Crimson Storm, book 1, chapter four

Chapter four, a close encounter with demon-kind

Connor stood side-by-side with Jeremy as they faced the dark wizard. Holding his sword out in front of him, Connor took a shaky breath. He could sense an enormous power radiating off of the dark wizard. It felt like a pressure weighing on his very soul.

“well well.” The dark wizard said. “I’m guessing you’re the leaders of this fine resistance.” she grinned “That’s too bad, the dark arts society could’ve used wizards like yourself.”

Jeremy’s eyes widened “you mean…?”

“What? did you think that this attack was just hopeful bandits uniting under a powerful villain?” The dark wizard laughed “Y’know, you could just switch over to my si-”

Connor charged her. Sword drawn he swung directly at her neck.

clang

Connors sword impacted a blade. The dark wizard’s sword radiated magic. Not enchantment magic, like the magic on Connor’s armour. But elemental magic.

“Thats a shame.” The dark wizard parried Connor’s second strike and slashed him directly across the chest. Connor gasped in pain as he was thrown back by the burst of magic that emerged from the sword.

FIRE STORM!” Jeremy shouted as he threw fireball after fireball at the dark wizard, who parried most of them but was still hit by a few.

“Fuck… you pack quite a punch you know that?” the dark wizard said, “DARK CANNON”. A beam of darkness slammed into Jeremy, knocking him off balance. The dark wizard swung her sword down at Jeremy but was intercepted by Connor’s blade.

“DIE ALREADY” Connor yelled as he shot a blast directly into the villain’s chest, sending her flying back.

“Thanks Jet…” Jeremy wheezed as he composed himself.

Connor blocked a blast of darkness that was shot towards them. The dark wizard stood there, the front of her robes was blackened from the fire and lightning.

“heh… heh… you think that weak shit will stop me?!” the dark wizard yelled, an insane grin spreading across her face. “I’m more powerful than everyone here combined!”

A dark aura started to appear around the dark wizard. slowly coalescing until the dark wizard was shrouded in her magic. Connor gasped as her power spike sent a jab of pain through his head. Jeremy formed a magic circle in front of him.

“Shit… She has access to mode spells. This isn’t good.” Jeremy remarked as he shot a beam of fire at the dark wizard. The beam hit the dark wizard directly in the head, but it was shrugged off. Connor called a lightning bolt down from the sky, impacting the dark wizard and causing her power to waver.

The dark wizard charged at the two with her sword which was now wreathed in darkness. Connor blocked her strike with his sword.

Connor’s blade shattered into hundreds of pieces.

Jeremy fired the attack that he had been charging in this time. A massive ball of fire impacted the dark wizard before she could hit Connor directly. She screamed in pain and rage as the fire burned through her aura and torched her flesh. The aura flickered out of existence as she was set alight. Connor hit her with another lightning bolt before drawing his dagger. The dark wizard shot a huge blast of darkness at Jeremy, blasting him halfway across the field. Jeremy did not get up.

“Now… just the two of us.” She said as she slowly stepped towards Connor…

…and right into a beartrap hidden in the snow

As the dark wizard screamed, Connor jammed his dagger into her gut and grabbed her by the throat. Screaming in anger, pain, and rage. Connor started channeling his magic, but instead of channeling his energy into a magic circle; he poured his energy into the dark wizard. Volt after volt of electricity shot through the dark wizard’s body as she was launched back from the attack.

As she started to get up, Connor formed a magic circle. He poured every last drop of energy and rage into the attack. The circle was a deep crimson with dark red lightning crackling across it.

ILL PAINT THE SNOW CRIMSON WITH YOUR BLOOD”, Connor yelled in a deep echoing voice, as a blast of crimson lightning shot towards the dark wizard. The impact and subsequent discharge of the attack blasted the dark wizard to pieces. the bits of her that were left were set ablaze in dark red flames.

Connor gazed blearily around the battlefield. Seeing that their boss was annihilated. Most of the bandits either fled or surrendered. Those who didn’t were quickly cut down by the mercenaries. Connor’s vision blurred and darkened. As he saw one of the mercenaries running towards him.

“Stay with me Jet, MEDIC!” the mercenary shouted

“Wait… Jeremy is-” Connor began with a rasp voice

“Yeah, yeah. we’ve got someone looking after him until the medics arrive. Now stay awake. We need to get you some medical attention- WHERE IS THAT FUCKING MEDIC?! THIS MAN IS DYING!

Connor slowly lost consciousness as the medical team rushed towards him.

end of chapter four

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Thanks for reading :3

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Nice!

Tips and criticisms:

  1. Avoid so much bold text. It’s not really that useful. You ought to be able to convey strong emotion without resorting to formatting.
  2. And that’s about it.
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oke, thank