The two dark magic powers collided so violently that it was reflected to both sides, causing Dekiran and Mariel to be injured.
Mariel stumbled further away but she tried to keep herself from slipping further. Then she quickly rushed the dark magic power to all 10 finger claws and soared towards Dekiran with no mercy.
As for Dekiran, he already had serious internal injuries which encountering this energy reflected into the body, this made the internal organs more traumatized than before.
"Damn it! If I can't kill you, I'll not use named Dekiran again! " Dekiran hastened his strength and prepared to take action as well.
The claws from both sides slammed into each other like a raging storm. Mariel's speed was much slower than that of Dekiran who had more experience of fighting but because of the mysterious dark power that made her abilities leap to the point where she could be equal as Dekiran.
Mariel's claws tore through Dekiran's clothes, causing them to rip apart and creating gashes all over his body and his blood to flow.
Dekiran's claws also scratched and tore Mariel's entire outfit, wounds and fresh blood flowed non-stop from her arms, legs, and chest too.
Dekiran and Mariel fought ferocious, merciless wild beasts which meaning to crush the opposite to death under their own claws.
Deric was watching this battle and tried to recover his strength and magic as quickly as possible. Claudia tries to use her regained magic to heal her husband's back as well. As for Segal, he felt better but he was still unconscious at this moment.
The longer they fought, Dekiran's Qi and magic was getting closer and more depleted.
"How did little girl get her Qi and magic like this? She also uses dark magic skillful and powerful. I must use the Spirit Absorption Technique of Magic. Otherwise, you will lose!" Dekiran said.
Dekiran then raised his right hand above his head and cast a small ball of black magic power that slowly grew larger.
"Let me drain the life force of faithful demons to replenish my Qi and magic!" Dekiran said,then over half of the demons in that area, their body were completely decomposed until only a handful of black life energy balls were left. Those spheres of life energy then merged into one with the black magic sphere in Dekiran's hand.
"Restore my Magic!" Dekiran said as the ball of dark magic merged with his body. Until more than half of his magic power was restored.
Deric and the group of people were shocked by this kind of dark magic because they had never seen it anywhere before. It can be considered an advanced technique of dark magic that could reach another level of magic skill.
As for Mariel, she was not afraid about this. But even more, she felt glad that she would be able to fight with Dekiran for longer, because that's not satisfying enough for her.
Mariel slowly put her hands together in the middle of her chest, closed her eyes completely, and then the dark magic power gradually increased to the limit that her body could handle.
[ Is this all she can increase her power for? Well, it's just the body of a little girl. If she increases more power than this, her body may not be able to withstand the power of the dark magic anymore. Let's fight like this.] The mysterious voice who was controlling Mariel's body said.
Mariel opened her eyes. The dark magic power was restored, and a black aura glowed around her. Her eyes narrowed like a Viper ready to destroy the prey in front of her.
Dekiran and Mariel rushed towards each other. They smashed dark magic into each other in many moves, including punches, kicks, and punches.
Ouch! Mariel's voice cries out in pain because she was hit in the middle of her stomach by a dark magic punch until she had to spit out blood.
"I got you!" Dekiran said with a smile.
Ouch! Dekiran's voice screamed in pain too because Mariel had revenge by using her head to hit him on the chin once.
"You crazy kid!" Dekiran lost his balance because the chin is another important nerve center for movement.
*Smash* Mariel slammed the remaining power into Dekiran's chest and sending his body flying far away.
"Ah!!!" Mariel cried out in pain. Her body was starting to reach its limit because she had almost completely used up her dark magic power. She trembled as the Qi in her body began to oppose each other more and more. Her veins bulged all over her face, neck, and entire upper body which included arms and legs as well. It indicated that the body is close to being shattered due to the dark magic power being forced to use too much.
"No!!! Mariel's body nearly can't take it anymore." Claudia cried out in panic as tears flowed from her eyes because she was worried about the life of her daughter in front of her.
"Almost there. Just a little more time." Deric was close to regaining his Qi and prepared to use it all in one final attack to kill Dekiran in one shot.
Dekiran slowly got up. His body was also traumatized on the inside to the point of almost falling apart but there is still enough power left to deal with Mariel and others. So, he slowly gathered dark magic power again in his right palm.
"You're good at getting me hurt so badly but I will win in the end." Dekiran said.
Mariel stared at him as if she was thinking about something in her mind.
[ Could I like to take a risk? But if there is even the slightest mistake, this girl's body might be completely shattered... but I'll have to try!] A mysterious voice pondered, but it finally decided to take a risk.
Mariel slowly raised her hands above her head and then used the same technique that Dekiran used just moments ago.
The remaining demons slowly turned into balls of life force and rushed to gather at the ball of dark magic power on their heads.
"That's impossible! How can you use the same skill as me? If it wasn't…" Dekiran stared intently at Mariel, and shocked.
Behind Mariel combining her powers with the dark magic ball. It appeared as a shadow that showed tall, black man who only Dekiran could see. This mystery man was doing the same action as Mariel and looking at Dekiran with a vengeful expression.
"Or is it the Dark Doppelganger!!! But only...that person can do...?" Dekiran said.
Mariel concentrated most of her dark magic into her right hand, preparing to finish this battle with Dekiran.
Dekiran was also preparing to kill Mariel too. All his power was concentrated in his two palms.
*Smash!!!!!*
Dekiran and Mariel charged at each other and slammed the final punch into the middle of both sides' chests.
Ahhhhhh!!!!! .... Both cried out in pain.
Dekiran was hit by Mariel's dark magic punch and nearly all of the ribs in his chest were broken.
As for Mariel, she was hit by Dekiran's dark magic punch and shot through her chest, causing her body to fly out and all unconsciousness in mid-air.
"I got you!!"
Deric regained his strength just in time. He rushed over and took his daughter in his left arm and slammed all his highest-level ice magic power into the center of Dekiran's chest. The power of the ice magic flows along the pulse throughout the body until it is almost broken.
"Ouch!!!! You all...die...all of you!" Dekiran used his remaining power to slam into the middle of Deric's back, causing his injury to worsen even more.
"Ouch!!!" Deric was bleeding in pain. The old wound on the spine was repeated until the bones were almost shattered.
But what Dekiran even showed a terrified expression on his face was...Mariel, who was unconscious in Deric's left arm, suddenly raised her head, smiled and her left hand still had some dark magic power remaining. But the power was transformed into several small black snakes in her hands and slammed into Dekiran's chest again.
"Vipers devour!" Mariel said before fainting.
The small black snakes penetrated Dekiran's body and sprayed black poison all over his body until his pulse was gradually destroyed by the poison until his body began to swell.
"Ahhh!!! no...I... can't.... be...lose!" Dekiran shouted in pain. Then the swollen body gradually cracked and exploded into pieces in front of everyone's eyes.
On the other side, Dekira seemed to realize that her brother had died and screamed out in pain.
"No, my brother, no!" She screamed like she was insane. Kehal saw the opportunity and rushed to put an end to her in this final attack.
"Shield of Judgment!" Kehal said, then jumped above Dekira and used his shield to hit Dekira's head with the utmost power, causing her body to hit the ground.
Kehal used his remaining power to kill Dekira until her body shattered into pieces and slowly decayed until only her torn clothes were left.
"She was very strong...Deric, Claudia, how everyone else?" Kehal was worried about everyone and immediately teleported back to the village after the trap field completely disintegrated.
"Deric, Claudia, is everyone seriously injured?" Kehal rushed over to everyone to enquire about the entire situation.
"Please! Deric and Mariel were seriously injured." Claudia said, her voice trembling.
The others helped bandage the wounds and used their magic to heal each other's injuries.
Deric had to order special medicines from the capital city to heal the wound on his spine. But with Mariel, the symptoms were much more worrying because the body was clearly full of bulging blood vessels on the face, arms, legs, and other parts of the body. Even though she got healed and took various kinds of medicine, it didn't get better.
Segal woke up and felt guilty for not being able to take care of Mariel well enough. So, he asked for a volunteer to look after her and stayed by her side.
As for Kehal, he temporarily closed the Sword Bureau and came to live in the village with others. He made up for the mistakes because if he had not been fooled and followed Dekira out of the village. It probably wouldn't happen like this. Kehal and Midaran were the Head of Village Representative in direct contact with the capital city to report on the situation and ordered various herbal medicines to distribute to everyone which including providing financial compensation to the bereaved families as well.
Three days had passed, and Mariel was still sleeping and was not like a normal person. As the days passed, Deric, Claudia and Segal became more worried than ever. They couldn't eat and couldn't sleep because they were worried about Mariel's illness.
"This necklace must have some kind of curse. I will take it and put it in a box to keep it hidden. Until we find out what it is." Deric took the necklace that Mariel wore and hid it in the attic without letting anyone else find out.
In the depths of the mind, Mariel's soul was fast asleep. There was no sign of waking up. Suddenly, a large, mystery old man wearing a long black robe walked nearby. Then he came and sat next to her, then patted Mariel's head affectionately.
"Little girl, your heart is very strong to have fought this far. If it weren't for my help, you would have died. But...dark magic is like a curse. When you absorb it into your body, you will not be able to go back to being like a normal person again. It is destiny for you to meet me. Lol" The old man laughed as he stood up and slowly turned and walked away.
"Wake up! You and I will meet again, very soon…" The old man turned his head and looked again before disappearing in front of her.
Mariel's body suddenly returned to normal. The swollen blood vessels gradually shrink and return to their original skin until Segal, who was lying in bed watching over Mariel and noticed it.
"Father Deric, Mother Claudia. Mariel is almost awake!" Segal shouted to them with happiness.
Then both Deric and Claudia rushed up to the second floor to check on their daughter's health again.
Mariel slowly opened her eyes. Everyone hugged her so deeply that tears streamed down their cheeks with joy.
Mariel immediately uttered her first sentence:
"I'm so hungry...."
It made others laugh with joy, along with bringing a full dinner of delicious foods and drinks to the table beside her. Then they all happily sat and ate together in Mariel's bedroom.