Tyre! (10)

"Waaahhh!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Beluf saw the Weirdboyz toss aside their guns as well, waving their staffs one-handed.

The warlord leaped at the Wizard standing in the middle, slammed into his back, and drove him to the ground.

In one fluid motion, he raised his choppa over his head and plunged it into the other's spine. The man immediately began convulsing, then went still.

As he split open the corpse, he saw the metal staff in a Weirdboy's hand unleash a torrent of violent energy, incinerating another Wizard into ash.

As Beluf turned to attack the last enemy, a spray of metal struck his armor.

Clang, clang, clang~~!

Beluf slashed downward with lightning speed, but the Wizard moved faster. He sprang away from the blade, curled his palm into a fist, and tried to fire a gust-like barrage of scorching metal at the warlord's breastplate.

Though his choppa missed its target, it struck the Wizard's weapon.

Clang~!

Beluf and the Wolverines warrior moved as one, throwing aside their tangled weapons and circling each other like predators, shoulders hunched as they prepared to brawl.

Crack!

Suddenly, an energy spear from Freak Boy shot past his shoulder.

It grazed past Beluf's face, struck the human squarely in the abdomen, and blasted a clean hole through him.

"Urgh..."

The Wizard staggered a few steps, then dropped to his knees before Beluf—as though the eyes concealed behind his helmet were staring straight at him.

Freak Boy stepped forward and smashed the foe with his shrieking metal staff, knocking the human's head clean off his shoulders. Only then did the body collapse helplessly at the warlord's feet.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion rang out alongside the sound of something shattering. Beluf looked up to see the bone-white stele breaking apart under several