by redheadedstepchild Wed 31 May 2017 - 22:11
Fred stumbled as the dagger cut through his robe and leg, blood spilled on the floor and he nearly slipped in his own blood but managed to catch himself and back peddle when Mashyuu sent a flying knee at Fred's face, wind from the force of Mashyuu's strike impacted his face but nothing more. Fred glared at Mashyuu and let his sword activate some of its hidden power. "Flash Fire!" He commanded and swung the blade in a wide arc, hurling a massive fire ball from the heated silvered weapon. The Fire Ball smashed into Mashyuu in the blink of an eye, wrapping the Wizard in fire. While he normally wouldn't have been very harmed thanks to his armor, it was indeed metal and heated very fast. Mashyuu screamed with the pain until a set of five stone shells shot out of the ground. "Earth Gods Stone Soldiers!" He commanded. One of the stone soldiers wrapped around Mashyuu's body, putting out the fire in the process, then all five of them slid along the ground and charged Fred at the same time. This was it, if Mashyuu could get in close and deliver one solid strike he could beat Fred with no problem! Or so he thought. "Gods Eye!" Fred shouted as the five statues drew upon the man. In the blink of an eye Fred side stepped the one at the far right and dragged his blade up the back of the golem, cutting Mashyuu's back in the process and sent the Wizard crashing into the floor while his soldiers crumbled to pieces in the process. Mashyuu stumbled to his feet and started to laugh while blood steadily ran down his back and he could feel the burn of air hitting his muscles. "That blade is wicked sharp. Does it know any other tricks? How do you keep it so sharp?" He asked, trying to buy time to come up with a better plan of attack than simply charge in and hope a strike landed.
"Why indeed it is. And to keep the blade sharp, when it is not placed in its scabbard it constantly produces a minor heat, hot enough to evaporate blood in an instant. Now, allow me to show you its other special skill... Blue Diablo." He announced, then the sword became wrapped in a blue fire that also outlined Fred. It seemed heatless to Mashyuu as Fred wasn't even wincing from the fire that now surrounded him, but there had to be more to it than that right? Mashyuu condensed light in his palm and launched it at Fred, wanting to keep the man at bay for as long as possible. "Light Dragons Holy Rain!' blasts of holy light struck Fred, doing almost nothing to the man in blue robes. The fire around him fizzled and popped before reforming along his body while Fred simply smirked with pride. He was clearly not worried about Mashyuu's measly spell. "Okay then, how about this. Sniper Elite!" He commanded and lifted his left hand, forming his magical bow and in the blink of an eye drew back the bow string while forming a massive arrow in his fingers then released the arrow from his fingers. The arrow ripped through the church and smashed into Fred, creating a massive explosion that knocked Fred off his feet, smashing the man into the podium that held the book. Fred grumbled while collecting himself and dusting off his now bloody and singed robes. He wanted to attack Mashyuu on the spot but decided to see if Mashyuu would fire a second blast through that bow of his. Rapidly Mashyuu started to fire off a few more shots but they were weak, barely doing anything more than drawing faint pricks of blood. "Light Shield." He whispered, creating a round shield of solid light around his arm.
Once again he charged Mashyuu and this time Mashyuu struck out with both fists, smashing a left fist into Fred's shield while his right hand caught the flaming blade in Fred's hand. The blue flame of the sword wrapped around Mashyuu's body, not burning him but showing where Mashyuu was. A blue light poured out of the God Slayer and he vanished but the blue fire remained around the path he was traveling, allowing for Fred to twist around and fire off a second fireball into Mashyuu as he reappeared, sending the God Slayer into the wall, leaving a dent in the wall behind him as he bounced and landed on the ground in a heap. "Ughh. Gods you hit hard for a skinny guy. I haven't been knocked around like this in a long time. Say, that shield. Is it a spell or an item?" Mashyuu asked silently. Without a word Fred charged Mashyuu and dragged his blade along the ground while Mashyuu started to stand. "Okay, new spell. Forbidden Art: Earth Gods Living Armor!" For the first time, Mashyuu used a spell that he had been practicing since before he ever hit the Rank of A. Just before Fred could strike Mashyuu, sand exploded up from out of the ground in the form of Mashyuu, blocking the holy man's strike while Mashyuu built up power in his hand and clapped, charging the area round him with magical power. "Earth Gods Barrage!" He shouted, sending a shock wave through the church that created hundreds of stone fists that smashed into Fred, shattering his shield and sending the man out to the edge of the spells radius in one shot. Fred twisted around and puked from the rupture of his body from the sudden strikes that hit him. Both men were standing on their last legs and at any moment one of them would fall. Fred glared at Mashyuu who was standing with his arms crossed at his chest while the living sand he created stood at his side in the same manner. "You're cocky for a dead man Mashyuu!" Fred shouted while spitting out blood.
Mashyuu nodded his head and laughed at Fred who was clearly starting to feel the same fear that Mashyuu felt at the start of the fight. "What do you think? One more good exchange of attacks, see what happens? Winner take all right?" Mashyuu had one more very tricky spell up his sleeve that he was going to end things with but he needed to get Fred out of the church for the simple fact that he didn't want to do any more harm to the church and his planned spell was very destructive in nature. Mashyuu charged forward, the sand rolled along the ground right in front of him and when Fred went to attack, the sand sprang up and shoved his sword arm aside while Mashyuu tackled Fred so hard he went crashing through the wall behind him. Mashyuu and Fred both rolled into the back of the courtyard of the church while groaning from the pain of crashing through a solid stone wall. It was gonna take a lot to take down Fred, but he had already disarmed the man who was holding the wicked blade. Mashyuu reached out and picked the weapon up, swinging it around in his hand while admiring the weapon happily. "Yeah, Itsu is really gonna love this thing. Just gonna take a few moments to get it to her." He commented.
Fred pushed himself up and glanced at Mashyuu with his blood boiling. Who was this man to take his weapon? "Itsu... that is the beautiful young woman who wears the dead skull on her head and does jobs with you right? I didn't know she was here too. After I kill you, I'll cut her heart out with that sword in your hand." Fred warned the God Slayer and charged Mashyuu. Mashyuu tossed the sword back into the church through the broken wall and rolled aside, evading the charging Priest. "Earth Gods Molten Wave!" Mashyuu commanded the earth to roll and explode out to wash over Fred, burning his body. Fred growled with rage and spun around to face the God Slayer. Mashyuu was amazed to see that Fred was hardly harmed, his light magic had shielded him from a disabling blow. Mashyuu jumped backwards as far as he could and his foot stomped into the ground hard. "Secret Art: Earth Gods Meteor Blasts!" He shouted. A volcano exploded out of the ground and launched a meteor into Fred, then a second and third. The impact created a thick smoke screen while Mashyuu stood, watching the area Fred was standing at, looking for any sign that the Priest would still be standing. When the smoke cleared, Fred was out cold and laying on the ground helpless...
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