Debauchery of a Soul-Eating Wraith

Astrid looked over at Evian and found him in combat with a Captain while Knights standing by supported their Superior.

She took one step forward in case he got overwhelmed but just then, her instincts warned her of multiple oncoming projectiles and she raised her head and watched hundreds of arrows charging at her, hoping to skewer her right where she stood.

"Hmph!"

With a scoff at what she thought was a pointless move regardless of the numbers, Astrid held her sword in front of her, and with a single slash move, she unleashed multiple by the ability she had as a Swordmaster. She cut down any arrow that came even five feet close to her while the others stabbed the ground pointlessly.

"Surround her!" yelled the voice of Lieutenant Anetta whose frown got even deeper at the sight of yet another one of her colleagues dead at the hands of the intruders. Worse, there was some level of humiliation with the rain of arrows stabbing her defenseless body.

It looked to Anetta that the actual target of the arrows, the horrendously, almost unnaturally beautiful swordmaster, had been deliberate about letting the body of the Arcanist Lieutenant get peppered with arrows, and that only angered her more.

Her order was to the Arcanist/Goblin Mages who had the advantage of maintaining a distance so they could surround and attack the enemy, crushing her all at once.

Astrid eyed the enemies around her. All of varying heights, especially in the case of the goblin mages who were particularly small with their reserves of Spiritual energy being the only thing that could be considered 'mighty' and she smirked.

Anetta saw her smirk and it worried her. Just as many others before her who had seen Astrid, she could feel the danger as well and became swarmed with a feeling of inadequacy.

'It's just one of her so why don't I feel enough?'

Anetta shook herself free of what she was feeling and in the process, she looked over at Evian. A handsome eccentricity with his grey hair and eyes that were facing a battalion consisting of two Captains and was still holding his own. No, not just holding his own, he was taking them down.

In the minutes she had been here, Anetta had seen him kill at least Five knights while the martial pressure he let out remained at the Fifth Order even though he had shown himself capable of casting spells.

Could these two really be all there is?

Could there really have been all it took to send their camp into a late-night uproar?

"We're going to need to take care of that," Anetta mumbled to the Captains (human and monster) with her. No one could fight forever and she was sure the handsome- No, deplorable- intruder would eventually reach his limits but they needed that to happen faster than eventually.

"Swarm him!" she said.

The Dogons standing by smiled.

"Brilliant suggestion," said one and they all began to take on their scaled and sturdy firms before moving to toss themselves in the midst of Evian's ongoing battles.

*BOOOMMMM!!!*

An explosion sounded that called Anetta's attention back to Astrid and she saw that the encirclement had been a massive flop. Astrid took advantage of every spell tossed at her and amplified them with her Spiritual energy until they exploded in a massive wave that sent them all crashing away from her.

With a frown, Anetta retrieved her weapons, Two short swords, from her Spatial ring. She struck the sharp edges of the two weapons together to set off a spark that charged them with martial might.

'It won't take long for Vernon and the other Lieutenants to realize the battle is here and then our entire force will make their way here.

I'll keep you here till then, stop you from killing any more of us, and then execute you like the trash Verlice Knight you are.

I, Anetta Vron, do solemnly swear!'

"HAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Yelling out a battle cry, Anetta charged and Astrid remained in place, ready to receive. Ready to kill.

Meanwhile,

Evian was forcing one Captain away by the full force of ten of his attacking chains just so he could focus on one, so that he could slowly thin out the herd when he was slammed by a powerful physical force.

*BAM!*

"Ah!"

He hit the ground and rolled to a stop only to have a mighty foot coming from above to crush him. He phased his body through the ground but by the time he surfaced, he was caught and grabbed by the neck.

"That ability of yours, so peculiar..." said the Dogon as she pushed her face close.

Her face, scaled as it was, was not bad to look at, but that was hardly Evian's focus as he unleashed his chains only to have them all scrape across the scales leaving merely scratches.

"Tickles," The Dogon said with a grin, "That energy… I could already tell that you were a monster but one that wields what you wield is so rare.

Why would you ally with Verlice?

Oh well, it's not like I actually care."

The Dogon tipped her knuckle with the sharp ends of her scales and made it punch and pierce Evian with them. Before she could, an Eldritch Spell circle appeared beneath her, and out of it rose a large ball composed of Eldritch energy but carrying greater force than its physical counterpart would.

*BANG!*

*Crack!*

"ARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!*

The Female Dogon yelled out as she released her hand from around Evian's neck so she could cradle her broken Arm.

"Blunt force trauma for the win. Sturdy scales might save you from cuts but the arm behind them fractures all the same under heavy force.

So die and give me your soul!"

Obeying Evian's mental control, the ball sailed upward and came down with a force to crush the Dogon's head to paste before it dissipated.

[You have acquired 10,000 Soul Points]

As an Upgradeable spell he purchased with 40,000 Soul Points, the 'Ball Guardian' spell could not possibly disappoint Evian. Acting as an Attacking, repelling, and slightly defensive spell depending on how Evian used it, it was an important resource he used sparingly and there were still more.

There was no time to rest.

More Dogons came at Evian and they all had incredible speed. Their scaled forms gave them that advantage and they made full use of it in an attempt to make Evian's life difficult.

They cut him, struck him, and overall caused him to bleed but still, they fell.

For one, whenever Evian ran, he only did it to draw them in and when they went wild with excitement at getting him to run, they were met with the realization that, at the fifth Order, their attacks meant nothing to Evian who could get intangible to avoid it and then retaliate with stabbing his Spear into chinks in their scaly armor.

As more of them died at Evian's hands, caution became more important. Their stronger representative who could sit at the table and have a war meeting with the Lieutenants and the Commander, attacked Evian next.

At the Sixth Order, his speed was greater, and with Wraithic phasing unable to avoid an attack of this might, Evian had to get defensive by casting a spell that congealed into horrific gates ornately designed with symbols that seemed to come straight from the Abyss.

*Bam!*

The Dogon Representative's strike hit the gates squarely and his arm shook while his entire body was struck with a portion of the pain he would have caused Evian should the attack have hit.

[Gates of Gaheena (Defensive);

Erect the purgatory gates to defend you from attack and offer your attacker a taste of their own medicine.

Can be upgraded.

Cost: 60,000 Soul Points.]

Evian unleashed his Ball Guardian and it slammed into the Representative who was still shaken by the pain he had felt. Of course, that state was not in any way permanent and when he was free of it, shaken out of it by the Ball striking his head, hard, he aimed to attack again but Evian was ready.

A spell circle appeared and out of it emerged chains that wrapped around the Representative. Evian placed a hand on his victim's shoulder, but before he could make his killing move and enjoy that sweet soul, he was forced to stop by the threat of a fired arrow.

A ranged Goblin had a bow in hand and when he pulled the string, an arrow of Spiritual energy formed, ready to strike again.

Evian laughed. It was a small and confident sound.

The Dogon representative broke free of his chain entrapment and tried to move again when a small spell circle appeared on his shoulder. A stealthy spell Evian had placed on his Victim's body.

A ticking time bomb that quite literally exploded…

*BANG!!!*

… And tore off the Representative's right arm.

Yet another spell Evian had gotten from the Decadent Store.

[Eldritch Detonation (Attack):

Cast a spell onto the body of your target to only become active at your behest.

Can be upgraded.

Cost: 50,000 Soul Points]

By what he had learned as the spell's information flooded his head, Evian knew the spell could be easily detected and cleansed if not carefully, stealthily planted.

The Dogon representative had been expecting a physical attack and was straining against his bounds so he had not noticed.

On a lesser man, the Spell would have torn off the victim's entire side and on an even lesser man, it might have blown them up into smithereens.

Ignoring the arrow-firing goblin, Evian stabbed his Spear into the Dogon Representative right through the hole his detonating spell had created and did not stop until his soul pulled free.

[You have acquired 100,000 Soul Points]