NOVPUBI couldn’t understand what had happened, so I stood still and prepared to continue fighting, I even thought it might be another trick from that idiot with the tentacles.
I had never met an enemy so close to me in strength and yet surpassing me in every aspect, within the limitations of this World of Spirits I would not be able to defeat him, as difficult as it is to admit this, I cannot deny this fact.
I can’t even use the excuse of being limited in this place, it should also be limited, most Demons are talented in magic and in this place there’s no way to make use of it.
"Nicole!" (I)
"No need to shout, I’m here and before you ask... no, I can’t find them, but everything indicates that they were sealed by an extraordinary power." (Nicole)
"No readings on any enemies?" (I)
"Not within this island, I can use my bloodline to form a slight bond that I can..." (Nicole)
"I don’t need to know how you did it, but do you have any information about the enemies outside?" (I)
"The war is over, that was the God of Spirits, he did something just like I thought he would." (Stella)
I tried to contact Nicole for information, I didn’t want to be negligent and give the enemies another opportunity, but there seems to be nothing wrong with my previous thought of all the enemies being gone.
At first I thought that the enemies got what they came for, which was discarded when Stella flew to me saying about the God of Spirits, something that also crossed my mind and I dismissed it because I didn’t understand what happened.
When I was about to deactivate my Divine Incarnation since the enemies were apparently defeated, I felt something different and I couldn’t tell what was wrong.
"What’s wrong..." (Elizabeth)
"Zenos!!!" (Kira/Ibuki)
I didn’t deactivate my Divine Incarnation because of this strange feeling I was feeling, I was aware of everything, but even then I only realized what was wrong too late.
"Come here!" (Goddess Aine)
A large hand appeared out of nowhere, grabbing me and pulling me into a gate that I hadn’t even seen appear, everything happened so fast that Nix and Hinata, as well as my Heralds, weren’t able to come with me.
I could only see Ibuki and Kira’s desperate faces as I was being taken away, I didn’t have time to say anything, so I tried to convey to Nix at least that much to calm things down and I’m not sure if it worked.
All I know is that the moment I walked through the door closed before being crushed by a red fist that seemed like a blur to me.
I was confused by many things, my senses were strange and my body was filled with pain as if parts of me had been ripped away.
I was thrown back while all my senses were strange, the one that appeared to help me was Layla who suddenly woke up.
Layla used her Aura to guide mine in certain specific ways to interact with my senses, she also guided my Mana to form the body parts I was missing, that was the reason for my pain.
"(Stay calm, this is Fairyland.)" (Layla)
Things were happening very fast, in tens of seconds the pain was disappearing and my senses were becoming clearer.
Suddenly I could hear screams and explosions, they were everywhere and when I finally could see what was happening I was surprised by what I was seeing, it was a scene of apocalyptic devastation.
I was on top of what looked like a cliff, in the sky countless lights were flashing and moving chaotically, that was where the screams and explosions were coming from.
When I looked at what surrounded the cliff it was a mess, there was a magma lake, a shiny metal mountain with a hole in the middle, twisted trees forming a kind of dome and rivers where clouds full of lightning were flowing.
Everything seemed natural at the same time, they were distorted, broken and cracked as if the battle above was interfering with what was happening below.
But I already knew where I was and what was happening, the voice that called me was an acquaintance, this place is also filled with only one type of the 3 energies of nature, there was only one possibility.
"Why did you bring me here like this?" (I)
"Why was it necessary, I’m too busy right now to take things calmly." (Goddess Aine)
"Have you managed to adjust your senses and reset your body to use Mana yet?" (Goddess Aine)
When I turned back I could see her, a small figure of a black woman with rainbow wings, she was above pieces of red crystal that could form a statue.
Her body was tiny, but I could still clearly see the many injuries on her body.
"Yes, but I don’t know yet..." (I)
"Look, I don’t have time for this, so I’m going to speak directly!" (Goddess Aine)
"This is a clone of me made of Divine Power, it won’t last long since I used almost all of its power to open the gate to the Spirit World." (Goddess Aine)
"I know everything that happened there for my Champion, I want you to do the same here, understand!?" (Goddess Aine)
"Yes." (I)
"Wait a minute! What is it about..." (Layla)
"We don’t have time, this body is going to fall apart and while I’m fighting a few hundred idiots I still have to talk to you, so just listen!" (Goddess Aine)
"Layla will be able to take you to where her Magical Kingdom is, she should be nearby so be quick!" (Goddess Aine)
"..." (I)
Soon the body of the Fairy Goddess literally fell apart into particles and as soon as this happened the red crystal mountain she was on top of began to remake itself into a crystal Demonic statue.
"Finally she left."
His crystal body soon began to burn and a smaller, more refined body of metal came out from within, leaving only a pile of particles behind.
Her skin was completely red with horse hooves for legs, silver horns on her head and long white hair, her Demonic Energy was very strong with miasma spreading from her like a fog.
"< Light Magic: Light Wave >" (I)
His silver eyes were on me and his Aura was that of a Minor God, I stopped looking at him and turned around, pointing a magic circle of the Light Element, creating a wall of light that swept forward at high speed.
The wall of light in that place took on a liquid consistency as if it were made of water, when it hit the previously invisible target her body revealed itself.
I hit his body which looked burnt, but he showed no reaction, he was just laughing as the image of him behind me was disappearing, just a way of tricking me while trying to catch me from behind.
No Demon fights fairly, their ways of fighting are like mine, they use stratagems, deceit, lies and cunning.
Fighting fair against a Demon like that is the same as leaving one foot in death’s door, in the past those I face were young and I always had more powers to open up new possibilities, but against Minor Gods who are as old as my sisters and have Power Divine, it feels like I’m fighting a veteran of the same field.
"You are Selene’s son, why did that damn Butcher bring you here..."
As he spoke, the mist that previously came out of his image behind me was spreading, creating a circle around the two of us, he was preparing a spell.
"< Blood Magic: Blood Field >" (I)
In this place there is no real blood, but as a Vampire son of the Goddess of Blood this energy is always present within me, as soon as I reached out my hand the energy coming out of me turned into fresh blood creating waves in space that spread marking the 3 kilometer area around us where blood particles form a red haze around us.
The smile on his face disappeared along with the mist he created being spread out of my field of blood, in this place he can no longer hide from me, I don’t believe he will fight cleanly, but at least he won’t hide from me.
"(I’m ready.)" (Layla)
"(Then do it!)" (I)
"You’re smart for a Vampire."
"And you’re dumb for a Demon, goodbye." (I)
"Wait! YOU DAMN..."
A gate formed behind me using the blood that forms this place, I jumped through the door before it closed leaving a Demon charging at me screaming with hatred in its eyes, when the door closed I realized that it was a mansion that I know very well.
I was in the garden outside the mansion facing its door with Layla by my side, I could feel her concentrating power.
"Seems like I don’t need to say anything else, doesn’t it?" (I)
"I’m not an idiot, I know priorities well." (Layla)
Soon she takes one of my hands using our power together to launch a beam of multicolored energy into the garden, the flowers growing and twisting into a crystal door too colorful for my tastes.
"Zenos!!!" (Érica)
When the door opens it doesn’t take even half a second before Érica jumps through the gate and falls to the ground with confused eyes, she will need some time to get used to it and she won’t be the only one when more people pass through the gate.
