I charged forward again and watched as Oberon disappeared. This time there was no warning as once he disappeared he reappeared flying through the air at me, feet first. Since there was no time between I couldn’t react and was kicked in the head hard enough to send me tumbling away. Just as I was kicked though he disappeared again and reappeared beside me where I was kicked in the jaw. Elysif sent several different strings of blood out from where I was in hopes of giving me some space but he just kept disappearing and reappearing in between them.

With no other choice I started swinging wildly in every direction possible while Elysif would cover my blind spots with a barrage of bloody spikes. This had no effect though as he would simply disappear and reappear to strike where neither of us could protect. One punch to my underarm sent me flying backwards to the edge of the ring.

“You leave too many openings. If even I can’t hit you then nobody can. At that point it would simply be a test of strength and stamina.” Oberon said.

“Is this a lesson or a punishment?” I asked sarcastically as I stood back up.

“Your enemy will not hold back so neither will I. That said, I won’t kill you. If you can’t defend yourself then you have no hope of fighting Merlin and if you can’t hit me then you have no hope of beating him.” Oberon said.

“I do have a question. If you can alter time and this whole enchanted forest thing is in the past, present, and future. Then can you tell me how I can beat Merlin or better yet, why he is doing what he’s doing?” I asked as I was getting pretty pissed off.

“All in due time. However, I will tell you this. If you do not become good enough to beat him then you and all of your friends will die.” he said.

“How?”

“Beat me and I’ll tell you.” he said before disappearing again and reappearing above me. I dove out of the way with a roll and readied myself for the next attack.

Just as expected he reappeared within my reach and went to kick me from the left side. However, when I went to block it I was kicked in the face from the right side. Following that kick came the kick I was originally trying to block, only for it to hit the left side of my face. I didn’t understand how I was getting kicked by two people since Titania was on the sidelines watching.

Looking around for him though made it clear. Oberon disappeared and her reappeared with a double. Where it came from was unknown to me but it didn;t matter. Now I just had to watch out for both of them. That said, I was pretty pissed off about it. It seemed I wasn’t the only one though as Elysif sent out several small razor-like blades made of blood out in random directions.

It had no real effect but it did allow me to figure out where Oberon may attack me from. Since he would try and avoid her attack then I must assume that he would attack where she wasn’t. That backfired though as he disappeared and reappeared from above and to my side. I tried to avoid the one to my side only to get superman kicked by the one above me.

“You okay?” I heard Elysif ask.

“Yeah, just keep up what you're doing if you can. Though if you start feeling light headed then please stop.” I replied.

“Don’t worry about me. I can always reuse the blood that I send out.” she said.

“Okay then. Is Compton able to help?” I asked as I dodged an attack from Oberon.

“He is coming… I think.” she said as I was kicked in the back of the leg by the other Oberon.

“Please try and get him here faster? I can handle him for a while by myself while you do.” I said as the Oberon’s took me from both sides and pummeled me down.

“I’m working on it!” she yelled as a small bit of her blood shot out from the ground in which she had sent it earlier and it struck one of the Oberon’s in the leg. He yelled out in pain, much to the other Oberon and Titania’s surprise

From the ground shot a plant which grew from a small sapling to a giant tree in a matter of seconds. The tree itself slammed into my stomach and launched me to the edge of the clearing. Just as I thought my food was going to leave my body Titania walked up to me and grabbed me by my hair. Lifting me up painfully to where we were at eye level and stared with eyes of pure rage. I desperately tried to remove her hand as my hair was starting to rip from my scalp.

“Now, now, dear. You don’t need to kill the impudent human. He simply got lucky is all.” Oberon said as the second version of himself which was looking at his leg disappeared.

“Don’t worry. I will not kill him. However, I would like him to take his coat off.” she said while still giving me the death glare.

“Of course.” I said as I dropped my coat and tried to deal with the pain of my hair coming off my head.

“Good. wouldn’t want to damage it despite its horrid shape.” she said as she let go of my hair and hit me in the shoulder. Nothing seemed to happen as she did but as soon as she pulled her hand back my arm was shot off my body in an explosion of gore. I was shocked for a second before the pain settled in and I fell to the ground screaming and clutching where my arm was.