That's So Wizard

Chapter 77 - Seek and Destroy

Deena's hands clapped together, and around them swirled a dark violet energy that manifested quickly—a chaotic but skillfully contained power. She thrust them forwards, and from the tips of her fingers came a piercing, black arrow, that soared through the air and directly through the chest of the stone-like beast. The area around the point of contact cracked and crumbled but it otherwise unperturbed. Death Arrow!

She had read much about demons, and it was true that they were unpredictable, but having no inner organs was a bother. None of her curses would work, nor would a stab through the chest. They would have to knock it to pieces.

"Hey!" Deena called.

Renatta, unsure if it was to her, glanced down from the rooftop. "Me?"

"I'm afraid there's no strategy for now. We just need to break it apart, so throw what you can. Just remember that it isn't organic."

She nodded. With grace, she leapt from the building, and flipped in the air to soar down behind the beast. Both of her chakrams were squeezed in her hands, but as she fell upside down, she flung them with a twist in her wrists. Each burst into an intense, glowing heart that trailed fire behind them.

When they made contact, they spun like saw blades, and fired up its back and into the sky. Flames burst fissures down the monster's stoney back. Then, after arcing in the air, they landed back in her grip shortly after she landed. Burnout!

Deena performed her spell once more. An arrow shot out from her hands, and this time, it cracked its head in two. With only a neck stub, it collapsed to its knees, and the cracks around its torso spread at an increasing speed until the body simply could hold no longer. It fell into dust—just sand over the road with no evidence there was ever a beast beyond it.

There were few people remaining after the initial attack. However, they spotted people fleeing from buildings still as they fought. The people looked, stunned, at what looked to them like a movie being filmed, but with no ropes, cameras, and the special effects were catastrophic.

Eldrian floated above Kevin's head. His friend absorbed yet another blow, but then the beast gazed upwards at the man with shadow magic surrounding his free hand, and a staff sparkling with lightning in the other. He performed an intricate dance with his hands, and they came together to form a deadly power.

With the chaos and destruction of shadow, and the speed and spread of lightning, came Eldrian's most difficult spell. When he unleashed it, there was an explosion of energy, and when it collided with the beast's torso, there was barely one left afterwards. Black electric currents left a hole in its chest and out through the back. Dark Lightning!

It crumbled into dust, just like the other.

Renatta called out. "Dav is helping people this way. I'm going over! But there's some really bad news."

"What is it?" Eldrian glanced up. She was already a distance away, but he made her own regardless.

"There's already another!"

Deena came running out from around the corner, along with Arlandria, to meet up with the other two. "I knew it," she immediately said, but then took a breath. "Something is up. These are coming from where, and we need to find out where."

"You're right," Eldrian replied with a nod of his head. "Let's catch up and figure it out."

He wrapped his arm around Kevin's body, and though it was a struggle, they slowly started rising up into the air. It was slower and required more concentration, but he was able to bring his shocked and panicked friend along with him over the rooftops. Deena joined, floating behind them.