Attack on Sabertooth1 (Lower Sections)

"Ouch" Raven commented as she watched Fred crush two grunts' head into each other. "That must have hurt," She chuckled, watching as Fred found his next targets. She didn't really need to keep watching to know that Frederick would crush them within a few minutes. In fact, by the blink of her eyes, it was already done. How could they have hoped to stand up against that guy anyway? He wasn't called "The Dark Lord" by everyone for nothing, after all. They had given that name to him, having watched him use his magic to its full potential. And that hood just added more points on his scariness scale.

She winced and turned to her own fight when she felt one of her creations being destroyed. And sure enough, one of her dolls was completely destroyed and the other was barely holding on. Shaking her head, she darted towards the one her remaining doll was dealing with and took him out from the behind with one slash of her sword. Afterwards, she quickly grabbed the arm of her doll and pulled her forward, reaching out and ramming Raven's sword into one of the enemies that was coming at them from behind the doll. Her doll combined it with the powerful use of her claws that dug into the skin of their enemy before effortlessly throwing it off to the other side, taking another grunt that was in the way along with it.

"Nice one," she commented, realizing that things were going more smoothly than she thought it would. However, what she failed to see was that one of the monsters were inching closer to the gravity controlling machine, hoping to destroy it completely since they couldn't crack the password for accessing it. Raven was too preoccupied to notice it and by the time she did, the enemy was too close to the device for her to reach in time.

In the short moment he enemy realized what really happened he was already being swung around like a bag. By pulling the man backwards with force, and then by rotating on his own axis point, Frederick swung the large man around and into his two comrades. Who struggled to get up again after being hit with their colleague. They had to climb up from underneath the unconscious body of their ally what would probably weigh down on them as a large tree log. Yet when the first one had managed to crawl up, he saw that it was already to late to continue any fight against the dark hooded maniac

Right after Frederick had released the human chimera from the grasp of his whip, he immediately retracted the black extension on his arm. Only so that he could aim his arm at the to location were the brute was swung into, and summon several black pentacles all around them. From which he beams of black light were shot that came to an explosion the moment they hit them, or impacted the ground around them. Either way, the attack was powerful enough to take them both out at once.

He glared over at Raven for a moment, to see how she was doing, and to maybe even catch a breather from the continuous fighting. Or so he wished, the moment he took a look towards Raven he noticed one of the stronger enemy mages gathering his power to strike against the gravity generator.
Without a second of delay, or any doubt he used the power of his vile movement to instantly put himself between the generator and the enemy. While he created a large black barrier to withstand the blast of the devils attack. 
'Raven!!!' he shouted in that moment, in order to get her attention 'Take him out now!'




OOC:


Spells active:                                        Cooldown:
Vile Movement - duration 10 posts     Dark Void - 4 posts
Black whip - duration 1 post
Ultimate Defense - 3 posts

Enemies:
Weak 3/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 7/14 - Half Demons
Strong 0/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

A loud blast was what drew her attention to Fred and the mage Raven had failed to notice before. "What?" She wondered out loud, needing a moment to realize what was happening. And when she did, she heard Fred yelling at her to take out the enemy that was busy trying to blast Fred's shield away.

"Easier said than done dammit!" She cursed, springing into action and combining her speed with the sharpness of her blade, she managed to stab the odd looking mage right through its heart. Although, whether those things had a heart or not was a matter of debate for the silver haired girl. They were so mutated and disfigured that it even grossed her out. Wait, what was she thinking? 'Focus, Raven!' she told herself. She dragged her sword down diagonally, almost splitting the thing in two but drawing her sword back before she could actually commit the act.

Along with the body of their enemy mage, Raven also fell down, barely managing to catch herself by putting her weight on both her hands and knees. Without a doubt, she was tired from the whole predicament. Sweat rolled off her body and Raven sat up on her knees, her hands on her hips as she tried to catch her breath. Along with the battle, her temporary loss of herself had taken its toll her her body. The good news for her was probably the fact that the enemies were stupefied from Fred's and Raven's display of skill and power. They had already began to back away from them.

"Fred, let's take out the rest. It's almost over, isn't it?" she said between breathing, pushing herself up again. 'How on earth did Fred manage to stay up like that?' she shook her head, putting that thought aside for the time being.

'Yes, yes it is' replied Frederick who stepped over the lifeless corpse of the mage whose life ended with a sword plunged in his back and through his heart. It could almost be considered poetic on how precise that strike was if Raven didn't raise her sword up, while it was still stuck into the mage. Shredding him from the inside and almost cutting him into two separate halves.


Frederick was glaring at the remaining enemies, who were slowly backing away a bit after seeing the gruesome displays of the mages they had decided to mess with. Yet even though they backed away, they still didn't seemed to plan on giving up. Which wasn't so strange, after all they must have realized it as well that even though their opponents were strong, they were at their last reserves of energy from the continuous fighting. And if they all came at them at once, they had a fair shot of defeating them.

No, if Frederick wanted to win this, and make sure they both survived he had to take them all out at once. And he had just the spell for that, it would shred through any life form that was close enough, and wouldn't hurt any of the physical objects in the room. Meaning the Gravity Control would be safe. However there was one downside to it, something that Frederick wasn't particularly fond off. In order for Raven to be unaffected by his next move, she had to stand close by Frederick, very close.

Determined on his strategy, even if it put him in some awkward position Frederick walked up to Raven. Who was panting while trying to stand up again, clearly out of breath as well from the continuous fighting and running.
'Raven...' he said while he grabbed on to her and pulled her towards him. Pressing her against his chest. 'I'll finish them all at once now, but whatever you do. Don't move!'

Coming from his very core, the black aura that was often common around Frederick started to intensify once again. Raising his power level significantly and putting pressure on everyone else in the near vicinity, even mages who were a few levels above them fighting in the main hall would start to feel the faint magical presence of Frederick that was increasing with every moment. Until Frederick uttered the two small words that would send off all that power building into a boiling point around him.

'Wither away' 

Out of nowhere with a loud rumbling sound an ominously black shockwave would be send from where he and Raven were standing, all around them. It was the true power of a former Guild Master class mage.
The enemies caught by surprise from that powerful shockwave didn't had any time to react, not that it would help. Any defense they would put was to weak, or just simple didn't work. As the first wave would pass through every physical defense they could put up.



OOC:


Spells active:                                        Cooldown:
Vile Movement - duration 9 posts     Dark Void - 3 posts
Wither Away - 1 post                        Black Whip - 4 posts
                                                         Ultimate Defense - 10 posts

Enemies:
Weak 3/3 - Human Chimeras
Normal 14/14 - Half Demons
Strong 2/2 - Half Devil Female & Half Devil Male

Raven was still on ground, using her sword as a means to keep herself up. Her head rested on the sword's hilt and in her state of mind, she didn't notice Fred closing the distance between them until she was pulled up and held close. She blinked, not moving as the complete picture registered on her head. She was about to scream at Fred and punch him when she noticed that he was actually trying to cast a spell. At least the realization calmed her down. But, she wasn't expecting the sudden rise in magical power around the room. As it raised wind and the power level increased, Raven found herself with no other choice but to hold onto Fred's cloak. The power she felt amazed her and for a minute, she forgot that she was actually standing very close to the "Dark Lord". It left her eyes wide open and their enemies dead.

It took her a few moments to realize that the effect of Fred's spell had died down but she was rooted to the spot, wondering when she would be able to do something as powerful as that. One day, she could attain that level of power too. Sh wasn't sure if she should be happy or scared of it though. Her concerns came from the fact that her magic and she herself was quite unstable. It was a power higher than what Fred had displayed that resulted in her world's destruction. And, no one was to blame but herself for not being able to control that power.

Her train of thoughts came to a stop when she remembered that she was still standing far too close to Fred. Laughing nervously at their position, Raven slowly pulled away from him and walked hurriedly towards the gravity controlling machine. She had to make sure that the settings on it was right. Thankfully, it looked fine. "Now what, Frederick?" she asked, lifting her head to look at him.

The outburst of Frederick's dark magic ended with every single remaining enemy laying lifeless on the ground. Leaving the room in silence, and the awkwardness of the position Frederick and Raven were in. Something that Raven seemed to realize a few moments later, who was still clinging to him by grabbing and holding on to his cloak.

Realizing it as well, Frederick stepped backwards at the same moment Raven let go of his cloak and nervously backed away from him. Only to quickly check on the Control Device that kept the guild floating in the air. Which by looking at her relieved expression on her face, was completely fine. Maybe a scratch here and there, and it could use some maintenance. But besides that it was still good condition. At least to keep them from falling down to their imminent deaths.

'Now we go check out how things are going upstairs' he replied slowly between some heavy breaths, clearly showing that he as well was worn out after fighting one enemy after another. 'But... let's not hasten ourselves, catching a breather before we reach it doesn't sound so bad right now'

He was about to turn around and start walking away from the scene, until he remembered something that was bugging him since Raven lost control of her self. Something that he had temporarily forgotten, or at least put somewhere back in his head while he was fending off the enemies at the Control Room. And for some reason he needed to know, or at least tried to ask her for a straight answer.
So after a few steps he stopped, and partly turned his head towards Raven so that he could see her from the corner of his eyes.

'Say... what was that just now earlier?' he inquired, knowing that she'd definitely knew what he was referring too.

Raven nodded and broke away all enchantments she had on herself for the time being. She gave one last look at the gravity controlling device and pulled away from it. She was about to walk out after Frederick when he stopped her with a question. She halted and stared at the back of Fred's head. What was she supposed to say now? Should she tell him casually that she is half demon and she had destroyed her whole world once? What could she tell him? What would he think of her if he knew the whole truth? She had so many questions running around in her head. How should she word it?

"Uhm earlier..." Raven trailed off, rubbing the back of her head as her eyes suddenly found the marble floor the most fascinating thing in the room. "Uhm that was...well...how do I put it? I just had a temporary loss of control?" She stuttered, trying to find the right words. She paced around the room, making it painfully obvious that she didn't really want to talk about the whole thing at all. However, given the situation, Raven couldn't just walk out the door and hope that Fred wouldn't give her the cold shoulder later.

"Alright. So a long time ago, in a far away place, there was a kingdom just for crows. This kingdom wasn't for ordinary crows either. They were demons," she sighed heavily, organizing the words in her head before she spoke again. "I'm one of them, obviously. In fact, I was their princess. My father was the king and he had the power to control the others in our kingdom. So, now you know where exactly my "magic" comes from. What happened before was...well...a temporary lose of myself to my dark side," she slowed down at the end, making sure she was not saying everything yet nothing at the same time.

'Tch, it almost sounds like some ill bedtime story for children' said Frederick rudely, almost conceited even. 'Look I don't care for what you are, hell I am not one to judge someone based on their lineage or where they came from. All I care about is what happened back there, that darkness, that power you posses is something easily you can lose yourself into. And with it threaten the lives of everyone around you.'

Frederick paused for a few moments, before he continued. Slowly assessing the girls position, it was something he could relate to. After all he went down that same road, and the consequences of that road had cost the lives of many people. It was a terrifying time if he looked back, to be lost in your own insanity, destroying everything and anyone you came upon.

'I need to know that it won't happen again, not only because it endangers the entire guild. But also for yourself, because next time I won't be as nice as I was earlier'

It was true, if it did happen again and Frederick was in the vicinity to do anything about he would stop it no matter what. Meaning that next time there was a chance Raven wouldn't be pulled out as easily as she did when she summoned that black tornado.
She probably knew very well that there was a chance that she couldn't snap out of it, and the thought of it might even frighten her. 

'Anyway,' he continued, 'I'll drop the subject for now, after all we still have to make sure everyone upstairs is alive. Which they probably are knowing their tenacity. But so you know, if you need help to control it, I will help you....and if the moment arises when all hope is lost I will end you.'

Frederick turned his gaze back towards the door in front of him and started walking again, making it very clear that he had said what he needed to say. That there was nothing he would deal with if it endangered his new found guild, that he'd actually even started to call home. If he didn't want to admit it or not. And that all what Raven had to do was process what he said.

'Ill bedtime story for children? Seriously?! That's what he thinks?!" Raven fumed, but calmed herself down, finding the facts he had laid out for her. He was right and his words did leave an impact on her. When Fred walked out, Raven stood back, thinking harder on the whole thing. He had a point. Her dark self was not something that she could predict about. One day, it might burst out of her for the worst just like that night. But, on another note, Raven had been able to control her other self for the most part. Of course, it was still quite unstable. But, compared to many others of her own species, she was doing a great job and holding it in.

She sighed and placed a hand on her forehead. No clear thoughts went through her head. Everything was drastically mixed up for her. There were many things to consider. She and her unstable magic was a threat to the guild. She couldn't deny that fact at all. But she loved Sabertooth. It was her home now. But that fact that she destroyed her home once did frighten her. What if she does it again? What if she slips away again?

"if the moment arises when all hope is lost I will end you."

She remembered and sighed. Yes, she would leave it up to him. She didn't want to leave the place she treasured the most. If possible, she wanted to work harder and put Sabertooth at the very top. And if one day, if she ever truly loses herself, she will believe in Fred's words and happily die in his hands. If that day ever comes, she would make sure she would be dead before she can touch even a single hair of her comrades. That was her decision. Till then, she would be Raven, a Sabertooth member.