An old friend ( part 1 )
The hairy monster threw its fists at Emma, luckily, she managed to block all of them.
" O moth'r Miva! o moth'r Miva, bestow upon me thy passion and loveth, thy warmth and affection, fulfill mine own hon'rable wisheth and destroyeth mine own enemies, Fire magic: Flame vortex! "
Massive flames swallowed the monster, Emma used that chance to get Amanda to safety, but the monster suddenly appeared at the door and blocked her way.
" Is that a regenerative ability? How am I supposed to kill this thing? "
Emma put her odds at the stake and went for an all-in attack.
She had a plan in mind.
As the monster was throwing his fist, she jumped into his arm and went like lightning towards his heart.
A few hits and her blade was broken.
His skin was hardened, most hardening was in the area of his heart.
Typical Emma, refused to give up. She kept hitting the area, harder with her broken sword until she managed to gauge his heart.
In the commander's room, multiple corpses were scattered everywhere.
A dark-haired young man was walking confidently into the recently awoken Baldric.
Baldric turned left and right, but he couldn't find his witch.
He realized he was betrayed.
Still, he was confident about taking down that man.
Baldric grabbed his infamous sword, its red rotten blade sparked.
The red in it was recent, as he just tortured someone with it.
" Do you think you'll have a chance against me, a noble knight? "
Marbas didn't respond and prepared his stance.
In a blink of an eye, the blades of the two were meeting, swaying, and dancing.
Baldric was a sword prodigy in his childhood, which made him get selected to become a knight for the kingdom.
An old prestigious rank in the hierarchy before the military coup.
" Knight my ass! You're nothing compared to the knights. "
Marbas's statement provoked the commander's rage.
His sword hits became more aggressive and strong.
Marbas used this chance and provoked him more:
" Look, I didn't even use my Auroreal. Is that the strength of a knight? "
" Haaa, you bastard! "
The skeleton guys stop hitting Marbas:
" I didn't use this skill for ages, to think I'll use it on a mere peasant. "
He began mumbling some prayings while closing his eyes:
" The blade of mine own sw'rd is the c're of mine own heart and soul, enam'r'd with w'rship. Rev'r'd gods, i asketh thee by thy palmy pow'r and thy et'rnal might to bestow upon thy humble s'rvant the pow'r to defeat mine own enemies: SWORD ENHANCEMENT! "
The room was shaking unstoppably and a luminous weird shape surrounded by a circle appeared under Baldric's feet.
It was a nonactogonal shape with the numbers III, VI, and IX as its limits.
The former knight then threw a slash enhanced with magic.
Marbas dodged it as it hit the wall, the whole room crumbled.
The fight became more intense, but Marbas played the defensive side until,
until he saw a person in need.
A young girl.
He couldn't see her face as it was all mutilated, but from her growing remaining breast and her small body, he knew she was a young girl.
She was Terric's older sister!
He rushed towards her, carried her, and jumped from the window.
But Marbas felt like the girl was struggling. He decided to put her down behind a close tree and talk to her.
" What's wrong? "
She pointed her finger in the direction of the cells on the highest floor.
Marbas realized something bad happened to Emma.
He rushed towards her when a great number of soldiers blocked his way, Baldric has raised the alarm.
" Move out of MY WAY! "
In a spectacular one man against an army show, evading, dodging, crumbling, piercing through the never-ending soldiers. He finally reached the cells, with his face covered in the blood of his victims.
What he saw was shocking, her organs were visible to the eye as her back was cut.
She was protecting the girl from an explosion as multiple burnings were in her arms.
While he was wondering, not knowing what to do in shock, he saw something that gave him hope. There was a small green light, small enough to not be seen by a shocked person.
Her organs were regenerating.
Either the demon inside her was saving her from dying or she cast a healing spell before she faint.
He carried her and put her beside the young girl, who gave him a small smile of relief.
" Solar flare "
His red dagger glowed and flames surrounded it, he used it to close the wound on her back.
" I will end this quickly. " he told the girl.
This time, he was calm and focused.
As he entered the dungeon an attack came towards him from behind, he dodged it and without notice, he grabbed Baldric from his neck and wiped the wall with his head.
Baldric, his head spinning couldn't stand correctly, yet, he prepared himself for the last sword fight.
Marbas changed his stance into a new one and carried his dagger as it was a sword.
" You can never defeat me in a sword fight, NEVER! I AM A NOBLE! I WAS TRAINED IN SWORD FIGHTING SINCE BIRTH. YOU NEVER KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SWORDS! "
Marbas managed to take him down in two hits, dodge his incoming attack, hit the tip of his hand, and then strike his heart.
" HOW????? "
Baldric was hopeless:
" BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR! I DID WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO! I TRAINED SO HARD TO BECOME THE STRONGEST! "
Marbas gazed at him with his cold and disgusted eyes.
" SCREW YOU! DON'T LOOK AT ME! DON'T FUCKING LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! "
Marbas intentionally missed the heart so he can give him the death he deserves.
" Solar flare: Thousands years of suffering! "
He then struck his dagger in Baldric's heart without missing this time.
The commander began flipping, hitting his head on the ground while having enormous pain.
" NOT AGAIN, PLEASE, WE CAN HAVE A DEAL! "
Marbas was watching him die from suffering calmly
" I WILL GRANT YOU EVERYTHING IN MY POWER, JUST KILL ME PLEASE! "
" Will you be able to retrieve the lives you've tortured and killed? If, so then we can have a deal " said Marbas while sitting on the ground watching the infamous duke's only brother dying.
He, on the other hand, rushed towards a thrown sword and before that, he can cut his own neck Marbas stopped him.
" Nah, you die with pain! "
" PLEASE I BEG YOU! I FEEL MY ORGANS ARE BURNING. I FEEL EVERYTHING INSIDE OF ME TURNING INTO FLAMES! "
He decided to escape and run into the river but Marbas began following him when suddenly someone stopped him.
" Don't stand in my way, or I'll crush you! "
" Go ahead and try, traitor. "
As soon as Marbas took a look at that person, he fell back and recognized him. His silky white hair, and the seal on his hands.
It was a tatoo with the same style as the one in Marbas's dagger only the name was:
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" I said move out of the way. "
" Well, there is only one way. " said the stranger while playing with a corpse's sword.
" Listen, let me at least get Emma to safety. She's in terrible condition! "
" Not my problem! " he said mockingly.
" Don't blame me if I end this quickly. "
" Oh, I have an idea! You see, if you don't take me in under 5 minutes, that young girl will die. Let's spice up things, Marbas. "
Marbas grinned:
" Make it 30 seconds. "
" Always confident about your skills aren't you? Then, let's have fun! "
" Bring it on! " replied Marbas.