The situation was more hopeless that any one can imagine.
Full moon was raising towards his top, lighting up the city under him. Obsidian bomb wracked havoc too far beyond the wildest imagination of those who wanted to use it. And the night sky without a single cloud makes the view even worse. The castle was ruined to point where its roof was gone with rubles spread to everywhere. The closest comparison was as if the roof was not from stone and brick sheets, but was made from wood, hay and was hit by a hurricane. Even the stoned walls not escaped unharmed and some walls, floors and even tower collapsed. Voices of screams, shouts and chaos approached from merely every direction of those who were outside or inside. Even if that bomb thing has blown up high above the city, on certain point it makes even worse outcome. One can imagine that if that bomb thing detonate inside of that castle, which was placed on small island on the edge of sea, it will be gone and the stone derbies will scatter the surrounding coastal city. But this time, the shock wave from above spread the devastation nearly everywhere. Even the sea tide and waves were out of normal as if they were enraged by wrath; wiping the island. And as the cherry on the top of the cake, there was this annoying glowing burning on the vamps' skins that don't heal properly, which start many fires around the city.
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For certain party, one horror was exchanged by another as they stays in the remains of castle hallway. The trio somehow survived an encounter whit matriarch Watcher's artisans, but they hardly was okay. Flona Winea was in so much pain and exhaustion that Dianna Swing must support the Cleric body; helping her to walk, if not directly drag her around. The mage, even if she doesn't feel that much pain [it was dulled because her status of meat golem], had a body in so sorrow state that the broken wrist who hang out lifeless, looks like as moment of amusement. Becky Herald in her wolf-girl form, on other hands was a little disoriented when her body skin was covered with black blood veins. Not to mentioned the usual clothing of those girls was teared far too much, to be accepted for a high class party that shall be taking a place on this castle. Only exception was paladin's baggy hat.
Towards them was slowly approaching the only one that shall be the spark of hope for they team on which they shall hold on. Anna Sparkle the Railgun, the pack less Vampire Matriarch, who masters a blessing of thunder lightning, was currently (mind enslaved?). Just looking at her sorrow state was painful enough for the other girls to feel actual pain in their hearts. Sparkle was beaten up to the point, where even her blood berserk for (human?) blood, was the saddest think ever when she was nearly as zombie. It doesn't matter that she was one of the strongest vampires around, and a Matriarch... In her current state, it doesn't even mater that she had those shackles that shall neutralize most of her vampire powers, because currently she was the weakest of weak.
But still, the party was frozen as this thing in skin of their friend, was slowly approached them. Launching weak blue spark from her temple, making zombie noise as this monster, by that weak step after weak step, approached them to eat. The trio of girls was hopeless, not just because they were forced to face their friend, but mainly because there was this other monster, who hold the chains to their beloved Sparkle.
Opposite to the trio, on the other end of hallway, next to the Railgun, was standing the dark lord of this castle. Lunatic beauty Elizabeth Watcher the Melt-downer, was another Vampire Matriarch, who despite her gloving injuries from the obsidian bomb, was on blast. The scary green aura glow, that comes from her eyes pupils or horns was nothing compare to her twisted insane grin. She was not just angry, she was soaked on wrath, that worked as the best pain killer for her still burning wounds. The wounds were healing too slowly, even if we compare them whit others vamps outside, as if she was prioritizing her personal revenge above all. She was laughing insanely as she watched this horror from her rightful place as a villain.
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The Melt-downer pull the chains to urge the Railgun to start marching towards the other girls.
Becky tried to call towards her love with her; 'One~e sama~a!!' [Sissy~y!!], but even she knows how desperate that move was.
Maybe as a result to this call, the smaller from the two matriarchs, while passing (zombie walking around) the castle lord, she stops and tried to resist. She grabs some air to her lungs and by turning her head toward the sky, she makes something like scream that reminded a howl.
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Grinning Watcher got twisted anger-confused expression on her face. "He??!!... What the heck do you think you're doing??!! What kind of canal rat you can possibly call out on this moment??!! Rats will be always a rats, no matter how many off them will got out from their holes!!" Suddenly she realizes something and she grin. "Oh… That's good... you forget... or you actually hope, that some random dumb hero will show up to save a hopeless princess in trouble?… What a wonderful last dream. It's wonderful of how sad this joke actually is!!" As she grinned maliciously, she pulls on the chain once again. "Stop delaying the shit, and go kill them already!!"
Sparkle's step was too much forceful as it's seemed that she was failing to resist the command, to march towards her friends.
For the girls on tonight menu, there was no doubt on who is in control here, and what destiny will occur during this night.
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This was even clear for a certain pair, who arrived at the disaster site. Standing high up on some rubles from some wall or tower, the duo now observed this situation from above.
One was Ina Judge, a nun in tea set white habit, the librarian of the 'library of forbidden knowledge's'. She was the grand Inquisitor, who walks on those lands, as she was capable to eventually see through any spell, unnatural phenomenon and even more, with her 'All seeing eyes of wisdom'. Even if she doesn't spoke up any judgments, for her just simply stating facts, is mostly enough to be felled as the highest judgment by all who were listening. "Being eaten, by their friend who don't want to do it, is one thing. But all of them, still refusing to say goodbye to each other. Just looking at it, is sad enough. It kind of make me angry; when they had been urged to believe; that even hoping for a salvation is a severe crime itself, as they were told: that they destiny is to die here a now."
The man next to her clenched his fist tightly. Han Dragonblood the one who received another legendary nickname: Image Breaker; was the 'dragon tribe warrior', who hold the title of 'right hand of dragon's lord'. His right hand, can eat out any supernatural phenomenon, no matter if it is the deepest heresy, or the mightiest blessing. He was 'that hero' who can pull out of saying 'No!' to anyone. "Forced to fulfill false destiny set by someone else?!! Not today!! I will break this illusion!!"
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Meanwhile Watcher got impatient from the turtles moves of her slave toy, and with another insult line, she kicked the Railgun to her but, sending the girl to fly towards the terrified trio.
But moment before kick-off body has a chance to crash into her friends, Dragonblood jump down onto the hallway, landing up right in front of the hopeless girls. He slams/ slap Sparkle head from side whit open palm of his right hand to interrupt not only the flight trajectory, but even something that was not her blood berserk. A thunder or (something glass like breaking apart) echoed from the impact through the hallway. He altered the trajectory and speed of the thrown vamp, just enough form him to be able, to catch her around the girl's torso, by his left hand. As if he slaps her towards his arms, or he was just catching a big bag of something that was thrown toward him from above.
And now, he stands there... With his left hand he holds that zombie, who just suddenly start to move her limbs in random patterns as some panicked child. Her friends watched with the eyes that lost all tears as this zombie screams around as if she was in pain. She still throwing around her limbs and clapped her mount as if this zombie still tried to fulfill that twisted command from Watcher. Or just finally lost her mind.
But Han was serious. "No need for you to continue to cry." Soon as he placed his right hand on Anna exposed back, another sound of something glass like breaking occurred, and change occurred in the girl behavior. Suddenly she lapped for her breath as if she was swimming under the water for too long and was nearly out of air. Her eyes fall back and soon she faint off, become motionless.
He sensed that the werewolf girl hesitates to make a step forward, so he made the first move. "No time for explanations, catch her!" He practicality tossed the vamp body onto paladin girl arms, while still watching his real opponent here.
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Melt-downer not wasted any more seconds and fired on him one of his green death rays.
He only swung his open right palm onto its direction. There was sound of clash as some two of nearly godlike powers clashed. The beam waved and suddenly lose its straight-line form, as if it was a line of paint on water surface that was about to be swiped away. On seconds later, it truly sways away as the spell broke apart, into a particles that disappeared into air.
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Watcher only give confused look once, until she makes annoying 'Huh?'. She created around her a four of green gloving orbs as a base for her spell. After that, she launched a full barrage/ salvo of a quartet of her continues beams. Far stronger, far wider, far deadly, compare to the first one.
This time, he was ready. He swung his right hand as if he was catching some ropes tossed at him. And he catches those beams made of dead ray energy as if they were physicals ropes. He catches them all by his palm, and despite being just line of energy going from one place to other on straight line, they obey as it hey were stings from metal wire taunt between him and her. He for a second, looks at the vamp whit battle glare, and then he swung his hand to his back in pull gesture, as if he was trying to rip of something that was attached to those strings at other side.
And indeed, it ripped of the balls of green lights from their place, that were acting as a source of those beams. The body of matriarch moved forward a little as if it was connected to fishing rood string and now something was torn out as if the fisher tried to pull out the catch. But only those ball was moving towards Dragonblood as they were still connected to those strings, in same manners as fish pulled out from water by great swing of fishing root. And when they approached him, he catches them whit his right palm. The balls of light were been eaten... Or at least, that was what the two girls behind this hero get, from that gulp sound that come before those green light balls and string case to exists.
The man only takes a one deep breath, before he closes his right fist tightly and stand up into cool pose of challenger. He was still serious, still looking at the vamp in front of him. "Do you realize, how angry I am right now?!"
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Watcher was thrown out of balance and into confusion, after what just happened. But it takes only few second until she grinned once again. And then she looks closer at this quest. "Interesting. I think, I know what are you... That brat is indeed a biggest failure of my fooked-up life, and I shall never had this weakling on my account. She even worthless to be called as one of my children's. Fifthly years ago, if I was able to know that she will become this weak and annoying, I shall kill her on that camp to be sure that nothing from this will not even come to the blue morons' heads. But I will never once imagined, that she actually hoped to be saved by something so wonderfully rich and precious, as you! There is only one thing I will praise her for doing for me; and that is: that she lured you here." She made a big smile. "Finally!! An opponent wort to be killed by me! How long has it been since I last felt threatened by someone?" Her fingers twitched in 'Give it to me!' manners as she was too much excited. "Very well, I shall accept you challenge towards me. We shall see if you manage stain an another castle whit you kind name. Or,-- if yours greed will hit its final limit on this place, and you will release you last breath."
His tightly clenched fist makes a squeeze noise as he made it even tighter. "One thing will never change even in a billions of years! And that are those prolonged speeches of those who will fall hard." After his response he kick the ground, and he leap forward into a dash toward her.
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But right at that moment a line of those smaller green balls rises up right before her as some kind of fence. They were already firing green beams under angle. Those death rays were not aimed at Dragonblood, but at the carpet between those two. This time the beams were like separate explosive shots. They were not piercing or cutting through the floor, but tearing it apart, turning it into barrage of stone fragments that were aimed toward the challenger as some twisted out shotgun.
But he was not crushed into ingredients for soup, instead he stamps the ground and make his stance. There was this dragon roar as he swung his left hand from left to right, and this stone shards death wave was (tossed?) at side.
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Without a moment of hesitation Melt-downer, send at him a ridiculously big ball/ orb that can devour him entirely.
But he swung his right hand and this ball fallen as victim to image breaker. The spell collapsed into harmless sparks like some overgrew soap bubble, that got pop.
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Of course, that big orb was only a diversion from Watcher. At moment when it was popped, the vamp was already right in front of warrior. Jumping through the spark toward the male. Whit her leg up high she swung that limb down at him like a heavy ax.
He only managed to barely move to side, before her martial arts move, tears apart whatever was left from the floor even more, making shock wave that left a small crater.
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And by that, those two began close martial arts combat, using (for someone standard?) ultimate moves as if they were regular attacks moves.
Like when she used the fact that the mass of all thing is only inertia of energy. Certain over-powered shotgun spell fired a wave of death ray beams, slowed down enough to the point, when it became a thousand of tiny green spears or daggers. Those razed a wall, not vaporizing it, but grinned to rubles everything that was in way.
Or him, while he shapes his hand and fingers into dragon hand whit claws, he draped the (space?) in plain air, and he ripped of that space or whatever cosmos he grabs, from its place. That caused a dimensional crack, making so big instability on reality which will damage anything that touched it no matter how resilient it was. Of course, secondary effect come when that thing was trying to get into its original state, which cause a canon blast of pure reality as it was not a matter, energy or spell that was thrown forward.
By looking at Dragonblood facial expression was clear, that this particular move was not his favorite one. Obviously because this move causes a weather anomaly when a not a small tornado occurred in that even more ruined hallway. This (natural?) phenomenon raised dust, derbies, and was strong to lift even a person.
The quartet of girls was no exception to that lifting. The moment Becky and Dianna noticed they losing the ground under they feats; they somehow without speaking a word to each other, place the unconscious Anna and Flona between themselves making one group hug. The howling wind take them up. But the anomaly last only for so long, that it throws them up several meters. After that they were expected to embraces the gravity.
Inquisitor Ina, still on higher ground, was observing even them... She raised her hand toward the falling girls to cast some spell, but after her eyebrow twitched/ ticked; she hesitate, she wait, she observed them.
Obviously, the bulletproof escape route shall be the Herald's teleport, but when Swing saw that the paladin is barely on any state to pull it out, and on verge, or already faint-out, she hissed. As all of her body hairs on her skin probably stood up, she closed her eyes and shout: "Wind sphere!!" The spell was not her own, but even if it was: shouting it out without a chanting, forcefully draw from her body a several times more manna that will be with chanting, and caused the girl to faint out/ (to shut down). With blue aura glow, another wind flow formed something like sphere or mini tornado around them. It was not much, but it manages to slow they fall as some parachute. Soon as the imperfect bubble touch the floor in that corridor, it disperses in push of wind and the girls collapsed onto ground anyway.
The wind was enough to move/ push the raising clouds of dust that was left from the tornado. It revealed the fact that Watcher and Dragonblood was still standing on that halfway.