To think that something as strong as this could exist…I feel like I am dreaming.
The man in black leather, or the herald as Haruna named it, was far more frightening than I originally thought. My very being shuddered the moment he looked at us, and as if he was hunting he spoke to have had found us…
The soul shard on my hand began to vibrate violently as if afraid of a terrorizing ghost.
The herald engaged in battle with the necromancer. Honestly, a small part of me truly wanted the necromancer to win…yet he was defeated, and gloriously at that too, not even the demon he summoned from hell, a demonic beast of a creature that sent shivers down my spine, was able to even stand in the herald's way…he destroyed it with a touch and proceeded at consuming the very soul of the necromancer…as I saw it being projected out from his shriveling body.
The herald then soon turned to continue on with his task…I cannot imagine the sin we have committed to have brought about the wrath of such a thing…
The man that brought us, the man in red, the one that came into the arena flying on wings from his own back actually flinched for a moment, he probably thought that he was coming for him…
The herald walked forward appearing out of thin air right in front of us, grabbing Misaka by the collar he spoke to her, as if he was judging…as if she had committed a heinous act…I wanted to speak, yet couldn't, I wanted to object yet my legs refused to budge, Haruna began to cry, as she thought that her end was nigh…we will die if I do nothing…
Asking the herald to stop he turned to face me, asking me if I should really be saying this, was it in my right to do so? We were responsible over the death of a comrade, one that did nothing wrong yet suffered for it…died at the hands of his own classmates…
This must be divine judgment, judgment that is overdue…
He asked Misaka a question, to which I would have found no answer, but she answered, thought it was the truth that she was forced to, that was not all of it…and the Herald refused to hear more.
He began doing what he did to the necromancer, I feared that I will lose once again another friend, one that was truly regretful of their own weakness. She was unable to do anything that day, nor was I, if we had done so, it was death…so it is unfair to judge us for things that were beyond our capabilities, so I grabbed at him, asking him, no, even begging him for mercy.
Yet for a single moment I saw, I saw things that shouldn't be real…things that happened, things…too frightening to speak about, only fragments of old memories, shards of an incomplete picture, yet every piece told a story.
The memories of Daiki, back on earth, the days he was bullied, the memories of him back in this world defying the cardinal, even moments where he was alone in the sewers, again in the kitchen, then on the road to the accursed tomb, the moment he died…the pain he felt, and the looks of the people around him…yet the visions changed…he was somewhere else, an infernal place, I couldn't see everything, the visions jumped from place to place, he went to a palace, before a great king of bones…then was sent to a dark place, filled with monsters and enormous monsters, fought…died And died and died too many times, felt the agony of death beyond count, yet still, he rose back…clinging to a fading hope that one day he would leave…the rest of the vision became blurred as my eyes began to water.
Losing the soul shard a notification rose
The soul shard had returned to its rightful owner.
You have lost the shard and the ability: safe passage.
Insight and soothsaying are still useable.
This just confirmed my suspicions
Looking at him I asked "You went through all that Daiki?"
He looked back at me, even under the veil, under that wretched look a sight of a sad person could be seen…it truly was him, he came back from death…
I went towards him, Haruka tried to stop me by grabbing on the hem of my clothes, her voice not leaving her, but her eyes are telling me to not go…
"It's alright…everything is going to be alright" I said
Getting closer to the hooded man I said the same thing while I hugged him, to be honest I didn't know what I was doing but I still acted.
Locking him with an embrace, the man kept on looking to the sky…
Comforting him while adding
"You no longer need to fight Daiki…you fought hard enough…"
It took few more moments before he spoke in a defeated tone he said
"You know nothing Haruka…I cannot escape this fate, if I don't fight, the fight will come to me…'They' will make sure it does…" he said
Thought I don't know what he is speaking about I added.
"I can help."
"You can't, you are too weak, too feeble and too pathetic…thought there is no reason for me to think of you as an enemy, I cannot think of you as an ally…if I ever do, then they will come for you first...You are bound by death, where I live in it…"
He changed…though he feels warm and alive, his heart is ice frozen…he went to hell and that only served to make him heartless, yet can I blame him? I would have turned mad if I was in his steed…
"Then I will become stronger…well I will need to remove this choker first…"
He then unlocked my embrace, quite easily actually, the difference in strength is frightening. And looked at me
"What is that on your necks?"
Thankfully he grouped us three in this question meaning that he still thinks about the other two.
"Well, we ended up as slaves…we were running from the church the other day and we got into trouble, we were caught and now are treated as slaves…I truly regret not having civilian rights…" I said
Daiki then snorted, a thing close to a laugh. He brought his right hand closer to my neck, and touched the choker with his finger.
It took but two seconds before the thing turned to dust.
You are no longer bound to slavery
All stats bindings and limitation of the slave choker is removed.
Finally I am able to breath and freely act…
Sighing a sigh of relief I then looked back at Daiki inspecting him, I truly wanted to do this long ago but couldn't. The choker stopped me from using any of my abilities…
Daiki Genkaku
(Ascendant)
The banished
Level???
God slayer
Beware of a being that shall shake the heavens…
How come he has no level? Ascendant what is that? Holy shit! A god slayer?!! He slew a divine?!!