Vince appeared behind Pode in an explosion of blue sparks. The goddess snarled as she turned to face her foe. “You-” her voice was cut off as Vincent’s fist found itself buried in her face sending her flying.
“Suprise Mothafucka!” Vincent snarled. Pode flipped midair and landed gracefully.
“I fucking killed you,” she hissed.
“Well, I didn’t feel like dying,” Vince replied cracking his neck. Green sparks ran across his skin as his eyes glowed a dark blue. Raw Tap energy oozed from his very being as he grinned.
“Well then, it’s time to teach you a lesson,” Pode snarled.
“That’s my line!” Vincent spat as he lunged forward.
“You dare to face a goddess!” she growled, brandishing her arm. Three massive plant behemoths rose from the dirt in front of her. Vince scooped up his discarded cane and disappeared in an explosion of sparks followed by a thunderous boom.
“I dare to dream!” Vincent roared, appearing behind her. He slammed his cane into her skull. “I dare to stand up against the darkness! Regardless of what fate decrees.”
Pode staggered, her concentration faltering and causing her behemoths to fall apart.
“Where is this strength coming from?” she hissed.
“My determination!” Vincent roared, lying through his teeth. He had in fact been zapped with more Tap energy than possible for any normal human. The Eternal Tap had stepped forth onto Althanas once more to smack down an imposter clinging to a golden age of magic.
She roared, and the very earth beneath them trembled as vines began to sprout from the ground and dart towards the scholar. Vincent simply grinned and swatted each aside with his cane as he spoke.
“You had everything, the Hierarchy, the Tap, my father, but you threw it all away!”
He began to close the gap between them, the spinning of his cane slicing through vines.
“You could have made the world better! But no, you succumbed to hate and greed! You chose to make the world darker!”
“I took back what the elves stole from my people!” she screamed.
“You perverted it!” Vincent roared. “You twisted nature to your whims to make a hellish landscape for your to rule over!”
“Lies!” Pode screamed as a storm of vines rocketed from the earth at Vincent once more. The
Vincent grinned as he vanished and reappeared behind the goddess. He grasped her long hair and ripped her backwards off of her feet as he launched her into the air. She floundered to recover but it was too late, Vincent had wrapped his arm around her throat and they both fell to the ground. The force of their fall, and Vincent flexing his arm, snapped her neck.
The scholar felt every crackle of her bones as he rolled over and grinned. The witch was dead. He rose to his feet and planted his foot on her head and raised his arms towards the heavens.
He had killed a legend, and thus had become one.
He turned and shuddered as the energy of the Eternal Tap slowly drained from every orifice of his body. He staggered forward and looked up. Leona was waiting for him on the edge of the clearing, a gigantic smirk on her face.
“You actually did it!” Leona gasped as she hugged him. “I cannot believe you actually did it.”
Vincent grinned and let her embrace him. “I promised you I would, didn’t I?”
“You did. As your reward you can ask me one question.” Leona quipped as they began to walk away. “Don’t waste it.|
Vincent paused and chewed his lip for a moment before asking.
“If a deaf person goes to court is it still called a hearing?" The two laughed and walked off into the forest, watching the crimson leaves fall.
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