Demon's Of Pain

Chapter 7

Another two weeks pass by before elder Gale returns. And another week after that before I see him again. I continue with my training schedule as normal during this period. Half the day has passed and we have just stopped for the mid day break when Gale finally shows himself, "LaFael, Malakai, it's good to see you again." He says with a smile on his face, Both LaFael and I answer at the same time, "Master, welcome back." Clasping our right fists inour left hands and bowing in respect to the Elder. "I've been to the seal, A second lock has been broken." He tells us very Gravely. "I hear you have been training hard, Malakai? Come! I want to test you." Confused I follow Gale out into the clearing, strange to drop news like that and then suddenly wwant to test me.

Gale spins around in a blur infront of me, his walking stick jabbing at my face, I manage to clasp it between my palms just in time. Gale kicks me in the chest and I go tumbling backwards, I scrambble to my feet, pulling my quarter staff off my back, I fend off an overhead swing aimed at my face just in time, I never realized the Elder was this fast, I jump backwards trying to get a bit of distance and some breathing room, no chance for that unfortunately, Gale is already there waiting, about to strike. My magic comes into play at this moment, a light blue shimmer surrounds my body and as the Elder's walking stick passes into it there's a magical force field that pushes out away from my body knocking everything and everyone back, clasping the quarterstaff in my left hand, feeding the white monk energy into it, and my right hand a crystal blue low of magic, the Elder stares at me curiously, goes to take a step and he's gone! Before I can do anything he's 3 feet infront of me swinging the walking stick at my ribs, I changed the composition of magic for the blue shimmer around me, Instead of the shockwave I would now feel anything that's trying to hit me as it enters the magic blue shimmer, With quick reflexes I parry the blow with my quarterstaff and attack with the magic in my right hand, A blue sphere grows rappidly, long blue strands of magic coming off like tentacles with long sharp spiked ends, all aimed at Gale, shoot forward, just as they are about to hit him, the spiked ends split and surround the elder instead, like a cage, the inside of the bars start growing thousands of little spikes all growing inwards.

Gale looks around, the spikes within the cage shifting so as to not hurt him,it is training after all, he lifts a finger and touches one of the spikes, "You've managed to infuse your magic with Gaia's energy." He says in an impressed voice, "Very interesting." Gale's body turns into pure white smoke and slips out through the gaps, moving very fast around me, I'm battered by a flurry of blows from Gales walking stick materializing from the smoke, I harden the magic around my body like armor, and attempt to encase the small ball of smoke in magic but it's too fast, a whack to the side of my head from the walking stick dazzes me and Gale is able to know me over, his whole body materializing as he puts a foot on my chest and points his walking stick at my throat. "You have become much stronger and your training has been nbetter than I hoped, I heard from the other elders you were doing your own training, I am impressed."

"Did it seem easier for you to do things during our little spar?" Gale asks me, and infact it did, much easier. I nod to the Elder, "You are much stronger now than before and not only because of the training, The second piece of Valzures soul was set free and it will only go to one place, that's where it's counterparts are." Gale gazes at me, getting the point across, "So what does that mean for me?" I ask, "Your training is almost at and end my child," The answer catches me by surprise, "We travel to the Ancient Forrest and meet with the King of Beasts." I'm going to meet a Dragon!

I get the next two days free of training, to get ready for the trip to the Ancient Forrest, The heart of the forrest is where the Ancient Dragon Beast King dwells. The day before departure I meet with Elder Gale at the cliff side with the giant hands, "Before we depart you must defeat your demon, Valzure." Gale and I sit and meditate, and there I am, standing on the Great Battlefield again, with the same Fiery Demon waiting for me. Back by my body, the giant stone hands all start moving to cover my body in the palm of the other hand, creating a giant ball of stone hands surrounding me.

Valzure charges me, arm held wide with a purple fireball in his palm. The hair on my arms and neck stick up on end, that fireball is bad, definitly don't let it touch. I barrage him with magic orbs, all they do is slow the demon down slightly, I keep stepping back, narrowly missing the clutches of Valsures arms, which are the only extremeties that are sticking out of the smoke, at times I block his attacks instead of just dodging, he's getting faster, even under such an attack. I change my magic of my aura surrounding me and I stop, as Valzure's hands pass into my aura, there's a shockwave that pushes out from me, Valzure flying through the air.

I ready my spiked magic tentacles, I looked away for a second and Valzure is gone! He's standing beside me but I notice a second to late, there's a great fiery hand on my chest with a purple flame disappearing into my chest, my magic tentacles piercing Valzure through front and back into his heart, Feeding all the energy of Gaia infused with my magic, as much as I can handle, into Valzure. A great purple and blue explosive flash and where Valzure should be there is a cloud of great black smoke shooting small black lightning bolts out at random angles, where I should be is just a ball of white light with a blue centre.Valzure and I are down to spiritual warfare now. Valzure and I seem to be mixing together, like the orb that is me is sucking the dark smoke in and its mixed with the orb, Black smoke billowing throughout the orb mixing with it, surrounding the blue in the centre. A small bolt of black lightning strikes out at the orb, as it touches there's an explosion of energy.