CHAPTER 15: The Vampire's Stomach

The team of four had finally confronted the keep's master, Camilla. Seeing that she had nowhere to run, the vampire mistress rose off the coffin she's sitting on.

"I see you'd finally made it through here. How does it feel, fighting your own beloved ones?"

"Terrible. You're a monster, Camilla." Amar reiterated.

Camilla laughed. "A monster? I had heard that for so many times."

"Enough talk. Let's get this over with."

"Ooh, feisty Belmont. Well then, let the bloody toccata begin!" Camilla exclaimed, raising her hand to the air. The coffin behind her explodes and bats started to fly out of it. Camilla disappeared in a bright light. "Lix Lax Lix Lax Lilax! Veniant spīritūs glaciālēs, extentantur āerī! Tundram et glaciem locī noctis albae! Crystallizātiō Tellustris!" Camilla announced as she appeared again.

"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister… Sagitta Magica, Aer Capturae!" Negi chanted his spell, but he missed Camilla and got damaged by the Crystallized Earth spell.

"Adeat!" Amar bellowed, using his pactio for the first time."Grand Saber!"

Camilla appeared again, looking at Amar.

"Oh, so you had made a pactio. I wonder who it was…"

"It's none of your business."

"Well then, you shouldn't wait for me." She said, disappearing again.

As she teleported behind Chris, she shot three fireballs, but the vampire hunter evaded the attack and he countered it.

"Gotcha!"

"There's still more to come."

"Huh? Ugh!" Chris grunted.

Again, he was attacked from behind, and Camilla had shot two drop shots, both of them had hit him dead on.

"Incoming!"

CRASH

"Hey! You should watch where you're swinging that stuff!"

"Sorry!"

"Ha ha! You missed me!" Camilla taunted.

"Goddamned bathead…"

Eva came up.

"Lic Lac La Lac Lilac, Frīgerāns Exarmātiō!" (Lit: Freeze and Disarm!)

"Lix Lax Li Lax Lilax! Frīgerāns Exarmātiō!"

Eva missed Camila, but Camilla managed to hit her. The spell's effects caused her clothes to freeze and broke into pieces like being frozen in liquid nitrogen. Evangeline kneeled in embarrassment.

"Ha ha ha! Nothing beats embarrassing my own twin!"

"Hey Chris! She's open! Get her!"

"Got it! CRUSHER BLAST!"

The moment Chris swung his whip, a powerful surge of energy blasted Camilla away. While the vampire mistress was trying to recover, Chris took his time taking off his garb.

"Hey Eva, cover yourselves with this."

Chris, now wearing a black-T shirt and white trousers, threw the blue garb over to Eva.

"Thanks."

The vampire hunter didn't reply.

Camilla rose up again, but she floated into the air, calling something. Seconds later, she had a staff of some sorts in her right hand.

"Oh, so she had a staff too."

Now, Camilla teleported herself around the room. Chris hadn't got any chance of hitting her, as the fireballs Camilla launched always hit him.

"Stay still and don't move!"

"I don't want to!"

"Why you little… HYDRANT STAR!"

Camilla was shocked and she was drenched with the powerful attack. To prevent any damage to herself from the attack, the vampire created a barrier.

"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Κενότητος αστράπσατω δε τεμετω! Δίος Τύκος!"

"Agunea!"

However, both Negi and Amar Ma'aruf were able to break off the barrier, thus making Camilla McDowell vulnerable once again. Wasting no time, Evangeline quickly put up her composure for the next spell.

"Lic Lac La Lac Lilac, Veniant spīritūs glaciālēs obscūrantēs, cum obscūrātiōne flet tempestās nivālis! Nivis Tempestās Obscurāns!"

The ice type spell worked, overwhelming Camilla dead on. She was knocked over just like when Chris launched the Crusher Blast.

"Got you this time, Camilla."

Slowly, Camilla rose from the floor.

"Um…ugh…you…Evangeline…you hadn't seen the last of me yet!"

"?!?!"

Again, Camilla floated back to the air, raising her staff to the air. The bats that flew out of the coffin returned back, as if they're sucked into her stomach. The Keep turned dark and the only light that appears is Camilla. She then chanted few words that only Amar Ma'aruf could hear, before she started transforming.

Once her transformation is over, Camilla reappeared, in addition of a large flying skull. She was sitting on top of it.

"Surprise, surprise. You had pushed me this far, so now… all four of you will die!"

The skull opened its jaw, shooting a stream of lighting at them.

"Watch out!"

Amar evaded by jumping on air and he swung the Grand Saber on top of Camilla. The skull stopped attacking and instead, it let bubbles of poison pop out from the socket.

"Amar!" Chris yelled. "Grand Cross!"

"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Sagitta Magica! Series Igniz!"

"Hydrant Star!" Amar bellowed, unleashing his Item Crush.

However, those attacks were not enough to kill Camilla. She seems to absorb the attack and let the Sagitta Magica hit her. Then, Camilla's monster started to tear blood in the eye sockets. As the blood hit the floor, it exploded, causing the floor to set on fire.

"What the hell?"

"Chris! Grab my hand!"

As Chris grabbed his partner's hand, Amar pulled him up to his pet bird's back.

"Well, now your movements are limited, and now I'll be happy to finish all of you off."

"Think again!" Amar Ma'aruf yelled on top of his voice.

"What is it now…?!"

"DUAL CRUSH! DAGGER WAVE!" Both Amar and Chris yelled, throwing a slew wave of sharp daggers to Camilla.

At the shock of the attack, the skull stumbled backwards, making the Dual Crush even more effective.

"Lic Lac La Lac Lilac, Veniant spīritūs glaciālēs obscūrantēs, cum obscūrātiōne flet tempestās nivālis! Nivis Tempestās Obscurāns!"

After the attack's impact, Camilla flew a little bit higer, letting out fire stream out of the skull's jaws. Chris quickly jumped over it as high as he could while Amar's pet bird f;ew a little lower to avoid it.

"This is the last shot… ready?"

"Whenever you are, Chris."

"DUAL CRUSH! AGUNEA CROSS STAR!"

Performing the Dual Crush, both Amar and Chris let thunder stream out from their hands. Both of them hanaged to paralyse Camilla and make the combo damage her, a lot.

Finally, Camilla let out a scream, she was defeated at last. The skull burned to bits and she fell to the floor, with her clothes torn apart.

"I-I can't believe this!"

"Admit it! You're a loser and there's no doubt about it!" Chris yelled.

With Camilla's defeat, the surrounding area turned back to normal. The Keep started rumbling, signing them that it's time to go. Chris picked Camilla up and he jumped back on the big bird. Negi and Evangeline flew out of the Keep together, followed by Amar's pet bird behind them.

After reaching few miles away, the Keep disintergrated into dust as Chris, Camilla and Amar watched it from afar.

"I don't believe that I had been defeated…"

"Shut it. It's lucky we don't leave you behind. But as a punishment, I'd think you need to see someone." Amar remarked.

"Who is it?" Camilla asked, sounding anxious.

"My mother. She'll deal with you on sealing your powers."

"NO!"

"Take it or we leave you here." Chris threatened the vampire.

"…Damn you two!"

The partners laughed at each other, making Camilla even iffed.

A/N:Finally! The big boss battle! Well, I was trying to make it some sort of CV: Bloodlines look alike, but at least she doesn't turn into that freakingly hard to beat monster. Okay! Check out the epilouge! Read on and review! TQ!