Death of an Ace (jk, Ada's A exam)

The devil was still in his child form that he had started to despise more and more. They had not found any sort of fix for the curse put on him and the others yet but things were looking up as he finally had come to the conclusion to go to a certain city hidden from normal people of the world. A city that took away his power and gave it back later. He had a feeling that they could easily help with this but disliked asking them for help but decided to make a trip out of it with Adalinda if she would have wanted to go. Thing was she needed to be stronger, different in her approach to things and smarter. This city was not anything regular and could bring more trouble than most places, especially with them being outsiders and she would not have him to back her up there due to some circumstances that came along. This caused him to come up with a plan to force her to become stronger but required a bit of finesse to do.

He wore a sleeveless black shirt complete with a long red scarf around his neck and black pants. The scarf was something that he rarely wore anymore and was something that his past self would have liked but he decided to wear it randomly. He blamed it on his being seven years old again and his likes and dislikes reverting back to another time in his youth. The scarf was too long for him really and if he stood on the ground a good amount of it would be dragging on the floor behind him but his floating kept it above the floor but a little.

Adalinda and Tamaria came into the dream room and greeted him. His mentee came dressed in pretty revealing clothing as she usually did during their training. It was something that he reacted to weirdly at first but was able to adapt to it as he saw her as his mentee and not so much a woman he could be attracted to. He knew if another woman did something similar though he would not be able to keep his focus due to it. He had never really seen a woman naked or thought of it so the obvious thoughts would deter him by most women.

He gave the two girls a wave of his hand but did not respond and only waited for them to catch the scent in the air around them and pass out. He floated near them and gave a short sigh before continuing his plan...


The sound of wind flowing by the dragon slayer's body would be heard by her as she was unconscious as well as the constant rocking of something moving under her body. "ADA! TAMARIA! WAKE UP!" Cirven's child-like voice would yell out at the two women in an attempt to wake them up. The trio would be flying on Zinnath high in the sky during what looked like midday. "We are almost to the city now! We have to prevent what is going on and save them!" Cirven spoke out more of what was going on before realizing that his mentee's face would show that she was confused about everything. "You forgot what is going on?! Ugh! We got a distress call from one of the nearby country of Ca-Elum that one of our employers are saying are being attacked by some sort of group of assailants all over. The group have all used a variety of magic that the city's law enforcement could not handle and called us in to deal with it. We are the first ones to get here and everyone else is dealing with other situations around the country too. We are t-" Cirven's speech was cut off as Zinnath was suddenly hit by what seemed to be an invisible blast of wind magic that caused her to pass out as if something pulled all of the air out of her body. Cirven quickly reacted by jumping into the air and catching Zinnath on his back to prevent her from falling down to the ground harshly. "Ada! I know we are kind of high up but I need you to get to that city now! I will get Zin some place safe! GO!" He yelled out orders to his mentee as he carried the large serpent dragon away from the city.

Inside of the city waited four cloaked figures with a small group surrounding them who were all looking towards the sky where Zinnath had just been flying. "I'm surprised that fake dragon survived my attack..." An older man's voice spoke out from under a hood. "It doesn't look like it could handle much more. Next time you should put more power into it." A shorter hooded figure spoke out with a younger voice. "Maybe next time I attack it. I won't hold anything back at all." Another of the hooded figures spoke out with a darker tone in their voice than the other two. The last hooded figure simply stared forward into the sky with little emotion. "Destroy this city. We will claim this and the rest of this country for ourselves." With the last man's words the group around him disappeared as if they were teleporting and were placed all over the city. One group went to a market area, another to a ship docking area of the city, another to the area where the town hall of the city and the last went to borough area. Each of these parts would be attacked and systematically destroyed by this group with little to no resistance thanks to the power behind the attackers.

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"It appears she has come ...", the masked figure spoke to themselves, standing up from their sitting position on top of what seemed like a mountain of rubble in the middle of a wide hall, a stone monument to the figure's will to destroy, a different, very deep and distorted voice spoke back "Seems like. Will you let me play with her ?", a grin widening under the man's shaded gas mask, the brown cloak around his head and back swirling in a gust of wind as the door of the town hall burst open. "Of course I will, my dear friend. Rollick about as much as you like. Have fun", the figure spoke one last time before the older man's voice vanished into nothing, leaving behind only the dark, widening grin. Reaching into nothing, around the robed figures left hand a swirl of pure, dark black energy started erupting, forming, slowly, a long, segmented scythe of pure negative force, the person grasping it firmly. Leaping forward before starting to float down gracefully, the figure landed on the ground,  a small swirl of dust being thrown up as his bare feet gently touched the cold stone below. "Welcome, young dragon. I have been expecting you. Fiiiinally you have come ... tsehehe" the deep voice spoke softly, giggling to itself with an undertone of almost clear familiarity. "I see you have made it past the lackeys. They are of no use to me anymore, anyway. They bore me, and shall return from whence they came ... dust to dust". The figure still spoke softly, an underlying maliciousness, however, coating every word, every letter in a deep darkness. As Ada had moved through the group of henchmen, she might have realized that some of them had the faces of various guild members of the West Fiore Trading Company that she might have seen in passing or knew even closer. The thought of doing what he had planned excited the demon.

Raising one hand, the dangerous grin once again spreading widely over the figures face under the mask, the figure flicked its finger, a flash of light flaring up outside briefly before a massive explosion shook the ground, the stone of the town hall's ceiling cracking from the sheer power of the shockwave. At first, screams of pain could be heard, pleas for mercy, clamours of shock and confusion before, once more, everything fell silent, the only thing breaking the eery nothingness being the cackling laughter of the robed man "TSAHAHAHA, oh, how I love their screams !", the figure raising the black scythe to his side, bending their knees into a guarded stance "But enough fun for now. We have work to do, old man. Let us begin, Adalinda !", glowing, golden runes covering the figures body and the enigmatic weapon by their side, sparks of dark blue, almost deeply purple electricity lighting up all around them. Bursting forward with extreme speed, the sound barrier cracking at the figures very movements, they appeared before the dragon slayer, drawing the electrically infused scythe of pure negative energy back widely before swinging with inhuman velocity.

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The figure felt the contact between the hastily raised weapon for an improvised block and the negative scythe, a wide grin forming on his face as he felt the electrical power surge down the glowing scripture all over the weapon. Before the scythe could unleash its devastating effect, however, the girl had moved out of the way and back, the scythe meeting only the resistance of the air when it whizzed, sparks of deeply blue electricity sporadically lighting up their surroundings. Not only that, his opponent seemed to try and taunt them. "How quaint", the deep, distorted voice spoke to itself, a wide grin decorating the face under the gas mask. To his own attack, though, followed the inevitable counter attack the girl seemingly moving a lot faster than she had before briefly, storming forward at him, still ... he moved quicker. When the figure saw the weapon rush at him he flashed briefly with light blue energy, exploding in a burst of water before appearing a good 30 meters behind the woman called Adalinda, his opponent seemingly jumping back out of instinct, or reflex perhaps ? Who knew. Regardless, she would start randomly whistling. What a feeble attempt at distraction. His perfect atmospheric awareness had kept track of the being he could only describe as a pest moving about sneakily. The creature seemed to possess about as much strength as he did in his left stubby toe, it didn't pose too much of a threat to him at all, though ... It made Mars angry.

The incredible presumptuousness of these mortals was sheer astonishing. They rebelled against the will of god, the will of his messenger, the angels of doom and the seven seals. Did they not realize ? The lord had sent the calling, and the apocalypse had begun. Whether he was creator or destroyer now was of utter irrelevance. He had a mission, he had a duty to fulfill, to himself, to his purpose, to the heavens, and these creatures were standing in his way. He grinned sinisterly, and the small, flickering flame of hate in his chest grew ever stronger. "If that is all you have to offer ...", he grasped his coat and mask with his free hand before throwing them to the side, revealing his "true appearance" to her, well, the one he wanted her to think was his actual form, continuing where he had left off "... then I suggest you spend your time on fleeing rather than fighting, because you have no chance using brute force. Who knows , ..." he raised up his one free arm to shoulder height, pointing it into nothing "... maybe you'll even get to live another day ?" before, seemingly, suddenly vanishing into nothing. Catapulting himself upwards at warp speeds Mars had gotten as close to the ceiling as possible, the cat like creature and the dragon slayer on the ground below as the angel spread his wings, the strings or pure, black energy shooting out from behind his back, the dark spikes of his halo forming around his head, the grin only intensifying, the toothy grimace on his face making no mystery of the hate he felt. The scythe still one hand and the other one still extended, the runes started glowing anew, this time however bearing no colour, no hue, simply appearing blank, a weak, white glow radiating from them as Mars performed a sweep motion. Within 100 meters of himself the gravity would be modified drastically, so much so that both the Dragon Slayer and the Exceed would be crushed by the amplified impact of their own weight bearing down on them. Once more, he grinned, before again shooting off at extreme speed, though this time aiming his lightning scythe at the cat like creature, bursting through the air unleashing a wide swing at the opponent.

"If you don't mind, die now"

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Mars grinned, the dark scythe bristling with electricity aimed at the exceed that was held on the ground by the effect of the gravity curse, about to swing widely and this measly little creatures existence when he looked up, a metallic storm filled with pieces of shrapnel bursting forward at him. He grit his teeth, having kept focus on the cat creature on the ground he had missed his chance to dodge the attack, a swirl of of iron cutting and slashing at his form. He instinctively raised his arms to his head, dropping the scythe in the process with the weapon immediately vanishing as it left his grasp before crossing the extremities before his face. He could feel the impact of the sharp and heavy metal pieces, the cold that pierced his body and the warm feeling of the crimson blood gushing from the wounds. "Shit"

Just as quickly as the storm had started though, it subsides, blew past him, and left him there, still standing, though hurt, bleeding from wounds all over his body, one of his black eyes closed, breathing heavily. "I had no idea you were so brutal, young dragon, tsssehehe ... and I thought I was the demon". He could barely move his arms. "But ... I guess if you're not holding back, neither will I". While he said that, the grin still on his face, the despair inside him grew steadily. The arms he so heavily relied on to cast spells were of no use anymore, dangling down the sides of his body as blood periodically dripped off them and to the floor. He would have to use the runes on his torso instead. Sprinting forward, a fanatical, crazed smile on his runed face. As soon as he had gotten closer the runic scripture on his body flared up, shining in a deep blue before from his form burst forward an explosion of water, sending out a wave of the element that picked up and washed away some of the rubble that dotted this place. If the girl would be hit by the attack she would find herself launched back by the pressure of the wave of water, though ... this was sadly not one of his stronger attacks. Gritting his teeth, Mars was painfully reminded why when he tried to move the destroyed muscles in his arms.

Running out of options, the lord of war had one more trump card though. "If you think I'll go down this easily, if you think I'll fail my mission without a fight, you are gravely mistaken, Adalinda Ortinbras". His eyes widened, and the glow on his runes once more flared up, again in a neutral, blank white. Ada would find the gravity around herself amplified once again, and, if she wouldn't move, her own weight crashing down on her once more. This was his last option though, he had to make it count.

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Mars stared with wide eyes as the opponent simply shrugged off the water spell and dodged the other, his crazed grin turning into a neutral expression for a few seconds as he simply stopped, and took a deep breath. He had failed. The grin from before returning, though this time more intense, more hateful, but, in a sense, peaceful. He knew that his mission would persist, and now with the girl being the one who would take his life, she would be just perfect for the role. He stopped in his tracks, a deeply dark and black aura of negative energy starting to surround him. "I see now ...", the outlines of his form gradually obscured more and more by the intensifying swirl of darkness. "If I can't survive this ... THEN I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE YOU WITH ME". The energy that had been moving around him now seemed to be absorbed by his body that started trembling with the sheer magical energy released by his strongest spell. So strong in fact that he wouldn't survive it either if it hit the Lord of War. "This is our end" he spoke, looking up only for his expression to change into surprise and shock, 3 swords bursting through the air towards him. Instinctively, with all he had, he whipped around one arm, stopping the blade from entering his body as it pierced through his left elbow and into his upper arm. This wasn't all however, the next blade following immediately, this time raising a hand in a desperate attempt to deflect it, though it came to late, the cold steel of the weapon piercing his right hand and burrowing into his lower left arm before emerging from the other side. Both his arms out of the way, the Second Seal had no way to take on the third blade, no way of stopping it from ... "Hng".

His eyes widened, blood spurting from his mouth as he stared down at his chest. The blade had pierced straight through and, judging from the mind numbing pain all over his body, even destroyed his heart. Mars couldn't help but smile, a stream of blood running down the corners of his mouth and his chest. "T-that ... I would ... go down ... like this ... who would've thought". Slowly, but surely, he raised himself up, coughing out another small puddle of blood as he walked forward towards the girl. "Old man ... I suppose this ... is goodbye", he spoke before, in a swirl of black darkness, his form changed to the form of Johann von Weiss, Vice President of the West Fiore Trading Company who, with the last of his strength, raised a hand, pointing it at Adalinda. Around her head, the same unholy halo that had been around Mars' would appear, the Crown of Life. Her wounds would heal, damage would be restored, her body strengthened and reverted back to old form. Through the crimson red liquid all over himself, Johann smiled "I'll leave the rest ... to you", speaking briefly before, his eyes closed, he fell forward. As soon as he had impacted the ground, a corrosive darkness had started eating away at his form, his body gradually turning to dust and scattering into the air before vanishing entirely, leaving behind only the metal blades.

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The moment Adalinda had stepped into the Borough area something had started to follow her, a shadow traced her every step but it always managed to dodge her careful eyes , as she finished the group of criminals up The shadow seemed to slink away into a ally corner and melded with other shadows. Before her eyes a shadow portal would suddenly pull a knock out man into the shadows before vanishing before the iron dragon would even be able to do anything. After a few moments the sound of wet crunching filled the air before screams were added to it. If Ada was to look up she would see the cause of it. The man that had fallen into the portal was now dangleing from the roof of a building and it was clear to see that bites had been taken out of his arms and legs clean thru with bones missing. Currently the man was screaming in agony as the masked figure holding him took a bite right out of his shoulder though his mask stayed in place so he could not be identified. As the man kept screaming finally Reaper got annoyed and he snapped the mans neck harshly before he dropped him to the ground below.

As the body dropped to the ground Ada would see the face of the attacker, his grim skill like mask was tainted vibrant red with the freshly spilled blood and it dripped onto the rib like armor on his chest from the dark holes into he mask Ada would be able to see nothing but bright red orbs kept a sharp eye on her. Reaper suddenly jumped off the edge of the building before falling into a shadow portal and emerged infront of her a little ways off.”Well well what have we here another snack and this ones tougher then the others” he taunted as he looked at her thru his mask his head cocked a bit in mock amusement. The moment he saw Tamaria Reaper suddenly grinned ferally behind his mask as suddenly a shadow portal would open behind Tamaria and shadow hands would suddenly grab at the Exceed and if they succeeded they would pull her into the portal. “ now its time to see how long you will last before I get to sink my teeth into you im still rather hungry” he taunted as he pulled his shotguns out of his shadow portals and he glanced down as he heard the sound of someone groaning and saw one of the unconscious men waking and he pointed his gun down quickly and would discharge a shell into the mans skull making it explose and splatter blood and other things on both Ada and Reaper.”Such a pitiful insect don’t you agree” he said his tone was mocking and showed he didn’t care about these people at all. That was before Reaper suddenly shot forward while he fired four shots from his shotguns at her. The flaming poison shrapnel flew thru the air towards the iron dragon.

“Just seeing if you actually are worth the effort or if I should just snap your scrawny neck and be done with it” he said as he cracked his neck a bit and studied her closely behind his mask, when she suggested he sink his teeth into himself or her fist he snickered maliciously.” Last person that said that lost their fingers but I don’t mind something crunchy to eat” he said as he saw her form Iron Fans and he grinned viciously under his mask.”Fans really well I am rather hot perhaps you can fan me to death” he taunted as he pushed away from her as she slashed at him she managed to hit him but the hit was shallow at best.”Oh she is still around but I was considering eating her for dessert when I am finished with you” he said sinisterly as he dodged her kick and he turned and fired two shots at her back with his shotguns

From Sols mouth came a mist that was spreading around the area and would cause her to not only take damage but also see all kinds of horrifying things. Sol would twist it so she started to see her friends and Tammy as rotting zombies that would be asking why she couldn’t save them. While that happened it seemed Sol had vanished into the mist and it made it hard to find him. If Ada could focus she might see a shadow zipping across the battlefield making it hard to spot him in the heavy mist.

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"ohh big words for someone who can’t even get a decent hit on me”he mocked as he opened up a small portal and it would allow for Tamarias cries and crying to be let thru yet not let Adalinda reach her.”Perhaps you need to try harder I have never tested how long someone can last inside my shadow portals” he added his cruel grin hidden under his mask. When she mocked him and said that he was to scared to fight her dead on he scoffed.”Hardly your such a pest why should I even bother to spend more then minimal effort to kill you also I advise watching yourself better” he said as shadowy figures started to emerge from the mist but these were not illusions but solid clones and one of them appeared right behind her and moved to grab and restrain her so the others could start striking her.

“you know what you lack? You lack the pure will to kill you need to learn to savor it the victory and pleasure of ending the life of another you need to realize it kill or be killed” he said before he felt the snakes suddenly burst from the ground and bite him and he growled a bit before his poison blood would melt and eat away the metallic serpents.”gah stupid snakes no matter they will be nothing but a puddle soon enough” he growled. His clones would rush in all five of them he had made even if she managed to strike them they would give her a nasty surprise.