118 – The Fisherman And Her Soul

118 – The Fisherman And Her Soul

= Reina =

Reina swung her staff sending a burst off fire towards an elderly looking male Bount facing her. Before the fire could reach him though his doll looking like a large stone fish dove out of the ground as if it were water and swallowed the fire whole.

"That was rather rude of you, young lady," the old male Bount said.

Reina frowned. 'Where did that fish doll come from? And what happened to my attack? It didn't seem to do anything to it...' she wondered.

The doll dove back into the ground as if it was water and started circling the elderly male Bount with its fin sticking out above the surface of the ground.

The elderly man licked his lips. “Your soul must be quite delectable,” he said.

Reina frowned. “That’s disgusting you old fart,” she said.

He frowned. "It seems I must teach you some manners first," he said.

She shook her head. "We'll just have to see about that," she said.

He knocked the tip of his cane onto the ground. "Baura, let's go!" He said.

The large fish fin appeared from the ground again circling his location before suddenly disappearing into the ground again.

Reina looked around cautiously. 'What's he up to?' She wondered.

The old Bount simply stood there wearing a self-satisfied smirk.

She noticed something out of the corner of her eye. 'Did the ground just turn darker?' She asked herself.

Upon closer inspection she noticed there was a round area around here where the ground around her was darker and it seemed to be growing.

Suddenly the fish doll, Baura's, mouth emerged from the ground surrounding her as it propelled itself from the ground like a whale from the ocean.

She dashed away from the two, but in her exhaustion she stumbled after dodging. A look of panic spread across her face.

Sawatari's smile widened. "We've got her. Finish her, Baura!" He said.

Baura quickly pursued after her.

She tried to crawl back from it, but it was futile.

Its gaping maw looming over her when suddenly Sawatari noticed a smirk on her lips that didn't belong there. "No!" He yelled.

It was too late though.

'Gotcha!' Reina thought.

The exhaustion seemed to have been an illusion as Reina disappeared from in front of Baura's mouth, reppearing closer to Sawatari.

Before Baura had even managed to submerge into the ground again she summoned her fastest element, lightning. Multiple bolts of lightning snaked their way towards the now completely unguarded Sawatari.

It was so fast it hit him directly in the the chest before either of them could even react to the sudden shift. The electricity coursed through his body searing his flesh. The place it had landed burnt away his clothes and charred the skin black.

"AAAHHHHHH!!!!" Sawatari let out a shrill scream.

He fell to his knees. He remained motionless, but didn't go down all the way.

"Sawatari!" Baura yelled.

It quickly swam towards Sawatari and to Reina's surprise it didn't stop, but jumped out of the ground towards Sawatari. It opened its mouth and swallowed Sawatari whole before submerging into the ground again.

'Did it eat him?' She thought in confusion.

She looked around warily, but to her surprise neither of them reappeared.