Chapter 19: I Freackin' Beat Dracula

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Simon stood poised ready to strike at the newly resurrected threat by the name of Mobius, but he was also ready to jump into the defense of Sonia if Mobius even tried to take her or harm her. Behind him was a still shocked Iscariot who was trying to reason how he could be beaten by Simon after all the years he spent training, it all ended up as another fantasy derived of that very bitter illusionary drug, pride. He crawled around the floor, feeling lower than any beast or insect that he had once swatted, and he used the wall to help himself stand up so that he could stand to fight. There was no doubt in his mind now that Leto had betrayed him, but he just couldn't believe that he had suspicion of it and still could not prevent Leto from screwing him over. It was like some tragic comedy and he was the jester who tried to get ahead of everyone, but he was beaten back by all of them and found out that in the end, he was nothing but a jester. For the first time in his life, Iscariot had felt fear as he was on the other side of the sword and as soon as Simon had spared his life he wished that Simon had taken his life. He doubted he could live with the shame of boasting so much and then being beaten so easily.

"Well I expected Simon to be at least tired when it was all over, but he's still ready to fight," commented Leto as he looked at the devil forge whom he once called friend and gave a humiliating smirk. "It seems that you were all talk and no bite after all. How disappointing, the least you could have done is die, but it seems that you cowardly cling to your life just like those warriors who you scoffed at. Really Iscariot, how do you think Lord Dracula would feel if he saw this?"

"Enough talking, I have some matters to attend to so you should go and prepare the rights to give me the power of Castlevania," ordered Mobius as he looked at Leto and the manipulative devil forge nodded and walked off. "Simon Belmont, of you I have heard a lot of and I wish to see if you are every bit as impressive as they say you are."

"I have heard a lot about you, Mobius, and I am sure you are every bit as terrible as they say you are," replied Simon Belmont as he walked towards the vampire with Vampire killer in one hand and his sword in the other hand. "I will make sure that you do not leave this castle alive or that your evil shall not spread anywhere else."

"You have very strong words, Belmont but can you really keep up with them," asked Mobius as he threw out his hand and summoned a swarm of bats to attack Simon who simply used his sword to cut them all to pieces. "I see that you have agile, but how strong are you when you face me!"

Mobius then summoned up a swarm of bats to attack Simon, who dove under them expecting for it to be a ruse to hide Mobius's fireball. He then responded by throwing a vial of holy water that instead of burning Mobius, it cause a shield to light up as it hit Mobius's protective barrier against holy water, a sign of a higher vampire. Mobius laughed at the attempt to use holy water and then lunged at Simon, who ducked under the lunge and then used one of the small axes he had brought with him to attack the vampires barrier and he saw that the shield was light by nature.

It had seemed that the Leto had neglected to take into account Simon having the reverse of light, dark, in his whip, and this left Mobius without a means of defense against Vampire hunter, making him less than a threat compared to someone who defeated Dracula. Or so Simon thought, but Mobius was quite the fighter as shown by his use of sword to defend against Simon's whip, but as soon as Mobius felt he had put enough distance between him and Simon for a fireball, Simon would let loose a dagger or an axe that had received a bit of darkness power in it so that it would weaken the barrier that surrounded his opponent.

"You fight well, Simon Belmont, but you will not win against me," said Mobius as he took another lunge at the Belmont and was knocked back with a kick from Simon. "Such strength flows through your bones, Belmont, more so than I had thought."

"I defeated Dracula, the one who put you in that coffin, kicking and screaming, do you really think that I cannot defeat you," asked Simon as he stepped forward and immediately he felt a gust of wind as a large devil flapped its wings at him, blowing large gusts of winds at him so that he had a hard time standing his ground. "Damn you, you snake! Dracula always kept his fights too himself purely, not this dishonorable thing that you are doing right now!"

"That is why Dracula lost all those times, but I will do better," replied Mobius as he sent out a fireball, which Simon just barely managed to block before being knocked back into the wall by the strong gust. "Now for the killing blow!"

That blow never came, as Sonia had already let fly one of her arrows at the devil, killing it instantly and giving Simon a relief to crack his whip right at the charging vampire. There was mighty sound that was something between a cracking of a bone and the destruction of a stone wall, but the sound was not as important as its meaning. It meant that Mobius's last line of defense, his shield, had been destroyed and he was open for any attack that Simon might throw at him. Mobius immediately sunk back into the shadows as he tried to flee from the Belmont, but to no avail as he found himself trapped in a corner. The walls seemed to be closing in on Mobius and he doubt that he would be able to defeat Simon Belmont in strength, leaving him stuck with one option besides total oblivion, he would have to change his form. Every vampire had two levels to his power, except for Dracula who had the power to use three forms, the second form being less human but more powerful.

"You have fought well, Belmont, but I doubt that you could fight me when I use my true power," said Mobius, his voice becoming more terrible as he transformed into a large monstrous shape with large bat wings and a face that was like a bat's head with horns on it. "What do you think of your chances now, Belmont? Are you feeling fear at this?"

"As I said before, I defeated Dracula, I will defeat you," declared Simon as he charged the vampire and was forced to duck under the bat wing that cut through the air.

Sonia saw that this attack left the vampire open so that when he threw his wing out to attack Simon, she threw a cross at its body, hitting it in the exposed ribcage on its chest. Simon took the opportunity at the thriving pain of Mobius to attack him, causing the scales on his spine to fall off like plated armor being ripped off the body of the creature. His partner followed up with a spear attack right in the monster's back, but Mobius thrashed his body forward, sending Sonia flying into a wall. Simon was enraged by Sonia being hurt, took his sword out and threw it at the creature, the blade sliding right through its parted ribs into its liver, causing a dark liquid to gush out that was Mobius's blood. With a yell, he charged the vampire, throwing a vial of holy water onto the exposed back of the vampire, causing it to howl in pain.

With a flick of his wrist, Simon cracked his whip at the vampire's face, but the vampire teleported away and reappeared at the top of a destroyed pillar, throwing out balls of lightning that imploded on contact of a hard surface. Simon kept up with each pace as he rushed to find Sonia and he saw her hiding behind a column while restringing her bow for another game of target practice. When she had finished with her task she moved from behind the column and in a fluid motion, let loose an arrow that was glowing blue. The arrow hit one of the larger balls of lightning that were growing near Mobius, causing a massive explosion that threw him from the pillar and into another column that collapsed on him. As he struggled to get out Simon walked toward the monster, seeing as Mobius had taken too much damage, and saw that Mobius was using the stone of the column to form around him as a way of hardening his body.

Not wanting to allow this, Simon cracked his whip all along Mobius's body and never let up until the wings were damaged beyond use or reconstruction, but Mobius was still able to lift a sword as he let his form shrink back into a more human size. The vampire stabbed at Simon, with the same manner of a rapier, but Simon was able to block the sword attack with one of his remaining golden daggers and then threw it right at the vampire's chest. Mobius fell back in pain and as he got up he pulled the dagger out of his chest and attempted to throw it back at Simon, but the dagger was easily caught in Simon's hands and Simon found it easy to dodged the attack. Mobius was unable to mount a decent defense against Simon, even faltering a bit in the fight against him and he was soon on the ground before Simon, with the blood running freely down his exposed ribs and he could see that Simon as twirling his whip in the air above his head, ready to give the killing blow.

"I see that I am still nothing compared to Dracula, not even after I tried so hard to weaken you," said Mobius as he looked at the Belmont and he closed his eyes. "Go ahead and kill me."

"As you wish," said Simon as he brought the whip down on Mobius, turning him into nothing bust dust and his blood became a mist in the air. "That is very strange."

"What is it," asked Sonia as she turned to her lover and he looked back at her with a very curious look.

"In all the vampires that I have killed, none have ever had their blood turn to mist, it's abnormal," said Simon as he looked at the ashes and wondered what could have brought on the abnormality.