TBATE-ALLIANCE

Chapter 36

3rd Person POV (Darv)

Dragoth raised his warhammer above his head as he quickly approached Alice. Alice narrowed her gaze and got into a defensive stance. Dragoth closed in and swung his hammer down at Alice; however, she quickly godstepped out of the way, and Dragoth stumbled forward through the air.

Dragoth went wide-eyed, feeling a sudden fluctuation of magic. He quickly spun around and was immediately hit by a powerful mana beam. Dragoth grunted as the beam exploded against him, and he was knocked back toward the ground.

Dragoth spun uncontrollably through the air until he was finally able to stabilize himself, slowing his descent. He came to a halt just inches from the ground and looked toward the source of the mana beam attack with a furious, narrowed gaze.

His eyes fell on Sylvie, who was glaring at Dragoth with her hands coated in mana. Dragoth coated his hammer in soul fire and was about to dash toward Sylvie when Alice suddenly godstepped beside him in an attack stance and quickly conjured an aether blade.

Dragoth's head snapped toward Alice with a widened gaze. He quickly dashed to the side, but not before Alice swung her blade in a horizontal slash, cutting a deep gash in Dragoth's forearm. Dragoth yelled in anger and pain, looking at his wound with gritted teeth and seeing blood flowing out.

Soul fire quickly moved to cover Dragoth's wound, repairing his injury. Dragoth looked back at Alice angrily and raised his warhammer, which was coated in soul fire. He was about to swing his hammer down when black chains shot out from the shadows around him, wrapping around his arms and hammer tightly.

Dragoth looked at the chains in frustration before looking toward the ledge where he last saw Rohan, only to see he was no longer there. His head snapped to the front as Alice godstepped in front of him with an aether-clad fist. She punched Dragoth in the chest with a right-handed closed fist, cracking three of his ribs.

Dragoth coughed out blood from the impact, was knocked back at a high velocity, and slammed into the side of a building. The wall broke apart, and the entire building shook as it cracked and finally broke apart, falling on top of Dragoth and covering him in rubble.

Sylvie descended to the ground and landed beside Alice. Rohan rose from the shadows to the left of Alice, and Regis approached the three from behind and stood beside them as they glared at the rubble. The rubble suddenly shook before it blew apart in an explosion of soul fire, sending the debris flying out in all directions.

Sylvie quickly raised her arms, creating a protective mana dome around the four of them, keeping them safe from the rubble as it slammed against the dome. Their eyes all narrowed on a cyclone of black fire, seeing Dragoth standing in the center, glaring back at the four with clenched fists that were coated in black fire.

"Pathetic," Dragoth said, slowly stepping forward, with the soul fire swirling around him like a cloak. "Is that the best you can muster?"

"Oi, fuck face! In case you hadn't noticed, we just slammed your dumb ass into a building and took away your hammer!" Regis yelled back.

Dragoth scoffed at Regis' comment and burst forward like a meteor of black fire. Rohan waved his hand, and black spikes shot out from the shadows around Dragoth, directed at him. The soul fire around Dragoth flared out, consuming the black spikes into nothing as he closed in on the four.

Alice raised her right arm, creating three aether blades above her. She flicked her wrist, and the aether blades shot out toward Dragoth. Sylvie quickly waved her hands, dispersing the mana dome and allowing the aether blades to fly by. Dragoth thrust his hand forward, shooting a wave of black flames at the amethyst swords.