NOVPUB"I couldn’t risk waiting, now that I’ve freed myself from that damned place and your bracelet, I’m going to..."
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"You’re an idiot, it looks like my daughter is going to get a gift." (me)
"I underestimated you..."
"< Passage of Darkness >"
"Okan, close everything in that star." (me)
He’s smart, as soon as he saw the difference in strength he tried to run, the field of darkness around him became a barrier as he stood up, I feel an itch in my senses as if he was trying to block, it’s useless.
I keep walking towards him, while a passage similar to a whirlwind of darkness appears in front of him, but as soon as he tried to pass he was thrown back by a tentacle of shadows, he defends himself by crossing his arms almost at the same time as the blow and with that he avoided getting hurt.
He tried to open another vortex of darkness while he was being thrown back, but he was still hit by a tentacle of darkness that came from inside his portal, this time more prepared he managed to avoid being hit.
I was still walking towards him, the flames of darkness in this space moved away with each step, around me the Starfire burned almost as a form of threat to these black flames, the Starfire even managed to burn the flames of darkness.
"..."
"..." (me)
He exchanges a look with me and does not try to make another attack, in fact he was trying to give momentum with his new wings to fly away from here, I ignore him and go to the parts of his body still thrown on the ground, I bend down and pick up the bracelet still on the arm that was discarded, as soon as I saw the bracelet almost intact and still without the red crystal drawing a Dragon, I could not help but smile.
"Come back at once." (me)
With a snap of his fingers a gate opens not far away as if it were the eyelids of an eye, then he flies through the teleportation gate that closes right behind him.
I don’t have time to waste here for this, he also seems to be getting impatient, he stopped running and started to evaluate me.
"I underestimated you."
"A bit late to think about that." (me)
"My lord, this star is completely sealed as ordered." (Okan)
As he stood still, I’m sure he was thinking of ways to escape, that’s because his eyes were full of caution and without any desire for combat or murderous intent, he must know that even now he still doesn’t have the power to fight against a God.
Okan stands up from my shadow, the only safe place for him in this field of darkness, the path I walked became the only light in this place and it was where my shadow was, the head of the Dark Dragon rose announcing the fulfillment of my order.
"< Devour >" (me)
I used the Anomalous power directly on my Aura, creating a human-sized Leech that devours this entire field of darkness flames. The Demonic and Dark power can’t do anything to me at this level at least.
As soon as the field of darkness disappears, I sink this Leech back into the discarded pieces of Dark Baldr’s body.
"(This power belongs to him, and Niryna can still use this body, perhaps.)" (me)
"Is this place your Divine Space?"
"No, but you don’t need to know, you’ve already wasted your only opportunity." (me)
"I will not surrender without a fight, even if the result is my death."
"That’s your problem, you still think this is a fight." (me)
"< Unholy Seal >" (me)
Using the chaos in my fingertips, I join the tips and then separate them creating a circle of Starfire, my blood leaks through the palm of my hand filling the interior of the magic circle with the Anomalous power pulsing, activating it in milliseconds of its creation nothing seems to have changed, but Baldr of Darkness fell to the ground on his knees with his hands on the ground, his body trembling.
"What did you do to me!?"
"Do you know what I did, do you really think that bracelet only had one layer of security? Do you think I wouldn’t prevent some way of removing it?" (me)
"..."
"Can you two stop pretending and have someone explain to me who the others are?" (me)
"My apologies, Mr. Zenos, it was Lady Niryna’s wish." (Baal)
"I only follow Master’s commands." (Lara)
"So they were alive..."
Sigh
At first he was angry, being brought to his knees even after his Demonic transformation, even more so in such an easy way. If it weren’t for him still being useful for something, I would have killed him simply for not trusting his mere existence by betraying those who freed him from Hell.
I’m disappointed and slightly irritated, it was a bit of effort as well as the waste of much needed time to do all this only to be betrayed for basically no reason.
But since I still need him and I promised to let Niryna have him, I’ll at least humiliate him a little and rub in how weak he is just to let that anger out a little. Being a little petty doesn’t hurt anyone.
That’s why I pointed to Niryna’s two Demonic servants, I wanted to show him that she never really hurt any of them, Baal’s severed limbs return to his body as he kneels with one hand in the middle of him bowing, Lara continues while bending her body almost 90⁰ with her hand on her chest, the chains that held her now broken and hanging on her body as if they didn’t bother her.
I could feel that it wasn’t their power alone that resisted these attacks, Niryna did it for them, I can feel Anomalous power in them.
The other corpses on the ground that I didn’t recognize dissolve into blood as Niryna comes out of a shadow smiling while muttering something as if she was talking to herself.
Seeing this scene, Baldr of Darkness sighs, realizing how screwed he is. From the beginning, he was deceived, crazy about his own plans, blinded by his former achievements as a God and by his years of planning without taking into account those he was planning against.
I move a finger upwards and his back explodes with a Serpent-type Dragon coming out of his back, its dark red color covered in sharp crystal scales. This Dragon falls from the sky after climbing a few kilometers, its open jaws facing Baldr of Darkness.
But I didn’t let the Dragon devour him. This was a Divine Curse, something that would affect even a God of equal power to me. There was no way someone who wasn’t even a Demigod could resist this Curse or even feel it.
Following my will, the red Dragon of Curse did not kill Baldr of Darkness and began to circle a few dozen meters above him, its power still crushing his body to kneel, all of his Power had already been extracted and was now contained in the Dragon above him so he was once again turned into a prisoner.
"You know, you lost your chance to escape, at least escape from me, since you were never truly free to begin with." (Me)
"What... are you...?"
"Niryna, come closer." (Me)
"Huh!?" (Niryna)
"What are you thinking?" (Me)
"I was deciding between Kratos and Dante?" (Niryna)
"Which Dante? Dante’s Inferno or Devil May Cry?" (me)
"Devil May Cry, I’ve always liked it a lot, but the other one would also be a good choice." (Niryna)
"Then I advise you to choose this one, forget Kratos, there is already a God called Cratos and it might be a bit strange to have a Servant with a name so similar to that God." (me)
"Seriously? I need to study more about the Gods, I don’t want to become an enemy of a God I don’t even know because of a name." (Niryna)
"I don’t think it’s that bad, at most it would become an awkward situation." (me)
"..."
I already knew about Niryna’s ability to create Demons, I saw what she did with the Herald of the God of Law and I know what she’s doing with these Demons, she’s treating her future servants like collectible figures from her favorite games, she’s always been crazy about these things.
I’m already happy that she’s at least being practical with these things, Lara being a mix of two protagonists and using blades instead of firearms in her hands as well as in her heels already shows that she’s not being too rigid, I need to have strong servants before anything else.
"You can keep him, but will his power still hold? If he’s really able to claim Baldr’s soldiers it would be very useful." (me)
"I’m not sure..." (Niryna)
"She will, that’s not hard." (Callidora)
"Hell!!!"
"Then he’s all yours." (me)
"Come on my daughter, take your gift." (Callidora)
"I’m finally going to have my Dante..." (Niryna)
Callidora appeared as if coming out from behind Niryna, as soon as Baldr of Darkness saw her, his face was full of terror, a great contrast to the happiness that Niryna showed.
With a movement of Niryna’s hand, a chain appeared wrapped around her hand, the other end of this chain then seemed to become visible already stretched and wrapped around Baldr of Darkness’ neck, he was already marked by Callidora before I put the bracelet on him, the idiot lost his only chance to live.
"What is this... chain... no... no, no no...!!!"
With that he was dragged along with the Red Dragon following close behind, under my command he shrank in size following them, as it is done his power can still be useful to Niryna, meanwhile Baal and Lara began to collect the pieces of the body that had been discarded.
"Will he be a faithful Dante or will she be open-minded with him too?" (me)
