The Paths of Tragedy - Page 54

July 24, 2008, 8:06 PM

Julius grinned as he lowered his sword and placed his left hand on his face Then he burst in laughter, and then he lowered removed his left hand from his face and then fixed his reddish eyes on Hera Ledro. The dark knight then began to walk slowly towards Hera Ledro. As he approached, the dark enmity he emanated began to intensify, bursting with waves of malicious intentions that would easily corrupt those with weak minds. Both what emanated the most enmity was his sword, the cursed sword he was wielding was stained with the blood of many; innocent and sinners alike.

"Soon this world shall meet its new GOD, I will be able to become the ruler of this planet in all timelines, merging them together within the darkness beyond time to be the God of all Ages!!!"

Julius laughed maniacally as he expressed part of his plans to his enemies. Suddenly, his facial expressions turned more aggressive as his gaze was fixed once again on Hera Ledro. Julius then lifted his blade and aimed it to his opponent....

"Hera Ledro...the flame burning within your soul shall be extinguished...and then my burning hatred will possess your heart!!"

Julius gave our a ferocious battle cry as he let pulses of darkness out of his body. The dark knight bent his knees and stretched them to send himself with a strong leap towards Hera Ledro. Julius then landed a few meters away from his target, and then he sprinted to him wielding his sword threateningly.

As soon as he shortened the distance between himself and his target, Julius withdrew his blade, then made a 360 degree spin clock-wise and swinging his sword along, he performed a powerful full circle slash. The sword was engulfed with scorching black flames that soared all around the blade.

July 25, 2008, 9:55 PM

Hera made his move like lightning. In what seemed to be a single movement, the Allsie thrust his right sword to parry his foe's move, simultaneously sinking the point of the left blade into the coliseum earth. He pulled himself backwards with his left hand, his motion little less than a blur as his body sped in reverse.

As he pulled himself back, he reformed his blade, holding the whole sword to his right side lightly. He landed and allowed himself a snigger. "My, my, a magic wielder." The flames of the offending sword blazed in Hera's mind, making him grin with excitement.

The Allsie straightened up a little more, though kept his body in a relaxed position: his left arm hung lightly in the air in front of him, and his legs were poised to allow him a quick movement should the need arise.

"I hope you can deliver more than that," Hera said haughtily. "If you're best moves involve nothing but spells involving singular elements, you're far outclassed. Why don't I show you what a real master of the elements can do?"

Hera brought back his left hand and thrust it forward again, index and middle fingers outstretched. The result was a bolt of lightning that seared towards his opponent.

In the exact same movement, Hera sheathed his blade on his back and thrust his right palm forward, sending a bright, blazing plume of fire searing towards his foe.

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Jake chuckled as his grandfather blocked the dark knight's attack. "Wow, I haven't seen gramps this focused in a while. This guy must be good; Gramps is gonna have the time of his life."

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"Alright. This might hurt a bit," Brome cautioned. He placed the bag on the fox's head and positioned the centre of the bandage over it. "Felldoh, lend me a claw again, would you?"

"Why," Felldoh snorted. "He's just a fox. And you're a great healer on your own, you don't need my help."

Brome slightly flushed with pride at Felldoh's compliment, though the flattery did not escape him. "It's still easier if I have an assistant. It'll make it a lot less painful for both you and him; if you don't help, you'll probably be listening to his whimpering for a good while."

"Fine," Felldoh grumbled. He pushed down none-too-gently on the water bag, as Brome wrapped the bandage around it in a neat circular pattern. It was done in a few moments, and Brome nodded in satisfaction as he did up a tight little knot to keep the bandage in place. He made sure to leave openings for the fox's ears to poke through, so the vulpine could hear things as well.

Brome fished through his pouch and took out a small dagger. Holding it up to the light, he showed the fox his reflection. "What do you think?"

July 27, 2008, 10:01 PM

"Pitiful mortal..."

Julius said with disgust as he witnessed how his attempt to strike down Hera Ledro was easily foiled. With disgust, he withdrew his blade and stood firmly before Hera Ledro. He soon noticed that his opponent was taking more offensive actions for he was now releasing a bolt of powerful lightning and a wave of soaring flames straightly to were Julius was standing.

"Your hope ends here...."

Julius didn't move, for he was aiming to face Hera Ledro's attacks head on. The dark knight, bending his knees and the stretching his legs, sent himself straight towards Hera Ledro. He retracted his blade, grasping the hilt with both hands, and then slashed from left to right to counter attack the bolt of lightning.

His blade struck the energy sphere, making it burst in an array of static and small lightnings. His sword then absorbed part of Julius then slightly twisted his wrist, retracted his blade and then lunged it forward through the flames.

The fire engulfed Julius' blade, surrounding as if it were going to melt the steel. Fortunately, Julius managed to sum up his stamina and mana to take a hold of the spell and used it to his advantage. The flames around Julius's blade began to extinguish and fade, and suddenly they burst to life once again; purple flames instead.

"And your meaningless existence with IT!!!"

His eyes widened, his forehead cover in sweat and his core sadistic stare being shown right within the irises of his vicious eyes; Julius was determined to impale him with his blade. As Julius's sword went forward, the tip of his blade went straight to Hera Ledro's torso.

July 29, 2008, 1:52 AM

Hera's eyes widened at the fact that his opponent had countered his assault so easily. It was hardly Hera's best, but the power behind the attacks were nothing to be scoffed.

And then Hera saw the attack. The dark knight lunged at Hera, completely on the offensive. The sword, flaming from Hera's own attack, came speeding towards Hera's torso.

Hera's move was a simple manoeuvre: he twisted to his right and leapt forward. He whispered in the dark knight's ear as he sped by. "You've gotta be able to do better than that."

The Allsie passed by the knight and turned around, landing ten feet behind him. This time, his voice was louder, and far more mocking. "Come on, I was expecting a challenge. All you've done are magic tricks and side show illusions, no real fighting." Hera laughed scornfully.

"You say you've met me before, yet it has been far too long since I fought one as weak and predictable as you. I sensed power from you, when you first came. Now I can see it was all just a show. You have nothing; no power, no skill, no independency. You're just a crazed knight, desperate to be noticed. So you learned some stuff from a bag of tricks. Big deal." Hera's mocking tone disappeared, and it became a clear challenge. "Don't hold back. Come at me with all your strength, and maybe you'll actually hit me."

The whole while, Hera's hand lay casually against the hilt of his sword. He drew it out with a deliberate scraping of the metal, and pointed the weapon at his foe. "Come at me and don't hold back!"

September 29, 2008, 6:58 AM

OOC: I haven't posted in...pfft, forever....time to see if we can revive this RP...

IC:

Zeria's eyes welled up with tears as sorrow filled her heart. To fight Julius would mean to go against all that she was...to go against her love...but to not fight would mean letting her allies down and dooming them to suffer. She struggled with herself, trying to sort out what she should do. Logic VS emotion. Neither sounded good to her.......until the pained rage she had locked away began to burst forth. An agonizing roar spilled past her lips.

"JUULLIIIIUUUUSS!"

Tears streamed down her cheeks and she aimed her blades at him.

"WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU?! WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS?!"

She choked back a sob.

"This.......THIS IS NOT THE JULIUS I KNOW AND LOVE!.....You....cannot be my Julius....!"