Primordial Beasts: Celeste

"Well, some sacrifices have to be made for the greater good. Here goes nothing!"

The Valkyrie took another deep breath. And this time, before the Umbra could destroy the spell, Mavislin stabbed the lance into her arm. She howled with pain but quickly regained her composure. Her eyes were vehement. Even the Umbra was stunned as he witnessed the scene.

"You'd go so far to avenge someone you've just met?!" asked the Umbra, appalled at the Valkyrie.

"I'd go further to defeat the likes of you!" thundered the Valkyrie as the lance merged with her arm.

"You're insane!" yelled the Umbra.

"Then you haven't met the rest of us..."

The Valokian's grin was like the smile of the devil. Her eyes flashed and shined brilliantly like a star while her entire expression was one of a madman's.

Due to the merging, Mavislin's hand was turned into the tip of a lance. As a result, the Valkyrie's entire arm was engulfed with flames with an emerald hue surrounding it. She flipped upside down and thrust her 'lance' towards the traumatized Umbra.

"Impossible! You couldn't!"

The Umbra was beginning to fear for the Valkyrie's sanity. That was her main problem. When it comes to battle, she will do anything to win the fight. But unfortunately, she gets blinded by the adrenaline of competition.

"Oh, yes, I can!"

The Valkyrie smiled as she leaped through the air, slashing the Umbra with high speed. He was now having trouble fending off Mavislin's spastic attacks. His Wakizashi started to break due to the flurry of slashes made by the 'lance.'

The dark sky was filled with sparks as the two battled it out. Whenever her arm moved, a trail of fire would follow suit. The Umbra knew it was on the losing end if it did not come up with something fast.

The Umbra stopped dead in its tracks as Mavislin launched another attack on it.

"Standing still ain't going to help!" yelled the energetic Valkyrie as she quickly launched herself towards the still Umbra.

The Umbra smiled as it held up the Marquess' Wakizashi. The Umbra then pointed right in the Valkyrie's direction.

"Open! Gate of the Primordial Beasts!"

"No way!"

Mavislin was shocked at the Umbra. How could it have known to open the gates?! The Marquess was never a Mage... And there was only one Mage she knew could do such a spell.

"You damned thing! You took his powers!" shouted the Valkyrie as the thing unleashed a shock wave of Elemental Energy.

"It's just a small example. I could not recreate the actual thing. But this is enough for me."

"Stop copying what's not yours!"

The Valkyrie was undeniably pissed at the boastful Umbra.

"Well, you thought wrong."

A purple dust cloud soon engulfed the Wakizashi. The area around them had also changed, from being in the Valkyrie's favor to siding with the Umbra in the current moment. The Umbra closed its eyes, appearing to summon up a potent spell.

"She's the embodiment of despair... She trails a smog of utmost turmoil and jeers... Lamented souls lay clinging onto her feet, unable to move on. She consumed the world, collecting those poor, unfortunate souls as trophies..."

The Elemental Aura was suffocating as the incantation was chanted. The Umbra then shouted out the rest of the chant.

"Door of the Sunken Shipwreck: Celeste!"

"Damn it!"

Mavislin summoned her shield once more to brave the oncoming tide of chaos.

"Abyssal Fog!"

As soon as the thing yelled the last few words, the area exploded into a mass of darkness. Thick, purple fog engulfed the two, making it hard for them to battle. The Umbra was used to this dense fog, but the Valkyrie was beginning to waver from the fight.

"Looks like a fog isn't your thing, eh?"

A voice appeared at Mavislin's left, but the attack came from the back, leading to a fatal slash on her wings. The Valkyrie winced in pain as her wings still needed more time to recover. Though it had healed on the surface, it was still not ready to use as a shield.

Mavislin quickly turned, ready to return the attack but was instead met with more thick fog. This infuriated the Valkyrie. And the Umbra's laugh did not help at all. So the angered girl leaped through the mist again, trying to find the source of that laughter.

"It'll take more than that to defeat me in my planet's environment," grinned the Umbra as it landed another slash.

"Shine! The light of Valkyries!" exclaimed Mavislin as she plunged the lance into the thick fog.

A pillar of light appeared, surrounding the Valkyrie. It then managed to disperse the entire area of its clouds.

"I expected no less from the last child of Valokia," praised the Umbra.