“Dammit!”

I cursed as my legs started to bleed. The shadow hands dug their long nails deeper into my flesh making the pain even more unbearable.

“Baxter!”

Iris shouted after me as she picked up a stick off the ground and ran towards the Caster of Shadows.

“Flame Magic: Blade of Ignis!”

The wooden stick turned red and then burst into flames. She was wielding the fire staff like a sword. Iris charged at the Caster of Shadows, her golden eyes flashing with intense bloodlust.

In response, the Caster of Shadows dug his hand into the pool of darkness and brought out a dark blade. 

“Come at me!”

The Caster of Shadows howled like a madman and engaged in an intense back-to-forth sword duel. While the shadow thug was pretty skilled with the blade Iris was far superior easily overwhelming him.

As he backed up against the wall, the Caster of Shadows held up his free hand which emitted a mist of darkness.

“Shadow Magic: Merciless Vortex!”

The dark mist expanded creating a black hole that separated Iris and the Caster of Shadows. A powerful suction came from the void of the black hole which was taking in everything. Iris acted fast and stabbed her flaming stick onto a building and hung on it.

“This is just the beginning!” The Caster of Shadows loudly declared. “Dark Magic: Army of the Void!”

Coming out of the vortex were creatures entirely made of darkness and giant disgusting mouths with sharp teeth. They had insect-like wings on their backs and fluttered towards Iris who was still hanging on to the building.

“Iris!”

I screamed out to my beloved in fear, but she remained calm and composed.

Iris let go of the flaming staff, allowing herself to fall to the ground. She landed perfectly and charged at the shadows with fire dancing around her body.

“Flame Magic: Hell’s First Circle!”

A couple of the monsters were turned to dust while the rest proceeded with the attack. However, none of them could land a solid hit on Iris.

“Damn…”

I could hear the muscular man in the back, who was still holding the girl hostage. His voice seemed nervous and while upside down I could see beads of sweat coming down his face. Whether that was because of the heat from Iris’s flames or him being afraid I wasn’t sure.

“That girl is good…”

Turning back to the battle, Iris looked like a glorious angel, gliding around as the shadows vaporized under her holy light. I felt like a lowly mortal who needed to desperately bow to such a divine being.

I cheered from my girlfriend as she continued to annihilate her enemies.

“Take them down, Iris!”

But then out of nowhere the Caster of Shadows popped out of one of the creatures of darkness and swung at Iris with his blade. Luckily she was able to dodge in the nick of time but her cheek was cut drawing a little bit of blood.

Iris backflipped away and retook her battle stance once she was sure she gained distance. While Iris had a very serious expression on her face the Caster of Shadows looked giddy like a child in the fair. He manically laughed while he licked Iris’s blood off of his blade.

“That’s disgusting…”

Iris commented as she held out her arms which lit up with a blinding light.

“Flame Magic: The Magma of Volcanus!”

Obsidian rocks covered the entirety of Iris’s arms like armor and released a thick smoke. The black-handed warrior then attacked her opponent with her flaming fists, each swing and punch leaving behind flames and embers.

The Caster of Shadows blocked and avoided every attack and Iris threw at him and then slid his left foot across the ground. As he did a streak of shadows appeared on the floor.

“Shadow Magic: Clingy Nightmare!”

Like goo, the darkness sprung and attached itself to Iris’s right arm and right leg. She tried to break free but the sticky substance was strong.

The Caster of Shadows cackled as he went in for a stab, but Iris was able to catch the blade with her free left hand. She then sucked in a lot of air and filled up her cheeks.

“Ash Magic: Gray Snow!”

Iris then blew in the face of the Caster of Shadows, coming out of her mouth was a dust cloud of ash which blinded her enemy and made them recoil. As the thug was too busy coughing and trying to shoo the ash away, Iris held up her two fingers and activated another spell.

“Flame Magic: Ifrit’s Hellfire!”

The ash then lit up and exploded right in the Caster of Shadows face. The thug shrieked as he was thrown backward by the force of the explosion. Instantly the goo of darkness vanished, freeing Iris.

However, she didn’t get time to breathe as a small metal plate attached itself to her back.

“Huh?”

Iris turned around, feeling the cold metal plate slap on her skin. She turned around to see it was from the muscular man who wised magic to take a piece of his metal arm off and attach itself to Iris.

The muscular man grinned evilly as he held out his gigantic metal arms

“Metal Magic: Repel!”

Like a magnetic, Iris had gravitated towards the muscular man at great speed. As she got closer, the man delivered a devastating downward punch to Iris with his big metal fist, creating a crater in her center.

Iris gasped aloud in pain, her stomach taking the full punch and turning purple from the strike.

“IRIS!” I screamed. “HOLD ON, I’M COMING!”

Thinking on my feet, I realized I was hanging close to the wall of a building. Using my right arm I pierced my hand through the wall and pulled out a single concrete block. I then grabbed the shadow and smashed it with the brick. The shadow was squished as if I stepped on a bug and disgusting-smelling black liquid splashed everywhere.

With the shadow hand ruined beyond repair, I was released and started falling to the ground. I managed to land on my feet and immediately rushed towards Iris.

As I got closer, I could see Iris struggling to get up and the Iron-Armed Man inching closer to her while licking his lips.

“IRIS!!”

I launched myself into the air and delivered a spinning kick to the Iron-Armed Man’s face. However…

“The hell do you think you’re doing?”

He didn’t even react to my strike.

“Oh shit…”

I started sweating as the muscular man was beginning to reach for me, I saved at the last second thanks to a fireball hitting him in the chin.

The Iron-Armed Man groaned as he recoiled back.

“Baxter!”

As I was falling back down, Iris caught me bridal style.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m alright…you can drop me now.”

I stated loudly while trying my best not to look embarrassed. Iris nodded and softly let me down.

“You damn bitch!”

The Iron-Armed Man was rubbing his smoking chin as he growled at Iris. My girlfriend summoned her obsidian fists again and readied herself for better.

“Baxter take that lady and get out of here!”

“What!? Hell no! I’m not leaving you to fight these bastards on you’re own—“

“You have to!” Iris shouted as she pointed at the crying lady who was freed from the Iron-Afmed Man. “She will get caught in the middle of this battle, taker her to safety!”

I glanced over at the scared lady and let out a sigh of resignation.

“Fine…but once I drop her off I’m coming back for you!”

Iris scoffed.

“Please! These jerks aren’t even a challenge!”

I grabbed the girl and started running down the aisle as fast as possible.

“T-thank you for saving me!”

“Don’t mention it!” I quickly responded. “Come on—let’s get you somewhere safe!”

“Hold on!”

The lady grabbed my arm and forced me to stop and look at her.

“What? You’re gonna get caught in the middle of this battle if we stay!”

“But I must repay you somehow!”

“No, you don’t! Come on, let’s—“

“It’s against my nature to not reward such a brave man…”

The lady then started to put her arms around me. Her breasts pressed against my chest and her eyes fluttered cutely at me.

I was caught off guard by the sudden contact and started stuttering like crazy.

“W-what’s g-going on!?”

“Can I…give you a kiss~…?”

I blushed furiously. The lady inched closer to my face, her flower-smelling breath tickling my nose.

“W-what!? No way! I’m sorry but me and that girl down there are in a relationsh—!”

I was interrupted by the lady slamming her lips into mine. I tried to break free but her grip on my body was strong. And as the kiss went in she broke through the defenses of my teeth and started swirling her tongue inside my mouth. 

‘What’s with this lady?!’ I shouted inside my head. ‘Not even Iris is this aggressive when we kiss!—H-huh…?’

Out of nowhere, my vision started to get disoriented. My legs felt like jelly and it felt as if my inside were boiling.

As our lips parted there was a string of salvia connecting her lips. While I was shaking and trying to process the strange sensations in my body, the lady was giggling.

“Wow!”

Her eyes then flashed until a brighter green as she licked her lips.

“You were pretty easy~…”

“T-the fuck did you do!?”

I yelled at the lady I was supposed to be saving as I fell to my knees. She continued to giggle as she took a dagger out of the back of her pants.

“Y-you’re with those jerks! This whole scenario was a-a trap…!”

“Poison Magic: Lovely Ivy…”

The female thief whispered seductively into my ear as she put the dagger to my throat.

“It’s a very strong poison that slowly kills foolish men like you~…”