Chapter 75: Someone Who Would Mourn My ‘Death’
You know, I've started to wonder if I'm being seen or heard from the 4th dimension. Am in a movie, serial blockbuster, anime, or just some random words on a Webnovel written by some no name?
If it was the latter, I'd have to ask him why he chose to make my fight with the Final Boss so anticlimactic. I mean, look at that Knight! I am undoubtedly sure that she's stunned right now...
A 'Doom Blast' leaned more to the destructive side to darkness related magic. Contrarily to how Dark Specialists seemed to easily access shadow related abilities, Beasts leaned more towards devouring anything and blowing things up.
So what if it was night and Dark Specialists were stronger when surrounded by shadows. Did that even matter when pit against an authentic Beast that had genuine Dark Mana? Shadowlight Mana might be strong, but it was nothing against a Beast.
Again, this was totally anticlimactic... I watched this supposed 'Dark One' squirm after grasping her neck and lifting her life a chicken before putting the destructive orb of darkness before her chest.
Then a linear beam shot out of it that ripped through her body and even hit the mansion behind her. I wasn't worried about collateral damage as Bob had already retrieved what we were aiming for.
The small consciousness I left on her showed me that that the little girl was safe. Now, seeing that thar one of the Heads of Cerberus was in my hands right now, I asked a certain question, one that I'd been curious towards ever since leaving home.
"What are the aims of Cerberus?" My voice entered the ears of this girl who slowly regenerated her punctured heart. Her breathing was a mess as she looked at me, feeling fearful as I once again concentrated a Doom Blast into my free hand.
"I-I am of the highest Nobility. Release me!"
"Do you think I don't have my ways around your immortality?" Threats left my mouth as part of my shadowy body arose and covered her legs like tendrils before proceeding to 'devour' my enemy.
No matter how strong or invulnerable, nothing could escape the true power of darkness which was Moon Mana. As long as I devour someone, my body will instantly meet the conditions to 'evolve'.
Even Dark Ones were mere meals to me!
"P-please let go of me! W-we are not evil, if that's what you're asking...!" She panicked after seeing her legs 'bitten into' by my shadowy body. I'm sure this was the first time she under the threat of death. Was that why she became less arrogant?
"Go on. I'm listening." My eyes narrowed a little.
"Cerberus was created to protect humanity!" This nonsensical answer made my suddenly mind blank.
...What?
She's joking, isn't she...? My friend is missing and another was violated for this dum reason?
"Stop spouting nonsense before I cut your tongue of yours! I know you aren't interested in humanity nor its protection. Why does your organisation seem so interested in the Swordwick Household?"
"...They hold a key. The key to saving humanity from the Barbarians...!" She answered with some hesitation. I could feel that even now, her mind wasn't as submissive as her body since it seemed like she was trying mould Shadowlight Mans within her. Despite my blood suppression, she actually thinks she'll be able to escape from my grasp.
How misguided~ No one could save her now that she's in my grasp! The shadows started to converge onto her as I thought that perhaps I'll be able to 'devour' her mind along with her body.
It was then that a chill ran through my heart, there was a screaming sound of danger which alarmed me as I unconsciously threw her to a certain direction. In that exact moment, a stainless sword slashed down on the position I dodged from...!
Recognising the face of the smiling little girl who should be put in an asylum for care, my heart fell into a pit. There was only one thing I could tell the Apostle Knight who caught the Dark One I threw:
"Run!"
I could instantly tell that none of us were a match for the current Sylphy that came here. My eyes could finally sense a vague magical signature of Mana that had been sharpened and compressed into the location where her Mana Flame should be located. A soul tearing power emerged from her.
That sword... I have to dodge it!
This was the only thought that ran through my mind as my body ducked under a horizontal slash that threatened to bisect me! As I was the darkness itself, that one opportunity was enough for me to return the vessel for my soul back to the shadows.
All Sylphy most likely saw was my 'body' blending into the darkness and vanishing into this air.
A sigh of relief arose in my heart. However, what I wasn't prepared for was having my spiritual 'self' literally 'kicked out' of the shadows by a figure not even my instincts could sense. Once my eyes locked onto the youth, my 'face' changed again.
'Oh did the love of-' I couldn't even finish that thought as glowing eyed young boy chased down my shadowy figure. The Apostle Knight left as instructed, and the situation became a sibling spat.
Like how Spider-Man couldn't sense Venom using his Sixth Sense, so too couldn't I use my instincts against my other 'self' who was chasing me down like a predator. Does he think I'll take being bullied?
"Harmony, return and let us become one entity."
"Not on your life!" I refused and gathered all the strength I could muster to battle this out with him!
I returned back to my corporeal form using the other parts of my power and arose as 'Lilith' once more. Even though he was me, I'll killing if he tries violating my current 'state of self identity' by trying to forcefully fuse us together. Screw the hell off!
"Hey hey, lets fight each other again~ I like being able to fight you!" Sylphy spoke as well.
Yeah, both of you can eat this:
[Moonmetal Art- Doom Knuckles!]
Instead of releasing the Doom Blast I had been charging into a linear beam people like Chaos and Sylphy with undoubtedly dodge, I concentrated the power into the metallic weapons on my hands.
With an ungodly speed, Sylphy appeared before me as her sword flashed. My mercy had been fed to the dogs by this point as I twisted my whole body to dodge while simultaneously punching her in the gut. It didn't matter how much stronger she had gotten, her body shot through trees like a bullet as the destructive energy released out of the knuckleduster I wore to increase damage output.
Once the dark enhancement on my left hand vanished, all that was left to do was drive my other fist (which was wearing a 'doomed' gauntlet) into Chaos as well before calling it a day, yet no matter how much I tried, or struggled, he was too slick.
[Vector Eye- Magic Redirection!]
[Kinetic Eye- Force Alteration!]
It wasn't that his body was dodging, but more like every attack I'd throw would be 'bent' to the side before it could hit its target. Since we both had the same level or martial arts on top of this, there was no way to avoid being beaten down one-sidedly.
His skin turned reptilian as Skill Roots similar to my own arose arose on his body. I could feel the distinct power of time and space arising from him as he punched me ruthlessly into the ground.
Flesh and blood flew into the air as his punches rained down like the bullets of a machine gun, his eyes were hysterical as he ripped me apart inch by inch out of 'righteous fury'. Heh, I hate this sort of clingy people who can't take a rejection~
[Moonblood Art- Flesh Reformation!]
Rather than keeping my humanoid form, I changed to suit my circumstances as muscles and tendons that were damaged returned to my body before reforming into bigger physical qualities. As my real form was a shadow, doing this was real easy~!
I could feel the power of Fiends within his physical attacks. However, so what if Fiends had stronger bodies than Beasts? All I needed to do was increase the mass and density of my muscles to keep up. As for the 'Eye Skills', I had a good plan.
As soon as Sylphy recovered and jumped to attack me once more, a third arm grew out of my arm like a grappling hook before grasping her neck. Her sword was about to draw an arc to cut it off, yet my movements were oh so much more faster as I launched her towards Chaos. Not that he gave enough care towards his sister to not hurt her...
The little girl I threw forwards suddenly slammed into the ground due to Chaos altering kinetic force again. Not that her miserable plight meant anything to me as I held the sword I pickpocketed from her.
A nice, smooth blade... perfect for cutting this incest-ous 'brother' of mine into ribbons!
"Don't you have anything better to do in your life other than obsess over me?" What is with him?
Since swords were never bound by owners and could be used by anyone, I wasn't the least bit ashamed as I used the sword of my 'little sister' to slash towards him. I didn't hold it normally but whipped it around using shadow tendrils created from my subconscious. This created a scene of Chaos finally having to dodge around since the blade Sylphy 'sharpened' seemed cut magic itself.
My assumption was correct. Although he could redirect magic, that only worked when against direct magical attacks. As the shadow tendrils weren't directly whipping towards him, he didn't have the ability to mess with them whatsoever.
Despite putting him at a disadvantage though, I couldn't shake the feeling of danger I felt. The Skill Roots that Chaos created allowed him some level of control over reality as he dodged, making it so my retaliation wasn't as lethal to him as I hoped...
"You WILL become mine!" His body became less human and more like that of a snake at that moment as his legs transformed. Was the Fiend he 'unified' with some kind of cobra? Just look at how big he's grown- Ahem, I meant his physique.
[Uni Being- Fiendish Druid Serpent Man!]
Hey, I know I complained about a Final Boss, but isn't this a little bit... too much? The sword my tendrils slashed at him ricocheted off his scales and return to the hand of Sylphy, who was just now picking herself up after getting into this battle.
Not that I was concerned about her health. She wouldn't be thrashed about like this if she knew what was good for her. No one can enter the conflict between me and 'myself' after all. Those who try are certain to not come out unscathed.
I mean, just look at this overpowered jerk...! His skin had become so hard that not even Sylphy's sharpened sword could penetrate it and his magic power became so strong that a feeling of suppression was weighing on me from a distance.
My body won't move...!
[Space Art- Suppressive Lockdown!]
I tried to return to the shadows once again to get out of this predicament, but could only helplessly watch as a serpentine tail wrapped around me before lifting me into the air. I couldn't do anything as the tail constricted and crushed my flesh again.
"You should have compromised."
*Tuck* "Take this as 'compromise'." I spat blood into his green glowing eye which seemed to hold an intrinsic power over kinetic forces. He closed that eye with an angry expression, smashing me into the ground with his tail before lifting me again.
I could 'feel' pain this time as he actually sent the sensation straight to my soul. My Ability Core felt like it had been pricked by hundreds of needles that then transferred to me. Am I going to 'die'?
Oh well, you win some you lose some. It's not as if I had any attachments to my current 'self' as Harmony. It was just another phase, one that could change within a blink of an eye. My heart was as still as a lake as I watched Chaos open his mouth.
Even as his jaws approached me with the intent to consume, none of my survival instincts kicked in.
I wasn't going to die, after all. Just change.
I wonder if my unbecoming feelings towards Bob will disappear after I've been eaten. Those shameful emotions an existence like me shouldn't feel towards a guy with a kid... Hah...
Well, I am sure he'll be fine. Right now he should be leaving as well like that Apostle Knight, and he wouldn't be stupid enough to jump in to try to 'save me' considering he has a daughter to take care of.
Maybe we were friends, but that friendship hadn't got to the point where he'd discard his life to protect me like in those fictional stories. A real friendship is more give-and-take rather than unconditionally sacrificing things for my behalf.
Just as I closed my eyes, giving up my 'self' to be eaten, a gust of wind along with trembling shadows could be sensed, and my vision cleared to see I was in the arms of someone who had strapped his kind to his back. I wasn't moved one bit, but angry:
"Why the hell didn't you run?!" That previous shout was meant mostly for him, so how could he do this? He should know these two are unbeatable for an ordinary guy like him. Doesn't he want to live?
"Because I didn't want to. Now close your mouth so you don't bite your tongue." Bob quipped back before listening to my warning only now of all times... Our bodies disappeared into the wind as my two siblings chased after us with their full might. This wasn't at all 'romantic, but idiotic. How could he do this?! They will both die at this rate!
"You should have left me. I wasn't going to die like you, only vanish. So use me as bait to-"
"Never!"
"Just listen to me."
"No, you listen to me. You are NOT going to 'vanish' on me! You think I'll allow it?!" It was at that moment that a strange emotion overwhelmed me as his tears hit my face. This is the first time... that someone cried in response to separating from me.
I couldn't help but look at his face with a blank expression, not knowing how to internalise this...
Why did this guy also have to be so... clingy? H-he should just leave me alone. T-this idiot!!!
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