A blade covered in black smoke swung at Drake. A loud clang resounded throughout the plaza as sparks elluminated the surroundings. Still holding Lily close to his chest, Drake slid on the paved ground having been pushed back. The shadow armor wasn't any different. The clash had sent both of them flying in the opposit direction."Wow! You actually deflected that! Pretty impressive!""Bastard…" Drake growled, sending a piercing glare in the armored shadow's way."Now now, no need to look at me like that." The shadow said. "Or maybe that's the appropriate reaction? Well, doesn't really matter.""Wait! Kujo! What are you doing!" The boy in red armor walked toward them but then stopped seeing the shadow armor hold a hand to his head."You're still too green, Charon." The shadow said. "You were sent here to kill him, not to win the duel.""Wha-""Didn't the archbishop already warn you? That guy will be a thorn in our side as long as he's alive. We need to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"Li… ly… Lily…" coughing a few times as he got up, Drake checked on the child in his embrace. "Are you okay?" The child was desparatly clinging to him, her body trembling nonstop. They had been shor straight into the ground. Thankfully he managed to weaken the impact by focusing the mist from his dark aura on his back, bit it still hurt like crazy and he was barely able to breathe afterwards. "Bastard…" Things didn't look good. The shadow armor was right, Drake couldn't fight it his true potential while protecting Lily. He couldn't let her go either. The cultists will definitely try to use her against them. If only Laura was here… His only choice was to rely on Roland, however the tall guy was locked in a battle of his own. When Charon tried to follow them Roland stood in his way. He boy in red armor couldn't advance a single step. He thought the man was just an ordinary Hunter however that wasn't the case. "You… who are you…?" Charon said between heavy breaths. "Make a guess
Drake fell to the ground one half at a time. He didn't feel any pain, he was too exhausted for that, his consciousness slipping in and out.A small window appeared in front of him.[SYSTEM ALERT][You have suffered damage beyond your current capabilities. Due to the nature of the injury the effect of title 《survivor》 has been neutralized.Time until permanent death:00:00:05:58]Well, I guess that's to be expected. Drake thought. I'm bleeding out here. He had been split in half. That was an injury no one should be able to return from. His life had flashed before his eyes so he knew it was the end. In the end he couldn't make it back. But it's alright. There is nothing to worry about right now. All he has to do is relax and let nature do its thing. I wonder if I'll get to meet Peter. He thought as he closed his eyes. Or maybe each dimension has its own afterlife?The thought amused him and he found a bit of peace in that. The timer was counting down and it was slowly running out.
[SYSTEM ALERT][Time until permanent death00:00:00:05][00:00:00:04][00:00:00:03][00:00:00:02][00:00:00:01][00:00:00:00][You have reached permanent death][You have satisfied the conditions for title 《■■■■■》][Beginning forceful evolution process][All assimilate Beast Souls will be consumed to aid in the evolution of main beast Soul 《Night Bringer》][All Soul Essence will be consumed to to aid in the evolution of main beast Soul 《Night Bringer》][《Night Bringer 》 has reached max level][Beginning evolution process…][Evolution process has been completed.Night Bringer (SSS) has evolved into Starless Night (SSS)]The old man slowly pulled his knife. Once it was out he let the child's limp body fall the the ground. A few seconds passed and an orb began to form over the small corpse. It was a small and bright shining with a yellow color that was pleasant to the eye."And this is it." The old man said as he reached for the orb. "An SSS grade Soul. Getting one of these usually re
Back in the day I used to be a troublemaker. I would always get into fights and cause all sorts of problems to everyone, but everyone just dismissed it as me being an energetic kid.I was a stark contrast with my older brother. Peter was the quiet and well behaved child. He was good at his studies and had a bright future ahead of him. I always admired Peter, I wanted to be just like him. However I doubted it will ever happen as our personalities were just too different.Peter was four years older than me. That meant we never went to school together. Once he got to high school he started going less often and at some point he stopped going at all. I knew he had some problems but at the time I was just a kid. I didn't know how to approach the subject nor did I know how to pick up on other people's emotions so I just let it be. One day while I was at school a number of older kids approached me. They were asking were my brother was and why he didn't come to school. I so stupidly told the
Watching Lily get stabbed by the old man's knife, something broke inside Drake. It the same time the remaining time to his permanent death ran out and his entire world went dark.He saw the system notification flash one after the other, however he was unable to understand what they said.Even though his mind was turned off his rage and hatred continued to grow. The church of Eturnal Night. The old man in black. The shadow armor. Everyone in that city. Everyone in this cursed world. He will kill them. He will kill all of them and leave no one behind. He will destroy everything. Hell flatten everything to the ground.As the rage filled thoughts moved his body, what everyone else say was a monster shrouded in black. It wasn't the shadow aura they were used to. Even Kujo who had refined the skill to its strongest form could tell what he was seeing was nothing like that.The black flame danced and moved never retaining one shape. The silhouette they created was vaguely humanoid but resem
"What's going on here…?" Roland wondered aloud as he watched from afar. During the ensuing chaos Charon had found an opening to slip away. Seeing the beast in the sky spewing pure white flames the tall guy realized that a disaster had befallen that place. He went to look for Drake thinking they needed to get out of there and fast, but when he followed the boy's scent and arrived at the place he was at last he felt the blood drain from his face as he understood what was going on.There on the ground was the cold corpse of the Beastkin child, slowly disintegrating into small particles of light indicating that her Soul has been forcefully ripped out.Beside her were a pair of legs and a crushed skull. A small distance away was Drake's black sword dipped in a large pool of blood. It was a gruesome scene and Roland realized what had happened in that place. He turned in the direction of the commotion, a dome of blinding light enveloped a large area and forced his eyes shut.He had comple
Having finally ridden himself from Roland, Charon ran around trying to reunite with Kujo. He was doing his best to preserve his skills and magic so even though he should be been able to win that encounter he chose not to and ran away.As he made his way through the back alleys he heard the horrifying roar. He climbed atop one of the buildings to check what it was about and following the series of explosions he noticed Kujo getting overwhelmed by the monster covered in black flames.Charon couldn't believe. Kujo was getting beaten. The Challenger chosen by the church and the one who had already recieved his second high grade Soul, that Kujo, is being pushed back and is unable to do anything against his opponent.Charon felt despair. He kept his distance and watched the fight knowing very well that he couldn't do much. One question in his mind was what was that thing covered in black flames. It was difficult from Kujo's Dark Aura so it couldn't be the same skill. The truth was Charon h