I looked at Irene, both of us recognised that voice. There was no way we could forget after all, four years ago we got our shit rocked by him. Irene looked at me with a shocked face, she loudly gulped. The Mana within the man was overwhelming, it was so hot that I was struggling to breathe. He shot a blast of pitch black flames at Irene, I used flash step and grabbed her. Then, I used flash step once more and got us out of the range of his attack.
"So it really is you, huh? Run, I'll hold him off."
I slapped Irene in the face and glared at her.
"Shut the fuck up, we both know that neither of us can beat him in a one on one fight. Get fucking real with yourself and understand that we're gonna need to work together to kill him."
Another blast of Cursed Fire came our way, the fire burnt away at the ambient Mana around us. Irene created an extremely dense ice construct to defend us. I used my 'Weapon Creation' to create an array of spikes that went around either side of Irene's defenses.
I used my Demonic Eyes to see past the ice and the spikes, but the blonde fuck wasn't there. I stomped on the ground and created a pyramid of spikes around us, however they were broken away in an instant. I saw a leg rushing towards me at terrifying speeds.
Irene quickly got in front of me, her body and aura changed entirely.
'Partial Dragonification. Her bloodline ability.'
I was sent flying back a meter or so from the shockwave, but Irene was able to stop the attack. Currently she was pushing against his leg with both her arms in an X shape.
I concentrated my Dark Flames into my eyes and sent a blast of heat right to his head, he propelled himself away from Irene by shooting a large amount of fire from his feet. This also allowed him to dodge my attack.
I used flash step and caught Irene and stopped her from being sent back too far.
"You alright, big sis?"
Irene lightly smiled and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Fine, a Dragon's scales are pretty tough you know. Anyways, buy me some time."
I nodded, but then, the blonde man rushed in, I used flash step and caught both his fists.
"You never gave me your name you annoying fuck."
The blonde man smiled as he began to push me back, he began to further enhance his physical strength with Mana.
"Reinhardt, Reinhardt Interitus, and for the record, I forgot your name. Oh and I'm a Demon Blood, just like you."
I landed a headbut on him and began to prepare a blast of my heat vision, but he landed an uppercut on my chin, and he then grabbed my jaw to hold me in place. And because of that my blast ended up being aimed at the sky. I used my spare hand to try and crush his arm.
"Remember that 'Elixir' I gave you, well you see. I was bullshitting. All it did was awaken your Demonic Physique, which should have happened naturally considering how pure your blood is. But things happened and I was curious to see how you'd turn out, but you're a fucking disappointment who's only been creating some shitty, edgy ass constructs so far. And you can't even make them while on the move since you have to switch between Mana and Cursed Energy."
I smiled, at this range, there was no way I'd miss.
"Well guess fucking what, I'm standing still. Meaning I can do this."
I quickly swapped to Cursed Energy, however that created a small opening in which my body wasn't defended by anything. With how much pressure he was playing on my jaw, it should've snapped but I was lucky and it was only dislocated.
Black spikes formed at my feet and rushed towards Reinhardt, the spikes weren't there to hurt him. Just to get him in the air and to buy me time. I activated my Demonic Eyes once more, and on top of that, I used Demon's Breath and then I switched back to Mana. I then began to flow my other fusion magic throughout my body, Dark Lightning began to flow through me and enhance my speed. This whole process took a solid three or so seconds which is why I needed space.
Black Lightning danced around me, as if celebrating the return of my Mana. I grabbed Edge Of Nightfall, I likely wouldn't be able to create anymore weapons or structures now that he knew I had to stay still to create stuff. This meant that under no circumstances could my sword break.
I dashed back using Flash Step, this was because I saw Reinhardt aiming a punch at my head. Or rather, I 'saw' it with my Spatial Mapping ability. He then launched a barrage of attacks, however, I could predict and counter every single one of them in advance. But, each and every blow of his was so strong that my bones felt like they'd shatter if I let up for even a moment.
And even with how much I had increased my speed, I wasn't as fast as him, however, the speed difference wasn't something that wasn't too hard to deal with. The gap in strength was the issue.
With each blow, my bones were being chipped away, if we went at this for any longer, I was sure my arms would become useless. However, Reinhardt's eyes widened, and he delivered a blow to my stomach. I wasn't able to counter it due to my mind wandering off, the attack sent me flying back.
As I was flying back I felt a cold pair of arms reach out to me, grab me and stop me from flying back any further. I looked at Irene, and saw her mutter something.
"Ice Empress."
Edited By: WorthyAdversary