Sareesa regained her composure and drew her sword from behind her back silently. "Stay back, this is beyond you." she said to Sentinel as he slowly stepped back as per Sareesa's wishes.
"Don't worry little troll, you'll be joining your lover soon enough." said the demon in a voice that was almost identical to Sareesa's. Were there any limits to how much this demon could mimic Sareesa. The mimic also drew an identical replica to Sareesa's sword.
I can't read her, she's unlike any other demon I've ever faced. She's a demon with no soul of her own. All reason says she should be weak beyond belief, but demons don't just throw their lives away like this. Something isn't right. Sareesa thought trying to reason what possible advantage this demon might have over her that would cause such a brazen attack. The shock value of the mimic was already wasted, there could be nothing left to change even the smallest detail of this battle, it would be over in one strike. Sareesa ran forward her divine powers channeled, making her just as strong and fast as the most well-trained mortal. With one hand the demon blocked the attack and pushed Sareesa back putting it's sword back into a resting position, unsuited for attack or defense. I didn't even see her move, what am I facing?
After a second Sareesa approached again this time using her magic to strike at both shoulders and the head at once, the shoulders from below and the head from above, bus somehow this. . . demon, if that's what it was, managed to dodge all three attacks. "Please, is this really the best you can do. Your strength has made you weak. You are clearly the most powerful god that ever was, and still you can't kill me." The Demon Sareesa then finally begins to attack rather than toying around any longer. Even with just a simple slash across the mid-section it is all Sareesa can do to keep her hands steady on her sword. This strength is tremendous but I still can't sense anything. She's not even using the smallest amount of her power, is this demon so naturally strong that she doesn't need it even to bring down a god. No that is impossible, demons have no self-restraint. I must be miscalculating somewhere. After only a minute Sareesa is disarmed her sword sticking out of a pillar, completely piercing the stone.
I can do nothing against this opponent, I must flee. Sareesa uses her divine power to summon another sword. "You were right, I can't defeat you." when suddenly Sareesa charges her opponent. Expecting an attack from the front the demon begins to move to deflect the attack when Sareesa disappears before reappearing behind the demon ready to slice her head. Not even a moment later the demon slices of Sareesa's sword arm. Grabbing a hold of the severed limb Sareesa disappears again and appears next to Sentinel with an enchantment circle under both of them. Just as I thought. In a moment they disappear leaving the demon alone.
Twenty miles outside of Blue Blood Tower,
Sareesa and Sentinel appear along the river bank about a day's walk to Blue Blood Tower. Sareesa's recently severed arm still pouring out blood at an astonishing rate. Sareesa puts the severed limb up to the stump and with a little bit of magic reattaches it. "How strong was that demon?"
"I. . . I don't know. I could never sense her using even an iota of her true power. For all I know it might only have taken a magic blast to kill her or it may have only strengthened her. I couldn't tell."
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"What you suggested, I must purify myself if I am to face this demon. It's never been done before but the answer lies before us, in Blue Blood Tower."
"And you intend to announce your return to this world?"
"Of course not. I do know one thing about that demon though, it could sense the divine magic running through me. It is the only explanation for how it could so accurately predict my moves and counter them. I'm almost certain if I attempted magic it would have turned the spell against me. If I am to defeat that demon, it must be as a mortal." Sareesa said as her whole body began to change. Within a few minutes she had short blonde hair, her divine mark had entirely faded away, and her eyes now had a dull metal color rather that the hazel they normally were. With my godly powers locked away, that demon shouldn't be able to find me, my aura is almost unnoticeable as a mortal. I can't risk some extremist demon worshiper recognizing me and slaying me though, so changing my looks is the only choice left open to me, despite how I feel. Sareesa reasoned to herself as she used the last of her divine power before she locked it away to perform the transformation. She felt almost like child again, so much weaker than before. At least with her divinity locked away with her demonic possession she wouldn't have to worry about turning while she remained a mortal as long as she was careful.
"That face doesn't suit you Sareesa. You look distant, unmovable, cold. I guess you're probably hungry now that you are mortal again, I'll go get you something."
"No, if I am to face that demon as a mortal, than I should at least be able to get my own food. Also, my name is Miria for the time, try not to forget that." With that Sareesa walked off still clad in the tattered heavenweave armor with only a sword to her new name, Miria.
Stubborn, just like always. It's been so long since she's been challenged by anyone I'm not sure she has the cunning she once did. I'm not sure she wants it anymore either. I only hope she completes this goal of hers so we can finish our life together that was interrupted so long ago. Sentinel sighed and sat down. It was just like old times, Sareesa. . . Miria always the idealist trying to change the entire world without the help of anyone.
((I wasn't sure about the battle scene, but I think it turned out OK. Do you guys like how the characters are turning out? I was afraid I'm making Sareesa too Mary-Sue-ish so I'm turning that against her, in a way, I think, maybe, I don't really know. I'd kill for some feedback so I can improve this storyline and make a better game overall.))
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