Get Back (1)

Skullius was taken by complete surprise. He had been so honed in on the Doom Knight and what was happening with the Pestilent Vault Key that he hadn't even seen the massive deer head coming. But now that he thought about it, that might not have been his own oversight.

The deer head was, of course, a conduit conjured by Rias EverSword when he was using his terrifying Imagining Technique, but as it appeared, he wasn't alone. He was with someone Skullius was starting to hate almost as much as he hated the High Lich Somanda.

While immobilised, pressed on the ground by something he couldn't see, Skullius saw two figures standing on the antlers of the deer's head.

One was a tall, broad-shouldered man with long dark hair, and sharp, almond-shaped eyes that let out a grey sheen, as if polished. He had the look of someone old, yet young, experienced yet fresh. His cloak, darker than the night, was still as stone upon his body, hiding a majority of it.