50 I am the Apex

Zarra dodged the blow before giving a mighty swing to Draig launching the Vampire into the air before opening a rift above him and crashing through and spearing him with a mighty kick. However this wasn't truly Draig he was fighting, he shouldn't have expected it to be easy.

He learned that lesson when the pole bashed him brutally three times before he could even realize what happened.

"Alright brat seems you got a bit of competence now. Well let me show why your father is an unfathomable existence and guardian of this Plane." stated Zarra as the disfigured arm at his side suddenly straightened and the forces of the world suddenly fluctuated and swarmed around Zarra.

As this happened his countenance seemed to improve visibly, his haggard looks started to return to his normal appearance. However going beyond this he seemed to become younger, the few wrinkles that he had accumulated disappeared before the eyes of Draig.

However the power swarming towards Zarra didn't stop, the consumption of the natural mana around them was horrifying. Soon it stopped and Zarra gave a pitying smile.

"There, kid I feel so sorry for you. I didn't think the rapid restoration of my inner world would cause this beautiful little side effect. You could handle a few of my love taps when I was aged and weakened but do you think you can handle me now that I have reverted to my peak." stated Zarra with a look of cruelty, he had no intention of relenting unless Draig was on the brink of death.

Draig said nothing, Dracule was currently handling his own battle at the moment.

Inside of Draig's Soulscape Dracule and Draig's humanity stood opposite of one another until suddenly a thunderous boom resounded Dracule had swung his scythe intending to take Draig's humanity's head but the counterpart had caught the blade easily.

"So many skills and so many debuffs, Vampire's die to Guilders who only have one class. Imagine what a being who has all the classes can do, perhaps he would be capable of killing the strongest of Vampires, the Originator for instance." smiled Draig's humanity calmly showing no difficulty in preventing the strike.

"Don't get cocky" stated Dracule kicking Draig's humanity firmly launching him backwards but the kick was followed by a blade of blood.

"Shadow step" called Draig's Humanity disappearing leaving an after image.

Dracule gritted his teeth in annoyance as he ducked avoiding a deadly strike aimed at his neck.

"Pathetic" spat Dracule.

"Yeah you are, funny you think so too." laughed Draig's humanity cheerily, as he cast a holy spell.

"Cocky brat" shouted Dracule taking the hit directly causing his skin to char lightly but Draig's humanity was indeed too cocky as a tendril nailed him through the shoulder.

Draig's humanity immediately destroyed the tendril and healed himself, causing anger to flash in Dracule's eyes.

"You filthy little mongrel" roared Dracule as he stood then suddenly vanished leaving countless afterimages in his wake.

"Your the mongrel, didn't you say your mother was assaulted by a demon." countered Draig's humanity with a smile in his eyes.

"Bastard" came Dracule's voice from behind causing Draig's humanity to widen his eyes in shock as a scythe tore through his side.

"I know who my father is, he is the Apex. The strongest, the one who guards this plane. I am the son of Zarra." roared Draig's humanity as a ridiculously powerful aura surged from his being blowing Dracule away.

Dark magic flowed around him as he turned to face Dracule, the Darkness took the form of a sword as he charged towards Dracule only to be blocked locking the two in a stalemate.

Outside however things had gotten serious.

"Cat got your tongue leech brat" asked Zarra as he stood there in all his glory in his restored state.

Draig said nothing merely charging forward.

"Too hasty, I won't even use my hands." said Zarra shaking his head casually.

Draig arrived in front of Zarra but before he could even touch the Mage a foot met the side of his head, as he hit the ground Zarra was already there above him.

"You know I missed the chance to teach you many things, for example how to woo a woman. One of the ways I found is to know how to dance." said Zarra as he stepped onto Draig's back and a rapid set of steps fell onto his body.

From an outside perspective it appeared Zarra was literally river dancing on top of the boy's body. Each step bringing a tremor, in between these tremors you could hear a jolly tune being whistled, the scene was ridiculous to any who would have witnessed it.

"You know that is actually how I wooed your mother, she said I looked elegant when I danced. I could never tell if she was making fun of me or not but she always asked me to dance for her." said Zarra however his reminiscence was cut short as he felt a particular lack of something under his feet and received a strike to the back of his head planting his face in the dirt and a kick planted in his rear.

"AHHH, how dare you assault your father" shouted Zarra standing up holding his aching rear.

"You, you don't swing that way do you" asked Zarra with a suspicious look on his face.

Draig roared but it carried no anger, no embarrassment, nothing. The roar was empty surprising Zarra, he was more aware of the current situation but that didn't mean he couldn't have a little fun at the moment.

Inside Draig's soul Draig's brows twitched irritably.

Zarra then dropped into an over exaggerated kung fu stance making weird noises as he switched poses.

"You are not permitted in this dojo" stated Zarra looking overly serious as he once again kicked Draig but this strike landed on his knee causing hit to bend at an awkward angle which caused Zarra to feel a bit of remorse but that quickly disappeared when that same leg that was dangling was suddenly swung nailing him squarely in his precious area forcing him to his knees.

His mind went blank for a whole second, he could not fathom the fact that he had actually been struck in his genitals.

"My precious" wheezed Zarra

While this farce of a fight was happening the internal battle was picking up in intensity.