchor: Moko Down』

  Gravity around him turns to zero as he appears behind Azarath. Harpstein goes to shout, but Azarath is faster and punches Dolor in the chest. Dolor grabs Azarath's fist.

  『The Anchor: Gyroball』

  A ball of pure gravity comes out of nowhere and hits Azarath on the back. Azarath screams as Dolor Mokos away.

  [Azrath: If you think your horse is fast. Look at a real stallion like myself!]

  『Super Speed』

  Dolor feels a hand around his neck and realizes that Azarath has grabbed him in an instant. Azarath throws him into the dungeon with so much force that the ceiling collapses in on Dolor. Azarath descends to the floor and sighs. He looks over at Harpstein.

  [Azarath: Who is that guy?]

  Before Harpstein can explain, Azarath's head collapses in on itself and gets crushed. Dolor walks out as Azarath's body hits the ground. Dolor walks out.

  [Dolor: He’s strong. It saddens me to say this, but he gave me the perfect cover to launch an attack unseen.]

  ←

  Azarath turns around, but Harpstein screams.

  [Harpstein: Azarath jump! He is going to attack you from somewhere in the rubble!]

  Azarath jumps in the air and avoids the crush. Taking a deep breath in, Azarath exhales a cloud of frost, freezing all of the rubble.

  『Ice Breath』

  Azarath then brings back a punch.

  『Super Strength』

  He punches the giant block of ice and shatters the debris. Dolor is now visible.

  *Dolor: He dodged gravity? Gravity is invisible to the naked eye. He shouldn’t be able to see my attacks. Wait a minute. It’s him, isn’t it?*

  Dolor looks over at Harpstein. Azarath gets ready to use Super Speed again. Suddenly, Azarath's body is pushed into the ground.

  『The Anchor: Moko Up』

  [Dolor: Your body now has tenfold gravity. You won’t be able to move.]

  Azarath smiles.

  『Super Strength』

  Azarath starts to scream as he fights the gravity, rising to his feet.

  [Azarath: For someone as eloquent as me. A little gravity change is nothing.]

  『Super Speed』

  Azarath moves fast, not as fast as before, but still enough to make Dolor be on guard.

  『Godspeed』

  Dolor is in the sky now. Dolor has no memory of how he got to the sky, just that he is there now.

  *Dolor: Wait. If I'm not looking at him, Moko Up is not in effect…*

  Dolor is suddenly smashed into the ground by an unseen force. Dolor gets back up.

  [Azarath: I hit you with a bunch of punches moving faster than sound. Yet you get up the same every time.]

  Dolor looks at Azarath.

  [Dolor: Guess I'm just durable.]

  Azarath jumps in front of Dolor.

  『Pleiades Pummel』

  Azarath goes to pummel Dolor with a bunch of attacks. Dolor is able to put his hand out.

  『The Anchor: Max Gyroball』

  A bunch of balls of compressed gravity appear around Azarath. They all expand at once, crushing and mangling Azarath's body beyond repair.

  ←

  Dolor puts his hand out to use Gyro Ball.

  『The Anchor: Max Gyro-』

  『Golden Hour: Time Stop』

  In an instant, Dolor feels a sharp pain in his shoulder. Dolor looks to see that a blue spear has lodged itself into his shoulder blade.

  『Scream』

  A shockwave reverberates throughout Dolor's entire body as the shockwave blows apart his shoulder. Dolor watches in horror as his arm goes flying off his body. He looks forward and sees Azarath's fist right next to his face.

  『Pleiades Pummel』

  A barrage of hits decimates Dolor. Culminating in a final hit to Dolor's face that sends him flying. Azarath drops to his knees before turning to Harpstein with a smile.

  Pant…pant…huff…

  Harpstein is on the ground, looking like he is suffering from an asthma attack.

  *Azarath: He is completely worn out. You must have used your ability a lot.*

  [Where are you looking?]

  Azarath turns around to see Dolor walking to him. The arm is floating back to Dolor’s body.

  [Azarath: I see. You are using gravity to keep your body together. So no matter how much damage you take, you can stay fighting.]

  [Dolor: Correct. It saddens me to say this, but you are too late. I'm finishing this.]

  A large amount of gravitational force compiles itself in Dolor's hand, forming a sword.

  『The Anchor: Gravity Sword』

  [Dolor: You guys are the second and third people ever to make me use this move. Be proud.]

  Dolor aims at Azarath and slashes the air. A wave of gravitational force hits Azarath's chest. The changing rips apart Azarath's chest as he falls to the ground. Azarath has been defeated. Harpstein tries to get up, but he can’t. His stamina is too low. Before he knows it, Dolor is already in front of him.

  [Dolor: This saddens me. Your final gambit with that time stop was excellent. Despite the other guy being stronger and faster, you are the only one who got close to killing me. You would have if you aimed for the head. Work under me.]

  Harpstein can barely respond with all of his panting.

  [Harpstein: I huff appreciate the pant offer. I will have to decline.]

  [Dolor: Unfortunate.]

  Dolor puts out his hand to crush Harpsteins head. Suddenly, Dolor’s hand is cut off, and Harpstein is not in front of him anymore.

  [Dolor: Huh?]

  Dolor looks to the side to see a giant black monster with multiple tentacles coming out of it. It turns around with a devilish smile.

  [Bracken: Turn up the music! The life of da party is here!]