Jerus, at first, was at a loss for how to describe how stupid they were all being. Attacking a legendary beast with countless kills on it's record? Unfathomable, at least for those with strong survival instinct. However, he soon realized, and possibly remembered, that survival in Hell was difficult at best on his own."ここから出れば、私はすべてを殺し、送返す。" Running out of the house through the front door, he leaps over John and slides under the dragon, slicing with his katana the length of his slide before rolling under a swiping tail to avoid getting hit.

Underside has the weakest scales, but the eyes are the only true weak point to kill it, but even then, it would take a proper angle, and the belly is easier to hit and so is the heart. Decisions, decisions... At this point, no one had any sense of direction other than to hit it til it died, which would have proven effective if the damn thing wasn't a bloody dragon! Sighing and shaking his head, Jerus moved in swiftly again, delivering a quick series of slashes to the slightly tougher chest scales before flipping out of harms way again. At this rate, they'd get no where.

OOC: Japanese: If I ever get out of here, I'll kill all of them and send them back.

rusty4297 said
John got a few cuts in, damaging the dragon's scales, and once or twice creating cuts that drew blood. As he swung, the beast seemed to roar and breathe fire at someone else on top of it, but John didn't check who it was. He continued his swinging, beginning to lose control of his body as the blood lusting personality began to take over. "Heh... Heheh... Bleed!" He shouted this, beginning to swing harder, causing more cuts to actually draw blood. "Bleed for me!" He began to laugh maniacally to himself as he swung the scythe, getting more and more reckless with each swing.

the dragon's scales were really tough, but even those werent much defense against this maniacal human soul. he swiped at john, in an attempt to knock him back, snarling dangerously.

Minarawr said
Mina had been thinking of what to do when Mason suddenly appeared. Verona was with him, which sort of annoyed the girl as it seemed she was still chasing after him. Verona knew everything, so she should know she didn't want her to tamper with her deal.Ignoring her annoyance for the moment, she looked at the dragon to distinguish any weaknesses, before suddenly being moved aside quite rudely by Mason. Her eyes burned with anger a bit as she watched him go outside. Who did he think he is?? She had half a mind to just shoot him in his shoulder, but controlled herself and simply walked inside, picking up his Hellhound pup in the progress of sitting down.He wanted to act all tough? Fine. He wouldn't be getting her help either.Nari woke up, her bright blue eyes fluttering as she heard a voice in her head. 'Zhaly...?' she asked in a groggy tone of voice.She looked at the window and stepped back, as she had been told, clapping excited when she saw the chains. The moment the window was torn out she slipped outside, skipping down the stairs before hugging her friend. 'Zhaly! You got me out!' she exclaimed happily, not realizing how loud she spoke.

karne smiled when he felt the presence of a royal demon here.
"well well, there appears to be a royal demon helping these souls, i guess I'll have a worthy challenge after all..."

Stryder said
Mason's eyes were locked onto Karne, every movement made, he followed, analyzing it carefully. "I don't care about the sword, I just know it's going right fucking through you!" He said, quickly closing the distance between him and demon, sparks flew as their blades made contact, the shadowy flames on Mason's sword seemed to erupt violently. Mason's stance shifted as he quickly moved around Karne, slashing downward at his undefended arm.

......Karne grinned at this mere boy's stupidity, as he turned to a cloud of poison when the sword hit him, and covered the area around mason with a gas that would irritate his skin so badly that he would want to rip it off the muscles and bone that it is attached to. " stupid fool, mere mortal tactics cannot defeat me.."
appeared, slicing at his abdomen. if this human was smart enough to hit him while he was in a physical form, then he would be in some trouble, but he thought less of this mere fool.

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as the dragon was focused on john, koran, still surrounded by the dark aura, looked to his hands, which where glowing from his demonic side's power. it overwhelmed him, as he fell to his knees on the back of the dragon, and the dark energy exploded, whipping around him. his face contorted and changed on the right side of it, looking terrifyingly horrific, and let out a maniacal laugh. " this power, it feels,... so right.... teheheheh.... HAHAHAHAHHA!"
anyone battling the dragon or karne would receive more strength and start to lose a slight bit of sanity, and would develop a faint black aura.

souleaterfan320 said
the dragon's scales were really tough, but even those werent much defense against this maniacal human soul. he swiped at john, in an attempt to knock him back, snarling dangerously.karne smiled when he felt the presence of a royal demon here."well well, there appears to be a royal demon helping these souls, i guess I'll have a worthy challenge after all..."......Karne grinned at this mere boy's stupidity, as he turned to a cloud of poison when the sword hit him, and covered the area around mason with a gas that would irritate his skin so badly that he would want to rip it off the muscles and bone that it is attached to. " stupid fool, mere mortal tactics cannot defeat me.."appeared, slicing at his abdomen. if this human was smart enough to hit him while he was in a physical form, then he would be in some trouble, but he thought less of this mere fool.as the dragon was focused on john, koran, still surrounded by the dark aura, looked to his hands, which where glowing from his demonic side's power. it overwhelmed him, as he fell to his knees on the back of the dragon, and the dark energy exploded, whipping around him. his face contorted and changed on the right side of it, looking terrifyingly horrific, and let out a maniacal laugh. " this power, it feels,... so "anyone battling the dragon or karne would receive more strength and start to lose a slight bit of sanity, and would develop a faint black aura.

John was hit by the attack, but the great thing about scythes is that the attack is more powerful the faster you move away from the cut. As John swung his scythe, he saw the swiping motion, and laughed, swinging the scythe around the leg as it pushed towards him. The force of the swipe sent John flying, but not as far as it normally would have, as John used the resistance caused by pulling the scythe into the creature's leg to slow himself down. He flipped in the air against his will before he put his scythe out to stab into the ground, catching himself using that. He stood there for a moment, letting the starting pain from a large object knocking him away fade. He chuckled to himself as he looked back up at the dragon, pulling his scythe out of the ground. He looked down at his body, John's normal mind still holding a little bit of control and forcing him to check for wounds. "Heheheh..." He saw the slightly dark aura and John's normal mind lost any form of control for now. "HAHAHAHAHAH!" He looked up at the dragon, standing up straight. The pain from the swipe was still there, but to this John... Why worry over a few scratches when there's more blood to pour? His face seemed to split in half horizontally from his smile as he began spinning the scythe to his side. "HAHAHAHAH, More! More blood! MORE!" He ran at the dragon, jumping slightly and spinning to his left. He had started the swing with the scythe just before he jumped, and so now had full momentum on his side, spinning in the air with the scythe cutting at the dragon's leg once again. He let the momentum carry the scythe into a fast spin for a second before swinging it at the leg once again.

As Zaen fought the dragon and stabbed at it's eyes, the dark aura surrounded him, and he smiled. "More insanity for dear ol' me?" he said, hcuckling even more insanely than he usually was, and he slid down the face of the dragon, now hanging on by its face-scales, and now swinging very, very more quickly, and was striking at the scales much more efficiently. He laughed isanely and continued swinging and stabbing while hanging on tight.

Mason's glare began to dramatically shift as the poisonous cloud began to surround him, his skin felt like it was being set ablaze. Growls of extreme pain came from the clenched teeth of Mason, he knew pain, he knew the worst kinds of pain. This was something different, he wanted to claw and shred his own skin just so the feeling would stop, He looked down at his blade, still sparking and flaming violently and showing his eyes with the reflection of metal. The redness and threatening tears made him angry, he wasn't a weak man, then he felt a strange surge of power that made him gasp sharply as if he had reeled from suffocation. The intense pain he felt was fading fast if not completely gone, He looked down at his blade and could see darkness around him, a glance at his hands revealed a shadowy aura around them, rising off of him. His eyes from what he could tell were just a glowing purple and his hair lost the white hue, now a black shade. His sword began to ignite, its flame becoming more intense by his touch. He was losing it though, he couldn't focus correctly, all he could think of was fighting, and winning. The words of Karne rang in his head like the bells of the catholic church that tolled at his funeral. "Then why don't I use some immortal tactics?" He spoke.his tone of voice seemed to change, sounding darker and far too relaxed, a wide smirk on his face as he rose to his feet and readied his blade.

Zhalia followed behind Nari with a grin planted on her face, she could not beat the young girls energy and felt like she was always just being towed along behind her but Zhalia loved the feeling from being around her. The grin came off though when her senses smelt blood coming from the direction they were heading, demons blood "Nari, be careful." She ordered.
"I think our new friend may be a bit more dangerous then I had anticipated to don't spook him or her." Zhalia continued and took a slight lead over the young girl being more protective and letting out a little bit of bloodlust in a hope to intimidate the human they were approaching.

Stryder said
Mason's glare began to dramatically shift as the poisonous can to surround him, his skin felt like it was being set ablaze. Growls of extreme pain came from the clenched teeth of Mason, he knew pain, he knew the worst kinds of pain. This was something different, he wanted to claw and shred his own skin just so the feeling would stop, He looked down at his blade, still sparking and flaming violently and showing his eyes with the reflection of metal. The redness and threatening tears made him angry, he wasn't a weak man, then he felt a strange surge of power that made him gasp sharply as if he had reeled from suffocation. The intense pain he felt was fading fast if not completely gone, He looked down at his blade and could see darkness around him, a glance at his hands revealed a shadowy aura around them, rising off of him. His eyes from what he could tell were just a glowing purple and his hair lost the white hue, now a black shade. His sword began to ignite, its flame becoming more intense by his touch. He was losing it though, he couldn't focus correctly, all he could think of was fighting, and winning. The words of Karne rang in his head like the bells of the catholic church that tolled at his funeral. "Then why don't I use some immortal tactics?" He spoke.his tone of voice seemed to change, sounding darker and far too relaxed, a wide smirk on his face as he rose to his feet and readied his blade.

Karne grinned at mason, an intense fire resonating in his eyes.
" now that's more like it, a worthy challenger! You've transcended for this moment, I shall enjoy ripping glory from your hungry soul!!" He cackled like a madman, slicing with incredible speed towards mason.

Jerus was in the midst of flipping onto the Dragon's foot using it's claw to avoid another swipe when he felt it. He felt his mind turn ever so slightly darker and grow just a little unhinged. But now, now he didn't care, cause he only laughed. "So this is the edge of madness. I won't take the plunge," he readied his katana and leaped up as the paw came up and the dragon bit down, avoiding the monster's jaws, "put I'll sure as hell push the envelope!" Landing on the head briefly, next to the psycho knife guy, Jerus swiped at the other eye before leaping off and landing behind the dragon. Rolling under the tail, he grabbed it and used it as a speed boost to swing around and slash across the chest once more.

souleaterfan320 said
Karne grinned at mason, an intense fire resonating in his eyes. " now that's more like it, a worthy challenger! You've transcended for this moment, I shall enjoy ripping glory from your hungry soul!!" He cackled like a madman, slicing with incredible speed towards mason.

Mason was fixated on Karne, like a hidden obsession that only spelled violence, Karne's words were shrugged off as if they were nothing but common trash. "You're welcome to try..." He said in a venomous tone, the demon's sword strikes were being evaded, with minor difficulty Mason came to find, a smirk lined his face as Karne slashed at nothing. He planted a foot behind himself before moving forward, if the shoulder charge hit it would knock Karne back, allowing Mason to advance and attempt to cleave the demon's leg in his befuddled state.

Zarkun said
Jerus was in the midst of flipping onto the Dragon's foot using it's claw to avoid another swipe when he felt it. He felt his mind turn ever so slightly darker and grow just a little unhinged. But now, now he didn't care, cause he only laughed. "So this is the edge of madness. I won't take the plunge," he readied his katana and leaped up as the paw came up and the dragon bit down, avoiding the monster's jaws, "put I'll sure as hell push the envelope!" Landing on the head briefly, next to the psycho knife guy, Jerus swiped at the other eye before leaping off and landing behind the dragon. Rolling under the tail, he grabbed it and used it as a to swing around and slash across the chest once more.

the wipe at the eye proved to be fatal, as the dragon let out a roaring screech, and flicked him off of it's tail, sending him flying towards a rock formation. the dragbon then shot a fireball in the same direction.

Stryder said
Mason was fixated on Karne, like a hidden obsession that only violence, Karne's words were shrugged off as if they were nothing but common trash. "You're welcome to try..." He said in a venomous tone, the demon's sword strikes were being evaded, with minor difficulty Mason came to find, a smirk lined his face as Karne slashed at nothing. He planted a foot behind himself before moving forward, if the shoulder charge hit it would knock Karne back, allowing Mason to advance and attempt to cleave the demon's leg in his befuddled state.

this hit knocked karne back, but as it did, he turned back into his gas form, as the blade swiped harmlessly through the gas. karne returned to his normal being after the swipe wwas finished, and slash upwards towards mason in an attempt to cut him in half.........

When Dark Koran appeared, his grey hair a fiery black, and his eyes a fiery blood red. "[i] Pick on someone your own power level,.. punk."
*koran crushed Karnes blade in his hand, and Karne's eyes widened. "you.. your the one.... your his creation..."
Koran grinned, grinned, as he punched Karne square in the chest, and Karne flew back, turning into gas before hitting the rock formation behind him. koran kept a close eye on the foggy gas. "mason, if we are to win this fight, we need that dragon dead. can you assist them in killing it? ill hold him off for as long as i can."

The sudden flick of the tail had caught Jerus off guard, as did the sudden air time he'd earned as a result. Realizing the direction he was sailing. specifically straight towards a rock formation, he flipped midair and landed with his feet against the rock surface, then pushed off and rolled under the fireball. As he went to stand however, he felt something pull and dropped back to one knee. Pulled muscle, cracked bone probably. Great. Ignoring the pain as he stands up, the pain actually fueling his madness, he runs back into the fray, sliding under the dragon and slicing at the belly scales before rolling out of reach of fang and claw.

"Fight me like a man, demon punk!" He spat in venomous tone the moment Karne turned into gas once more, he found it irritating, if only he had power like them. He was prepared for Karne's attack, the minute Koran took stage and halted it, Mason grew irritated. "This one is mine..." He growled in annoyance toward the half bred demon and glance over at the dragon, he supposed he could waste his time on that and withdraw his frustration. "I don't care what you do, it'd be a shame if you died.." He said darkly before running off, toward the dragon at full sprint, sliding under its side, his blade raised, slashing into the beast's vulnerable underbelly, the blade going deep from one side to the other in a horizontal motion..

Zarkun said
The sudden flick of the tail had caught Jerus off guard, as did the sudden air time he'd earned as a result. Realizing the direction he was sailing. specifically straight towards a rock formation, he flipped midair and landed with his feet against the rock surface, then pushed off and rolled under the fireball. As he went to stand however, he felt something pull and dropped back to one knee. Ignoring the pain as he stands up, the pain actually fueling his madness, he runs back into the fray, sliding under the dragon and slicing at the belly scales before rolling out of reach of fang and claw.

Stryder said
"Fight me like a man, demon punk!" He spat in venomous tone the moment Karne turned into gas once more, he found it irritating, if only he had power like them. He was prepared for Karne's attack, the minute Koran took stage and halted it, Mason grew irritated. "This one is mine..." He growled in annoyance toward the half bred demon and glance over at the dragon, he supposed he could waste his time on that and withdraw his frustration. "I don't care what you do, it'd be a shame if you died.." He said darkly before running off, toward the dragon at full sprint, sliding under its side, his blade raised, slashing into the beast's vulnerable underbelly, the blade going deep from one side to the other in a horizontal motion..

With the combined efforts of jerus, john, and mason, the dragon's stomach was cut, spilling out a little blood. The dragon was blinded by the attacks to its eyes, and it was severely wounded. It roared furiously, as it coated the area with a layer of fire.

Koran, watching the dragon,lost track of where Karne was, and saw him approaching the building.
Koran: "MINA, VERONA! GET OUT OF THERE!"

Karne kicked the door off its hinges as he walked in, being tackled to the ground by koran shortly after.

John laughed, jumping backwards as the fiery danger poured forth from the dragon's maw. Of course, as it coated the area with fire, his attempt to avoid the fire didn't work very well. Once again, however, the insanity coursing through him let him avoid stepping down just because of a couple burns. No matter how much pain he felt, John simply laughed at the idea of more blood pouring. It would have seemed like the fire hadn't injured him at all if not for John's beginning to limp because of the burns. "Heh... HAHAHAHAHAH! That won't make the red river stop running... It will never stop until everyone's dead!" He ran at the dragon, obviously slower due to the limp he couldn't control, and proceeded with more swings, centering most of his force in his torso where he hadn't been burned nearly as much, if any, compared to his legs.