Grimmy stared down at the unconscious girl who was lying by his front paws. He was looking at her, but his mind seed to be elsewhere. A few monts later, he blinked before yawning, his tail stretching and arching as it rose off the ground, piercing the ceiling. With a crash, his tail hit the ground as he smacked his lips a few tis. He turned his head to the side, dropping down and resting one cheek on his paws, nearly crushing the armored girl underneath. Whens she going to wake up?
Why would I know? Lindyss asked. She was running a brush through her hair as she sat on a stump. It was light out, the sun barely peeking over the horizon. Beside her, two phoenixes were huddled against her waist, shivering in the breeze. A frown appeared on the cursed elfs lips as she lowered her head and glared at the two trembling birds. How is it that you two are cold? Arent you phoenixes?
Ive been stripped of my down, Emile said. Its only obvious that Id be cold!
I have to pretend to be cold or Emile will strip too, Susan said. Im actually very warm.
Lindyss expression darkened as she moved her hair away from the two birds. The ends were curling from the heat coming off of them. Since it was your down, you should know when that girl will wake up.
I dont know, Emile said as he followed after Lindyss hair, walking across her lap. You beat her up pretty bad. Itd be normal to never wake up again after that, you know? If we werent around, youd be a murderer.
Grimmy snorted. Shes already a murderer, one more body doesnt matter.
Emiles eyes widened as he froze midstride. He trembled as he tilted his neck up, making eye contact with Lindyss. She smiled at Emile, causing a few feathers to fall off of him as he trembled. Calm down, Lindyss said, reaching out to pet the poor phoenix. Emile tried to dodge, but Lindyss hand flashed and clamped down on his skull, preventing him from moving. Grimmy was just joking. Does soone as sweet as seem like shed be a murderer?
No, of course not, Emile said, his voice stiff.
Thats right, Lindyss said, her smile widening. She turned to face Grimmy as she released Emile. See? This phoenix knows. Are you stripping her?
Yup, Grimmy said as he used the tips of his claws to pry off Marys armor. If you wont let play with her sword, Ill take her armor.
Is her armor even special? Lindyss asked, raising an eyebrow. I thought it was her blood.
Shes only been imprinted by a turtle, Grimmy said as he slid a second gauntlet off of Mary. That wont make her blood resistant to magic. Its the armor and sword that have built-in null-magic effects. He pried off Marys sabatons and raised one of them up, bringing it to his eye. He blinked and placed it down. Its really been a long ti since Ive seen blood magic like this. There used to be a bunch of lunatics on the southern continent that loved this kind of stuff. The head of that cult probably fled over here. I always wondered where he went, but it seems like that mysterys cleared up.
You dont believe the natives of this continent independently developed blood magic?
Nah, Grimmy said, shaking his head as he dug the tip of his claw into the crack by Marys waist between her upper and lower armor pieces. I recognize these runes because I taught that crazy fellow how to make them. He wanted power and I thought itd be interesting to give him sothing like this, but he ended up hating for so reason.
For so reason, Lindyss said, rolling her eyes. I wonder why.
Probably because he needed the blood of a relative to draw them, Grimmy said with a shrug. Hmm, thats weird. This armor wont co off.
Dont shrug off sothing like that, Lindyss said, her expression darkening. What do you an blood of a relative?
Ah, you know, Grimmy said, waving his claw in the air. You cant have power without sacrificing sothing. Its just not right, so I added a condition to his strength. Every so often, the runes would try to suck out all his blood unless he gave them similar blood to drink. Looks like this girls been doing fine by replenishing her blood with that turtles imprint though. A low chuckle escaped from Grimmys throat as he smiled with his teeth bared. His descendants mustve gone crazy looking for a way to preserve themselves. Seems like they found one.
Preserve themselves? The runes are hereditary?
Of course, Grimmy said, eyeing Lindyss. What, you think the power to slay dragons cos for free? Think of what your boyfriend Vincent had to give up to put Nova to sleep.
Shut up, Lindyss said, her expression turning dark. Emile and Susan stiffened and inched away from the shadows that were creeping out of Lindyss.
Mm? Are you going to start hating too? Grimmy asked, raising an eyebrow. He grinned at her. You know you dont want to do that.
Lindyss sighed as the shadows crawling out of her were sucked back into her body. These runes you created, she said, gesturing towards Mary, what else do they do other than null-magic? You said they were strong enough to slay a dragon, but null-magic alone wont do that.
They can do a lot, Grimmy said, but it seems like this girl hasnt learned it at all for so reason, or the knowledges been forgotten since a really long ti has passed after all. If she could use the runes to their full potential, you mightve been the one lying on the ground right now. Well, I cant bla her, really. Shed have to sacrifice ten relatives or die ten tis over to truly bring out the runes power.
Other than telling , look at how damn aweso I am for creating these super-powerful runes, you really havent told anything about what they can do, Lindyss said.
Well, yeah, Grimmy said. It wont be fun if youre already prepared for the next fight between you two. Thats like watching a rigged fight. Boring.
Why am I fighting her again?
You think shes going to give up once she wakes up?
Lindyss gaze shifted onto Mary. Youre right. As long as I have her sword, she wont. What a pain.
Grimmy chuckled. Maybe shell make a new one. That crazy cult leader mustve left behind a lair sowhere with all his information. He picked Mary up and manipulated her limbs as if he were playing with a doll. I wonder if she knows where it is. Oh. Thats why her armor wouldnt co off. Looks like she fused it with her spine. Neat.
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