Kapitel 574: Big Bal's

Serana and Saeko can't do anything but watch the duo dart around the hall, clashing at speeds they couldn't follow, leaving them at a distinct disadvantage in this fight... While Saeko was incredibly fast in her own right, this fight was above the level she and Serana were currently capable of.

*Ching! Clang! Chink!*

Michael starts to push Harkon back but the Vampire Lord casts a powerful Vampiric Drain with his off-hand, levelling the playing field to some extent.

"Fucking time manipulation dog shit!" Michael can't help but complain as he clashes with the vampire, "Derf!" he calls out, voicelessly asking the sword to do something.

"GAAN LAH HAAS!" the sword shouts, the crystal face's mouth opening up and sucking in the energies torn from Harkon, the Drain Vitality shout returning Michael's stolen energies.

Michael cuts halfway through Harkon's wrist but it isn't enough to force the blade from his grasp, not to mention how quickly the wound healed. Irritated, he grasps the vampire with telekinesis and throws him around the room, into the pillars, walls, and floor for good measure.

Unfortunately, he hadn't realised how close Harkon had landed to Saeko and Serana until the last moment... Allowing Harkon to make his move.

"STOP DAMN YOU!" he exclaims, telekinetically pulling Harkon back but it isn't enough to stop him completely... It does however allow Saeko to finally participate.

She throws her katana at Harkon which he dodges, but she continues and slices down without a weapon, shouting, "SHEHAI!" as she does so.

Her spirit sword bathes the room in light, blinding the two vampires present as a large slash is released and launched at Harkon... He seemingly senses this, but Michael freezes him in place Winter's Curse, forcing him to take the attack head-on.

*BOOOOM!*

*CRASH!*

It hits and continues on blasting a giant hole out of the back wall, the fountain of blood is somehow left unharmed but the fading afternoon sunlight streams in through the new hole regardless.

Harkon had been split completely in two by this, of course, bisected with a line running down from his head to his crotch... The fight isn't quite finished yet though as blood explodes from the fountain and envelopes the Vampire Lord, instantly healing his wounds and leaving him more focussed and lucid than before...

He turns a wrathful glare to Saeko and turns to bats, appearing behind her and using his speed to try to bite at her neck... Michael Blinks behind him and beheads with him Derflinger, but blood-red tendrils shoot from the neck and into the head, allowing it to bite down on Saeko.

As soon as the fangs pierce skin, her eyes widen as all the blood in her body is drained away in an instant, turning her into a pale husk before anyone can do anything.

Serana gives a furious roar and explodes throwing blood everywhere before charging her father in her Vampiric form. Her claws tear one of his arms off, and Michael pierces his heart with Derflinger in retaliation for what he'd done to Saeko...

But even then, all of these wounds seemed less than a pinprick to Harkon... The blood from the fountain was granting him incredibly regenerative abilities...

Growling under his breath, Michael kicked the immortal creature in the back and through a nearby pillar before Blinking next to the fountain and utilising his Wynningbaldr runes to find a breakpoint in the gothic-looking thing.

There, directly in the centre of the forehead on the metal depiction of Molag Bal, he saw it.

"Survive this!" he roars, stabbing Derflinger directly into the thing, causing a blast of crimson light to explode out from it and launch Michael to the other end of the hall... The fountain was left unharmed...

"HELL NO!" he exclaims at the sight, glancing at Harkon who'd just recovered from having his spine shattered. "RUBICK, COME! FUCK THIS GUY UP!" he shouts, summoning the enigmatic Grand Magus from the Book of Demi-Gods.

"Ohhohoh, that was not part of our, arrangement, friend." Rubick's distorted voice drawls as he surveys the area.

"Well, it is now!"

Harkon pulls himself from the rubble and glares at both of them, "What manner of bloodless creature are you?"

"I'd rather learn what sort of bloody creature you are..." Rubick's hand idly reaches for something and tugs at it.

Harkon gives out a pained roar as his form flickers between Nord and Vampire Lord. "W-WHAT IS THIS!?"

"I wouldn't personally recommend selling your soul but, I doubt such a thing comes with a receipt." he lets go of whatever he was holding. "Bound to a being manifesting through that strange fountain of yours... Are you going to destroy it yet, Michael? Or do you wish for me to do all the work?"

"No, I've got it." Michael states, already aiming Auriel's Bow at the fountain. If Derflinger wouldn't work then this certainly would. He was even using one of the sunhallowed arrows he'd been given by Gelebor.

Harkon, only now noticing this, tries to leap into action, but is struck by a strange green spell that causes his body to fall apart into bloody blocks... It quickly reforms of course, but Serana then blasts him with an ungodly amount of lightning, thoroughly cooking and preventing him from stopping Michael.

*Twang!*

*Thud-BOOOOM!*

The shriek of both Harkon and Serana sounds out as the place is bathed in holy light, scorching their undead bodies before utterly decimating the fountain, rendering it a pile of squirming molten metal.

"yooOOOOUUUUU FOOOOOL!" Harkon roars, throwing himself at Michael but getting knocked to the side as Auriel's Bow smacks him into a nearby wall.

"Not so tough without Molag Bal's artifact, huh!?" he taunts before looking to a thoroughly scorched Serana, "Are you alright!?"

"I-I am but, Saeko! She's dead!"

Michael shakes his head, "Not for long, now deal with your dear-old daddy so I can help her out."

...

She lets out a mix between a reluctant growl and a sigh before moving over to the prone Harkon. "You ruined my life, and now I'm going to make you hurt for it."