"Now…" I said as I put the primal core into my inventory. "I'm not sure." I grinned. Her smile soured, had she noticed that I lied?
"Asher, get out of here – now!" I called out to the sorcerer through the bond that connected us.
"Delthur, we've wasted enough ti." Vixia's ice cold voice caught my attention. How angry was she? And how much more dangerous did that make her?
"If you say so, Lady Vixia." The tall demon's posture changed in an instant. He dashed towards , swinging his blade at my chest. Was he actually trying to kill ?
I leapt back and narrowly avoided the sharp blade, only to be t with Vixia's purple flas.
"Two against one, really?" I shouted as I cut the black mist tendrils reaching towards . "I thought any one of you was strong enough to crush !"
"Silence!" Delthur raised his hand as his voice echoed in the hall. I flinched, what was he doing? A dark orb ford in his raised palm – I could sense the dense magic within it. "Give up – now!"
I grinned. "I don't think so." Despite my words, my heart was beating so fast, it almost leapt out of my chest. Why hadn't Asher replied yet?
"We want him alive, Delthur." Vixia warned the tall demon. She sounded almost bored, as if she'd seen this scene many tis before. I gritted my teeth – whatever Delthur was doing, I couldn't get hit by it. I had to stop him before he pulled that spell off.
I dashed towards him, brushing past a surprised Vixia. With my scythe raised, I approached the tall demon. The pale, crystalline curved blade of my scythe reflected the light as I swung it at his arms. He blocked it just in ti, breaking his own concentration and thus, his spell, in the process.
"Sorry," I said with a grin as his eyes burned with wrath. "I really want to get out of here alive today." Our blades remained locked for a mont before I leapt back with a backflip, kicking his stomach in the process. He grumbled and swung his blade towards , but I was already out of his range.
"Asher!" I shouted in my mind. I could only keep this façade up for so long. "Get out of here!"
I felt a faint tingle at the back of my mind. It was almost as if Asher was trying to tell sothing, but he was too far away. If I had a mont to stop and ponder, I might have figured out why, but Delthur seed adamant on not giving any ti at all.
With his wings stretched wide, he leapt into the air and dashed towards . Not wanting to give him the height advantage, I also leapt up. We clashed in the air as our battle beca a battle of wills, rather than that of pure strength.
Seeming frozen in the air, I clenched my teeth as Vixia's power leapt towards us. Not fair, was what I wanted to shout, but this was a matter of life and death – I doubted anyone cared about fairness at this point.
I focused; I needed that power now, more than ever. As crimson flas burst out of , I channelled all of my power to feed them. Vixia's expression soured as my flas spread around the room. The air grew hotter as Delthur coughed. His grip on the hilt of his sword loosened a bit, his body shook.
"Delthur!" Vixia shouted as her flas threatened to douse mine, just like they'd done to the phoenix on that day. I tightened my grip on the shaft of my scythe. The still cool tal helped calm my nerves as I pushed against Delthur with all my might. He coughed again as my flas tugged at his clothes.
"Back off!" Vixia's voice echoed around, montarily dampening everything. The demon I was locked in combat with leapt back – as soon as his feet touched the ground, he stumbled. He thrust his sword into the ground to keep his balance. "You dare harm him like this!" Vixia shouted – her voice filled with not only wrath, but also pain and worry.
I flinched – I wasn't expecting such emotions from a demon, much less of one who enjoyed tornting others. Her words and tone were almost enough to make feel sowhat guilty. Almost. "Did you expect to just let you kill ?" I shouted back as I fed more magic, more power and more hatred to my flas – they spread once again, threatening to envelop the entire room.
She didn't answer, choosing to convey her feelings through raw power. Her purple flas doused mine as her dark power converged in her raised hand. "What the hell?" I whispered as she leapt up into the air. As her wings beat, lifting her in the air, a purple barrier appeared around Delthur.
"Lady Vixia, wait." He tried to speak, but another coughing fit caught him off guard. He had to lean on his sword as his entire body shook.
"You've hard soone I care about; despite the kindness I've shown you." Her eyes let out a purple glow as she stretched her arm. She swung her arm as if wielding a weapon. Confused, I hesitated, what was she doing? It was only when I noticed the thin strand of darkness coming at that I raised my scythe to protect myself.
"Kindness?" I replied as I just barely cut the strand into pieces. More tendrils leapt towards as her flas continued to douse mine. "Every ti I t you, I almost died!"
"Asher!" I reached out to him again – I really needed to get out of here. Where the hell was the idiot?
"I saved your life!" She shouted. I felt the purple flas tug at my clothes, dance on my hair. Her power threatened to burn to ash. I spun my scythe, cutting off the dark tendrils leaping at . She swung her arm again, causing more black tendrils to leap at .
"Kai!" I heard Asher's faint voice echo in my mind as I folded my wings and touched the ground, rolling away from the tendrils and purple flas.
"What do you hope to accomplish?" Vixia's shout echoed as the flas leapt on .
"Asher, get out of here, now!" As I shouted at him through our connection, the purple flas burnt the skin on my hand. The clothes Matriarch Aelith had given protected most of my body from the flas, but anywhere they didn't, hurt like hell.
"I need a little ti to cast the spell. Just… stay alive, ok?" Asher's voice echoed in my mind. "How much ti?" I cried out as I cut another set of tendrils reaching for my neck. My mana was almost completely depleted because of the phoenix' flas I used.
"Fifteen seconds!" He replied.
I gritted my teeth. The sll of burnt skin filled my nostrils as her flas danced on my hands.
"So," She said, with a surprising calm and composed tone. "Finally done resisting?"
I sighed, slowly raising both of my hands. Two seconds. "Well," I said, looking in her eyes. "I'm all out of mana."
She smiled. "Those flas were quite impressive, I must say." Four seconds. I stepped towards her slowly leaning forward as if I were about to place the scythe on the ground. "Thanks, I guess." I replied.
Seven seconds.
"You will pay for hurting him though," Her voice suddenly grew colder as she glanced at Delthur, who was now leaning his back on the wall. Had I really hurt him quite that much?
Nine seconds.
As Vixia lowered her hand, I dashed towards her, expending the last of my mana on one last burst of Fallen Grace. As power filled my body, I appeared right before her. My scythe arm extended to the side; I swung the pale blade at her neck. My eyes flashed purple at the sa ti as hers.
"Lady Vixia!" Delthur shouted.
Eleven seconds.
"That's enough!" A commanding voice echoed. As my gaze focused on the owner of the voice, my heart skipped a beat. I knew that voice and… I knew that face.
My body was frozen mid-air. I couldn't move, and I couldn't look away from him. When my eyes t his, his enraged expression left its place to sothing different.
Thirteen seconds.
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