*POM*
Alberto fell down. A long cut that went from his right thigh until his shoulder could be seen. The attack had almost cut him in two!
"Ahh…. Ah…." Alberto's voice could be heard while he struggled to stand up.
"That… that didn't kill him!?" asked Felio, who was on the floor.
When he saw that Alberto was still breathing he was so stunned that he almost coughed blood.
"I am…I am too injured to keep fighting… and…. Artemis…" Alberto lifted his head to see Artemis who was laying down motionless on the ground.
"What…. What to do?" thought Felio.
"Y…O…U!" Suddenly a voice wake up Felio from his thoughts.
Alberto, who was bleeding from all over his body was slowly standing up. His majestic form was nowhere to be seen. Both of his eyes were closed while blood fell down from his cheek and the slice was so deep that one could even see his bones!
It was truly a miracle that this man could still be alive!
"I have- I have to stand up!" thought Felio.
He tried to stand up, however, his foot was so injured that he could only kneel on one knee. He didn't try to lift his arms. He knew it was useless.
"I can't feel my arms," thought Felio.
"He…he…he." Alberto managed to stand up while showing his teeth.
"DON'T…. UNDERSTIMATE….THE…CHAM…PION'S.... LITTLE ANTS!!!!!" shouted Alberto.
All in the battlefield was silent after hearing Alberto, even Alfonso and Titio were terrified after seeing him.
"Is this the difference between a champion and a normal human?" thought Alfonso.
Alfonso wanted to rush up, however, he gritted his teeth and didn't.
"I can't use my shadowless on other people. I feel it, this will be the last time that I can use Mark of the Hunter. It seems that I can use it eternally, but I can only use it 10 times at most on the battlefield!" thought Alfonso.
"If I go there, I will just be easy prey to Titio and, even if I go, I can't stop Alberto!"
"WHY AM I SO WEAK?!" cursed Alfonso for the first time.
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"FEL...IO" said Alberto after taking his first step towards Felio.
"YOU…LITTLE ANT…."
Alberto took another step.
"YOU…AND THAT...ANT…. WILL…"
Alberto took another step.
"PAY!"
Alberto was in front of Felio.
Alberto used his left arm and lifted Felio!
"IT….WON'T….BE….THAT…EASY," said Alberto.
*PAM!*
Alberto used his head to hit Felio and then he threw him towards Artemis.
Felio blacked out on the spot.
"I… WILL MAKE…YOU… WISH...YOU...WERE DEAD!" shouted Alberto while walking towards them.
However, before he could take another step, he felt something grabbing his feet.
"Wha? This…!?" Alberto didn't know if what he was seeing was real or not.
On his feet a small flower was grabbing itself to it, forcing him to stay still!
"Good. They are still breathing!"
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice came to Alberto's ears. However, he couldn't see where it was coming from so he didn't know who was talking.
"WHO?"
Alfonso didn't need to turn around to know who was talking.
"I need to save them as fast as I can, but first…." Demeter looked at Alberto. "You have hurt my friend to the point that she is almost dead. You will pay for that," said Demeter in a cold voice.
She was enraged!
"FRIEND, WHO ARE YOU? IDENTIFY YOURSELF!" called out Alberto.
"You are not worthy," replied Demeter.
Suddenly she closed her eyes. The world turned silent. She walked slowly towards Alberto with her closed eyes.
"I am the Goddess of Earth."
"As well as the Goddess of Life."
"My conviction brings life."
"My happiness brings life."
"My existence is life."
"I am the Goddess of Earth."
"As well as the Goddess of Death."
"My uneasiness brings death."
"My sorrow brings death."
"My existence is death."
Demeter raised her delicate hands and touched Alberto's bloody body.
"YING-YANG!" said Demeter in a slow voice.
Suddenly everything turned dark. The world turned dark and when Demeter open her eyes, incredibly, her eyes were completely black! They were so dark that it seems like a bottomless abyss!
"Atropos," said Demeter with a chilly voice.
"He-he-he. Your Majesty, it's been too long."
A voice came from nowhere, as if the voice was the world itself.
"Show yourself," commanded Demeter.
"He-he-he. Your Majesty, your current powers aren't quite there to force me to show myself," said the voice.
"I won't repeat myself."
A huge shadow appeared above Alberto. It had a large robe covering its body, however, a small hand could be seen. The hand was old and scary with long fingers whiter than a sheet.
A small red eye could be seeing from the head of it beneath the hanging hood.
"Why isn't he dead?" asked Demeter.
"He-he-he. Your Majesty, someone doesn't want him dead. He-he-he, so someone asked me to stretch his life a little longer…" replied the voice in a sarcastic way.
"Is it him?" asked Demeter calmly.
Although her voice was calm, Atropos felt a chill running out from it's back.
"He-he-he. No, it was someone else," said Atropos.
Demeter looked at Atropos. She the looked at Alberto and stretched out her arm to touch his chest.
A small, dim, yellow string could be seen. The string was palpitating between black and yellow.
Demeter grabbed the string, however, after she grabbed it. Her eyes started to bleed and her hand began turning black.
"He-he-he. Your Majesty, are sure you want to do that? It will be a pity if your pretty hand turned black," said Atropos.
"If I had my normal powers, not to mention him, even if HE came, I will still be able to cut it, even if I had to pay a huge price," said Demeter coldly.
"He-he-he, well that's true."
"I am not gonna stay in this form forever, Atropos. I am someone who remembers favors…. But I am also someone who remembers grudges."
Atropos looked at her for some time before making a small sigh.
"Well, I will make a small inversion. Give it to me," Said Atropos while extending her hand.
Demeter let go of the string and after a while her hand went back to normal.
"However, I still damaged my soul," thought Demeter. "It will take a while to heal."
Atropos took out a pair of scissors and cut the string.
"He-he-he. I will see you soon Your Majesty. Don't forget your words from today," said Atropos.
Demeter didn't say anything.
After that she closed her eyes and the world came back to normal. Her eyes also returned to normal.
All of this took a while, however, in the real world, not even a second had passed since Demeter touched Alberto.
Alberto turned still. The he fell down, he laid motionless on the ground.
"WHAT?!" Titio couldn't believe what just happen.
"What the…." Alfonso, who knew Demeter's abilities the best, also was astonished.
She took down that big guy just by touching him!
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"
This phrase was in everyone's mind.