Hello everyone out there!
Once again, Magi belongs to Ohtaka Shinobu, my OC to me, there might be spoilers plus references to objects, songs, games and so on. I use most characters names from my country's official translation so they might differ from those you're used to.
Have a fun time reading!
Day 9 Fighting the black djinn
Dark scales and plates covered the creature that was once Cassim, wings unfolded that seemed to suck up the sunlight. The third eye on the forehead blinked then rolled around in the socket to stare at the terrified soldiers. Swirls of black Rukh wrapped around the thing, giving commands to kill, to slaughter, to tear apart, to let the hatred run free.
The black djinn, three times bigger than the humans around it, cowered then jumped to hover over the plaza. The ugly jaws opened – and Lenka's knee hit the creature's head with enough force to break some of the teeth out and dislocate the mandible.
Player Lenka attacks Black Djinn (Cassim) (Boss).
Oh, could you please stop that?
"Run! Do you want to get killed?" she yelled then turned a somersault backwards to cut the djinn's left wing off. Lenka landed a few meters away from the enemy and pointed her blade on it when someone hurled himself into her with enough force to knock her over and into a pile of rubble.
"Don't kill Cassim!" Alibaba screamed into her ear and struggled to get her hand of the saber.
"This is not Cassim! Its-"
A loud crackling sound had them look up just to see the gravitation magic spheres the djinn threw at the fleeing soldiers. The black balls crushed their bones and ripped limbs of, the impact sounds and the terrified yells grew to a sickening soundtrack that accompanied the events.
Lenka slapped the other dungeon capturer in the face in her fury.
"You stupid brat! I could have saved them!"
Then she raced over to Morgiana who dodged the spheres and jumped around to safe victims, her expression extremely frightened.
"Alibaba! Get a hold of yourself!" she screamed at the blonde man. Alibaba blinked then touched his red cheek while staring open-mouthed at the djinn who had stopped the bombarding and stared at the palace balcony now.
"What the? Miss Lenka! It's regenerating?!"
Lenka gritted her teeth and jumped at the djinn the instant the thing opened his new wing and set off to kill the ex-king and his brother standing on the balcony. She missed it by a mere finger's length but used the palace wall to launch herself at it again. Luckily Morgiana had the same idea. The fanalis kick against the djinn's head caught it off guard and when the dungeon capturer collided with the creature's back it crashed down to the stony ground in front of Alibaba.
"Please finish it off with your sword!" Mor screamed at her friend who continued to stare at the djinn while the traveler jumped off and into airspace again.
"Are you Cassim?"
No he is not! Orobas shouted furiously. Idiot!
He might be!
The djinn raised his head and pointed with a gravity sphere in it's claw at Alibaba.
"Oh, finally!" Lenka sighed when Amon's sword sliced through the side where normally the hearth should have been and cut the arm and wing off. The djinn screeched and fell on its scaly knees.
"Once more, Alibaba!" the fanalis yelled and raced forward. The young man struck out – and a whirl of black Rukh shot over the palace wall and connected with the djinn's injured side to regenerate it.
"You sick bastards!" Lenka screamed when the streams of Rukh got denser and the demon started to swell up to giant size. Even kneeling it reached over the walls now and its roar was more fierce than before. She bared her teeth and plunged towards the djinn from the air while Mor raced forwards to attack when it turned it's head to the red-haired girl and clenched a fist. Morgiana yelped as she got pulled towards the djinn. Lenka felt a tug as well and dodged right just to hit the floor.
"Gravitation manipulation!" she yelled at Sinbad while sliding past him. He turned to her, nodded then ran towards a staircase she hadn't seen until now.
"Morgiana!" cried Alibaba when the djinn pushed his palm toward the girl and sent her over the wall. Lenka tried to catch her but a sudded pain made her cough, her eyes started to sting and felt something trickle down her cheek.
What is that?
Apparently I miscalculated something. Or the constant nursing of the Magi drained you more than we assumed. You used up too much magoi and now it strains your body. You have only minutes left, or even seconds. Player Lenka: 30 of 120 points magoi.
Are you kidding me?
Look out!
Lenka cursed then launched herself up to the black djinn that aimed with a massive gravitation sphere at the palace. With a loud battle cry she cut off both arms causing the sphere to vanish instantly and turned to the ugly head.
"Oh, hi!"
Sinbad gave her a grim smile and drove his hand in the djinn's neck to fuse his magoi with the djinn's. Instantly the depraved blackness crawled up his arms. The king gritted his teeth then coughed up blood.
"Get down, I can manage one extreme before my equip wears off!" Lenka screamed. Sinbad shook his head.
"You used to much magoi already. Alibaba! I'll hold him down, just finish him off!"
The young man stared at him in shock.
"This thing... has a will," the king continued, "it will massacre this country's royalty and those who were affiliated with the monarchy. That is the will of revolution. And we cannot allow that to happen!"
Lenka growled then landed next to him to pierce the blue saber into the djinn then released the full equip to continue weapon equip. She hissed with pain as she forced her magoi in and at the same time depraved Rukh out to cleanse them.
"The only one who can save this country, the only one who can create a bloodless revolution is you!" Sinbad screamed.
Go down! Lenka forced her will with her power into the djinn. The creature trembled then landed and fell forward.
"Kill him!"
Alibaba ran towards the djinn, a fierce battle cry on his lips.
Lenka felt the impact and was really surprised when the concentration of the djinn's mind faded a bit. Did he really manage to kill the thing yet already? If she remembered correctly then – and there he flew back into the palace wall. She heard a loud cracking sound and wasn't sure if it was the wall or the boy's bones now. The djinn growled and grabbed Sinbad, tore him off his back and threw him in the same direction as the other. Luckily Morgiana re-appeared this instant and catched the king before he could smack Alibaba.
Djinn equip!
In a blast of light Lenka's armor returned and she leaped off.
"Spirit of incense! Hear my prayer!"
The extreme magic circle appeared between her and the black djinn.
"Use your scorching white flames to cleanse the sinner!"
Under her the soldiers that had come back darted their spears at the djinn while Alibaba raced forward to give the monster the finishing blow.
"Pure-"
"Hello there Boobies."
A blast of power hit her side and smashed Lenka to the ground in an explosion of stones and dust where her equip wore off completely. Lenka coughed up blood then felt Morgiana's firm grip on her arm as the girl dragged her away from the crater to Sinbad.
"It's that guy again."
"I know," Lenka hissed and touched her side. Her first impression was that nothing was broken yet she was sure that that would leave a bad bruise.
"Damn those Al-Thamen dickheads."
Sinbad flinched at her words but Lenka didn't care. She scowled at the fiend behind the fallen Magi. The black Rukh filled the air around them like germs and she started to gather white ones around her and animated them to give her magoi to prepare a counter attack.
"Alibaba, they plan on killing you."
Sinbad, Morgianna and Alibaba stared at her with shock.
"What?"
"He will become a dangerous existence in the future. Your vessel is too pure to fall into depravity I guess and you have meddled with their plans already. I think they want to see me and Sinbad dead as well because we are singularities and djinn vessel holder.
We have to hold out until Aladdin arrives. By then we might have enough magoi to strike back."
Sinbad nodded.
"Good. Oh no."
Lenka stared up just to see Judar standing on the black djinn and fusing his own energy with the demons.
"Okay, that's bad. Plans?"
"I'll go," the king growled and straightened himself.
The dust the Magi had caused vanished and now the traveler could see the duo in their scary glory. Depraved Rukh fluttered around Judar and the djinn like some kind of a black halo and caused her spine to tingle with nausea.
Dodge!
Judar raised his wand then pointed on Sinbad,a shower of ice spears nailed the king of Sindria against the wall behind him and froze him there while Lenka leaped forwards and rolled away from the attack.
Lenka.
"Behave, Sinbad," the Magi chuckled then raised a brow.
"Hey, Boobies, that should have hit you too."
I have a plan that could kill you.
Sounds good to me, Lenka thought and raised her voice to answer Judar.
"I would rather prevent to get frozen by you twice, you know?"
"Oh, come on," he grinned, "I'd love to have you and Sinbad battle then choose the one of you that wins my favor."
Suddenly Lenka remembered a time when she had read a rather explicit fanfiction about this particular pairing and unintentionally blushed. That story had been to good for her poor inner fangirl and why in hell did she remember that now? Stupid perverted inner fangirl! Her outward appearance remained calm and composed when she answered:
"I'd prevent that as well."
My brother and I invented this theory before we got separated.
Judar seemed to misread her reaction and leered at her.
"Interested?"
"Well, not really, I don't think that I'm a person for threesomes. I turned his offer down as well."
We swap places, you give the control to me and have me beat the Magi, the demon and the doll. Our djinn equip is lower than half of it's full power because our synchronization is still too low. With this I could use my full power.
"Oh really?" he snickered then turned to the captured Sinbad.
"What did you do to have her against you?"
Our body will die when we're out of magoi though.
"Well, I seemed to not have convinced her with my kissing qualities. Didn't get as far as you, though."
Chances of surviving?
Judar laughed at this comment then turned back to Lenka.
"So he was that bad?"
Less than three percent.
The Al-Thamen guy interrupted the almost friendly conversation between the three of them.
"Magi, didn't you want to kill someone?"
"Gosh, I want to kill YOU," Lenka complained, even though she was kind of relieved that the enemy had cut into the talk.
Great. Please tell me when you're ready.
Judar grinned mischievously and waved with his wand.
"Go help yourself, Boobies. I love it when my kings show some engagement."
Lenka smiled at him.
"I'm no ones king right now. Just a warrior."
"Magi, watch out!"
Judar raised his head just to see Alibaba get thrown at him and blocked the dungeon capturer with a simple wand move.
"Oh. It's you. Your djinn equipment against gravity magic infused with the magoi from the demon and me." He turned the black djinn's claw into a whirling lance and shouted at Alibaba who tried to break the shield:
"Do you think you can beat this?!"
The dark lance clashed against Amon's sword, causing the weapon to vibrate. Lenka who had casually walked over to Sinbad while Judar's attention wasn't on her to melt the shackles sharply sucked her breath in as she saw the sword's magoi concentration change.
"The sword will break."
Then she stepped a few meters away while hearing Alibaba shout his djinn's name. With a loud cracking sound the black blade shattered and Alibaba fell to the floor.
"Your foresight is unmatched," she heard Sinbad mutter and nodded then returned to his side when Judar continued to ignore her.
Have we gathered enough power yet, Orobas?
A few minutes more. The longer I have to gather magoi the higher your surviving chances get.
"One more time, Morgiana," Alibaba told his friends while using the broken blade as a help to stand up. The fanalis girl yelped surprised.
"What are you saying? The sword is already-"
"The sword is still here. I'm still alive."
Quite heroic, the boy.
"One more time!"
Okay, very heroic.
And Morgiana threw him up a second time. And Alibaba got blocked by the laughing Magi a second time, fell on the ground in a heap, yet didn't loose the grip on the broken sword's hilt. And got up again to glare at the magi with an impressive determination.
Lenka felt a familiar tingle in the Rukh and smiled.
You're late.
Judar had raised his wand and summoned a few ice shards to throw them at the dungeon capturer on the ground when a giant blast of light hit the floor between the combatants that scorched away the ice.
"Really, you are such a strange person," a childish voice told Alibaba, "But because that is who you are I want to be of help to you. And I'll stretch my hand out to you no matter how many times..."
"Aladdin!" cheered Alibaba, Lenka and Morgiana.
Judar stared at the younger Magi with an evil grin.
"Let me say this, Chibi... I won't loose this time."
He increased his link to the black djinn and sent energy waves over the sky.
"Because I've attained a 'djinn' too! Call your djinn out now!"
When Aladdin remained silent the fallen Magi shot a single ice spear at him. The boy summoned a borg barrier then ambled over to Sinbad and Lenka while Judar bombarded him with more ice and demanded that he should fight him.
Aladdin stopped in front of the adults.
"Mister, big sis, are you alright?"
Lenka nodded.
"A bit drained, though, but I will be able to fight in a few more minutes."
"Aladdin, the only person left who can match up to them is your djinn," Sinbad said. Aladdin touched his flute then gripped it tightly.
"Are you talking about Ugo? Well... He's not here any more."
The bystanders except Lenka yelped in shock and surprise. Judar slightly furrowed his brows.
"Without a djinn you're just a normal brat."
He shot a black sphere of energy at Aladdin while yelling one of his favorite words – or so Lenka assumed. He used "Die!" way too often. Someone should teach him a few synonyms, like perish, drop dead or something like that. The boy stretched out his arms and a swarm of white Rukh, visible for everyone, surrounded him, lifting him off the ground. Aladdin closed his eyes and raised both hands plus staff over his head whereupon the glowing birds formed two strong arms at first, then a head until a white giant towered over the plaza.
Lenka, we could do the special now or just a djinn equip again.
Let's wait a few more seconds and gather more power.
"That's just pure heat magic!" Judar yelled. "You're such a boring brat, just die already!"
Aladdin laced his fingers around the wooden cane over his head. The white giant imitated his movements perfectly and both held their stance until Judar and the black djinn were close enough. Then the young Magi unleashed his heat attack that caught the other completely off guard. The wave of hot air was strong enough to melt Sinbad's ice shackles instantly. The king slumped against Lenka and the helpful Morgiana for a second.
"Mister, are you alright?" Aladdin asked while not averting his eyes from Judar.
"Yeah."
"Then, Mor, can you take him down to the city? There are people waiting for him."
Lenka nodded at the girl.
"Just fetch him, I'll protect the boys."
Aladdin smiled and gave her a quick hug.
"I received your messages, big sis."
"Okay then," the traveler ruffled his hair then both turned to Judar who re-appeared in a cloud of black Rukh, grinning like a madman and screaming "Don't disappoint me, Chibi!" while gathering even more power. Aladdin simply looked up to the fallen Magi for a few seconds then stated:
"Looks like I can't win."
Alibaba yelped in shock and surprise at this words while Lenka nodded.
"Too much black Rukh."
Aladdin smiled.
"My magic is still incomplete, so I can't win, whatever I do. That's why I need both of you to help me to defeat him and the black 'djinn'."
Alibaba bit on his lower lip then stared at his broken sword.
"You see, I wish to do so, but... but Amon's sword is broken! I have no magoi left... I can't fight any longer..."
Aladdin chuckled and touched his now crying friends shoulder.
"That's not true, Alibaba. Here, take a close look."
White Rukh started to flow from the Magi into Alibaba and when Aladdin raised his staff they flew over the wall into the city.
"That's why we continue to fight!"
The giant white bird, revived by the hope and determination of the citizens like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes, returned to Aladdin, whirled around the boy and merged with him then broke apart in spirals of light. He was the eye of the storm, a storm that re-formed into two giant hands on the outer edge. A blinding light started to glow on Aladdin's forehead, forming a seal with the eight-pointed star at it's center.
Solomon's wisdom! He obtained it!
The Magi raised his staff again, the spiral accumulated to a big cloud – and then the Rukh formed people. The cloud split and the white figures disappeared into the city.
"What was that just now?" Alibaba asked. Aladdin smiled gently at him.
"Well, I made everyone come over to guide you and your friend."
The young man still looked confused so Lenka decided to trow in her two pennies worth.
"Souls, aren't they?"
The Magi nodded.
"That's almost it. Can you go and keep that man with the owl staff busy? We take care of the 'djinn'."
"As you wish," grinned the traveler and formed her djinn equipment.
The man was really surprised when he got hit by a really enthusiastic dungeon capturer bullet that catapulted him over the wall and up into the sky over Balbadd. Waving his staff and shooting a hail of thunder spheres at the insolent female he did a distress call to the basis; they responded immediately and sent another duplicate to the palace grounds to supervise the Magi and recover him if he was hit by the Wisdom of Solomon.
Lenka dodged the magic and sent a column of white flames at the Al-Thamen. Now she saw what Orobas had meant when he had told her that their synchronization was too low: her aim in aerial fight was very poor and her defense was not that good as she had assumed. Her attacks were strong, that was true, but without accuracy and low dodging qualities a well targeted curse could take her out faster than she could yell a counterattack. A glass cannon, that was the term that fit perfectly.
The black demon is down, Orobas informed her while Lenka evaded a spear of black Rukh.
I get rid of this one now.
Lenka decided to use the trick that had worked so well on the last Al-Thamen; by pure luck the owl-staffed mage fell into the same trap and the cocoon of fire closed behind him. She clenched her fist and the ball shrank down until the traveler heard a familiar plopping sound and a clay doll fell from the sky.
She swooped down, catched it then looked over the plaza.
Judar! Where is he?
It seems a double appeared and had him teleported away. Did you receive a message from Solomon?
No, she growled and landed on the ground to cancel the equip. A tingly eruption of the Rukh told her that Sinbad had finished off his double and anger and sadness flowed into her.
Again she hadn't managed to get Judar to a safe place, or at least to give him more white Rukh to light up his darkness. Useless, that was a word that described her actions perfectly. She had hoped to change the flow of fate a bit and yet nothing had changed! So many people had died during the revolt, so many innocent lives lost...
Lenka felt a soft touch at her arm and looked down. Aladdin smiled at her then pointed at Alibaba who had the Rukh of Cassim and his sister around.
"Smile, big sis. We can still hope."
She started to smile as well and placed an arm around the Magi's shoulders to pull him closer.
"I know. Yet I'm angered that I'm still that weak."
Aladdin nodded.
"I know. I'm weak too, yet we have to go forward to reach our goal."
"You have become wiser, little brother," she said with warm voice. He smiled and hugged her.
"I've met Ugo. You were right; he's still alive in that place."
"Maybe we can manage to get there once again."
Aladdin shook his head then buried his face in her cleavage.
"He said we would never meet again."
"And I quote you: 'We can still hope'."
He chuckled then freed himself to look up to Lenka with a smile.
"My big sister is really clever."
"I do my best. Now go and see what you can do for your king over there."
With a slight chuckle the Magi stepped towards his king candidate.
"Hey, Alibaba. Do you really think that you didn't managed to save him?"
Alibaba didn't answer, so Aladdin continued "Your friend, and this country's darkness is already gone."
Lenka smiled at the couple then heard someone call her name and fast tapping sounds. Morgiana raced towards her friends, first jumped at Lenka and then at the two boy to give them a special bone-crushing hug. Their happy laughter resounded in the air that was filled with white Rukh, sunshine and the atmosphere of a victory.
Well, a special release because I have enough time to write and more or less good ideas what to do with the story.
And so the Balbadd arc ends *Lenka waves and throws confetti* and the story moves to a different setting, mainly Sindria for the next chapters.
Thank you so much for your support! I appreciate that!
Yours,
TheMultipleMeExperience