The sound of Valerian's voice made the gods turn, the beasts snarl and Emyrs smile with pure delight.
"[Greater Suppression]!" Valerian activated the skill and the tentacles that had been attacking the primordials were pushed back to where they were coming out from in the ground and folded in on themselves, unable to move.
The vampire walked out of the literal shadows and stepped into the light.
"You were here all along?" A god asked in shock.
"Depends on what you mean by 'all along'. If you mean was I here before you arrived then the answer is yes." Valerian spoke without taking his eyes off Emyrs.
"You stood there, hiding while we fought?" another god asked in disbelief.
"You call that a fight? You attacked once and failed, the rest of the time you were all on the defensive. He did not break a single sweat. He merely toyed with you out of boredom. He could have finished you all. He is well over [SSS] rank and still a lot shy of [Alpha] rank."
"You mock us but you did nothing!" the god of Evil could not keep it in anymore after seeing how easily the godsbane managed to trap the tentacles.
"Did nothing? I am the one who defeated him when he was whole and suffered great consequences for it, has it been so long that you have forgotten that fact? The only reason we have this issue now is because instead of destroying the remaining seeds of the Traveller when you were supposed to, you all did nothing!" As he spoke, his aura flickered briefly.
A wave of terror washed over the gods while Emyrs looked as though he was thoroughly enjoying himself.
"Do all of you need a moment? I can wait back here." Emyrs stated while smiling.
"You have certainly changed since the last time we met. You matured, gave yourself a name and can actually form plans....even developed a sense of humour. You are much more dangerous and annoying now."
"I do not know what to say, Valerian." Emyrs laughed again, "I can admit that our last fight did leave a lot to be admired. Believe it or not, at first I had no intention of being so destructive. I merely wanted to kill you, nothing more. I am not a terrible being. I am well within my rights to want you dead. I watched you, in different worlds, different times and even different bodies -"
"I understand that you are obsessed with me but you are hardly the first." Valerian interrupted. It was a crude thing to do but he had great animosity toward Emyrs and he wanted to end every trace of the Traveller he could find.
"You are funny too." Emyrs did not smile or laugh this time, "And you are correct. It was an obsession." Emyrs locked eyes with Valerian and not a word was spoken between them.
"So what is it now?" one of the gods asked breaking up the little staring contest that the godsbane and Traveller were having. Instead of gettting angry, Emyrs smiled and answered.
"It is purely revenge. I will kill the betrayer, the traitor, the abomination and destroyer of balance."
"Betrayal? I do not know you! YOU sought ME out! You threatened everything I had created and violated this world!" Valerian was getting angry but his seals were still in place. Samael would not surface as easily as before.
"I see, you really do not remember. I was too foolish to see it back then but now, I grew, I understand and that is fine, whether or not you remember, I will be your downfall." Emyrs snapped his fingers and his horde of abominations charged Valerian. "You may not remember them but they once followed you in the Void and I think they missed you!" He laugh filled with pure joy.
"Idiot..." Valerian removed his silk gloves and tossed them onto the floor. The scent of poison filled the air. Valarian's glass-crystal fingernails grew to the size of blades. "If it is an end you seek, then I shall gladly bring it to you and yours."
The winged horde descended on Valerian. The awakened Demon lord swiped, cleanly cutting through three void beasts. The vampire smirked. Swipe, swipe, swipe....he leapt into the air, the gods watched as chaos ensued. Wings, black blood, tentacles and teeth fell around the space occupied Valerian.
Pained cries, bloodthirsty screeches and angry roars. Valerian did not stop, did not slow down, he kept going. He shoved his hand through a void beast's chest, seeing it did not die, he forced his arm upward, and cut his way right through to its head then split it open, drenching the ground with black blood and intestines. Many fell with this method.
"Feel my wrath!" Valerian raged. Purple lightning descended and fried dozens of the b*stards. "You vile, creatures, nourish me!" His fangs came out. He grabbed a struggling Void beast by the throat and bit into its neck. Its tentacles tried to wrap around Valerian and crush him.
It tried. It tried so hard but it kept getting weaker. It started sagging. Valerian kept drinking and fighting with his free hand. His movements were insanely fast, he left afterimages wherever he went. It looked like ten demon lords were fighting these creatures. The void beast that had become Valerian's meal finally died, its body became withered, not a single drop of its black blood remained.
Valerian threw the empty husk into the horde as if he were unsatisfied and kept claiming the livesand blood of more victims. It was putrid, absolutely disgusting, but it served to make a point.
The remaining Void creatures finally used the little sense they had and fled back into the rip in the sky as quickly as possible while Valerian drained the stragglers.
The gods were absolutely disgusted. Emyrs, who had remained calm throughout the whole encounter, asked, "Are you warmed up now?"
Valerian looked at him, dropped the drained carcass of the Void beast.
"Almost."
One word. One word then dozens of bolts of lightning targeted the white, filthy tentacles that had been engaged in battle with the gods and restrained by Valerian.
The tentacles disintergrated with a loud and pained scream. No one knew how they thing made a sound. It had no mouth but it did not multiply or regenerate. It was truly gone.
Emrys made a disapproving sound as if he were also disgusted by the creature. "Oh well, now, we can fight."
Valerian's claws returned to normal. "I will try to make this quick. I have a lot of work to do."