Sarah dashed with her obsidian daggers in tow, aiming to slash me.
I conjured two ice daggers, imitating her.
Our dagger clashed, sparks flew as I tried my best to just deflect her blows.
Sarah didn't relent, slashing at me with her piercing cold eyes.
Her eyes, the usual honeyed glow she had was no where to be seen. All that's left was pitch black darkness.
Literally.
Her eyes turned black all over, making me disoriented since I couldn't know what she was aiming for.
I grit my teeth as my ice daggers chipped to nothingness as only the hilt was left.
I took a step back, but Sarah didn't let me as an arc of condensed darkness shot from her daggers in an X shape. Aiming to slice me to pieces.
That's such a cool move!
I made a huge ice wall to defend myself. The projectile hit the wall and dissipated.
I breathed a sigh of relief, only to have my hairs stand on end as a dagger almost sliced my neck. I dodged at the last second.
"Woah there! It's almost like you're trying to kill me!" I quipped a little, earning me a smirk from Sarah.
"All the better, really. I like a fiesty woman~." As I said that, I felt pressure descending upon me. I looked down to see the ground colored in the color of absulote darkness.
"Shadow Domain: Abyss." I heard Sarah utter that, following that, I was enveloped in complete darkness.
There was nothing but black, black as the eyes can't see, or can't, since not even a speck of light could be seen in this absulote darkness.
I can sense the darkness trying to blind my other senses. But it was no use.
My soul sense scoured the darkness, sensing that I'm some kind of dome. I could sense Sarah locked into me, her stance is that of a trained assassin. Wanting to get rid of me in one fell swoop.
Cute.
Her ludicrously sexy body as her muscles tensed. I couldn't help but admire her once more.
I could sense Sarah trying to find the best method to kill me, her hesitation now is born from the way my body is ready to face her at a moment's notice.
"How can you even sense me in this darkness?" Sarah asked, bewildered.
"Hmm? Maybe it's your perfume? You smell... Intoxicating." My eyes locked to her, making her tense.
"You... You must be in the Inner Sea Realm for you to be able to sense me. Huh... Haha~ hehehehe~!" Sarah started to laugh...
It... Saddened me.
That is the laugh of someone... giving up.
The darkness dispersed. Leaving me and Sarah standing in the middle of the arena.
Her posture was relaxed, smiling under the veil.
"Given up already? You know I can do this all day. Being mine isn't so bad, I promise." I said with a smirk, but Sarah kept smile.
"I refuse."
Sarah said, taking both of her daggers and driving them both to her heart.
"What the fuck are you doing!!" Capturing the daggers in my hands till they bled. I looked at Sarah as tears ran in copious amounts from her eyelids.
"I refuse... Hic... I refuse to belong to anyone but Jason! I'd rather die!" Sarah screamed in anguish, her hands clenching the daggers hard as she tried to kill herself.
"I know... You belong only to me, Sarah. My little maid. You're mine, only mine."
Sarah looked at me through the tears as her hold on her daggers loosened.
"J-Jason? Is it really you?" Sarah's eyes quivered as her hands reached for my mask.
Her shaky hands took off my mask, revealing my face as my hair and eyes returned to their natural colors.
"Yeah. It's me. Your Jason."
Sarah didn't waste anytime as her lips met mine in kiss full of longing.
I hugged my Sarah, feeling all of my doubts and fears whisked away like they weren't there in the first place.
Sarah has been waiting for me all this time. Waiting for me.
She would have taken her own life today if I wasn't here for her.
I guess practicing darkness laws would make someone more receptive to depression and negative emotions.
The mistress did tell me that practicing specific laws could change someone and influence them tremendously.
I'm glad I was here in here moment of weakness, to lift her up and give her the hope she's been longing for.
"So you're that Jason, huh?"
I separated with utmost reluctance from Sarah, Sarah had the look of a lost puppy, wanting more love.
I looked at the sect master as her smirk shown beneath her veil.
"Yes. And I'm here to take Sarah back home, any objection?" I said while holding Sarah close to my chest, her bosom squished against me making her yelp in shyness.
"You certainly are qualified. After all, you made yourself known to all in this here arena." The sect master said as her hands pointed at the fuming crowd.
"What in tarnation!? Who is he touch this fairy willy nilly?"
"The banquet hasn't ended yet and someone already captured her heart? Aiyah."
"What a disappointment..."
"Kill that bastard for daring to touch her without her consent! That rogue of a man must be executed!"
Jeers and boos echoed from the crowd, I couldn't care less as my hold on Sarah tightened.
"Olne, I need your help..." I whispered to myself really. Wanting to get out of here before the crowd really goes wild.
"You're not going anywhere." The sect master said as she brandished her daggers, looking to be of a higher grade than Sarah's, obviously.
"Jason is the marigold mistress prized possession. You will not touch a hair on his head." Olne appeared in a cloud of smoke, like a ninja. She stared defiantly at the sect master.
"You and what army?" The sect master derisively. Hundreds of elders of the sect sorrounded us. Sarah clutched my cloth tightly.
"At least, I'll die with my beloved master~..." Sarah closed her eyes as she fell unconscious, mainly due to her nerves relaxing after this tense tribulation.
I kissed her forehead gently, then carried her in my arms.
'Foolish Sarah... You're so adorable even in this situation." I smiled as Olne snapped her finger.
A gigantic flying treasure appeared in the sky, it was like a cloak vanished, revealing it to all in the arena.
Jet-black in color and adorned with jewels and embroidered with gold. Runes and inscriptions appeared all around it as pressure descended on all who were in the arena.
The onlookers gazed with trepidation in their hearts, knowing such a treasure would lay waste to everything in it's path.
"That, is peak Emperor tier battleship given to me by my mistress, I could with just a snap of my finger, raze this whole sect down. Either you stand down and let us leave. Or I will not leave a single soul here alive. So, choose."
Olne coldly uttered, not phased in the least by the undulations of everyone in the arena.
I looked at Olne's back with the utmost gratitude.
To think someone would go to such lengths for me. I couldn't help but let my feelings grow in fondness and affection for her.
"Sigh... Everyone! Stand down." The sect master said, making the elders lay down their weapons in defeat.
"Come on people. Cheer up! Your Dark Star's young master is here to take her away. So it's not all lost!" I said with a smirk, making everyone almost puke blood from my shamelessness.
I could see Olne tugging a hint of a smile on her lips.