HEADLESS REAPER

The reaper was an eight foot skeleton dressed in a shadow black cloak that was alive and could clutch at an enemy and even turn into big wings, the skull was covered with a black aura and the aura was over the blade of the scythe that the reaper wielded, Elliot had seen reapers from the books about demons but he was not expecting it to be so big and tall, it could split Elliot into two with that scythe but he was not still afraid, he stared the reaper down and for a quick moment the reaper lost his cool because Elliot was so overpowering, he noticed the reaper twitch his scythe a little bit and a sense of awareness came over him.

“Sometimes you don’t have to even start the fight to win it, all you have to do is to have a strong and confident aura, say ‘I am strong and I am aware of the full potential of my abilities so I know that I am going to defeat you’… with that kind of mindset, you can even scare your enemy about attacking and h might reconsider his bad decision afterwards” his mentor had taught him and that had been a rule that Elliot carried about with him, he always an intimidating look and it had helped him in a lot of situations.

The reaper got agitated and lunged first, it was fast but the size meant that Elliot could track his movements easily, the scythe swung at Elliot at a devilish speed but he was quick to open his shield which deflected the weapon to the other direction, the shield was on his left hand and he summoned his magical sword by calling its name.

“EXCALIBUR!!” the silver blade appeared in his right hand, the sight of the pure blade made the reaper quiver, he was aware of the damage that the sword could deal.

“HA! I thought you were boasting about ripping my head off with your bare hands, not a man of his words I see”.

“The sword is for disarming you, then I will rip your head off” Elliot made the dash this time, the reaper dodged easily, he swung his scythe as a counter to Elliot’s missed swing but the shield was ready to pop up to block the attack of the reaper.

“You are very skilled with the double wield, you are obviously experienced with the sword but I have what you don’t have…” the reaper got into a stance that made him look as if he was ready to fly, the cloak turned into a pair of shadowy wings.

“And what is that?” Elliot wanted to know what sort of advantage that his opponent had over him.

“I have magic” the reaper flew at Elliot with flashing speed, this time he could not move out of the way in time so the scythe cut his right shoulder, blood gushed out of the wound and it made his swings slower.

“Such an advantage, I just have to find a way to avoid your silly party tricks and avoid getting killed by that gardening tool” Elliot spoke calmly even though he felt his life force draining off his body from that wound, it was not closing up by itself and it made his auto regenerative abilities slower than usual.

“You have a big mouth, let’s see how much more you can talk after I put you in your grave” the reaper flew at Elliot with the same speed as before but he dodged this time but the reaper shot a black beam at him from it’s free hand, the beam hit him square in his chest and he felt his HP reduce by a huge difference in the subtraction. Elliot stood up as if he was not flinched by the surprise combo by the reaper, he had not been expecting it but he still grasped the situation in a matter of seconds.

‘I have to destroy his scythe but he can still cast spells with his other hand, I have to get rid of the hand that shot that powerful beam that reduced my HP that much… my arm is still healing slowly but I can’t get a good swing on him at this rate… I need a diversion’.

Elliot brought out his last dagger and he ran at the reaper with the dagger in his fingers, he jumped and threw the dagger but it wasn’t  at the reaper but at the ground in front of the reaper and it exploded stone and dust particles into the face of the reaper, the reaper shot beams through the smoke blindly but Elliot had already landed on the floor with a slash that took off the free hand of the reaper, it screeched and flew away from Elliot in fear with one arm clutching the scythe in desperation, he followed in hot pursuit with his sword ready to cut off another limb, Elliot threw his sword at the flying shadow in front of me but it was like he just dispersed into the air before the sword hit it’s body, the reaper materialized behind Elliot who was without his sword.

“Nowhere to run now!!” the scythe was aimed at the torso of Elliot but in a split second he activated his rage mode and he stopped the blade with his bare hands.

“Gotcha now” Elliot chuckled in a scary manner, his eyes were pure black and his pupils were no longer in his sockets, his hands bled from stopping the blade but it was as if he was not even feeling the injury.

“What happened to you?” the reaper had to ask because his opponent had become something else, he tried to retract his scythe but Elliot’s grip was strong and he refused to let go.

“Rage mode activated” Elliot pulled the reaper closer with the scythe he was holding, he headbutted the reapers flaming skull and the aura vanished from the skeleton’s head, Elliot broke the scythe with his bare hands and proceeded to tear his enemy apart.

“Wait! Why don’t we talk this one out?” the reaper was begging for his life but Elliot had turned into a ferocious beast, he grabbed the only arm of the reaper and he pulled it out of it’s joint, he kicked at the knees of the reaper demobilizing the creature, he grabbed at the neck of the fallen skeleton in front of him.

“I told you that I was going to rip off your head with my bare hands, too bad you won’t live long enough to see it happen” Elliot squeezed tightly and the spine of the reaper cracked to pieces under his hand, he pulled off the head of the reaper and he took it back with him to show to his father but Elliot uplifted the village from it’s misery by burning the village to the ground, he used all the gasoline and alcohol that they had in the village and he used a spell to start a fire that wouldn’t stop blazing.

The news of the Elliot’s victory spread round the region and it eventually got to the ears of Constantine who was already in his doubts if the king of Mytigon was planning to overthrow the kingdom of Briggs and dishonor the truce that they had, Constantine was planning to wait a little bit longer but he was already afraid of the capabilities of the prince of Mytigon. The advisor to the king of Briggs was another person who was scared of the power level of Elliot.

“It is better to have that boy as an ally instead of an enemy, we need to-” the advisor broke the silence in the room by attempting to tell Constantine what he had been thinking about the whole situation.

“I already know what we need to do and I have arrangements to send a messenger to the king of Mytigon to remind him about the truce, it is very urgent and we shall proceed with immediate alacrity… if they start a rebellion right now, I am not sure that we can stop that boy” Constantine did not want to take any other chances with his truce, he wanted it to happen instantly.

“We can take them down from the inside before they plan anything of that sort” the advisor said to the emperor.

“We can do that but first things first… the truce”.