The Last Guardian

Chapter_52: Boss Level-1

It was 6:00 a.m. in the morning. Johnathan was choking and struggling in the middle of the highway while Billy was unconscious inside the crushed truck. Babayaga- the mythical witch stood there holding her crooked stick-

"You killed my daughters mercilessly- now I'll inflict hellish pain upon you- I won't let you die so easily-"she said standing motionless on the street.

"You're talking about mercy? One of them killed two innocent men and tried to eat us, the other- ah! The seductress- she wanted me dead. And you- you've kidnapped innocent kids - so stop talking about mercy!"said Johnathan struggling in great pain.

"Grr...You dare speak to me with that audacity? What are you? I've killed and devoured many Guardians over thousands of years of my existence- you'll end up the same. I'll make you watch as I torture, m**m and kill everyone in this city, I'll bring plague and pestilence upon this earth, there will be hell-"

"Enough of your whining- fight me if you dare- instead of using silly tricks to defeat me, battle with me!"interrupted Johnathan.

He had no patience to listen to her speech.

Baba Yaga walked a few steps closer towards him-

"What's the rush? I want you to experience the same pain that you unleashed upon my daughters-" she said and clenched her fist.

The spikes penetrated deeper into his body and blood came oozing out from his chest. His lungs were punctured and he was choking on his own blood. But his Qi was fighting back equally, trying to push out the spikes out of his body. It was a horrible battle between Johnathan's will and the Witch's powers. If only Johnathan could focus harder, he could have taken the spikes out but the pain was turning him blue. The poison from the spikes was paralysing him. It was only a matter of time before he would be nothing more than a bag of bones and muscles, he would be conscious but unable to move. This was the Witch's plan - to torture him and make him watch as she carried on her mayhem of death.

Johnathan had given up now, he was groaning softly and kneeling before the witch- blood flowing out from his mouth. The Evil Witch grinned in triumph.

"You're an amateur, the others before you could atleast put up a decent fight!" she said.

"Now watch as I skin your partner alive!" she said and pulled out Billy from the truck with her powers and threw him on the side of the road.

Billy woke up in pain, the spike went right through his shoulder. He groaned and struggled to get up. The witch raised her hand to destroy him with her magic but Billy was cunning and had a trick. He grabbed the pouch that was tied on his waist and three it at her-

"By the power of Merlin, show me your tricks- trap this witch!"he cried.

Suddenly huge bars of energy came out of the ground and formed a dome trapping the witch inside it.

"You fool- not even Merlin's magic can stop me!" she said and started breaking the dome with her magic.

Billy had a couple of minutes before the witch got free, he struggled to pick Johnathan up from the road and carried him away. He was bleeding himself but Johnathan was the only one who could defeat the witch.

He had been planning all along to trap the witches and secretly draw their powers out but the plan went awkwardly wrong. Now his only hope to remain alive was for Johnathan to kill her. But he was hardly breathing. The spikes were dissolving in his body, creating more poison and he needed help now!

Billy had somehow dragged Johnathan a few metres into the bushes and he couldn't do it anymore. There was only one option left- to jumpstart Johnathan's Qi but with negative energy- the energy of the demons!

There was always an abundance energies floating around in the environment. He could loan some of it and help Johnathan become powerful enough to kill that witch. There were risks and the method, even though simple could end up driving him crazy. His positive energy would conflict with the negative and it could eventually devour him from the inside and make him a monster. But there was no other choice. Raven had left- wise decision and Farid's wisdom was not available. The witch had almost broken the dome. This was the moment- he grabbed his necklace and took it off, there was a small oval shaped pendant hanging from it. Inside the pendant was a single drop of blood from the most powerful demon of the underworld- Azazel. He carefully opened the pendant and poured the drop of black colored blood on Johnathan's lips- it went down his throat.

The witch was furious now and was walking towards them. She raised her hand and moved the car away. Johnathan was opening his eyes while Billy was staring at him with nervous anticipation.

As the witch got closer, Johnathan was getting surrounded with black smoke. It was working, Billy stepped away from him. Suddenly Johnathan opened his eyes- they were red, he looked at the witch and began laughing hysterically. He then jumped up towards the sky. The witch stopped in surprise. She was sensing a force far greater than hers- she was starting to get worried. Johnathan hovered in the sky for a moment with all the dark energy inside him and then came crashing down on the road. The gravel on the road blew apart from the impact of his landing. He smiled menacingly at the witch and ran towards her.

The witch sent out a powerful beam of light at Johnathan but it missed him. He was moving too quick. She then brought down the spikes back and it rained deadly spikes from the sky. But he managed to break and crush every single one of them with his metal arms and legs.

Billy was watching everything from a distance. He saw Johnathan's metal arms were darker and his skin had this strange smokey substance, his eyes were red and he looked dangerously more powerful than ever.

Johnathan dodged the spikes with amazing speed. But this time Babayaga lifted her stick and brought it down with a loud thump.

"Come to my aid, my faithful servants-"she chanted.

A portal appeared behind her and two rocky monsters about ten feet high came out. These were golem, mindless and impossible to kill. Babayaga stepped back as the Golems walked towards Johnathan shaking the ground beneath them. Billy watched in awe. Dark Johnathan was amused and he laughed again, apparently the darkness inside him wasn't intimidated by the monsters. He had the blood of the most powerful demon- the golems were nothing!