Chapter 14: Chapter 14 – The Pain Begins
Norman stood still, his arms crossed, as he looked at Sebastian with a mocking smile. He said in a calm but clearly provocative voice:
"So, the great Sebastian decided to fight himself? Are you afraid that the little boy will ruin your plans?"
Sebastian showed no emotion on his face, he just raised his hand slightly as if to indicate that the conversation was over. Suddenly, the temperature dropped terribly, and the air itself began to freeze around Norman, and layers of frost formed on the ground. In the blink of an eye, Norman stomped his foot on the ground, sending hundreds of ice spears flying at a crazy speed towards Sebastian. But the latter did not move, he just closed his eyes for a moment, and suddenly those spears slowed down in the air as if time had stopped. Sebastian moved calmly between the frozen spears in the air, and appeared behind Norman, trying to strike directly, but Norman smiled coldly and said:
"You fell into my trap."
At that moment, the icy ground beneath Sebastian's feet exploded, forcing him to quickly retreat. Norman raised his hand, and huge walls of ice rose from all directions, trapping Sebastian inside a frozen cage. Norman looked at him confidently and said, "Even you can't escape this, I made the ice slow down everything inside it, including your abilities."
Sebastian watched the ice around him for a moment, then smiled coldly and whispered, "Good… but you forgot something important."
In a flash, he focused his energy on a single point in spacetime, allowing him to unnaturally accelerate himself for just a moment. In less than a second, he appeared behind Norman and dealt him a powerful punch to the stomach, causing him to fall backwards, coughing up blood. However, Norman wasn't angry, and instead started laughing out loud like a madman and said, "Oh, that really hurts… but the battle isn't over yet."
The ground began to shake, and huge pillars of ice shot out from all directions, some of them shooting at deadly speed towards Sebastian. Despite his speed, he found himself forced to use his energy to the maximum to avoid getting hurt. Then, Norman stretched his hands forward, and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Absolute Ice Storm!"
The entire area turned into a giant icy whirlpool, where the cold winds were like sharp knives, and everything in its path was shattered. In the middle of the storm, Sebastian stood confidently, closing his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them, there was a purple flash in his eyes. In a calm but clearly threatening voice, he said:
"This has been fun, but it's time to end it."
And suddenly, he completely disappeared, as if he had never existed. In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Norman, and dealt him a violent kick charged with the power of space-time, sending him smashing through dozens of ice walls, until he hit a huge rock and fell to the ground without being able to move.
Norman was lying on the ground, trying to stand up with difficulty, but he knew that the fight was over. However, he smiled as he coughed up some blood and said in a weak voice:
"You're strong… but you don't understand anything, Taiga is not someone you can face."
Sebastian looked at him coldly and said:
"If he's as strong as you say, I'll enjoy facing him."
Before Norman died, Norman muttered mysterious words:
"We'll meet soon… This is just the beginning."
And so, the fight was over, but it was only the beginning of a greater conflict.