To Hunt Shadows.

Nightmare lilith description

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Recently there was a buzz about a certain little killer around the Rune Knights hall, and how they were scared that someone might end up sending them out to deal with it. Apparently she could slaughter an entire guild, granted it was a bit small, but she could still do it, and was so young too. That level of power would simply go to waste rotting within some cell, or awaiting death, and Erika just hated wasted potential. So Erika would be the good samaritan and take this little girl back to the rune knights to be arrested, after all she needed to be stopped, though if she somehow got away afterwards from the holding cells, well, that would just be a shame now wouldn't it? All that potential free in the world, and in debt to someone, it would just be so... perfect wouldn't it, well perfect for abusing and starting something bigger, not that Erika thought of such things, how dare you make it seem like she would.

No Erika was here to take in the sights, it had been a while since she had seen such terror from simple citizens. The little pink and brown haired girl marched through the streets, the fog dangling within the air, and she hummed a little bit. This place was so nice though it was missing something, perhaps a statue to her? No that was too obvious, maybe a whisper about a fake name she could create, yes that would be nice, a legend that involved her actions, whether it be true or not, influence over people's minds, that would be grand, unlike the houses and the streets which were fairly basic. Approaching, where else but the tavern, Erika opened the doors and tipped a smile to the clearly shaken up people within the bar.

Walking up to the front with more swagger than a ghetto, Erika approached the bar keep and gave him a warm look.

"I'll have some tea, black, no sugar or milk, I like it bitter, and if you happen to have one a story about a certain. Little. Murderer. would be most helpful."

"I have nothing to say about that."

"A shame, I'll suppose the tea will suffice then."

Sitting on the stool she looked around at the various bar folk, and smiled on the inside, if she needed to she would get the information, one way or another, just a matter of who looked the easiest to break.

The tea was delectable, it made Erika feel very different among the aroma of alcohol and such, of course, that "different" feeling was merely her being superior to the other people who were partaking of such useless poison right now, they didn't have anything to celebrate, they were just sitting around wasting their lives and time. She doubted any of them were smart enough to get Erika to bother with getting any information out of them, well go out of her way to do it. Thankfully they proved just how stupid they were when one of the gbig tough guy's possibly drunk off his bottom, approached her, trying to muscle in.

"Hey there, what do you say you and I get more acquainted in the more lovely rooms."

"Why that would be most lovely, I could use some company, after all, I have been on the road for so long... but first what do you know about all of the murders and such? Really it sounds dreadful, and I am afraid that I might be next!"

"Oh baby you don't need to worry about that, I'll keep you nice and safe."

Wrapping an invisible thread around his right hand as he went to touch Erika's shoulder, she smiled towards him, the thread was a mosquito bite, you hardly could even feel it.

"Is that to say that you wish to... give me a hand?"

Suddenly the man's arm was severed from his body, he didn't even fully register it before Erika kicked him to the ground and the other patrons started to run out of the bar, the barkeep just thinking "not again" and hiding behind the counter.

"Now then, I always wanted a big strong arm to cry on, but this is simply ridiculous. Now then, what do you know about the murders?"

"YOU CUT MY ARM OFF!"

"Relax, I'll give it back to you good as new if you just answer the question, really the fact that someone as important as me is even putting it back on should make you leap at joy to answer my question!"

Picking up the arm with her threads she held it in her hands like a prize for him doing well, and she was about to let him start spilling the beans, but then a flash of energy went out in the area. Someone was being a show-off, and she almost lost her train of thought. Looking towards the man she gave an annoyed smile.

"Wait right there"

Sadly he would have too, Erika was already controlling his T-shirt and jeans so he couldn't really move even if he wanted too. Approaching the door Erika smashed it open towards the street, the man's arm still in her hand, blood still dripping from it.

"Whoever is doing the light show, could you please knock it off, I am trying to perform an interrogation in here, thank you very much!"

Naturally the people in the streets were horrified, but Erika didn't pay them any mind and merely went back into the bar and over to the man.

"Now then, please tell me."

"The whole dark guild was destroyed, everything is gone, and it's just horrible, look we are all scared of her, she's up on the hill in the former hall, turned it into some kind of nightmare or something, now can I please have my arm back."

"Now that's the spirit, see you can be a good boy if you are forced to bark loud enough right? here your petty arm back, I suspect you will misuse it for your little fantasies, but oh well I was never really a saint to begin with."

Floating it over she re-attached the arm, and on the correct way too, and let the man run on his way, probably to see a doctor or the police around here, but Erika she waited a bit, her little display was probably going to attract whatever it was that had bugged her, if it hadn't already. Boy this night looked to be a bit more than she suspected.

"A devil? I am afraid you are making a comparison between a lesser life form, and myself. A devil is a slave to their desires, I am only a slave to ambition."

Erika stated with a bit of a huff, who was this strange man that entered anyway? Didn't matter, Erika only cared about how he had so disgustingly made that assumption, to believe she was anything other than perfect, such a slander against her, he would need to be taught just how great she was. This guy was trying to show off, and seem charming, sadly for him she already knew a man like that, and Faeral was far more robust. Really to steal his act, she should really kill this man, then again, why kill this man when she can just use him to get what she wants right now, and then kill him later if he proves useless. This is why Erika was a genius, she thought ahead unlike those fools who let their emotions and arrogance blind them, she let it lead her to marvelous success.

"A chief of souls, I do hope you get paid more than minimum wage. I suppose though I should be the better one, and believe me I am, so my name is Erika, memorize it so you may attach this perfect face to it, and always know my majesty even in your dreams, or nightmares if you prefer."

Smiling a bit, it would appear cold as frankly she didn't care about appeasing this man, instead she was far more concerned with taking down that child, or rather manipulating them to her own ends. Everything else was just a sad little obstacle getting in her way, which was at the end of the day, simply pathetic. Progress was her bread and butter, it wouldn't be slowed by these villagers and their freights, in fact, it only made her more excited to see the end result. Turning towards the door, Erika started to walk out of the bar, not amused anymore to stay.

"I assume you know about all of these murders and about the one potentially causing it, I'm heading there now mister distraction, or rather Niyol. If you wish to follow that's your own prerogative."

Just like that, the man was off, vanished into the sunset, and now Erika had only but the faintest thoughts within her head about what to do next. perhaps she should head up towards the former guild hall and capture the little girl, or perhaps she should let him go in first as cannon fodder, or she could do both. Yes both sounded like a good idea, after all, her goals would be accomplished, either way, still what an odd man certainly not a gentleman like Faeral, more like a creepy stalker or something. She hoped he didn't find her too charming or else he might follow her, and then who knows what might happen, well aside from Faeral being most displeased.

Regardless, he was gone as fast as he came, and thus Erika was assured that she would be doing this somewhat alone, not taking into account the previous plan that is. Leaving the bar she would try and make her way through the crowds of people, though a few of them ran when they saw her, after all, that little display that she did wasn't a very good one in terms of getting people to like her, but she didn't care about that, now people either feared her, wanted to get rid of her, or were unsure about her. Either way, she was now in their minds, and would stay there for a little while, which for better or worse was her goal at the end of the day. Control through fear, joy, possessions, etc. All of it was the means to her end.

Now however she moved a bit slower through the crowd and tried to take in the atmosphere to better "prepare" herself for what might happen upon the "haunted' mansion, since she didn't know the little witches tricks yet, which hopefully were quite deadly.

This was an interesting development, the guild was pretty far up the hill, and Erika had only just reached the outskirts of the town, yet a strange mist was enrapturing the location. It wasn't natural, and it showed that there was power manifesting within the area, how perfect for Erika, this meant that she could effectively hide from anyone who tried to look upon her, well most normal people that is, but not the main target, or perhaps that bothersome man. He was possibly somewhere around here, and that meant there might be a confrontation between the two at one point, still that was fine, he could clear out all the enemies that he wished, Erika would find that little girl first, be it the hard way, or the easy way. Sadly judging by the fog this was going to be the hard way, and all it meant was that Erika had to prove herself before this little peon first in order to "win them over", no more like showing them her raw ambition and talent.

Either way, Erika moved up towards the former guild hall through the fog, as it got thicker and thicker, almost to the point where she couldn't see, but that just meant an attack was finally going to be inbound or at least, a trick of some kind. Perhaps a build up to the final show was already going to start, a practical display of all the power this little fiendish creature held. Unlike others, it didn't matter to Erika, she was a completely selfish creature she didn't care about helping anyone right now, she only cared about achieving the start to her end goal, a long time coming to be sure, but at the same time a glorious little parade, nothing was worth doing if it wasn't a tad bit difficult after all, now was it? Regardless the atmosphere started to change, and now Erika was becoming more and more on guard, this was going to be interesting, from here on out, she was on full proving mode.

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Special Snowflake carried out 1 launched of one Monster Dice :

The fog's dense attitude gave away the potential threat, it was so sloppy that it almost made Erika sick. Really Erika couldn't see anything, that was the most obvious time to attack, it was when Erika could see everything that they should have attacked and then, only then, they might have made an impact upon the little beauty. Instead, there was a small hissing in the air and a bellow was made, trying to spook her or the like. Erika merely stood there, this was a pathetic attempt to try and take her life, really nothing but child's play.

As the spears flew down Erika merely had the trees around her turn into threads and a web woven between her and the noise, then there was a clanking sound above her, Looking around the threads she had manifested there were more than a dozen broken spears, seriously that was the extent of an ambush that this girl could pull off? It was a very shameful display and Erika almost didn't want to have any part of it, but she had to at least, stop it, and show that it wasn't going to work or worth it. So thusly the attacks were blocked and Erika was able to move on, or so she thought. it was sudden and the fog helped to hide her detecting it, but suddenly Erika was face to face with what looked like a bit of a phantom, and within a moment, it reached out to grab her head. Cackling towards Erika as it did this, it gave a crooked smile.

"Show me what's inside that little head of yours!"

Suddenly things were about to get very strange for the ice cream haired girl, or was it the other girl trying to get rid of this intruder that was about to experience a surprise.

HP: 300/300
ƧƧ: 147/160




Abilities:
Leg/Str(+) Weapons: +10% Base MP
Soul Storage: Niyol can store 50% additional ƧƧ
Unnatural Attraction: +2% ƧƧ Regen during Day, +5% ƧƧ Regen at Night

The shade pierced into Erika mind and using its ghastly magic saw into a memory of the past, though unlike an observer they were actually there. It was odd, normally their magic only showed them a small part of the little chain, not this time, it was basically all of it. A village was burning but for what reason the shade couldn't tell, it was like a looking glass only one side of the story, but for whatever reason it was more horrible than the dark guild being destroyed, at least, to them. A few shadowed figures, no that wasn't it, a few figures that didn't have any kind of recognition were present and disposing of the last little bit of resistance within the now burning wreckage of a place. The shade looked upon the void of life within the area, and then back towards the two figures who couldn't be distinguished from each other, in fact, they looked a little bit human, but strange, sort of like the shade itself. Approaching them the Shade couldn't make anything out, all they heard was muffled voices from the two figures and then suddenly, the shade was grabbed by their "neck" and lifted into the air, one of the figures smiling towards them.

"like what you see?"

Suddenly the Shade was back to reality, with a small tilted head look from Erika towards it, with but a hint of a grin upon her face.

"What's the matter you little ghost, did something send a chill down your spine?"

"What in the world are you!?"

"Why, that is something only those with importance should care about knowing, and I do believe you are not of importance at all."

The shade suddenly realizing what was befalling it became ensnared within a trap, a web that spanned across it's entire body. Imposing more of a smile, Erika moved around the poor, now defenseless, creature.

"Such a shame that you send a puppet, see through it, yet can't feel through it, that's why you didn't understand what you saw, you aren't real. You have amibition, potential, but lack focus. Think over that as I approach, you have but two options, join me.... or die."

Crushing the shade with the threads into ecoplasmic dust, Erika began moving closer towards the guild hall, hoping this little devil would ponder over her message, and have an interesting answer by the time Erika arrived.

Finally, Erika had arrived as the guild hall proper, the place was a bit run down now and certainly gave off an aura that was corrupted. Still the place wasn't a complete waste of time for the girl, it certainly held a little treasure inside. Her journey was just beginning now, though before she entered the place proper Erika needed to think a bit. Would she attempt to enter this slightly massive and gothic style structure from the front taking every kind of blow that her little prize would throw at her, or would she be sneaky? Both had their positives and negatives though she didn't care about the negatives, nothing could actually hurt her after all, even if it did. Rather did Erika wish to prove the point of how powerless or non-focused the girl was or did she wish to prove just how oblivious the girl was, if only she had her little aces in her sleeve with her right now, she could have done both. Sadly Erika had to make a choice, of course no matter the choice it would be the perfect one, but still which type of impact did she wish to have upon this girl, so many decisions and just so little time.

Certainly this haunted place would prove annoying from the front but then again the panic might cause more annoying traps... or perhaps the traps would get worse anyway due to panic of overcoming them if only she knew her opponent outside of the ignorance about what mattered, which settled it actually, she would go in from the front, and prove just how powerless this little creature was. Preparing to open the door Erika briefly thought about just the type of entrance she would make, would it be loud or would it be humble, but then she remembered that she is Erika, so clearly it would be loud and important. Kicking the door in, she would let out a loud saying, but what that was, however, well try to suspend disbelief.

HP: 300/300
ƧƧ: 157/160




Abilities:
Leg/Str(+) Weapons: +10% Base MP
Soul Storage: Niyol can store 50% additional ƧƧ
Unnatural Attraction: +2% ƧƧ Regen during Day, +5% ƧƧ Regen at Night

Smashing through the door, Erika would look around and prepare to shout her little line, but then there was nothing, the main hall was empty, the various gothic features and dust leaving the room with an empty howl and a bit of an echo. Well, that was disappointing, there wasn't even some kind of big scary monster at all within this area, or heck even a bunch of traps, but nope they didn't do anything, could it be that Erika was so magnificent that they simply had given up? As much as Erika would love to believe that, this little girl seemed stubborn, which meant that there was a bit more to it, perhaps the other guy had actually made it inside as she speculated, if he had then maybe he was providing the distraction, either way, worked out for Erika so long as he didn't get the girl and kill her or anything, that would be very sad, and she would have to go and find someone to bring her back, for the reward at that point not to add her, to her party of course.

Walking into the main hall a bit her footsteps let out an echo, as the various cobwebs fluttered in the breeze, this place seemed ancient though it had only vanished from the map a little while ago, how sad it was for it, and it's why Erika never found a dark guild to be a safe haven or whatever, it was too obvious, if you wished to hide from the sight of the law, then it was easiest to become the law, to be the one behind the scenes and in plain view where everyone could see, yet no one could suspect, it was Erika's sibling was forever going to just be a step behind Erika's perfect mentality. Either way, Erika was a bit distracted with the history of this place for a brief moment, she just hoped that nothing would sneak up on her suddenly or anything... or maybe she did, this was Erika after all, she was probably just faking being unaware the entire time.

HP: 150/300
MP: 160/160

Spells on Cooldown:
Spirit World - 4 Posts


Details on Enemy:

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The guild hall suddenly turned very loud, it was a bit disheartening how loud it had turned, the atmosphere was ruined, and now there was a massive crash of violence throwing the small scene frozen in time, into a massive death battle. Perhaps that was for the best, though, Erika had to get moving at some point, and what better time than when Erika was now faced down with a huge enemy monolith, how strange, this girl had created something to try and fight her, wait no... there was another here now, so it would be them. The man landing at her feet, she noticed it was the one from the tavern, how interesting. He tried to make a few snide remarks, which she would, of course, return in jest, after all, her retorts had to be far better than his, or frankly anyone's, or at the very least the last word!

"What a coincidence, I don't remember your name either."

He started to make some comments about how he wanted to see an impressive fighter and he would make a deal with her, normally she'd tell him to go away, but he might know where the girl is, which means that she needs him right now, and instead, of him testing her, she would test him. Behold Erika logic. Manifesting threads around the floor of the golem, she had them shoot up to ensnare it. sadly it was pretty strong so a few of them managed to "snap", though with her manipulation she just kept knitting them back into bindings, and holding the thing in place so that Niyol could finish the job off, she didn't wish to sully her hands against this foolish enemy.

"Can you finish them off, I detest having to cull the weak like this, and you seem capable, correct?"

HP: 300/300
MP: 160/160

Soul Slash - Gains +2% MP per enemy hit by it
Guardian Sweep - Gain HP when one of the elementals die

Spells on Cooldown:
Spirit World - 3 Posts
Guardian Sweep - 5 Posts
Soul Slash - 5 Posts

Now there were other creatures coming to enjoy the party along with this golem being? Well, that surely was a bit of a grand display, was this girl trying to kill both Erika and Niyol in one blow with such weak creatures? Attrition was great to use for defeating a normal opponent, but what if someone had the firepower to completely overwhelm your numbers, maybe they would have the potential to completely defeat all you had tried to accomplish. What if for this girl one of them had the power to do that, or at least, to show off enough to get them to back down, what if Erika actually started trying. Niyol seemed very handy with a blade so he had his uses for dealing with those outside of her blast radius, so she didn't have to worry about anything happening... right? Niyol would be fine, after all, he might know where the girl is so he couldn't just die yet, Erika still needed him to save her precious time, that and he could, at least, distract the little beings that might try to run and then play a boring game of hide and seek.

As a few of the creatures manifested around Erika, she looked towards them as the golem was attempting to align its fist with her face. Erika proceeded to smile at this little challenge, and underneath their magic circles she turned the floor into her precious threads, she literally attacked them from below with the unexpected little attacks. The golem didn't fair much better, him being bound was already a disadvantage, but when she had him start to "sink" into the ground, she unleashed tightening grip upon grip upon him, and strike after strike, he was tough but all the micro blows started to show within his armored form, and slowly he was crushed down into nothingness in the wake of her onslaught. Though the minions kept spawning, Erika kept swatting them down, realizing that it was probably getting ready to be the time when they should confront that blasted little girl and get things over with, though she'd have to wait till both of them weren't as "distracted" to attempt to ask him for her location.

HP: 300/300
MP: 160/160

Soul Slash - Gains +2% MP per enemy hit by it (2 posts)
Guardian Sweep - Gain HP when one of the elementals die

Spells on Cooldown:
Spirit World - 2 Posts
Guardian Sweep - 4 Posts
Soul Slash - 4 Posts

Erika puffed as she looked at the various creatures that kept coming, it was such a bother, and really just becoming a distraction at this point. She debated unleashing her full power at this point, if only for a brief moment just to get them out of the way, but the giant pillar of ice crashed down into the establishment, and it was then that Erika realized she didn't have too, he was taking care of them quite nicely, which meant that she didn't have to try as hard. See if he had just cooperated like this before, it would have been so much easier, but as of right now she could forgive him temporarily for being so foolish, he was at least capable of taking out of the trash, which was enough for her, especially since she could keep the majority of her oh so important abilities a secret.

"Retreat, in our moment of triumph? I feel you underestimate our chances or overestimate theirs."

Erika stated as she proceeded to smite one of the lesser creatures without effort, only to witness a couple more appear in their stead. Such a shameful display really, Erika couldn't stand to just leave them be, but like she had thought previously, they would need to. With a heavy heart, she despite her momentary anger, swallowed her immense pride to move on with the goal. leaving the area Erika would retreat into the grand Library, along with Niyol and throw up her threads to try and cut off some of the supply of creatures entering behind them.

"Now then, shall we find her in earnest and end this little charade? I grow tired of dwelling in this place, it is far too gloomy and wasteful for my sort, of expectations. I am sure you know her full location, and don't have to use too much effort to move there, so then, let's get a move on, and again, show her just how foolish it is to mess with people."

WC: 5,570/6,100
HP: 300/300
MP: 160/160

Soul Slash - Gains +2% MP per enemy hit by it (2 posts)
Guardian Sweep - Gain HP when one of the elementals die

Spells on Cooldown:
Spirit World - 1 Posts
Guardian Sweep - 3 Posts
Soul Slash - 3 Posts

The library that she entered seemed to be a somber place, the various elementals and other horrors outside being blocked from entering. Disposing of such creature could have been easy if she had actually tried, but that wasn't her goal, the little girl that was causing all of this was her goal, and all that mattered was the end goal being fulfilled, nothing else within her path really mattered, they were just the means to the end. Perhaps the most shocking development that happened was the sheer fact of how this place was taken down. Such a sad little case, a group of people destroyed by just one, how could they claim to be something like a guild if they were able to be thwarted by just one individual, so shameful. All killed in an instant, honestly, Erika was a little bit impressed, but if the competition was able to lose this swiftly, they weren't worth the attention or sorrow that was given towards them, they were just pathetic weak individuals who had mismatched goals and a lack of conviction to see through said goals to the end.

Erika didn't get to explore the library very much as Niyol seemed to speak up quite fast, which was a bit odd, he seemed so reserved, could it be that he was upset because of something? Perhaps he was wrong personally, or it was just the environment, or maybe Erika was just annoying him that much, didn't matter, what did matter was that he told her where their little VIP was. This allowed for Erika to finally get mission underway, honestly, she believed she would have to start throwing threads out to all corners of this blasted place in order to find the girl, but here he was, coming through with the information, and she had time before he showed up... so wonderful.

"Why of course, I wouldn't dream of it."

Moving swiftly, Erika flew through the window changing said glass into threads so that she wouldn't become all busted up, or rather her outfit wouldn't get torn. Landing within the square that had been turned into a playground by the demented little one, Erika looked around, the entire place had a fog about it, but at the same time seemed peaceful, though that was probably just because Erika didn't mind this sort of environment. Spreading out her influence within the ground Erika would take gentle steps into the fog to look for this little girl though she could have just unleashed hell, she didn't wish to get sloppy, her pride was too large to simply destroy an area and person after all, and that one guy back there would have gotten annoyed, and then she'd have to listen to the complaining, she just didn't have time for that.

"Did you come to play with me?"

A voice, a small high pitched voice rang throughout the area, creating a deluded atmosphere, it would have been creepy if Erika hadn't anticipated it.

"Hmm, I suppose I have if your definition of playing is the same as mine."

"Hehe, do you like murder? I enjoy that form of playing."

"Murder? Such a simple word and method, I prefer capturing for a bit, let them know who the real one in charge is."

"In charge? Tee hee, I believe that would be me, you walked right into my little friends!"

Forming within the fog, there were more of the elementals appearing all around her, this was so bothersome, did she really believe this cannon fodder was a match for Erika? her patience was running thin right now, this wasn't amusing anymore even if the little girl found it funny.

"All of them have names and are my fun friends, they all used to live here or something like that, I can't fully remember, now they just do what I want, isn't it fun!?"

"Mindless puppets lacking ambition, purpose, or talent? Now I see why the dreary man was so annoyed, and I can agree with it, this is incredibly pathetic. I am disappointed just like your drunk alcoholic father probably was with you, no matter such raw talent can be put to use in some format."

"Tough talk, I will enjoy your screams."

All of the monsters enclosed upon Erika at once to try and get a massive attack off, but Erika was finally tired of playing with this little girl. Threads erupted from the ground, Erika flooded the area with them, but not where the little girl was standing. The destruction was clean and precise, the various forms of elementals and other deranged spirits were done with an effective sewing of their destruction. They might have been tough, but they couldn't compete against probing for weaknesses at a speed and amount that left them without defenses. The thing about threads is they can be as small as you want, or as big as you want, for the most part, and when it came to attacking, well they were flexible enough to weave through the enemies body without much hindrance. Basically, she tore them apart from the inside out. The threads also struck with such force that the fog was being pushed back due to the eruption from below the ground.

Appearing next to the little girl through her threads Erika wove her form back and took a poke at the girls arm. It was easy, she was caught off guard, after all, she probably didn't expect Erika to have any kind of abilities other than run around and die. Such weakness now made her a bit sick, she had come all the way out here for this? Oh well, she could now at least, get the consolation prize. A needle drove into it, and drew some of her blood, thankfully Erika had studied anatomy, and knew where to poke for maximum effectiveness. And just as swiftly as she had poked, she tied the girls feet down with threads and then lashed onto her arms.

Sure, she struggled, but Erika didn't care, her friends were all destroyed or tied up, and now she had the little prize that she desired. Shame, though, she did so wish to finish her off.

"Going to kill me?"

"I am afraid while I would normally love too... the companion I am with desires a word with you, and he provided me with your location, so at the very least... I can provide him with such a small request."

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Total WC: 5922/6100
Post WC: 1080