Chapter 15: Hazy
"I'll take on the scaly one, you can deal with the other two," Remarked Hart, as he focused his attention on Raven.
"What? You're in no position to give orders, I'm the one who-...hey, don't ignore me!" Snapped Ferd, as Hart teleported towards Raven, grabbed his arm before he could react and teleported the both of them to a different area in the village a few kilometers away, near an abandoned building.
Raven hesitated for a moment, before slashing his claws at Hart, who swiftly let him go and teleported a few meters away.
"There shouldn't be any people around here, so I don't have to worry about collateral damage. Now, then...," Muttered Hart, before teleporting behind Raven and slashing at his back.
Raven quickly unleashed a powerful flap of his wings the instant he sensed Hart behind him, narrowly zipping up over the swing of the blade before starting to fly away.
He then abruptly halted and flew back as fast as he could as Hart teleported in front of him in midair and swung his sword at Raven's chest, the tip of the blade grazing Raven and inflicting a shallow cut across his scales, drawing out a couple of trickles of blood.
He then quickly raised his blade up defensively as Raven fired out beams from his eyes, holding back so that even if they did hit, they wouldn't do much damage.
Hart teleported away as the beams struck his blade, before suddenly teleporting above Raven and swinging his sword straight down towards the top of his head.
Raven quickly raised his right arm up while simultaneously flying back, the blade slicing into his forearm before hitting the bone and sliding off as Raven zipped back before the blade could cut off his arm, a sense of clarity returning to his mind as his rage subsided, along with the power boost he'd gained.
"Wait, what was I-...strange, I remember everything that happened fairly clearly, but it feels weirdly hazy, like a dream or something. It's like I was moving unconsciously despite being conscious. What the hell happened to me?" Wondered Raven, as he slowly and steadily healed the deep gash across his right forearm.
He then quickly swooped down as Hart teleported to his left and slashed at his side, narrowly evading the blade before losing sight of Hart as he teleported again.