"So," Nike started. "Would you like to take the first initiative or should I?"
Eryth pulled out his sword and pointed it at his opponent. Rune marking appeared around his wrist and the sword turned black. He zipped forward and swung his sword at her neck. The beige-haired girl laughed before intentionally throwing herself to the ground. "Missed," she teased.
She quickly rolled out of harm's way while letting out a mocking laugh. She outstretched her hand, teasing the dark brown-haired man to come at her.
Eryth inhaled and exhaled slowly while spinning his sword around with one hand. He jumped up a little and the moment his feet touched the ground, he was behind the beige-haired girl. Eryth didn't bother using his sword at the moment, he extended his hand and an inferno of fire burst out of the ruin markings that appeared around his fingertips.
Nikephoria put her hands in front of her and it suddenly transformed into a huge shield, blocking the flame though the force sent her back a few distance.
The Dark Mage rested his sword on his shoulder before standing straight with a sly smile on his face. "I see, Alteration and Transmutation Act," he mumbled.
Her smile faded as she realized Eryth was only trying to catch what act she used. The general of Hex transformed both her hands into a sword before bolting forward. The two began to clash their swords, sending sparks flying around while also skillfully dodging some attacks. Nike sent Eryth back with a flip kick. She landed on her feet and pulled her right hand out. It transformed into a long spear which she violently hurled at the Mage.
Eryth still barely had his footing when he noticed the spear approaching him at full speed. He managed to shift just in time for the spear to fly past his head. But his opponent anticipated as much, she closed the distance between both of them and grabbed the hand Eryth held his sword with. She attempted to use her act on it but the level of energy the light-skinned man possessed prevented her from using her act on him.
She made thorns all over her body which stabbed Eryth in all directions, making it difficult to evade.
The brown-eyed man quickly jumped back, slipping his sword into its scabbard while in midair. He clasped his hand while sticking out his middle, ring, and middle finger. As his feet landed on the ground, his shadow widened and zipped towards his opponent. Once in range, it popped out of the ground and tied the young lady to the ground.
Eryth raced forward but just as he was seconds away from reaching the beige-haired girl, she turned her entire body into a thin rod, letting the bind simply fall off. She then turned back normal and shot multiple spikes out of her body at the Rune Act user. He used his sword to redirect most of the spikes but a few cut open his thigh, shin, shoulder, and his neck, but this didn't stop the brown-eyed man.
He pushed through the pain and charged forward, catching her by surprise and finally, plunging the sword into her side. He groaned before pulling the sword sideways, splitting her body horizontally. Not bothered by her screams, the dark brown-haired man swiftly tossed his sword to the ground and pulled out his dagger from his boot.
Nikephoria's hand turned into a sword and she stabbed it into Eryth's abdomen. He strengthened his body, holding the sword inside him, giving him a clean shot to drive his dagger into her neck. He pulled it out and stabbed it up her jaw, forcing her to gurgle and cough out blood. He pulled the dagger once more and was about to go for another slash but he felt his body heating up. He quickly unclenched his abdomen and jumped backwards, creating a space between himself and his opponent.
Eryth groaned and went down on his knees. He grabbed his injured abdomen, trying to stop the bleeding. 'What was that?'
The Hex general fell to her knees as blood gushed out the area that was stabbed by Eryth. The left part of her body which was barely attacked by the dark mage turned into liquid and poured all over the ground, letting the other part fall to the ground motionless. The liquid rose and formed Nikephoria from bits, covering her body with the clothing and the blindfold over her eyes.
"Shit," Eryth groaned as he managed to drag himself up. He felt as though his energy had been sapped out and he had very little left to keep himself standing.
[Eryth, are you okay?]
'Yeah, I got this.'
Nike stood straight and sighed while stretching her body. "Don't you feel new?"
The dark brown-haired man let out a soft chuckle. "The dragon of Hex, but you don't use any form of Elemental Acts."
She dropped her hand and scoffed. "I don't need to breathe fire to be called a dragon of Hex, not all dragons breathe fire."
The beige-haired girl raised her hand and pulled down her blindfold, revealing her eyes -- the left one was bright green with dots of red all around her black pupils while the right eye was a simple normal grey eye. "Some of us are blessed in other ways."
"Green eyes."
"Correction, Advanced Green Eyes." She smiled.
[This is bad.]
'Must be why her attacks hit directly at my energy... But it's okay, I can handle it.'
"Are you ready to yield?"
"You'll have to pull out a better trick than that."
She hummed and launched herself forward. Eryth stabbed his dagger into the ground and waited until she was close enough before appearing next to the sword he had dropped earlier. As she veered around to his new location, the dark brown-haired man reappeared next to his dagger and stabbed his sword through her back. He quickly jumped back just in time to avoid a bolt of lightning that struck Nike from above. The lightning stroke again, and again, and again, and again, and as it hits again, Eryth realized the smile on her lips, only then did he notice that the lightning was being sucked into her green eye.
"Fuck!" he somersaulted backwards, dodging the lightning which she's just launched back at him.
The dark Mage felt a vibration all over his body that forced him to his feet. He held his chest and fell to the ground, breathing uncontrollably. 'She's absorbing all the energy around.'
[Eryth]
Wings emerged from Nikephoria's back and she flew towards Eryth, her hand turned into a sword. He grinned and suddenly rose to his feet.
The dark brown-haired man grabbed both her hands and slammed her onto the ground. He swiftly stabbed his dagger into her Green eyes, causing blood to spray all around, but a new head simply formed from the damaged one with a grin on it. He raised his hand to stab her again but he felt as though he was being controlled and wasn't able to move his hand.
"I can't move my arms."
His hand moved on its own and began inching the dagger towards his neck.
Nike's hand turned into a sword as she approached Eryth. She grabbed his hair and pulled his head back. "You really think Alteration was the only act I use?" She laughed. "Before you go, I want you to remember one thing, Hex is the one above all," she added before descending her hand at Eryth.
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