The sword gleamed as it sclied through the air directly towards Johan's throat, and for a moment, it seemed like it would hit, that is until the very next second when she simply took a single step back and avoided the sword's path by a hair.
"Woah, calm down, there's no need for us to be attacking eachother now is there?" Johan asked with a smile as she raised her hands up, her palms facing him as her mouth that had been twitching until now, finally curled up into a smile.
"No reason? Do you want me to name them?" Alan asked curiously as he tilted his head, he was calm, atleast on the surface, however his heart? It felt like it was going to beat out of his own chest, he was almost sure that the thing before him could hear it from how loudly it was beating.
"Ah… are you angry because I… well did that to those things?" Johan asked with that same smile as her eyes moved past Alan and towards the dead rotting bodies on the floor.
"Maybe? Just slightly. So Johan… magic huh? You wouldn't mind telling me more about it would you?" Alan said as he jumped backwards and created more distance in between them.
"Ah, but ofcourse, If you tell me your dear secrets, I'll also help you learn more about my own, isn't that only fair Alan?" Johan said as she tilted her head and started walking closer to him, intending to close the distance that he had just created.
"Sure… so, I've got a certain friend Johan, I think… she would rather like to meet you. What do you say that we go and meet up with her, that way… I'll feel safer and we can exchange secrets… to your hearts desire." Alan said as he kept his sword up and took a single step back with one foot and positioned the other on the front, entering a half stance, clearly ready to either fight or run at any time.
'Just… If i could get Alice or any of the cullens… this won't be much of a problem, they're much higher level than this thing…' Alan thought to himself however those thoughts were unfortunately interrupted almost instantly by the next words that left Johan's mouth.
"Oh… are you talking about that Vampire girl? Short hair, short body, amber eyes?" Johan asked amusedly as she stopped walking, remaining barely three feet away from Alan.
'Vampire? So that's what Alice is… isn't… that just as bad? Fuck, Fuckkk. Haah… atleast… it's a good idea that I didn't call her and hesitated, last thing I need to deal with right now is a damned blood sucking monster on top of this thing before me.' Alan thought as he released an inward sigh inside his mind before his eyes went up slightly to look directly into those electric blue eyes.
"Yeah, but… I think you wouldn't allow that would you? Afterall… you're weaker." Alan said slowly, his voice calm and steady even as inwardly he was in a complete crisis mode.
"Mhm… how interesting… you don't even know what I am exactly and yet you said that with utter confidence, that could either mean that you are arrogant and frankly a dumbass… or that you have some kind of way to evaluate my strength, and because of that teleportation… I'm rather inclined to believe that it's the latter." Johan said as her smile widened further and further until it slowly started to look more unhinged than normal.
It was at that very moment that something else occurred, Alan who had been standing next to John's corpse on the ground… felt something grab his ankle.
Looking down, his eyes slowly widening, Alan saw it, John… or rather the corpse that remained of what John once had been, was grasping his ankle, those white creamy foggy eyes looking directly at him.
"Ah… you really are a piece of shit miss Johan." Alan said as he cursed under his breath.
Johan who had been standing calmly with that now unhinged smile froze for a moment as she brought her hand to her chin.
"And you also know that I'm actually female… how interesting… you will surely be a great subject Alan, we will have soo… much fun together. It will be quite… pleasurable… for me that is." Johan muttered as in an instant, she raised her hand her palm facing Alan.
To the real world, it seemed like she was doing nothing, there was nothing there but empty air in front of her hand.
However to Alan who had his mana perception activated ever since he had entered inside the room, the sight was clear as day, the sickly yellow and greenish aura that was all over Johans body was gathering and forming some kind of black ball at the center of her palm.
In the next instant, he felt John grip his other ankle as well whilst the ball in the center of Johan's palm cracked open slowly and revealed what looked like an illusionary snake that was floating in the air.
'I don't know what the hell that is… but it's bad. Really fucking bad.' Alan thought as he moved his sight from the palm to the corpse currently holding his ankles.
"I wonder Alan… will you be able to attack knowing that… he's your friend?" Johan asked curiously as she raised an eyebrow at Alan.
"Friend? Yeah… he… no, It was my friend, but my friend… is gone." Alan muttered as he steel broadsword cut through the air before slicing clean through the rotting hands that were holding him, separating the hands from the arms as he jumped back and the brought his other hand to his waist where he had tied a small brown ball that he took out and in an instant slammed towards Johan.
Johan didn't hesitate as she dodged, however the ball hadn't been an attack, as soon as it hit the wall behind Johan, it exploded and covered the entire room in thick grey smoke.
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