Chapter 4
Agaaz the Bloodfiend
You wont like me when Im angry
Ryu and Lebel rode for about three days, with no events of importance, and barely speaking to one another. Lebel was not foolish enough to continue asking questions about what Ryu had told her, but the temptation irked her. The mage had become conservative. He closed himself in, and spoke very little. He left camp at nightfall, retiring an hour of so later with food.
The couple sat by the fire, upon opposite sides, watching the flames dance with radiance. It was peaceful around them, and completely silent. Every so often Ryu turned to look behind him for about ten seconds. He was ever watchful. Many would think this a trait Lebel would own, being an assassin. But her kind could sense danger before it even occurred.
Something moved in the woods, behind Ryu. To big to be an animal, thought Lebel, and judging by the manner of the noise it was trying not to be herd. The mage seemed not to notice. He continued to bite into the griffon leg he had hunted. It was ever pre-cooked. He was 'force' to blow it out of the shy with a fireball. The bit of burn meat on the beats forehead was from the 'necessary' lightning blot that struck it in the head after to fell to make sure it was dead.
The rustling movement happened again, this time thirty feet to the right of where it was before.
"Ryu, we have..." Lebel began, but she was never able to finish her sentence. It was not a sudden burst of movement that startled Ryu into drawing his weapon; it was the spine tingling shriek that echoed around them. From in the trees, four creatures emerged, wings spread and fangs bore. They were all handsome men of elven build, except that they had coal black skin and fangs where their incisors should have been. Bat like wings jutted out of their shoulders and their long dead eyes glowed with a horrible red light and long black robes covered their muscular bodies. Vampires.
The blood fiends pounced upon Ryu, all of them at once. They bashed into the mage at all different angles, making him collapse onto the ground. Lebel drew her crossbow, and snapped off the point to it. The vampires acute hearing hear the snap of the iron tip, and fled back into the trees. If one of those bolts (which was not the equivalent of wooden stakes) hit them...
Ryu got up quickly, drawing his magical blade, Bane. He began cursing in Abyssal Elvis, the hybrid language of the vampires. Everything was silent for a long time, nothing moved at all. Everyone seemed to stop breathing. Then a hissing voice echoed from the trees.
"Ryu...it issss a pleasure to meet the likesss of you. The most powerful magi in the world ssssome ssssay. Allow me to introduce mysssself." It said, coming from all directed at once, and at the same time none at all. The biggest, toughest, and well equipped of the vampires walked nonchalantly from the trees. Like his fellows, his fangs were all too prominent among his features. The vampires (which in eleven meant "cursed ones") were a lost tribe of elves...about a thousand in all at the time, which angered Avlar the ElfLord when they betrayed his for another god. He cursed them all to a state between life and death, forced to feed upon the life of others in order to survive.
"My name is Agaaz. Master assassin of the Magi of the black Rose" The old vampire said, curling his lips into a smile.
"I know damn well who you are." Ryu said, brandishing his sword. "I take it this is a compliment of my dear friend Asmodeus?"
"Indeed. He sends his regards...and threats to you." Agaaz murmured, drawing a longsword. Lebel turned her head to look behind her, and saw the three other vampires coming up behind her. Ryu noticed as well.
"Lets us begin, Agaaz. I shall taste your blood tonight, Vampire. Not you mine." Ryu said tauntingly. Then all hell broke loose.
Lebel turned and fired a broken crossbow blot at one of the vampires. It hit him directly in the heart, and with a defeated scream he burst into dust. The other two lunged themselves at the assassin, their claws thrashing at her, gliding at her five feet off the ground. She dropped on her back and drew her daggers. As her enemies passed over her she slashed at them, ripping deep wounds in their stomachs. The beasts continued their flight, and toppled unto the ground. Lebel back-flipped over to them, slashing in frenzy at their shoulders, faces, and necks. The one to her left let out a moan of pain as it fell to the ground, unable to die but unable to move. The other, however, was made of stronger steel then his companion. He, while still on his knees, leaped onto Lebel's neck and tried to bite at her. The vampire's slender but powerful hands slashed at her stomach and arms. Lebel was cut, but not deeply. She managed to push off the creature just before its teeth sank into her.
The assassin's foot moved in an awkward fashion, flinging itself up into the bloodfiends groin. They may be half dead, but it still hurt. It was with a small grunt of pain the third of the creatures burst into ashes as Lebel drove a crossbow blot backwards into its heart.
When she turned around, two throwing knives drawn ready to be flung, she was surprised to see nothing but the flames of the fire. Everything was completely silent. Ryu and Agazz were nowhere to be found.
Ryu let out an echoing roar as he battled with Agazz. He and the bloodfiend hand jumped deep into the woods, out of earshot of Lebel. The mage's blade was burning brightly and he slashed at Agazz, missing every time but cutting entire trees down in the process. This creature was far too fast to be battled with. Agazz's speed was astounding. His solid, handsome form had turned into a mere blur of motion and laughter. Finally Ryu had enough.
"Omina valthos ne'carthia" He bellowed, putting his blade to his face in a ceremonial fashion. Time seemed to slow down slightly. Ryu could see trials of movement wherever Agazz had been, allowing him to guess where the vampire was going to be.
The abomination turned, swinging his flaming blade in a 180 degree angle. Agazz then appeared in midair, tumbling towards the ground as Bane slashed a deep cut his face. The vampire recovered quickly, and used it telekinetic powers to blast the sword from Ryu's hand. Bane flipped in the air and landed with its still burning tip in an oak tree, which quickly began to burn. The Vampire then launched himself at him, with a deep, beast-like cry. The two of them flew back into brush, with the bloodfiend on top, biting at his neck. They fought with each other momentarily, and it was then Ryu had had enough of the fight.
Time seemed to stop. The screaming of Agazz, the war cries of Ryu, all stopped. Only the single heartbeat of the abomination was herd. Slowly, and yet in a odd way it was so fast, Ryu began to change. The blood in his veins turned into a horrid acid, which ate away at his skin and his mind. It was a brief breach on sanity in Ryu's mind. His heart…it ached his sorrow for what was happening to him. Ryu fought his 'disease' with every particle of his soul. There was an echoing bang, and Agazz was thrown by an ungodly force from his prey. The bloodfiend only landed on his feet, but was far to horrified to move. The rumors about Ryu were true. He really was an abomination.
Ryu arched his back, screaming in pain as the acidic blood destroyed him. He prayed to his god to save him.
"Galicran! Have mercy on me! Please my lord! Don't do this to me…STOP IT! DON'T LET IT TAKE ME…I TRIED…"
Ryu's desperate were droned out by a low gurgling noise, as the blood in his body expelled itself from his mouth. His pupils expanded, making his eyes completely black. His fingers became clawed, his muscles burst. Ryu's very body was dieing. Though, he managed to regain a small amount of control. The skin upon the mage turned black as obsidian, and his teeth elongated into fangs. He was a fragment of the abomination…the disease inside him. And then it all stopped. The body disappeared.
Before Agazz could do anything, a fiend like no other was swooping down upon him. With a feral roar The Beast clawed at the vampire's face, who ducked just in time. The Beast magically reclaimed its sword from the tree. Agazz was barely able to defend himself, before the blade slashed and cut every conceivable place on his body.
The dark eyes of The Abomination shown with malice as it muttered an incantation.
"Nargos dythos!" He hissed, extending the sword directly at its foe. The flaming sword flew into the chest of the vampire, throwing him back into the flaming tree. There 'Ryu' stood and watched, as Agazz writhed in flames screaming as his body turned to ash. The most horrible part was, that the Abomination was forced back, and the normal Ryu (wounded and bleeding) was the one that enjoyed Agazz' painful death.
Then Lebel came through the trees, horrified at what she had seen. Ryu really was…
Agaaz the Bloodfiend
You wont like me when Im angry
Ryu and Lebel rode for about three days, with no events of importance, and barely speaking to one another. Lebel was not foolish enough to continue asking questions about what Ryu had told her, but the temptation irked her. The mage had become conservative. He closed himself in, and spoke very little. He left camp at nightfall, retiring an hour of so later with food.
The couple sat by the fire, upon opposite sides, watching the flames dance with radiance. It was peaceful around them, and completely silent. Every so often Ryu turned to look behind him for about ten seconds. He was ever watchful. Many would think this a trait Lebel would own, being an assassin. But her kind could sense danger before it even occurred.
Something moved in the woods, behind Ryu. To big to be an animal, thought Lebel, and judging by the manner of the noise it was trying not to be herd. The mage seemed not to notice. He continued to bite into the griffon leg he had hunted. It was ever pre-cooked. He was 'force' to blow it out of the shy with a fireball. The bit of burn meat on the beats forehead was from the 'necessary' lightning blot that struck it in the head after to fell to make sure it was dead.
The rustling movement happened again, this time thirty feet to the right of where it was before.
"Ryu, we have..." Lebel began, but she was never able to finish her sentence. It was not a sudden burst of movement that startled Ryu into drawing his weapon; it was the spine tingling shriek that echoed around them. From in the trees, four creatures emerged, wings spread and fangs bore. They were all handsome men of elven build, except that they had coal black skin and fangs where their incisors should have been. Bat like wings jutted out of their shoulders and their long dead eyes glowed with a horrible red light and long black robes covered their muscular bodies. Vampires.
The blood fiends pounced upon Ryu, all of them at once. They bashed into the mage at all different angles, making him collapse onto the ground. Lebel drew her crossbow, and snapped off the point to it. The vampires acute hearing hear the snap of the iron tip, and fled back into the trees. If one of those bolts (which was not the equivalent of wooden stakes) hit them...
Ryu got up quickly, drawing his magical blade, Bane. He began cursing in Abyssal Elvis, the hybrid language of the vampires. Everything was silent for a long time, nothing moved at all. Everyone seemed to stop breathing. Then a hissing voice echoed from the trees.
"Ryu...it issss a pleasure to meet the likesss of you. The most powerful magi in the world ssssome ssssay. Allow me to introduce mysssself." It said, coming from all directed at once, and at the same time none at all. The biggest, toughest, and well equipped of the vampires walked nonchalantly from the trees. Like his fellows, his fangs were all too prominent among his features. The vampires (which in eleven meant "cursed ones") were a lost tribe of elves...about a thousand in all at the time, which angered Avlar the ElfLord when they betrayed his for another god. He cursed them all to a state between life and death, forced to feed upon the life of others in order to survive.
"My name is Agaaz. Master assassin of the Magi of the black Rose" The old vampire said, curling his lips into a smile.
"I know damn well who you are." Ryu said, brandishing his sword. "I take it this is a compliment of my dear friend Asmodeus?"
"Indeed. He sends his regards...and threats to you." Agaaz murmured, drawing a longsword. Lebel turned her head to look behind her, and saw the three other vampires coming up behind her. Ryu noticed as well.
"Lets us begin, Agaaz. I shall taste your blood tonight, Vampire. Not you mine." Ryu said tauntingly. Then all hell broke loose.
Lebel turned and fired a broken crossbow blot at one of the vampires. It hit him directly in the heart, and with a defeated scream he burst into dust. The other two lunged themselves at the assassin, their claws thrashing at her, gliding at her five feet off the ground. She dropped on her back and drew her daggers. As her enemies passed over her she slashed at them, ripping deep wounds in their stomachs. The beasts continued their flight, and toppled unto the ground. Lebel back-flipped over to them, slashing in frenzy at their shoulders, faces, and necks. The one to her left let out a moan of pain as it fell to the ground, unable to die but unable to move. The other, however, was made of stronger steel then his companion. He, while still on his knees, leaped onto Lebel's neck and tried to bite at her. The vampire's slender but powerful hands slashed at her stomach and arms. Lebel was cut, but not deeply. She managed to push off the creature just before its teeth sank into her.
The assassin's foot moved in an awkward fashion, flinging itself up into the bloodfiends groin. They may be half dead, but it still hurt. It was with a small grunt of pain the third of the creatures burst into ashes as Lebel drove a crossbow blot backwards into its heart.
When she turned around, two throwing knives drawn ready to be flung, she was surprised to see nothing but the flames of the fire. Everything was completely silent. Ryu and Agazz were nowhere to be found.
Ryu let out an echoing roar as he battled with Agazz. He and the bloodfiend hand jumped deep into the woods, out of earshot of Lebel. The mage's blade was burning brightly and he slashed at Agazz, missing every time but cutting entire trees down in the process. This creature was far too fast to be battled with. Agazz's speed was astounding. His solid, handsome form had turned into a mere blur of motion and laughter. Finally Ryu had enough.
"Omina valthos ne'carthia" He bellowed, putting his blade to his face in a ceremonial fashion. Time seemed to slow down slightly. Ryu could see trials of movement wherever Agazz had been, allowing him to guess where the vampire was going to be.
The abomination turned, swinging his flaming blade in a 180 degree angle. Agazz then appeared in midair, tumbling towards the ground as Bane slashed a deep cut his face. The vampire recovered quickly, and used it telekinetic powers to blast the sword from Ryu's hand. Bane flipped in the air and landed with its still burning tip in an oak tree, which quickly began to burn. The Vampire then launched himself at him, with a deep, beast-like cry. The two of them flew back into brush, with the bloodfiend on top, biting at his neck. They fought with each other momentarily, and it was then Ryu had had enough of the fight.
Time seemed to stop. The screaming of Agazz, the war cries of Ryu, all stopped. Only the single heartbeat of the abomination was herd. Slowly, and yet in a odd way it was so fast, Ryu began to change. The blood in his veins turned into a horrid acid, which ate away at his skin and his mind. It was a brief breach on sanity in Ryu's mind. His heart…it ached his sorrow for what was happening to him. Ryu fought his 'disease' with every particle of his soul. There was an echoing bang, and Agazz was thrown by an ungodly force from his prey. The bloodfiend only landed on his feet, but was far to horrified to move. The rumors about Ryu were true. He really was an abomination.
Ryu arched his back, screaming in pain as the acidic blood destroyed him. He prayed to his god to save him.
"Galicran! Have mercy on me! Please my lord! Don't do this to me…STOP IT! DON'T LET IT TAKE ME…I TRIED…"
Ryu's desperate were droned out by a low gurgling noise, as the blood in his body expelled itself from his mouth. His pupils expanded, making his eyes completely black. His fingers became clawed, his muscles burst. Ryu's very body was dieing. Though, he managed to regain a small amount of control. The skin upon the mage turned black as obsidian, and his teeth elongated into fangs. He was a fragment of the abomination…the disease inside him. And then it all stopped. The body disappeared.
Before Agazz could do anything, a fiend like no other was swooping down upon him. With a feral roar The Beast clawed at the vampire's face, who ducked just in time. The Beast magically reclaimed its sword from the tree. Agazz was barely able to defend himself, before the blade slashed and cut every conceivable place on his body.
The dark eyes of The Abomination shown with malice as it muttered an incantation.
"Nargos dythos!" He hissed, extending the sword directly at its foe. The flaming sword flew into the chest of the vampire, throwing him back into the flaming tree. There 'Ryu' stood and watched, as Agazz writhed in flames screaming as his body turned to ash. The most horrible part was, that the Abomination was forced back, and the normal Ryu (wounded and bleeding) was the one that enjoyed Agazz' painful death.
Then Lebel came through the trees, horrified at what she had seen. Ryu really was…