Skeletons that were once Demons lay across the dirt.
Some demons survived the last attack Ulric had used.
In the middle of the debris and flaming wooden houses.
Stood two silhouettes.
"I'm the End."
It sounded much cooler in his head.
He just had to hope that whoever else was around, secretly listening, found it cool.
"The End? What arrogance," he said. "My name is Kaelvar, and I will put your foolishness to an end."
Kaelvar began to remove his long, elegant black robe.
He wasn't wearing anything underneath, only his bare torso.
Ulric could feel the change immediately.
Dark red veins started to spread across his whole torso and arms.
Without a sound, large amounts of cuts appeared on his skin.
Large amounts of blood started pouring from each individual cut on his skin.
Drenching him in his own blood.
Clasping both his hands together, pointing them directly at Ulric.
A lance made out of his blood erupted from his clasped hands.
It was fast…but Ulric could see it.
He raised his hand.
"Manafäule" (Mana Rot)
Cracks slowly formed on the blood lance.
But to Ulrics surprise, the blood lance didn't decay into dust.
It didn't slow down either.
He had to dodge.
The blood lance pierced the ground where he once stood.
A gigantic wave of blood erupted in all directions as it crashed down into the earth.
Ulric looked back at the demon a bit in front of him.
The demon Kaelvar was different.
Not like the weak demons he easily crushed earlier.
He was strong.
Two large circular rings erupted from his forearms.
They began to spin violently above his now raised arms.
The wind around the blood rings began to blow the air dangerously.
It looked like he was ready to throw two Rasenshurikens at him.
Ulric didn't back down as he stood and formed a Verfallzauber Arrow between his fingers.
Both attacks left their hands at incredible speed.
They directly clashed in the middle, creating a shockwave that blasted them both back a bit.
Smoke covered the area.
Ulric felt it before he saw it.
His body moved on its own.
The sky rained down with blood.
A dozen blood spikes began to fall from above.
Forcing him to move.
Kaelvar, in the distance studied Ulric.
He had a suspicion about him.
He observed his battle against his demon soldiers.
Most of the spell attacks were used to completely stop their spells from being cast.
Or destroying them before they reached him.
His earlier attack, he used against his "Blutring" (Blood Ring), that green arrow mostly confirmed his suspicion.
Kaelvar muttered beneath his breath.
"Blutklingen" (Blood blades)
Two handles started to form at his palms.
Two long blades dripping in blood formed in his hands.
His golden eyes stared at his target.
All the spells he used before almost confirmed his suspicion.
This guy sucked at close combat.
He just needed to confirm it.
Kaelvar rushed at Ulric, twin blood blade in hands.
Ulric immediately noticed the slenderman looking motherfucker rushing him.
He was rushing at him.
Was he trying to make him fight in close combat?
Dark energy gathered at his palms.
"Verfallsding" (Decay dagger)
Two dark black daggers formed in his palm.
Blood blade met decay dagger in an instant.
Kaelvar came down with a powerful swing.
Ulric met his twin blood blades head on.
Swinging his own decay daggers upward.
Cracks immediately started to form on the blood blades as soon as contact was made.
Kaelvar not expecting the decay dagger.
Immediately jumped back, as he jumped back he swung both blades in an x-shape towards Ulric.
A giant blood x-shape slash rushed towards him.
This attack was too strong to stop.
He moved out the way.
The blood slash rushing past him, cleaving what little remains of the destroyed village in even more destruction.
Kaelvar had to rethink his strategy.
He thought Ulric wasn't a close combat fighter.
His suspicion was wrong.
He needed to end it one strike.
Ulric quickly stood up, his green eyes quickly finding Kaelvars golden eyes.
Kaelvars golden eyes turned a slight crimson, as steam started to flow out of his wounds.
The blood oozing out of the wounds started to bubble.
As if his blood was being boiled inside his body.
To Ulric, Kaelvar reminded him of Luffy in his second gear form.
And just like Luffy in his second gear form.
Kaelvar disappeared from his line of sight.
Ulrics body moved on its own, as if his daggers sensed death near.
His right arm swung around, Kaelvars blood blade, about to decapitate his head was cleanly blocked by his decay daggers.
Kaelvar instantly disappeared again.
This time, appearing to his left crouched down like a preying mantis.
His blood blade swung again.
Ulrics dagger met to intercept it.
Before the dagger met his blood blade.
Ulric was left stunned.
Kaelvars blood blade unraveled into liquid crimson, curling past Ulrics decay dagger.
It quickly reformed with a violent snap.
Leaving Ulric completely exposed.
The blood blade pierced directly through his chest.
A boiling sensation filled him as his own blood started to boil.
Then the world went silent.
The destroyed village, the scorching flames, and the skeletons that surrounded them.
All vanished.
Darkness quickly took over his vision.
Opening his eyes, Ulric lay in darkness.
His hand reached for the wound where his chest had been pierced.
He found nothing.
A faint green glow appeared at the corner of his eye.
Forming from the darkness in a faint green glow.
The Lich appeared.
For a moment, they just stared at each other.
In a calm, chilling voice, words echoed throughout the empty void.
"You still misunderstand the power inside you."
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End of Chapter 9