Free Web NovelChapter 177: Chapter 176 - Desert Battle(Part 5)
Point-of-View: Inoka Fonseka
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This is bad...all I can think about is sexual stuff right now, this mist...inhaling even a bit of it must inflict a powerful aphrodisiac effect. Damn it, I can’t think straight, I need to hurry and break free from this, right fucking now!
"All of you are dead...there is no point in resisting, drown in hallucinatory pleasure as I rip you all apart!" Came Asmodeus’s voice, as my vision blurred and my breathing grew heavier, "You ought to thank me, you’ll all die in euphoric ecstasy!"
I know I’m in danger right now, immense danger...but it felt my libido took priority over my life. The others must be in the same condition right now, and if we don’t do something quickly, we’ll be helplessly left at his mercy!
"D-damn...it...," I gasped, as I desperately tried to ignore the effects of the mist.
"I’ll start with you...be grateful, I shall put an end to your hideous existence," He remarked, as I felt a grip around my throat before I got lifted up, the grip around my neck slowly but surely tightening.
I...I just need a brief shock to snap me out of this, and make my body listen to my brain, damn it...I gritted my teeth as I mustered all the strength and willpower I could manage...and burst out a small bone spike from my right knee, which pierced into my left thigh.
As I let out a strangled gasp of pain, I activated my Healing powers as quickly as possible, before I fell back into the effects of the mist.
"Now, die!" Snapped Asmodeus, as his grip around my neck began to crush my windpipe, when suddenly, he paused for an instant as he seemed to have gotten distracted by something, his eyes widening in disbelief, right as I took the opportunity to burst out several bone spikes from my chest, piercing them into his torso before he could crush my throat completely, "Wha-...!?"
I then grabbed his wrist as I began pumping him full of Light energy as fast as possible, rapidly weakening him, and as I coughed out blood with a strained wheeze of pain, I suddenly snapped his wrist like a twig, eliciting a cry of pain from him as his grip around my throat finally weakened and I was able to wrest free of his grasp. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
He yanked himself off the bone spikes that were piercing into him, profusely coughing out blood as his body spasmed violently, collapsing onto his knees with an excruciating shriek of pain.
I...I can’t breath! I stayed as calm as I possibly could as I healed my partially crushed throat as quickly as possible, taking sharp gasps of breath right as something crashed down onto the ground several meters away, sending a dusty, powerful shockwave bursting out towards me.
I quickly turned my back to it and closed my eyes while covering my mouth and nose, before getting knocked onto the ground as the force of the shockwave struck my back with immense force, faceplanting me onto the sand.
As the shockwave died down, I sat up with a groan, sand in my mouth as I spat a few times to get it out, before slowly getting back onto my feet with a grimace.
That was way too close for comfort...I glanced towards Asmodeus, who’d gotten blown away a few meters by the force of the shockwave, writhing in agony...when suddenly, a portal opened up beneath him and he dropped through it, before quickly closing.
Tch, must be Chaos’s portal user...guess he’s around here somewhere, watching proceedings, huh? My best guess is that he’s somewhere up in the air, but even if someone does try to go after him, he can retreat instantly.
As I walked over to heal the others, who were still under the effects of the aphrodisiac mist, I glanced over to where the shockwave had come from, my eyes widening as I noticed that one of the pyramids was missing its entire top half.
That huge mass of rubble laying at the spot where the shockwave burst out from...is that it? Holy crap...did Neo portal half a pyramid down on someone? If I remember right, he was fighting Dracula...okay, yeah, I can see why he might have had to resort to such a drastic move.
As I fired out healing blasts of light at Mike, Elise and Leonardo, freeing them from the effects of Asmodeus’s mist, I suddenly found myself collapsing onto my knees as a powerful Aura enveloped the area.
Wh-what...what is this? It’s much greater than Aurora’s Aura, and even the Demons of Sin. It’s...it’s coming from...over there, by the remaining half of the pyramid.
"Is it...another Demon?" Frowned Elise grimly, as a bead of sweat ran down the side of her face.
"If so...then this just got...a whole lot worse," Muttered Leonardo, his fists clenched.
"For fuck’s sake, man...I’m seriously sick and tired of coming across off the chants level Auras," Groaned Mike in dismay, before a loud, booming voice echoed across the desert...
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Point-of-View: Kiyana Waller
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"Is he fucking insane!? Did he seriously just drop half a pyramid down from the sky?" Frowned X incredulously.
"My glasses are all dusty now," I sighed in dismay...if I try to clean them now, I’ll probably end up scratching the lenses.
"Yeah, well, at least you didn’t get any in your eyes," She grumbled in response, as her eyes teared up.
We were starting to wrap things up over here, the back up Neo had brought in had dealt with the majority of the Monsters, and we’d cut down most of Chaos’s weaker members, preventing them from interfering with the more high level fights scattered about.
Suddenly, a powerful wind blast came shooting towards us, the two of us springing away as it closed in, the blast hitting the ground and kicking up a spray of sand.
It’s Chaos’s Outlier...he was hovering up in the air, swirling wind spheres charged up in each hand as he stared down at us with a smirk.
"Hey, there, ladies! You look like you could use some Afro D. Zi-...woah!" He exclaimed, as X activated her Nullification.
He plummeted down and crashed onto the ground with a loud thud, letting out a slight groan...if that was concrete, he’d have definitely broken at least a few bones in that fall.
As he began to sit up with a grimace, X shot towards him with a dagger in her hand, before I swiftly followed suit and raced in his direction.
He quickly rolled out of the way in alarm as X leapt towards him and plunged her dagger straight down, hitting the ground as he narrowly managed to get out of the way.
He then sprang onto his feet as I closed in on him and jumped, raising my foot up high and swinging it down rapidly, the sole of my boot grazing the tip of his nose as he just barely reacted in time.
His reflexes and reaction speed aren’t half bad, most people wouldn’t have been able to dodge either of those attacks, let alone both.
But his moves are somewhat instinctive, his hand to hand combat abilities and movements seem a bit amateurish, especially in comparison to mine.
His instincts and intuition are probably sharper than mine, but I have the better overall technique...and with X blocking his powers, I can definitely beat him without too much trouble.
"Let’s not drag this out," I remarked, as I shot towards him, before abruptly halting in alarm as a massive Aura blanketed the area, the Outlier nearly collapsing as his knees wobbled and he stumbled back shakily.
"Please tell me I’m imagining this," Chuckled X nervously.
"I really, really wish that was the case," I grimaced, as I turned towards the source of the Aura.
A figure was floating up out of the pyramid that Neo had severed, I was too far to see it clearly...it looks person-shaped, I think.
Suddenly, a deafeningly loud voice burst out, echoing across the desert, as the floating figure spoke...
"Who dares interrupt my slumber? And why do I sense the vile presences of Demons and Monsters in my vicinity!?" Exclaimed the figure, sounding furious, as they began walking across the air, making their way down towards the ground.
What is that thing? It looks like...a cat? A black cat with a slender humanoid body, adorned in gold chains, jewels and silky, translucent black clothes.
I then spotted Lucifer flying up towards the figure, with Fenris looking in bad shape...Inoka was making his way over to the Werewolf to heal him, as Lucifer confronted the cat-like figure.
"This does not concern you, creature, you-...!" He began to snap, before being abruptly cut off as his body suddenly got torn in half by the waist, plummeting down towards the ground.
"The only place for a Demon is beneath me. It would appear that my identity escapes all of you. You would know me as Bastet, the Deity of Protection and Healing. Now, I shall ask again...who dares interrupt my slumber!?"
Huh? A Deity? But it’s been centuries since one was last seen...I’m getting a bad feeling about this...
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