Akira and Elsa were both observing each other. When this happened, Akira noticed something off. The bones in Elsa's right hand were locking back into place as her flesh was mending itself. Even her right shoulder was repairing itself. With a smirk on his face, Akira merely cracked his neck as he clenched his fists.

"Try not to die too fast."

The moment he said this, Akira changed the vector of kinetic momentum under his feet as he was already in front of Elsa. Suddenly the woman felt her chin, nose, and even both sides of her face getting punched repeatedly by Akira. Suddenly the boy grabbed her arm and threw her at the wall. By the time her body bounced off the wall, Akira was already in front of her as continued to punch the women's head.

"Despite our similar appearance, I actually have more muscle than Accelerator. Not only that, to prevent my hands from hurting everytime I punch Elsa, I change the vector of kinetic momentum. All I had to do was direct the vector at her the moment I touched her. "

As Akira was slamming his fists onto Elsa's face, he noticed how the woman was raising her right arm. When he saw this, Akira simply grabbed a hold of Elsa's face with his right hand as he directed a small glance at Puck and Rom. The spirit and the giant both nod their  heads at this action as Akira smirked at Elsa.

"Hey, old hag. Did you know that the human body has a little something called bioelectricity? I'm just going to tweak yours a bit. Enjoy!"

The moment Akira said this, Elsa screamed in pain as she felt herself being electrocuted from the inside of her own body. Seeing this, Akira quickly lets go of Elsa's face as he quickly jumped to the side. As soon as Akira did this, Rom slammed his club at the assailant as he sent the woman flying. The moment Elsa felt that she can move her body again, she was suddenly captured in a huge block of ice as Akira looked towards Puck.

"Heh, not too bad, Cat. Glad you picked up on the signal."

"You're pretty quick on the uptake yourself."

"Did you two get her?!"

The moment Rom said that, both Subaru and Akira mentally facepalmed themselves. The giant just jinxed them as soon as those words escaped his mouth. Suddenly the ice that was trapping Elsa shattered as it revealed the woman with her wounds healing, but her cloak was now missing.

"That's strange. To think the cloak would only activate now when the spirit hit me with its magic. Just what is it that you're doing, boy?"

"So it must have been a cloak that could offer her protection against magical attacks. However, what i'm doing isn't magic, so I was able to bypass her cloak's defenses. Good to know."

Just as he thought this, Akira noticed how Elsa was rushing at high speed all around the loot house. The moment the woman stopped, after gaining enough momentum, she was now in front of the silver haired girl as she swung her blade at her opponent. However, the half-elf didn't seem the least bit worried.

"Don't underestimate a spirit arts user."

After the half-elf shielded herself, Elsa quickly got away from her to avoid being skewered by the icicles Puck was raining down on her. When this happened, Subaru and Felt could only watch. Truth be told, they didn't know what to do or expect. But the biggest surprise to them, and even Rom, was how Akira was able to handle the situation so well. Soon Subaru turned his head towards Rom.

"Oi, old man Rom, was Akira always this much of a monster?!"

"Well, when he first started living here, he would always stay up all night saying something about calculations. Not only that he would make me throw dangerous objects at him to see if he could deflect them."

"Crazy. But it looks like it paid off. Now it's just a battle of attrition between Elsa and Puck, then Akira can finish the job!"

"Not quite, for a spirit arts user, the biggest factor is how long the spirit can stay corporeal."

The moment Rom said this, Subaru realized something. Puck's time limit was almost up. True to his words, he saw Puck looking more and more transparent. Puck was now resting on the half-elf's shoulder as he knew he was at his limit. Seeing this, the half-elf asked him if he was okay.

"Puck, can you keep going?"

"Sorry, i'm really sleepy. I underestimated her a bit. My mana's gone, so I have to disappear."

"I'll take care of the rest here, so you can go rest. Thank you."

"Lia, if anything happens to you, i'll act according to my contract. If it comes to it, call me, even if you have to squeeze me out of my od."

As Puck said this, he disappeared as the half-elf had to fight on her own. Just as Elsa was charging towards her, Rom suddenly jumped in front of her and swung his club. However, he was shocked when Elsa jumped into the air and landed on top of his club.

"I was able to do this because you're so strong."

"Old man Rom!"

Just as Elsa was about to cut off Rom's head, Felt threw her sword as it made contact with Elsa's blade. This caused her attack to be slightly off as Elsa's blade cut the back of Rom's neck as the giant fell to the ground. As Elsa landed on her feet, her eyes were now on Felt.

"You bad girl. You have neither strength or resolve to fight. You should've stayed in your corner and made yourself small."

Just as Elsa was about to swing down her blade, two events happened simultaneously. The first one was Subaru moving Felt out of the way before she could get cut down. The second event was when Akira lightly threw rock at the woman as it had so much power and force that it went through her right shoulder again as it tore off her flesh and left a hole in her shoulder that anyone can see through. As this happened, Subaru grabbed Rom's club as he tried to slam it onto Elsa's body. However, the woman simply tossed her blade onto her left hand and used it to stop Subaru's attack.

"Now, Felt! Get out of here!"

"Did you think I would let her go?"

As Felt was running out of the door, Elsa moved her right arm despite the pain. The moment she grabbed one of the throwing needles she kept on her, she threw two of them at Felt. Seeing this, Subaru kicked a chair in that direction as he managed to block the needles from hurting Felt.

"I'm awesome! But the tips of my toes kinda hurt a lot more than expec-"

"Now's not the time to hype yourself up, Mr.Hero."

The moment Subaru heard this, he was kicked on the back of his head by Elsa. Shortly afterwards, Elsa felt Akira slamming his fist into her stomach as she was sent crashing through a wall. The moment this happened, Akira noticed something currently in the air as Elsa was standing up from where she crashed.

"Flour? Wait, that's right. During my time here, someone traded a whole lot of flour to Rom. But this isn't enough, there should be several more bags here."

Suddenly Elsa dashed towards Subaru as she was wildly slashing at the boy. Subaru could only try to defend himself with Rom's club as he felt himself being cut over and over again. While this happened, Akira noticed how the silver-haired girl was trying her best to heal Rom. Seeing these two struggle, Akira mentally slapped himself.

"I can't believe i'm going to do this."

"Subaru! Take the girl and old man Rom out of here."

"What?! Are you crazy? You can't take her on by you-"

"I can't take her on and protect everyone. That's why i'm splitting the work. Be the wannabe hero and save everyone, you dumbass. As for me....if it means I can finally be free and do what I want, I don't mind playing villain in this case."

As Akira said this, he lightly tapped his foot on the floor. The moment this happened, all the weapons and armor that were scattered across the floor due to the fight in the shop began to float in the air before being fired off at Elsa as projectiles. While the assailant was dodging said projectiles. Two things happened, the first being that Subaru was helping the half-elf take Rom out of the loot house. The second was that every projectile that missed hitting Elsa were actually hitting large bags of flour that was in the back of the loot house.

"Are you running out of options, boy?"

"I have plenty of options, just not the experience to pull 'em off. But this last trick will definitely blow you away. After all, there's no wind tonight and this dump is filled with a lot of flour in the air."

The moment he said this, Akira threw another sword at Elsa with great speed and power due to changing its vectors. The moment that the sword hit Elsa's blade, Akira magnified the heat caused by the friction of the two blades clashing. With a sinister smile upon his face, Akira merely had one question to ask Elsa.

"Tell me old hag......have you ever heard of a dust explosion? Hehehe! Hahahahahaha!"

~With Subaru~

As Subaru was carrying Rom on his back, both himself and the half-elf were trying to get as far from the loot house as possible. While the half-elf looked at Subaru, she could see how hard it was for him to move Rom. Soon she went on the other side of Subaru and helped up Rom as she used her magic to try and heal the man's wound again.

"Are you sure your friend will be okay?"

"We're not exactly friends, but he suggested this idea, so he must have a plan. But once that's over, i'll rush over there and save him."

"Me too..."

"Huh?"

"Well, seeing both you and him try so hard to keep everyone alive, I need to try harder. Plus I can't leave someone that good hearted behind to die."

"I see.....though I don't know about the good hearted part, when we get Rom to a safe place let's head ba-"

A large, roaring boom was heard from behind Subaru and the half-elf as a large quantity of fire could be heard from where the loot house was. As his eyes widen in horror, Subaru could only watch as he saw the loot house being engulfed in a large explosion as a large pile of fire was seen emerging.

"No...no way........ AKIRA!!!!!"

"It's okay!!"

As Subaru and the half-elf both turned around, they saw Felt standing before them. She was currently out of breath as her eyes threatened to have tears falling down from them. However, despite her worried expression, she quickly looked at Subaru.

"Felt! We have to hurry back! If we d-"

"We'd only get in the way! Obviously I want to go back there right now! But ...but .......I know i'll just get in the way. That's why, i'll bet everything on the two of them!"

"Two of them?"

"Yeah....i didn't just run away for nothing! He'll be there, and when that white haired punk comes out alive, he won't be alone!"

~At the Loot House~
"H....holy shit .........I ALMOST FUCKING DIED!"

That was the first sentence that came out of Akira's mouth as he was trying to get out of the flames and escape the loot house. He knew the risk of using a dust explosion. While his reflection kept him alive, it was the lack of oxygen that was a danger to him. As he kept walking out the fire, he couldn't help but think.

"You know, Akira, i've always wondered why you push yourself so hard. You're too young for that. Leave the stressful stuff to the adults and just be a dumb kid for once."

"I'm nothing like the rest of the people here! Just you watch, i'll make it out of these slums! Once I do, you and Old Man Rom can visit my mansion any time!"

"Fuck.  It's only been four days. Four fucking short days here! There is no way i'd grow attached to them so quickly."

As he kept walking through the flames, Akira was trying his hardest not to think about anything else. Why he tried to save them? Why he entertained Subaru and brought him back to the loot house? Why he didn't just escape while he still could and just leave them behind? With his ability, he could've easily just left them or even called a guard while leaving if he wanted to. So why did he stay and fight?

"Now that I think about....if it was my family back at home. Would I have been so quick to save them?"

Before he could answer his own question, Akira heard the sound of flesh being torn apart and bones breaking. Blood was staining the ground as he saw Elsa with her blade now in her left hand as her right hand was twisted and broken apart. Her eyes were that of a feral animal that just caught its most tantalizing prey. As her burning flesh was slowly repairing itself, she looked at the boy with nothing but pure bloodlust and excitement.

"You really are a lot of trouble to kill. It makes me wonder what your bowels will look like even more!"

"If you want to see someone's guts then slice open your own damn stomach. But this works out for me. I may not be able to do a lot, but with the calculations I made and those wounds you got....I can end this in one tou-"

"That won't be necessary."

A new voice was heard as the flames began to disperse. When Akira glanced behind him, he saw one man walking towards him and Elsa as he saw Subaru along with the rest of the group behind him. The man stood tall as his striking red hair and his sparkling blue eyes drew Elsa and Akira's attention towards him. With just a glance, Akira could tell that this man was above the norm. Soon Elsa could no longer hide the look of pure joy forming upon her face.

"To think I got to fight so many people, nearly died due to this white haired boy's attacks, and now I get the honor of facing the Sword Saint himself."

"The Sword Saint?"

"I heard from the little one with golden hair about you. She was crying out for someone to help save her friend from the Bowel Hunter, Elsa Granhiert, so I arrived. Please, rest easy. On my name as Reinhard van Astrea, i'll protect you."