"I know my odds its only a matter of time before I loss if are fight continues, but seeing how I am not here to continue it... did you really think I had thought I could take both of you," Artem said raising his hands with a devilish smile as the Artem in front of them flickered revealing a hologram and a small device right under it. What the two hadn't notice was when Artem unleashed the S Flare he had actually dropped a small device and teleported out of the area behind the magic wall. For the first time probable in there lives they had been tricked by someone who they thought was reckless, but in fact was simple pulling the wool over their eyes.
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The sudden noise most likely catching both their attention to to turn around Salforge revealing the real Artem knocking behind the barrier. At this moment every single move after the S Flare was simple a distraction of rogue acting long enough for Artem to place a bunch of daggers around the two fighters, and some around the hallway he was currently in.
"Hows that for reckless," Artem asked. after a second the sound of a loud buzz could slowly be heard signaling his ride had arrived.
If only you knew to this day mad this made me and Lumine both. If this isn't the most strangely explained plot devices, I don't know what is. I am actually rewriting this as fan fiction, but I just remembered how pissed I was the first time I read this, and 7 years later, it's all coming back to me in full. Holy shit.