The demon leapt for us, and I pulled Lavender into the water. Both of us plunged into the cool water as the beast sailed over our heads. We swan into the middle of the pool as the demon tiger began to pace around the water edge.
"Where did that thing co from?" Lavender asked as we tread water.
"I think it has been following us. Didn't you feel like soone watched us as we traveled?" I questioned as the tiger kept all of its six eyes on us.
"I did feel sothing, but I thought it was just my mind playing tricks on ."
"Well, I don't think we can get out of the water to fight it, and your fire magic isn't going to work well from the water. How deep do you think this is?"
In response to my question, Lavender took a deep breath and then slid below the surface. I watched the tiger pace with a look of hunger in its eyes. Soon, Lavender broke the surface of the water, gasping for air.
"Follow ," was all she said before taking another breath and diving back underwater.
I took a deep breath and then followed. The water was clear, and I could see a tunnel five ters from the surface. Lavender swan into the tunnel, and I followed. My breath was starting to run out, but the tunnel went up after two ters.
When I broke through the water, clearing my eyes. Lavender was already out of the water and offering a hand out. I gladly took the offered hand, and soon, Lavender pulled into a small cave area. Luminescent moss grew along the cave walls and shed so light for us to see.
The cave wasn't large, but at the end of it was an opening. We could see more moss lighting it, and we both walked towards it. Neither of us spoke as we walked into the dimly lit tunnel.
After twenty minutes of walking, the tunnel opened up to a large and more well-lit cave. As we walked in, we both gasped when we noticed the ceiling.
What we had started calling Lumimoss covered the entire roof of the do-shaped cave. Both of us wondered in, still amazed at the display above. When we reached the center of the room, I noticed sothing.
There was a design rising in stone from the floor. On closer inspection, it looked to be a magic circle of so kind. As I examine it, I start to rember sothing. I had seen things similar before, but nothing identical. I turned to Lavender to ask her, but she had already been opening her mouth to talk.
"This is a spell that was stored; depending on what kind of magic it is, one of us could learn it."
"How do we know what type of spell it is, and how do you learn it?" I asked as I was still studying the elaborate miniature monoliths and patterns inside the circle.
"I don't know much myself, but I think you stand in the middle and then put your hands down on the two starting points," Lavender pointed to the two ends near the center, as she explained.
"You should try it," I prompted her.
"No, No, No, you try first. You don't have any actual magic, just skills."
Lavender wasn't wrong, but I still felt like she would better use it as the mage. Still hesitant, I stepped forward to the center of the strange circle. Instead of being marked in the ground like the traditional ones I had mories of, the line raised and made thin stone lines.
"So, I just touch these to point, and that's all? None of that, I implore the spirits to lend their power, mumbo jumbo?" I joke as I weave my way to the center.
Lavender nods her head but gives a good eye roll for my rudeness. Combined with her soaking... wait a minute. I almost trip because of Lavender's perfectly dry dress. I put my hand down on sothings to stabilize myself. I looked down to see my hands on the two ends of the circle.
Nothing happened.
"Phewph, well, I'm not the mage, so this is a good thing if you can get it," I breathed as I stepped out and over the circle.
I walked over to Lavender and put my hand to her side, feeling her dress. She almost jumped back, but I smiled at her, and she relaxed. Then I realized I wasn't wet either. I must be starting to get tired. I wasn't sure how long we took to get here from the beach or how long we were there.
"Your turn, beautiful."
Lavender leaned in and kissed on the cheek before turning to weave her way to the center. Her lips left a warm and bubbly feeling with as I watched her go. When Lavender stepped into the center, she turned to and smiled, putting both hands down on the ends of the spell circle.
The rock line all shifted slightly, sending small chips of stone and dust falling. Then it started moving towards her, the end looking like her hands sucked the whole thing up. Soon, the entire magical stone circle had absorbed into Lavender, and she stood up straight, smiling even brighter.
Her gaze went blank, and for a short mont, she stood like a beautiful expressionless statue. Her eyes returned to normal, and she ran to , throwing her arms around my neck. I wrapped her up in my embrace, then pulled back, staring down into Lavender's eyes.
"So, how was it?"
"It's hard to describe the feeling of the magic pouring into . I gained EARTH MANIPULATION. It says I can now mold and control earth."
I let out a long yawn above Lavender's head.
"That's amazing, but I'm starting to get tired. Maybe try to close up the two cave entrances, and we can take a nap. I don't have any idea how long we have been here."
Lavender looked up to , nodding, seeing the exhaustion in my eyes, so we walked to the supposed way out. She put her hands out, and Lavender took on a strained look. The grating sound of stone on stone filled the chamber, the grinding noise bouncing around the do.
It didn't take that long, but I held my fingers in Lavender's ears right away so she could finish. That damn sound cut through , and I dreaded the next one. After we finished blocking the other entrance, we found an excellent place to sit down.
It was a concave part of one of the outside do walls, and I leaned back enough to be comfortable on the smooth stone. Lavender lay on her side, with her head and purple hair covering her face. I stared at her, wondering why I didn't sense her right away. Soon, that thought beca lost as my eyes beca heavy, and I drifted off under the weight of them.
"Dave!"
Lavender shook awake, and I could hear the reason for my abrupt awakening. Loud scratching was coming from the exit we had blocked off. The sa one we had planned on using to escape out.
"Shit," I cursed, standing up. "We should get ready to fight this thing, grab your gauntlet out and go hide behind a rock you can move around easily and stay out of sight."
"But what about you?"
"I'll be fine. I have DEMON BRINGER, and the demon, not knowing where you are, will keep it on guard. If you blast it away when it gets close to your spot and then run to another spot, you should be safe while I draw its attention."
Lavender agreed with , and the scratching was getting more clear to hear. She ran to a large rock as I went to the middle. I activated LIGHT BLADE, and the white light blade ford in my hand.
I turned towards the now chipping door, and I couldn't see Lavender, which was good. As a claw broke through the stone barrier, the blade of light in my hand grew to two ters long and tripled its blade size. The demon tiger smashed the wall down and stepped out, glaring at .
Saliva dripped from the open mouth of the orange tiger, covered in black stripes that crawled on its back. It's three tails swished as four angry eyes stared down, and the other two seed to be looking for sothing. I wasn't going to give it ti to think.
"DEMON HUNTER," I spoke, and three golden rings appear on my forearms.
Those rings lit up bright, and then Golden flas licked up my massive white sword. I took one step, swinging my sword. The demon roared at , but halfway through my arc, I disappeared. In the sa mont, I was bringing my flaming DEMON BRINGER down towards its neck.
All it could do was try to turn, but it was too late. DEMON BRINGER slid through the demonic tiger's neck like smoke. Its body erupted into smoke but didn't disperse like normal. Instead, it started to suck into my sword, and I felt a wave of ntal stress burn through my head.
I dropped to my knees, clutching my head, and started to wretch on the ground in front of . Lavender rushed over, put her hand on my back, and asking what was wrong. I couldn't tell her because agony and despair gripped my mind, but mostly I couldn't stop dry heaving now.
After ten soul-crushing minutes and a burning feeling in my cheek, and it all went away. Lavender held as I panted in her arms while she used the bottom of her skit to dab my sweaty face. I looked up to her, but Lavender's eyes were filled with terror and tears.
"Hey," I said in a small strained voice, the kind you get from a ten-minute dry heave, you know.
"What the hell was that? And now that black mark on your face, how did you kill it so fast?"
I reached up to my face and felt the area that was burning. It felt like a small triangle, but it also felt engraved into my skin, not just so mark. It must be from that black mist from the demon, and sothing to do with DEMON HUNTER. That was the first ti I had used it, and maybe that was a good thing because I was exhausted from just that one.
"I just felt the need to kill it, and I wanted to be closer to it. Then I was there, and it was dead before I realized that it happened, but the part after is just as much of a mystery to as it is to you."
"You really need to stop fighting alone," Lavender scolded .
"I know, but it was like the blade needed the kill, but the agony and despair I felt after," But my voice trailed off, and a wave of tiredness hit .
Lavender got up, and we went back to the concave in the wall, and she told to lay my head on her lap. I complied, too exhausted to argue, and laid my head into Lavender's soft and warm thighs. Running her hands through my hair, Lavender's voice singing a strange song was that last thing I heard as I drifted off.
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