Chapitre 23: Satannish
A/N: Pat-reon: HelloDarkness07.
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As I swipe my giant two bladed axe at Satannish's head, he takes a step back, growling, and before I even land from my jump, punches me in the face, throwing me away.
Oof. I huff, landing almost 20 meters away from Satannish.
"Damn, he's fast." I whisper, rubbing my cheek. It did not bleed, but his punch hurt a lot. Like I was hit by Scathach. Twice.
The ugly green demon ignores my mother and starts stomping towards me. Knowing his speed now, I heft the axe again, and start running towards him.
Within a second, I reach his location and attack with my axe, this time faster than before. He tries dodging, but unfortunately for him, I was ready for that.
The axe handle extends, like the pole from Dragon Ball, and the blade cuts into, and through Satannish's neck.
Knowing, that it definitely isn't over, I don't stop, and kick him in his chest with all my strength, throwing him about 30 meters away from me.
"Don't let your guard down." Mother warns, observing the location where Satannish just landed.
Without moving my eyes away from his body, I answer, "I know."
Then, right before my eyes, the cut on his throat heals rapidly, and his body disappears. Before I can even register him leaving, I get kicked in my back, throwing me a bit forward, and down into the ground.
'Teleportation!' I think, and immediately summon Lightning all around me.
"AAARGHH!!" A yell sounds, a few feet in front of me, as Lightning burns the teleporting Satannish. As he recovers, and adapts to the lightning, he snarls out, "YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF, GODLING!"
"Yeah, well, you aren't making a good impression either, Demon." I snarl back, standing up.
Let's consider it, shall we. He's physically stronger than me. His teleportation is hard to detect by just Magic senses. He hasn't used spells yet, but he's definitely a master at Magic, so I'm at a loss there too. And my Axe is made of Vibranium, which isn't that much of a Magical metal as I used to think.
A few more cuts and the axe will become useless. The higher Magical power being used is not something Vibranium can handle.
Before I can plan anything else, Satannish teleports right in front of me, and punches. This time, I was ready, so I duck, letting the punch pass harmlessly.
Before he can recover his hand though, I use my full force and cut my Axe into his elbow.
He screams in pain, and strikes his left hammerfist downwards. As the axe was still stuck in Satannish's elbow, I use my right hand to block the strike, which, although hard, I manage.
'Damn. This is like Hulk vs Thor from the first Avengers Movie!' I think to myself, as Satannish starts putting more pressure.
But, I can't let him win now. Not after he's killed so many mortals. Agamotto is riding on me to delay Satannish.
Gritting my teeth, I use my left hand, and pull at the axe, making Satannish scream once more. Within one moment, I pull the axe out of his elbow, and lean to the left, letting Satannish's strike land on the ground. And in the next moment, I spin around, channelling Lightning through the axe, and strike at Satannish's neck.
Surprisingly, the strike meets empty air, as Satannish teleports away. This time though, I feel the wind shifting, as he disappears, and I also feel it shifting as he reappears a small distance away.
The strike of my axe, that met empty air, blows wind everywhere, but does no more harm. I smirk, knowing that I have one advantage over him now.
He heals within a second, and stands up. Glaring at me, he says, "Congratulations, Godling. You've managed to survive me more than anyone else has before. Rejoice, for you are about to die at the hands of Satannish!"
Who the fuck does he think he is? Dr Doom?
I shake my head, letting out a groan at his statement, but keeping my guard up just in case.
That proves to be a smart decision, as Satannish teleports behind me, making me turn back immediately. But, I see just air, as he teleports again, appearing to my right. Before I can react, he punches my face, throwing me away.
"AARGH!" I yell, as this punch definitely hurt more than the last ones.
As I fly through the air, my face hurting, he teleports again, appearing in my flight path, and kicks me in my chest.
I again fly through, as spittle flies from my mouth. He does this again, and again, and again. He kicks, punches, knees and elbows me again and again, throwing me around the ground.
Finally, I land on the ground, and groan out in pain. "Hnngg!" I can feel my body healing though, so let's hope he takes his time. But, Goddamn, this hurts! Where the fuck are you, Agamotto!?
I hear him stomping towards me, and stop behind me. A fist grabs my head, and picks me up. Pulling me towards his ugly face, Satannish breathes out his disgusting breath and throws me again, as I feel my body healing faster. Thank you, mother.
Body finally healed again, I land on my legs, right beside mother, although I am breathing harder, and I am exhausted beyond belief.
"So, you still have some fight in you, Godling?" The demon snarls, and starts walking towards me again.
Snorting, I whisper, "You think I'm going to let you punch me around again?" and spread my arms.
Satannish pauses in his steps, which is a big mistake. Before he can do so much as widen his eyes, I start my attack. First, a storm appears around me, and Lightning bolts, wind blades, wind bullets fly towards the demon in front of me.
He gets hit by a wind blade in the chest first, which cuts one eye on his second face. As he yelps in pain, a half a dozen lightning bolts slam into him, one of them hitting right at the wound on his chest.
"AAARRGHHHH!!" He yells this time, properly yells, as the Lightning hits him.
It's not over though. As he drops down on his knees, gritting his teeth, a wind bullet slams into his face, blowing his head back with blunt force, and another slams into his stomach, breaking a tooth from his second mouth.
I don't let it stop there, this guy hit me a lot of times and that pissed me off. As the Lightning and Wind keep on hitting, a few wind blades catch his horns, and manage to cut them off, my Divine Energy stopping it from healing this time.
As a finishing move, I clap my palms together to summon my Mokuton. Four pointed wooden stumps rise from the ground, two piercing his lower leg, and two of them piercing his shoulders. All the while Satannish keeps on screaming in pain.
As a precaution, I summon more trees, and completely bind him, leaving only his face visible. Finally done, I drop down on the ground, laying down with exhaustion.
Normally, I could cast spells for a few days before even feeling the exhaustion, and even that is minimised thanks to my Magical stores refilling quickly. But, this time, my enemy is a Demon. The amount of energy required to bind a Demon, let alone a Hell Lord, is nothing short of overwhelming.
Plus, I'm actively holding my Cosmic Energy back, as I can't risk it with this Demon Lord here. I know, if Uatu can't sense my Cosmic Energy passively, then no one can. But, I can't say the same when I'm actively using it. A Hell Lord will definitely be able to sense active usage of Cosmic Energy.
"You alright?" Mother asks, leaning down and putting her hand on my forehead.
I just give her a thumbs up, not able to speak. Before I can relax, though, I feel and hear wood crumbling.
"Hhhnnnngh.. HHNNNNGGGHHHHHH... AAAARRRGGHHH!!!" Satannish grunts in effort, at first softly, and then screams out as he tries hard to get out of my bindings.
"Oh, come on!" I whisper out, not even having enough energy to complain loudly.
Mother just chuckles, and says, "Worry not. Agamotto is almost done." Turning her head, she looks at Satannish's efforts at freeing himself and adds, "Rest, Theos. I'll handle him."
I nod, and try to even my breathing. Wanting to witness mother's actions, I take a chance, ignore my exhaustion for a moment, and sit back up.
Mother starts leisurely walking towards Satannish. Right as he flexes, throwing my previous wood everywhere, and finally frees himself, mother stops in front of Satannish.
Screaming in fury, Satannish punches forward, and towards mother. Mother easily catches the punch in one hand, shocking me, as well as Satannish.
"Impossible!" Satannish whispers.
Mother just chuckles, and whispers, which I hear just the same, "Oh, child. You have no idea what impossible truly is."
Saying that, right in front of my very eyes, Mother glows green, and starts growing in size, all the while still holding on to Satannish's fist. He starts struggling, trying to get out of her hands, but nothing works for him.
His one hand trapped, he points the other at my mother and blasts dark red flames at her. The splash harmlessly on her gown, and she just ignores it. Widening his eyes in shock and horror, he fires a few more spells at mother, with various shades of black, brown, and red within them.
But, they all splash harmlessly, and nothing happens to mother as she keeps growing. I feel the wind shift around him as he tries to teleport, but nothing happens. Mother stops him from even teleporting.
Finally, the glow around mother dies down, and mother stops growing as she's already about 15 feet tall.
Satannish gulps, feeling fear probably for the first time in.. ever. Mother casually breaks his fist, making him scream in pain, and then lifts him up using the same broken fist.
Slamming him into the ground a few times, Mother whispers, "You Demons have forgotten that I allow you to roam in my lands. You are young, so I won't kill you this time, but do remember that just because I don't fight any Wars, it doesn't mean that I can't fight. Maybe you should ask Mephisto how it feels to fight a really pissed of Gaea."
By now, Satannish was almost dizzy, after being hit on the head too many times. Even his healing had slowed down, by a lot. His horns had yet to reappear too.
Mother tosses the dizzy Satannish on the ground, and steps on him once. I definitely hear a few cracks of his bones breaking.
As mother walks towards me, she starts decreasing in size and I see Agamotto teleport in, take Satannish's body, and leave.
Mother stops in front of me, as I realize that I'm staring wide eyed at her. Shaking off my awed fear but still feeling it, I ask, "You- you held back a lot during our fights, didn't you?"
Mother nods, and sits down next to me. She says, "You were almost as week as a mortal when you were young, I did not want to discourage you, and I definitely did not want to hurt you."
Gulping, I turn towards her, and ask, "Just.. how strong are you, mother? Truthfully?"
Mother drops her smile, and gets a bit sad at the fear in my eyes. Patting my cheek, she softly whispers, "You don't have to be afraid of me, Theos. Even if you somehow do something that will make me angry, which you probably won't, I won't hurt you."
"Just.. answer the question, please, mother." I plead, not out of curiosity, but necessity. I want to know.. I need to know, just how far behind I am. Just how weak am I?
Mother drops her hand from my cheek, and says, "Well, if I had to put a number on it, I would say I'm forty times as strong as Atum, who is currently the strongest God on Terra. To make you understand, Atum can kill Uata within a few minutes if Uatu doesn't hold back. Compared to your current strength, I am a few thousand times stronger than you."
This news, added to the shock and exhaustion of this whole day proves to be too much for my fragile mind, and I black out, dropping unconscious.
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A/N: Yes, I'm buffing Gaea. A lot. Why? Because she's Gaea! She's literally the Mother of the whole planet.
Do you know who else is within the planet? Progenitor, the Celestial. She's one of the first beings to be born to Demiurge. If Chthon, her brother is a Multiverse level threat, Gaea definitely is too. She did manage to make barriers that keep Chthon out of Earth.
I know, I previously mentioned her stating she's weaker than Uatu, and Madonna, but lets consider it her lying. But, I confess that I had no idea of her actual strength before.
Anyway, tata!
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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