Chapter 31
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Angry people tend to be very unreasonable.
When one's emotion overpowers one's logical reasoning, No amount of words or actions will provide a positive outcome. The outcome of such emotions, well often leads to very gnarly disasters.
Erik was unfortunately faced with the most wrathful person he had ever met. And worst of all, he had no idea how to calm the man down. He had no idea what to answer the man, though the answer was very obvious.
' No, I don't know where they are. ' was the answer he wanted to give, but the caramel-skinned man would certainly not like to hear that answer. And if he even said yes, the same man would very much likely be very physical when he realised that he was lying.
" ANSWER ME NOW! " Nikolai demanded his bloodlust leaking at an abnormal amount. " I will give you five seconds. Answer me... Or I will rip out your innards and feed it to your filthy mouth. " Erik was even more worried about answering his question.
" Five. "
" B-buddy let's calm down a bit ok. Let's not take drastic measures. " Erik tried to passify the angry Russian man with words of reason, but the said man gave no reply other than continuing the countdown.
" Four. "
" Buddy I'm trying to help you here. You're making it difficult for me. "
" Three. "
" Ok, I don't know where your family is. But I can help you, only if you allow me. " Erik had to tell the truth hoping that there was some shred of reason left in the man.
Oh how wrong he was.
" One. "
Erik felt his hair stand on its ends at the shear hatred that was etched with those words. He saw Nikolai holding the dane axe in a two handed stance, and with out any warning he dashed towards him with almost frightening speed.
" Everyone get back! " Erik warned everyone near him. There was going to be a fight and they should not be in the proximity of the battle. The villagers quckly scurried away from him and he pulled out his sword and blocked an axe head the would've gone to his side if he wasn't fast enought to intercept it.
' This guy is strong. ' He felt the force of his swing ringing through his arm. This man was no joking matter, though not as muscular as himself, he was nearly as strong if not stronger and faster than him. If he got careless he was surely going to die a brutal death and that was something he was ready to experience yet.
He barely blocked most of the heavy hit Nikolai threw at him, the key word here was barely. As seconds go by, the attacks struck harder and faster and to make it worse he showed signs of fatigie.
The onslaught stopped for a moment before Nikolai took a step back, his arms clenched the handle as the Dane axe was lifted above his head going for an overhead strike.
CLANG!
Erik managed to block the attack, but the force behind the attack was so strong that it forced him into a kneeling position. ' I don't think I can hold him for too long. What? '
To his surprise and horror, Nikolai used the his axe head to lock his sword. Pulling the sword towards himself, Erik was also pulled towards his knee that struck squarely to his face sending him rolling to the dirt ground. Due to the vicious blow, his sword was also ripped appart from his hands and was thrown to the side.
Recovering from the vicious attack, Erik could felt blood comming from his nostrils, it was very likely broken. He push himself to a kneeling position before an imposing shadow hovered above him... It was Nikola, now with a sledgehammer in hand.
He lifted the hammer above his head and was about to demolish this supposedly cult member's skull.
' How dare you take my family away from me! I will kill you, I will hunt you down I will hunt EVERY. LAST. ONE. OF. YOU!!! '
Erik had no time to waste, he was about to die, his weapon was gone and this man was about to bash his skull in to pieces. ' Looks like It is time to go offensive. '
And so as Nikolai's hammer of death descended to bring demise to it's victim, the said victim charged and went low. Erik went for a takedown that sent them both to the ground. Wrapping his arms around his waist Erik maneuvered his body that he was behind Nikolai.
RAAH!!!
With a grunt, he lifted Nikolai of the ground and with a beautiful arc motion, he deliver a devastating German Suplex that struck true to the ground with a thud. Keeping the grip on, he rolled over and dragging Nikolai along with him. He stood up and lifted him off the ground and delivered a released German Suplex that sent Nikolai tumbling to the ground.
Continuing the onslaught by mounting the angry Russian man, he started raining heavy blows to the skull helmet.
' If words fail to knock some sense into an individual, your fist will be the the only answer they deserve. ' Erik recalled his combat instructor's words and he was acting on it. This Russian man was not going to listening to any of his words and was actively trying to kill him, so he had to respond to his actions in kind.
Erik was confident that if this was going to continue, Nikolai will be subdued soon with his hand on hand onslaught. He felt confident that Nikolai's hand on hand combat experience was still low especially as he still young, but this carelessness was his biggest mistake.
Nikolai grabbed a decending right fist by the elbow with his left hand and dragged it to his side, this forced Erik's upper body to bend and tilt to his left side. This gave Nikolai a golden opportunity to counter attack, he wrapped his arms round his neck and applied pressure on it.
' Rear naked choke! juijutsu! ' Erik mind screamed, ' I have to get out of this lock! '
He tried to roll out of it but this was biggest mistake as Nikolai promptly wraped his legs around his waist.
Precious seconds were flowing away from him that would lead unconsciousness. Erik had no time to waste, he immediately stood up carry Nikolai along with him, who had a vice grip on his neck and waist.
He had no other means of escape, so he had to get creative.
' REINFORCEMENT MAGIC!!! '
Blue Nordic runes appeared on Erik legs that strengthen them and used this inhuman strength to jump almost reaching five metres high. Reaching the zenith of the jump, he maneuvered his body and decended down with Nikolai's back facing the ground.
THUD!
A sickening thud was heard as two warriors hit solid ground. Erik expected Nikolai to pass out from their combined weight crushing him or at least released the grip on his neck and waist... Oh how wrong he was. He severely underestimated his tenacity.
' CURSE MAGIC: GRIP! '
Nikolai's grip did not lessen, instead it got even more tight. Erik used his remaining strength to pry Nikolai's arms off but it won't budge, it was almost as if it was bonded to his neck.
' REINFORCEMENT MAGIC! '
Runes appeared on his neck, strengthen it to resist the pressure from Nikolai. He had obtained a few minutes to figure out a way to escape or for his wife to come and assist him.
Nikolai did notice that Erik was not going unconscious and it annoyed him. He wanted to go for the kill and went even further by using one of his dangerous curses.
'CURSE MAGIC: MAGIC DRAIN! '
Erik felt it... And it sent a chill down his spine.
' He's draing my Magic from my body. ' Erik immediately got desperate and frantically tried to pry Nikolai off him, but all his efforts seems wasted.
He was getting weaker and weaker, his vision blurry and he was finding difficulty to keep his eyes open.
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Everything seemed to quiet down... The cries and screams of horror from the villagers were drowned by the impending silence, his eyes we're very... He just wanted to take a rest... a very long rest. His eyes faced the dark sky, somehow it reminded of his wife.
He wished to see her.
' Sorry, Eir. '
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Nikolai finally released the GRIP curse and pushed the limp body to his side.
He slowly got up, adjusting his body so that it not pulsed in pain from the high drop that almost crushed him.
He then looked at the limp body of the man he fought and rage was all he felt. " You deserved this for taking my family away from me. " He muttered, as he summoned his trusty sledge hammer. " I will not rest untill destroy all of you. "
He heared screams of horror from the people around them and it caused his head to pulsed painfully. He turned to them his skull helmet glaring at them, motioning them to shut up.
The villagers took a step back in fear, absolutely horrified at the monster in front of them, a monster in human skin.
Nikolai turned his attention back to Erik dragged his sledge hammer towards him. He was going to disfigure him, so much that even his wretched mother won't even recognize his corpse and his weapon will do just that.
He lifted his hammer and took a last look at the man. " You should not have taken my family from me. Now you will die. "
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{ Rossweise POV }
It all happened too suddenly, one moment she was sharing her experience with Nikolai to her friends and all of a sudden, she felt something was off, she could not explain it properly in words... But she understood that it was related to the Russian man. It had no explanation why this was happening, but she has a hunch that it was related to his Sacred Grear and seeing that his sons also felt it, solidified her theory.
She felt that he was angry, very angry. She had not expected such kind of anger to stem from him, as he seemed to be one of the most genuinely good natured person she had met.
But she then felt that things had gone from bad to worse.
" R-rose? Artom? Igor? What's going on? " Sigrun asked on seeing that we were very spooked at something.
He was going to kill someone. They had to stop him... She and the twins took off immediately, searching for Nikolai before he do something he will regret later.
' Nikolai... Please don't do it... We're comming to help you. '