Rakon scribbled onto his parchment and placed the last few symbols on it. Slowly the words vanished from the pages once again, leaving Rakon writhing in frustration. "
Bjorn and Gaz entered shortly after, opting him to get up and toss the parchment to the side "
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Rakon narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. "
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Rakon was taken aback, hearing this. "
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Gaz glanced at Bjorn; he then turned his attention to Rakon. "
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Rakon threw a blood blade dagger to Gaz. He caught the blade in his hands. "
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Bjorn glanced at Gaz with furrowed brow. "
He grunted. "
Gaz chuckled to himself. "
Bjorn scoffed and rolled his eyes. "
Gaz continued."
Bjorn couldn't retort Gaza's statement. But something kept gnawing at him that felt like a bad omen.
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Bjorn was now faced with a demon unfamiliar to him, but somehow had a familiar presence to her. The demon looked like a savage from the pit. But upon closer inspection of the weapon she readied, it had a striking similarity to another he saw before. Seeing this, he narrowed his eyes.
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Without another word, Kalika launched herself at Bjorn. He blocked her first attack with his arm. To his shock she was able to leave a scratch on it.
He wasted no time smacking her with the back of his hand, sending her down the dungeon staircase.
He quickly followed down, jumping to crush her with his fist.
She dodged and rolled away.
She was prepared to counterattack, but was suddenly punched with his stomach and sent flying through the hall behind, and crashed through the stone wall.
Demon guards that were playing a game of cards were startled seeing her crash in the middle of their game. They all looked at Kalika, shocked.
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They all quickly scattered upon seeing Bjorn's approach.
With each step taken by Bjorn, Kalika felt herself become more and more calm and relaxed. her breathing steadied itself and the tension in her muscles left her.
Glancing around, Kalika remembered this dungeon from the last time Bjorn and pummeled and destroyed this level. She wobbled back to her feet, amused.
With a better look around, most of the walls around were all still being repaired while others still had open holes from his rampage. It was like they were now fighting in a dungeon tailored made for them.
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She slashed at him again, Hitting him! But upon closer inspection, there wasn't even a scratch on him.
Bjorn turned, smacking Kalka away from him.
She slid back some distance and charged back without hesitation. But she felt much slower, and her strength seemed to be waning. Bjorn, seeing this, used this opportunity, he grabbed her by her head and pinned her to the ground!
With one hand he continued to press down harder. "
Kalika struggled under his grasp, trying to free herself. His strength was on another level from hers and more so as she felt her strength leaving her. But she refused.
Unexpectedly, Kalika laughed. She then dug her dark cloak dagger into his arm.
Bjorn flinched back, letting go of her.
Kalika turned back onto her feet, and followed up with another attack, she slashed and left a shallow cut on his stomach.
Bjorn gritted his teeth, confused and angered. He brought his arm up at Kalika, quickly sending out torrents of fire in Kalika's direction.
She dodged again to his side, but she was just as quickly met with a punch from his other hand.
He then tried following with another punch with his other hand, but this was blocked with her dagger!
This didn't stop Bjorn however, as she smashed her through another wall and into another hall with the guards patrolling. The guards quickly distanced themselves, seeing her.
She got up quickly. Seeing the guards starting to go on the attack. She quickly dispatched bother by throwing her dagger at the first demon and slashing the others with her newly manifested dagger.
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Bjorn tore open and entered through the hole with his hands raised. He then manifested a ball of earth and shaped it into a large club and grabbed it.
Bjorn pointed his newly made club at Kalika. ""
Kalika laughed again upon hearing him. "
Seeing this, he swung his club hard. Kalika blocked his attack again, in vain and was sent flying through the dungeon. All the while, Bjorn chased her at the same speed, hitting her again to the side!
They broke through another wall and with his club raised, Bjorn closed in to smash her with it.
She nearly dodged out the way as she was smashed into the ground hard. Rubble flew in all directions as he left a crater in its wake.
Seeing an opening Kalika rushed to his side. And with vigor and steady hands, she drove her dagger into his arms. Bjorn flinched, then with all her strength she sliced as much as possible with a single move.
Bjorn screamed in pain and whacked her away from him, leaving him a little confused
He looked at the new slice and growled.
He charged back at Kalika, swinging her club even harder. He missed her, smashing through the wall.
He swung his club again, and again. each time missing her as she dodges out the way. He then slammed the ground with tremendous force again, yet again with the same result as he left another crater in the ground.
Kaliak smiled at him, tauntingly.
Frustrated, Bjorn placed his other hand on the ground and sent a wave of earth that covered the floor.
Kalika jumped from the floor as a spike suddenly appeared. She nearly dodged most of them, with some spike leaving cuts and scratches on her.
She laughed, almost excitedly.
Bjorn quickly gathered the earth magic back to his hand and transformed it into multiple earth spikes.
He conjured forth even more around him, the size of a tiny army and launched them straight at Kalka.
A barrage of earth spiked rained onto Kalika as she's forced on the run avoiding each one. She ran down the side of the walls, under and into the holes of other halls. The barrage was relentless as it even penetrated the walls to get to her.
Bjorn crashed through the wall, keeping his eye on the prize. He pinched his fingers dropping blood on the ground. a strong pulse was sent, seeping Kalika's strength.
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A few spikes then caught up to her, penetrating through her chest!
She felt herself slow down. Glancing back she could see several more spikes heading her way. She suddenly stopped, turning back to run at Bjorn.
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She dodged and weaved through his attacks with expert precision to his shock and before he knew it… She already ran past him.
"Huh?"
She jerked her body back, slashing at Bjorn's back. But this only a small scratch.
Bjorn pressed his hands to the ground, conjuring forth earth spikes right behind him, striking Kalika!
He turned around quickly, this time hitting her with his club and breaking the ground spike! She tumbled onto the ground, getting up and she found Bjorn's readying his club. She barely dodged as he smashed at the ground beneath her!
Using his other hand, he releases a burst of fire beyond him. "
He pressed his club against her and the wall, all the while she smiled and laughed like some maniac. "
She stabbed his club with her dark cloaked dagger, and in a swift move, cut it in half.
Bjorn is shocked as inadvertently smashed the wall next to Kalka with his cut club.
Kalika didn't waste this prime opportunity as she stabbed at his leg, and like his arm, she sliced through it!
Bjorn bellowed from the pain of getting his leg cut. He immediately move to grab her, but she easily maneuvered around him
"Tch! Has she adapted to my blood magic? No! That's not possible!" Bjorn thought.
Bjorn easily repaired his broken club, restoring it to its former glory.
He smashed the ground, barely hitting Kalika.
"There's only four other people who managed to fight past this power but…"
Bjorn blocked Kalika's attack from above.
He pinched his finger to leak out blood again. It pulsed, weakening Kalika for a short period, before she instantly regained her strength.
He was of Lucius, Rakon, Jala and even Lillian as he barely managed to push Kalika away from him.
"To fight back in such a calm and passive state is practically impossible, especially for your average demon." Bjorn narrowed his eyes looking at Kalka.
Bjorn's mind raced. "This tailless savage is not an ordinary demon… There's something about her." On closer inspection, Bjorn noticed a dark aura starting to cloak around Kalika's entire body.
"Impossible! Isn't that-!"
Kalika suddenly disappeared from sight. They immediately clashed.
"No, it's not possible." Bjorns eyes shook at the mere thought.
Each of them exchanged blows and clashes until Kalika finally overwhelmed Bjorn, this time sending Him crashing through the wall!
He stood his ground however, plunging his club into the ground to keep himself firmly planted on the ground. Looking back up, he found Kalika already on the attack. He blocked and parried her through the corridor wall into more guards that fled.
As Kalika got back to her feet, Bjorn crashed into the wall, managing to grab Kalika by her face and plowing her through several of the walls behind until they reached the end.
"I'll end this now!!"
He then pinned her into the wall, and without mercy, Scorched her entire body in intense heat! Burning her to a solid crisp.
Bjorn stepped back, sighing to himself. Seeing the black charred husk he left.
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"Where are you going?" Kalka said.
Bjorn stopped, utterly shocked. He looked back to the supposed savage demon he burned. He found her as her skin reverted back to the cold blue skin it was before. With her dagger in and an overwhelming thirst for blood emanating from her very being.
Her dark aura became much more visible to him. "I hate all of you damn demons. I can't wait to kill you all in this world."
"She can speak the human language????" Bjorn could see Kalka smiling wickedly within the dense darkness that's encasing her. "That voice…It can't be…"
Bjorn watched as Kalika's horns started growing more, becoming more and more prominent as it curved to the back of her head.
Bjorn was taken aback seeing this. He remembered back to when he saw Kalika in her sickened state with all the blue spots on her. Now looking at this tailless demon before him, he finally recognized the dagger it held. a dagger that should be contracted to a single person.
It finally clicked. An answer so absurd that it should be impossible.
"It can't be… This savage is…"
"Kalika?"
Kalika's golden eyes pierced through the dark sheet covering her.
Suddenly Kalika appeared above Bjorn and forced him to make another club to block her sudden attack. All of it was in vain however she sliced through the club and through Bjorn with seeming ease.
Bjorn didn't let the pain stop him as he retaliated using her broken club. They clashed with the overwhelming power sending cracks from throughout the floor.
"I don't know how this happened to you Kalika. But this stops here!!" he shouted.
Bjorn pressed down much harder than before. He expected her to be weaken with his blood magic but there was still no apparent change. Bjorn clenched his teeth, frustrated. "Why isn't she…"
Bjorn's eyes widened as looked at the dark aura. As it turned out, this dark aura he saw was in fact blood. A cold sweat ran down his face.
"The blood that trumps all others-..."
Kalika broke through, deflecting his attack. A tail finally erupted from Kalika as she leapt high into the air. All the darkness converged into her dagger as she attempted to finish their fight.
Bjorn conjured a shield of hardened earth, blocking that attack. Slowly, cracks began to appear one after the other beneath Bjorn. He tried to hold strong, but eventually Kalika broke through this shield. Cutting through his chest!
He's sent crashing through the ground onto the sixth! Then the seventh, cratering him to the ground!
Kalika got up from his body, as the dust around them settled.
She smiled as she looked around, finding herself surrounded by many different looking demons. And not too far from her was a large hole, bigger than anything she's ever seen.
All of the demons around her looked frightened as they watched the surprise spectacle.
"What's going on?" A man within the crowd of demons pushed his way past to see the event. This man was Donovan. As he looked, he became flushed and shocked.
"W-w-w-w-what the heck!???"
Kalika ignored the comment as she became excited with a rising bloodlust. "I like this dream," she said with a smile.