"I'm tired."
The sudden fatigue hit me like a ton of bricks. It's been a long day, and I needed to take a break, preferably at home. I decided to make my way to the shopping district again before I made my way home. I planned to have fried green tomatoes as if my life depended on them.
After haggling with that same merchant again, I got the tomatoes for the price of 10 gold, 1 more gold than last time.
"I'm not good at haggling."
The twilight was starting to cleave in as I made my way out the west gates of the city. There were fewer knights than usual as I passed them.
"Have a good night, ma'am."
One of the soldiers waved. Shyly, I waved back as I held my groceries in my arms. I walked around halfway there. When I turned back towards the city, it was in the distance. I had a slight smile on my face as I clutched the fresh tomatoes in my arms.
"A reward for the day."
I pat myself on the back as I got closer to my home.
"Hm?"
The shadows around me felt strange. As if someone was distorting them with their own, a dark presence loomed around me. I straightened my back and looked around.
"You smell delicious."
An ice-cold breath trickled in my ear.
"What the?"
Over my shoulder a woman towered me. With horns as thick as a bull's and long magnificent purple hair, she gazed at me with sharp blood-colored eyes. She wore a red and black checkered pattern dress. Underneath was a striped dark grey vest. Her smile mirrored Lucifer himself as she looked down at me.
I shadow-walked away and turned to face her.
"What are you?'"
What she reminded me of was nothing short of a demon. But her features were too humanoid to be one. She approached, causing me to drop my bag of food and put my hand on my katana. Even though I was ready to strike her down, she kept moving towards me.
"I can't believe it. No wonder Jade wanted me to stay on the east gates like a chained-up dog."
Her voice was low and a tad crude. Her deep crimson eyes contrasted the darkest parts of twilight. She was nothing less than breathtaking to look at. But everything about her beauty broke when she started to maniacally laugh.
"Ahahaha, oh god. I feel so hot and bothered."
The eeriness of her voice rippled through my bones.
I felt a brush of wind zoom past me. In an instant, the woman appeared behind me.
"What the?!"
With her arms around my waist, she held the katana upwards as she grabbed my arm.
"Shhh~"
She blew cold air in my ear. Her chest pushed into my back as she shaped out her body along with mine. Sinisterly, she whispered to me.
"You smelled incredible when I approached the west gates. It was only a matter of time that I found you."
The demon sniffed me again.
"Oh, so delicious. It's a rare phenomenon to have someone like you roaming this disgusting city."
I struggled, but her strength was more than I anticipated. It felt like I was bound by a mysterious force. She held me in place without using any spectrum. Everything she was doing was by pure physical strength alone.
"Leave me alone!"
I warned.
The demon sniffed along my neck and down my shoulder.
"Are you going to cry when I tear you limb from limb? You know, I love to hear pigs squeal as they're cut down for meat!"
She licked my cheek and neck as if I was a piece of steak. Her tongue was like ice, and her breath was like frost as she gripped my arm tighter. I looked to my side and saw those terrifying red eyes. The energy bleeding from her body wasn't like mine. No, it was menacing.
"Die and let me feast on your blood!"
I swung my head back, whacking her in the jaw.
"Ahh?!"
She let go and I melted away within the twilight shadows.
I didn't want to bring her to my cabin, so I led her closer to town. When I appeared, I brought out my katana and faced the mysterious demon.
"I don't know who you are or what you are… but if you don't get out of my way, I'm going to cut you down!"
I spoke with force.
The demon was treating me like I was an easy kill. It enraged me as I thought back to Maxwell's training.
The orange of the twilight cast its ominous colors on our battlefield. The green grass around us faded into a light red color as the demon smiled with her eyes closed.
"If you want to do it the hard way."
She appeared above me with a large halberd in her hand. It was black at its base, and the edges were shining in the late evening sky.
"I'll play rough with you!"
We clashed.
"Come on! Die!"
She went from sadistic to a full-blown psycho in an instant.
"Die! Die!"
She screamed. The shine of her halberd became brighter as I held out her assault.
"What the?!"
The edge of her halberd illuminated a bright red.
A flash of light took over the area. The edge of her weapon exploded. Fire seared me as the shockwave tossed me away. I rolled for a while before coming to a stop.
"Explosives?"
The presence of her shadow hovered over me.
I melted away, appearing in the shadow next to me. That halberd of hers crashed into the grass glowing.
"Ha!"
I spun attempting to sever her head.
The demon's weapon exploded once again, throwing me to the side.
"Tsk."
My jacket was burnt as I flew in the air and caught myself.
"I don't know what I'm up against, but I don't feel any spectrum resonating from her."
With a flip, I landed on my feet.
The demon stood tall as she turned around and marched towards me, her weapon behind.
"I smell burnt pig!"
I couldn't tell what kind of spectrum vessel she was. She wasn't using a fire spectrum to make her weapon create those explosions. I realized it would detonate and explode soon after.
"I can't be near her when she strikes."
I concluded.
The demon sped to me.
"I'm so tired."
Annoyed, I melted away.
"Where are you, pig?!"
Shadows drew in my direction. My eyes shined purple.
"I'm right here!"
I unsheathed my blade, sending a tidal wave of energy towards her.
"Huh?"
The wave cut through her arm, sending it flying to the ground.
I sped to her, shoving the blade in her stomach. Blood covered my blade. The monster lunged back, still with a smile on her face. Her eyes widened. The crazed devil started cackling.
"Oh, this is fun!"
She grabbed my neck with her one hand.
"Huh?!"
With her abnormal strength, she spun me around with one hand. Dark wings sprouted from her back.
I was in the sky being rotated like a merry-go-round.
"I'll show you pain!"
My body crashed into the ground, and the shockwave of pain rippled through my body.
She landed, picked up her severed arm and pushed it back on.
"Hahaha!"
I watched, horrified as she moved it around back on her body.
"What the fuck are you?"
Her laughs felt like they came from hell itself.
"Die! Die! Hurry up and die!"
She rushed me and I sliced her back.
Blood smeared on my blade. Her dark wings faded away as she lied there, motionlessly.
The demon's fingers grew claws as she stood up and reached for me.
"Are you brain dead or something, pig?!"
The demon scorned as she sliced away at me. Her claws were blood red, like a wild animal.
I countered and sliced her sides.
"Hurry up! Die you filthy vessel! Die, come on, die!"
Her words were smearing together as they became more sporadic and chaotic.
Through this storm of slashes, I felt something wasn't right. I turned around briefly, only to see her weapon spearing towards my back.
"Oh no."
I ducked.
The halberd cut through its owner. She coughed blood. The edge illuminated, ready to explode her apart.
"Oh, I should stop that from exploding."
She cackled and touched the base of her weapon.
I watched in horror as she turned off the edge of her blade and ripped it out of her stomach. Blood fell to the ground.
To my surprise, the life-threatening wound began to pull itself together.
"What the hell are you?"
I pointed my blade to her.
The demon watched twilight sky. Again, she manically laughed.
"Ahahahaha. Ahahaha!"
Her demonic eyes spun as she held her head with one hand. That beautiful long purple hair of hers mixed with blood at the base. I watched her wound heal rapidly in terror.
"If you heal rapidly, I'll just destroy your entire body."
As if her mind snapped the demon wildly swung her halberd as she made her way to me.
"Bleed for me! Let me taste that impure blood of yours!"
We danced as I avoided her strikes and explosions. I would find openings and cut her down, but she'd get back up and repeat it again.
"Die, die, die, come on, die! Hurry up and die!"
She manically yelled at me.
"This isn't going anywhere! This demon won't go down no matter what!"
I gained some distance.
"I'm over this."
I cut my hand and wrote a symbol on the grass.
"Hehe… HAHAHAHA! You're mine! I earned the right to kill you, maggot! Think about it, the reason why you were born was for me to kill you! Isn't that freaking hilarious?!"
Wildly the devil rushed me.
[B]ondage.
Darkness engulfed her limbs. My trap was set, the devil was bound by the world of shadows.
I raised my blade.
"I'll just incinerate you so you can't come back!"
Fire roared in my black katana. The waves of heat burned the nearby trees and grass into burn piles.
"I'm going to cut you open like a pig... then lie in your organs for the rest of the day!"
The demon thrashed about as my blade reached hotter. She had no fear of hell.
"You think you can burn me?! Ahaha! I will have your tongue in my mouth as I sleep with your severed head-"
"Everyone, stop!"