The Battle under the Temple

"As you wish [Eternal Flame Spear]" Capiro chanted his spell and a gigantic flame spear formed above him and flew towards Neria and me we evaded it right at the moment and it hit the wall behind us evaporating it in a matter of seconds.

"Holy shit," I said out loud and heard the guards of Alda´s temple rushing towards us I drew my sword and rushed to Capiro but his followers got in my way

"You damn Dhampir you shall not pass to Lord Capiro" one shouted and swung a sword at me but his skill was rather bad and I killed him quickly the problem was he got replaced rather fast and I didn´t come forward at all

"Neria can you help me out?" I shouted towards her and her spells hit in the next moment

"I´m already at it but I don´t have much space to play through" she answered and used a wind spell to blow away the enemies that came near her yet to our surprise it didn´t seem to work on them for some reason but I hadn´t enough time to care about that now

I rushed to aid Neria using the gauntlet mode to punch through my enemies as it seems to be quicker at the moment

"This looks rather bad" Neria stated and I had to agree on that

"It will be worse if the temple guards join this mess you know?" I told her and she started an incarnation while I kept the enemies at bay to buy her time

"Foolish mongrel it was a mistake to come here" Capiro laughed and turned to the opening in the wall "To think that all my plans would be undone by such a half-breed bastard" he looked as the temple guards formed up to attack his troops

"Oh brave warriors of Alda we shall cle..." a priest-warrior began a speech but Capiro decapitated him with magic

"Come you pitiable fools and become my servants after your cruel death," Capiro said proudly and while Neria and I had to do our best to hold our own against the swarms of undead that came instead of Capiro´s followers the temple guards clad in shining armor marched against their enemies I had one problem though

"Hopefully they do not mistake us for their enemies," I said and prayed to Vida

"As if they would not use the time to exterminate you," Neria said with concern in her voice and we continued our best to hold our ground against a number of undead I could have never predicted.

As Alda warriors came into battle with his followers Capiro looked at the entrance as if he waited for something he ignored all death screams of his underlings and only focused on the hole in the wall

He chanted some spells when a mage or a priest tried to attack him but these were exceptions

He then looked interested as a golden-haired girl came through the hole wielding a silver glimmering sword and got excited

"HAHA so she came right at the time I have to apologize mongrel you instead accelerated my plans now the holy maiden shall be mine" he laughed out loud earning the girl's attention and she rushed through his servants with elegant movements as if she was dancing

"Vile vampire whatever an intend you have with me know I will not bid to you this I vow in Alda's name" she shouted and readied her sword oddly Capiro´s followers totally ignored her and pushed forward against Aldas priest-warriors pressing them back

"Oh little girl you have no idea what I want to use you for" Capiro put a sinister smile on his face slowly approaching the brave girl and got a little bit surprised "Oho so my eyes have no effect on you well I should have expected so much" he didn´t take her serious and even I could tell no matter what this sword had for powers or how blessed she was she lacked the experience to fight a foe like him

"This isn´t good Neria finish the spell as fast as possible I will assist you," I said loud and chanted a quick spell myself [Flame Vortex] to make myself away to Capiro and Neria used the Fire I created to combine it with her Wind-Magic to burn all the other undead

"This is all I can do for a while go Val," Neria said and I turned to her

"And it´s you that calls me an idiot on nearly every possible occasion this is suicide" I tried to persuade her

"I have enough Mana left to defend myself so go" she ordered me but I refused

"I won´t leave you like this!" I shouted at her and she got shocked since this was the very first time I was truly angry with her all the time we knew each other

"But we don´t know what this Capiro plans what we know is that he needs this girl over there so go and help her" she again ordered me but I couldn´t follow it even though my mind told me that she was right

Capiro planned something big and this girl was the key to achieve it so helping her was the most logical conclusion one could come to and I tried to use the easiest way possible that didn´t risk too many lives yet this time I couldn´t move at all knowing that Neria´s safety wasn´t guaranteed

"I can´t" I muttered and could hear the girl scream in pain as Capiro attacked her still smiling as if he was still playing with her no, in fact, he literally played with his prey

"It´s you who always says that the way that saves the most people should be taken, The good of many, it weighs heavier than the good of a few or an individual' isn´t this your philosophy?" she said to me

, Oh come on please not this logic, I thought while I mentally face-palmed myself for telling her this

"It may be true but I don´t care about that at the moment," I said to her

"Val your worries about me are... making me actually happy but ... now isn´t the time for this so get a hold on yourself and kick this idiots ass" Neria said with a full smile

"Fine but I promise you if you kick the bucket I will make you regret it" I gave up Neria wouldn´t listen to me and I didn´t have the time to bet on Capiros arrogance any longer so I rushed to the two as they were fighting

The wave of undead subsided and I only had to cut down a couple of living bones

As I came near Capiro I used my swords bow form to shoot him in the back in his arrogance he realized a moment too late I came near him and my arrow hit him in his back forcing him to go to distance

"Young lady if I may take this one on?" I said to the exhausted girl which was out of breath and looked at me with hope but this hope quickly changed into disgust as our eyes met

"A dhampir? Another of this vampire breeds wait a moment I will also take your head" she said forcing herself to stand up at this scene I could only feel pity with her for various reasons

"Fine you may take my head if you can but first let me take care of this dude over there ok?" I asked her but didn´t wait for an answer and pointed my blade towards Capiro who also drew out my magic arrow

"It seems you want to see your girlfriend over there suffer as I beat you in front of her," he said with a wicked smile as if his victory was already decided

"I think I have to correct a couple of things here firstly she isn´t my girlfriend but my partner, secondly even if you where to beat the shit out of me she wouldn´t even concern about it she actually put me through worse and last but not least it won´t be me who will be beaten neither it will be you" I told him

"What do you intend to do? Sacrificing this little saint and become my obedient servant in hope that I let you survive? Well this could actually work." the last part he said quietly but I still heard him at that remark I had to smile a bit

"You´re totally wrong I won´t kneel before you nor give this girl to you the reason why I won´t beat you is that I will simply erase you from existence that's all," I said getting into a fighting stance with the saint behind me

"Teheeheh oho a hero came to save the saint but don´t grow arrogant you fool you can´t beat me" Capiro laughed as laughed at the saint that had a strange look on her face as she saw my interaction with Capiro and through I´m not sure if I imagined it I could have sworn a voice said quietly

,May Alda watch above you, but I´m still sure it was my imagination

Capiro and I charged at each other and we clashed