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Ketal surged in without a heartbeat of hesitation, bracing his shoulders as he poured Aura into the axe until its edge sang with that cold, absolute authority which severed not only flesh but the tie that let a thing remain in the world. He brought the blade down in a clean, merciless line.
Necrobix gathered the dark energy and condensed it into a shield. The barrier fractured on contact, splintering like black glass, and the shock slammed it into the ground with enough force to buckle the plain. Soil heaved and cracked. The air rang with pressure.
A small sound slipped from within the crater. It was not fear, and it was not hurt; it was an acknowledgement that the blow had landed. The axe descended again, a verdict falling from the sky. Necrobix let its shape blur into darkness, slid through layered space, and stepped out beyond the stroke with a dry calm.
“You are stronger than I projected,” it said. “I did not account for the Abomination inside you. Many of our arrangements fail in light of that.”
Ketal clicked his tongue. He was the one pressing and winning the exchanges, yet the pleasure of it did not touch his eyes.
“You said you came to kill me,” he said. “If that is your purpose, then face me properly.”
“I would prefer it,” Necrobix replied with the faintest curl at the corner of its mouth. “Even then, you would not be simple. I am one of the Four Pillars of Hell. I have other work. I must foul the Mortal Realm and tilt it toward evil. I will kill you after that. Until then, rest.”
Ketal answered with motion. The ground thudded once beneath his heel before vanishing beneath him, and in an instant, the distance between them closed to nothing....
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