As the cloaked mage began to gather the magiergy o elimihem, Risebelle spoke up. “Wait,” she said, “Before we meet our end, there’s one question I think it’s only fair you answer.”

  The cloaked mage paused, their magical energy still crag in the air, and nodded. “Very well,” they replied, “Ask your question.”

  Risebelle took a deep breath and asked, “The Maractor we disrupted earlier, was it real or an illusion?”

  The cloaked mage hesitated for a moment before answering, “It was a decoy, an illusioed to lure anyone who sought to interfere with our mission.”

  Elite Mage Abner, who had been silent until now, stepped forward and revealed a shog truth. He spoke calmly, “I have the Maractor with me, merged with my body through my magical energy. It is safe from any harm unless you eliminate me.”

  Risebelle, Roselle, and Runebelle exged stunned gnces, not expeg this.

  Abner tinued, “You see, the Maractor is crucial to our mission, and I will do whatever it takes to protect it. So, my offer still stands. Tell me the location of Dr. Kintovar’s b, and we find a way to resolve this in a more proper manner.”

  Roselle’s was stunned as she processed the revetion about the Maractor. Her eyes widened in shock at the ued turn of events.

  Runebelle, oher hand, wore an even deeper sadness on her face, her eyes widening in the feeling of surprise and sorrow.

  Risebelle, wearing a smirk, decided to put her pn into a. She khat her abilities was nullified by the light cuffs, but she had a different use in mind for them.

  With calcuted precision, Risebelle began to subtly struggle against the light cuffs. As she did, the cuffs reacted by emitting small but painful shocks in respoo her movements. It was a risky gambit, but she o create a distra.

  The cloaked mage, focused on their impending magical attack, momentarily g Risebelle as she feigned disfort from the shocks. This distra gave her the opening she needed.

  With the sudden burst of energy, Risebelle activated her hag ability, eling her magito the cuffs. Her powers surged through the restraints, overloading them with a burst of magical energy.

  The cuffs emitted sparks and began to malfun, the magical circuits within them short-circuiting. The sudden malfun caught the attention of the cloaked mage, who turheir gaze towards Risebelle in surprise.

  Risebelle with the element of surprise, dashed forward with incredible speed. Her strikes were swift and precise, delivered in a rapid bination:

  Risebelle’s right leg shot forward, aiming for the mage’s midse. Her boot made tact with the mage’s cloak-covered abdomen. Following the kick, she pivoted and delivered a sharp elbow strike to the mage’s chest, attempting to knock the wind out of them. Risebelle’s open hand then came crashing toward the mage’s face, her palm aimed at their he sudden blow was meant to disorient the cloaked figure. Risebelle executed a low sweeping leg kick, aiming to trip the mage off band send them sprawling to the ground. She pleted her bination with a powerful roundhouse kick, her leg arg through the air with incredible speed, targeting the mage’s head.

  Risebelle’s rapid bination of strikes caught the cloaked mage off guard, and the mage was sent flying into their panions, creating a chaotic se as the cloaked figures stumbled and collided with each other. The surprise attack disrupted their tration and temporarily halted the impending magical assault.

  Elite Mage Abner remained calm despite the chaos, his emerald eyes narrowing as he assessed the situation. The other cloaked mages were disoriented and struggled tain their footing.

  Runebelle, looking at Risebelle with curiosity and questioned out loud,“Does this mean we could have used our hag ability this whole time?”

  Risebelle, her adrenaliill c through her, turo Runebelle with a slightly exasperated smile. She replied, “ly. The light cuffs nullify our abilities, and trying to use them would have caused us harm. But in this specific situation, I used the damage from struggling against the cuffs to my adva was a risky move, but it worked.”

  Elite Mage Abner maintained his calm demeanor despite the chaos caused by Risebelle’s attack. He simply nodded, aowledging the turn of events.

  Risebelle quickly shot a small burst of water magic at the cuffs restraining Runebelle and Roselle. The cuffs dissipated into shimmering motes of light, freeing the sisters from their magical restraints. As they rubbed their wrists, Risebelle began to expin the cept.

  “Magi be celed out by using a more signifit or opposing magic,” Risebelle expio her sisters. “In this case, my water magic tered the light magic of the cuffs, allowing them to disappear.”

  Elite Mage Abner, maintaining his posure, finally spoke in a measured tone. His emerald eyes were fixed on Risebelle, Roselle, and Runebelle with curiosity and intrigue.

  “It is iing,” Abner admitted, “to see that Dr. Kintovar’s creations, while not possessing innate magic, have dispyed the ability to use it... I have heard the reports, but seeing it up close is aory...”

  The cloaked mages began to gather their light energy and prepared to attack. Risebelle moved swiftly. With a burst of agility, she dodged the ining energy bsts and closed the gap between herself and the mage. Using her close-quarters bat skills, she struck the mage with a series of precise and powerful strikes, rendering them incapacitated.

  Roselle joihe fray, her strength and agility on full dispy. She used her enhanced physical abilities to quickly incapacitate ane, using her fists and kicks in a coordinated and effective manner.

  Runebelle, however, hesitated for a moment, unsure of her abilities in close bat. She cautiously raised her fists, mirr her sisters’ movements, but she cked their experiend fiden this type of bat. Her movements were tentative, and she struggled to nd a solid blow.

  The remaining cloaked mages attempted troup and focus their attacks on the sisters, but Risebelle and Roselle’s coordinated efforts were proving to be a formidable challenge.

  Risebelle and Roselle’s bined physical prowess proved overwhelming for the remaining cloaked mages. With precise strikes and agile maneuvers, they swiftly incapacitated all but ohe head mage.

  The head mage stood in awe and disbelief, watg as the sisters dispyed incredible strength and bat skill. They had not expected Dr. Kintovar’s creations to be physically this formidable.

  Elite Mage Abner, who had been the battle, remained posed but raised an eyebrow at the ued turn of events.

  Risebelle, her chest heaving as she caught her breath, approached the head mage with a fident smirk.

  The head mage, bewildered by the sisters’ physical and magical prowess, looked with disbelief, “How... how you be this strong? You’re creations of Dr. Kintovar, not naturally born mages or physical brutes. This... this shouldn’t be possible!”

  Risebelle responded , “Dr. Kintovar’s creations are not as limited as you might think.”

  Elite Mage Abner watched this exge with a thoughtful gaze, his emerald eyes sidering the implications of their strength. The cloaked mages who had been incapacitated remained on the ground, uo intervene in the versation.

  “Vi, Head Mage of the Society of Light,” Abner began, “you shall go now, inform the Headmaster of what has transpired here today. It seems we have uimated the capabilities of Dr. Kintovar’s creations. This information may prove valuable. Take the unscious with you.”

  Risebelle said ‘on,’ and summoned her medium on into her hands. It materialized in her grasp. She aimed the on at the cloaked mages and prepared to fire, ready to elimihe threat.

  However, before she could unleash the powerful bst, Vi, the Head Mage of the Society of Light, tapped into his psychic magic. He extended his hand towards the unscious cloaked mages on the ground, and with a powerful dispy of telekinesis, he lifted them into the air, preventing them from being caught in the impending attack.

  Risebelle’s on finally fired , sending a massive energy projectile hurtling towards Vi and the remaining cloaked mages. But before the bst could reach them, Vi maniputed the unsages like a shield, defleg the attack away from them.

  The bst collided with a nearby tree, causing a massive explosion that sent splinters and debris flying in all dires. The force of the explosioed a temporary smokes, obsg the area.

  Vi seized the opportunity, using his psychic powers to levitate himself and the unsages into the air. With a swift motion, he began to make his escape, s above the treetops and disappearing into the Mystic Forest.

  Risebelle watched, frustrati in her eyes, as Vi and the unsages vanished from sight. She lowered her on but remained o, knowing that this enter was far from over.

  “We’ll kill him ter.”

  Elite Mage Abner, who had observed the entire skirmish, finally spoke with a firm tone. His emerald eyes were fixed on the sisters as he made his decration.

  “iations are off the table,” Abner announced, “You have dispyed abilities beyond our expectations, and you threaten the lives of es. I o loake the risk of allowing you to remain in this world. You are a threat to the bance of this world.”

  As Elite Mage Abner made his decration, his emerald eyes filled with resolve. He slowly opehe book in his hand, and as he did, a powerful surge of magical energy emanated from it. The pages of the book glowed with an otherworldly light, and Abner’s presence seemed to intensify.

  Abner decred with authority, “I will eliminate you personally, for the sake of the world’s bance.”

  Risebelle, Roselle, and Runebelle exged gnces, fully aware of the formidable oppohey faced. They stood ready for the ing battle, their own magical abilities and physical prowess at the ready.

  Elite Mage Abner, with unwavering fidence, began to t an intation from the book he held. The words flowed from his lips with authority and power, and as he pleted the intation, he called out the spell’s name, “Luminous Bea!”

  In respoo his and, a radiant and colossal bea of pure light materialized above the clearing. It bathed the entire area in a blindihereal glow, casting long shadows from the trees and creating an awe-inspiring spectacle.

  The Luminous Bea hovered in the air, pulsating with intense energy. It emitted a powerful and radiant aura that seemed to pierce through the darkness of the Mystic Forest.

  Roselle couldn’t help but shield her eyes with her arm. She squinted against the overwhelming brightness and muttered, “This is... insanely bright.”

  Risebelle with a awe, added, “I didn’t expect it to be this intense...”

  Runebelle, with her gloomy look, simply ented, “It’s hurting my eyes,” as she blinked rapidly, trying to adjust to the overwhelming light.

  With the Luminous Bea’s intense light energy surging around him, Abner wasted no time in ung a devastating barrage of light bsts at Roselle, Risebelle, and Runebelle. The blindingly bright projectiles streaked through the air, leaving dazzling trails in their wake as they closed in on the sisters.

  Risebelle, her instincts sharp, shouted a warning to her sisters, “Get down and cover your eyes!” She khat the blinding light was their greatest enemy in this moment.

  The three of them dropped to the forest floor, their hands shielding their eyes from the overwhelming brightness. The light bsts struck the ground around them, creating small craters and scorg the earth.

  Runebelle, with her innate sadness, struggled to maintain her posure as the dazzling dispy of light pyed havoc with her sensitive eyes. She g to the ground, her body trembling with fear and disfort.

  Risebelle, using her bat instincts, sed the area for cover. She spotted a rge fallen tree nearby and quickly gestured for her sisters to follow her. With a burst of speed and agility, they made a dash for the fallen tree, seeking refuge from Abner’s relentless assault.

  As they reached the cover of the fallen tree, Risebelle spoke to her sisters, “Stay low and keep your eyes covered. We’ll have to find a way to deal with his light magic. This might be a challenge...but we have to destroy that Maractor somehow...“