Malice's primal instinct was telling him that he better run but he couldn't ever even think about running from anyone. He knew that he wasn't a match for this Demon Lord, but he would rather try fighting than be a coward.
Lord Vishious lowered his right arm that was still dripping with flesh blood, bringing it down to his side and moved his body more so he was now where he was now fully facing Malice.
"I almost forgot how weak Kamairas are. I seriously hope you're not such a disappointment?" Lord Vishious said in a bored, inquisitive tone.
"Why did you kill him? You could've beat him in a fight and taught him a lesson and humiliated him that way!" Malice demanded Vishious to tell him. Baring his teeth and growling at Vishiousbas they stood staring each other down.
"Are you really daring to try and challenge me?" Vishious asked back. Though his voice was calm, his eyes carried in them dangerous, killing intent that almost looked forward to Malice trying his luck with him.
Without saying anything back to Vishious, Malice called up his powers and focused his energy to bring out a bow and arrow into his hands. He didn't waste any time and pulled the arrow back in the bow and shot the arrow at Vishious.
The arrow hit the dead body of Hogger's that was lying on the forest floor, and a great blue explosion blasted the surrounding area. Leaving everything covered in dust and smoke.
Malice knew that he was unmatched when it came to archery and he never missed his target. He stared at the empty space that Vishious had been standing just mere seconds earlier, waiting for the dust and smoke to settle. He knew that one of his arrows wouldn't kill a Demon Lord, but he hoped that he would at least be able to slow Vishious down.
Inhaling the acrid smell of charred, burning wood and flesh, he was on high alert at this point and slowly started making his way forward.
He made two more energy arrows and got them ready to fire, pulling both of them back in the drawstring of his bow. He would fire as soon as he would get a glimpse of movement or see where Vishious' silhouetted figure through the still settling dust and smoke that still surrounded the area from the explosion.
Slowly the smoke and dust dispersed to allow Malice to see the damage that he had done with his arrow. And he only saw bits and pieces of what was left of Hogger's body after being hit and blown up, still smoking from the intense heat of his power arrow. But to his dismay there was no sign of the Demon Lord anywhere.
A deep, frustrated growl left Malice's throat as he quickly started scanning the area around him, looking to find where Vishious had disappeared to and may be hiding.
A twig suddenly snapped in the direction that was to his left and Malice didn't hesitate and shot both his arrows in that direction so fast that nothing would be able to dodge them.
Yet another explosion shattered the tranquility of the surrounding trees, sending shockwaves through the air. Dust and smoke billowed forth, obscuring the once clear view and casting a temporary veil over the surrounding ominous forest, making it impossible to perceive anything within the dense, dark area.
Malice decided to shut off his energy core and reserve his power until he caught sight of Vishious. He was certain that he had to have hit Vishious or at least made him get thrown by the force of the impact from his arrows.
It was dead silent and Malice couldn't hear any movement at all. His ears twitching a little as he strained them trying to hear anything, he started to walk forward in the direction he just shot his arrows, moving very slowly and still trying to listen using his heightened sonar hearing. But he could hear absolutely nothing at all. After about 15 feet of walking he stopped because he could sense that something wasn't right, he should've been able to see or hear Vishious by now and the fact that he hadn't brought an intense dreadful feeling to wash over Malice.
' There's no way that I could've missed him, is there? Is it possible that this Demon is toying with me and waiting for the right moment to attack me? ' Malice couldn't help but think to himself in his mind as he stood there in the deafening silence that had fallen around him.
As the more time went on the more Malice became uneasy. Malice deciding to just leave and head back to the palace, pulled his massive leathery bat-like wings out and was just about to jump up to take flight, when the silence was broken by Lord Vishious saying, "Don't tell me that the Puppy is gonna try running away with his tail between his legs so soon?" Vishious' voice was full of mockery.
Malice growled at the comment that was just made towards him and he answered by saying in response, "And from What exactly do you think there is that I would really need to ever run from? certainly not..." His words were left unspoken, before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly found himself choking and gasping for air, struggling to breathe.
The Demon in front of him had moved at the speed of lightning and now was holding him by his neck in an iron hard grip, strangling him. His feet were kicking up in the air while he was pinned so easily up against a massive tree.
Malice tried grabbing onto Vishious' arm that was choking him as he held him up off the ground. Trying desperately to get Vishious to release him from his deadly iron hold. Clawing to the point that he made Vishious bleed a little but it had no effect on loosening his hold and it only tightened.
Malice continued to struggle to breathe and he knew he was going to die soon if he wasn't let go of and quickly. He choked for air and the pain he felt every time he tried to inhale, made it that much worse and that much harder for him. Soon his Struggling started to get weaker and weaker, and his eyesight started to turn black, no longer able to focus on anything. Malice started to believe that he was just gonna have to accept his fate, knowing that he couldn't escape death by the hands of this Demon Lord.
But in the next second, he was thrown brutally to the ground making his limp, weak body slam hard against the forest floor of Massive roots and giant rocks, and bright lights exploded behind his eyes as his head struck hard against one of the exposed roots of a tree.
To move at all brought a lot of pain shooting to every part of his body and he struggled to push himself up onto his knees, still trying to catch his breath. Blood was coming out of the corners on both sides of his mouth and where he had struck the tree was now pouring out blood from his wound.
The crackling of leaves were heard as he could tell that someone's footsteps were slowly approaching where he was still bent down at. Still too weakened to push himself up onto his feet.
"Now I hope that you have learned not to cross me?" Lord Vishious said in a cold, emotionless tone. He then bent down next to Malice and placed his palms up against the temples of Malice's face. The fire that seemed to come from Vishious was so awful it made Malice scream out, but it only lasted for a brief second before the agonizing pain was gone.
Malice was left panting for air and he suddenly realized that he was no longer in any pain, that the blood had stopped pouring from his wound and he felt perfectly fine. He moved his eyes to look up to see Vishious standing over him, looking down at him, his expression blank, not showing any emotion.
"Now our discussion is over for the night. Stand up and let's get back to the Palace. I have someone else that I also need to give a lesson to tonight. But, keep in mind that our discussion will continue when I return" Vishious said in a frightening, evil tone.
It was only then that Malice realized that something wasn't right. He in fact didn't feel any more pain but he was unable to move his body at all.