The man in shadowy clothes hit Cilis with a powerful blow right in her wounded stomach, extracting a powerful shout of pain despite her weak state. Méline and Erik gasped seeing this situation, enraged and angry but without the power to do anything.
Alix's state was worsening by the second, his eyes were now bloodshot, his skin shining in a dark red aura, menacing and frightening. The man grabbing him was trying to calm him down by striking his flank without success for now.
-"This one is a little strange, he doesn't cry even when I put all my strength and his state is a little weird, I fear it could be a potent strange technique, what do you think Sir Mist?" The shadow finally decides to exit his mutism, asking his strange eerie leader what he could do.
-"Heheh you are right, this little one is a little strange... He is producing a familiar feeling, echoing in my body...Strange, did I know him? That shouldn't be, this body has no more memories, I took care of it, but what could it be...?"
Floating toward him as he indifferently waves his hand to immobilized Erik who was struggling with all his might, in vain. The two white eyes, surrounding the darker white iris were looking at Alix as if having found a great toy. They were floating in a mist-like substance, moving in what could be said to be the face of the creature, a sentient Emanation.
Turning around him, it was checking everything with great care, trying to understand something.
-"Strange, truly strange... Maintain him still, you aren't making any effort do you? It's just a little boy, surely he couldn't have such great strength as to force you this much, you are an apex Gaseous level or not? Tsss such useless servants..."
-"I'm actually mobilizing all of my energy to maintain my grip on him, this boy isn't average Sir Mist!" The black shadow answered indignantly.
-"Yeah yeah, whatever...You are all so pitifully weak..."
"PZZZZZZT"
"AAAAAAAH"
Just as it tried to touch Alix'body, a flashing bolt of red, black, and green struck its hand, making all its misty arm explode into nothing, The pain was unbearable for the Misty Emanation, nowhere comparable to the previous attack of Erik. The wound was slowly munching at its stump, red, black, and green little bolts devouring its misty substance without effort.
-"What in the hell is this technique, I actually can't stop the damage!? Kill this little pest, quick !!"
It was mobilizing all its energy to counter this vicious attacks, slowly eroding the three powerful little strange energies. The black shadow keeping watch on Alix suddenly planted his sword in Alix's heart, not waiting for a second, fearing for the weird situation to escalate.
He had already paid for underestimating someone in the past, his experience now shouts to quickly kill this young man. Making his resolution turn into action he didn't hesitate anymore. Knowing the strange creature leading their little group wasn't fond of disobedience either, now that their goals align, he didn't have to refrain himself anymore.
"CLANG"
-"What???"
The sword just bounced on the young man torso, not a scratch in sight. Every one was befuddled, even Erik's family. They knew he had a powerful body, resisting Lor's energy's attack or smashing the Thunder Tiger but nowhere close to this. To resist a sword strikes from a late Gaseous man at point-blank without dodging, it was an eye-opener for every people in this clearing.
-"No wonder you couldn't maintain him still... Such fearful defense... And I am unable to touch him with his strange technique of his, now that's a problem... Kill the others and we will see after !"
Grumbling under his breath about something like "I told you so, shouldn't you apologize...?" the man in blacks walk toward the now incredibly weak mother. Before he could make his second step, a robust grip grabbed his wrist, stopping him in his track.
Turning over, he could see looking at him with a vicious glare, two red pupils, bloody and devoid of compassion. Before he could say or do anything, the eyes appeared before his own and he could feel a cold sensation around his throat, mixed with a never fell before painful feeling.
Alix had just freed himself from the other man without difficulty, just to plant his teeth in the throat of the one wanting to kill his beloved people. In his blurred state, one thought remains, to protect these gentle people who helped him without asking for anything, who he now loved like his family.
Tearing apart the skin and flesh of the throat with a quick motion, a loud grunt could be heard as he shows his teeth before the Misty Emanation.
Under the fearful gaze of the member of this family, he plunged his hand in the body of the now-dead man, extracting his still palpitating heart and crushing it in his palm.
"Holy f*ck!! What this !! Men, kill him, kill hiiiim!!" The previously mighty Emanation was now crying, scared of failing another time, trying to run away only to be stopped by the stubborn Erik.
-"You won't go anywhere, I don't know what Alix had done to transform like this but I know you won't last a minute against him! "
-"Fool, you would only end up like us if you don't stop this madman!!" The Misty Emanation was waving his stump, trying to convince the man he swears to kill an instant before.
-"It's highly likely, but better for all of us to die than just my family don't you agree? Hehehe" Erik was laughing, unafraid of his possible soon-to-be death, praying to have the time to save at least his children.
With his naked fist, he hit the mist body, enduring the pain but effectively stopping his now-dead son. He had the confirmation while listening to its blabbering a minute ago that there wasn't anything anymore from his son to be saved, in this aberration.
Behind him, a terrifying fight was on-going. The eight shadowy men remaining were working in groups, trying to kill this young man, having discarded the other victims laying on the floor in a sorry state. Lor and Cilis were unconscious while Méline was looking at her crush now looking like a demon straight from hell clawing and biting her previous aggressors.
In her silent world, the battle was strangely beautiful, the bloody Alix dancing between the attacks as if in a stroll, cutting arms or crushing limbs like a natural thing, his expression remaining the same. The men in blacks were now in disarray, blood flowing from numerous wounds, unable to even pinpoint the movement of this bloody beast-like man.
-"What is this...AAAARGH"
-"Don't come closer, don't come, don't...CRUNCH"
-"I'm sorry, I promise! I won't do it any... TCHAK"
-"I won't let you kill my... SLUTCH"
-"... Sigh... GRUNT"
One by one, the shadows fall on the carbonized soil, disappearing in this black landscape, dead. Rivers of blood were streaming, nourishing the ground. Three men were still standing, breathing erratically, profoundly wounded. They were the best of the group, all three in the Condensation level, able to heal somewhat their grave wounds.
-"We have to attack at the same time with all our might! Krish, use your Shadow stomp, Garish, your Shadow slash, and I will use my Shadow web. He won't be able to live after this. Go!"
In a synchro fashion, the three men exude a black aura, lighter than the Dark Emanation in Alix'body but sufficient to incapacitate the vision of all in this place, except probably the one being attacked. A black net tried to bind his movement as a powerful black kick, difficult to see as it was merged with its surrounding, targeted his head. A powerful slash hidden in the obscurity came toward his back.
"Ahahaha!" Laughing, Alix, suddenly exude a powerful dark red aura, striking down the three coordinated attacks, letting them evaporate in the air. The red aura materialized even more and grabbed the three of them with three giant claws appearing out of nowhere. The claws just squish a little above Alix's head, blood dripping from their finger, raining on him.
The claws then let the pulp go after being pressed enough. Alix was covered in the blood of his adversaries, a mad smile on his face. Enjoying the feeling, he slowly turned over to look at the last one of his aggressors, the Mist Emanation. It was being restrained by a not less bloody Erik, except by its own blood contrary to Alix.
-"You see what you did !!! Hiiik, you let a monster free just to accomplish your goal!!"
The Mist Emanation was now hysterically shouting toward Erik, fearing for his life, not once questioning his doubtful choices leading toward this situation.
-"I just let a friend of my family took care of your follower, nothing much, and now it's your turn, monster! He is probably using a terrible technique that should come with pretty bad aftermath, nothing like your despicable way, creepy Emanation. You stole one of my son, a genius better than me to turn it into your puppet and you killed so many people in my village, don't think I would forget one day what you did!
-"Your son was the one who found me and buys me, knowing what I was. I'm the consequences of his action, he tried to bite more than he could chew! And all those villagers hehe, they just tried to kill me, it was legitimate defenses against your attempted murders !! After all, I'm just a young Emanation, knowing few things of life, I did what I could when gaining sentienc., I tried to occupy a body hehe but that's not the more laughable part yet!
The Misty Emanation was beginning to laugh, explaining in a last attempt to save its life, his strange choice.
-"Don't you dare to put the blame on my son, you bewitch his mind, making the proposition a young promising young man couldn't refuse just to exact your killing spree! Emanations are violent, vicious, without compassion creatures! All of your species should be destroyed if not for your usefulness in creating the god's Door! You are just a bundle of energy having the chance to gain sentience..."
-"Ahaha it's truly a shame you don't hear your laughable explanation, we are like you, human, you are just a different kind of energy, but you wouldn't know with your pitifully low level!! Us Emanation has the same right to live like you, even more perhaps...Hehe, but I shouldn't be surprised, coming from a hypocrite man like you! To kill one Emanation with another, isn't it a good plan hehe?
The Misty Emanation was looking toward Alix who had arrived next to him, knowing his death was near.
-"Don't you agree with me, fellow Emanation? You would let me die just to satisfy the desire of this human? I wasn't sure before, but your red claw just now exposed you! You are like me, a sentient Emanation, even stronger I would say... Why would you want to kill me...?
Despite the absence of an answer from Alix, the Misty Emanation continued, noticing he had stopped in his track, listening to him. Erik was gapping, not understanding what was going on, or fearing to understand.
-"When I was born, I didn't have a clue either as to what to do, follow me and I will teach you and with the two of us, we will reach the apex of this world !! Emanations are actually extremely rare in this world, it's a blessing to meet here, and if the condition to our cooperation doesn't satisfy you, we could change them, what do you say?"
-"You mean Alix is an Emanation too? An aberration like you??" Erik didn't want to believe what he had heard, but the disgust in the depth of his eyes while looking now at Alix was sufficient proof that he didn't find it inconceivable.
Suddenly, green light shined in Alix's eyes, before his hand clutches the Emanation neck. The previous colored bolts exploded again in a much powerful fashion, destroying for good this sentient lifeform.