Chapitre 15: Fight Against an Evil Spirit
Ignoring the tremors that had two grown men struggling to remain standing, the girl walked gracefully. The eyes of the doll she was carrying glowed red and it began moving its head excitedly, almost in a maniacal manner. Its mouth broke open and a demonic cackle rang out ceaselessly.
Both Vincent and Bell felt strength leaving their body when the laughter made its way to their ears. A dizzying sensation came over him and Vincent circulated his mana to try and negate the effect.
The strange means of the evil spirit was already something that Vincent had never come across. In fact, he had never even heard of any wizard or warrior being able to accomplish such a feat. To make things worse, no matter how much he roused his mana, it seemed to be ineffective against the laughter. Only a few seconds had passed but he already felt it hard to remain standing.
Just as he stumbled to his knees, a golden light covered him. A warm sensation filled his entire body and the sudden weakness vanished slowly. Finally regaining his mobility, Vincent got back on his feet and looked at the girl who was just a step away from him.
Before he could stabilize himself, the girl grabbed him by his ankle. Her childish hand possessed monstrous strength and he could feel her iron grip down to his bones.
Vincent wanted to scream because of the pain but held himself back. Forcing himself to focus, he began casting a spell. But before he could complete it, he was lifted off the ground and hurled like a ragdoll across the room. He hurriedly cast <Brace> on himself and prepared for impact. Still, when his back hit against the wall, it felt as if all the air had escaped his lungs.
Though the spell had protected him from majority of the damage, he was still stunned as he fell to the floor. Still, except for the bruise that had formed on his ankle as a result of the girl grabbing him, he wasn't injured much.
Vincent tried regulating his breathing. The girl was already making her way to Bell and each second was precious. He didn't know what method Bell had used to negate the dizzying and weakening effect of the evil spirit's laughter but he needed to ensure the spiritualist's safety. Or else, he would end up nothing more than a punching bag for the girl and doll duo.
On the other side of the room, Bell calmly stood his ground while the girl approached him. The doll's mouth was still moving in a frenzied manner, letting out the demonic laughter without respite.
Bell retrieved a wooden stick from his inner pocket and snapped it in half. The two halves fell to the floor and came to life. The sticks wriggled around like worms and dug their way into the concrete floor.
Passing through the ground unseen, they reemerged from behind the girl. But unlike how they had first been, now the two sticks had grown into snake like wooden plants that were each two feet long. Their body had branched into various smaller ends from where luscious green leaves grew. But unlike normal plants, these seemed to be capable of motion and weren't rooted to the ground.
The two sticks whipped about the air and coiled around the girl's legs each. They tightened rapidly and tried to restrict the girl's movements. Unfortunately for Bell, the girl's body seemed to possess unbelievable strength as she ignored the plant like bindings and continued advancing.
Having anticipated the situation, Bell didn't panic and completed invoking a spell he had been working on. Blinding light emanated from his body and illuminated the entire room. As the light came into contact with the doll, it stopped laughing and screamed in pain. The girl turned around hurriedly and used her back as a shield.
The light seemed to be nemesis to all things evil as even the girl's body which had been tampered with by the evil spirit began letting off smoke. The smell of burnt flesh spread throughout the room and cries of anguish escaped the girl's mouth repeatedly.
Looking at the girl going through such suffering, Bell couldn't stand it anymore and canceled his spell. As the brilliant light died down, the doll spoke in its demonic voice. "You sure are a foolish human. You threw away your only chance to defeat me. Just for this girl who is already half dead?"
"Shut up you fiend." Bell shouted angrily and prepared to receive the girl who was approaching while cuddling the doll once again. Her skin was charred in some places and the burnt skin broke, letting blood out as she moved.
The girl took a few more steps but stopped moving all of a sudden. Surprised at the sudden turn of events, her head rotated in an impossible angle. Her body still frozen mid stride, her neck stretched creepily and she stared at Vincent with red eyes.
"You seem to have forgotten about me." Vincent remarked calmly as he patted the dust off his cloth.
"No. You seem to have forgotten something." The girl replied childishly and loosened her grip on the doll. Landing on the floor smoothly, the human like doll ran towards Vincent in a zigzag pattern.
Because of how fast the little thing was moving, Vincent found it difficult to lock on to it. After several failed attempts, it was already incredibly close to him. Left with no choice, Vincent stopped using the force to hold the girl in place and invoked a different spell. Sparks of electricity covered his entire body and he charged at the doll at his top speed.
The doll, however, was too nimble and easily dodged Vincent's clumsy charge. It then proceeded to circle around the electricity covered man, exploiting any weakness he showed. The spell was draining a lot of his mana as it covered his entire body. At this rate, he wouldn't last even a minute. Unfortunately, he didn't have the luxury of deactivating the spell as it would allow the doll to attack him as soon as he did so. His weak body couldn't keep up with the swift movements of the doll after all.
On the other side of the room, the girl closed the distance between herself and Bell now that the force holding her still had disappeared. She moved in speed that surpassed even that of the dolls' and tackled the spiritualist. While her body didn't weigh much, just the sheer speed at which she collided with him knocked him off his feet.
As he fell on his back completely defenseless, she got on top of him and tried to bite his throat. In the end, Bell too fell in an equally precarious position as Vincent. While the girl was small in size, the strength her body was capable of exploding with was absolutely leagues above his own. As the girl's teeth grew larger in his view, he concluded that it was too late to do anything. No matter what he tried, he would die after getting his throat ripped out in just a moment.
Just as he closed his eyes in defeat, the sound of a sword cutting through air sounded out. Warm blood fell on his face prompting him to open his eyes. The thing that came into his view was the girl's severed head flying through the air.
Everyone looked at the unexpected development in utter shock. Vincent and the doll both froze and looked at the girl whose headless body slumped on top of Bell lifelessly. A hand stretched out of the shadows nearby and grabbed the head spinning in the air.
As soon as the hand caught it, the shadow moved towards the doll in a blinding speed.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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