With the huge scythe blade swinging towards him, Sage finally felt a bit of threat from this Count Voctem. Before the weapon could strike him a large figure appeared in front of it. A nearly ten foot tall figure appeared between the two of them and interposed its body between Sage and the scythe. The large form used its hand to grab hold of the scythes haft, rushing forward to slam its body into Count Voctem. In the process the blackish-green energy as well as the blade it surrounded connected with the figures shoulder. It sank down to the center of the figures chest before the pair of large hands managed to clamp down on the scythes haft and stop its motion.
At the sa ti, Sage twisted at the waist and neck to face the servant and his mouth opened. The aura surrounding him pulled back from his lips and a torrent of brilliant white fla was expelled towards the spindly man that was crouching a dozen feet behind him. Faced with the evil dispelling fire of the First Light, the servant rolled and scuttled away like a huge four limbed spider. This freed Sages feet and he stomped hard, sending him rapidly into the distance. A mont later, he felt a little pained as the figure holding back Count Voctem crumbled. The Blacksilver Knight had already been halfway sliced through by the scythe, and then the energy surrounding it finally impregnated its armor. Sohow this power not only damaged the Blue Icesilver and Black Enhydros, it also sliced apart so of the Soul Fragnts that he used to control and power it.
Having not really suffered much damage to a Soul Fragnt over so many years, it was painful to feel this sudden loss. Hed also not had a lot of use for Soul Fragnts and had prioritized his own soul rather than making more fragnts. This seed to be a bonus at this ti as they were much weaker than his main soul and so the loss he felt was greatly reduced. Even so, he realized that the na Soultaker was not just for show. The Blacksilver Knight fell apart, no longer able to maintain its current shape with the loss of so many Soul Fragnts. A pile of black tar and bluish rcury spilled onto the ground. Then, a large portion of the materials reford into the smaller Blacksilver Pawns and fled quickly from Count Voctem. These smaller oily fellows rushed towards where the spindly servant had crept off to, using their numbers to try and suppress the man.
At the sa ti, Sage also rushed backwards, opening up so distance between these two enemies. The servant could lock him down in close range and Count Voctem had that powerful scythe to look out for. While backing off he moved closer to the cage of trees and after dodging a few of their tentacle-like whipping roots he moved back towards the central area. There wasnt a whole lot of room here for him to maneuver with the large carriage, Cerberus, and whipping roots. If he wanted to avoid the two people as well it would be quite limiting. Of course, that was the strategy that Count Voctem was aiming to rely upon by bringing him here.
With Sage creating so much distance, he expected Voctem to be annoyed, but it was actually the opposite. The cracked tooth man actually had a pleased smile on his face as if this was his goal. He spun his scythe in a vertical circle and then swiped the blade down upon the ground in front of him like he was harvesting wheat. The blackish-green aura splashed into the soil and a huge crack was ford in its wake. The ground split apart and revealed a gaping black chasm. Sage wasnt close enough to look down into it, but that didnt matter as sothing almost imdiately crawled up out of it. Thick black limbs curled up and grabbed the edges of the crevice and in just a mont their nature as thick roots was apparent.
In re monts these thick roots extended upwards and outwards from the chasm, rapidly piling onto each other until it took the shape of a huge tree. These blackened tendrils wound together, braiding themselves into a thick trunk and then climbing higher to form a full tree. Sage was surprised to see that the tree was almost a clone of the blackened one in Count Voctems backyard. It also ant that the tree Voctem had stepped out of was not as simple as it seed. Sage had assud it was a secret room, or maybe a special Storage Treasure that could hold living things like his Universe Ring. Now it seed that it was sothing else entirely. It might just be the sa tree that had just traveled here, or maybe sothing created from his Qi like Sages Sacred Banyans.
Whatever the case, he now saw that it wasnt just a dead tree. The light in the area dropped a few more levels, growing dimr and causing all the shadows in the area to lengthen. This was especially annoying as the servant had scuttled away to press his back up against the tree cage. The whipping roots knocked the Blacksilver Pawns back and also made it impossible for Sage to move around behind the servant. The servant had placed himself in the sa direction that the shadows were thrown. There was no way for Sage to circle around and protect his shadow behind him. The servant was up against the wall where he was protected by the tree roots and also in the best location to attack Sages shadow that had now doubled in size.
Worse yet, the charred tree at the center of the area was not as dead as it looked. In the dim light, Count Voctem pressed one hand up against the charred trunk and a ghost bluish glow spread from to cover the trees blackened bark. Soon the soft glow spread over the whole tree and then it slowly disappeared. The glowing aura split in the middle from where Voctem was touching the trunk. Half of it sank down into the roots and the crevice it sprung from while the other half traveled out towards the tips of the many branches. The evenly spread aura of energy started to concentrate into many smaller points and soon these dots of light started to grow.
In just a few monts the aura of energy completely covering the tree had been transford into dozens of small buds. These little buds started to grow larger and larger, hanging from the branches and starting to take the shape of large oblong fruit. These fruits were not corporeal and instead were made of glowing blue energy. In fact, Sage realized he had an advantage here. To just his normal vision it only looked like the trees limbs were covered in bluish fog, but for one of the first tis a power hed attained a while back ca into play. With this more powerful vision, he could see the energy forming into fruits and hanging down. As they grew larger they started to look more like seed pods or gourds.
Not sure how to deal with this new developnt, he quickly focused on a few loose ends instead. Behind Sage a half-dozen silvery cylindrical objects appeared floating in mid-air. Then they spun in place, pointing towards the servant in the distance. They glowed brightly and then streaks of light shot from them, rushing towards the servant who was hiding up against the tree cage.
Grikori!
Count Voctems concentration was broken for a mont as he worried for his subordinate. He crouched and slapped his hand on the ground. The soil rippled, forming a small trench in the ground that shot out towards the place where the servant was dodging rapidly to try and avoid the beams of light. So of them hit his limbs, tearing holes clean through them, but he was able to avoid hits to his vital points. When the trench reached the tree near him the tree suddenly expanded, spreading wider and pulling the servant behind it. The beams of light struck against the tree and blasted holes into it. Voctems eyes widened and he pushed more energy into the ground, making the tree shielding the servant, Grikori, even thicker and wider.
Sage gave up on the rapid attack and then turned to look at Voctem again. As he did, the Shard Rifles floating behind him twisted and shot into the Cerberus and the large carriage. The servant was heavily protected, but the carriage and the Demonic Beast were torn to shreds and crumbling to the ground.
Youll pay for that!
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