"Guys... I'm afraid I can't go with you." Jack said with a straight face, as he started to make his way towards the direction back to the guild. "as you said, we can't leave our fellow teammates behind, so one of us have to go back and get the others and protect them, cause I'm sure the consequence of our actions will affect them too. So I'm going back."
"be careful big guy, remember it won't be easy." Tamaki said with a smirk.
"Hahaha who said I ever wanted it easy, I will immediately take them out of the capital afterward, till next time friends... Always remember to head to where the sun rise." Jack said his farewell, though the end of his statement was confusing... Head to where the sun rise... Hmmm I wonder.
"It's so weird that our guild is divided up... Though I guess that we need this to escape from the bounty. Cause I'm sure that they won't be able to catch jack alone, rather than we all heading back." Indra responded with a thoughtful look on his face. As suddenly we all heard an explosion of mana that created a beam of dark light that shot up to the heavens, as I noticed that CW's eyes had widened towards this. " is something wrong CW?"
"....the town... We need to go help the people in that town, those explosions are getting the attention of all these hamjis close to the town." CW said, as we all started to race towards the town in hopes of helping the people from this explosions and possible hamji attack.
'though let's just hope that their seal is still up after the first explosion...'
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Author's p.o.v
The fight between the two Goliaths continued to rage on, as dark mana were being released all around the environment, impacting it in several cases. As the fight escalated, the very terrain was morphed into dust and molten lava.
Ragnarok and the corrupted kami continued to trade furious blows, as the shock wave were breaking apart the ground beneath them and causing sonic boom through the air.
"QUITE DISTURBING!" Ragnarok roared out, jabbing Dante at the jaw and simultaneously putting space between him and kami. "DARK MANIFESTATION!"
The dark being cast, releases a torrent of dark mana toward Kami; while scorching the very floor to magma. But to his surprise, was instantly absorbed into kami upon impact.
"HAHAHAHAHA SPACE INVERSE: GRAVITY FALLS." Kami cast, as the weight of a mountain, was now upon the dark being; proving to be able to pull him to his knee, as the surrounding ground was instantly depressed into the ground... But even after this, Ragnarok just snickers while getting up to his feet.
"AMAZING... FINALLY, A BEING CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AN INVERSE, BEING ABLE TO SWITCH BETWEEN VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AT AN AMAZING SPEED... VERY UNHEARD OF, HOW CAN A MORTAL BE ABLE TO PERFORM A SKILL THAT TAKES MILLENNIA TO PERFECT." Ragnarok stood up from his current position but seemed to be struggling a little bit; as the monster stared at him with a very dark smile. "SUCH AN AMAZING ABILITY, A BEING ABLE TO ABSORB MANA AND EVERY FORM OF ENERGY AND USE IT AS ITS OWN... MAKING YOU AN EVEN GREATER ADVERSARY, AND FOR THAT!"
Ragnarok started to charge up a very massive amount of dark mana, so much that even the gravitational spell proved to be useless against it. "I WILL GO ALL OUT!"
Ragnarok launched at Kami at insane speed, launching all sort of attacks from quick punches to heavy kicks all in attempts of bringing kami down. As kami was about to throw a devastating punch at Ragnarok, he bent down dodging the attack by mile and then launching his own counter attack; which proved to be far greater in offence, while preparing to cast a very serious attack.
"PROVING THAT ENERGY BASED ATTACK CANNOT POSSIBLY WORK ON YOU AND WILL OBVIOUSLY BE ABSORBED FOR YOUR OWN CONSUMPTION I SHALL ATTACK YOU WITH MOVES FAR GREATER THAN ANY OTHER OUT THERE." Ragnarok said with a boastful and proud tone in his voice as he shifted into a martial arts stance and had faded his sword away from his hilt and continued to remain in that position... Until Kami reacted to his threat and launched at him in blazing speed appearing In front of Ragnarok, but this just made the dark being snicker. "PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, NOW KNOW YOUR PLACE MORTAL."
Kami was kept surprised as his body was suspended in mid air, just 3 inches away from the dark being.
"ERUPTION" Ragnarok roared out, as a dead silence roamed the battle field confusing Kami a little... But then like lightning, he was instantly contained by a sphere of dark mana... And he found it hard to absorb.
"huh?.. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Dante screamed out in pain, as he was struck by continuous waves and waves of attack, which at the same time was being absorbed by his seal, by at a very alarming rate. The seal started to burn an agonizing pain from absorbing the never ending release of blast.
"YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ABSORB ENERGY... BUT LET'S SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE BEFORE YOU FRY" Ragnarok arrogantly claimed, as Dante continued to be in a state of pain and seemed to have no way of escaping. "AFTER ALL THAT POWER... YOU'RE STILL FAR FROM ME"
"AAAAAAHHHHH....HA..HA...HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!" Dante from a scream of terror started to laugh maniacally, as this confused the dark being. "....AND SCENE..."
'WHAT?'
And in a flicker of light, Dante had vanished out of the sphere and was now right in front of Ragnarok, while crouching in a fist through back... Surprising the dark being with a feat of speed.
".... RELEASE..."
And in a flash of light, all the energy stored into the seal blasted into Ragnarok in a head on blast of Energy, result to a formation of a mushroom cloud from the amount of energy it had.
"A-AMAZING, TO THINK I WAS ACTUALLY WINNING" Ragnarok said, as he was seen to be on one knee and had his amour damage to a certain extent, that proved that the blast was massive... But still it was enough to being down this being. "I TRULY ADMIRE YOU FOR YOUR STRENGTH... YOURS EVEN RIVAL THAT OF GODS.... YOU'RE NOT LIKE NORMAL MORTALS, YOU SEEM TO HAVE A VERY SIMILAR MANA PRESENCE TO THAT OF THE UNLIVING, YOUR VERY MANA CLASHES WITH THE LIVING MANA IN THIS WORLD... LIKE OIL AND WATER... YOU DON'T BELONG HER-. "
Ragnarok immediately noticed a fast approaching attack and instantly put up a barrier around himself, while Dante had little time to react and face the full wrath of the incoming attack and was knocked out, as the whole terrain was instantaneously lit in.... White flames.
"... YOU AGAIN, WHAT A PES-... OH I SEE YOU HAVE UNDER WENT A TRANSFORMATION" Ragnarok disabled his barrier and stood up to gaze towards the flaming demon before him, with white flames of fire revolving around his skeletal form.
"HAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHAGAHA YOU BASTARD THINK YOU CAN THROW ME AWAY LIKE THAT! I DON'T NEED YOUR BODY... ALL I NEED IS HER SOUL!" the figure screamed in a crazy way, as he brought out an orb... Of overwhelming mana... The mana within it, is so pure. "THE RITUAL SHALL BE COMPLETE, FOR I OFFER THE PERFECT BODY TO BE SACRIFICED... AND THAT IS MY BODY, TOGETHER WITH THE SOUL OF A KINDRED SPIRIT, I VICTOR SHALL BE "
Victor then ate the soul orb, and with a very bright light consuming his very been, Ragnarok widen his eyes in the sudden appearance or divine mana, as the skeletal victor was now in an amour of white flames, white flaming wings and a gigantic halo at his back.
"IMPOSSIBLE... THEY CANT REALLY BE HERE" Ragnarok muttered as he started to prepare himself for the inevitable battle that was about to begin.
"BEHOLD MY POWER, BEHOLD MY PRESENCE... KNEEL BEFORE VICTOR!"
"VERY WELL THEN... COME!" The dark being callout to victor, and with a sudden burst of energy... The battle had begun.
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Earlier ago
Victor's p.o.v
'gggrh... M-my body, that demon will pay for what he did. Though that power was amazing, but it's clear that I can't harness and contain Ragnarok... Just what were the ministry thinking bringing back a being like him.' I was bleeding profusely, while trying to subdue the pain.
"d-damn it... without him the ritual can't be done... the fusion of the pure soul with a... corrupted body, OF COURSE!" I realized the missing piece of the ritual, as I stood up while supporting myself on a nearby rock.
Flashback
"corruption occurs within the soul and not the body, given that the soul can act as a gateway to allow mana to flow through the body naturally... That is mana flows everywhere... Both, the light and pure mana... And also the dark mana."
"but bishop... then how do hamjis... come to be, yes I know that it's because of corruption but what cause it... how are those demons so... Powerful" I asked my mentor, who just continued to stare behind the protection glass at the experiment undergoing corruption.
"in the cosmos they exist two major types of mana, living mana... and dark mana. These Manas are what forms our very existence... but out of these two type of mana, we are mostly born and conceived by the essence of the living mana, and then comes the dark mana... But remember that whatever comes must go, so after birth; our very being depends on the living essence of mana to sustain our very existence, while the dark mana... Remains unused and unworn, so it flows through the cosmos aimlessly. " he explained, as he continued to observe the change. "although, they are beings out there able to control it and this beings are able to consume it and live within it, and these beings are what we call demons. They are born from dark mana and are very attracted to it, though all living have a little amount of dark mana within them... That dark mana can't grow with most, but these demons can increase it. So when we undergo corruption our very soul act as a gateway for the demons to come through... Because we are all link with mana... Even the dark one. So when we're driven by dark emotions... We intend to draw those demons closer to us, and if they find that our soul is open for them to consume...."
'..... amazing, so you mean that when we're possessed by a demon, and transform into a hamji... We can have that same ability as a demon..." I thought in awe, as the human child undergoing corruption, started to grow in mana presence... But now its mana presence was dark and heavy... So dense.
" so when we're possessed by it... we gain it's ability to absorb that massive amount of dark mana present within this world" the bishop grinned in a sadistic way and turned towards victor. "And if a person can harness that power... just imagine how glorious it will be, "
'yes... just imagine that power... but how strong would it be if it had... both... hehehehe DIVINE!'
End of flashback
"i don't need that foolish brat... because the perfect body is already... here" I proclaimed, as I started to let my selfish way get rampant... So that I will become one of them.
It didn't take long for my body to fully be immersed in dark mana, because I could feel the very being within my soul.
'...hun....gry' I heard the demon within me whispered out, trying to get control over my very being , but just as it was about to have success, my flesh was starting to decay and white flames started to leak out of my body; I then closed my soul gate, trapping the demon within me. "I control you... so just die and give me your POWER!"
I continued to force myself to absorb the demon... It screamed in pain and so did I, but after this long torment... Finally the being of the demon, became my own, I was in control.
"ha...ha...ha..HAHAHAHAHAA I AM IN CONTROL, AND NOW I CAN SEE IT... THE DARK ENERGY EVERYWHERE, HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT... BUT NOW IT ALL BELONGS... TO... ME!!!" I roared out, absorbing a massive amount of dark mana, as my flames busted out in excitement of power... True I feel power. "HAHAHAAHA... SO NOW, IT'S TIME FOR PAY... BACK!!"
And with that I launched towards the battle site, in search of that brat.