The Assassin's Legacy

I think I might be in way over my league here" Leo reasoned as his eyes searched for a way to escape this situation.

With a laugh Vilfortz charged forward holding what seemed to be a scythe made out of bright red blood that dripped every time the elf swung it. The scythe came down in a downward slash that attempted to split Leo in half, Leo (still in his panther form) attacked back with a wicked swipe of his claws that clashed with the blood slash. The blood scythe split into four leaving Leo's paws stained with bright red blood, and consequently leaving the possessed elf unarmed. Using a lethal pounce Leo crashed onto the elf his fangs aiming for the elf's neck. Vilfortz placed his hands around his neck while he struggled to dislodge the panther.

"Not bad human" laughed the elf before he pierced Leo with numerous barbed blood spikes that pierced into his wounds. With a pained growl Leo struggled to escape the spikes that had embedded deep into his flesh and kept on drawing him closer to the lying elf. "I knew it; he is absorbing my blood" Leo cursed as he observed the slight weakness he was currently feeling throughout his body.

Eventually Leo stopped struggling leaving the demon mad with joy as it continued to suck the blood out of it.

Then after what seemed to be a long minute Leo with a mad roar jumped backwards using the demon's body as a launching pad and in the process escaping the spikes that left his body with numerous tiny holes. The demon roared in pain getting to his feet while the intestines of the elf fell out of the gaping hole in the abdomen that Leo had made with his rear claws during the jump. After escaping from the demon Leo broke into a sprint, heading into the forest in order to escape.

The demon seeing the fleeing panther laughed "There shall be no escape for you Panther". After saying this the elf conjured another blood scythe, while he ran after the panther; his torn abdomen dripping bile and other gastric substances.

Leo increased his pace but still was not running at full speed due to the amount of blood that he had lost from the blood spikes and his earlier shoulder injury. This of course made the mad demon to catch up leaving Leo no choice but to fight his way out of this.With another slash the demon's scythe travelled through the air before it was blocked by Leo's dagger. The blood scythe on striking the dagger flowed onto it before pulling the assassin towards the demon. Leo didn't resist the pull and instead slashed the air with his right dagger. The ghostly slash travelled with speed before it severed the head of the elf, the head as Leo had expected didn't fall to the ground but instead remained hanging from little blood threads that slowly brought it back in place. A violent twist of his left dagger freed Leo from the scythe before he disengaged in order to study his opponent's move and give himself some breathing room. "Well played human, it seems you will be worth more alive than dead" laughed the demon as an even bigger scythe formed in his hands while a dark red cloak covered his body and thus giving him the look of a red grim reaper.

The demon charged forward performing a series of slashes that Leo kept on evading all the while looking for an opening. The demon who was getting impatient, with a sudden burst of energy performed a horizontal slash that was aimed at decapitating the assassin's chest from his body.

Leo dodged this slash by bending backwards before he kicked off with a handstand that was quickly followed up by gripping the demon's neck with his feet, throwing it onto the ground with a force that broke the neck on impact with the floor.

The move that had been performed had left the demon in shock for he knew the huge amount of flexibility and strength that was needed to execute the attack.

Leo got to his feet panting from tiredness and the wounds that littered his body. The demon staggered to his feet; his neck bent at an awkward angle but his face still bearing an evil grin.

The elf's body on the other hand was pale to the extent that his veins could be seen through the skin. "You don't have much time left demon" Leo grinned before he spat blood as he held his daggers in front of his face. The demon taking a look at his host's body smiled "You are quite right human, your blood and that of this elf has almost been exhausted but still I can assure you that we both will leave this mortal realm this night". After saying this, the demon cloaked his body with even more blood, two monstrous horns forming on the elf's head while two monstrous wings sprouted out from the back, giving the elf a scary demonic appearance.

With a flap of his blood wing the demon took to the skies,smiling as a blood red bow formed in his hand. Leo sensing a disturbance in the air, rolled to his left seconds before a dark red arrow crashed into his original position.

More arrows rained down threatening to drown the assassin but still Leo stood firm; his eyes glowing bright in the night as he tapped into a power that he had not used for quite some time.

"When all of this is over, the order of the sun shall answer some questions" Leo said to himself for he wondered why his order had to always perform the 'sun's duty.

With a very loud bestial roar Leo shifted into his panther form. On close observation one could see small blue patterns running over the feline's body that grew bigger in every passing second.

The demon in the sky laughed maniacally when he noticed that the panther hadn't even tried to dodge the attack and kept on standing in one place while its body kept on being littered with holes.

Suddenly a shift was felt in the atmosphere and before the demon could fly or evade the impending attack, a bright blue beam of light shot out from the now glowing panther's mouth.

The beam passed through the demon's chest and continued to travel forward splitting the clouds to reveal a bright full moon. The demon with one final maniacal laugh collapsed to the ground, a massive hole in his chest. After some seconds the elf's body lost the red aura surrounding it and turned back into a disgusting corpse riddled with ghastly wounds. The blast that Leo had released from his mouth was a spatial beam that was capable of erasing everything in its path, the attack was something that he had only used once and also could only be executed in his panther form. The first time he had used the blast was in his first battle against some rogue mages; the battle that had earned him the elven name Fanghyr. With a satisfied smile Leo laid on his back observing the skies while he waited for the Order of the sun to come and investigate the spatial disturbance...

Meanwhile in a bright white castle an old woman looked at the now clear skies before she shook her head in pity "The time has come for order and chaos to meet again".*******************************************************************

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and the fighting scene in it. For those of you that may be wondering, Leo's daggers are his panther's fangs and as such are a part of his body. His cloth does not get ripped apart because his transformation is somewhat more magical than physical. If you have enjoyed this chapter and the book so far, don't forget to comment and vote.