Chapter 86

Chapter 86
Persephone’s POV

Almost immediately she struck me with something else which I wasn’t ready for and it was not a body blow but it felt like a body blow and I tumbled on the ground very unattractively as her fist collided with my middle and my breath went out of me with an oomph.
“First point to the bloodsucker,” shouted one of the witches.
“What the fuck?” came out of my mouth as I stood up and Cressida smiled at me with her fangs exposed.
She has demonic magic inside her, came Bernard’s voice inside my mind and I snarled at her as I cracked my neck and then I simply stood there and put her on fire.
Cressida screamed bloody murder as she could feel the lick of the heat from the fire and then next thing I knew was I was sitting on top of her and punching her with full force. She tried to roll over with me in the grass but I kicked her again and somersaulted back and then kicked her right in the middle.
“One point to the demi-goddess,” shouted Alizeh. I could hear her But I could not take focus away from this bitch before me. The rolling around had put out the fire but she then put forth her hand again and it felt like she was clutching my heart ion her hand and trying to crush it. All of sudden the sharp jolt of pain made me cry out so loud that she smiled. Her face was battered and bloody from my hits but she still smiled. Her vampire healing had kicked in when I screamed out loud and put my hands away from me and pulled on the magic that Zmiyrenan had offered me till now.
I did not know what to do so I did what made sense and pulled her hand with telekinesis and snapped her wrist.
Cressida howled like a ghoul and the screeching cry made almost everyone wince but I did not wait. I sent another kick in the middle of her chest and before she could fly away I caught hold of her and slammed her on the ground.
“You thought that you could take in darker powers inside you and let them do the job for you, huh!!!” I screamed at her face as I stood up and I wanted to kick her face but I didn’t.
My foot stopped a millimetre away from her face.
And I allowed my magic to take over and bury her alive. Vines started growing from the ground and they caught hold of her ankles and hands and caught them in place.
Cressida screamed, now that her hand had healed again and she pulled the vines from the ground and caught hold of my foot. But I was ready as I allowed the magic to take more control. The blood pearl asked me what I wanted to do with her and all I could see was severing her limbs and the next moment there was a squelching sound.
I opened my eyes and found that her hand was gone and lying on the ground and then another crack and squelch as Cressida screamed and howled in a noise that could be only described as inhumane.
But it did not matter to me at all. To her I was just a way to increase her power and her social standing so that she could treat me with the disdain and the poison that her family had fed her all these years against me.
“You should be dismembered for all that you have done. But instead I will do you a favour,” I said as I stood over her. Her hands were still lying on the ground broken and tears of blood streamed down her face and she choked on her own spit. But she was going unconscious and I could not have that.
I bent down and slapped her hard.
“Don’t go to sleep now, Princess. I am not even done with you yet,” I said as I stood up back and her eyes widened as I started chanting the extraction spell.
I could hear someone saying,” Those are three strikes, right? Doesn’t that mean that she won?”
I had no idea whose voice it was but I could feel Bernard’s magic slowly creeping in and attaching itself with my own. He softly whispered,” Take from me, Principesa…take from me and do it as your will. Mould it into what you really want happening.”
The latin flew from my tongue as I felt stronger than ever and soon the smoke started billowing out of Cressida’s mouth and eyes and nose in a barrage. It smelled foul and the stench of rotting flesh and decay hot everything like a bad perfume and I shouted.
“Mara NOW!”
Mara did not even hesitate as she came forward and did not even push forth through the ring and started sucking in demon that was coming out of Cressida.
There were shouts and gasps from everywhere but Mara did not even wait to pause as she gulped that entire demon without thinking. Her eyes were black and I could see the fumes that were coming out of her nose. It looked a bit odd but as soon as she finished chowing down the demon I moved away from Cressida.
“You have attached yourself with a demon, even after being a vampire trying to gain magic for which you were never ready. For that transgression, I will decree to cast out your entire family from the Light witch’s coven. And you, you will be buried underground until your system is purged of the dark magic that you wielded. We are done here,” I spat as I moved away.
I spread my hands in the middle of the arena and said,” Anyone else want to challenge me? Huh? Any more takers?”
There was no response when I muttered again,” Thought so.”
Wilhelm gestured his hand again as the stones stopped glowing with their magical light and I walked towards Mara.
“Are you alright?” I asked her.
“That was a particularly nasty meal, bitch,” she snarled and I laughed and then hugged her. There were murmurs of me being a demon and that I was fucking crazy and dangerous but no one dared opposed anything.
“You were really good at the fight and your magic is a lot stronger now,” said Mara as Anora came close and hugged me as well and said,” You need a cleansing spell immediately. Come on…a nude salt soak underneath the moon will do wonders for your aura and magic.”
“You are so bad,” I laughed as I turned back and looked at Wilhelm and said,” You, are going to make sure that you get me what you promise me, vampire. You know that I don’t like promises to be broken.”
“You will have what you desired, my blood blossom!”