NOVPUBDuring the whole damn trip through this Ghost city, I didn’t find anyone even when the city looked new, but in the moment of distraction, he was restricted, attacked and seriously injured by attacks coming from the shadows.
"< Territory: Ruler >" (I)
"< Garden... COUGH COUGH... >" (I)
COUGH COUGH COUGH
I had already guessed that this damn place was some kind of spiritual space involving Souls, this was probably not even my real body but a spiritual representation created from my Soul.
That’s why I didn’t try to attack, in the middle of a city there would be a lot of shadows and I don’t know how long they’ve been watching me, so I prefer to take everything away, if I can use my Aura and my Authority it should be possible to create a Territory.
But as soon as the Territory began to expand from my body, it was then crushed like an egg thrown against a rocky mountain, the pain I felt was not felt in my body but in my Soul.
I wanted to scream in pain, but instead, my throat filled with blood and energy that I spat out during the continuous coughing, but the attempt to create a Territory was not futile and only harmful.
All the remains around me were destroyed and I was freed from the restraints as well as the weapons piercing my body, for a few meters there was no shadow other than mine.
"(Don’t waste time!)" (I)
Resisting the pain I started to move, I didn’t have time to give in to the pain in my Soul or the injuries that weren’t healing fast enough, I didn’t have that luxury when the murderous intent submerged everything.
The first thing I did was extend my Chaos Essence into my shadow using my Aura and Authority to do this while I was returning to my Dragon form.
But something happened that I didn’t expect, as my body grew, the city around me grew in equal proportions, in the end, the city looked the same as before with the only difference being that my Dragon form didn’t seem to change at all.
"I wanted to devastate the whole city, damn it!" (I)
I wanted to devastate everything using the brute strength and size of a Dragon, but now that was impossible, this place clearly isn’t going to make it easy for me and the shadows I pushed away with my attempt to create a Territory are attacking from all directions.
"(Should I use Divine Incarnation?)" (I)
Even in doubt, I was still prepared this time, my body moved with full force with each strike, my claws creating blades of Aura flying towards the shadows, this did not destroy the shadows, what it did was cut a layer of them revealing their real appearance.
"Mother!!" (I)
"No... not the Blood God, maybe the Blood Sin?" (I)
I was thinking out loud but my eyes and senses were still focused on the enemies, these shadows were much more detailed than the blood silhouettes, their bodies are made of pure darkness while the shape of their clothes, face, and hair are perfectly designed like those of the Goddess Selene, the same appearance that her Divine Beast has.
I used my claw to crush the head of one of the faceless shadows, then I used the other claw to split the body horizontally in half while my tail vertically sliced 2 shadows in a line in half.
The shadow with the crushed head only remade its head before attacking again, the one I cut horizontally grew a new lower part of the body while the one that was separated disappeared, the last two shadows were more positive, the one that already had the figure of the Goddess disappeared revealing a beating heart that had cut in two, but the second leftover cut vertically at the same time did not suffer any injury, my attack only cut through a layer of shadows revealing its appearance.
"I think I understand... I have to destroy the first layer of darkness before targeting the dark heart, right?" (I)
"These shadows are different from the blood silhouette, Blood Soldier, and blood creature." (I)
The shadow monsters were like Ghosts, they were fast and lethal, but their defense was null, the first layer of darkness was their only real defense, other than that they only have one weak point, that strange heart, any damage I caused seems to have no effect none.
Knowing that brute force had little meaning in this situation, I started with indiscriminate attacks in all directions, I wanted to remove the first layer of darkness from most of these shadows before fighting, but they were accumulating around me, and I couldn’t stay here any longer.
"I’m going to try to get out of the city, if I keep going straight I’ll find the exit at some point." (I)
The monsters were troublesome, but I would be able to deal with them somehow, I avoided using my Divine Incarnation since I was saving a trump card for a really bad situation.
While I was running I didn’t send Aura blades with my claws, I noticed that the Chaos Essence was having little effect, this was because the only weak point where the Chaos Essence had any effect was that heart.
"I need to be more efficient." (I)
The streets of the city were big enough for me to pass, the whole city was bigger and yet it looked the same as I flew by, with nothing to compare it to, I could no longer tell if the city had grown or I had shrunk to stay the same size.
While these intrusive thoughts passed through my mind, I still thought of a more efficient way to fight, it wasn’t difficult since I had many attack patterns in my head, and there wasn’t a single day where I didn’t fight since I was reborn, no one would dare say that I have no combat experience.
I ran towards an intersection of streets, I wanted my wings were struggling to carry my body, as soon as we passed the intersection I saw other groups of shadows coming towards me.
"< Aura Wave >" (I)
I focused on my body during the race changing my scales to be sharper and more pointy.
When I reached that point I controlled my body to release all the scales that were attached to mine just because of my Aura.
Then I caused a strong explosion of pressure making these scales fly in all directions, as parts of my body were under my control, I directed them all towards the heart and towards the shadows that still had the first layer of darkness, I directed two scales one after the other.
In seconds the 4 paths were clear and I was naked without any scales on my body.
Sigh
"The scales are already growing back, but these wounds are going to be a problem." (I)
I concentrated my Blood Transmutation Essence on my feet along with my regeneration powers, yet only now have my feet almost returned to normal, the injuries caused by these shadows do not disappear.
"What is that?" (I)
With so many shadows destroyed, I saw that their bodies disappear before the heart, when the bodies fall apart, they disappear completely, but when the hearts fall apart a black mist forms before being burned by Starfire.
"This dark energy, there is no doubt, this is Malice." (I)
"If I’m not mistaken, then... here comes more of them, perfect timing." (I)
Soon more shadows appeared, passing along the walls and the floor towards me, taking advantage of spaces between the bricks and windows.
I wasn’t going to stand still and started running, again, I spent several minutes running at a speed greater than a warplane could reach, breaking the sound barrier, yet I never reached the city limits.
"Go fight... Bastard!" (Blood Sin) 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Suddenly as I passed a statue, its arm moved, sinking in a single attack towards me.
I once again heard Blood Sin’s voice as if it were right next to me, but this time his voice sounded as if it was filled with anger.
"You bastard..." (I)
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Pov Elizabeth’s:
I was standing looking at a red dome with two rings around it, one ring contained the Essence of Chaos while the second ring contained the Essence of Blood Transmutation.
The dome was filled with the power of Blood Sin, just like the mother’s divine power, when I got closer a powerful pressure threw me back a few steps, it seems like I can’t get any closer.
"No one can interfere..." (I)
"(If there are things you really hate, it’s being ignored, being left out of a subject and not being able to do something...)" (I)
I was anxious that Zenos will do his best, but Blood Sin’s problems are not something that can be dealt with so easily.
I always knew there was such a serious problem with Blood Sin, but I never imagined it was so serious and specific to take care of.
I looked once again at the dome, and then I thought to Zenos what was happening inside that place and still I can’t get any closer.
"I hope you’re okay, Zenos." (I)
