The Elfbone Extraction [M]

[Erik Vrell]

Erik was foolish to have assumed that such a powerful enemy wouldn't be trained. He ahead no time to dwell in that thought though, as his enemy was assaulting him with animalistic ferocity. Erik couldn't attack, because Galel always knew where he would strike and could block without fail, so he fell back to defending himself. He was faster than his opponent, so they were evenly matched. Even if Erik managed to slip in a hit, Mageslayer would be deflected by the warp-energy barrier. He realised that he would have to find a way to break it if he wanted to have a chance in the fight. He ran towards a drop from the current floor to the ground floor. "Only a coward runs!" Roared the astarte and chased the young mind-breaker. Just as the Legionnaire was about to make him an unwilling amputee, Erik sidestepped and tripped up Galel. With a small gasp, he fell to the ground floor with a crash. The fall had done no damage and hadn't even broken his barrier. He opened his eyes and looked up just in time to see Erik jump from the top floor with Mageslayer held above his head. He had a mad glint in his eye and screamed a battle cry throughout the fall. When he was a few feet from the floor, he swung his blade downwards. The kinetic energy he had in the swing was enough to shatter the barrier protecting his foe, but dealt no damage. Galel kicked Erik back and leapt to his feet.

The two stared each other down. Galel then uttered a single, harsh laugh and channeled energy into his blade. When he had finished, he moved with incredible speed and swung his sword into Erik's gut. Erik moved to parry it and managed to intercept it, but the Titan-pattern blade slid off of magebreaker and Galel hit Erik with the flat of his blade. A jolt rushed through Erik like he was being electrocuted. He screamed and fell to the ground supporting himself with magebreaker. He breathed shakily and rose back towards his real height. The legionnaire looked drained, but was obviously better off than Erik. He emptied his mind and lunged wildly towards his opponent he caught his opponent off guard and just managed to get a definite strike in. His foe grunted and kicked Erik back. Erik was panting from the combined exertion of the fight and being hit with Galel's charged strike. He knew that after a while, his superior speed would fail him. 'Well, let's see if I can hold out until I get help.' He thought.