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
I spent the next few minutes explaining everything to the other Enforcers as well as Johann and Iris.They were less than happy to hear the report."Why is this Kyriel woman after you!?" Isabella said."I have no idea. The others said something about her not being allowed to talk to or fight me because she was obsessed... She seemed harmless when we were alone," I said."She didn't touch you, did she?" Isabella said."Not once. She did get pretty close to me a few times, though. Actually, she helped me get through the city..." "Well, she tried pretty hard to kill me, so I think it's safe to say she's a threat to everyone except Mizik," Johann said."Good point," I said."These Generals are holding magic swords from Avernia, then?" Leiso said.I nodded."They've been reforged somehow and are extremely dangerous. Also, there's the problem with what the Source did to our world..." I said."Something in the ground feels very wrong right now... Like a darkness has taken root in our world.
It never ceased to amaze me how quickly Leiso could organize her troops.Currently, the eight of us were aboard one of the experimental airships that the military had been working on.It was a large craft capable of moving at high speeds. A flying fortress.It wasn't as large as The Revenant, but it was still a powerful ship.Currently, we were surrounded by many smaller aircraft and fighter jets.Leiso also took a sort of...last resort precaution...She had contact with the military troops in Nexus and they were technically her subordinates.They gave her the launch and detonation codes for the stored nuclear arms in Nexus. Leiso already had the launch codes for Arcadia.Even if nuclear arms might not have been the most efficient solution, it would slow them down.Currently, the forces in Nexus were focusing more on evacuating people and pulling all military personnel out of the area as per Leiso's orders.The Arcadian forces had already been deployed to push back the monsters from t
Dante teleported over to Axiom and swung his scythe to execute him on the spot. He laughed as he dodged.Jallah darted over to Tyras and punched him straight in the chest.As soon as he was hit, Tyras was shot straight into the crowd of monsters.The speed of his fist shattered the sound barrier and caused a visible shift in the air.Black Ooze or not, I'm sure he felt that one.Kyriel stepped forward and I fired one of my shotguns at her.She dodged the blast and backed away from us. Occasionally looking towards Isabella but also turning to me as well.I see. You won't attack me at all, will you?I slowly stepped towards her and she continued to back away."You're harmless to me, aren't you? If you can't fight me, then that means I'm going to be your opponent. Doesn't that just make the most sense?" I said.She nodded and still backed away... Moments later, she sheathed her dagger and crouched down."What do you want from me? Honestly!" I said.She shakily pointed to me and made a he