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Chapter 9 - Falvi's Return

As the sky darkened further and further from the encroaching mist, the only color visible was the blood splatters that are being left all over the ground as Cassiel worked his way through the remaining humans in Falvi's army of knights.

The only sounds that can be heard is the cries of humans as they get their bodies ripped apart, from their legs, to arms, to throats, and to eyes, every last one of them met a different demise as Cassiel ecstatically murdered each and every one of them, trying different ways to kill for the sole reason of reliving his glory days of war.

Without even using his weapon, he continued to rip through the army, leaving so much blood that the air was filled with its metallic taste. The other vampires kept their distance and watched as every human focused all their might on the one taking their lives.

"YOU'RE ALL SO WEAK!" Cassiel would yell, laughing as he used the body of one human to crush another's.

"NONE OF YOU LIVE UP TO YOUR FOREFATHERS!"

He'd continue to yell out insults while ripping the limbs off each soldier to bash another one's head clean off, and using the bones of others to stab and rip open survivors.

"You... YOU BASTARD!" A yell is heard from off in the distance as a man is seen appearing over a hill flanked by others that soon joined him.

It was Falvi.

After Bathall died, there was a magic link that snapped between Bathall and him, which alerted Falvi of his death, resulting in him rushing over with the remainder of the army, even after only just recovering.

The only problem was that now, the remainder that had stayed behind with Falvi, were the strongest of the bunch.

Him being here meant only one thing, it was a real fight to the death, for both sides, and every person on the battlefield realized that as soldiers would all clash for some of their last times.

.....

Up on a hill, separated from the rest of the battle, was Cassiel and Falvi, facing off once more to finish their dispute.

"Yes... now this is what I've longed for." Cassiel says to himself, dropping the body he was holding onto and licking his lips.

"FIGHT ME ONCE MORE FALVI!" Cassiel yells out, dashing forward and charging straight in towards him.

"Of course you lived..." Falvi mutters to himself, jumping off the hill and swinging his sword down towards Cassiel.

Cassiel dodges to the left and kicks Falvi in the side, launching him backwards causing him to roll on the ground.

"You're stronger than before, I can feel it." Falvi says, as his blade begins to glow a bright golden yellow.

"But I know how you move now." He says, dashing forward and swinging his blade from the left side with his right arm.

Before impact however, Cassiel forms his own red blade from thin air as always, parrying the sword away before he gets punched in the gut by Falvi.

"I see... you have grown too." Cassiel says, smirking.

Cassiel then uses his skill, Air Slash, which shoots towards Falvi at a speed so fast he couldn't track it with his eyes, although his body could, blocking it instinctively, which caused his sword to be flung upwards, still gripped in his hand.

Taking this chance, Cassiel bolts forwards, slicing Falvi on his right side, going behind him to then dash to his other side to kick Falvi with his leg covered in his red blood magic.

Falvi, taking the slice on his side, slams his sword down to block the kick coming from Cassiel, which Cassiel then uses as leverage to jump off of and shoot out two red spheres of magic towards Falvi to cause a diversion.

"Using first tier magic without a chant and a cooldown... you need to be taken out here and now." Falvi says, blocking the magic Cassiel threw at him as he raises his empty hand into the air, forming a hazy yellow sphere around himself.

"Third tier magic, Shield of Light!" 

Cassiel scoffs at the magic, taking it as an insult for Falvi to believe third tier magic could withstand his attacks.

Bolting straight back towards Falvi, Cassiel swings his blade from top down with just his right arm, as he forms a similar blade in his left hand, swinging that down on the side to block Falvi's counterattack.

Falvi's Shield of Light, however, holds better than expected, blocking Cassiel's top down attack as he breaks through Cassiel's second sword, slashing a couple inches into his side, before Cassiel can react to block Falvi from cutting all the way through him.

Falvi and Cassiel lock eyes for a moment, glaring down into each other's very souls before being interrupted by two vampires

"We're here to help, our lord!" One would yell, charging in to attack Falvi.

But as the vampires went to attack Falvi, they were both disintegrated simultaneously, as the mana protruding off both Cassiel and Falvi were simply too much for them to handle.

However, the small distraction was enough for Cassiel to push the blade out from his side and punch straight through Falvi's magic shield, hitting him straight in the face and launching him back.

"I commend your sacrifices, brave soldiers." Cassiel says, before laughing.

"As if... dying from a mana aura, pathetic." He'd mutter to himself, walking towards Falvi, who has just gotten up from Cassiel's strike.

Cassiel shoots out another sphere of magic towards Falvi, who simply swipes it to the side as his entire body is now surrounded by a glow of yellow light.

"To disrespect your fallen comrades... you truly deserve to be called a demon, and that is how you will be known across the land after I slay you." Falvi says, seething in rage as he digs his sword into the dirt.

"Let's finish this." Falvi says, dashing forward at Cassiel.

Cassiel follows his lead, smiling as his sword disappears while he charges forward at Falvi.

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