NOVPUBWith the gate to Layla’s Fairy Temple open so people from the Dungeon could enter, the Gate was closed by my choice, as we were going to the Spirit World first, I thought it best to leave the Fairy Gate closed in an attempt to avoid the enemies from entering the Dungeon.
Since Layla is the one who created the Fairy Temple, she can open the gate whenever she is nearby, but the plan was to return from the Spirit World first before coming here, I didn’t expect to have to open the gate from the inside like this and it was even harder for Layla to do this.
Érica was the first to pass with others coming next, Kira couldn’t come, but Ibuki made it and my two Saints also made it, of my Family members only Hinata and Ragnar managed to make it.
Nix seems to have been trapped in the Spirit World for some time, Orion is unable to separate her body and soul since they are one, Sakura is also unable to come.
At least almost all of my children came, I had many more people on my side now than in the Spirit World, Magic is much more widespread than the Power of Spirits in the end.
With everyone here it didn’t take long to get used to it, but I didn’t have time to talk to them, Layla and I were investigating their Fairy Kingdom.
It seems that in the Fairy World things work differently, the counterpart of the Fairy Temple in this place does not form an island, it forms a region that expands the Fairy World, Layla explained this to me over dinner coming here several times.
But what I found strange was discovering which one was in the heart of this place, in the Temple of Spirits it was clear that it was the Waterfall, but I wasn’t the same sure here.
Layla looked confused too, she couldn’t find it and said she had never looked for it before today.
"Damn, we don’t have time for this." (I)
"How did you and Nix know about the lake?" (Layla)
"I don’t know, it wasn’t a question we asked, it felt right to be there, we only knew what it was after we finished it." (I)
"But I don’t feel anything and I’m sure I’m trying very hard." (Layla)
"I can’t feel anything either." (I)
"(It should be almost instinctive, like knowing the location of a heart simply by feeling where the heartbeat is coming from.)" (I)
I once again closed my eyes and used my Aura to interact with this one, follow the Mana flow until I mapped everything, but I’ve done this a few times and nothing changes.
There is no large crossing point, there is also no especially empty area where something could be hidden, even so there was still something sprouting Mana from the Penumbra.
"Something is wrong..." (I)
"(Layla, don’t move or show any reaction, I’m going to make up an excuse and I want you around the others, follow Elizabeth’s instructions.)" (I)
"(Do you think there is someone here?)" (Layla)
"(We don’t have time to talk, do what I said and get ready, I don’t know how many there are.)" (I)
I wasn’t sure what I said either, I didn’t feel anything different and I didn’t see any signs of anything, but this situation was too suspicious, to say something like that you would have to be at least a God, I hope it’s a Minor God or I’m dead.
Even so, it is better to prevent in case of a desperate attack, Layla can be reckless and a bit bloodthirsty, but she understands that our priority is everyone’s safety.
"Layla, go check on Erica and try to ask if Elizabeth has any better ideas than that." (I)
"You have to find a way, we don’t have time for that!" (Layla)
"I’ll try one last time." (I)
As soon as I saw Layla going, I closed my eyes, spreading my Aura as I have done several times until now, but this time I used my Magical Essence of the Penumbra Fairies and at that moment I felt a reaction at the same time as an attack came towards me.
With my tail I made a primary attack where the tip of my tail was cut off followed by a punch that was received by an equally heavy fist, that’s when I dodged a kick grabbing the enemy’s leg before throwing him to the other side.
"You bastard, how did you find me!?" (I)
"Did you think you could run away from me?"
"Did you really think we wouldn’t notice a passage opening?"
I suddenly feel danger around me, but I see nothing, I feel nothing but my instinct screaming at me to dodge and that’s what I did, I threw myself to the ground when my instincts screamed louder at the same time I used my tail and one leg to dock two different sides.
I wasn’t seeing anything, yet my kick hit something that ended up flying into a tree in the garden.
"< Holy Magic: Purification >" (I)
"Bastard!"
The first enemy that was talking to me was the silver horned bastard from before, but this second one that I kicked, was a woman, but specifically a Demon with pale skin, white horns, black eyes and silver hair, at least she wears different black clothes of the silver-horned nudist idiot.
The idiot with the silver horn tried to attack me after I kicked the woman, but I was already expecting a cowardly attack, it was the same thing I would do, so I received him with a magic that really hurts Demons like this.
"Belmar, you took too long to act!" (Demon woman)
"Shut up, Valeria!" (Belmar)
"Don’t underestimate this Vampire, a son of the Blood Goddess is not normal." (Belmar)
"Then let’s finish him off now..." (Valeria)
I suddenly feel my instincts screaming once again, my wings open launching my body into the sky with a crystal giant following below, the other two Demons tried to attack me at the same time each from one side.
"< Infernal Fang >" (Belmar)
"< Illusory Demon Fracture >" (Valeria)
"< Eclipse Magic: Lunar Collapse >" (I)
"< Abyss of Hunger >" (Hinata)
They tried to attack me together, I was prepared this time, when you use the same trick several times it becomes predictable.
I ignored the crystal giant below as I pulled my Divine Weapon out of my body, a Fragmented Moon appears in my hand to channel this magic increasing its power greatly alongside the Power of Penumbra.
My targets were both of them, the Moon collided with the silver horned idiot pushing him away, against the Power of a Divine Weapon he was injured sent back, the Moon was destroyed in the attack and its fragments become attacks heading towards the Demonic woman.
My attacks break her illusions by hitting her body, this magic was made for the fragmented attack to be stronger than the first attack, my true target was this woman, the threat of an invisible attack could be fatal if this continued.
With my attack she was thrown back with a bumpy body and before she even reached the ground a gap full of teeth opened in the ground creating a barrier in her shape that went all the way to the sky, thousands of tongues like tentacles appeared and wrapped around her body, she tried to free herself in vain as with each destroyed tongue 2 or 3 took its place, in the end she was dragged into the crack that closes like a mouth.
Hinata, who was weak after this attack, returns to me after I was grabbed by the crystal giant, the silver-horned idiot ignored his partner in danger and was already on top of me ready to attack.
"< Demonic Rapture >" (Belmar)
"You took your time." (I)
When he tried to attack me I calmly looked at the serious attack while breaking into a smile as I looked behind him before speaking as if there was someone there, even though his attack didn’t slow down in my direction, his attention still turned back remembering that I still had Layla and other companions around.
I almost burst out laughing at him falling for such a childish trick, with his attention divided, he didn’t see my tail grabbing his wrist pulling it towards the crystal giant’s arm that breaks with the attack.
"< Breath of Stellar Chaos >" (I)
Once free of that crystal claw, I used my wings to stay away, the Essences within me gathering their power in my mouth using my Authority as the core before a focused energy attack headed straight for the silver-colored idiot.
My stellar energy attack felt like it was launching a part of the starry sky at him, but the attack felt liquid like molten metal as it hit him, this attack took everything I had, but he was still alive, this bastard was too resilient.
His body was in pieces in an almost non-material state of pure Demonic Energy, but even so his energy is contaminated with Starfire burning his energy, I could see the pain in him, a shame this wasn’t the end, it could be better for him.
I saw that he was close to saying something else, which means he was preparing another attack, but before he could start speaking something small fell from the sky, a small doll that as it approached it created tentacles and macabre arms grabbing it his energy body before separating him into pieces that were quickly fed into the abyss’s opening mouth.
Then a line around the doll’s neck dragged her to rest at my waist.
"That was... Guh!!" (I)
Without warning I received a punch that would have broken all my bones if this were my physical body, the crystal giant was still moving even without one of its arms.
"Damn, I forgot about you." (I)
