Chapter 18 - Redeye

"The name's redeye". The youth said while walking toward Hori. He removed a dagger from his clothes. "I'm telling you my name so it won't be as if you don't know the name of the person that killed you".

Hori laughed after he heard Redeye's statement. He flexed his grip on his rusted sword and pointed it at redeye. "My name is Hori". He said while smiling. "But you can call me… The Author".

Redeye scoffed. "The Author? That's too long for me to remember". He unceremoniously threw his dagger at Hori and ran towards him.

"Fucking bastard!" Hori jumped out of the way and moved towards Redeye who just landed on the floor.

Prey Mantis Borring Barrage!

While Hori was running towards Redeye, she slashed downward with his sword, a gust of wind accompanying the blade of the sword as it travelled through the air.

The faint figure of a prey mantis enveloped his figure while his hands continually moved downward, taking the sword with it.

The figure of a prey mantis that outlined his body also moved its hands downwards, boring down on whatever was below it. In this case, it was soon to be Redeye's head.

Redeye stood in a daze for some seconds when he saw the sword moving downward towards his head. He probably wouldn't have moved, he would've just stood watching the sword move downward at him if he didn't realize that his life was in danger.

He unceremoniously scrambled away from where he was, the blade of Hori's rusted sword brushing against the surface of his clothes as he did so.

"I admit, you almost had me there". Redeye said while brushing his clothes. As if where Hori's sword came in contact with was some speck of dust. "But you just weren't good enough".

Blood Emperor Ghoul's grab!

Redeye's eyes turned a bright red color. He stretched out his hand and grabbed at Hori. A pitch red arm formed as some kind of magnified extension of his hand and grabbed at Hori.

A red colored mist was emitted from the giant arm extension that grabbed at Hori and also formed arms which grabbed at a singular target… Hori.

Shadow wolf slash!

Facing the barrage of hands that grabbed at him, Hori didn't show the slightest bit of fear, instead he ran towards the hands and slashed at them.

The blade of his sword turned pitch black as it moved towards the hands, forming some sort of a black colored crescent that moved towards the hands.

A giant silhouette of a wolf encapsulated Hori's body. The claw of the wolf silhouette slashed at the arms with his claws the same time as Hori slashed at Redeye.

Boom!

A small explosion occurred as when the ghoulish arms and the claw came in contact with each other.

Hori and Redeye's figures were blown apart, the two of them crashing harshly against the hard surface of the floor.

A low groan escaped Hori's lips as he slowly picked himself back up. His rusted sword faithfully in his hands, he charged at Redeye once more.

Redeye hastily got to his feet when he saw Hori's approaching figure. A smirk formed on his lips as he removed two daggers from his pockets.

As Hori's figure approached, Redeye threw the two daggers at him. Hori had to change the path of his run, narrowly escaping the grunt of the attack.

When Hori moved to dodge the daggers, Redeye ran towards Hori.

Blood Emperor's Soul Chains!

Redeye's eyes regained their red color. A red colored mist appeared from thin air and reshaped into a chain. Redeye cracked the chain and flung it towards Hori.

Hori used his sword to block the chain that lunged at him. Sparks formed as the blade of the sword brushed off the surface mist chain.

"Damnit!" Redeye cursed. He spun his chain and lunged it at Hori once more.

Hori used his sword to block the chain from moving towards him. A sly smile appeared on Redeye's face as the chain wrapped itself around the blade of Hori's sword.

The tugged on the chain and the hilt of the sword threatened to leave Hori's grip. Hori tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword and yanked it. The blood colored chain left the grip of Redeye and slid on the floor.

Saber Tooth Tiger Bite!

Hori brushed the chain off his rusted sword and ran towards Redeye. He leaped a few feet into the air and stabbed downward.

The faint outline of a saber tooth tiger outlined his figure. As his blade moved downward, the tiger opened its mouth and chomped at poor Redeye who was below Hori.

He could only watch as the sword stabbed into his head and the saber tooth tiger but into him and turned him into a pool of blood.

"Heh! Try insulting the author again!" Hori said. He walked over to Redeye's corpse, more accurately his pool of blood and kicked up a bronze ring. "The robber becomes the robbed!"