Leyline of the Demon Realm

[Alba Derosso]

The demon frowned as his initial attack was so easily evaded, and suddenly his prey was on the offense. One was silent like the wind, the other wanting to hit him head on. The positioning was too perfect for him to be backstabbed. His knees bent slightly before he took a mighty leap in the air, looking down to see both his opponents swinging at empty air. Using his newfound advantage, he opted away from using demonic power, instead wishing to show them why Harvesters were so feared. His palms pointed to his enemies, and grey mist swirled around his hands before spiraling to his enemies. The mist was solidifying into chains, and screaming faces appeared and disappeared randomly in the chains; they were composed of souls, and they sought only to deal to others what he had done to them.  

[Red Gypsy]

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Ash grabbed Rebecca and pulled her out of the way as he hastily combined his powers with hers to block the bound souls and act on the souls desires to be free, one of the benefits of being as old an incubus as he was. He literally tore the souls from the reaper and freed them from his control then went on the attack again.

He knew Rebecca could take to the air easier than he could and block that method of escape for the reaper as he attacked from the ground, though freeing the souls had drained him quite a bit. Still, he pressed in anyway, throwing one of his deadly daggers as he moved to get behind the reaper for another more personal attack.

Meanwhile, Gypsy had finally drawn her sword as Ilea began to use her whips, taking several stinging blows that bled freely. But the hybrid finally managed to slice through the whips, effectively neutralizing them, and moved in for a final attack.

Ilea tried to evade Gypsy's attack with her stolen dagger, but only managed to deflect it. She still gave a harsh gasp as the blade went through her belly like a dull knife through warm butter.

Gypsy slid the sword in to the hilt with a low growl and gave it a harsh twist, ignoring it when Ilea sent the dagger into her shoulder from behind. She pulled the sword out and let the dark-haired woman drop to the ground before turning her attention to the others.

She walked towards the fight, her sword dripping with Ilea's blood along the way as her demon awoke inside of her, turning her into something out of a pornographic nightmare between one step and another. Her demonic aura was something that not even the reaper would be able to resist. Ash and Rebecca were safe from it thanks to them being bound to each other, but she would be enough of a distraction to the reaper to give them a chance.

Maybe...  

[Alba Derosso]

Gado was inwardly impressed with Ash, but outwardly quite annoyed. A demon that is immune to corruptive energies and can break soulbonds. He dropped to the ground and growled as the fog that surrounded the battlefield closed in on them, obscuring the battlefield and Gado melting in. There was nothing but powerful wind, his presence obscured by the souls that wandered the mists. Any movement Ash made, Gado was in his peripherals, taunting the assassin. These souls wouldn't be freed so easily, as they had long been devoured and were eternally bound to him until he deemed otherwise, and they provided excellent distractions for him to cripple Ash... hopefully permanently.  

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Rebecca didn't mind that Ash moved her out of the way, souls was not something would of taken care of well, she felt Ash draw some of her power with his letting him get what he needed. As Ash took care of the soul Rebecca soon disppear into the air making no sound once Ash distroyed the souls she spun qucikly giving the man a hard kick in the back that would send him back to the ground letting Ash move behind him to take his blow. Rebecca looked over at Gypsy seeing she finished off the women and changed to her demon form, she could feel the aura from her but it wasn't affecting her. Rebecca then flew straight down at the man as she threw her daggers down at him like a rain of knives making sure none hit Ash or Gypsy, as she got close she went for another swing her double blade sword.  

[Red Gypsy]

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None of Rebecca's daggers hit Ash or Gypsy. But something else did get Ash in the fog. He kept trying to get at Gado every time he saw him, but he always seemed to be too late. He felt the attacks to himself each time but couldn't shift very far from them thanks to the enveloping fog from the tortured souls that seemed to hold him in place.

In the end, he dropped to the ground unconscious, hidden by the fog as he bled from numerous wounds.

Gypsy moved into the fog without fear, the fog caused by the souls actually moving away from her entrancing and seductive aura, her sword still dripping Ilea's blood behind her as she moved for the stone obelisk steadily. Her steps were sure but silent as she walked, her hips swaying just as seductively as her aura was, "Reaper...." she called out in a soft teasing whisper, knowing he could hear her entrancing voice as she got closer to the obelisk.  

[Darsto_23]

Red Gypsy

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Rebecca stopped before running into the ground as she lands on her feet with a good thud as the fog blinded her for a moment, she looked around but could not see where the man was, she growled low feeling Ash getting hurt, she then felt something slash her side pretty good, she growls again and leaps up gliding over the fog. Once Ash was unconsicous Rebecca started to freak a little trying to see him but she just mad with this hid and seek game "Enough hidding" She growlled in the air as she spread her big lovely wings wide and with two hard gusts the fog started clear Rebecca spotted Ash and rushed to his side seeing he was badly wounded bleeding a lot. "Ash.." She spoke softly him lookinng him over. She looked over where Gypsy was as she heard her voice, seeing she was calling him to her.  

[Alba Derosso]

The mist cleared as Gado walked out, not a single scratch on him. He was amused over how easy she disposed of Ilea, though he knew he was a cut above the rest. Her aura would have crumbled lesser demons, yet Harvesters were always the masters of their own mind. He walked out of the mist with a grin, tossing his hat and coat aside to reveal his ashen skin and black veined body. "So your a cut above the rest. No matter; your soul will make a fine trophy."  

[Red Gypsy]

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I'm going to let Gypsy distract him a bit here so you can do what you want.

Ash didn't move as Rebecca said his name, his breathing a bit harsh and interrupted from time to time. But his mind was completely open to Rebecca right now, allowing her to find out that Lareth had banished him.

Gypsy looked the reaper over slowly before her crimson eyes met his. She tilted her head a bit at him as she came to a stop a few paces from him and gave him a slow smile, "Think what you will... My soul is harder to get than you think... But you're welcome to try for it," she said in a soft voice with a soft demonic purr. She acknowledged that he was a powerful demon, but her demonic half knew he wasn't anywhere near as powerful as Kael or Lareth were.

She raised her sword in front of her and looked at the blood that ran down it towards her hand before turning her eyes back to him, "My blade's a bit hungry for more blood... Yours would add nicely to the crimson that runs down it now..." she added and licked her plump lips slowly before moving a little closer to him as she lowered the blade back down and motioned for him to come to her with her other hand.  

[Haeo]

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Red Gypsy

Thank you, that will do nicely. Now, to hopefully not get attacked by both sides... Since... I don't think that any of these characters have seen Ost's titan aspect before.

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Alba Derosso

Ost had seen enough. He knew that most of those involved in the battle had never seen his titan aspect but he would have to take the risk of being attacked by both sides. It was time to support the defenders as he had been ordered. Besides, the enemy had just been gracious enough to reveal himself. It was enough. He jumped. The leap carried him far above the combatants and took more than enough time for him to shift into his titan aspect. His gigantic black form cast a shadow over those below for just an instant before his first strike hit the field. It was a powerful subsonic scream that was both sound and magic and entwined to stun and disrupt. It hit like a shockwave right where the man was standing, not powerful enough to injure but enough to force even strong fighters to brace their footing and disrupt less concentrated magical effects.

The moment the scream hit, the blue eye on Ost's forehead flashed brightly. Primal ice stops everything. A stream of concentrated primal ice magic swept in a circle around the wounded man and the woman beside him. It drew a ring of freezing blue flames which would form into a crude and brutal defensive warding circle of extremely dense ice. It would not be perfect but it would make it much more difficult to strike as it would seek to freeze anything hostile to those within it.

He landed just clear of the circle and swept those frigid black claws through where the man was standing with brutal speed. His appearance would truly be terrifying, towering over the combatants with characteristics that most demons would have never seen before. They might not even know that he was anything but a beast, aside from his precision.  

[Alba Derosso]

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Gado felt the soul chill of ice, and dispersed into a cancophony of wailing souls that scattered as Ost struck. The fog waved and shimmered before it began to resettle the area, and Gado's laugh rippled in the mist. The fog rippled around Gypsy and Ost as Gado laughed and appeared before them, though now his skin was almost pure white with black veins lining all around it. "2 on 1..... Now we are going to have fun. A half-whore and a giant guard dog of the demon king. Today is my lucky day; 2 souls in one fight."  

[Darsto_23]

Red Gypsy

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Rebecca read Ash seeing his mind was open and seemed to find out what Lareth said to him when he saw him, she growled at that as that was a wrong move but she jumped as this creature came out of no where, quickly covering her body over Ash to protect him, she looked around her as ice magic moved around her and Ash, she just kept herself close as she could to Ash to him from getting any more harmed, seeing that she had no chance of getting through that ice flame. She looked down at Ash as she looked over his wounds spoting the worse ones and move her hand to her wound on her side taking some of her blood and started rube them lightly on the ones making him bleed and watched as her blood healed it enough to stop the bleeding at least. Ash wake up love, can you hear me?" she called to him with worry, she needed to get him back.  

[Red Gypsy]

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Ash's breathing evened out a bit but he didn't wake. He was pretty badly injured at this point and had used up too much energy in the fight.

Gypsy just grinned and settled her feet to roll with the ground when Ost attacked. At Gado's taunt, she simply laughed, knowing Ost was protected from the effects of her demonic aura thanks to his titan blood.

"Try again, reaper... The only two living hybrids against one lone soul reaper... I'll gladly accept his assistance in ridding the world of you," she taunted right back at him.

Then she moved in for the attack, letting Ost fill in where he could. She didn't care that the reaper had activated some power or changed his aspect, she simply wanted his blood to join with Ilea's on her blade.

She moved fast, her sword going for several attacks, some feints and some not. There was a reason she was the only one Lareth would spar with, after all...  

[Haeo]

Red Gypsy

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Alba Derosso

Ost was silently grateful to be recognized in the heat of battle but he said nothing. It meant that he would not have to be distracted with confused allies and could concentrate on assisting in the battle against the enemy. This opponent could dodge him easily. If Ost had been older that would not be as much of a factor but he was still young. He felt mildly honored that Gypsy not only recognized him but considered him a worthy ally. It did not improve the state of his position with the King but it did restore a small portion of his lost confidence.

The titan hybrid moved between the enemy and the ruins and watched for openings. His reach would allow him to strike from well outside the normal circle of battle with his claws but he was mostly taking every open shot that his blue eye could get.

However, he was no fool. This enemy was both powerful and had a master's control. Ost could not defeat him at this point. Instead of trying to do so and wasting his efforts he repeatedly fired primal ice blasts at the soul reaper's feet and arms whenever he could do so without endangering his allies. All he could do was limit the man's movements and try to create openings. At least he could think clearly and guide his shots. He also paid attention to the feel and structure of the magic the man was using. It was unfamiliar but studying it during the battle was one way that Ost could become more dangerous to this kind of enemy.

His fundamental nature was attuned to primal ice magic and so was dramatically resistant to any kind of manipulation or aura effect. His soul was also... not as accessible as normal. It really wouldn't matter how powerful the opponent was. The only way to take a titan blood's soul would be to kill the titan blood. That was a very dangerous thing to do as it released their magic wildly. And, in truth, primal ice could stop anything. That included the soul of a titan. When titans die, they are often destroyed utterly by their own absolute magic. He remembered his orders as well. Defeat meant a swift retreat to the castle. His King needed him to come back.  

[Alba Derosso]

Gado never moved from his spot, standing his ground as his foes came for him. Gypsy's blades found their mark, cutting and slicing whatever parts of his flesh they could. The ice was working wonders on keeping his movement limited, but the demon never moved. When Gypsy came in close, Gado struck: quick as lightning his hand wrapped around her throat, and he pulled her close as his grip tightened like a vice. The black veins on his hands began to corrode the skin on her neck as his other hand glowed grey, and jabbed into Gypsy's chest to clench. The same attack used on Wren, though instead of ripping her soul out, he was draining it like a battery. His wounds started to close before he tossed Gypsy aside to deal with the agonizing and crippling agony of having one's soul tapped so invasively.

With renewed strength, the demon punch the ice at his feet, creating a powerful shockwave that managed to shatter even primal ice. Cold, dead eyes stared at the titan as Gado began to advance towards the obelisk, intent on breaking anything coming his way.