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The forest of midnight lived up to it's reputation, her contact was right in regards to the fae, their trickery running rampant in the face of Ion's quest though instead of being annoyed with their games, Ion instead had fun with it, causing almost a game within a game to see who could flinch first, being a Adventurer type Hunter, Ion was more in it for the journey and discovery, she had never encountered fae before and this contract giving her the opportunity there was no way she could pass it down and besides, it did well to pass the time. As such it also kept the fae in a sort of a check as she looked for her targets, she was still on a contract after all as there was less 'adventure' for this type of contract as it was more of a blacklist one but that didn't mean adventuring on the side wasn't allowed as long as Ion could get the results intended. It was not long before her marks were found, unaware of her approaching presence as they were busy fortifying their trade, refocusing, Ion turned her attentions to the marks, as the games suddenly stopped when Ion got on the trail of the other forest 'invaders' as maybe the fae wanted to observe what their new found 'toy' would do with the intruders or maybe it was a sign of respect as maybe they knew both parties want these people eliminated. The intruders looked to be carrying a small amounts of tiny cages that sprinkled with faint light, no doubt of some captured fae, as these specimens were used in some underground psynergy deployments, something the Hunter's Conglomerate was keen on eradicating. The runic knight wolf took one last look at her surroundings before opening up her pocket watch and checking the time, "as soon as the clock strikes midnight, I will make my move" Ion thought as her glance swiftly darted between the invaders and the watch, each second ticking with each glace as Ion became in tune with everything surrounding her, she closed her eyes as all the hands of the watch overlapped each other, midnight was upon us.
Ion's eyes opened as they glowed their demonic orange, catching the intruders by surprise Ion was able to cut down a few of them with one strike of her greatsword, now alert, the rest of the invaders grabbed as many of the fae cages as they could as powerful psynergy was laundered back towards Ion, who could only dodge as this psynergy was on another level, almost demonic like. Their psynergistic attacks were strong, no doubt powered by the captured fae which made them close to the demonic paynergy Ion could now use which meant she needed to shift focus, melee style attacks would not be effective here, psynergy like this would need to be countered with psynergy in kind, Ion had a form specifically for this, it was time for the red fox to awaken. Phase shifting, Ion became the echo of his pact with Lorelei, becoming a boyish looking red fox who cracked a grin before striking down with powerful lightning psynergy, eradicating more then half the intruders with one fell swoop of bolts. The remaining invaders regrouped to face this new threat as Ion calmly walked towards the group, staff in hand as they plunged it into the ground as swords of lightning sprang forth and locked onto their targets. Cracking another smile, Ion spun their staff up as the swords took flight taking out more of them until only three remained, ones that were no doubt Gaia users that could resist the lightning more, as even the overkilled lightning produced by this form of Ion's had a hard time combating the power of the stolen fae combined with Gaia, though there was still one trick up their sleeve, their other element. Ion continued to walk closer, sending powerful lightning bolts towards the three remaining intruders, who were able to cast them aside with ease as they readied for a counter attack, sending one more bolt out on braced for the counter as a storm of Gaia was send their way as the last bolt fizzled. Slamming the staff into the ground once more, a cold blue fire engulfed the forest, setting it ablaze with an azure hue, though the flames were tuned to not harm any of the forest or fae within, only engulf the invaders and their attack. The cold fire clashed with the fae enhanced Gaia, as the flames burned through, as surprise to the invaders as two of them were swallowed up and burned into frozen pellets of ice as the last one managed to survive though bitten by deep frost such as they might not be long for this world.
Ion's attack was successfully but very risky as they cold not engulf all of the Gaia and their sorcerer form was sort of like a glass cannon, some of the Gaia storm broke through the engulfing fire as Ion bore the brunt of what escaped the flames, their clothes tattered as stones cut sharply across their fur, one managing to penetrate deep within their gut as it started to bleed profusely. Wincing and clutching their gut, Ion hobbled a bit as they continued towards the remaining invader who gathered up enough strength from their frost bitten body to slowly escape out of the woods, Ion injured and with their demonic recovery abilities hampered by the fae enhanced attack, couldn't keep up with the escaping mark as they also reached the edge of the forest. Mustering some energy, Ion created two more lightning swords and latched them onto their struggling mark, clutching their gut more tightly, the swords fired off, striking their target with quick precision as Ion made one last grin, all the marks were now eliminated, the contract was complete. Feeling very faint, Ion fell to their knees before face planting onto the ground, their injuries were severe though nothing a demon could not withstand, at least under normal circumstances. Ion's body would heal in time with their demonic energy, at least that is what they hoped, their healing ability was never tested against fae magic before and it was closer to demonic psynergy, that could be a problem especially as Ion was alone with no one to bring them to a proper healer, they could only hope their demonic aura could withstand the damage and mend the vessel in time. As light was fading from their eyes, the sound of small wings fluttering echoed in their ears as Ion could feel their body floating back in towards the forest of midnight, weakened as they were, Ion could not resist the advance of the fae, they only hoped that their actions spoke that they was on the fae's side.....
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