Undying Will - 21 The Fall
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21 The Fall

The earth groaned in protest as the razor sharp winds blew apart the surrounding piles of rubble. The clas.h.i.+ng of weapons rang richly in the air as lines of sparks bloomed, flying like embers in a beautiful but deadly dance.

Lorean sighed, tiredness evident on his brow as a rain of sweat flowed down dripping on the broken floor. His arms shook with the impact as Doflamingo attacked madly. Every attack seemed to be made with a perfect precision, everyone of them aimed at one of Lorean's vitals.

Doflamingo's eyes gleamed with a mad l.u.s.ter as his mouth split into a terrible grin. '[World of Threads!]' he roared darkly as strings in strings begun to rise from his feet forming eerie tentacle like structures. Waves on waves pursued the fleeing figure of Lorean as they attempted to entrap him.

Lore howled madly as he jumped around, Sonido'ing at every opportunity that was presented to him. A wave of attacks plummeted towards him, loud booms of destruction ensued in their wake. What seemed like tsunamis of deadly threads.

Doflamingo cackled madly as he waved his hands through the air controlling his threads. Nearby houses had their roofs torn off and the cobbled streets broke apart under the tyranny of Doflamingo, as he chased Lorean through the port in a land - shaking rampage.

Lorean roared unwillingly as he turned around to face his insane stalker. A line of swear words found their way to his lips, as he glared angrily at Doflamingo. [Dagger Arts: a.s.sa.s.sinate!] he roared as he slung his way across a wayward wire line that hung loosely from the ruins of a building nearby before Sonido'ing behind Doflamingo and dealing a lethal stab towards his torso, a sharp gleam accompanied the deadly attack.

Doflamingo dodged the offending stab as he clumsily ducked, an annoyed howl resounding from his previously grinning maw, before whipping his rapier towards his opponent's head. A number of Small strands flew lazily into the air as Lorean hastily ducked before attempting to sweep his opponent's feet from under him.

Doflamingo somersaulted backwards as he attempted to impale Lorean onto the edge of a pack of threads. He swung his left hand in front of him as he re-initiated his killer move "[Pentochromaitc strings!]."

Lorean Sonido'd out of the way of the attack, before reappearing into his opponent's exposed chest aiming his shoulder towards the centre of Doflamingo's chest aiming at the tiny gap that he knew existed between his opponent's ribs.

Doflamingo dodged to his side as he attempted to whip his rapier toward the carelessly barreling Lorean. Lore twisted out of the way of the sharp instrument as he slashed his dagger across his opponent's chest.

A small gash formed on Doflamingo's chest as he back-stepped effectively reducing the damage he received, an array of threads made their way towards Lorean's chest attempting to impale him.

Lore Sonido'd out of the way as he retreated, pus.h.i.+ng his speed to the limit. A dark gleam burst through the grim atmosphere of the battle as Lore roared in preparation. His countenance underwent a drastic transformation as steam begun to rise from his arms.

"Oho..? the Young king is preparing something big..?" Doflamingo questioned as a s.a.d.i.s.tic grin arose on his face. "I wouldn't be much of a senior if I didn't properly accept my junior's gift no?" he said as he prepared to receive his opponent's move.

"[Dagger Arts: Dark Zenith..] !" Lore roared as his daggers became black with his Haki coating. The air begun to vibrate as his daggers begun to thrum with what seemed to be a dark and malicious aura. Clouds gathered in the sky as a peal of thunder shone in the horizon.

Doflamingo's face begun to change as his grin fell, to be replaced by a frown of pure concentration. "I underestimated you brat!" he roared as he clenched his fist.

Threads begun to form between his fingers as the pavement seemed to transform into packs on packs of strings. The strings seemed to do his bidding as it rose around him, a gleaming light begun to form in Doflamingo's eyes, as his world of threads begun to spread.

Doflamingo thrust his sword into the pack of strings as he clenched his fist. "Off White!" he roared as his expanding world of strings finally stopped spreading. An imperious aura arose from his person as he smiled nastily.

Lorean roared loudly as he threw his daggers, a shrill whistle screeched through the air as razor sharp gashes seemed to tear through s.p.a.ce. A world-ending aura accompanied the twin daggers as the careened through the air with an unstoppable momentum.

The two daggers struck Doflamingo's string s.h.i.+eld which was immediately torn to shreds, before promptly impaling him . A loud Boom echoed through the air as immeasurably heavy shockwaves shook the battered city.

The night sky thunder seemed to roar in rage over being ignored by the two fighter and the two injured bystanders. Blue lightning shrieked through the air sounding much like a woeful banshee as thick clouds of smoke and rubble clouded through the air.

Lorean lurked forward, collapsing to his knees as he bore witness to the carnage his one attack had wrought. Buildings lay overturned and the pavement looked akin to a newly plowed field, forming a long track until the very end of its path at the base of a rickety house that seemed fortunate to survive the battle that had just ensued.

A terrible groan rose through the sky as the haze cleared revealing the figure if the alive but heavily injured Doflamingo. A mournful wail rocketed through the air as he shakily rose to his feet. Deep gashes were formed on his chest, going as far as to reveal his white bony shoulder. His mouth lay b.l.o.o.d.y as one arm hung limply largely unusable at his side.

He ground his teeth as he advanced a gauze of strings covered his injury as his world of strings returned, bringing with it the tyrannical pressure only available to a mad king on a suicidal charge towards his foe.

"I must admit, brat. I underestimated you. Too bad…. I was able to survive that cataclysmic attack. Had I not gone all out I would have died!!! Be proud, newbie, for you have pushed the s.h.i.+chibukai Doflamingo 'the Heavenly Demon' to the pits of despair! Rejoice as you sink to your death!!!" he roared before he collected his downed foe and plunged him into the stormy ocean.

Doflamingo, had won….