I shot towards Kazuma like a bullet and he teleported behind me.I caught his claw on the blade of my gun and blasted his arm off.He reeled back in terror, but before he would move, I blasted his other arm and part of his wing off.Draiko lunged at me with claws of frozen blood, but Isabella appeared in a flash of light between us. She blocked his attack and bashed him away.Finally..."EXTERMINATUS!" I shouted.The blades at the end of my shotguns extended into chained segments and I unleashed a barrage of shotgun blasts with sword strikes.When I finished, I saw Kazuma had been utterly annihilated. Completely blown apart and eviscerated.Energy gathered from the remains of his body and shot towards the sky.Draiko looked on in horror."H-hold on! I'm new here! I haven't done anything except follow orders! Do I really need to die!?" Draiko said in a panic.Around that time, Dante, Leiso, and Gavin returned to us with victory written all over their faces. Or well...we assumed Dante's
As the War of Unity came to a close, the Attendants made by Novak's power continued to live and thrive in Nexus. They took care of the people there and declared open loyalty to Iris.She could not transfer their power to herself, unfortunately, but...Since they were Attendants, they would not perish if Novak ceased to exist. Instead, they would just resume aging as normal when their Aspects faded. Iris could make them hers at that point.They were carefully monitored for signs of this.Iris, unfortunately, never learned what became of Novak. She was a goddess residing in Excelsis, whereas Novak was a god from Avalon.She didn't trouble herself with it though.Isabella and I began a new life as 'Special Forces' Enforcers.It meant that we would be constantly traveling.Over time, Nexus was built up into a much more respectable place to live. People were given proper treatment and food, as well as clothing and shelter. No longer would they be forced to live like rats and slaves.Isabel
"Isabella..." I said."I know. It's here, isn't it?" She said worriedly.I simply nodded.A moment later, I felt Iris talking to us with telepathy."Mizik, Isabella! What's going on? I just felt an incredibly strong presence enter Ignitus!" Iris said."The feeling of impending doom... We felt it. It's something that comes over us when the Black Ooze is nearby. Iris, I'm afraid to say that this might be an emergency of the worst kind," I said.Iris was silent for a moment."I'm going to have Leiso send a few spy planes to the region I felt it in. Then we're calling a meeting of the Enforcers. It's time to tell everyone," Iris said."Teleport us when ready, Lady Iris," Isabella said.We waited for about an hour and got changed out of our bathing suits. Finally, we were teleported to the meeting room in Torantis.Isabella made a quick call to Emily and told her that we were called away on urgent business.She understood.Although I shuddered to think of what horrors might soon befall our
After confirming that the Black Ooze was in the area, the three of us went to the ground and stood in silence amidst the Ooze.I could feel it shifting and crawling along the ground... It felt like it had also gone underground."By the Creator...what is this horrible substance? It smells awful..." Leiso said."The Black Ooze. An existential threat to both Ignitus and the rest of creation. Let's make this quick," I said.I pulled out Vengeance and...It automatically activated sword enchant. The golden threads connected themselves to the shotguns I had currently changed them into.Isabella's shield also glowed brightly with the same golden threads.As we stood there, I heard a voice speak to me with telepathy. It sounded distorted, so I could barely understand it. But it felt like multiple people were talking to me."He's here. The bastard is here! DIE DIE DIE!!!""YOU PILE OF SHIT! ABOMINABLE CHOSEN OF THE CREATOR!""The...Ch-chosen Hero... Ahh...I love you so much!!!""At last, I've
Iris stood in the lab with a grim expression on her face."That can't be good..." I said.She shook her head."The divine realm Excelsis has given me an answer... They will not be sending help to deal with the crisis because our world isn't the only one under attack right now..." Iris said.I couldn't deny that the reason made sense...but I still didn't like it. "So unsurprisingly, they're no help at all?" I said.I might have been a bit biased because of the Oracle, but I didn't care."Pretty much, yeah. I might try to enlist help from some of my friends... Hopefully they can come here..." Iris said.Carlos looked over at Iris quizzically."Lady Iris...forgive me, but...you have friends on Excelsis? I thought you said you didn't get along with anyone over there."Iris shot him a quick glare and closed her eyes for a moment."I can't stand the war god. He's always making fun of my chest and saying I look like a boy... I am not a boy, I'm a woman! The council hates me because I tend t
I had touched down just outside of the city.Currently, it was late at nightI was alone on the ground with my support troops still in the air, far off. I told them to stay away in case they were noticed and they obeyed.At the same time, they began to evacuate the surviving Nexian soldiers and any civilians that made it out.I turned on my communications watch and found only static... No screams, no words...nothing.The city ahead of me was still burning, but I couldn't see any people. I cloaked myself in invisibility, then moved quickly into the area and made sure to hide among the debris.I might've been invisible, but I didn't trust the Ooze.Along the streets, I could see the corpses of slain people being absorbed into the Ooze.A figure was standing by and watching the ordeal.He wore a black and purple robe with pieces of dark armor attached to it. He had a hood up to cover his face as well. At his side, I saw a katana in its sheath.He seemed to be just standing there, current
"Identify..." the woman said again.I was convinced that my cover was blown."Who are you?" I asked."..."No response.She slowly held out her hand and I saw several shadows appear in mid air around her.They opened to reveal eyes staring at me.My mind was immediately taken back to the night before we met the shadow dragon. I was paralyzed by fear for a moment...I instinctively dodged to the side as they shot at me and exploded when they hit the ground and wall.When I looked back, it wasn't like the normal type of explosion I was used to...It was almost silent. There was a sound of things being torn apart in an instant and then...nothing.When I saw the wreckge, it was like the landscape itself had been altered. As if the ground and everything the attacks touched had been simply erased instead of blown apart.What...is this thing...?"What are you!?" I said aloud to her."..."She readied another volley of shadowy eyes and I decided to fire a few divine javelins at her.She didn'
Now would be a good time to leave...I cloaked myself and started retreating from the two of them...Just then, Axiom raised his sword and it became a scepter. My invisibility was nullified and I gritted my teeth in anger. I glanced over to Kyriel and she seemed to be reaching out to me...almost in desperation.And yet...Soon it seemed like I'd belong to her anyway...I absolutely could not let that happen.Tyras flashed over to me and I struggled to keep up with the incredible speed and ferocity of his attacks.Every impact from his sword was followed up by several more impacts to my body from the phase blades. His speed was absolutely insane.I literally couldn't keep up with him anymore even with The Warlord.What the hell did the Source just do to Ignitus!?At the same time, Axiom was firing explosive spells at me that seemed to cause the areas hit to decay.I had to make damn sure not to be in any of those areas while also fighting Tyras. It wasn't easy, but I managed to conju