Rune continued to push the darkness inside Marlith's body. Darknesss was an aspect of death. It was the inverse of light. The mana was destroying her from the inside out, killing her lifeforce bit by bit.
After a time, Stella's attack died out. She had burned through all of the primordial fire that she had stolen, and was no longer able to hold Marilith in place. The first beast began to go berserk, and Rune was forced to jump away.
"Damn, it wasn't enough!"
Rune wanted her to die. Needed her to die. His anger was boiling so fiercely inside him that it felt like he would to insane, but a calming voice inside his head next him grounded.
[It is alright, Rune. We will just do it again. As many times as it takes, right?]
"Yeah, you are right. Thank you Raya."
She had always been like this. Since the day they had met. Raya was like a responsible older sister, not just to him, but the other girls too.
"Again, Stella!"
"I'm on it."
