Zeldris leans against the front of a foodstall. Casually eating meat.
A figure emerges, revealing herself.
The young woman who stepped out is a mesmerising beauty. Zeldris keeps a straight face when he sees her.
"I was waiting..." She speaks, without finishing. Creating a silence between the two.
"...I see. That's unlike you." Zeldris comments. Having no idea what she means, he just responded how he thought was appropriate.
Another silence.
"...How are you here Mei Mei?" Finally he breaks the silence, staring at her.
Hearing that nickname come from his mouth causes her black eyes to sparkle slightly.
"I followed you ever since you left." She states. Causing a bit of confusion in him.
"Even if you were stalking me, it doesn't explain how you managed to follow me through the teleportation circle."
"I just used a teleportation artifact. Broken or not, the coordinates of the circle were undamaged after it exploded." She explains, solving one of his mysteries.
"Hmm." Zeldris throws the stick in his hands away and walks closer to the girl.
Unlike all these years ago, this time it's Zeldris who looks down at her.
Wu Mei has become a stunning woman. Her long, black hair falls freely on her back, reaching her waist. Her complexion is pale, as if to contrast her pitch black hair and eyes.
She has sharp, feminine facial features, accompanied by a small nose, long eyelashes and straight eyebrows.
Her face is where the stunning beauty resides, but if you look downwards, you can only call her alluring.
Her body is toned and slightly muscular, from all her years of training. She has the perfect waistline, with a slim waist and moderately wide hips. Her breasts are around C cup, where as her ass is her crown jewel. That big and toned ass might as well eclipse all of her features combined.
Her assets are highlighted by her choice of clothing. Which Zeldris is fairly certain she did by accident.
Wu Mei is wearing a black, cropped leather jacket, with bright red lining, which ends just before her waist, left open in the front.
Under it she has a cropped tank top, exposing quite a bit of cleavage. She's wearing some sort of tight, black pants, tightly wrapping her toned legs and highlighting their sensuality. With black combat boots, to complete the look.
Put simply, she's hot as fuck...
"Why are you here..." Zeldris asks while looking deep into her eyes. His childhood friend, who he hasn't seen in many years, has tracked him down and found him.
She's still running after him, after all these years.
"To see you." She responds with an emotionless expression. It seems her direct and literal way of taking things has not changed either.
"...Since when did you get a tattoo? And why do you have this terrifying aura around you." Mei Mei continues. She confidently stares at him, very relaxed and completely unbothered.
Mei Mei stretches out her hand, aiming to gently touch the side of his face. Over his sigil. However Zeldris grabs her hand before she can and abruptly bites it.
"Ah!" A small gasp comes out of her mouth.
His bite was so strong, one of his teeth drew blood. Zeldris keeps his eyes locked on her, while biting her hand.
Suddenly he lets her go. "You should leave."
Keeping her gaze on him the entire time, she responds. "I won't. Not until I get what I want."
"Heh." Zeldris smiles at her. But it's not a beautiful smile. It's a malicious one.
*Boom* He then punches her in the stomach, which she blocks with her forearm. The impact creating a large boom and causing her to slide backwards.
"Ouch." She shakes the arm she blocked his blow with. The air around her as casual as ever.
"Just leave, Mei Mei. There is nothing for you here." Zeldris says, cautioning her. She shouldn't be around him right now. Zeldris doesn't know how long he can control himself.
He turns around and starts waling back to the palace. Entering the completely destroyed area.
"Do you know your master is coming soon? He chased after you when you left. Accompanied by some woman." Mei Mei speaks. Staying still in her spot. Where the city remains untouched by destruction.
Zeldris doesn't react and keeps walking. As if he didn't hear her. But suddenly a slash of aura comes at him.
*Boom* "Don't walk away from me!" Mei Mei screams in a rare display of anger. The sight is something Zeldris hasn't seen before.
"Tch. I told you..." Zeldris, having stepped aside, kicks a piece of rubble at her. Speaking in a tone deeper. "...leave me alone."
The rubble does nothing to Mei Mei, aside from angering her more.
"And I once told you to stop ignoring me!" She lunges at him, attempting to punch him in the face. However Zeldris blocks it without worry. She tries to punch and kick him again, but is unsuccessful.
"You can't win against me. You're only tier 6..." Zeldris tells her, pushing her abruptly.
Mei Mei is only mid Tier 6, while Zeldris has become high tier 7. There was actually a mysterious rise in his power when his necklace broke. He used to be low tier 7, but he went straight to the high stage after that.
"So I'm just some sort of bother to you now..." Mei Mei complains, however a sword appears in her hand and a smile on her face. Her red aura flares aggressively. Becoming far more ferocious than ever before.
Suddenly. *BOOOOM* Mei Mei slashes at him and Zeldris hurriedly blocks. Causing a massive explosion from the collision of their two swords.
"Impossible!" Zeldris yells out in suprise.
Mei Mei just went from mid 6th, to mid 7th tier in an instant. That's an entire tier of difference!
"Did you really think you are stronger than your elder sister?" Mei Mei smiles, baring her white teeth. Her red aura flares again, being a tone brighter in colour, than Zeldris's own.
Before he can answer, Mei Mei takes a single step back, raises her sword with both hands, then... "Heaven's wrath."
Next thing Zeldris sees is nothing but white, accompanied by hearing only a loud ringing sound in his ears. It's as if he was hit by a flashbang.
Even with his two senses gone, he receives her sword with finesse. However the burden on his arms is so great, it's as if he was trying to catch the moon in his bare hands.
The collision this time is so great, a giant shockwave destroyed the entire city instantly. Buildings and living beings alike are turned into either mush or powder.
Gritting his teeth, Zeldris bears the force of her strike. Almost tearing the muscles and ligaments in his arms.
Zeldris then kicks her, but she moves out of the way and slashes sideways. Being blind, deaf and damaged, Zeldris jumps back a considerable distance instead of trying to dodge. Attempting to buy some time to recover.
"Still running away..." Mei Mei mumbles and instantly chases. Not intending to give her shitty friend any rest.
While defending against Mei Mei, Zeldris uses healing aura to repair his eyes and arms. Accumulating damage in other areas almost as fast as he recovers. Mei Mei is coming at him so ferociously and with such bloodlust, it feels like she's trying to kill him.
"Hellfire." Having had enough, Zeldris releases a wave of purple fire everywhere. So that Mei Mei would back off.
Yet the next second, a sword is stabbed through his shoulder.
"Kuh!" He exclaims.
Mei Mei then immediately slashes, taking his entire right arm off, along with the shoulder. Effectively disarming him literally and figuratively, as he had his sword in that arm.
Zeldris is left gushing blood, in pain. As a suprised expression is prominent on his face. Mei Mei uses the moment to trip Zeldris and make him fall on his back.
Turns out he was underestimating Mei Mei severely. He should've been serious when fighting her.
A sword is pointed at his neck, with a serious Mei Mei looking down at him.
"You are weak." That's all she says. Zeldris can even see deep disappointment flash in her eyes.
Blood flows from his right side to the stone floor. Yet Zeldris smiles in spite of it. "Is that so..."
Next his body dissolves into a cloud of black smoke. Startling Mei Mei.
Her instincts instantly react to a sword coming at her neck, from behind. The tip makes a slash at the side of her neck, slicing open an artery. A spurt of blood, much like what came out of Zeldris, flies out of her neck.
However in an impressive display of composure, she block the follow up stab at her heart.
The two stop. Staring at each other in suspense. Though this is just a small pause to heal their wounds.
Zeldris's shoulder already starts to regenerate. His bleeding has stopped and new flesh and bone grows in place.
Just a benefit of eating those apples in his childhood. Apples that gave him incredible regenerative abilities...
Underestimating this woman is something he vows to never do again.
"It seems you do have some skill..." She states, while pressing down on her neck wound. That too is already closing up.
Instead of answering, Zeldris disappears in a puff of black smoke and appears beside her. Running her through with his sword.
"AH!" With a scream of pain, she slashes at him in a certain way. Causing him to back off and pull his sword out of her.
Next neither of them waste anymore time. Lunging at each other with determination to kill.
Zeldris constantly uses his short range teleportation. In this high speed fight, these actions cause the entire area to be enveloped in a black cloud. With virtually zero visibility.
The loud metallic clangs continue, with an occasional spray of blood...