Monster

[12:17] The field was a bloody place to be. A number of Huangzhou and Levengard mundane soldiers killed--- their corpses being fed upon by hounds of the fiend known as Panthera Harpyja. Some were nearly full. While other corpses seemed to barely be more than bone and ripped battle attire. Yet the Kaor didn't seem to mind... Instead...

The creature simple sat staring off at the river. Listening to the fish swim within and the rocks below being battered by the gentle torrent. Eyes were closed, and the beast seemed all by tranquil in the state it was. Focusing. Listening---

That was until the beast felt the presence of an occultist. Turning a head around it spotted Yu Heifang floating on by. Was he attracted to the bloodbath caused by Panthera's underlings. Or was he there for Panthera itself? Perhaps there was another reason as to why he came, but that mattered not. For he was an enemy. And the Kaor detested allowing enemies to go.

"Yu Heifang." The androgynous depth of the creature's telekinetic voice boomed out. Invading the Occultist's mind with ease. As it called out to him, the Kaor Demon rose to it's feet, turning to face him with both fists clenched.

"Sadly Quadrus is dead. So he won't be here to defeat you. I suppose in his stead I'll fight you. Occultists who side with Huangzhou and Levengard… who wish for the destruction of Demons and yet still use our magics. How ironic." The creature wasted no time chattering.

Yu was likely already maddened by his diabolic magics. And if he wasn't, he wasn't polite enough to converse with the Demon properly. Still... A single left hand tensed. Mana began to flow to it specifically.

A cyclone formed around the left hand and the left hand only. Starting with just whisps of air, eventually bringing in small dust and dirt and even plant particles into it's clockwise rotation. With a tilt of it's head, the left arm was flickered--- and soon the entire arm was covered in a twisting aegis.

"I suppose I haven't fully adapted the technique yet. Ah well. I'll use what I have in order to defeat someone as dangerous as you. I cannot have an untamed occultists wounding me or my fellow Demons." Though the tone seemed neutral, the eyes of the beast smoldered with intensity as the beast squatted down into some make-shift martial-arts stance.

Preparing for anything it could.
(Panthera Harpyja)
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[12:32] The magi stood mid-air as he crossed his arms, watching the battlefield in glee, though his features remained cold and stoic.

A soldier fighting previously with this military detachment was sent by his commander to seek aid. Thankfully, the magi was fighting with another platoon nearby. And the report of a demon and hounds was more than enough to gain the magi's aid.

The river, previously undeterred rippled aggressively upon the magi's presence.

He observed the hounds feed off and defile corpses, yet they call him a hypocrite? A savage, even more than most of Dusk?

Yu met the Harpyja's eyes as the golden beast spoke.

"So, my prey has fallen?" he spoke, slightly canting his head, voice firm and full of clarity.

"And if you think Quadrus can defeat me a second time, you are mistaken, demon. A magi, not more than a piece of rug for my feet?" Yu said, before lifting his staff.

"To destroy demons might be a cute thing for a broken hearted infant to dream on, but I care not about your kind. If you can peacefully exist on a utopia I will help to create, then you don't have to fear destruction," calmly, he spoke as a flare of mana was felt.

"But you, to me, is nothing but a hunt. But after I'm done with you, you will watch as I massacre those around you. You love it, don't you? The screams of despair," said the Heifang as his lips curved into a thin smile.

Caused by the overexertion of his mana, the presence of suffocation about him was stronger, as he allowed energy magic flow through his circuits; actively trying to explode.

Blood ran down his cheeks.
(Yu Heifang)
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[12:36] ** Yu Heifang has inflicted an injury upon Panthera Harpyja. ("Temporary Injury", "Temporary Injury", "Temporary", "Duration: Medium (4 days)") **
[12:56] The battle ensued as magic and destruction fell about the battlefield. Spells echoed about in a loud, aggressive manner. Yu was on the losing end, taking heavy damages against the demon's might.

It happened for a time, and the Heifang grew frustrated and mad.

"This ends now," he declared as the manticore's claws and tails terrorized his being, pushing him back.

However, when Panthera's tail aimed to pierce his chest and end it all in one blow, he did not dodge or block.

A tendril from his back coiled around Panthera's tail, as other tendrils moved forth before separating to coil around its neck and limbs.

It was not sheer force that restricted the Panthera's movements, but gravity magic.

"You appear more than a divine beast, rather a demon. Those manes of gold, furiously lit aflame runs my blood," he said as he walked closer, features so close to the manticore's snout.

"And you told me I was dangerous? Then I'll show you true danger and fear," coldly whispered the magi before pushing his palm gently forward to rest upon the demon's head.

Panthera felt pain and ache overcome its being, shivering as the bloodied countenance of the Heifang looked at him, a smile on his lips. The smile of a madman.

"It's fine to die. This is my gift for you before death, demon. You shall feel extreme pain. A pleasure you've never felt before. This is my mercy," the Heifang reassured the beast, as occultic mana invaded the demon.

However, his cruel tendencies often lead to carelessness. As a spear was thrown, grazing his cheek.

He frowned, looking back, though his palm still rested upon Panthera.
(Yu Heifang)

Panthera managed to escape. (They had to log off.)