(Aisha's POV)
After I retreated, I spun in a full three-sixty to get a good look at my surroundings. No undesirable attention? Good, I prefer it that way. Moments later, I readied myself to teleport away from this desolate village, only to have a stray sword fly right past my ear. My face filled with newfound interest, I hardly flinched, watching as the sword almost made a whizzing sound, dancing through the air as if it was a sonic arrow and the sound reverberated in the air, before silencing just as quickly as it traveled, sticking to a nearby house. Slowly approaching the weapon, I gripped it tightly and released it from the confines of a house and scrutinized cautiously to capture every single intricate detail. The blade was a near arm-length ivory colour near the edges with a center of deep red, similar to a flame, and strange inscriptions and symbols were vertically aligned on the scarlet part etched in gold. As the blade reached the hilt, it crossed in a diamond-like fashion centered with a red gem, and banking down into an obsidian handle, before returning into the peculiar diamond formation.
A sadistic, deranged grin appeared on my lips, turning up the corners of my mouth, just slightly, as I shifted directions to face a possible opponent. Several more swords darted past a few seconds after, my grin getting broader. Eyes filled with hunger for bloodshed and onslaught, they grew wider with my smile, as I fervently twirled my hatchet shaped staff and swung it occasionally as if it were a baseball bat. I wet my lips with my saliva almost tasting the vermilion coloured blood. But what I wasn't really expecting was a red blur barrel-rolling past me and smashed into the ground. The middle-aged man brushed the dirt off his red uniform, and spat blood, tainting the grass crimson. Dirt and numerous cuts were on his forehead and he ran a hand through his entangled brown hair.
Eh, he already looks as if he's at his threshold. Of course I could end his life rather easily, but it seems as if someone had already beaten me to the punch. The man collapsed to the floor and panted heavily, attempting to tend to his wounds and catch his abnormal breathing, oblivious of my presence. I'll let him die by the person whoever beat him up, I decided. Ready to teleport once more, I heard a faint whisper. Sword Fall...? Or was I just imagining things. I shrugged before Anger hissed angrily in a high-pitch shriek, flapping his wings wildly and emitting a vibration wave.
Move my princess, danger is approaching your beautiful face. I scoffed and covered my ears slightly at the noise and readied for this so-called "danger." Sure enough, several more waves of skull-impaling objects hailed from the sky at a horizontal direction, straight at me. My eyes sharpened in intense concentration as I dug my palms into the soil and with one bend of the arms, willed my muscles to flip my entire body backwards, missing the first blade by inches. One. The next was approaching at the speed of light, and I sprung up in the air once more and cart wheeled, catching the blade in my hand as I began the evasive maneuver. Two.
Using the sword, I deflected the third and metal clashed with metal, sparks flying everywhere, before discarding both swords and leaving me empty-handed. Three. I was having way too much fun with this short-notice agility test, getting into hand stand position, I spun into a three-sixty and kicked the last sword away, launching itself into the ground, and I stood up, brushing my hair nonchalantly out of my face as if the astounding gymnastic feats were little to nothing. Anddd four. Anger comically stood (floated?) by with a scoring sign in his fangs. Ten! I bowed going along with the wacky theme before smacking the swords away with my staff as if they were rubbish and putting on a serious face, throwing away my game face.
Kay. Who the hell summoned those towards me? Are they asking for a challenge, no, a death wish? Well, guess bitches wanna throw their lives away today. I listened more intensely, trying to pick up the slightest sound that could be causing a disturbance. Finally, I could hear dull war cries gradually coming my way. Explosions, swords clashing, and the flickering of fire could be heard. I wonder why I couldn't hear such a thing before. Oh, well. I guess I'll join the party. After all, being on-time is lame. It's all about being fashionably late now.
I deviously grinned and ran only for a little while before a full-blown warfare came into view. Blurry colors of people, explosion marks, and ice fragments littered the ground as I kicked a snowflake crystal and patches of flame away. Before I could even introduce myself to the lovely party and crash it, I randomly summoned a Hell Stone, blocking different elemental runes, and ice fireballs? Can't be... A girl came into view and I took two steps back in surprise. Is it...? Yes, it is...
Her full face came into view, a head of purple hair, front bangs, and twin curly bun ponytails. Clad in heavy metal armor of silver, blue, and gold, but truly a mage in disguise, The Velder Royal Guard's Ice Princess, Noah. She strayed away from the battlefield, approaching me, eyes filled with curiosity.
"Who are you?"
Wow, she doesn't remember me after I merely changed jobs and appearance. I thought in disgust, not even able to respond. I didn't even feel the need to explain to her that I was Aisha, and if she remembered me. It's all remnants of the past after all.
"I am your opponent." I managed to say, still a bit shocked.
"So be it."
Noah hurled fireballs, (excuse me, iceballs) in my direction and I leaped into the air and propelled myself countered with void balls of my own. Ice and darkness clashed together and exploded, whereas the both of us skidded backwards, landing safely.
"Not bad."
"Eh."
We both blindly charged at each other, I was eager to wrap things up quickly and cleanly, surprising, no?
"Frost Step!"
"Dark Cloud!" I rose my palm into the air and casted a noxious, viridian poison haze around the area where I was standing. That should do it. This idiotic excuse for a mage should be poisoned and dead after this skill ends. I watched nearby as the toxic gases wafted throughout the area, seeping through cracks in windows and door frames. Unfortunately for the civilians hiding away from the full-out combat war, the dark chartreuse green mist went through the doors, causing a dozen people to hack and cough through the window. I watched as an old man collapsed and died instantly, his fragile lungs not able to rid of the fatal cloud. A woman coughed violently, non-stop until she spat out blood onto the stained glass.
She stumbled outside like a zombie and convulsed, vomiting cimmerian blood, before collapsing into a heap of other hindrances who interfered with the battles and attempted to stop the mayhem. Another dozen stepped out from their homes, gasping for fresh air but outside was where I summoned the cloud, they were not able to escape from its clutches either. The smoky substance chased after them and grabbed their arms, legs and entered their nostrils. Faces pale and pupils rolling up so that only the white part could be seen, as they constricted their throats and wheezed before dying along with the rest of them. Weak. At the same time, Noah casted a spell that summoned ice to her feet, neutralizing the Dark Cloud. Snowflakes and permafrost appeared at her feet and she menacingly glared at me as if she was some sort of threat or intimidation.
"Why'd you do that?! Leave the citizens out of this, or I'm afraid I'll have to defeat you with my ice powers. You're strong, but might as well run now, your evil magic is no match for my completely fire-proof ice!"
I yawned and stretched like a cat for effect.
"Yeah, yeah, you're all talk, Noah. Now let me kill you so I can move on to the rest of my opponents."
She flinched as if, How did she know my name? and started sweating, which only fed my fear-eating bravado.
"Don't Screw with me! Ice Circle!"
Crystallized ice gyrated around her wildly, and expanded, knocking me back. Tch. The snow grazed my body and a chill ran down my spine as the below zero temperatures came in contact with my bare skin. The skill launched me into the air, and I smirked, teleporting away.
"Magic Missile!"
Noah performed a downward slash. A glowing blue magic missile came out from the tip, locking onto its target, moi. Grimacing, I teleported repeatedly, again and again until I deciphered the pattern and sprinted in circles as the missile followed in hot pursuit, but unable to even touch me.
"Cyclone!"
A purple gust of wind buffeted my hair and dragged me backwards as I rose my arms and tried to shield my face. Noah just watched casually as she "brought me down to her feet." Please, Aisha. Stop going easy on her. I turned my head into a disturbing almost ninety degree angle and grinned, widening my eyes. She made the terrible mistake of running up to me. You want flashy skills and PAIN? I'll give them to you all right, weak bitch. I ran up to her,
"Bat Anger."
I twisted my staff and flicked my wrist to summon an Angor and a black and white bat flew out and latched onto her. Angor viciously bit and chewed at Noah's flesh until deep marks and flesh was slurped off, I called Angor off before it exploded because I wasn't quite done yet.
"Hell Stone."
A stone from hell dropped from the sky and landed on her back, beginning to rotate. The giant jagged stone drilled and burried into her and she screamed as her flesh was shredded off. The daunting russet coloured eye seemed to laugh like a vulture at her cries in pain before it faded away. Still, not done yet, though she looks half-dead.
"Aging."
A chained void ball emerged as I tossed it at her from a distance. The ball touched the ground and *Booommm!* A chain slid off and a series of tremendous explosions expanded from the ball. As the chains were released one by one, the explosions grew louder and even more powerful as if the chains were some sort of limiter or seal. Noah didn't even have the chance to escape as to the fact that it had an extremely high vertical range. Caught in the explosives of darkness and suffering, dead souls swirled and churned groaning and roaring before her as she burned to a crisp and lifted, higher, higher, into the air. As Aging ended, the Ice Elemental Master plummeted.
*CRUNCH!* Landing hard on the floor from such a high place, I heard her bones snap and crush, leaving little to no structure left. Her neck snapped side-ways in an abnormal fashion and her ribs poked out and prodded her blood-soaked and charred stomach. Parts of her face the color of charcoal, and motionless, not even twitching as a realization struck me. She is most likely dead. I panted slightly and approached her lifeless body, lowered my axe, and sliced her head off, like I always do to my victims. Kicking the headless body down the hill, it rolled down, down, tumbling down... out of sight. I rose the head gloriously in the air in front of my face and admired it.
"You were weak, Noah. You still are. Not even your so-called completely fire-proof ice magic could save you from your hideous fate. Don't you remember when we used to practice magic together at the mage academy? You were so helpless, and I always had to rush to your side and save you from all the torment, bullying, and beating. It was a waste of effort and slowed me down, you're a lost cause who just has a big bragging mouth but with no skill at all. Disgrace. I thought that meeting you after those years have made you a bit stronger since I last saw you, I guess that was false hope. Now, you are dead. Your best friend has killed you." I said to her head, despite she was already dead. "Goobye, Noah. You were destined to trip and fall." releasing her purple ponytail, her head rolled down the hill like a bowling ball. Down, down, tumbling down... out of sight.
Little did I know that a single tear managed to slip past my eyelid and rolled down my cheek as I released my friend.
Me: Hmmm, I should've made this chapter a bit longer DX. Oh well, that just means more chapters to add in. Sorry for the later than usual update as well. ;-; I hope next chapter I'll add more poems and rhyme and such to make it more interesting:D. As for the Infinity Sword idea introduced to me, I was originally going to make Elsword good, but now he's one of the antagonists! Though, he won't stay evil for long ;). Thank you for reading this story and I hope I can get some suggestions or feedback on this to make it even better and boost my very little determination. Sayonara.~
