Chapter 101 The Last Dance [part 2]

Chapter 101 The Last Dance [part 2]

The sound of steel reverberated throughout the chamber as Northern's black stiletto met Koll's claws in a shower of sparks.

His lithe form twisted and contorted, the Death Glare in his other hand tracing argent arcs as he sought an to rip to shred the castle lord's form.

"Definitely, your movements have gotten better, faster even. I'd be disappointed if you think this is what it will take to defeat me!"

Koll growled with a provocative grin on his pallid face. The monster was no easy foe.

He had perfect control of his mental state. Even though he seemed ultra pissed a few minutes ago, he now fought with Northern with the calmness of water and spared no opening in his defenses.

His visage twisted into a rictus of malice as he parried Northern's strikes with contemptuous ease, his claws a crimson blur of motion that danced perilously close to the warrior's flesh.

Night Terror's massive bulk hurtled through the air like a meteor of living shadow.

Its jaws unhinged, stretching impossibly wide as a torrent of void flames erupted forth, bathing Koll in a pandemonium of searing black flames.

"Bah! Futile efforts!" The castle lord snarled in defiance, releasing a shockwave that repelled the infernal onslaught.

His form flickered, and he reappeared behind Night Terror in a blur, his claws raked across the beast's hide and drew forth a gout of black ichor.

Northern saw his opportunity and seized it, his daggers almost disappearing into the air as he launched himself into a furious spinning assault.

But Koll was faster, his claws lashing out and scoring deep gashes across Northern's chest and arms.

Pain lanced through Northern's body, the searing agony threatening to overwhelm him.

He stumbled, his footing faltering as crimson blossomed across his brown leather breastplate.

He frowned viciously, biting on the pain and looked at Koll.

"What? Feeling good?" The monster grinned. He definitely was enjoying this.

'No... I'm not doing it yet... I am not emulating Night Terror at all'

Of course, he wasn't expecting it to be a walk in the park.

'I have to be more conscious of my movement. It has to be deliberate. I have to keep my eyes on Night Terror'

For starters, the arrogant grin on his face was nowhere to be found.

Northern's persistent act of diving out of his perimeter before his claws came was utterly bothering.

In those moments, Night Terror took the castle lord very personal and would batter the maelstrom with bone shattering strikes.

Of course, all of them were being easily block by Koll. No matter how fast or how powerful.

Their clashes reverberated through the air, sending shockwaves around everywhere.

And through it all Northern's eyes was following every strike. It was had to keep up.

For a mundane eyes all they would be seeing were blurs and sparks. But Northern could see every delicate arc carved by the claws.

Every leg movement—undoubtedly primal in nature and shouldn't be found in a human.

Fighting like that sure would be effective but it was graceless... all it would take to shatter such amazing battle style is one brawl with any human.

Even though Northern was slowly getting used to the company of monsters and their nature. He was sure not to forget that humans are different.

Monsters are a definition of simplicity while humans of complexity.

Surely, it wouldn't take too much effort to break through a monster's pattern of assault.

But with his flexibility and sense... if he could refine Night Terror's movement to what a human could use.

Fix its flaws and fill it gaps.

'Amazing... so amazing!'

Northern felt a flood of information fill his head all in a second. He was trapped in a realm of extreme focus that he couldn't even look away if he wanted to.

A wide grin stained his face, two ferocious monster's were locked in a dance of blurring claw. Clothed by dark and red flames that flew around, threatening to consume anything that dared to intrude.

And a white haired with pale skin was grinning at the sight. His eyes out of focus, glowing with a radiant azure light.

'I love this. I love this so much!' The boy mused.