Grassland Stand-Off: Hafnarfjörður Showdown [Iceland Conflict Mission Event] [Open]

Throughout ones lifetime they tend to learn many lessons, such as the following; every action has some sort of repercussion. In this instant Masakaki was face to face with such a lesson, although not for the first time in his lengthy demonic life. Despite his success in entering his foes guard the pale demon was immediately paying for such a course of action. Such a thing was evident by the sound of clothing tearing, and flesh being split open by the winds raging around Videl's fist. Without even acknowledging the pain cause by the sharp blades of wind Masakaki continued forth on his chosen course.

As swift as the very winds utilized by his foe Masakaki's blade was freed from its confinement, immediately set upon a path that would have split any normal being in two with ease. But that was not the result the pale demon was met with, rather Videl, upon recovering from her brief moment of surprise, set her torso into a twisting motion. Because of this the first of the demon's blows landed much shallower than intended whilst putting Videl in a worse position for the followup.

Coming face to face with the young female as his blade pierced through torso cleanly the demon allowed a blood-lust filled grin to grace his visage, relishing in the feel of his blade cutting through the girls body and organs within. Watching her pained grimace only fueled the blood-lust slowly radiating from the pale demon. From their the two foes separated, Masakaki sheathing his blade whilst doing so, although in hindsight he should have kept the blade out for Videl had already launched her next assault.

Despite having launched another assault upon the demon the chunks of concrete sent his way would prove to only be a small hindrance to the male, even as his body was sent sailing into a nearby building from the impact. Almost immediately after impacting the building the Mad Hatter's demonic energy roared into existence, no longer being restrained, resulting in the building and rubble around his form to explode outwards leaving only ruin in its wake.

With a pained groan the demon marched forward, rubble from the building he had destroyed raining down around him as he witnessed the results of the clash between he and Videl. As far as the pale man could tell the young girls body would only hold up for a brief amount of time, one of the flaws of being a human in supernatural combat. Yet it seemed as if she wasn't finished with the fight given the copious amounts of miasma now exuding from her body. If anything it seemed as if the real fight was just about to begin.

Combating the sudden surge of power rushing from the female Masakaki allowed his demonic energies to rage further, a visible aura radiating for several meters around the demon resulting in it appearing as if he had stepped into the center of a nebula. With each footfall that carried the demon forward he prepared himself for whatever trick it was that his foe had up her sleeve. Or at least he thought he had.

Even as the dense miasma surrounded her form Masakaki bore witness to the bones beginning to protrude from her body, all the while the energy she utilized began to feel darker and darker to such an extent that lesser demons would become weary of her just because of the dark intent given off by the miasma surrounding and enshrouding her form. Immediately the demon began to prepare himself, reigning in his demonic energies yet not locking them away. Rather the field of energy around him while growing smaller also grew in density. Knowing the dangers of the strange miasma Videl utilized Masakaki could only speculate on what would happen next and thus could only prepare himself so much.

"My oh my.. All of this for little old me?" The demon would softly question to himself as he bore witness to the transformation Videl had undergone. No longer was she wounded, instead having instantly recovered through her transformation. This in combination with the radiating miasma clinging to her form spoke tales to the demon. This battle was definitely about to get much more dangerous for him, especially with the miasma clinging to Videl as it was, almost as if it made up a portion of her new form. Due to this Masakaki was quick to link to all Shadow Fall forces within the city.

"As of this moment I order all forces to evacuate the citizens of this city, upon completion of this objective all forces are then to leave the city as well. Any stragglers may lose their lives. This will be my only warning." While his communication reached the forces within the city the Demon prepared himself to engage Videl in battle once again. Already beginning to close in upon his foe Masakaki could only watch as with a casual flick Videl sent her dangerous miasma hurtling down into the city below, immediately eradicating anything it came into contact with. As she did so the female moved forth as well, the two ready to clash once again.

Knowing all he could do from this point on is combat Videl and hope his men could get the innocents out in time Masakaki found himself prepared to give his life if it meant the citizens of the city would survive. And so the two supernatural beings clashed once again in the air above Hafnarfjörður. Unfortunately for Masakaki his foe was able to gain the upper hand almost immediately as vicious winds roared to life behind his pale form before propelling him forward into Videl's oncoming fist.

With but seconds to react Masakaki knew the only thing he could do to buffer the blow was summon his demonic energies before his body in order to combat the miasma Videl was utilizing. The pale demon knew exactly what the energies she had harnessed could do to him, and so could only do what he could to prevent them from clashing with his body. As such Videl's blow was met with a nebula-like mass of demonic energy even as her own began to slowly eat away at it. Yet this wouldn't be enough, as proven by Videl once again unleashing a powerful gale of wind behind him to achieve the same result of the last.

Once again he was left with precious few seconds to react to his foes assault, this time only a powerful, immediate surge of demonic energy rushing forth from his body preventing the void energies from clashing with his pale form and devouring his very existence. Despite this the pink haired demon still felt the full impact of Videl's punch, the sound of bones cracking as her fist met his chest. The result of her punch was immediate as blood made its way forth from Masakaki's mouth and down his chin. The single punch had broken several ribs and resulted in a few shards puncturing his left lung.

And still the young Yuudeshi's onslaught continued, taking advantage of her close proximity to the demon the young female was quick to lash out with a powerful roundhouse kick. Still reeling from the previous hit Masakaki was unable to react in time, taking the full brunt of the blow as it connected with his already damage ribs. Once again the sound of bone breaking would grace the duo's ears as a large glob of blood launched forth from the pale demons lips accompanied by a pained wheeze. In that moment the Mad Hatter knew he was in danger as he could already feel the void energies eating away at his form, first devouring the clothing in the area impacted before continuing onward to his flesh. If not for the copious amounts of demonic energy being released Masakaki was sure he'd be done for as the outward flow of his demonic energy was the only thing slowing the process of the void energies.

As Videl launched herself into another wind dash Masakaki prepared himself. Immediately as his speeding foe closed in upon him the pale man was quick to utilize Kage Chōkyō-shi, opening a portal around his form before it snapped shut, swallowing Masakaki's form as the vicious kick meant for him slice through the space he had previously occupied. Several yards from Videl's position another, identical, portal would appear, the wounded form of Masakaki stepping forth from its depths as he contemplated both Videl's actions, and his own remaining choices. Knowing he couldn't yet abandon the city until it was evacuated due to the threat Videl posed to the citizens below, Masakaki made his final decision. He would buy both his men and the citizens the time they needed, deciding he'd only leave if his life was in danger of being snuffed out like a small flame in the winds of a storm.

And so without regard for his own safety the Mad Hatter once again unleashed his demonic energies upon the city, intent on having them clash with the energies Videl had unleash upon it. Through this act he would be able to buy those below some more time, even if it wouldn't be much, for the void energies unleashed by Videl had already begun to spread much too far. Glancing at the city below for a brief moment the demon could only speculate the overall damage being done, and the loss of life due to this conflict. In that brief moment he could see his own and Videl's energies clashing, the demon could hear as Shadow Fall forces barked out orders to panicking civilians, as well as the pained, frightened cries of said citizens.

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"Let us dance Yuudeshi. May this dance decide the fate of this conflict" The demon would utter before acting.

Without any further hesitation or concern for himself Masakaki began his own counter assault, his pale form seemingly vanishing from existence before Videl's very eyes. That was only the beginning though. Through the combined usage of his demonic energies, demonic magic, and his natural speed, Masakaki had entered what he calls the Illusive Dance of Madness, an ability he had managed to create through said combination of skills. In but an instant the air above Hafnarfjörður would be filled with numerous copies of the demon with no way to tell whether or not they were real. As the mass of copies would appear the air would light up with demonic fury as each copy produced its own Black Inferno Blast all aimed at Videl with murderous intent. No longer could this battle go on.

By utilizing his Dance to its full potential Masakaki continued to constantly alter his location, each time a new copy of himself appearing where he had been. Within moments there were easily twenty or so dark blast sent screaming in Videl's direction, made possible only by the demonic Dance he had initiated. Following up the blasts the numerous copies of Masakaki launched into battle as one. Seconds would tick by as the copies assaulted Videl, each with the goal of raining down as many strikes upon her as possible. And due to the properties of the ability used every single blow landed would feel completely real, whether landed by Masakaki himself, or one of his unique copies. That was what made this Dance so special. While only a single copy was the real Masakaki the others still appeared to be flesh and blood, even capable of landing their own blows.

Several moments would tick by as the endless assault continued, each illusion seemingly capable of physically wounding the young Yuudeshi. Of course she had no idea that with this particular ability it was all Masakaki doing the damage, the ability just allowed him to not only nearly instantly relocate, but land blows upon his foe before swapping out with an illusion of himself, thus giving the feel that said illusions were landing the blows themselves. Of course when utilized the way he just had the ability was extremely taxing on his reserves, especially after launching roughly twenty B.I.B's. Thus between buying the city time, and this impressive display, the pale demon had drastically taxed himself, already feeling exhaustion creeping up on him. But he couldn't fall now. Not while the citizens below were still in danger. And so the demon could only hope that the multitude of blows rained down upon Videl would result in some drastic damage to her, if not outright ending the battle here and now.

Appearing several hundred meters from his foe Masakaki once again began considering his choices. Between the injuries already taken and how he had just taxed himself the pale demon knew he wouldn't last much longer in this battle. One could only give so much before exhaustion would overtake them. Something he hoped would only happen after the battle reached its conclusion. It seemed that whether or not his assault upon Videl was successful this battle would soon come to a close, likely ending in his defeat if he hadn't delivered enough damage to the young female. And so with pained breathing the demon could only await the results of his onslaught and hope that the city would soon be evacuated.






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