Capítulo 47: Pain
A/N: Second one!
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As my 10 foot tall being flies towards the Celestial, who is leisurely stomping towards me, from about 3 miles away. Every step he takes causes a small earthquake, as he slowly moves towards me.
The bigger you are, the slower your Perception of time is. And he was 60 times taller than me, so I could literally see him moving in slow motion.
As I close the distance between us to about a single mile, I see something happening to his stump of an arm. It was.. bubbling.
Knowing that it won't be anything good for me, I increase my flying speed, and throw my left Axe, aiming towards the slowly re-growing stump.
He wasn't actually re-growing the arm, but using the Symbiote he had to create a new arm. But, it's still one more advantage for him, and I can't let him have that.
My now small Axe, 'Àνεμος (Ànemos)' my mind whispers, sails towards the hand at speeds many times that of sound, but just at the last moment, the Celestial moves his hand so that my axe passes under it.
Frowning, I throw my right hand axe, 'Àστραπή (Astrapi)' my mind whispers again, towards the same hand, while calling Ànemos back towards me, hoping to cut it into his left hand, which was uninjured.
The Celestial however does not let it bother him, and dodges both of them at the last moment.
Catching both the axes in my hand, I mumble, "Well, you can dodge the attacks on your limbs, but what about your body?"
As the distance between us was now just a few hundred meters, I take aim, and spin around myself, like a ballet dancer. Once I think the momentum is enough, I throw Ànemos at the Celestial's head, and then Astrapi at his chest.
The Celestial sees the axes coming at crazy amount of speeds, and does something I really should have expected. He fires beams of grey, destructive Cosmic Energy at my axes from his eyes.
The first beam hits Ànemos and sends it flying away from him, thankfully undestroyed. The second beam, which he sends towards Astrapi misses by a shockingly small amount, thanks to my flight Manipulation, and the axe cuts through his newly formed claw like right hand.
Correction, it stabs through him, but does not cut the arm off. My axe is too bloody small to cut through.
This time, the Celestial does not show even a hint of pain, as I summon the axes back towards me. He just keeps walking towards me.
That Symbiote of his is a problem. It's not All Black, but it's way superior to what I think the Symbiotes were shown to be in the movies, or the comics. That's not even counting the already superior durability of the Celestial, and the Symbiote just absorbs those properties.
I can't cut it like I can cut his armour, and right now, as small as I am, I can't even do that. My Axes will just stab through. So, I should first get rid of the Symbiote before taking care of the Celestial.
There's only one weakness of Symbiotes that I know of, well two, but I don't have any way of producing high frequency sounds. There is probably a spell to do just that, but I don't know of it. So, I'm gonna have to use Fire.
I grimace, remembering how destructive the effects were, the last time I'd tried manipulating fire. Maybe this time, my axe will help, as it is a device to help control my Divine gifts. Seeing the Celestial reach just a couple dozen meters in front of me, I steel my heart.
I keep Astrapi strapped to my back again, knowing that Ànemos is the more effective Axe for fire, and fly away from the slow slap the Celestial made towards me. It wasn't as slow as you'd expect for a being that size, and I keep dodging, knowing that once I'm in his hands, it's game over for me.
Holding Ànemos in both hands, I start casting a fire spell mother taught me, using the Axe to focus better. Theoretically, this was supposed to bring the Magic within me in the form of fire. But, when I'd tried it last time, I'd gotten an amazing amount of burns from the uncontrollable blue flames I'd summoned to my hands.
The flames were so intense, and wild, that mother herself had to douse it. Not even my own rain could get rid of that fire.
Gulping, I dodge around the Celestial's grasping hands, and chant, "φωτιά από μέσα, έλα!" three times.
The spell was Greek, because mother developed it in Olympus, after her grandson, the literal Titan God of Fire, was forced to steal the fire from the Sun above him, but that's another story.
As soon as I finish the third chant, I feel it. My fire, it was.. weirder than before. The first time I'd tried it when I was a little kid, and the fire was completely uncontrollable. I'd even tried it a few times after that, to try and control it, but to no avail. It still burned me every time.
But now? Now, the blue flames were still wild, but I could direct them! My Axe, Ànemos could direct the flames!
As the Celestial tries to slap me again, I point my glowing axe towards his Symbiote covered claw hand, and yell, "AAAARGHHH!!" And then, I shoot fire through my Ànemos.
The flames, as hot as 25000 Kelvin, shoot from my Axe's tip, and fly towards the outstretched hand of the Celestial.
"SCREEE!!" A loud screeching sounds from the Celestial, although it was definitely not the Celestial.
The right hand, which was touched by the very hot flames of blue fire, was completely destroyed up to the point where I'd cut it previously. Covering the Axe with my fire, I throw it towards the Celestial's head, as he was shaking his hand to get rid of the heat.
Unfortunately, he was still a Celestial and was able to feel it coming. Tilting his head, the Celestial dodges my Ànemos, and as I start summoning it back towards me, I see an extremely fast and giant fist heading towards my body.
"Oh, crap." I mumble, knowing that I cannot dodge the fist.
Abandoning the summoned axe, I bring my hands in front of my face, bracing myself for the punch, and summon a green Tao Mandala Shield. I feel the punch hitting my shield, and blowing through it with nary an effort.
I wince, feeling the backlash of a broken shield, and immediately cross my arms in front of me, knowing that this punch will hurt. A fist larger than my whole body, and with a lot of strength behind it, hits my arms sending me flying towards the planet under me.
Pain, not even the punch from before hurt this much. This.. was exponentially worse than the first punch.
I feel my back hitting something before I even uncross my sore hands, and gasp, as I dig into the ground, not by my own choice. I was buried so far under, that I wasn't even sure I was still in the planet's crust. This was definitely the mantle, I painfully notice.
This.. I'm going to have to fight someone who kills beings like this?! By Queen, I can't take one Celestial for now, how the fuck would I protect my planets against an army of them, or against Knull? What about other more dangerous beings? How the fuck would I survive against them?
If I die now, will I get reborn somewhere else again?
No.. I have to survive right now. If not for me, I have to do it for mother. She loves me, and I cannot betray her by dying.
Gritting my teeth, I send whatever Magic I still have within me towards my bleeding wounds, to heal them. The Apocalypse armour was destroyed by the punch, which just shows how destructive the punch was, leaving me only in the Vibranium weave trousers. I'm frankly lucky to be alive.
My Astrapi was still on my back, and my Ànemos was who knows where. But.. it will come when I call for it.
When my hands heal enough, taking more than quarter of my remaining Magic reserves, I shift the ground a little to gain some space, and take Astrapi in my right hand.
Then, I use quarter more of my Magic to heal the rest of my body of my wounds, my back having suffered the worst, thanks to the absence of the armour. Thankfully, my legs were alright, the Vibranium having absorbed the force of the hits I suffered when I was buried underground.
Now, I had Magic only enough for a few big hits, and I wasn't even completely healed yet. The time for holding back, is over. Fuck staying hidden, I need to stay alive now. I need to use my Cosmic Energy. But not yet. I need to be sure that it's needed.
Having the start of a plan, but knowing that I have to stop the Celestial from finding the Power Stone, I start flying up, through the ground. A Teleportation spell will take more of my Magic than I am currently comfortable with, so I'm going to have to fly.
Besides, I still have my Cosmic Energy as a back up. But only as a last resort.
Any stone that came in my way, I cut with my Axe, as I flew towards the surface or the planet.
As I was about halfway through, a loud voice booms all over the planet, it telepathically dug into my mind itself, and said, "THIS PLANET HAS DEFIED MY LORD KNULL! I, JSON THE EXTERMINATOR, SERVANT OF LORD KNULL, SENTENCE THIS PLANET TO DIE!"
Shit! He's going to destroy the whole planet?!Fucking hell, I don't think the two sisters can survive that. And if the planet gets destroyed, he'll be able to immediately find the Power Stone, which is still hidden from our senses.
Feeling an extremely large amount of Cosmic Energy being build up high into the atmosphere, I speed up. Not bothering with hiding now, I let the handle on my Cosmic Energy loose, and boost my speed with the help of it.
Blasting through the surface within a few seconds, I spin around, looking for the Celestial, and find him to my left, high up and almost out of the Atmosphere.
Glaring at him, and seeing him point a staff like weapon towards the planet, which he didn't have before, I once again blitz towards him, using only Cosmic Energy, point my palm between myself and the Celestial, and yell, "SHIELD OF THE VISHANTI!"
Almost immediately, a thick white wisp of smoke comes out of my hand, and coalesces in the form of a giant thick circular shield. The Shield of the Vishanti was cast right in time, as the Staff of the Celestial fires a huge amount of high intensity Energy towards me.
The black coloured Cosmic Energy blasts on my shield, hoping to destroy it. My shield buckles a bit, and the force of the Energy beam pushes me back a bit, but my shield holds, as it should.
The spell, Shield of the Vishanti calls upon the Vishanti; Oshtur, Hoggoth, and Agamotto, who provide the excess Energy for the spell, if the casters Magic isn't enough.
Which means, that right now, Agamotto knows where I am, and what I'm doing. Meaning mother will soon know as well. Damn.
My concentration remains focused on maintaining the shield, despite the constant bombardment of Cosmic Energy. And I don't let it go, keeping it steady.
"THEOS!!" I hear a shout come from under me, making me look down. There she was, Chhaya the Eternal, and in her hand the Vibranium glove I'd made for her.
But that wasn't important. What was important, was what's in her glove. I still couldn't feel it's energy, but I can recognize that orb from miles away.
Chhaya has brought the Power Stone, which means I finally have a way to kill the Celestial, for sure.
Seeing that she has my attention, Chhaya shoots up towards me, with Kali on her side. Once they stop near me, Kali stands on my left side, with Chhaya on my right.
As Chhaya starts spinning the orb in complex patterns, Kali says, "We'll help you maintain this shield. Take the Stone, and finish the fight, once and for all." Saying that, she puts her hand on the inside of the shield, and her hand glows pink.
Nodding, I allow her access to my shield, and feel her Cosmic Energy trying to mimic the energy of the shield. As Uatu had said, Cosmic Energy is the source of all Energy, save the Power Cosmic. And so, her Cosmic Energy, while not a perfect match, is enough to support my magic in maintaining the shield.
For the first time after I'd seen this Celestial come into the system, I smile, finally seeing some hope of surviving.
"Got it!" Chhaya yells, and opens the orb, separating it into two parts. Suddenly feeling the Energy of the power stone, the Celestial increases the intensity of the beam, making us push back.
"AAARGH! SISTER! QUICKLY!" Kali yells, her comparatively fragile body not enough to tolerate the increased intensity of the attack.
Chhaya looks at Kali, and resolutely nods. Putting her one hand on the shield, Chhaya offers the Power Stone containing half orb to me, and says, "Do it! We'll be able to handle the energy for a few seconds at least!"
Nodding, I mentally praise their courage, knowing that they could have run, or attacked the Celestial themselves. They did not have to trust me, but they did, and for that, I respect them.
Focusing on the shield, I remove my right hand from the shield, allowing Chhaya and Kali to pick up my slack, and grip the Power Stone with it, immediately feeling my hand burning from all the Energy coursing through it.
I only have enough time to yell, "GO! NOW!" before I'm bathed in the purple light of the Power Stone's corrosive energy, my shield somehow maintaining itself.
As I see the two sisters flee to either side of me, I smirk, ignoring the pain of holding the Power Stone, and punch towards the shield. Time to finish this fight.
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A/N:
1. Φωτιά από μέσα, έλα: Pronounced as "Fotiá apó mésa, éla!"
Translation: Fire From Within, Come Out!
How was this chapter? I was going to finish the fight in this chapter itself, but the stuff just kept on coming to me.
Until next time! Tata!
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