The Knights of Grimm - Act 5 - The Oncoming Shadow

Chapter 55 - Clash For The Truth - Pt. 2

Starla

With the giant wall of fire roaring behind him, Vir Nominis Umbra hovered before Starla, his massive black wings splayed out and his eyes glowing bright red as he stared down at her. Starla felt no fear at all anymore, felt no guilt or sadness in her heart. She was completely in control of her every move.

And after two thousand years of servitude to the False God?

She had some catching up to do.

Vir Nominis Umbra suddenly launched towards her, blasting a beam of red flames from his jaws towards her, only for Starla to dart to the side at the last second, and bouncing off a glyph into Umbra's side. She drove both Tonfas into the side of his neck as they both crashed through one of the towers, sending chunks of debris plummeting around them. Her beautiful white Nevermore Wings trailed white embers as she held onto him, Umbra spinning through the air and colliding his wings through the buildings beneath them, shattering them into thousands of immense pieces.

They came crashing towards the ground together, and Starla bolted away from Umbra, skating across her glyphs towards him as she approached. Umbra spun around and formed a huge spear, throwing it towards her. She darted aside, and the spear detonated in a fiery explosion behind her, then she flew high above Umbra, swinging her wings forward, the recoil of the movement throwing her higher into the sky, and shooting multiple white Fatal Feathers towards Vir Nominis Umbra.

The glowing feathers tore through his black flesh, making him snarl as they punctured his enormous body in multiple places. Starla hovered above, then dove towards him, folding her wings behind her back as she approached him. Umbra gritted his teeth as he stared up at her, suddenly tearing his arm free from the building that one of the feathers pinned him to, and reached up towards her, grabbing onto Starla and tossing her through one of the towers. She crashed through the window, grunting as she bounced across the overgrown floor, then flying out the other side.

She opened her wings once more, a bit dazed from the sudden blunt damage, and now finding herself right up against the wall of fire. As she stared back at that tower that Umbra launched her through, Umbra suddenly launched straight through it in a huge red bolt of lightning. The entire building exploded, split in two and coming crashing down onto Old Town beneath them, and on top of Ozpin, Glynda and Maria battling against the Higher Demons below.

Umbra flew directly towards Starla, but she dove out of the way, soaring over the destroyed ruins of Old Town as Umbra passed through the rising flames of his Wall of Fire. And pretty soon after, he flew through the flames once again; the fire trailing off his body as he pursued his Former Knight. He landed, dragging his clawed toes through the ground, forming a huge hammer on his shoulder before bringing it crashing down in front of Starla. The blow of the shockwave knocked Starla out of the air, but she effortlessly stuck the landing.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Oh Starla Schnee. Do you really think you can stop me?" Vir Nominis Umbra asked her.

"No, but I can slow you down!" Starla yelled, blasting towards him and slashing her Tonfas through the side of his face, then jamming the blade into his eye and slamming him into the ground with all her might. Umbra roared with fury as she held him there, only being forced to move when fire erupted from the ground all around her. The flames spread, and she jumped towards one of the buildings, using her tonfas like ice picks to climb up to the top, conserving her aura. She connected her Tonfas together, transforming them into her bow, drawing three arrows and firing them at Umbra.

They impacted, then exploded into large chunks of ice, pinning one of his arms to the ground as he tried to get back up. Starla then took her bow and slammed it into the floor, staring down at him, and activating her semblance, her blue eyes glowing bright. Her hair also seemed to glow as an enormous glyph conjured above her, summoning a King Wyvern. The beast roared with fury, then flew directly towards Vir Nominis Umbra.