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Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Power
Sonia and Evelyn still hadn’t exchanged a single spell. Evelyn had no idea what kind of magic Sonia even used.
"It seems you overestimated your little team," Victoria said as she slowly walked forward, her voice cold. "Once we’re done with you, I’ll kill her, take the blood artifact, and toss you into a cell for the rest of your life."
"Vic, wait..." Evelyn narrowed her eyes. "You don’t seriously think you can take on both of us. So why call us here?"
"Why indeed," Sonia said calmly, placing both hands on the ground. Glowing runes began spreading beneath her like cracks in the earth.
Evelyn’s eyes widened. She recognized the pattern—Sonia was about to blow the entire place up.
Victoria reacted fast. She dashed toward Evelyn, and just before the explosion, a black dome of magic formed around them.
BOOM!
The ground shook violently as a wave of heat and force tore through the dungeon. Cracks split the walls, the ceiling began to cave, and massive chunks of stone came crashing down. The air was filled with dust, smoke, and the roar of destruction.
Victoria and Evelyn felt themselves going down, the ground couldn’t handle the explosion and broke apart and soon they reached the ground again.
Victoria quickly reinforced the barrier as more stones came crashing down, the barrier which was protected by the crystal had been broken meaning the crystal had been shattered.
"So this was her plan, to bury all of us here, what kind of plan is that" Victoria snorted.
"I have no idea, but it seems the stones had stopped" Evelyn said and Victoria removed the shadow covering them and the moment the shadow was gone their eyes widened.
They were in an entirely different place.
The walls were made of black stone, old and cracked, glowing faintly with green lines like Mana was still passing through them. The air was cold and heavy, filled with the scent of dust and decay.
Giant skeleton statues stood tall around the room, each one holding a massive weapon—one had a rusted sword, another a chipped axe, and a third held a broken staff.
Dark crystals floated above the ground seven of them, pulsing like beating hearts.
Bones littered the floor, some whole, some shattered. Strange runes glowed on the ground beneath their feet, forming a large circle, it was like the entire room was connected to something and then they saw it.
In the center of the room was a black pedestal, and on it rested an old staff floating freely in the air.
It was long and thin, made from twisted black wood, with a skull carved into its top and red gems embedded along its length. Sonia stood before it.
She walked toward the staff, her expression calm but from her face she was brimming with excitement. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Her fingers wrapped around it, and the moment she touched it, the runes on the pedestal faded away, and the runes of the entire cave also faded away.
"Finally," she whispered, but the moment her fingers closed around the staff, her body jolted.
A pulse of energy shot through her, and green lines lit up across her skin like Mana veins, the same that ran through the cave.
Her hands trembled, and the power from the staff poured into her without stopping. Her eyes flashed green, glowing like flames, and her dark hair slowly shifted to the same green color, strand by strand.
Her breathing hitched. She clenched her teeth, trying to hold on—but then everything went still.
Her arms dropped to her sides.
The green lines faded, and the light in her eyes no longer flickered. Her face was blank now—cold, empty, like everything had been drained from her.
She looked down at Victoria and Evelyn.
Not with anger nor with hate.
Just... nothing, Her face was blank as she stared at down at them.
"What the hell is that?" Victoria spoke immediately.
The power radiating from Sonia was just unbelievable, even Victoria knew she and Evelyn couldn’t stand a chance against that, and behind her the rest of her Blood Fangs were there.
This was Sonia’s plan from the start, Evelyn couldn’t help but think about it, how did Sonia knew here was something beneath the cave.
If she knew them she alone could destroy it and take the staff, what did she need both of them for, and she came to one conclusion, power.
The cave must somehow require an amount of power before it could be broken, that was why she wanted them here.
"Are you guys okay" Mary asked as she reached where both of them were, "What happened here..." Mary stopped and stumbled back as she saw Sonia floating staring around.
She couldn’t believe it, the power that radiated from Sonia could rival the demon general who attacked Avalon or even more.
Sonia slowly floated back down, her feet touching the cracked ground without a sound. The green glow in her eyes didn’t fade—it only seemed to deepen, pulsing with power that didn’t feel human anymore.
She didn’t say a word.
Her gaze swept over the room, then landed on Victoria, Evelyn and Mary.
Mary couldn’t breath, it was like she was staring at death and death was staring right back at her.
But it wasn’t a glare or a look of anger. It was like she was looking through them, as if they didn’t matter anymore.
"Sonia..." Evelyn took a small step forward, her voice cautious. "What did you just—"
Sonia tilted her head slightly, like she was hearing something no one else could. Her fingers flexed once, then relaxed again.
"I don’t think she can hear you," Victoria said, her voice quiet now. "Or maybe... she doesn’t care, is this the power she was talking about"
The entire room felt heavier, like the walls themselves were holding their breath. The green crystals around them were already dimmed, as if submitting to the staff’s power—or to Sonia.
"She’s not the same," Evelyn whispered. "That staff... I don’t think it’s just some relic. It did something to her."
"What if it’s an artifact"
Sonia turned her back on them and began walking toward one of the giant skeleton statues. Her movements were calm, smooth, but almost too perfect—like something that was being guided instead of moving on its own.
As she passed beneath the statue, it crumbled into dust.
Mary tensed. "We need to leave now, we need to leave this place, if that thing decides to fight, we’re not going to survive"
"We need to get as much information as we can?" Evelyn spoke.
"That’s not Sonia anymore." Victoria looked around. "Whatever she’s become... I don’t think we should stick around to find out, look over there even her own team is terrified of her"
Sonia stopped walking. Her hand reached up and pointed toward a wall. Without a word, part of the stone trembled and then collapsed, revealing a tunnel.
She didn’t look back.
She just walked into the darkness, and the walls sealed shut behind her.
"Where is she going?" Evelyn shouted and the Blood Fangs turned towards her.
"You knew all about this right, speak now or we’ll..." Before Victoria could finish speaking a white light shone and all of them vanished.
"What... there’s leaving her, we need to leave too" Mary spoke as she placed her hands on the ground drawing a magic circle.
"We’ll have to report this to the Queen, and put Avalon in a state of emergency, take us to the capital instead" Evelyn spoke.
"Alright..." As soon as she was done, the three of them vanished from the cave.
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Sonia’s POV
Sonia suddenly found herself floating in darkness. The last thing she remembered was touching the staff.
’The staff...’ Sonia’s mind screamed, her eyes snapping open.
She wasn’t in the cave anymore. She was standing on a battlefield, surrounded by skulls and scattered bones. The air was heavy, the sky black and the ground was littered with death.
But her body kept moving, dragging her forward, as though she had no control over it. She had no idea where she was or where she was going. Her legs moved on their own until they stopped in front of a figure.
It was bigger than her—much bigger. She couldn’t make out its face until she looked up.
Standing tall and proud, in the midst of the death around them, was a giant skeleton. Twice her size, it loomed over her. In its hands, it held the staff—the very same staff Sonia had just taken. Its eyes glowed a deep, unsettling green.
Sonia’s heart skipped a beat as she saw it and then the skeleton went to it’s knees and presented the staff to Sonia.
"My goddess, the king of the dead is in your service" the skeleton spoke and Sonia took the staff and as it came into her possession, memories began flashing before her eyes.
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A/N
Hello readers.
This is just the beginning of more to come, the book would be filled with sex scenes but it’s not just going to be sex, when I’m done... you’ll realize I put in my all into this book, thanks for your support as always.
