Chapter 13: Emily vs Tar

Chapter 13: Emily vs Tar

Back at the top of the waterfall, Emily and Joe face off against Tar and Sludge.

Smirking, Sludge asks, “How should we do this, brother?”

“Let’s split them up and fight separately,” Tar replies. “I will take the girl.”

Tar and Sludge turn their heads to look at each other and laugh.

“Fine with me,” Emily says with determination.

Tar and Sludge stop laughing as Tar notices Emily sprinting straight for him, sword in hand. She slashes him with her sword. It does not pierce him, but it does send him flying back. Emily continues her pursuit, leaving Joe and Sludge alone.

She pursues Tar into an area with some trees and nice grass.

Tar bares his fangs. “You only hit me because I let my guard down. It will not happen again.”

Emily charges as she screams. “Just shut up and fight!”

She attempts to kick Tar’s face, but he just barely blocks the kick in time with his arm. She then proceeds to channel magic through her sword quickly and slashes Tar’s arm, causing a bleeding wound.

As Tar moves back to avoid further slashes, Emily takes out her pistol and channels magic through it.

“These won’t be ordinary bullets!” She screams.

She fires five magic-powered bullets into his other arm, damaging him more.

Now wounded on both arms and being on the defensive, Tar thinks to himself. “The momentum in her attacks is impressive. She can go from one attack to another quickly and without hesitation. I will have to adjust.”

Tar’s skin begins to take on the appearance of actual tar. His arms stretch forward and bend around Emily from two different sides. His tar-like arms lash at Emily from both her left and right.

Using his tar-like arms, he attempts to hit Emily with multiple punches. She blocks the first attack with her sword, but the second punch hits, stunning her long enough for the third and fourth punches to hit.

After the fourth punch, Emily quickly counters by stabbing one of Tar’s arms with her sword before it can punch her a fifth time.

Tar yelps and retracts his arms, jumping back in the process.

Emily begins charging up her sword with magic energy. “Sword Beams!”

Emily releases multiple beams of magic from her sword by swinging it once for each beam. They cut through Tar’s limbs, including both arms and legs, cutting them entirely off.

Emily grins victoriously. “Yes!...” But then frowns. “Huh?”

The tar limbs begin to reattach, allowing Tar to stand up again perfectly intact. “Those beams would have killed a normal opponent. However, I am not a normal opponent. I am a demon!”

“Then I will just have to cut through your heart!” Emily yells.

“Try, if you dare!” Tar shouts back.

Emily jumps on a tree branch and fires a few rounds from her pistol. She then jumps off the tree branch and tries to stab Tar in the chest with a downward aerial thrust of her sword. However, Tar dodges just enough that she only gets his leg.

“It’s hopeless for you!” Tar yells as one of his hands grabs Emily’s ankle and holds her upside down.

“Now die!” He yells as his other arm forms a sharp spear and goes for Emily’s heart. However, Emily grabs the spear. She has a red, sharp-clawed glove on her hand, charged with magic energy.

“What?!” Tar shouts in shock.

Emily grins. “When one uses channeling magic, one must always be prepared. When I wear this glove, I can channel magic into it, increasing my physical strength and speed.”

Emily then uses her sword to cut off Tar’s arm to free herself. Taking advantage of Tar’s shock, she kicks him to knock him back.

She grins again. “There are plenty more tricks where that came from. You are far from beating me.”

Emily is putting up a good fight against Tar. Can she keep it up?

Chapter 13 END

To Be Continued in Chapter 14: Joe vs Sludge