My Guardian System: The Trader

Not only the hardened soils were shot at Jem, even the rubbles. It was an ability to manipulate earth-based objects either to shoot them like bullets or just to levitate them. The size and degree of debris the caster could control depending on their level and the attainment level of their skill.

Woosh~

The area where Jem landed was now covered in dust because of that rapid-fire. Looking at the degree of that attack, one could only imagine a worse outcome.

"J-Jem..." Miles called out in a trembling voice. Her complexion was pale. They were staring as if in despair. On the contrary, there was a big smirk on the faces of the opponents.

"Haha!" The axe wielder let out a huge laugh. "Bro, did you hurt him?" He asked after the attack.

His brother frowned as he took back his sword. That skill was known as Earth Manipulation. It took a lot of magical energy from him. But he had great confidence in its power and effectiveness. "I'm sure hurt is an understatement for that kind of attack. Even if only one of those bullets would hit him, he will definitely end up in the worst possible outcome."

"Ohh! Y-you're right. Tsk! I'm yet to use my special ability… what a bummer…" he muttered disappointedly. 

After saying it, the dust finally cleared. However, there was only a mountain of rubbles left where the young man received his brother's attack. Those rubbles were of course from his brother's attacks. Anyway, they could not find the young man's body elsewhere nearby. "Perhaps he's buried alive!" Said his brother.

"That made sense. Hah~" he sighed while shaking his head. "I-It's regrettable that I couldn't even perform my full strength. I-I'm actually just p-playing around in that fight, hehe, hehehe," he said cynically.

His brother displayed a scornful face. "What an Idiot…" he mumbled while shaking his head. He already warned him not to belittle that kid. If he didn't use his ability, perhaps the fight would have continued till now. That kid undeniably had high physical strength. 

After noticing the noise from the battle had finally calmed down, their leader glanced at them. 'Tsk! Those two fools finally finished with their usual skit!' He thought when he saw that the situation seemed finally settled. It never even crossed his mind that those notorious siblings would get defeated. More or less they are just toying with that kid which is what they usually do with their victims. Perhaps because of boredom.

Anyway, those two could handle the rest of those distractions while he was focused on his task along with the other casters. They needed to amplify the magic circle with more energy before the runes disappeared.

Deep inside, the axe wielder was sighing in relief. 'Tsk! That brat was finally dealt. I didn't think the fight would last this long. It's painful to admit, but that boy gave us a slight challenge. Honestly, I expected the boy to only last a few seconds. Who would have thought that he actually lasted a few minutes? Damn it! Well, honestly, the reason for it was because I didn't even use my full power in that fight.'

He glanced again at the pile of rubbles. But there's no sign of life. "Ptui!" He spat on the ground. "By the way, bro…" he called out to his brother again.

"Hmm?"

Upon noticing his eyes were on him, "How do you want to deal with those leftovers?" 

They glanced at Miles and the others. "Ceh! Do as you wish I lost my interest…" he could not feel any potential ascenders from them anyway. 

Looking at his brother turned around as he refused the task, "Hah~" he sighed. "Alright. Let me handle them." 

"What?!" Abel and the others exclaimed when they heard their conversation. It seemed like all the colors left their faces.

Miles, on the other hand, shouted, "Jeeeem!" She couldn't believe that he died. Or perhaps she chose not to believe it. Tears welled up from her eyes.

Looking at their expression of despair, "Hehe!" The axe wielder laughed menacingly. "Now people, let my axe be the reaper of your soul. Condemned as you might be, but the reality is cruel to the powerless like you. Hehe—-hek!"

Boom!

"Ah—!?"

Everyone stopped and stared at where the rubbles at. There is a sudden noise coming from there just now. When they looked, they saw the dust was hovering once again along with some debris. But the dust quickly disappeared and only the debris remained in mid-air.

Regardless, something in there made their faces dumbstruck.

They saw a silhouette standing. In front of him was something resembling a shield. It has black color and the surface was like that of snake scales. 

When they look at his face, "J-Jem!" Miles was the first to shout.

"What? He's alive! Jem is alive! Haha!" Oldman Barn also shouted with an indication of relief. The others also felt relieved.

The two enemies widened their eyes. 

"He's alive," said the axe wielder. His brother also muttered in disbelief, "How the hell did he survive!?" Anyway, it was useless to ask. The boy was in front of them looking alive as how they were seeing him. The only thing that baffled them was how he managed to survive that powerful attack.

'What the f*ck is that?!'

The two exclaimed when they noticed the shield they thought it was, suddenly sank and turned out to be his arm.

The two immediately ready their weapons when they notice Jem was lifting slowly his clenching right hand. Then it stopped after pointing in their direction.

"For starters, let's try how good this skill is," they heard him mumbling those words. Although there was a slight indication of exhaustion, his voice remained calm which is very unusual for someone of his age. They could not help but doubt if he was a real human.

After unclenching his hand, the debris hovering around him suddenly flew like high-caliber bullets.

Fwoosh fwoosh fwoosh~

"What!" The enemy with a heavy-looking sword exclaimed upon seeing it. This is exactly the same ability as him!