Arad stared down, “Unlike the golem, my fire, and lighting can harm you.” He smiled, “You might be stronger and faster and have a more potent curse, but that all is meaningless as long as you don’t hit me,”

Medusa smiled, her opal fangs glowing under the sunlight, “Do you think curses are so simple?” She giggled, lifting her right hand and making an ok sign, looking at Arad through her fingers.

“What are you talking about? You can’t petrify me,” Arad smiled.

Curse Manipulation: Stone Slaves

PEW! THUD! An arrow flew across the air, piercing Arad’s skull. With his magic sense, he could see Aella pointing her bow at him. ^What is she doing?^

CLAP! A blast of air followed it, shaking his organs and dropping him to the ground.

“In the right hands and with the right skills. Curses can even trick the gods and that is why they are deemed evil by nature,” Medusa smiled, “So taste it, the blade of the gods.”

CRACK! Lydia landed beside Arad, swinging a stone sword. Divine Cleaver

CLAP! With a brilliant golden flash, Arad’s body got severed in half across the torso, sending the two parts flying at a terrifying speed, getting pulverized in the trees of the forest.

CLACK! Isdis jumped from the bushes, pulling the string on her Biwa. DING! Arad’s blood and torn flesh froze into ice, dangling from the branches like red decorations.

“See?” Medusa smiled, “You can’t beat curses,”

SWOSH! Arad’s flesh got consumed in a dark mist, exploding in a plast that sent everyone flying. ROAR! Four wings emerged in the forest as the dragon glared forward, enraged to the bones.

Medusa smiled, staring at Arad’s draconic form, “Finally getting serious. Did that smite hurt you this much,” She giggled, pointing at Arad with both hands, “Let me show you more curses,”

Tombstone of… CRACK! Before she could cast the next spell, she felt a sharp pain in her eyes as she went blind. BAM! She then felt a horrid pain up here, but as something blasted the soft spots beneath her tail.

“I don’t know why, but your curse didn’t affect me,” Jack said with a smile, sitting on Medusa’s shoulders, stabbing two daggers in her eyes. ^Damn her body is hard. The only soft spots I could harm are her eyes and beneath her tail. I don’t know if this is enough to kill her quickly enough,^

Jack released his hand and aimed at her neck with his cannon, “A steel stake up your ass, and now a blast to the neck. Can you bleed out and die?”

BOOM! Jack blasted half of her neck off, sending blood splashing everywhere. “Damn it, didn’t tear it off,” Jack grunted as Medusa growled in agony.

ROAR! Jack saw Arad charging toward them, enraged, “Oh! Shit, he’s going to chomp me down with her!” He aimed at the trees with the hook, swinging away before Arad could lung at Medusa’s torn body.

“That’s it, eat her alive,” Jack smiled, seeing Arad bite Medusa, but he soon felt a sharp pain in his chest. BA-dump.

^What’s now?^ He looked down, seeing several bitemarks on his clothes. ^Damn it. The snakes pierced the armor?^ His body turned into stone and fell to the ground. Medusa’s snake’s hair managed to land several solid bites as he sat on her shoulder.

Thud! Medusa pushed Arad by the chest, wrapping her tail around his neck and pulling back, white strangling him. “Get away from me,” She growled as her wounds healed, “Fuck them, rogues! Always showing out of nowhere and stabbing in the back. Where was he hiding?”

CRACK! Arad’s pushed on the ground with his hind legs, growling as his muscles bulged. The void slowly seeped from his body as he grabbed Medusa’s head with his claws.

“You persistent dragon!” She growled, biting his hand as his palm was on her face. “The rogue took it easy, getting bitten by my snakes. You on the other hand won’t last long. This position is directly from me!”

Arad’s draconic body started petrifying from his hand.

VROOM! Arad’s heart rumbled, beating faster than it did before. Void Cloak Just how Fire Cloak Worked, just instead of covering his body with flames, he directly covered it with the void.

Infinit void Since Arad already released his void outside his body, an infinite void stretched beneath his skin and into veins, turning the internal structure of his body into an infinite sinkhole.

Medusa gasped as she felt her poison getting violently sucked out of her fangs as Arad’s petrified arm started returning to normal.

^This bastard, where is he putting my poison?^ She couldn’t believe her eyes. ^But it doesn’t matter! As long as I kill him,^

Medusa swung her claw, piercing Arad’s chest and aiming for his heart, “Now you die!” Curse of stones

SWOSH! Medusa’s vision went black, feeling a heavy pressure on her skin as she stopped feeling Arad’s hand on her face.

DRIP! She could hear a droplet of water falling behind her back. As she turned, she saw a massive dragon glaring at her.

“Who is it!” she growled, pointing her hand at it, but soon realized the dragon was chained, with a woman sitting on its back.

“Thanks for your help, Mom. Now you can rest. Go and meet father, he’s been waiting for a while.” The woman on top of the dragon smiled, lifting her right hand and making an ok sign, looking at Medusa.

“Doma?” Medusa gasped as her body disintegrated into fine dust.

“Doma?” Mom growled, “Are you that witch? How can you exist here?”

Doma looked down at Mom.

“Mother-in-law, nice to meet you.” She smiled.

“Get off my back,” Mom growled, trying her best to break the chains and bite Doma.

“Don’t even try. Your power is related to my dear Arad. Right now, neither of you can match me,” She smiled.

**** ｂ𝚍ｎｏｖ𝚕．ｃｏｍ

SWOSH! Medusa’s body disintegrated a humanoid skeleton fell on the ground with the name Medusa carved on its skull in front of Arad.

Arad stopped, staring at the bones, “Did she die? Why?”

I was hoping you went into the world and fought other curses. But I’m glad I laid a second plan for you to fight my parents, A voice boomed in Arad’s head.

“Wait! Who are you? Where is Mom?” Arad gasped.

She’s here with me, but I’m dominating your inner world now as I’m the strongest. My name is Doma, Nice to meet you, darling. She giggled.

“EXPLAIN! And get out of my head!” Arad roared.