Twisting her head in a 180 degree angle a small smirk appeared across her face as she used her wrist to knock my still numbed hands up into the air. Then she used her feet to trip me, grappling me and forcing me to the ground.

  “To easy” she said while unleashing a cold grin

  Then she used her claws to rip the unarmored part of my head clean off

  “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” It hurt like a bitchhhhh!

  My vision was blurring and I instinctively understood that death was the next step if I closed my eyes.

  NO I couldn't lose myself to pain ,I refused . I still had a consciousness and I would use that for victory!.

  Taking my scythe and the last of my strength I swiped down aiming to do what I failed to last time , only to fail again. Though this time I accomplished more with this attack. Not expecting me to withstand having my face ripped off . She tried to backflip to safety but I managed to slice her left hand clean off .

  “Son of a - OOF!” Zhil had a mouth around her neck biting down with the intention of goring her

  And eye for and eye a face for a face!!! BITCH！

  “ZHIL GIVE HER WHAT SHE DESERVES” I said while grasping on top the empty husk where my face once was.

  .Using the bite and shake technique he tried to maximize the damage he put out.

  I could barely understand what was going on but I felt I had time. Think.. Think… it was hard when you literally had half of a brain but I had to do something. Heal… that's right… crawling to the discarded piece of face . I reached for it and almost collapsed.

  HEAL! I could feel my face mending together like a wielder did when forging iron bars. As I regained stability I could see that she wanted to prevent me from healing . Like the guardian chaos dragon that he was battling on my behalf fiercely.

  Swiping and dodging expertly I could tell somewhere deep inside he was enjoying it. We were linked so that meant I was also enjoying it. Was this the effect of eldritch? If I had to describe it , think of a chain around your ankle dragging me into a dark place every time I did a corrupt deed. Yin and yang as they called it were fighting within me as well .I suppose I was engaged in two battles. All the repressed evil that's within me needed to be released and she was an appropriate target. Still I knew I just wasn’t a melee fighter ,but I could use teleport as an offensive skill

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  “IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES YOU WILL RUN AND NOT LOOK BACK!” I screamed as a final warning

  “ Empower ,Dark impulse!” a beam was called forth from the sky catching her completely off guard.

  “Empower, breath of madness” FWOOSH a barrage of attacks hit her consecutively.

  Teleporting to her with a mana charged scythe I swung and she dodged and counter attacked with a swift High kick. It only hit air as I was already back on Zhil’s back readying a breath of madness. I wasn't thinking as much as I usually did but relying more heavily on instinct. In this moment It was like me and Zhil were truly connected.. I teleported in a circle while He relentlessly unleashed breaths of madness , one after the other completely overwhelming her.

  “AHHHHHHHHHHHHH , I WILL NOT DIE!”

  Teleporting off Zhil I tried for a sneak attack , manifesting directly above her.

  Swing I aimed to finish her, but she turned around just as fast as I appeared. Knowing not to push my luck, I teleported back to Zhil.

  She had a high magic and defense resistance but the onslaught was brutal. Picking up a huge rock she anticipated my next teleport trying to knock me off my trusted steed. Unfortunately for her I teleported in reverse This time using an empowered dark impulse. Then materializing in front of her Zhil grabbed her , normally she would easily brush off Zhil but she was in a weakened state so he was able to hold her just long enough to triple empower a breath of madness.

  empower EMpower EMPOWER!!!! A thundering black flame crackled and leapt from Zhil's maw, removing the top half of the now deceased general. It was like a shark took a smooth bite of her leaving with just the upper portion.

  RAWRRR RAWRRRRRRRRRRR RAWRRRRRRRRRR Zhil cried in triumph with every beat of his wing he became more erratic.

  Raising my scythe i reveled in the pure morphine that was released when standing on the precipice of death.

  CLING I felt the chain mentally pull me slightly into the dark. Shaking my head i fought off the feeling

  Looking over my shoulder the “subjects” hadn’t listened to my warning and were locked in place.

  Looking around the once vibrant scenery became a ghastly flame heaven . Doing a quick panorama with my head I saw the destruction I was capable of, and simply closed my eyes. I was back to my senses

  “You truly are a king… Emily was the best and by far the most powerful fighter on this floor…. “ Fabio said to me

  I could feel nothing but fear in his eyes … ugh… but before i had the time to ruminate on that for the nine thousandths time , the floor began to show its wear.

  RUMBLE RUMBLE

  “The floor is collapsing!!!” Fabio said in a panic

  Did we do that much damage?

  Rumble

  “Ooh shit” I thought we had to get the F outta here. It was time to contact Leto.

  “LETO OPEN THE GATE”

  Rumble buildings and the floor beneath us were starting to collapse into the ocean. This was bad

  “LETO OPEN THE FUCKING GATE!!!”

  “LETO OPEN THE GATEE!! I MANAGED TO CHANGE THE MINDS OF 30ISH PEOPLE, ALSO I GOT RANK C- , LETO OPEN THE GATE! OPEN THE GATE”

  A gate appeared in midst of my incessant begging

  It didn’t even need to be said everyone took the first opportunity to jump straight in