Chapter 348: Blood and Snow - The Siege of Isegart
In the streets within the walls of Isegart, two armies did battle.
The demons, having broken down the walls on the second day, fought house-to-house with Knights and soldiers. Though the wall was taken, fierce resistance from the fortress kept the demons at bay, helped by civilians who made arrows, sharpened weapons, and did everything they could to hold on.
But it was behind the armies where the most devastation had occurred.
For two days, Kainur Satanos did battle with his hated foe, Halie, the Demon Breaker.
Two terrible days that split the land with the forces of magic wielded by both. Halie with her weapons of pure destruction, and Kainur with magics that could rend apart mountains.
"Ye are weakening, enemy mine..." Kainur sneered at his opponent. He’d taken off an arm and a leg with his latest strike, but the demonizing effect of the shart in her forehead regenerated them. Two days of fighting, and instead of sealing immediately, her wounds took seconds to heal.
"Graghhh... haeff..." Halie’s unintelligible sounds filled the air. Her twisted, demonized body had one arm larger than the other, fierce spikes, and murderous black eyes. But her irises were still the steel-gray of the woman she’d been. She reached into her storage, extracting a quiver, from which she pulled the last of her spears and the last of her crystal javelins, letting the empty container fall to the world below.
Kainur swore at the sight of the javelin, a clear, two-pointed teardrop stretched to a full measure, the core of its head contained an angel’s feather, the catalyst for the destruction that had reaped a quarter of his army.
As soon as she finished arming herself, Halie charged, portals to the ground below allowing her to walk as she instinctively wielded her mavenry.
Kainur fought with magic and mace. Dark threads lashed out, beaded with pockets of mana that would explode the moment they made contact. Halie dodged and leaped, but these were just a distraction as he sensed the moment she created a portal behind him, thrusting her spear.
With a clang, he blunted the head of her weapon as he struck with his mace, but the next moment he felt a pain as from behind, Halie stabbed him through with the javelin, roaring her fury as the weapon shattered, unleashing its destruction in the sky.