(A/N): Ack! The doctor told me my fever's gonna last for a whole two weeks!
Aww come on, doc! I'll be brain dead by the end of the week!
Act X: The Gate Crasher: partII
After the crusader put on his helmet, he signaled for the match to start. Kraveck was standing still, wondering how it happened all so fast.
'Aww great! It looks like I pissed him off!'
"Hey stranger…" The crusader muttered. "I know this fight is pointless, but I must give way for my selfish desires."
"And what might that be?"
"All my life, all I can seem to remember is seeing myself fight with demons in Glastheim. It's nice to fight with a human every now and then."
"Aww you poor baby…"
With that, Sefryenion's calm outlook turned into a raged one after Kraveck's smirking comment. The crusader dashed with a shield charge, Kraveck sidestepped it, but it seemed Sefryenion anticipated that and executed a horizontal slash on the side. Kraveck, caught by surprise, parried the slash recklessly; creating a horizontal rip on his silk robe.
Kraveck watched his ripped robe. It was a good thing it didn't reach his skin though. He was contemplating on his opponent; this crusader was actually very good!
"So umm… You're really serious about this huh?..."
"Yes indeed. If I were you, I'd take this seriously too."
"I'm having too much fun right now. It's gonna be hard for me to take this seriously, you know…"
Another sarcastic remark made Sefryenion do a shield charge on Kraveck. But he was wondering. I'm the crusader… I should be the one provoking him.
This time Kraveck sidestepped to Sefryenion's left side, thus rendering him unable to do a slash with his right hand. Kraveck took this as an opportunity, he was preparing for a kick when the crusader did a complete revolution while doing a horizontal slash at the same time. This time Kraveck gained a huge cut on his stomach.
Kraveck was down to one knee, holding his stomach with both hands.
"I told you stranger, you should take this match seriously."
By this time Kraveck had a more serious/angrier look on his face. Sefryenion was a bit proud, the tides have turned; he was the one doing the provoking right now.
'Guess I have to do this… can't beat this guy without using my skills' Kraveck muttered in his thoughts.
Sefryenion's eyes widened when he saw Kraveck's hands glowed with white light of energy. He recognized this instantly… it was… it was holy property! Kraveck's slice in the stomach closed and the bleeding stopped. He was healing himself! Sefryenion was irritated at the same time pleased and impressed for he was wishing for a worthy 'human' opponent for a long time.
"So I'm battling with a priest here… Oh father can you ever forgive me for hurting a priest?"
This time Kraveck was the one enraged. Sefryenion was getting more proud of himself. He was provoking his opponent more than ever. Even his guards were snickering behind him.
"I am not one of those self-righteous priests! I've beaten a lot of people! You'll see why… I'll finish this battle now!"
"Oooh… but before you do… can you baptize me first, Father?"
Seyfryenion was really getting on his nerves. He knew knights and crusaders have that skill. He just didn't realize how effective it was. Nevertheless he was planning to finish the fight quickly.
Kraveck stayed on one knee and raised both his hands in a praying manner. His whole body was glowing with holy energy.
'He's buffing himself!' Sefryenion thought. "Oohh Father, I'm really scared now."
Kraveck suddenly disappeared again, appearing behind the crusader again. But to everyone's astonishment, Sefryenion's body was glowing with holy energy too.
"It won't work priest! How many times have you done that!"
With that, he shouted…
"GRAND CROSS!"
A huge mass of holy energy formed into a cross from him. The cross both engulfed Kraveck and Sefryenion. The guards, who were watching, stood in shock. No wonder the demons of Glastheim never matched him.
When the cross was dying down, the guards were eyeing closely. They saw a figure standing… it was their commander. The crusader was puffing a bit for the grand cross hit him too. Although lesser than the target, the grand cross also hits its caster and consumes a lot of energy too. But to the guards' surprise, Kraveck was nowhere to be found. Everybody was distressed, especially the Sefryenion. All that effort for nothing?
Behind the tree, old Valcan was worriedly watching the disappearance of his master.
"Where are ya', mast'r?"
"Right behind you…"
"Mast'r!" a shocked Valcan exclaimed. "Yer're hidin' wit me? Good mast'r! A retreat is always a nice choice!"
"No Valcan… I never run away from a battle…"
Valcan felt stupid. Now why did he have to say something like that? He watched worriedly as his master disappeared before his eyes, emerging right in front of the geared up crusader who was eyeing his surroundings like a hawk; trying to find Kraveck.
"Tired of appearances behind my back priest?"
"Oh you'd be shocked!"
Kraveck aimed a right hand punch on Sefryenion's armor. The crusader, seeing no point in using his shield to block a bare-knuckled punch, he just let it through. Even a buffed up blacksmith wouldn't be able to scratch his over-upgraded full-plate using just his bare hands. But he made one big mistake; it was already too late when he realized it. All he could do was widen his eyes in shock for what Kraveck was about to do.
While the punch was on its way to Sefryenion's chest, his hands were glowing with holy energy. From blessing, Sefryenion thought. But he noticed something else, the fist also had a different aura besides the holy property. But alas, it was already too late.
'Oh no!... That can only be done by a… he's a…'
"OCCULT IMPACT!"
