CLANG!!
Kyle grit his teeth as he struggled to keep himself stable with no ground under his feet. He gripped Dyrnwyn tightly as he parried a quick swipe from the speeding elf king. Dagger and sword came into tight contact with one another as the blades turned a dull orange the longer they clashed against each other.
"I warned you lot to stay away, hadn't I? So explain why you're here or else."
"We came to fight the 'ancient' there's no reason for you to be so hostile about it! We can help each other."
"Need I tell you that this issue is entirely because you lot are here! Guess I should just kill you here and now."
"Wait your highness please calm down. I have a proposal that could probably benefit us both."
"And what exactly could that be?..."
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"Oh...now that definitely sounds interesting..."
Abrak was now calmly hovering in the air as he stroked his chin in thought. The proposal that Hannah had presented to him was definitely beneficial, no matter what way he looked at it. But there was one issue he found disturbing.
"How can you ensure you can build this trading system between worlds? There are worlds out there that might just find some way to exploit us."
"That's where you and your dagger come in. If we can control the system perfectly, then we will always find worlds that have beings weaker in strength but more advanced in technology. Since you have the base strength of a major god, we can more or less avoid any sort of reckless conflicts."
"You seem to aim for something farfetched girl, but I'm willing to see how far it can go. Tell me, how are you going to conduct this research?"
"That's something we may have to discuss later as we should probably head for the 'ancient' now"
"Fine, I'll let you lot assist me but on the condition that under no circumstance do I want reckless actions like sparing his life..."
"Don't worry... we want him dead too."
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(At the dark forest)
The man from before was now walking through the destroyed forest. He came across some dark elves corpses in groups as their bodies had severe burns. He licked his lips in hunger and without thinking of his appearance he devoured the corpses despite the burnt flesh and contaminated blood. The smell was horrendous as well, but that only appealed to his hunger even more. He held a burnt, decapitated head of a dark elf youth as he continued on his way in case he felt hungry later. He wanted to meet his old friend Abrak as soon as possible, but Abrak had stopped in his tracks somewhere pretty far.
Also, Abrak was with those three auras that had woken him up. This either spelt disaster for him or something else was happening. He took a large bite from the ear of the dark elf head. He had to tug a bit, but it eventually came out with a bit of ear canal that had an unpleasant taste. He spat it with a disgusted expression and crushed the skull to get to the brain within. Flesh and blood splattered everywhere as the man got some shattered bone fragment on his face. He wiped it off and looked at the brain matter on the ground soaked in extremely dark red blood. He licked his fingers and his eyes sparkled in joy.
He was extremely hungry.
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The angels were now flying with an extremely bored Abrak. The conversation wasn't really possible with the speeds they were flying at. Abrak would lower altitude now and then to kick away at the white clouds. The air was definitely colder as they flew towards the Dark forest so Kyle pointed his finger downwards to suggest they lower altitude and the other two agreed with simple nods.
The air was definitely less cold but in no way warm, which the angels didn't mind a single bit. But now in the distance, they could see large clumps of grey clouds hovering above what looked like a black desert. Somewhere in the middle of the desert, Kyle could see a rather large dark sphere in a small crater.
{Rhyderrch... are you there?}
{...}
{I could really use your help in this, so please wake up.}
{I'm here lad, I just want no part of this.}
{Wait... why?}
{This is my sword, yet I have no control over what's done to it or where it goes. I might as well just sleep and forget you lot exist.}
{Oh... if that's how you feel.}
Kyle wasn't sure how he felt about this, but kept his opinion to himself as the air turned harsh. He was now sure he could sense large mana surges coming from that dark sphere, and the dark desert in front of him used to be the dark forest.
The angels lowered altitude and found a waiting Abrak twirling his dagger with boredom. His helmet was quite eye-catching, but he didn't mind as a small bird had taken rest on top.
"He knows where we are..."
"How do you know?"
"Because he's walking in our direction."
"Really? where is he?"
Abrak pointed down close to the edge of the forest. It took the angels a while, but they spotted the 'ancient'.
What they looked at was a humanoid male youth with the messiest hair they had ever seen. His curly grey hair reached all the way to the nape of his neck and his beard looked way too shiny. He had red and black specks in his hair and his hands were covered in dripping red liquid.
The man was quite tall and muscular but the aura of danger followed him like a plague. Kyle frowned as he observed their supposed enemy, the 'ancient'.
"Hey, your highness do you know that guy's true name?"
"Sure I do... his name is Zora and he just so happens to have a title to his name..."
"What is it?"
Zora,[The lord of royal vampires]
Kyle looked at Zora with curiosity but Zora met his gaze with a look of joy. It seemed Zora wasn't afraid of the appearance of the four opponents he would face. In fact there was a certain aura of power enveloping him like a wild fire.
[Unique magic; Exchange; blood for strength]
The blood on Zora's arm faded to lighter colors before fading completely and the aura around him becoming more visible. He had traded blood for strength and the smile on his face was like a child receiving something they greatly desired.
The fight wouldn't come to an end for a long time.
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