Sabertooth in: Nightmare Incarnate!

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Mashyuu had just helped a new Sabertooth Wizard named Selah get her stamp and introduced her to the current standing Guild Master Fred. Together with her Mashyuu walked down a flight of stairs when a young boy shouted out for them to stop. Mashyuu turned to face the child who was carrying a box with Selah's name stamped on it. "Package for you ma'am." The boy said and handed her the package then ran off.

After the boy ran off Mashyuu stood aside and let Selah do whatever she needed to do with it and listened in to the device inside. Once the device went out Mashyuu clasped his red and black gloved hands together and grinned wide. "Looks like you have yourself a job. Lets go to the spooky forest and track down the source of that book!" Mashyuu shouted and ran for the the front doors, Rocky in toe. "I'll meet you there!" The Slayer and Rocky flew off, headed for the forest....

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Selah listened to the audio streamed from the lacrima, a shiver running down her spine. Whatever it was, Selah wanted nothing to do with it. But the package was addressed to her, so it seemed like it was sort of her duty to do this. She looked up and Mash was already gone, leaving her to think about the package on her own. She poofed the lacrima and pages somewhere safe using her magic before following him out the guild hall. Now, she could take short way down, but that was boring. She ran to the edge of the floating island that the Sabertooth Guildhall resided on, using her magic again to materialize her black robes around her, before hopping off of the islands edge and grabbing a hold of the edges of her rope- the whole thing opening up like a glider, letting her glide down as close to the spooky forest as possible.

Selah usually preferred land transportation, seeing as she really didnt have access to anywhere that was high enough up to let her glide like this- but the gulid hall did sit on a flying island. She just barely didnt make it, running out of speed about half an hours walk away from the entrance to the forest. And so she walked, seeing that Mash had beaten her there. "So, whats the plan? We dont exactly have anywhere in the forest to start looking."

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Mashyuu flew down with Rocky, landing outside the forest and dusted himself off. The Earth Wizard patted his friend and pet on the head and smiled. "Alright Rocky, take to the skies and meet us back here at sunrise. If I know this forest the real trouble will start after sun set." Mashyuu explained. Rocky barked once then opened it's wings, flying up high and vanishing in the sun's bright rays.

"Alright hot stuff, where are you?" Mashyuu whispered under his breath. As if Mashyuu's question had summoned her, Selah had walked up behind Mashyuu and asked where the two should have even started. This was indeed a fine question and one that the Earth Wizard had not considered for a while. "Hmmm. I guess we should start by simply looking for the missing Rune Knights, see where that leads us first."

With a shrug of his shoulders Mashyuu headed into the spooky forest. It's dark canopy cast a shadow over the Wizards. The Earth Slayer's boots crunched twigs and dry leaves, while the Slayer glanced over at Selah. "So your from a different guild and came to Sabertooth. What was your other guild like?"

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Selah didn't need to think about the answer to that question. Sure it had been a little over a month she left her old guild, but she had spent a lot of time there. Laughing Coffin! That place was... certainly not like I had hoped. Nobody, I repeat nobody there seemed like they ever had any fun, no good drinks, the spare rooms were basically closest with a bed. I mean, it did pay well but eventually everyone started leaving so I followed. The strangest bit of it though is that the guildmaster was, get this, a twelve year old." She said with a smirk on her face. The deeper they delved into the forest the harder it got to see, getting to the point to where if they strayed more then 8 feet away from eachother they would be lost in the mist.

Selah's hair eventually got soaked from all the mist and dew clinging to it, but that was fine, not like it was a big deal. She went to speak again, but something caught her eye. In the corner of her vision, the mist had a darker spot, shaped like a man that was impossibly tall. She turned her head to see it, but it always stayed on the outside of her vision, like it wasn't really there. The mage's whole body shook and trembled, something giving her an intense feeling of dread and disdain. She brought her finger up to her temple, narrowing her eyes to try and get a better look at the elusive figure.

"Hey, do you see that? Over there, in the mist." Selah said. Though, as soon as she said it, the figure vanished completely. Must have just been her imagination. She shook it off, lowering her hand and dropping it back to her side, looking back to Mashyuu. Despite no longer seeing the figure however, her whole body still felt ice cold with fear, the long haired woman rubbing her eyes and shaking her head. She couldn't see it, but oh boy could she feel it. It was there, whatever it was, watching them. Was it the thing that had attacked the rune knights? Her whole body itched for a fight, anticipating that if she didn't attack whatever it was first, things would come to a quick and bloody end.

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"Laughing Coffin... Wasn't that a Dark Guild at some point? And really a twelve year old ran the place? Strange. Hmmm oh well. It's their loss. I'd take a hottie like you in our guild any day." Mashyuu commented as a thick fog rolled in. The blue eyed man walked closer to his new guild mate, wanting to keep her close in case he picked up on something that maybe she didn't, or vice versa. It was starting to get hot in the forest, thick mist and dew clung to both Mashyuu and Selah but even the dew couldn't bring Mashyuu's thick brown hair down on his head.

Mashyuu noticed the way Selah was looking out into the fog but he couldn't make out what she clearly saw. His enhanced vision might have helped him to not be fooled by an illusion or maybe it was the Spirit of the Dragon Ux that was helping him. But even he could still feel something watching him. It made the tall man a little uneasy but aside from that he felt fine.

"I don't see it, but I can sense it... Just be on guard. If anything gets close to us, so long as it isn't an S rank monster or Wizard I'll be able to react in time. I won't let anything happen to us." Mashyuu assured the beautiful woman while grasping at her hand. "What did it look like?"

WC: 242

Selah thought for a moment. Is was hard to describe what it looked like. It was really just a blur in the corner of her vision that made it hard to make it. She flipped her hood up onto her head and pulled it closed so that almost none of her face could be seen. Her robe like that, with the closed hood and all, made it look kind of similar. Just a lot shorter. "It looked something like this. It was a dark blur in the corner of my vision, way too tall to be anything human. Judging by the feeling its giving off, it doesn't use any form of 'good' magic, meaning that my spells should be useful against it. Or I'm totally wrong and this is all false confidence speaking." She said. Whatever it was, it felt unholy to her, dark, vile, and powerful. If she had to guess she would say that none of her spells would cause any immediate damage, and her confinement spell wouldn't do jack fiddly against it.

There it was again, just in the corner of her vision. She pulled her hood back off and turned to face it, her hand pulling away from Mash's and running up to her temple, ready to defend herself. This time it stayed where it was, right in her vision, 8 feet in front her buried in the fog. "There it is, do you see it? Right... In front of me." She said, the entities icy gaze piercing her very soul. It made her feel sick, her knees wobbling. She kept a brave face, staring it down, but everything inside her was telling her to run. Run. RUN. Selah shook her head and sneered at the figure in the fog. "What are you! Tell me just what are you, why are you following us? Are you the one who attacked the rune knights? Do you even understand what im saying?!" Selah yelled out. Fear. As soon as she finished her sentence her whole body shook with fear. It knew what she was saying, It knew what it was doing. And it was dangerous.

Selah's confidant expression chipped away and she lowered her hand, stepping back. She wasn't going to fight this, not on her own. She looked back at Mash, not even sure if he could see it. That would be embarrassing, if she had just been yelling at nothing for the past minute. "Please tell me you can see it too. It's right there-" She said, looking back to find that it vanished. Oh come on! Selah shook her head again, trying to get the feeling of it's gaze out of her head. It was like it was looking at her everywhere, from the back, front, side, top, everywhere.

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Mashyuu looked at Selah while she pulled her hood up and over her head, casting a dark shadow over her beautiful features. Mashyuu's eyes narrowed for a bit while his head twisted to look the woman in the eye. "So you think that it's a Demon or something?" Mashyuu asked while he took a step back and started to scan the forest. It's a dark spirit. Be on your guard Mashyuu. I think it has around the same level of strength as you. Your friend might be in trouble if you don't step in. Mashyuu rolled his eyes and took a deep breath. "It's a dark spirit. I can harm them with a few of my spells but not all of em. So we will see what will happen if it gets close to us." The Earth user stated.

As Selah started screaming about how she was seeing it again but the Slayer couldn't make it out. However he felt Ux, his ring was shouting at Mashyuu to be ready. The Wizard got on his guard and started to smell the air but just couldn't see or sense the creature. "I must be to hard headed to sense this thing right now..." Selah started to freak out and Mashyuu grasped her shoulders hard. "Hey! Calm down, it's going to be o.k. just take a deep breath and calm down. I'll keep you safe."

WC: 239

Selah glared at Mashyuu after that last statement. "I am more then capable of taking care of myself pretty boy. Whatever it is its messing with my head." She said, turning back to face the entity in the mist. It felt like the mist was closing in on them, getting closer and closer. Until, after a point where they could no longer see each other through it, the mist sort of just... reclined. It pulled back into a dome shape, leaving plenty of space to see each other, and quite a distance away. But the odd part about it is how it was shaped, a perfect dome. How did it do that? Selah walked up to one of the walls to examine it closer.

"Hey, come look at this. The mist is sort of... Hardened." Selah called, staring at the edge of the dome. The mist had been pushed back by something, like an invisible wall. Selah extended a hand, pressing it up against the wall of mist in front of her. Her hand was stopped about an inch away from it however, black runes appearing around it for a brief moment before fading away once more. As she went to back away, three black tentacles that appeared to be made of nothing other than shadow wrapped around her arm, trying to pull her through the barrier.

"Hey! Let..." She said, raising her finger to her temple. In her hand, a large crystal sword materialized, reaching through the barrier and stabbing whatever was on the other side. A loud, distorted screech rang out as the tentacles let go of Selah, the purple haired mage jumping back, the large crystal sword that pulsed with lightning still in her hand. "Go!" She said, panting. Whatever had been stalking her earlier was ready to attack, and it had trapped them like prey. Wrapping both hands around the handle of her sword, Selah lifted it up and held it, ready to swing at the enemy next time it showed up.

"Okay, reality check here. Something is out there stalking us, and its trapped us in a rune magic bubble. It can pass through the runes, and we cant. But from what I just did, I think its safe to assume that our magic can pass through." She said, not really talking to Mashyuu but to herself instead. She gripped the handle of her sword tighter, feeling a chill on her back. Her whole body shook and she turned, slamming the sword down onto the ground as she did. It stood right in front of her now. The demon from the mist. Fear impersonated.

Jumping back, Selah swung her sword again, making contact for a third time. Whatever it was, she was hurting it, but not much. The sword seemed to pass through it each time, but it would still do damage. A physical object being able to hurt a non physical entity. That was like touching a ghost. The forest around the two was impossible to see, the fog so dense from being forced back that it form a wall that only light could pass through. Selah repositioned her stance, dry leaves crunching underfoot, her cloak blowing with the wind. "Be ready, whatever that is, its on the aggressive."

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"Pretty boy?... Aww thanks babe." Mashyuu replied, the insult flying right over his head. The man smiled wide and resisted the urge to wink at her as the Dragon Ring, Ux, shouted at him to focus. Slowly the fog rolled back and formed into a dome that reminded Mashyuu of his Dragons Dome in a strange way. The Wizard started to walk towards the beauty when suddenly there was a flurry of rapid attacks that had Selah on the defensive while she warned Mashyuu about how strong this foe could possibly be.

"Trust me I can handle myself..." Mashyuu was almost bluffing as he wasn't sure if he could do as much harm to this thing as he could deal with a physical form. The Wizard narrowed his eyes and slipped his right leg forward, the ground under him surged and shot up, clamping to his body in a suit of hard rock armor. This was a signature spell he had been born with.

The Wizard started to scour the fog, suddenly his ring warned him to move but it was to late, from the fog a large appendage smashed into his armor, and if not for it he was sure the strike would have knocked him over and left a massive wound in his body. The stone armor chipped but held up while the tentacle slipped back into the fog and at last Mashyuu could see the creature. It was nearly seven feet tall and had a darkness that was hard to see through. "That looks really cool.... A shame I have to smash it's skull." Mashyuu whispered.

He wasn't sure if the creature could teleport or not but he wasn't willing to not try the spell. "Let pretty boy have a crack at him eh? This won't hurt it but it will take it down a peg." Mashyuu curled his fingers into a claw and reached his arm up then slashed the air. "Earth Dragons Talon!" He shouted and sent a shock wave through the air. It slammed into the monster and forced it to fall to the ground, unable to get up for a few moments. "That's your opening! Go for it!"

WC: 371

Selah's eyes twitched when she was called babe. Looks like insults like that wouldn't work on him, that was something she would have to work on. Though, being called babe wasn't too bad. She kept her eyes locked on the figure as it shot up and back beyond the barrier. Glancing at Mash again she saw him use a spell, her eyes quickly analyzing it. Base Magic, Base Element, Earth Style, Passive-Defensive, Manipulation, Caster Magic, Cast by Spiritual Link. For Selah those were all good, other then the spiritual link. Those were impossible to copy, no matter what rank the caster was. But, She could substitute it out just as well.

Selah placed her finger on her temple, her eyes glowing white as the golden maker circles signature to memory make users surrounded her body. Two final circles appeared, one on the ground, and one above her head, making a sort of cylinder of golden light. Once it faded, Selah was clad in her own sort of earthen armor- much lighter then Mashyuu's, but with two layers for added protection. It was when the armor finished materializing that she heard Mashyuu speak again. Pretty boy, again? Wow, that really went over his head. At least it wasn't a total insult to begin with.

The golden eyes of the maker mage locked on to Mashyuu once more as he cast another spell. Complex Magic, Base Element, Earth Style, Dragon Slayer Magic, Offensive, Caster, Cast by Curling Fingers. Selah herself was unable to copy it, A dragon slayers magic was built the their body. There were a few spells that she could copy however, but they would usually result in extreme damage (She learned this when trying to copy a fire dragon slayer using Fire Dragons Claw. Her hand was burned for weeks, the scar is still visible.). With reflexes like lightning, Selah's finger drifted up to her temple as soon as Mash finished speaking. "Memory Make: Thirteen Stars!" The Mage said the words booming out of her mouth. For a moment, the whole area lit up, a bright yellow glow enveloping them as thunder clapped. Thirteen bolts of celestial energy rained down, 11 of them making direct contact with... whatever it was they were fighting.

The shine from all of the bolts connecting to the same area nearly blinded Selah, but she smiled. She had managed to get lucky enough to land almost all thirteen bolts on a single target. "Now, Memory Make: Sword of Frozen Lightning!" She called out, the same crystal sword before appearing in her hand. With a heave, Selah brought the sword down onto creatures head. And like that... It was gone?  The fog around them returned, and Selah disbanded all her spells. Casting the armor she had from earlier was a waste of mana, but now she would have it in her magical vocabulary for later when she was making her own new spells.

Breathing heavy and raggedly, Selah turned to Mashyuu with a grin on her face. "Hey, your not to bad there Gloves, that was pretty cool. That little armor trick there though, I couldn't copy it. Well. Not perfectly at least, where'd you get it?" She asked.

Imperfectly Copied Magic: Armor of Stone:

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Selah was fairly impressive and she handled herself like a true Sabertooth Wizard, but Mashyuu noticed how every time she cast her magic, a hand pressed to the side of her temple. It was possible that she had to make that motion much like a regular Make Wizard had various styles of hand placement as well. He didn't say a word about it though and kept it to himself incase they ever had to fight one another. Mashyuu chuckled as Selah asked where he got his armor spell. At this point he decided to keep it up since it wouldn't harm him in any way and had already protected him against an attack.

"I didn't just "get" any of my spells. But the Armor of stone was a spell my mother was known for. She was a Wizard bounty hunter who used Electric and Earth Magic. She taught me my basic earth spells before she passed when I was a boy. Then I developed my Armor of stone from memory of seeing her use it. If you want, I can cast an armor on you that you might be able to copy easier later. I don't use it anymore and have been thinking of dropping the spell from my list of magic powers all together as it really doesn't serve a purpose any more to me." Mashyuu offered while speaking of his sand skin armor. The young man looked around for a bit and considered the fact that he couldn't see past the fog and frowned. "Come on... we should continue on. If I don't show up before sunrise Rocky is going to go nuts and drag half the guild out here."

Mashyuu wasn't sure how long it would take her to recover her magic but he figured he could deal with whatever came next. "I'll handle whatever might jump at us next so you can recover. Not bad by the way." The Wizard put a spring in his step and headed deeper into the woods, as the fog started to follow the team again...

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Selah squinted through the fog, not wanting to spend any more of her mana and let it build up. Dude to her "curse" (It's really not a curse since the effect is so positive), Selah's magical power regenerates exceptionally fast. But, it still wasn't fast enough to have her back at full power, she would just have it back maybe ten or so minutes before a regular wizards was. That was something that Mashyuu probably didn't know about her, that her entire family line had been cursed by a witch during the dark ages of magic. Her arm right looked burnt from the elbow down from when the entity had grabbed her, the skin red and scratched up with various wounds. It stung like hell, but she could deal with it for now.

"So you learned your magic from your mother? That's pretty cool. I learned memory make on my own really. learning it was probably the biggest pain in the neck though, when it's such a rare magic theres only two books on it." Selah stated, a gust of wind blowing through the forest. The mist had cleared up a little, progressively getting better since thay had scared off the shadow that attacked them. It was still there, but they could see more clearly now, the darkness of the forest, the earthen roots of the large trees. It looked like something out of a novel, trees so dense that you cant see past them, only certain paths open to explore, the forest floor covered with leaves of all colors from the last fall. To Selah, this looked more tranquil then spooky.

Before any words could utter the mage's mouth when she went to speak again, a large branch from a nearby tree fell. Selah flipped out of the way, landing on the branch on the way down. Sometimes not using magic was fun, and flipping around like an acrobat was the second best (Drinks would always be best in Selah's mind). She looked down at the branch she now sat on, looking and seeing a clean cut. This hadn't fallen from wear and tear, something had just cut it off when they arrived. There had always been rumors of this forest being haunted by specters and poltergeists, so maybe thats what it was.

Selah stood up an continued their walk back towards the entrance to the forest, the two of them coming to a clearing in the center that they had missed before. The fog wasnt as dense here, seeing as it had more room to take up. She looked up, sad that the fog was still so thick that she couldnt see the moon. But it still looked amazing how the moonlight turned the fog a dazzling, sparking blue color.

"Here, lets sit down for a while, we still have some time to spare." She said, sitting down on the damp grass below her. She kept her guard up, but still relaxed a little. The mage went to crack her back, as soon as her hands hit her back a blood curling scream was heard in the distance.

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"Yeah it is cool I guess. I just wish I didn't have to watch her die in order to really become a Wizard." Mashyuu went silent for a long while, reflecting on his thoughts while his hands clenched and opened. "All because some stupid Dark Wizards want to summon up a Demon. It's just not right." Mashyuu had missed Selah's comment about how her magic was learned. Suddenly there was a loud crash that had Mashyuu's attention snapping back to the world around him. "Are you alright!?" Mashyuu asked the beauty.

The Earth Wizard moved to sit down with the woman and took a deep breath of air. "I hate dealing with creatures that hide in the shadows and won't fight face to fa-" Mashyuu's voice was cut off as something flung him off the downed tree and into a large boulder that was dug into the ground.

Mashyuu was seeing stars but over all unharmed. The Wizard was amazed that he was lifted off his legs considering he very rarely was moved at all when his feet were on the ground. The Earthen Wizard pulled himself up and looked out into the distance. At last he saw what Selah had seen a few minutes ago. "OH hell no! Is that the demon?" Mashyuu asked. His arm pulled back and shot forward, golden electricity launched out of the Earth Wizards hand, slamming into nothing but a tree.

WC: 242

Selah looked over to the other side of the clearing where Mashyuu had struck, only seeing the tree that he had hit. Luckily it didn't ignite from using lightning magic on it, that would be a mess to clean up later for the both of them. "You can see it now? I don't see anything there, but I'll be on guard. And Mash, we don't know if it's a demon yet, were not even sure if it has a weakness to exploit yet. From what I saw when I could see it, it waits to attack. Keep your eyes on it and don't lose focus, if you do it could attack you when your not expecting it." She said, thinking back to the battle they had earlier, analyzing what she had seen with the creature. When it moves to attack, it traps its prey in a rune circle. It attacks using tendrils that when making contact with skin leaves burning marks, and has enough strength to smash though solid stone. The ability to teleport, and quick speed make it hard to combat for slow casters. It had some form of dark element, but it wasnt unholy. Her magic power was roughly restored now, but it still wasn't near full.

"Is it doing anything yet, or is it just standing there and watching?" She asked, ready to attack regardless of her low magical power. "And does it look any different, different movements, anything?" Selah trained her senses on the feeling of dread that loomed over the clearing, trying to pinpoint where the figure was.

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"Well that's the problem I'm having.... I don't see it now. I can't smell it or hear it either. And my ring isn't picking it up. So it's either not real or it's stronger than an A rank Wizard." Mashyuu explained to Selah. The Mans blue slited eyes darted around to see if he could track the creatures movements while his nose flared and his eyes started to twitch, trying to pick up anything. He could smell and hear Selah but not a sign of the monster. "It's not a demon. I've fought and killed Demons. They wouldn't be so cowardly." Mashyuu muttered.

The moment the attractive woman asked if it was moving or watching Mashyuu understood that she was ready to sue more magic. It was Mashyuu's job to make sure she was alive and taken care of. "No. Don't even try it. I'll push this thing back. You focus and recovering your magic incase this thing comes back around." Mashyuu whipped around and saw it staring at the two, pointing it's finger ominously at the pair. Mashyuu dropped down and grabbed clumps of earth like a blanket and pulled it up and over the pair in a dome. "This Earth Dragons Shield should keep us safe for a bit. Take the time to recover."

WC: 220

Selah glared at him. "Ive got plenty of magic left to take that thing down, and I can do as I please when using my magic." She said, crossing her arms. "Two spells would be more then enough for me to take it down, as long as Im careful- which I am." She said. Two spells would be a huge stretch, not only would she have to be incredibly lucky when casting Thirteen Stars, she would also have to get in at least 8 hits with her sword without it breaking. But it was possible. "Regardless, we need a strategy. I don't think it's being cowardly, like you said. I think it's doing the same thing I have, I think it's been studying us. It's playing smart, staying back to examine us, see if it can determine a weakness. I think that's why it attacked and drew back earlier, so it would know how we fight and act around each other in combat." She warned.

The long haired mages fingers twitched, ready to fight on a moments notice. She had seen what that thing had done to Mash's armor, and it could no doubt do the exact same thing to the protection he had made. Luckily for her, she was slowly dragging up her magic power, by the time it attacked she would at least have enough magic power to cast three spells- but those three spells would nearly completely drain her.

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Mashyuu's nose flared and his eyes went wide before narrowing. "Look. You are my responsibility. So I need to keep you safe. I know your a capable Wizard, you have already shown me that. I just don't want to see you get hurt on your first job. If you want to fight that thing and use all your magic that's fine. But maybe just trust me to keep that thing back for a bit. I can take it down and we can tag out. We have the numbers advantage on it. So we can actually keep each other safe right?" Mashyuu scolded the attractive woman.

Suddenly a massive dark beam ripped into the dome, shaking it hard but not breaking it. Mashyuu watched to see if the dome was holding up and he smiled happily. "My ring makes my Dragonslayer Spells even stronger and more durable so this dome should hold for a bit longer. Alright I'm going to drop it after we are hit again. The beam is coming from the north, I'll rush it if you want to follow in my wake and make a surprise attack with your sword. Or I can get you a war hammer." Mashyuu asked as the dome quaked again. Without waiting he dropped the dome and charged...

WC: 217

Selah scoffed, but nodded in compliance regardless. She hated having to rely on someone, let alone someone feeling like she was their responsibility! It irked her to no end, at least Mash didn't try to throw himself in the line of fire like the people at her last guild did. When the entire dome shook, Selah raised her finger and prepared to fight, her hand loose and ready to take hold of her sword. She would have to be careful with her sword this time, make it last instead of smashing it into the ground during an attack.

After the second strike to the dome, Selah watched as it dissipated around them her sword quickly forming in her hand. "Sorry gloves, I'm no good with heavy weapons like that." She said, focusing on the creature. She dashed towards it with Mash, gripping the sword with both arms, her right arm still burning from the marks left by the creature when it grabbed her through the rune barrier last time they fought. With a glare, she swung her sword at the creature, the crystalline blade passing directly through it. That still confused her, how a non physical entity could be hurt by physical attacks, and vice versa. What made this creature special, that they could both land a hit on it?

She swung again, dragging the sword blade across the ground, sharpening it and giving it more momentum when it swung up through the shadow entity. That was two hits, and her sword was still in tact. Selah focused, determined to use the sword until it dissipated on its own. She swung again, missing the creature. She strained to stop it from crashing into the ground, the momentum making it incredibly hard to stop it. She glared at the entity once more, locking eyes with it. The clearing had filled with mist, making the night sky above impossible to see once more. The purple haired mage's whole body was focused right now, not wanting to miss anything. Her ears trained on the sound of the wind, of her breathing, of the crunching under foot as the two mages in battle moved. Focus and don't get hit. She blinked and the creature was gone, it had teleported away, moving right behind her and moving to attack.

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As the Earthen Wizard charged, at his side Selah formed a familiar sword while stating she wasn't good with the heavier weapons. Mashyuu couldn't look at the creature and thus was relying on Selah's scent and the sounds she made to know when to stop, and his ring to tell him when to strike while he kept his deep blue eyes shut. Black leather boots slid to a stop as Mashyuu's right arm pulled back and stones fell from his gloved palms. "Earth Dragons War Hammer!" He shouted and the stones that had fallen out of his hand locked into place, creating a heavy, one handed War Hammer.

Ux the ring on Mashyuu's finger warned Mashyuu that the spirit was close to him and that Selah was making a strike. Mashyuu waited for the rings command and brought the hammer down, over the creatures shoulder. The shadow quaked at the strike and vanished in a puff of smoke. The creature appeared behind them and moved to attack Selah. Mashyuu couldn't bring himself to dive in front of the attack, fear still creeping up through his body while his eyes remained closed. "Rock Wall!" He called out and a thick wall of stone shot up behind the woman, absorbing the strike the creature launched at the beauty.

WC: 218

When Selah heared the boom behind her from the wall intercepting the attack, she spun around to see the creature. The was trying to move away once more, trying to gain enough distance for another quick and strong attack. Selah chased after it, her sword held at her side with both hands. With a quick and precise moment Selah did a swinging upward strike that passed through the creatures head. She jumped back, moving to gaurd against an attack, fear breaking her last second and forcing her to jump out the way. She kept her eyes locked on the dark cloud of a monster, her whole body trembling as she lunged to attack again. Hit. Selah lost her grip for a split second, readjusting her hands and sliding out of the way of another attack from one of the entity's swirling black tendrils.

Selah sprung back up, gripping her sword tightly before charging at the figure once more. She swung her sword, cutting through the entity's lower half before the sword crashed into the ground, shattering quickly. She looked up into the beasts glowing red eyes, her own reflecting the glow as she trembled in fear. She couldn't fight back, she couldn't move. Less then a foot infront of her that loomed over her like death itself. The whole thing's body looked like it was composed of dense, swirling black smoke, each of its tendrils covered in a thing layer of spine. Selah tried to move, but before she had the chance to make it very far a black tendril crashed into her stomach, sending her flying across the clearing and landing hard on the other side.

The Mage with purple hair screamed, both arms clutching her stomach hard as she curled into fetal position. Her eyes were shut tight, ignoring the pouring sensation coming from the wound as it bled, her entire body frozen with the fear of death looming over her.

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Before Mashyuu could reach out and stop her, Selah had rushed for the monster with her blade in hand. There was a sudden and violent exchange of strikes. Mashyuu wanted to help but for a moment he was frozen in fear as he twisted to face the monster. His hammer was clenched tightly in his right hand while his ring shouted for him to get a move on. Suddenly Selah went down and Mashyuu's instinct to fight for his friends and family took over, pushing out the fear that was running deep through his body. Mashyuu scowled and bent his knees. With a powerful push of his legs the Slayer was standing over Selah with legs spread so his body was covering hers. The Slayer spun his hammer around in his gloved palm and pulled his right arm up. "Eat it bitch!" Mashyuu shouted and ripped the creature in half with one mighty blow. The Ring on his finger made his Dragons War Hammer even stronger than that of any other Earth Wizard as it ripped the spirit in half. Mashyuu released his hammer with his right hand, spun around and caught it with his left hand while reaching down for Selah with his right. As the monster reformed Mashyuu slammed his hammer straight into the monsters head, causing it to flee for it's unnatural life.

"O.k. beautiful, remember when I said you should let me protect you? Well look what not letting me do that got you. Come on. I'll keep you close." Mashyuu scooped up Selah and held his hammer loosely in his palm while he scanned the area. "Fogs spreading again. It looks like it gets thicker when the monster is near by..."

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Selah scowled at him, holding onto Mash with one arm, her other still wrapped over her stomach. "Thanks, you're my knight in shining armor." She said in a pained, sarcastic voice. She was grateful that he had saved her, but was now really the time to be flirting with her? The fog seemed to be clearing up better then it had before, the night sky perfectly clear in the spacious forest clearing. It was almost sunrise, meaning that they had to get back into the clearing fast or else... Whatever its name was would flip, according to Mashyuu atleast. Selah was about to urge that they get a move on when something caught her eye, a few aged papers lying on the ground where the creature was formerly standing.


"H-Hey, whats that?" She asked pointing over to the brown papers lying on the ground not far away from them. She didn't want to waste any time getting back to the guild so she could get some rest, but those papers seemed more important right now. Were they the other pages to the notebook she had gotten yesterday? "Let's walk over to it, I think I know what it is." Selah said, trying to get Mash to move towards the aged paper lying on the ground so she could get a better look.

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"Yeah well, if you would have listened to me instead of charging in then you wouldn't have gotten hurt. Oh well. I'm happy to be your Knight in stone armor." Mashyuu quipped and walked over to where Selah had indicated, gently carrying her in the process. Mashyuu dropped to his knee and carefully picked up the papers. "Alright, lets look at these back at the guild hall. Sound good?" Mashyuu asked.

With the old papers in hand Mashyuu and Selah made their way back to where they had left Rocky and the stone golem was already waiting for the Wizards. Mashyuu smiled at the animal and the came around and grabbed the pair, taking off into the sky...

Back at the Sabertooth Guild hall Mashyuu walked with Selah and handed her the papers. "It's the remains of that book. They detail what happened to them next. So if you wanna continue to follow up these leads I'm happy to go with you. If not... Well you will always have this to go back to and look at later." Mashyuu said while patting his new teammates shoulder. "You did good. Welcome to Sabertooth." With a light smile the Slayer twisted around and snapped his fingers. Rocky ran up to Mashyuu's side and the pair walked off towards his room...

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