Victim of the Night (Night Trilogy Book 1) (11 page)

Chapter 31

After we mourned for about an hour, we went back inside the fortress. We got some rest for about nine hours. A guard came into the fortress and said that he sees an army coming towards us. We all ran out and stood along the walls of the fortress, waiting for the warlock. We can see the outlines of a huge army in the distance.

As they
stood a few feet away from us, we could see what the army looked like. How horrible! “What a disgrace! You possessed the dead soldier’s bodies with demons? Very disrespectful! There’s even more minions! More than the last time,” Lord Erebus hissed at the warlock.

“Nonsense!” a voice said from somewhere in the dead army.

“I know that voice. Come forth!” Lord Erebus yelled.

Another warlock stepped up from the crowd of the dead soldiers. The warlock stood beside the other warlock. “We meet again, Lord Erebus. It seems that you already met my pupil, Zorn? Zorn told me about you. I see you are better now. I sensed it when you got cured,” the new warlock said.

“Onyx, you will die today. You have destroyed many lives, and now you are using their dead bodies to fight for you? Still? You deserve to die!” Lord Erebus said, eyes turning red.

“Lord Erebus, you are weak! I can sense it. Did all those years of being a kitten soften you?” Onyx said, laughing his head off. Lord Erebus growled.

“Oh look! It’s Blaze Obsidian! Blaze, tell me, do you still think of that day? The day that I killed your father, Flame? I still do,” Onyx said, taunting Blaze.

Blaze drew out his sword and said, “I’m going to cut off your head, and feed it to the crows!”

“Oh! You’re a cocky one! I’m not going to let that happen. I’ll tell you what though? I’ll give you the same fate as your father’s!” Onyx said, grinning.

Blaze wanted to attack him, but he knew better. He let the anger seethe inside him for now, but soon, it’s going to come out.

“Calm down, Lord Obsidian. I know you want to fight him, but he’s too strong,” Lord Erebus said.

“Ha! I can take both of you down!” Onyx said, readying his staff. Onyx’s staff looks similar to Lord Erebus’s, but his
is dark red with a floating ruby gem at the top.

“Let’s take him down, Lord Erebus!” Blaze said. “We can do this!”

“No! Lord Obsidian, listen to me. He’s too dangerous. I’m going to have to face him by myself,” Lord Erebus said. “Throughout the years he became stronger. I can feel it, and I don’t want you to get injured, or worse by him.”

Blaze looked outraged by what Lord Erebus said. “
Very well,” Blaze mumbled.

“Everyone! Listen up! I’ll face Onyx. Mr. and Mrs. Pixy, I want you to focus on Zorn.
Rose, I want you to join them. Everyone else, I want you all to attack the minions and the demon possessed soldiers, and shield our home!” Lord Erebus commanded.

“It seems you got some of your strongest vampires fighting my pupil? Why not let Blaze join in? Isn’t he strong?” Onyx said.

“I know what I’m doing. I will give you credit. Your pupil is strong. That is why I chose the three vampires that I chose to attack your pupil,” Lord Erebus said. “As for Lord Obsidian, he’s stronger. In fact, I have to say he’s the strongest vampire here besides me.”

“Then why not let him fight my pupil, or join you to fight me? Clearly, you are rusty. You need help,” Onyx said.

“You really want to know why I’m letting Lord Obsidian fight off your army? Lord Obsidian will decrease your numbers in an instant. He’s an expert when fighting many. Lord Obsidian is my trump card, and will always be my second in command. Your army is huge, and ours is small compared to yours, so I must rely on Lord Obsidian to do what he’s good at. That is my strategy. I want to end this war quickly, and once and for all,” Lord Erebus said, stepping forward with his staff in hand.

Lord Erebus began to change physically.
He grew demonic wings from his back, his fangs grew larger, his ears sharpened to enhance hearing, his nails turned into claws, and two sharp horns grew from his head. Is that what his demonic form looks like? If he’s in that form, it means that the warlock is drenched with power, and that Lord Erebus is going to give him all he’s got.

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“Let’s get this over with! Attack!” Onyx shouted. His army moved forward. Lord Erebus let out a loud growl that sent chills up my spine.

All of us ran, and started massacring.
I stayed beside Blaze. We fought many, but the more we fought, the more minions started to show up. That’s how many Onyx has in his army. It’s too much!

“Starr, guard me. I’
m going to focus on an attack to take a lot of them out,” Blaze said, stabbing the ground with his sword. Blaze knelt down with his head lowered. His hands are on the sword’s pommel as he concentrated.

He’s trusting me
? I know I’m not the best fighter, but I will try to buy him some time. A lot of the minions have been attacking him since they heard that Blaze is capable of taking many enemies out, so I’m going to have to tough this out, and defend Blaze with all I’ve got. I nodded and fought off enemies as they came closer to us. I have to be quick! Onyx’s army is fast, and they are attacking at every direction. This is insane!

“Need help?” I looked up and saw Nyx and Dar.

“That would be nice!” I said.

Dar and Nyx fought around Blaze, and I stayed close to him to make sure no attacks him.
“Hey Starr, thanks for making us all lords. Now I can be with my love day and night,” Dar said, nodding at me in gratitude. Dar is a blue eyed, long haired blond. He seems very likable. 

“No problem. That’s beautiful!” I said, nodding back.

“Nyx, here comes a massive wave of minions!” Dar said to her.

“
We’ve got them! Starr, stand back and protect my brother. Don’t worry about us!” Nyx said.

Dar and Nyx fought side by side, and killed with such speed and b
rute force that a huge pile of dead bodies appeared all around them within seconds. Incredible!

I stayed
by Blaze’s side. I watched him. He remained still for about two more minutes, and then he pushed his sword deeper into the ground. When that happened, a dark mist emerged from the ground where the sword was stuck. The dark mist rushed towards the battlefield. It rose up, and like magic, four towering demons showed up within the mist. They must be ten feet tall, fully armored in heavy armor, and each have a sword. The four of them are facing a different direction. One to the north, one to the east, one to the south, and the other to the west. Blaze pulled out the sword from the ground, and that’s when the demons began to walk forward. They attacked everybody in Onyx’s army with their huge swords. Their attacks to the minions, and to the possessed soldiers, are like lava. Their power is madness!

“What are they?” I asked Blaze.

“Those are juggernauts from hell. It took fifty percent of my energy to summon them, and that’s what I call that move too. Juggernauts from hell. They are unstoppable. They will mow down everything that gets in their way, except for us. They only go in a straight line, and when they reach the edge of the battle where there is no more enemies, they go away. Nothing can stop, or hurt them. I know they can reduce their numbers by a huge margin by the time they go away,” Blaze said, getting up.

“Fifty percent of your energy? Are you okay?” I asked him.

“Oh yeah. I must’ve forgotten to tell you? There’s a good advantage on being a lord. We can recover faster, and recuperate our energy over time. Now, I think I’ll drain some lives to help me get better faster,” Blaze said, grabbing two minions from the neck. A dark aura appeared around each minion, and they decayed until they were nothing but skeletons. Blaze kept doing that to his opponents as they tried to attack him. He’d catch them by the throat, and drain their lives in seconds.

“I call that move, life drain
. Oh, and guess what? I’m up to seventy-five percent!” Blaze said. “Let’s keep fighting!”

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Blaze and I fought back to back for about an hour. We reduced their numbers down, and so did the juggernauts. The juggernauts are still going, but are close to reaching the end. “Starr, let’s move to a different location and focus on more enemies there,” Blaze said, running.

I pursued him and stopped when he stopped. His face showed horror
as he looked on in front of him. I looked, and saw what he’s seeing. Mr. and Mrs. Pixy, and Rose are in trouble. Zorn is just too strong! All three are on the ground, tired and weak. Zorn laughed as he threw a huge ice spell at them. The ice spell formed a huge sharp ice shard.

Blaze took off from my side, and got in front of the three vampires. Blaze gripped his sword, swung it, and broke the ice shard into pieces.
Blaze glared at Zorn, and readied himself.

“Blaze, you cannot fight him! You will be disobeying Lord Erebus’s orders! You can’t do this
by yourself! This is our fight!” Mr. Pixy said, struggling to get back to his feet.

“I know, but I can’t let you guys die. I’ll be fine. You guys just go and help out with defeating the army. Now!”
Blaze said, eyes still on Zorn.

They didn’t say anything. They all left and joined Nyx and Dar. “Starr, make sure no one interferes with my fight. Got it?” Blaze said, smiling.

“Of course,” I said.

Zorn laughed and said, “You? You think you have a chance in defeating me? Not even three vampires were able to bring me down? You? Alone? Ha! This will be over sooner than you think!”

“Indeed, but you shall be the one that’s going to die,” Blaze said.

“
That confident, are you? What makes you different?” Zorn asked.

“Didn’t you hear Lord Erebus? I am the strongest vampire here besides him.
I trained my heart out when I lost my father. I surpassed everyone in just five years, and afterwards I just kept getting stronger. That is why I can use a lot of dark magic, and not be drained easily. Unless it’s a huge dark magic attack, like the one I did a while ago with the juggernauts from hell. I have nothing but hatred, and I intend to take your life where you stand,” Blaze said.

“Then let’s do this. You fought me a while
back in the forest, but I could tell you were holding back. Show me what you can do, and let this fight be all about power!” Zorn said, throwing a fireball at Blaze.

Blaze dodged the fireball, and neared Zorn with graceful speed.
Blaze slashed at Zorn’s magic barrier with his sword. The sword broke the barrier, but with such swiftness, Zorn put up another one. Zorn threw another spell at him. This spell is of ice. A huge chunk of ice formed in front of Zorn. Zorn then made the chunk of ice hit Blaze’s body. The chunk of ice pushed Blaze a few feet away, but Blaze managed to break it with his nails before it pushed him any farther.

“Take this!” Zorn shouted, casting another spell. This spell made multiple fires around Zorn. What is this? Fire minions?

“Go!” Zorn commanded. The fire minions flew towards Blaze, but Blaze was ready. Blaze touched the ground, and in an instant, the dark mass appeared, and enveloped the fire minions until they were no more.

“What was that?” Zorn asked, surprised.

“It’s a move I like to call, death shadow,” Blaze responded.

Zorn looked annoyed. Is it because Blaze is keeping up with him? How though? I still can’t figure it out? How did three strong vampires almost get beat, and Blaze is just one, and he’s doing fine?
Maybe it’s because the three vampires got distracted with each other? Perhaps they worried that one of their teammates were going to get injured? Blaze is focusing on himself, and it’s easier for him to pay attention to every move that Zorn makes, including his attacks.

Zorn threw multiple attacks at him. Blaze dodged, or hit them if he could. Zorn is throwing spell after spell at him, and Blaze is moving fast! My eyes can’t keep up with him! Blaze is having troubles getting near Zorn, but I think that’s Zorn’s intention. If Blaze gets near him, Zorn knows that’ll be the end for him.

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“Is that all you’ve got?” Blaze asked.

“You seem tired yourself? We’ve been fighting for two hours, and you still haven’t killed me,” Zorn said.

“Neither have you killed me,” Blaze said.

“I’ll admit, I have nothing left. You are close to winning, but I’ve got something that might turn the tables,” Zorn said, casting a spell.

The spell Zorn is casting is making a ring of fire on the ground beside him. The fire burned red, then turned purple. A demon appeared from the flames. The demon is like a minion, but taller. He’s around six feet tall, and has a sword.

“My servant is like you. He’s talented at fighting with a weapon, and can cast fireballs. You can’t fight us both,” Zorn said, laughing. “Go, my servant!”

The servant went towards Blaze, and started attacking him. Zorn casted more of his spells at Blaze. This isn’t good. That servant is an equal opponent to Blaze. I don’t think he’ll be able to keep up? Zorn attacking and the servant is just too much. Not to mention that Blaze is already a bit tired.

“Take this!” Zorn said. Zorn cast a spell that catapulted thousands of ice shards at Blaze. The servant remained unharmed by the spell, but Blaze got hit.
He got hit several times. He tried dodging as many as he could while defending himself against the servant, but there was just too many shards. Blaze’s armor is pierced in some areas where he got struck. I know the vampire armor can handle sharp objects, but this is done with magic. It’s different.

Blaze kept fighting the servant despite that he is injured. Zorn laughed and did another assault of
ice shards, and then another. Blaze is badly hurt, and he can’t keep up.

I grabbed my hammer, ran to the servant, and struck him right in the back. The servant growled at me, and turned his attention at me. When he did, Blaze took the advantage.
Blaze stabbed the servant right in the back. The sword protruded out of the chest area. In fact, Blaze’s sword took out its heart.

The servant disappeared. Blaze did it! He killed the servant! “You brat!” Zorn yelled at me. He cast a fire spell at me, but
Blaze pushed us out of the way.

“I’m tired of you. Die!” Blaze said, running towards Zorn.

Zorn kept throwing spells, but Blaze kept hitting them head on. Including the fire spells, and the book’s silver shards. That’s suicide! Blaze is taking all of the hits, and it’s hurting him worse every time. “Keep back!” Zorn said, backing away slowly while continuing with his spells.

Blaze hit the last spell with his sword. It was a spell from the book. The silver shards broke with Blaze’s sword.
Blaze struck again, but this time at the magic barrier. It broke, and without haste, Blaze reached for Zorn’s neck. Zorn put up a barrier with Blaze’s hand still on his neck. The barrier is burning Blaze’s skin, but Blaze is not loosening his grip on Zorn’s neck. I can see that Blaze is in pain, but the pain is just making him stronger. Blaze lifted up Zorn with one arm, and a dark aura formed around Zorn.

“No!” Zorn yelled in pain as he began decaying.

Blaze threw Zorn’s skeleton to the ground when his dark magic spell did its job. Blaze knelt down in exhaustion. “Are you okay?” I asked him.

“Yes, I thought I was a goner. I was down to ten percent, but with the energy I drained from him, it brought me up to twenty-five,” he said, breathing heavy.
Blaze’s body and face is scarred. He has few deep wounds, and they are bleeding slowly. He needs to treat them.

“You scared me! Did the spells hurt you?” I asked him.

“Yes, but I had to do it. There was no other way. Oh, and thanks for helping me with the servant,” Blaze said, standing back up. He flinched with pain, but smiled.

“No problem. What now?” I said.

“Let’s see how Lord Erebus is doing? I have a feeling that he’s not done yet,” Blaze said. “To be honest, I feel that his energy is low. He must be in trouble! Come on, Starr!”