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The Abyss
Charlie had just reached Alastor and had to dodge a tendril made of pure shadow. Alastor may have loved her but holding back wouldn't do her any good. As another tendril tried to ensnare her from behind, a glowing red dagger stopped the shadow in its tracks. Charlie had a smirk pointed at Alastor "Is that the best you can do my buck? I thought I was facing the powerful Radio Demon." Alastor looked on with a smile before snapping his fingers. Suddenly, a mass of shadows appeared from below Charlie's feet.
They twisted around and wrapped around her ankle. She was yanked off her feet before flying into the air. Just as she reached the apex of her flight the same tendril acted like a whip and knocked her back down with a crack. Charlie fell back down and her body created a crater. She jumped out of the crater and ran to engage him. She charged her magic into her dagger and decided to use ice against him. The dagger edge glowed white and she let out a cry as she slashed at him sending a wave of ice that cut through the air like a scythe. Alastor saw this coming and easily ducked but failed to predict Charlie's next move. She kneed him in the face and jumped behind him to kick him to the ground. Alastor's shadow allowed him to melt into the ground and suddenly the entire ground was covered in shadow.
Charlie was preparing for an attack but something strange happened. Five different shadows rose from the ground and they all looked like Alastor. All the shadows moved in tandem with each other and they all spoke as one "Well, what will you do now my dear? How do you know which one is me and which is my shadow? Want to find out?" Charlie let out a growl. She knew that there was no way to tell if the ones she attacked were shadows or the real thing; there was no guarantee that Alastor was even there. He could just be making the shadows say that to throw her off. Suddenly all the shadows attacked as one.
They each had four tendrils coming out of their backs and she knew from experience that they could use them to great effect. She jumped back and got some distance, she decided to send a few air blades at the shadows and try to cut them to ribbons. She charged her dagger and sent out the wind, she half expected nothing to happen like with the Adumbrali however, there was something that caught her eye. While four of the shadows were unaffected one seemed to be pushed back she zeroed in on that shadow and lept towards it, aiming a downward axe kick. To her surprise, the shadow dissipated leaving behind a small laugh.
The other four shadows surrounded her on all sides and attacked her with their tendrils. She jumped up and used Earth magic to lock around their feet. Three shadows easily moved out of the trap while the fourth one kept trying to move his feet. Seeing another chance to beat Alastor, she pumped her dagger with flame magic and flung it at the shadow's heart. The dagger struck true but the shadow simply disappeared again while it whispered "Nice try, Princess."
Charlie let out a yell of anger and felt a familiar pull in her gut. Her eyes turned blood red and she floated in the air. She began building her flame magic only this time it was tinged black and red. She suddenly released the pent-up magic and sent out a wave of Hellfire. The remaining shadows disentigrated and Alastor was thrown back. It turns out that he had covered himself in his shadow and had simply made four hard copies. As he was getting up Charlie floated down; She still had those red eyes and she was supporting a sadistic smile (Look up a fan comic called Immortal Killer by DeaththeBook and you will have an idea how she looks, it is similar to how lucifer looks. If you want an idea how she talks look up immortal killer on youtube and look up the comic dub done by MADdNESS he has great dubs and in my mind thats how Lucifer and Charlie sound whenever they unlock their demon power, if you get the chance go check out DeaththeBook and MADdNESS and support them. They are both great artist's in their own right. Not getting paid to promote them "wish I was" Sorry monologue over).
Looking down at Alastor she said "What will you do now little demon? You can't hope to defeat the power of the Magne family." Alastor looked pleased but surprised at this development. Thinking quickly he summoned a few shadow tendrils behind the Demonic princess and had them wrap her arms to her torso. She was thrashing around and was about to burn the tendrils off when Alastor leaned forward and kissed her with a passion that was long overdue. After he separated from her, she had calmed down; her eyes had returned to her normal color of black with light yellow sclera.
Charlie was kind of out of it but slowly looked up at Alastor asking "What happened Alastor? The last thing I remember is throwing that dagger and the shadow disappearing." Alastor had his ever present smile and looked into Charlie's eyes "Your latent power raised to the level of your father. Your adrenaline and anger brought out the power that Zestial unlocked and fueled it till it reached the level of your father. I stood no chance against the future Queen of Hell's power; thinking quickly I distracted you for a second and kissed you. I figured our love for each other would snap you out of it and it looks like that assessment was right. I know you must be scared but this is a good thing. It proves that you are getting stronger and the power gap between you and the other sins is decreasing."
Charlie blushed at the mention of their shared love and at the praise for her growing power. She suddenly gained a look of determination and asked "What the next step?" Alastor smirked and said "Now we go vist the new ruler of the Pride Ring; We go visit Prince Stolas of The Ars Goetia."
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