Baited~ Book 2

55

"Roman!" El yelled out as Roman ending up falling with a cry of pain. His leg was throbbing. They had walked for so long. Even Roman at this point could tell something was very wrong. "Ro..."

"No, don't..." It was starting to mess with his mind. The voices just wouldn't stop. His laughed just won't end. His hands dug into the earth as he tried to focus on his breathing. "10..." He forced himself to start counting, hating how much his mind was spiraling. "9..." Elvire watched with a concerned expression as tears slowly started to spill from Roman's eyes. "8..." He just couldn't stand it. His love was in so much pain. Virgil was so scared. So worried about him and about what could happen. "7..." The fact that Virgil ACTUALLY thought he was dead AGAIN! "S-S... 6." Roman twitched slightly as he sat back against his knees and frowned. He didn't blame Elvire. Despite it being his house, his magic, Roman didn't blame the demon at all. He blamed Almira and Ceit. "5." He growled as bit as he felt the air shift around him. Elvire tensed up, eyes wide as the sound of footsteps sounded around them.

"Roman?"

"4." Roman's eyes started to glow as he looked around and took in ever blip of energy he could get a reading on. They were humans. Knights... They had the same tainted shitty energy the Almira solders had. "3." Needless to say Roman was pissed. His magic fluctuated as he forced himself up onto his feet far to upset to even notice the pain at all. Elvira was highly concerned as not only could he feel the other humans advancing, he could physically feel Roman's mind getting pulled under.

"Roman, we should go."

"2." Roman smirked viciously as his eyes darted over to this one spot catching the glint of an arrow just before throwing up a shield and just cackling. "1̶.̸" The air went completely cold as Roman cracked his neck. Soldiers spilled out of the trees making Elvire freeze up in concern for his human ally. "I̵ ̵m̵u̷s̷t̷ ̵s̵a̵y̸.̸.̶.̴ ̸I̶ ̴u̶s̷e̴ ̶t̴h̵e̴ ̸c̸o̷u̶n̷t̶ ̴d̸o̴w̶n̸ ̴t̸o̴ ̴c̶a̴l̵m̷ ̵d̶o̸w̸n̸ ̶b̷u̸t̸.̴.̷.̵ ̴I̵ ̵t̵h̴i̸n̷k̵ ̴I̴ ̷l̸i̷k̸e̸ ̶t̴h̵a̸t̴ ̶I̵ ̴s̶n̸a̵p̶p̷e̷d̶ ̸f̷o̴r̸ ̸o̸n̸c̸e̶.̶"

"What?" Elvires eyes went wide as Roman took in the scene before him. The soldiers glared at the two but Roman could tell their target was actually El making the druid make a disapoint 'tsk' sound.

"A̵h̷ ̶a̸h̴.̵.̶.̷" Roman giggled as he whipped his hand out making elecricity crack into the knight about to shoot the demon. "C̷a̶n̵'̵t̶ ̷h̶a̶v̴e̶ ̷y̷o̶u̴ ̶h̴u̸r̶t̸i̴n̵g̵ ̴m̷y̵ ̸f̶r̷i̵e̸n̸d̷ ̴n̴o̷w̵ ̷c̶a̶n̵ ̵I̶?̷" Roman just laughed as he summoned a sword and lashed out. "V̴i̵r̷g̸i̴l̶'̸s̸ ̷g̷o̸i̷n̴g̴ ̷t̶o̵ ̵s̴o̸ ̶p̷r̶o̴u̸d̸ ̵o̸f̸ ̷m̸e̸.̵" Roman boasted more to himself as he took to fighting the group. Elvire growled as he shot fire at the numbers behind them. He didn't entirely know what was going on with Roman but he could feel that same dark twisted energy he felt when roman had lost control before. Roman forced his foot into was with a sick smile as he plunged his sword into anothers chest, quickly spining around to throw up a shield with a laugh. "I̶s̷ ̴t̴h̴a̴t̸ ̶s̶e̵r̴i̴o̶u̸s̵l̴y̵ ̴a̵l̶l̵ ̴y̵o̷u̸ ̶h̸a̷v̴e̷?̴ ̷I̸'̷v̸e̵ ̴f̴o̸u̸g̷h̵t̵ ̸a̶g̷a̴i̷n̴s̸t̶ ̵t̴o̶ ̶o̸v̵e̶r̶ ̶p̴o̶w̵e̶r̷e̸d̵ ̵d̸e̴m̷o̶n̶s̴.̷ ̸T̴h̴i̵s̴.̴.̷.̴ ̷T̷h̵i̵s̵ ̷i̴s̶ ̶n̷o̶t̴h̷i̶n̵g̸.̷"

"Focus, Roman!" Elvire snapped over making Roman roll his eyes as he held his and out and summond another sword, letting the other turn back into smoke.

"D̶o̴n̴'̸t̸ ̷t̷e̷l̸l̷ ̶m̷e̷ ̷h̶o̵w̷ ̸t̵o̵ ̵f̴i̶g̷h̶t̷,̴ ̴O̵l̸d̴ ̴m̶a̶n̶!̴" Roman yelled back as his eyes shifted and he jumped up fliping over a soldier senting knives through the smoke into his back. One of the knife went to catch him as he fell only for Roman to laugh as he just hovered there. "W̶h̵a̷t̷?̵ ̴D̷i̴d̷ ̵y̴o̷u̵ ̷r̶e̸a̸l̵l̴y̶ ̷t̶h̶i̸n̴k̴ ̴I̵ ̸w̷o̴u̸l̸d̶ ̷j̵u̶s̴t̶ ̷l̸e̷t̷ ̴y̴o̵u̸ ̷h̸u̴r̸t̸ ̸m̶e̶?̸" Roman held his hand out creating trasparent purple ropes that constricted the knight before zapping him with so much electicity he fell to the floor foaming at the mouth. "P̶a̴t̵h̵e̶t̸i̴c̶.̴" Roman muttered as his feet finally touched the dirt. "T̴h̶e̵y̶'̴r̸e̶ ̵t̴o̴o̷ ̸e̶a̸s̶y̶.̶ ̵I̵s̶ ̷t̶h̷i̸s̸ ̵h̴o̷w̶ ̸V̶i̶r̷g̴i̷l̵ ̸f̴e̸l̴t̷?̵ ̷G̵o̵d̸,̴ ̶I̴ ̸w̵i̶s̷h̶ ̵t̴h̶e̵y̷ ̸p̸u̶t̴ ̵u̸p̶ ̵m̶o̸r̸e̵ ̷o̴f̶ ̶a̸ ̴f̷i̵g̶h̴t̶." Roman flicked his wrist creating a small condenced orb of energy that he tossed back haphazardly hitting another knight about to strike him only for the man to basically explode from the sudden burst of volatile energy. "I̵'̸m̵ ̴b̴o̴r̷e̶d̶.̸"