AKAME ASSASINATION (18)
The man in white turned and looked back were he had come from, all of a sudden there was a strong field of fragments surrounding that place. Then suddenly out of nowhere the once blue sky turned gray filled with clouds that seemed to bring more than thunder and a promise of rain.
"Oh… is this a fragment storm?" This realization made him concerned for the safety of those he had just left behind. But even more than that he feared for the safety of those he felt the presence off just a few miles in front of him.
"The thing about high fragment zones is that they are brought about by the presence of existing sorcerers in the area." He remembers one of his many lessons with the sword master, "Sorcerers release fragments into the air when they breath out and take in fragments when they breath in, so normally when its just a few of them its not really a problem. But a lot of them in an area could cause an accumulation of unused fragments which will bring forth horrors in the form of fragment voids."
'In short we must not be the only sorcerers here. It might also be because of the presence of Vatican sorcerers.'
Yes, the man in white was right in his assumption, he also thought that something more was going down. Something more than met the eye. "Gil, I'll leave whatever it is there to you."
With that he continued to march forward trusting that whatever it was he was facing Gil would win.
"He just has to."
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"And who might you be?"
The creature stood tall, its body was humanoid but also the uncany nature of its muscles wasn't human… no not at all. Its skin was black and shiny almost metallic with a gaping hole around its abdomen where a black substance was leaking from. Its head was that was made of a white human skull. It had sharp nails, that's probably what it had used to cut Donovan's hand clean off.
"I am darkness." It also spoke.
'Skull face, ashy dark skin. Its exhibiting all the characteristics of a fragment void, but why does it speak and why does it look so humanoid in nature?'
The girl who was still in Gil's arms looked at the creature before all of them in horror. It was as though her biggest nightmare had come true.
TUG!
She tugged on Gil's clothes, well if you could even call the rags on his body clothes. Gil looked at her as she tried mouthing something.
"What?" But he couldn't understand.
BOOM!
There was a sudden shock-wave and the land beneath them began to shake a dangerous amount.
"Is he releasing all this energy?" Gil asked.
"Yeah." Donovan clenched the muscles in his right arm which stopped the bleeding. "It's a demon void."
"?"
"There have been cases of Fragment Voids evolving into more humanoid creatures for whatever reason. But damn, for one to catch me on my job is a real pain."
"Eat… people…. eat." The creature uttered these words as it stared intently at Donovan who had moved back a few meters since his hand got chopped off.
'This is bad really bad, I don't think I'll be able to take this guy down by myself. I might need to run away.'
He looked at Gil, but something was off about him as well. He gave a smile, not one that seemed to signify anything devious but one that was unnatural. A smile the was proof of something he himself had no idea off.
He put the girl down, laying her gently on the grass head first. 'Maybe running away would be the best option right now. But.'
Blue static surrounded his body as breathed in heavily, 'I wonder if Akame could be able to defeat this thing.'
With no particular plan in mind Gil went straight for an assault with nothing more than his fists coated in F.E. Which in hindsight might not have been the greatest idea, but then again if he thought everything through he wouldn't have been able to get anything done. He was the type of person who was more inclined to action rather than words.
TING!
As Gil's fists collided with the creatures body it sounded as though he was hitting straight iron, it felt like it too.
'My attacks aren't getting through.'
"Waaaah!" The creature extended its hand outwards and from it a black sticky substance emerged, but as soon as it came out of his arm it solidified forming a solid black thing and not one but many that stuck out like thorns.
Gil didn't know what they were but getting pricked by them was the last thing he'd want to happen to him.
GRAB!
But suddenly Gil felt the creatures palm on his face grabbing him and in one powerful sweep it pushed his face and in turn his entire body to the ground.
BOOM!
With just one push he smashed Gil's head onto the ground, the impact was so powerful it created a somewhat big hole in the ground. "Eat… darkness wants to eat."
SQUEEZ!
It began squeezing Gil's head with its palms. Its grip was too intense for Gil to release himself. He struggled a bit.
"Hey!"
BAM!
Donovan appeared behind the creature, but it wasn't just one, no Donovan seemed to have split into multiple people.
HOLLOW WHITE SOLDIERS: GALLARY FAKE!
"Grab it boys." One Donovan commanded.
"Say less." The others responded, each clawing their way to the creature and taking a body part to which they could hold on to. The legs, some the lower torso and others the arms.
The creature tried piercing through them but it was to no avail since these weren't actual people but rather smoke soldiers conjured by Donovan.
They were able to tackle the creature pulling it off Gil who wasted no time in moving backwards.
"Woah, there are so many of you now." Gil looked at one of the Donovan's who still had a cigarette in his mouth, "So is this your ability?"
"Yep, Smoke soldiers. But it probably won't be enough. C'mon, we need to get our of here."
CREAK!
Gil cracked his neck, "Thanks for the concern, but I have no intention of leaving until I beat this thing."
"Your joking."
"Nope, I have a feeling that Akame would've done the same thing."
Donovan sighed, "God your one of those people, the battle hungry type. That behaviour is bound to get you killed."
"Probably, but I won't feel satisfied until I beat it."
GRRR!
The released another powerful shock-wave destroying all the smoke soldiers. "Eat… darkness EAT!"
"You are insane, do you even have a plan?"
"Yeah… maybe… probably." Gil couldn't contain his excitement, "It'll get me killed, who the hell decided that?"
WITH SO MUCH ON THE LINE, NOT JUST THERE FIGHT, GIL AND DONOVAN HAVE TO PUT THEIR DIFFERENCE ASIDE AND DEFEAT THIS NEW FOE. WILL THEY WIN?
VOL.3- AKAME ASSASINATION-END!
(THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO READ THESE CHAPTERS)