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|| The Blond Executioner ||
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|| The Blond Executioner ||
With Fearsome's boat it seemed that they were going to get out of here safe and alive and be able to come up with a plan another time. Wasn't that the ideal situation, considering the circumstances? Estelle was the strongest one here, but she had hardly any juice left in her. If she tried to fight she would surely die and Fearsome knew that if they were going to save the world they would need her mighty strength back at full force. Erika's eyes opened, soulless as she stared at the escaping boat. What was running through her mind? What did that girl see? And then Blossom jumped out from the boat, claws whirling with incredible speed, the spirit of heroism burning through her despite how powerful the two opponents were. "Fang! Fearsome! We have to back her up!"
What could they do? Against such a powerful opponent, it all seemed as if it would be hopeless. Manfred reached out to grab the half dead Clover, all of her alchemy unable to help against the second most powerful mage in all the land. "My my, won't this be fun, Erika." He dangled Clover in front of the shadow mage's eyes but it seemed she either couldn't see or couldn't react, simply staring like a dead mummy in front of her at nothing. Fearsome attacked with his runes, creating blasts of energy to attack the enemy, Fang created a storm of tiny little fur daggers to fly at Manfred's eyes, and of course Estelle flew at them, spinning like a top full of light blades and light walls. They had to get Clover out, she wouldn't let Rosemary lose her last daughter!
"You're nowhere near your prime, Estelle." Manfred said with a taunt as Victoire very rudimentarily patched up Clover's wounds, holding her still with vines as thick as tree trunks. "That's fine." Estelle hissed, clinging to her now broken arm as a result of one of Manfred's flaming whip strikes. "I don't need to be at my prime to win." In this ruined city that was once civilization, where now miasma and monsters ruled to exist as the harbingers of destruction, where empty buildings and flattened streets now acted as tombstones for what was no doubt the remainders of humanity, Estelle knew she had no choice but to rely on that special trick all mages could do. "Fearsome, get them to safety. I'm going to end this!" With all her pain, all her black lines growing, she rushed forth, mana concentrating on a single point. Erika locked eyes with her, suddenly somehow some form of conscious. It almost made Estelle's heart stop.
But she pressed on. "I'm going to be a hero." Estelle whispered as she grabbed Manfred, light radiating out from her fingers with a monstrous dazzling force. Manfred let out a yell and kicked her away, knowing what this was. They all knew, but it was too late now. The charge was primed, ready to fire. "I'm going to finally be a good big sister." She was slammed into Victoire, who dropped Clover, a black shadow snatching her from the air at the last second as the blinding flash of light appeared. When it all ended, there was no trace at all of either Victoire or Estelle. They had been reduced to ash by the mana explosion. A crystal of memories remained and a black shadow picked it up.
"No!" Manfred let out a sudden cry, eyes wide at the scene. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. This was wrong, it was all wrong. He and Victoire were supposed to have saved the future of mages together, as a team! She wasn't supposed to die like this! She wasn't supposed to disappear and leave him behind! She was all he had, and now she was gone. "I'm sorry, my love." He growled, grabbing both Erika and Clover in his grip. Maple chased towards them, empowered by Fearsome's rune but flames covered the field. It would take more luck than Maple and Fearsome had to escape the sea of flames fast enough to survive. Manfred tugged on the machine's levers and then a shadow sucked them in, transporting them elsewhere... back to a base where Victoire would no longer be.