In the skies over the Woodoll forest. Two figures could be seen floating on a pair of swords.
"Found him yet?"
"No, and I'm not the only one supposed to be looking."
"But it so boring down there, you sure he landed in this area."
"Yes, and according to the elder his core should be damaged so we just have to find traces of his qi."
"If that's the case he probably got eaten by some beast, so there is no point in looking."
"If that was the case there would still be noticeable traces of the battle, after all he was the-…"
"Found him!"
"WH-WHAT!? WHERE!?"
"He's there with that flat chest."
"I don't sense any energy from her which means-"
"She is a mortal, and we can have some fun with her."
"Could you stop interrupti-"
"Let's go"
"God damn It. You never listen."
…
"Could you stop following me, you half naked perv."
"Whatever do you mean, aren't we just heading in the same direction?"
Shortly after this woman tried to leave me half naked in the woods I started following her. She might be a clothes stealing pervert, but I'm to weak to fend for myself right now and if she can deal with the magic beasts aiming for me then my best bet is to mooch of her until I get to town, then ditch her before she tries to ask for any favors.
That was the plan anyway.
"Yo! What's up mr. demon, I'm here to pick up your head."
A dark clad man with a cheerful disposition appeared out of the dark woods and threatened me, more over I can sense another one hiding somewhere. My best bet to survive would be-
"If you wish for my head then you'll need to show your worth by defeating my underlings first."
-To make it someone else's problem while I sneak away.
"Pft, HAHAHA! Are you serious. The almighty lord is hiding behind a woman, and a mortal at that."
"Well, whatever then."
"Whatever this is leave me out *BOOM*"
Just then the cheerful guy flicked his wrist and the woman's head popped like a water balloon, and her headless body fell to the ground lifeless.
"shit" I muttered under my breath, I was hoping she would be able to draw out the one in hiding before making a run for it, but never did I imagine she was just a weak mortal woman, though that makes me wonder how exactly she defeated all those beasts on her own. Regardless, the most important thing is to figure out how to get out of here alive.
"Now then, your all out of followers, and all out of time. Time to di…huh WHAT THE-."
Just as the cheerful guy stepped over the headless corpse, it suddenly snapped back to life and grabbed him by the ancle. The body began to twitch as the world around them began to twist and distort and the surrounding matter was sucked in and transformed into flesh and bone eventually forming a mask to cover the still unfinished face. Everyone except for the woman was stunned speechless as she muttered in an inhuman guttural tone.
"oF iT."
And in that instant, she disappeared from where she was a moment ago, as if she was never there in the first place. In the very next moment.
"Hey, where did she gooouuhbhhbl.*splatter*"
A red line appeared around the guys neck as his head slid off his neck, and blood came spurting out like a fountain. The surprise made my heart skip a beat. Before I could react, I heard a bloodcurdling scream in the forest. I ran to see what was happening more out of a sense of curiosity than panic. There slumped up against a tree I saw another dark clad figure being pulled into a dark miasma by some silver strings clinging to his body. Half his body had already entered the black mist as he continued to scream and beg for help.
"AAAAHHHH, SOMONE; ANYONE PLEEAASE, SAVE ME!!!"
Noticing my presence, he began to beg me to save him, as if he had forgotten that he was sent here to kill me. Watching the man being pulled into this unknown fate while begging for mercy filled me with a strange emotion as I could hear my own heart beating.
"Please. I. Don't. Want. To. Die. This. Way."
As the man was dragged further and further into the dark fog he became less and less coherent, until his entire body was enveloped by the miasma. Not long after the mist cleared to reveal a mangled, no that doesn't even come close to describing it. What stood before me was a lump of flesh and organs, as if someone had rearranged his body into a perfect sphere, with his mouth here, his kidney there, and his still connected intestines had been fashioned into a rope, dangling this still breathing ball of a body from a tree branch.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH.*Pang*"
Just then, the meatball got hit by a stick as music started to play from who knows where. It was the woman who disappeared moments ago. Wearing a blindfold and wielding a stick she probably found on the ground somewhere, she started hitting the meatball.
"You know you make a better piñata then you did as an assassin."
"Pft, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
Faced with this ridiculous situation all I could do was laugh.
"HAHAHAHAH"
*Bang*
"HAHAHAHAHA"
*Splash*
"HAHAHAHA! hah."
Just then she hit the 'piñata' dead on, and it burst open. Splattering into a pile of blood and guts. Never in my life have I found something so amusing. I didn't even mind the blood that splattered on my face and instead asked her a question.
"Hey, you woman. What's your name?"
"Nox Manus." She replied while taking off her blindfold.
"Well then miss Nox, I want you to join me." You might have guessed by now, but I'm quite the catch. I have never met a woman who wasn't awestruck upon seeing my face, and this woman saw the whole damned thing so I'm sure she'd jump at the chance to follow me, even if it's not into my bed.
"Hell no. Bye." She said as she pulled out her bindle from a spatial distortion and started to power walk away from me.
"Huh… Hey, wait for me."