Fernanda stared at the doll for a while before placing her hand on it. The doll lit up and Fernanda dropped her hand before moving away from it.
The doll started to change from it legs. Unlike Alexa's doll, this doll wasn't wearing anything on its feet and it was also reducing in size. When the body of the doll was completed, it was clear that it was a little child that was wearing a traditional qipao. When it came to the head, straight long caramel hair sprayed across the shoulders of the doll. The doll's eyes were an amber color and the cute pink lips made the doll look unnaturally beautiful.
It was clear that the doll took the form of a little girl not older than Rosco and Lilith. But the features of the doll, were really too beautiful.
The doll tilted its head to the side and smiled sweetly at Fernanda
"Did you miss me, Fer?" it asked and Fernanda moved back
"It's you. Isn't it?" Fernanda asked in fear
"Why do you hate a child?" Jerald asked
"You wouldn't get it" Fernanda shouted "That thing is not a child. It's a monster"
"And you're a demon, yet you're scared of a child" Allen said
"She's not scared, She's terrified" the doll said "That's why she hates me"
"Thanks for pointing that out" Fernanda said sarcastically before looking at Jerald "This thing tormented me in my dreams. Of course I hate it"
"It's a child" Clark said "What could it possibly do to you?"
"Between you and it, you're more terrifying" Jerald said
"It's a cute little girl" Christian said
"Dante, what is that thing?" Nathan asked while glaring at the doll and just then, Priya finished gathering information from the doll and Dante glanced through it
"Name: Terra" Dante said out loud "A Japanese phantom from the jorōgumo clan. It's a spider type demon that transforms into a seductive woman to attract people, and kill them. It feeds on all type of flesh" as soon as he said that, the doll smiled and those that had claimed the doll was just a child, were terrified.
"According to the reports, this one is a part of Fernanda" Rielle said "It's said that phantoms stick to people that have potential equal to their own, when their about to die or carry out bloodline succession. Continuous tormenting of their host, makes it easier for the succession to be completed"
"In short, Terra is transferring all her powers to Fernanda" Priya reported "Which is causing slight problems with Fernanda's magic. She can barely control her powers"
Listening to everything, everyone kept staring between Fernanda and the doll.
"I hate you" Fernanda said
"I know that all too well" the doll said
"I could have died several times because of that" Fernanda complained
"I'm only a copy of the original" the doll said "I'm not responsible for what's happening to your body. However, I can fulfil one wish of the original body"
"And what's that?" Fernanda asked
"Making sure you get strong enough to use jorōgumo's power" the doll said as its appearance began to change.
The doll started to grow in size and as it did, its two legs joined together and from the sides, eight thin and powerful legs popped out; with four on each side. The lower part of the doll had turned into a black spider with a spider head protruding out from where the doll's abdomen was, and dark purple markings covering the spider body of the doll.
While, the upper part of the doll still looked human. The qipao disappeared and in its place, black gooey webs moved up the body of the doll and covered its chest and stomach. Around its human waist, a large violet spiderweb pattern, appeared on the right side. The human arms turned black towards the elbows as it elongated, and lastly, the whites of the doll's eyes had turned black while its irises had a purple color. A black spiderweb pattern had then appeared on the surrounding area of the doll's left eye.
The doll let out a loud scream and Fernanda subconsciously gulped while every other person tried to cover their ears.
"It's so loud, I feel like my eardrums will burst" Rosco said
"How the heck is she supposed to fight that thing?" Jerald asked after the screaming stopped
"I have no idea" Mary said with worry
'Fern, please be safe' Sloane thought as the doll was on the move
Fernanda was just about to lift her hand and cast a spell when Priya reminded her
"You can't use magic. You'd breach the rules of today"
"Tch" Fernanda clicked, before dodging one of the eight legs of the doll
However, the doll didn't relent and swatted Fernanda with its long human arms. Fernanda had her body slammed into the ground from the attack and blood was trickling down the corner of her mouth.
"Is this thing's hand made out of titanium?" Fernanda groaned as she rolled away from an incoming attack from the doll's left arm
The doll let out a mocking laughter, "If you keep running around like that, I'm either going to swat you, or stomp you like a bug" it said, before trying to stomp on Fernanda
Luckily, Fernanda was able to dodge. She was slower and less agile than Alexa and the doll. So, after constant dodging of the doll's attacks, she tried to dodge again and the doll had stomped on her left leg; impaling her with its foot.
"Damn it" Fernanda said as she gritted through the pain and moved away. Her left leg was seriously bleeding and it was clear that it was slightly crushed. Taking in deep breaths, the pain was slowly subsiding.
"I told you you'll turn into a bug" the doll said with a mocking laughter and Fernanda noticed her leg was turning black
"You aren't allowed to use magic" Fernanda said while holding the leg. It was numb and clearly paralysed. She also started to feel a bit dizzy
"I didn't use magic" the doll said "Jorōgumo's limbs are already laced with deadly poison. Among the phantom clan, they are one of the major threats to other demons. Once impaled, a person will lose most of their physical abilities and that's how they end up eaten" it licked its lips
"Damn" Fernanda said
"Are you giving up here?" the doll asked and she chuckled while closing her eyes
"Being poisoned, really clears my head" Fernanda said as she stood up slightly wobbly from the ground and stared at the doll "This leg is gonna be a hindrance. So why don't I just chop it off?" she used her elongated nails to make a deep cut along her ankle and stop her internal healing from working around that area
"That's a crazy decision" the doll said with a sigh "Not that it matters. You'll still be in level one after this" the doll swung its long arms down and Fernanda dodged once again. Then, it tried to use its eight legs to crush her but it missed.
In the eyes of everyone, Fernanda had gotten faster than the doll. And it was having trouble to land an attack or keep up.
"What is going on here?" the doll asked while smiling and laughing "You only have one leg yet you've gotten faster than me. But, I'm still going to win"
"That's where you're wrong" Fernanda said while standing on top of the doll's spider body. "I cut myself to stop energy running to that leg. I'm not using it after all" she explained as she raised up her hand and like a whip, it came down with a big bang and the doll's body fell to the floor.
"That's cheating" the doll said as it tried to used its long arms to smack Fernanda. However, Fernanda instantly got out of the way and was standing in front of the doll
"I didn't cheat" Fernanda said "It takes too much energy to control my whole body. If one part became immobile and still drained energy from me, wouldn't it be better to cut out its energy supply and send it to the still mobile part? That's exactly what I did. I didn't use magic"
The doll started laughing as it got back off the ground and started its attack once again. This time, Fernanda and the doll were evenly matched as she threw punches and kicks whenever the doll attacked.
The doll pushed its body downwards so its spider head could devour Fernanda. But just then, Fernanda cut off all the energy in each of her body parts and left only her right hand untouched. Using her right hand, she swung it like a sword on the body of the doll.
It was a heavy blow that shattered Fernanda's right hand and made the doll to fall heavily on the ground while she fell to her knees, breathing heavily.
The bones in her right arm was shattered, her ribs had been broken, and her left leg was crushed, poisoned and bleeding. All in all, she had taken a serious beating but still won. It was the same result as Alexa's battle.
"Congratulations, you've completed level one" the doll said after reverting back to the little girl "Would you like to continue to level two?"
"Have you gone nuts?" Fernanda asked coldly "I'm tired and beaten up really badly. Why the hell are you asking me that stupid question?"
After a long and drawn out silence, the doll finally spoke "Understood. Shutting down" and just like Alexa's doll, it returned to its original form before turning into a bag.
Fernanda picked it up and walked towards Tory to heal her while Dante stared at her and sighed
"You've successfully reached level two, Fernanda" Dante started "But....that style was really too dangerous. You could have died in a real war, if it hadn't worked out. That would have left everyone at a real disadvantage on the battlefield. Take that into consideration while you train with the doll"
Fernanda simply waved her hand before walking back to her seat and rested her body properly on it.
"Fern....please be careful next time" Sloane said and she sighed
"Sorry" Fernanda said
"I don't want to lose anyone again in this war" Sloane said and Fernanda looked away from her with a cold expression
"I'm not planning on dying anytime soon" Fernanda said "I'll be more careful"
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I decided to change up my synopsis a little bit 😊. I hope you like it