The cavern was a battlefield of ice and darkness. The air itself was splitting apart, unable to contain the sheer force of the two warriors clashing within it. The frozen wasteland that Lucas had created was now fractured, riddled with jagged ice spires and deep trenches carved by their attacks. The black mist radiating from Lisa devoured all light, making the cavern feel like an abyss.
Lucas wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his breath sharp and uneven. His icy armor crackled, slowly repairing itself with shards of frost reforming over his body. Across from him, Lisa stood with a smirk—her once-pristine black attire was now torn, blood dripping from a gash on her arm. But her violet eyes burned with amusement.
Lisa:
"You're actually putting up a fight this time, Lucas. I almost forgot you were supposed to be a threat."
Lucas's fingers twitched, cold fury surging through his veins.
Lucas:
"Shut up."
Lisa chuckled, stretching her arms, the shadows around her shifting like living things.
Lisa:
"Oh? Touched a nerve? Let me guess, you're still clinging to that little grudge? Poor Lucas, still angry that I used him like the fool he was?"
The temperature plummeted. The ice beneath Lucas cracked as his magic flared, his breath visible in the freezing air. His fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his palm.
Lucas:
"You think this is funny?!"
Lisa shrugged.
Lisa:
"Of course. It's hilarious. Watching you get so worked up over something so pathetic."
Lucas took a slow step forward, the frost creeping outward from his feet.
Lucas:
"You betrayed me. You stabbed me in the back. And now, you're standing here, acting like it meant nothing?"
Lisa sighed dramatically.
Lisa:
"Oh, Lucas. It was nothing. You were just a pawn. A piece on the board, waiting to be sacrificed."
Lucas:
"I trusted you."
Lisa:
"And that's why it was so fun to watch your face when I killed you."
Lucas's vision blurred red.
BOOM!
The ground beneath him exploded as he shot forward at impossible speed. Lisa barely had time to react before his fist, coated in jagged ice, slammed into her stomach.
CRACK!
The force sent her hurtling backward, smashing through multiple ice formations before skidding across the frozen battlefield.
Lisa coughed, a thin line of blood trickling down her chin. She slowly pushed herself to her feet, her eyes flickering with something dark.
Lisa:
"Oh, now you're really mad."
Lucas appeared in front of her in a blink—
CRASH!
Another punch. Lisa twisted at the last second, avoiding a full impact, but Lucas's knee was already coming up—
BOOM!
Her ribs cracked as the force sent her flying again.
Lisa barely had time to recover before ice spears erupted from the ground, seeking to impale her.
She snarled, shadows erupting around her—
SHING!
The ice shattered, but not fast enough. One spear slashed across her thigh, drawing a deep wound.
Lisa's expression twisted. The amusement was gone.
Lisa:
"You bastard—"
Lucas was already upon her.
SLAM!
His fist crashed into her face, sending her spinning.
Lisa's rage flared.
Lisa:
"Alright, fine. You want to fight dirty? Let's fight dirty."
The shadows around her erupted like a black explosion. Lucas was forced to jump back as tendrils shot toward him, coiling like whips.
He twisted mid-air, dodging the first strike—
But the second caught his arm.
SHRRK!
Lucas let out a grunt as the shadow tendril ripped into his shoulder, leaving a deep gash.
Lisa appeared behind him.
Lisa:
"Too slow."
BOOM!
Her foot connected with his spine, sending him crashing into an ice wall.
Lisa didn't stop.
She was on him instantly, shadows curling around her fist as she slammed it into his gut.
Lucas coughed up blood.
Lisa grabbed him by the collar, lifting him up—
Lisa:
"How does it feel, Lucas? Being weak? Being pathetic? Just like before?"
Lucas's eyes burned with fury.
Lucas:
"Shut. Your. Mouth."
The ice around them trembled—
BOOOOOM!
An explosion of frost sent Lisa flying back, ice shards slicing into her skin.
Lucas stepped forward, blood dripping down his arm, his chest rising and falling with deep, controlled breaths. His aura was colder now, far more vicious.
Lisa wiped the blood from her lip and glared.
Lisa:
"Tch. So that's how it is, huh?"
Lucas:
"You're not getting away this time, Lisa."
Lisa:
"Please. You're still the same weak little fool I killed. The only reason you're standing is because I'm letting you."
Lucas's eyes flashed.
Lucas:
"Then stop holding back."
Lisa grinned, her body darkening further as the shadows screamed around her.
Lisa:
*"Fine. You asked for it."
She vanished.
Lucas barely had time to react before—
BAM!
Her fist slammed into his ribs.
BAM!
A shadow blade carved into his thigh.
BAM!
Her foot cracked against his skull.
Lucas skidded back, his body covered in fresh wounds.
Lisa:
"What's wrong, Ice Prince? Can't keep up?"
Lucas spat blood.
Lucas:
"I'm still standing."
Lisa:
"Not for long."
She lunged—
Lucas smirked.
Lucas:
"Got you."
At the last second, ice exploded beneath her.
Lisa's eyes widened.
CRACK!
The frost surged up her legs, freezing her mid-motion.
Lisa:
"You—"
Lucas's palm glowed.
Lucas:
"Now burn."
BOOOOOM!
A massive ice burst erupted, engulfing Lisa in a frozen hellstorm.
Lisa let out a furious scream as she was buried under layers upon layers of ice.
Lucas stood there, panting, frost swirling around him.
The cavern was silent.
Then—
CRACK.
The ice shattered.
Lisa stepped forward, her face twisted in absolute rage.
Lisa:
"That. HURT."
Lucas steadied himself, his breathing ragged.
Lisa rolled her shoulders.
Lisa:
"I was playing around before, Lucas. But now? I think I'll make you suffer."
Her aura erupted, the entire cavern shaking from the sheer force of her power.
Lucas narrowed his eyes.
Lucas:
"Come try."
They both lunged—
Their fists clashed, sending a shockwave that cracked the very walls of the dungeon.
The battle was far from over.
It was just getting started.