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Chapter 7 - A Usurper of Kings

"Who are you to stand in my way, mortal?" The Daedra asked.

"I'm the one who fought all the demons to make it to this place. I've come to put an end to this curse you released upon the land. I've come to finish you," Delphine answered. And as she spoke, she walked closer towards the strong demonic creature, and she did not fear him.

Then, the Daedra said to her, "You made quite a mess out there. Many have failed to bring me down, but you are the first in a long time ever to make it this far. Know this, the brave warriors who tried to fight me in combat died by my hand. Do you wish to suffer the same fate? You cannot kill me. You will die in vain, just like they did."

"We'll see about that now, won't we?" Delphine asked. Then, the knights of the Daedra prepare themselves for a battle against Delphine as she stands ready.

"Kill her," the Daedra said. And then, the knights of the Daedra begin to stroll towards her while holding onto the spears.

Then, Delphine pulls out her greatsword, and she points it at the knights who were coming towards her. One of the knights pierces the spear onto the ground and pulls out a daedric dagger and was ready to throw it. Delphine sees that this knight was not afraid to cut her down and come out victorious; he felt quite determined in himself to pierce Delphine in any part of her body. And so, the demonic knight uses his dagger and aims and releases the blade to let it fly towards Delphine's skull. And to their surprise, Delphine deflects the attack, and the knife flies away and lands onto the ground.

And so, a battle between Delphine against the demonic knights of the Daedra begins as the night continued. One of the knights rushes towards Delphine and has his spear pointed at her face, and she blocks the attack with her sword. Then, she uses her greatsword and slices the knight in the stomach, the chest, and slices off his right arm. And finally, she stabs the knight in the face and the blade servers of the upper-half part of his head. And all of the other knights let out a roar and began to run as fast as they could against Delphine to kill her.

She ran towards one of them, with her sword in her hand, and blocked and deflected every single attack that the knight threw at her. And then, she uses her sword, slices off his left leg, and stabs him in the heart as more of the knights charged towards her. Yet another one of them tries to run her over with his spear and is unsuccessful as Delphine took hold of the weapon. Then she snaps the spear in half, uses the upper half of the broken spear, and stabs the knight in the chest as so much blood and gore splattered out of his body. Delphine charges towards one of them again and starts throwing attacks at a knight as he deflects and blocks them.

But unfortunately, she had the upper hand and slices the knight in half, leaving both sides of his body to fall to the ground. Then, she picks up the spear of the dead knight and throws it at the one who tried to kill her with his dagger. The spear pierces the center of his chest, and he falls backward, and Delphine was not afraid to take them all on. Then, Delphine stabs an already dead knight with her sword and pulls out her bow and takes out three arrows. She holds onto her bow, puts all of the three indicators onto her bowstring at once, and she aims and shoots the remaining knights before her.

The knights were lucky enough to block two of the arrows, but one of them gets shot in the face with the one black arrow that wasn't blocked. Four more demonic knights carried spears crafted by their own hands and power. Delphine held onto her greatsword as one of the charges towards her to cut her down. Delphine blocks and dodges every attack that the knight used to his advantage, and she stabs him in the throat and slices off his head. Another knight tried to do the same thing to her, and she slides across the floor and trips the knight over.

She stabs the demon knight in the eye, and another knight rushes towards her with the spear in his hand. Delphine grabs hold of the spear, kicks that knight in the nuts, pulls his spear away, and she pierces him in the heart. And finally, one more knight walked before Delphine and carried a double-sided spear, and he breaks the spear in half and holds onto each half of the spear; he held each part like swords in each hand. Delphine held her greatsword in both of her hands, and she throws as many attacks as possible against this one knight, and he blocked, dodged, and deflected each strike that Delphine threw. And then, with all of her strength and rage, Delphine casts one more attack at the knight and makes one of the spears fly off of his hand.

Delphine uses her one hand, and she punches the knight in the face as her other handheld her greatsword. And then, she rips out the knight's heart, and she throws the center at the feet of the Daedra, who sat on his throne and watched the battle commence. And so, the fight between Delphine against the demonic creatures ended as the blood moon continued to shine in the night sky. And then, Delphine walks towards the Daedra as blood and gore were falling from her sword and staining the ground.

"You've made it farther than I could have expected. I'm impressed," the Daedra said.

"Come down from your throne and face me," Delphine said. And then, the Daedra did precisely as she said, and he starts to stroll towards her and began to admire her strength.

Then, the Daedra said to her, "I was planning to pay a visit on those villagers. They didn't have to send someone special to meet me. I say that because you hold a weapon far greater and powerful than an ordinary sword. In their desperation, it seems the ancient one has deceived you. Yet, I would know the name of the warrior who wields such a weapon."

"Someone who lives to put an end to the demons and their reign on Earth. You serve the night, you cause havoc and release the night hordes and murder hundreds of innocents. I know who and what you are... and you deserve a death only I shall bring you," Delphine said.

"So, you're the one whom they have feared lately? That makes it far more interesting. Many years, I have ruled this kingdom and sent many to a better life. Surely, you can see that. However, I have little interest in getting to know my victims. I don't know who you are... and yet, you are more interesting than all who came here," the Daedra said.

"I'll tell you my name, right before I cut it into your heart. Now, fight as if your life depended on it!" Delphine shouted. And then, the Daedra pulls out his daedric greatsword and holds onto it as he stands before Delphine.

Delphine points the tip of her blade at the eyes of her enemy as he drew closer to her, and she was not afraid to face him. And so, a battle between Delphine against the Daedra begins as they both were forced to fight each other to the death. The Daedra charges towards Delphine, uses his greatsword, and they both start to clash blades with each other. He uses so much force and strength to back her away from him as his double-edged sword met with her double-edged sword. His sword was forged with higher power than a demon's blood, and the color of his sword was black and red combined.

As his sword clashed with her sword, each strike was as if clinging metal with a steal, and it was an overpowering noise that sounded all over the throne room. Then, Delphine charges towards the Daedra, uses her greatsword, and starts throwing as many attacks as she possibly could. Her sword started flying and swerving all over the place as she was trying to send her enemy to his grave.

Delphine of Moria and the ruler of the castle of death continued to battle each other as the blood moon continued to shine. It was not in her nature to surrender against the great evil that roams this world; she fought back until her strength gave in. In her view, Delphine believed that only a fool would surrender to the darkness that plagued the cold-dying Earth. She is a warrior of the night who swore never to let the creatures of the night run through this land without punishment.