'Buuuuurrrrrrrp'
I let out a sigh of relaxation.
"That was nice, I really needed that burp." I say as I look at everyone.
Elizabeth shakes her head with great disappointment.
"Sometimes I wonder how you've lived this long, anyways; I'm going to ask the question that everyone wants to know.
Where were you? We couldn't sense you anywhere, did you go back to the human realm?"
Everyone turns their head from looking at Elizabeth to me.
"So, the short answer is no I didn't. What happened was that, I opened up the void and spent sometime in there reading that book, it also gave me time to think. It would seem that there is a time dilation between the two spaces. I would assume it's because the void is it's own dimension of space."
I go on to explain that 5 minutes in there was akin to 24 hours out here, or atleast close to it.
Putting her hand to her chin, Alice asks me a question.
"In this 'Void' what's it like? Is the dimension any different from this reality? Can you change the time so that it takes longer inside that outside?"
"That.....I don't know. I haven't had the time to see if it was possible. With enough training I would assume that it would be. But at my current state it's impossible." I explain.
Elizabeth speaks up.
"You know it's been awhile since we've trained, Kamen. I think it's time that I let go of the restraints and show you what I'm really like."
Everyone looks at Elizabeth in confusion.
"Restraints? What do you mean?" Alistair looks at her weirdly.
"I have Restraints on my power output so that I can enjoy fights longer. Fighting is like a drug, there's alot you don't know about me Alistair. I was once one of the most feared vampires next to Vlad." She explains with a cocky grin on her face.
Gulp
"Alright, where do you want to do this?" I ask concerned.
"We can do it in the basement." She says motioning me to follow her.
"When the fuck did this place get a basement?"
"Alice has a few witch friends that owed her favors and one of them was creating an area where we could spar or train without restraint or worry about destroying anything."
Shrugging my shoulders I reluctantly accept.
We head down to the basement through a door that I've never noticed before. As we get to the basement, I stop in shock.
The basement is vast, it seems like it goes on and on forever.
"How is this possible?" I ask in confusion.
"Witches are crafty, we have groups all over the Earth and Evengail. All governed by a Queen witch and a King Warlock. " Alice explains with a hint of a smile.
"While you guys are training, we'll be upstairs figuring things out." Alistair says as the group goes back up.
"So it seems we're alone again I hope tha-" Before I could finish my sentence a dagger with what seems to be covered in lightning flies past my face and hits the ground and leaves a crater the size of a car.
I turn around and see Elizabeth running towards me, suddenly she disappears and reappears infront of my face with her fist clenched tight.
Before I can react her fist connects to my face and sends me back 20 feet.
"Oh Satan, I'm going to die for real." I say as I try to get back up.
"Like I said before Kamen, the restraints are coming off." She says with a smirk.
"I'm not going to lie, this is exciting. What are the rules? Am I allowed to go all out?" I ask
"No you are not, this is a test to see if you can withstand all my might with just your physical body. No powers allowed."
"Fuck" I say before getting serious and rushing towards her.
Swinging out towards her face, she moves ever so slightly and my fist misses. She grabs my hand and bends it back.
'Crack' She's broken my wrist.
"FUCK!" I yell out as I look at my hand, it flops back and forth, I see the bones slowly stitch themselves back together, the pain is unbearable. But I have to fight through it.
"I'm going to show you alot today Kamen, I hope that you can keep up." She says with a smirk as she strikes my head and sends me to the ground.
Quickly getting back up and calm my breathing down and focus on my senses.
"Good, that's right Kamen. If you don't take me serious, you may really die."
"Ignore her Kamen, just focus on yourself. Imagine that you can feel every part of your body and that you are in complete control of it." Lumen says in my head.
I listen to what he says and close and eyes and focus. "When I focus I can hear her movements and feel where she is." Thinking to myself I strike out.
"You were so close Kamen, it's too bad you missed." She says with a smirk and she throws another dagger at me.
I catch the dagger in my hand, and that was a mistake.
The dagger releases the energy inside of the blade and sends electric current throughout my body sending me to the ground paralyzed.
"D-D-D-Damn I-I-I-It." I barely get out before Elizabeth kicks out at my stomach launching my into the air.
The dagger falls from my grasp and the current is slowly fading.
"Damn it, I still can't move my body." I keep trying to move my body as I fly through the sky.
The feeling slowly comes back and I can move. Looking around I can't see Elizabeth anywhere.
"Are you looking for me, Kamen?" I hear a voice behind me.
Elizabeth strikes out but misses. Where my body once was is slowly fading out.
"What?! An after-image?!" She says out-loud as the fist collides with her back with my full physical strength.
"AAAAGHHH" Elizabeth cries out as she's sent back down to the ground like a seeking missile.
Hitting the ground at super sonic speed the dirt beneath her bends due to the force and splits creating a crater full of flames due to the speed at which she collided.
Blood slowly runs out of my eyes "Damn it, the book was wrong, the more I use my abilities the more it hurts me. "You said I couldn't use powers, you never said anything about my abilities." I say with a slick grin not showing any pain.
"I'll admit that was pretty good, I was wrong for underestimating you Kamen. But if you want to use abilities.....Then I will." She says climbing out of the crater.
She suddenly disappears from my sight.
Infront of me, she appears with her fist clenched covered in lightning. Her fist hit me so fast I couldn't see it move.
I hit the ground faster than I knew was possible creating a crater so massive that it rivals the crater left by the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Coughing up blood I look down and see that my left leg is gone along with my left arm. "I've seen an anime like this back on Earth." I say as I cough up blood.
I feel the thirst for the first time in a while.
It's.....intoxicating
"blood...Blood.bLoOD. I neED IT!" I whisper out a growl as I explode from the ground and fly towards Elizabeth latching onto her and biting into her neck.
Shocked, Elizabeth doesn't know what to do.
"Get off of me Kamen! What are you doing?" She yells out in a panic.
"SHUT UP, GIVE ME YOUR BLOOD"
I start drinking her blood, letting it nourish me and strengthen me, my limbs slowly grow back.
Once they're fully formed again, I grip onto her with such strength that she hasn't experienced in a long time.
"You're hurting me Kamen! Please stop! I don't want to hurt you!" She cries out.
Not listening to reason I bite even harder into her eliciting a moan from her.
"The power I feel creeping into me from her blood is astounding. I've never felt so powerful." I think to myself as the thirst slowly fades away.
Elizabeth has clearly had enough.
"I warned you Kamen, what happens is on you. Don't say I didn't warn you." She says with a growl.