Having forcefully thrown Anima away, Secessus quickly follows up as he goes to attack her with his blood-bound spear. Anima, whilst successfully thrown away, was clearly not that bothered. The grim look on her face is solely there because of Secessus's betrayal. She quickly stands up and wields her ethereal blade against the spear of the shade demon.
"Fine then, die like the rest." The wraith queen says her misty aura spreading through the church again.
"Again, I refuse." Secessus replies, making light of the situation.
Their weapons continuously clash against each other, with each strike their killing intent and aura also battle against each other. The battle whilst intense seems to be quite even, a surprising sight for the wraith queen.
"So much spirit and power for such a young soul. What a tragedy." The wraith queen mutters underneath her breath. Her misty aura intensifies even further than it already had.
During the next strike of their weapons, a clear victor emerges. Anima's ethereal blade slashes through Secessus's blood-bound spear. Also slashing the right shoulder blade of the shade demon in the process. The shade demon swiftly flies backward, hoping to avoid any further damage.
At that moment, Secessus realized something. The wraith queen wasn't even fighting at full strength. Her aura and presence almost match that of Ergillaz. She was merely playing with him for a little bit.
"I will ask you for the last time, aid me or die." Anima says in a threatening tone.
The emerald-eyed shade demon in response summons another blood-bound spear, readying for combat once again. He flies toward her at high speed, hoping to catch her by surprise. He doesn't as she easily deflects the attempted strike. Another series of clashes between the 2 opponents begin, however this time its clear domination. The wraith queen easily overwhelms the shade demon, even managing to slash his torso. Only his regenerative powers are keeping Secessus alive.
"Anima." A voice mixed with sloshing sounds calls out.
The wraith queen turns around toward Hudan, the source of this new voice.
"What do you want, Hudan?" She asks annoyed.
"Have you forgotten?"
"I haven't, I promise after all this is over I will make sure that you can have a reincarnated being. However, this one is rather useless in that aspect. He doesn't even have any primary powers." Anima says, pointing towards Secessus.
"He can still be used. I will find a way."
"No, you won't. I've given him a choice and he refused. He will know the consequences of his shortsightedness." The wraith queen says as a clear command.
Secessus who's rather confused about their conversation has meanwhile gathered some dark magic. That he has manipulated to stealth fully go toward Anima's back.
"Besides…" The wraith queen continues to talk, suddenly getting interrupted as spears of dark mana come out of the ground and attack her in the back. They simply pass through, not doing any damage. The wraith queen had apparently switched out with a clone during this short conversation.
"This one is broken." Anima says, continuing her speech as she stabs Secessus in his back. The ethereal blade stained with fresh blood pokes out from the other side, giving the shade demon a clear view of his fleeting life. He collapses to the ground, having been easily dealt with.
Secessus vision quickly turns dark, feeling cold and the taste of iron in his throat. He closes and opens his eyes again, seeing only darkness. However, strangely enough, he doesn't feel hurt any longer. No he feels stared at, Secessus looks around in a panic. This isn't the church anymore, but an entirely different place. A place he had only been once before. Seven gigantic eyes open in the distance of this black expanse, all different colors.
"Our decision has been made." The seven different ranging voices speak at the same, causing even the simplest of words to sound cryptic and confusing.
"What decision." Secessus asks on edge by this unexpected reunion.
"You will be our shade against the light. Our vision where we cannot see."
"What are you talking about?" Secessus asks, clearly overwhelmed.
"Don't fear."
"Fear."
"Struggle."
The seven voices seem to share different opinions on this matter. They don't really bicker, it seems they just share whatever it is they think. When an opinion differs, different answers will be given and when they all agree the voices will combine.
"Besides, I don't know if you've noticed. But the chances of me surviving are quite slim."
"You will survive." All seven voices speak again as one.
"So are you all going to help me or what do I have to understand out of this?"
"Yes."
"No."
"Struggle."
"Traverser."
Again, the voices don't share a single opinion. Causing even more confusion.
"Time to go, now. Farewell night." All seven voice speak as one.
Secessus with a gasp of breath awakens. The wound on his chest almost completely healed by his regeneration.
"How strange, I could have sworn that I wounded him fatally." Anima calls out, still wielding her ethereal blade.
"My beloved wraith queen, wouldn't you agree that this is a sign of her holiness. Telling us that I should have my way?" Hudan asks purposefully flattering Anima. He seems even more desperate to get this reincarnated than before.
"Very well, then. If you're that desperate." Anima responds, not falling for the flattery, but still granting Hudan's request nonetheless.
Hudan's disgusting tentacles spread from underneath his robe and enlarge. Making their way toward Secessus and Anima. These decayed tentacles covered with puss suddenly speed up incredibly fast as they now solely swarm Anima.
"What is…" Are the only words the wraith queen manages to utter as she disappears from sight.
"A change of plan."
No further explanation is given by Hudan as he turns around toward the entrance. A lot of familiar figures rush inside. Ergillaz, Sorzana and Volathriis have arrived.
They don't seem shocked by what has happened until their gazes land on the defeated Secessus. Everyone except for Volathriis, at least, who has no idea who that person is. The beast's infuriated gaze stares solely at Hudan.
"Congratul…" Hudan tries to speak, but 2 figures appear behind him. Momentarily stunning the robed priest.
Ashmodai and the chimera Ha stand behind him, having both used their individual excellence in getting somewhere unnoticed.
"Heal everyone that you can. It's time to finish this." Ergillaz commands the others. Taking leadership of this situation.