“Another one dead…” Sihil crushed another imp skull under his boot. His body was a mass of magnified muscle and unbound magic, shrouded in a bone-colored aura. He stood armored in meteorite and bone—a hammer in hand, a cape of vertebrae at his back. Pale eyes burned in a dark-crimson face, gleaming amid the slaughter.

  Shattered bones, torn limbs, and impaled bodies lay strewn around him. Darkness Dragon and Lightning Dragon watched from the sidelines.

  “Alucard, Angel of Spears. Sorry if my…” Sihil paused, glancing at the carnage. “…entrance was a bit loud,” he grinned. “Mind confronting us with your… devastating power?”

  “Satiate your hunger, Eighth General of the Abyss,” Alucard stepped forward. Golden-white ribbons floated around his form, his attire shimmering in black and gold. A necklace of pure light hung at his neck; ruby earrings chimed softly with each step. His eyes blazed like captive suns in the dim firelight.

  Alucard stopped at the top of the stairs, looking down at the two dragons. “I believe you require me for…” His body dissolved into light and reappeared directly before Sihil. “…the Abyss Army and the coming war. Am I correct, General?”

  “Perceptive and accurate, Mr. Alucard. Then I assume you know how my recruitments are done. Don’t you?” Sihil smirked, his grip tightening momentarily on the hammer.

  In a flash of light and a burst of bone, the two were airborne—weapons clashing in furious arcs. Golden light and black energy rained down with each impact. “Glad you know it!”

  Sihil stepped forward, bones erupting from the ground to form a platform beneath his feet. His muscles corded with each blow, each hammer strike seamlessly met by Alucard’s guard.

  “Bone Magic: Bone Blade.” A short dagger materialized in Sihil’s left hand, and his assault intensified—every hammer swing followed by a dagger’s swift cut, the rhythm growing faster, more savage.

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  “Impressive. But it won’t be enough for me.” Alucard twisted his free wrist. Sihil’s pale eyes snapped toward the movement as he leaped backward, golden spears erupting like hungry beasts from the ground, blooming instantly into thorny barbs.

  “Light Magic blended with Dream Magic. A powerful combination… He’s talented, isn’t he, brother?” Darkness Dragon smirked at Lightning Dragon.

  “It is indeed magnificent. Such control would befit a general of Heaven… but every magic has its counter.”

  “Mind shutting that mouth!?” Sihil grinned, tearing off his chest-plate. It hit the ground with a heavy thud. “Now we begin… properly.”

  “Was that just a show? Sihil, we all know you can lift—” Lightning Dragon’s eyes widened as horn-like bones burst from Sihil’s chest and back, ripping through skin. “Who talked about weight?! It’s for my own entertainment… holding back for a better fight!” Sihil’s fanged grin spread wide. “Come forth, Alucard!”

  Saliva dripped from his mouth as the bone blade in his hand extended.

  “As you wish… my challenger.”

  Alucard lunged. Sihil hurled the bone blade—it shot past, piercing the wall behind. Spinning his hammer like a knife, he deflected a flurry of spear strikes.

  “Strike faster, Alucard! Come on!”

  Sihil’s free hand clenched into a fist. He drove it into Alucard's belly, using the recoil to launch him toward the embedded blade. Alucard gasped as his back hit the wall, shattering the castle's wall up to the ceilings.

  “Bone Magic!”

  The moment Alucard heard Sihil's voice, his eyes glanced at the blade near his neck and dropped into a crouch as the bone extended sideways, shearing through stone and air.

  “Now, little angel… show me some—” Sihil’s words died in his throat. A wide grin spread across his face as his eyes followed Alucard’s shimmering form ascending toward the ceiling. “This… will be intriguing…”

  “Light magic...”

  "Well... Sihil pushed him a bit too hard," Darkness Dragon smirked.

  The whole castle exploded into shimmering lights of spears that tore through it. Dust covering all over ground and air. Multiple carcasses now impaled by the spears again.

  Alucard floated firmly above. Eyes fixed on Sihil's grinning face and battle hungry posture. "Come now... I will show you... The power of the Lightreaper's spear..."