"Come on, get up; you've got more fight than this, right? If you die now, I will be disappointed," the guy said to Mia.
Mia struggled to get back to her feet as she continued to cough up blood the harder she tried, then the familiar voice echoed in Mia's head again and said, "He is not the one; this is something else".
"What do you mean?" Mia said in response to the voice.
"If he was the one, he would have killed you in one attack and devoured your soul by now", the voice said to Mia.
"I still don't get it", Mia said, confused, as she got to her knees.
"Remember the first time you met him, you couldn't move, only from meeting his aura; even if this thing's aura seems to almost be a match to his, you could still move. When you saw him and other people who have a demon inside of them like yourself gain more power from devouring the soul of other demons, if he really wanted you dead, you'd be dead, but that aside, the demonic energy within this person is different from the energy of my people, so I have come to a conclusion that this person before you is someone else or something else". The voice told Mia.
"Who are you really?" Mia asked the guy.
"What do you mean, did I knock your brains out or something? The guy said to Mia before laughing right after.
"Your demonic energy is not the same; you had me deceived there for a moment, so tell me, who are you really? Mia said as she stood on her feet.
"I should have killed you on that first attack", the guy said. "Don't worry, I will cut off your head nice and clean this time around.
The guy then immediately charged at Mia using his hands like a sword, but this time around Mia stood her ground, and in an instant, when the hand of the guy was about to connect to her neck, her sword appeared out of nowhere and blocked his hand before the last second.
"I can't believe I let myself take a fatal blow from someone as weak as you", Mia said to the guy.
"Shit, does she know? It's not possible. What's going on? The guy said to himself in thought before jumping away to put distance between him and Mia.
"Here's a question for you: where's your sword? Cause last I remembered, you used a sword and not your hands, so what happened to your sword? Mia asked
"Shit, I couldn't replicate the sword, I really should have ended this on the first attack", the guy said to himself.
"So answer me, who are you and what is going on? If you start talking, I am going to rip you apart limb from limb. Mia said to the guy.
"HAHAHAHA, the guy started to laugh, then pointed towards her and said, " Are you trying to mess with me? The guy said as he put on a frown filled with rage.
"You won't leave here with your life tod.... The guy was saying before Mia appeared before him and cut off his arm.
"Ahhhhh..ahhhhhh..my hand..ahhhh" The guy fell to the ground and held the part of his hand that was severed to reduce the bleeding as he screamed in pain.
"Start talking", Mia said as she boiled in anger.
"I am of the forest; please don't kill me", the guy begged Mia.
"Continue", Mia said to him.
"We have no physical form; we only take form when we encounter people or creatures who have a deep fear. Then we appear as the fear of that person, and if we manage to kill the person or make the person kill himself or herself, we get to take over the body of the person we kill. Please, that's all. Don't kill me, please. The creature begged Mia.
"No wonder his demonic energy wasn't purely demonic", Mia said to herself.
"But how were you so strong to deal that kind of damage to me earlier? Mia asked him
"It wasn't me; it was you. We used your fear and imagination against you. You believe in your mind that you couldn't escape him, that he could probably appear close to you from anywhere, and that was what I used: your fear, and the force of that hit was also how strong you imagined I would be, nothing more". The guy said to Mia.
"So are you saying everyone that might be in this forest that is not a creature like you is probably facing the same thing? Mia asked him.
"Yes and half of them are probably already dead, oh and the girl who was with you earlier is probably already dead also, even if you escape now there are more of my kind more stronger than I am, you're dead. The guy said before laughing while holding what was severed in his hand.
"She doesn't go down that easily without a fight; she's probably still alive, but yet again, if they get power based on our fears, the others might really be in danger". Mia said to herself in thought.
The guy was still laughing on the ground, then Mia said, "You're really disgusting, but thank you for letting me get the feeling of beating this guy, even if it's only once.
Uhn? The guy reacted, but before he could say anything, he was looking at his body without a head. He didn't notice Mia had already cut off his head, and it fell to the ground. Then he died
After Mia killed him, the thick fog began to clear.