Chapter 22: Sasha vs Kurmp

Chapter 22: Sasha vs Kurmp

Kurmp puts his right hand up to his chin, laughing with a hiss. “Sending your weakest member out to die first, are we? Interesting.”

Sasha does not hesitate. She yells, “Get out of Kurt’s body!”

Not able to take Sasha seriously, Kurmp laughs again. “Why don’t you make me?”

“That can be arranged!” Sasha yells as she begins running toward Kurmp.

Kurmp releases his aura whips at Sasha, but she slides under both the whips and Kurmp, kicking him straight in the back right after with enough force to knock him forward.

Sasha thinks, “Since I just learned of my magic recently, I don’t know all of my abilities. I will just have to do what feels natural to me.”

Kurmp regains his footing and turns around to face Sasha as he launches his aura whips to attack her from both her left and right. She jumps over them and swipes her now magic-covered hands across them. The aura whips return to Kurmp with red hand marks on them.

Determined, Sasha snaps her fingers, leading to red beams releasing from the hand marks directly into Kurmp’s body. The beams blast against his body, each bit slicing against his skin, causing him major pain. Once the beams dissipate, the hand marks vanish.

Zeth watches the battle, impressed by the display. “What attack was that?” he wonders.

“I don’t know,” Emily replies.

Overhearing them, Sasha responds. “Somehow doing that just felt natural to me. I’ve never done it before and yet I feel naturally able to do it.”

Zeth thinks, “That’s interesting. It’s sort of how I felt after discovering my magic. Using Star Shine Blast and Star Shards felt natural.”

Kurmp talks to himself. “I must adjust to this human’s magic power better.”

The aura on Kurmp’s right arm turns to a flame as he charges forward toward Sasha.

Sasha clenches her teeth, nerves rising as she mentally prepares herself to avoid the oncoming attack.

Kurmp yells, “Flame Aura Punch!”

Despite her best efforts, Sasha fails to dive away from the flaming punch, taking a powerful hit that leaves her screaming, “Ahh!!”

Kurmp follows up by continuously punching her, taking full advantage of her being stunned by his last attack.

Expressing his worry, Joe screams, “No!!”

“I know she wanted to handle this on her own but we should intervene!” Emily exclaims.

Zeth watches on as a nervous drop of sweat falls from his forehead. “Sasha…”

Soon, Sasha falls to the ground, seemingly unable to continue. Kurmp smirks and then turns around, walking toward the other three heroes victoriously.

However, his victory is short-lived as he hears Sasha mutter, “It’s not over yet…”

Kurmp freezes, completely stunned. He turns around and sees that Sasha has a black aura surrounding her entire body, flowing like a violent wave. Her hands twitch, eager to crush her foe.

“I said it’s not over,” she growls.

“How can someone so weak stand up after that?!!” Kurmp yells, still in shock.

As he watches, Drought thinks, “That’s a fearsome aura she has. But she’s so weak. Is there more to her than she is letting on?”

Sasha stands up, slowly but surely, as she glares at her enemy. “I will prove I can fight! I will reward Zeth for believing in me!”

She reaches out her arm with her fingers bent forward to make the look of a claw, and charges forward.

Kurmp’s arm charges with fierce flames as he rushes forward. “Max Flame Aura Punch!”

This time, Sasha sidesteps to dodge, and her hand pierces Kurt’s chest.

Everyone watching gasps in shock.

Sasha yanks her hand back, pulling the imp out of Kurt’s body.

“Ahh!!” the imp screams as he lands and tumbles on the floor behind Sasha. She turns around to face him, her lips curling into a sadistic smile.

“There you are!” she says with pleasure. “Now, you can fight me without using someone else’s power.”

Zeth, Emily, and Joe stare at her, utterly stunned.

“How did she do that!?” Joe asks, shouting.

Drought thinks in shock, “How can this be!? She is just a low-level human teenager!”

Sasha’s sadistic smiles changes to a very serious glare. The imp looks into Sasha’s eyes and suddenly becomes terrified, trembling in fear.

The imp thinks in panic, “Those eyes! It’s like she is piercing my soul! I feel like her eyes are stabbing me all over my body, and every single blow brings her great pleasure! I’ve never seen a human with soul-piercing eyes before! Just what is she!? It reminds me of the rumors about the Dark Goddess’s daughter!”

The imp shakes his head to knock himself out of his fear as he continues thinking. “It doesn’t matter what she is! I have to kill her!”

The imp jumps up to slash Sasha in the face with his claws. Her face bleeds, but the slash has no other effect on her. She stares the imp down angrily, leading the imp to tremble in fear once again.

Sasha’s expression turns to disgust as she speaks. “You called me weak… but there is no one here weaker than you. It’s time we end this.”

The imp takes a step back but trips and falls onto his bottom. He waves both his hands side-to-side in panic. “No, wait! Spare me!”

Sasha stares with a neutral expression for a few seconds before turning serious again.

“No,” she says coldly.

Sasha strikes the imp by slamming her black aura-covered arm against him, completely shattering the imp into pieces.

Her black aura goes away, but she begins to fall. Zeth rushes toward her and grabs her before she hits the ground. She weakly smiles. “Zeth, I did it. Kurt should be fine.”

Zeth nods with a warm smile. “You did great. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the mastermind of this evil plan.”

They all stare at Drought, who taps his foot on the floor repeatedly, staring back with anger and impatience.

“Apparently, if you want something done, you must do it yourself.”

Zeth steps forward. “It’s go time. I’ll take this bastard on.”

Sasha has saved Kurt from the imp! Now, it’s time for Zeth to take on the mastermind! The final battle against Drought will now begin!

Chapter 22 END

To be Continued in Chapter 23: Zeth vs Drought