A Knight of Blood

"My, my lad! You were able to block me. Not many can say they've done such a thing." The red knight exclaims.

The knight leaps back doing flip in the process. Throwing a quick glance over his shoulder at his friends he can see that they are holding out for now but they are losing other people who've started to help beat back the horde. "Young man!" The knights voice booms right in front of him a split second before a gauntleted hand back-hands him sending him flying. "You really should pay attention. I am all you need to worry about. After all if you die then your friends aren't your problem are they."

"Fine I'll give you my attention." Jason spits out a little blood, stands and extends his hand. "FUCKING BURN!" He shouts as pain lances through his arm again.

The knight laughs. "That's some good fire! It's actually hotter than dragon fire." The knight laughs again. "You've piqued my interest boy so allow me to introduce myself. I am Brand Ignis, Dragons Bane and the Blood Knight. The armor I wear protects me from most fire damage." Brand says this like its the most normal thing. "Now let us duel."

Jason sprints towards Brand, at almost the same speed that Brand had sprinted at him, and creates a Warhammer that he slams into Brands chest with enough force to knock the unsuspecting and quite surprised knight off his feet and into the nearest falafel stand fifteen feet away collapsing it. Not wasting this opportunity Jason sprints and jumps at Brand slamming his Warhammer down at the sprawled man who just manages to roll away.

Leveling his blade at the boy Brand charges, drawing the blade back as he gets closer, slashing at Jason who just manages to keep his head. Cursing the boy Brand can see the boy didn't get away totally unscathed as the boy now has a massive cut from the right side of his jaw to the corner of his eye. He sees the boy  begin to raise his hand to his cheek. "NO!" Brand shouts and charges again. As he swings, back swings, and swings again at the retreating boy.

Jason just manages to evade the series of attack be for he lunges forward creating a sword and stabbing in between where the layered chest plates meet then dodge behind Brand as the tall thin man grabs at him.

"DAMN YOU YOU CRETIN!! HOW DARE YOU WOUND ME YOU UNTRAINED SCUM!" Brand bellows at Jason. Stabbing his blade into the dirt Brand draws two short swords  "NOW YOU WILL DIE BY THE HANDS OF THE FIRST LYSTRIS!" Brand dashes foreword sending slash after slash at the now dual shielding Jason who manages to block most of the hits. Most.

The cuts that opened up on Jason's chest legs and arms weren't very deep but they still hurt like a motherfucker. And this bastard Brand wasn't giving Jason the chance to heal himself. Jason knew he needed to finish the fight soon. But he needed a plan.

As Brand continued fired off attack after attack he battered Jason reveling in the boys slowing pace as new cuts and gashes appeared. It was to bad he had to kill the boy, he was quite skilled even with no training. As Brand slams Jason's shields again the boys strength flags and he drops to a knee and lets his shields dissipate. With a smile Brand says "I'll make your death quick boy. You were the best fight I've had in a very long time." As Brand raises one of the short swords Jason dives forward.

Rolling to a stop behind Brand, Jason creates a dagger sinks it deep into the unprotected back of the knee. Jumping to his feet and away Jason begins to heal himself as the knight struggles to stand. Jason's wounds close one by one until they are all closed. They healing quirk works fast but like his fire he can't control it yet so the wounds scar. As he realizes they scarred Brand stands and raises his short swords. Jason creates two more daggers knowing he needs to aim for the chunks in the armor. Hopefully the man in it will get sloppier the more injuries he has. The two charge at each other one with killing intent the other with survival instinct.

As the two combatants come together again they slash, block, and parry neither able to land a hit. With a speed that he hadn't really shown yet Jason dodges under the next swing of the short sword and stabs his one of his daggers at the exposed armpit. But he missed! And Brand spins around uppercutting Jason and sending him flying back.

"I see what your game is now boy. And that's not a bad idea. To bad your execution is sloppy!" Brand says as he closes the distance emphasizing the last word with a stab at Jason who takes the hit in his arm.

Screaming in pain Jason rolls away and stands. As he heals his arm he creates a bow and focuses on Grix. If he focuses on ranged combat he can stay away from Brand. So Jason launches one, two, three arrows at the approaching man with no effect. Jason fires another two arrows as Brand draws to close for the bow to be effective. A portal appears under Jason feet as he appears by the metal fortress is friends are still barely defending.

Seeing the boy disappear Brand turns towards the fortress as sees the boy with the bow drawn.

Jason pours more and more shadow into this next arrow, as he does the shadow arrow grows heavier and heavier. Jason releases the arrow as Brand charges once again.

As he sees the single arrow fly Brand chuckles to him self. 'This boy is dead now.' But as it draws closer it seems different some how.

The sound of metal splitting and folding back followed by the sickening sound of splitting flesh radiate through Jason's head as Brand Ignis falls and slides to a stop at his feet. With the sounds replaying in his head another thought surfaces. 'I'm a murderer.'

As Brand Ignis lay there face down in the dirt he can't help but smile. Finally the fire god will take home and give him new purpose.

As Brand takes his last breath a gong sounds from out of no where and all the remaining dead fall. Jason and his friends are teleported to the top of the Ferris Wheel where a thin man in a pink and green stripped suit stands. As the group appear he turns around. "Well done, well done, well done!" He says. "You guys have reached level two! Which means you all gain new abilities!" He looks at Jason first. "You get Mr. Ignis as a body guard as well as the ability to call forth a group of steel soldiers. Five at once! I really thought you were going to die kid." He says placing a hand on Jason and feeling a surge of power jolt through him. Then he looks at Lillian. "You my dear. Well how does electrocuting people sound." He says doing the same to her. Then he moves to Trinity. "You can now change what you touch into obsidian if you so choose and you can control it." Then to George. "You are able to craft runes." Then to Blake. "For you. You're body creates a new metal. You can also liquify your metal and use it that way."

After he's done he turns to the group and claps his hands. "Now! Who's ready for round two!"