"It is so good to see you again Panther" Vilfortz said with a smile as the fireballs on his palm grew larger in intensity. Leo didn't say anything but simply kept his eyes fixed on the mage's next move. With a sprint he ran towards the mage; daggers raised in front of him as he turned into a seemingly dark blue blur. Vilfortz once again smiled placing his two hands on the ground as he muttered some incantations. Leo sniffed the air and cursed when an arrow shot through the air seconds before it grazed his cheek. A loud roar followed by the sound of crackling twigs echoed through the forests as the dead elves slowly rose to their feet; a ghastly red light being emitted from their eyes. Out of the five elves that had died only four were resurrected with the exception of the elf that Leo had torn into pieces. The elf with the bow drew it's bow before it shot another arrow at Leo. Leo moved to his left dodging the arrow before he raised his dagger to block a slash from one of the undead elves. The white haired elf ran forward roaring with an attempted slash while the other swords men closed in from all directions with the archer still shooting arrows at the assassin. Leo closed his eyes while he slowly took in deep breaths, the first elf attacked with a thrust so powerful that some of the bones in its hand had already began to show signs of damage. Leo with a slash of his dagger tore the elf into half while he spun around dodging an arrow before his gauntlet crashed into the face of another elf and turning it into a bloody pulp. The white haired elf on the other hand managed to sneak through his defenses and slashed Leo's shoulder with a powerful strike that Vilfortz had thought would have severed Leo's arm completely. With a hiss Leo caught the undead's armed hand by the wrist and with a pained roar sent it flying through a massive punch to the belly. "This is bad" Leo sighed on taking a look at his now bleeding right shoulder. The undead archer shot some more arrows at the approaching Leo. Leo's eyes took on an even darker hue as he struggled to keep track of the arrows that the archer kept on firing nonstop. Eventually with a claw strike from Leo the archer's body divided into five pieces, its blood staining the face of the mage that stood near it. "Well done assassin thanks to you, I have learned some pointers on how to improve my necromancy" Vilfortz clapped as he conjured two more fireballs on his palms. Leo on hearing this scoffed "Your elves always treated your dead with so much respect, what happened to that or let me guess this is all for the great cleansing is it not? Vilfortz eyes widened in shock "You already know far too much, and as such I cannot let you leave here alive". A huge beam of flames shot forward to Leo incinerating everything on its path illuminating the dark night as it approached. Leo dug his feet into the ground before he slashed with both daggers in a 'X' pattern. The slashes appeared like a faint ghostly light before they crashed into the flames, splitting the beam into four and making it to miss the target as the flames snuffed out after being slashed. Vilfortz sensing the impending danger casted a spell that was known as 'Mother earth', a giant earthen wall rose from the ground seconds before it was divided into four halves. Vilfortz looked at the perfect cut that the slash had made through the wall and shuddered when a rather scary thought hit him "That can't be a spell after all there was no muttering of hand signs on his part, could It be an ability? Another slashing sound however interrupted his thoughts as a faint ghostly line tore towards his head. Vilfortz quickly muttered another spell that turned the ground beneath his feet into mud thereby making him to sink into the ground while the slash travelled through where his head was supposed to be; slashing many trees in the process before it disappeared. "That was a close one, it seems that the more powerful slashes can be traced out, there is still a chance for me to win this" Vilfortz reasoned while his eyes searched for the assassin that had disappeared into the forest. A dark silhouette moving through the trees captured his attention, Vilfortz with a frown quickly shot another flaming beam that burned through that patch of the forest as the air quickly began to fill with the smell of acrid smoke. Leo stayed quietly on a tree branch observing the mage as he waited for a time to strike. When Leo noticed he was casting a sensory spell, he quickly jumped off the tree as he approached the oblivious mage from above. Vilfortz after using his sensory spell cursed when he noticed a shadow in the air and with another spell that he had kept ready a dome of fire formed around him. "It's time to finish this "With a growl Leo's body twisted and conformed in the air before in a split second a panther with blue fur as dark as night crashed into the fire dome claws raised in a deadly swipe. The swipe tore through the dome leaving Vilfortz with no choice but to abandon the dome, with another spell he raised some earth spikes from the ground in order to impale the panther that had already landed on the floor. The panther with a massive leap evaded the attack while it continued to run towards the retreating mage. "You leave me no choice human" muttered the elf as he began to mutter some elvish words while ghastly red runes formed around his feet. Leo growled on seeing this and lunged forward to stop the ritual but instead the panther was repelled by a strange force field that had now surrounded the mage. Leo after taking a look at the runes and the blood that was flowing from the mage's eye growled "That's demon magic, a forbidden spell and to think that the order of the sun had destroyed all practitioners of the art". In the Order of the Phoenix four types of magic and spells were currently banned: the first being Slave magic, the second Necromancy, the third was Monster magic that was used to summon monsters from different realms and finally Demon magic also known as Chaos magic that could be used to summon demons and otherworldly malevolent beings. Any mage who practiced such spells were normally culled from society by The Order of the Sun or if lucky be banished to an uninhabited realm where monsters and demons will feast upon their bodies and souls. Though cases of slave and necromancy magic could pop up every now and then cases of demon magic had not been recorded in the past century… The runes after some time shimmered away moments before a loud malicious voice spoke through the elf's mouth "It has been so long since I feasted on a soul, and now it's time to EAT!******************************************************************Hi guys hope you have been enjoying the book so far. For now, I shall be releasing two chapters per day and hopefully six or five during the weekend. Have you been enjoying the book so far? Please indicate in the comment section.