Rigor has a gleam of confidence glaring through his eyes. It was his first time seeing Fiend since they'd been back from the Labyrinth. BlackBlood also had a bit of excitement pass through her momentarily...
(BlackBlood) So we will have a real battle after all? Good, I didn't want this to be easy for Him (Gargy). Rigor, how do you want to wager??
(Rigor) What could you possibly want or expect me to wager? We clearly are at your mercy so I want our Circle to be left alone. I want you to leave and never come back...
(BlackBlood) Ok.
(Rigor) That's it??! Ok?! Well what do you want??
(BlackBlood) I want the Oasis, I want Cerq, I want all of your holdings, (her face twisting into a frown, her face twitching slightly, her eyes now bubbling with hatred, she gritted her teeth, and lastly...)
I WANT YOUR LIVES!
(San'Halo) Grada we have to find a point when she's vulnerable and kill her instantly. We can't afford to miss the opportunity. She is a walking disaster...
(Grada) To hell with her, but yes you're right we must await for the best moment. But will that come before or after she kills these fools?? Let's move a little closer if we can...
(San) Yeah we can, but our presence will be felt for a brief second.
(Grada) What??!
(San) Yeah it's so we can cross over into another rift. This one was stopped here at this distance. It is draining as long as I leave the end open, so I cut it there. But we'll be fine Grada... Trust Me.
(Grada) I suppose you're right. Let's go.
The milliseconds it took to move between rifts was all BlackBlood would need to gauge the range of San & Grada. She felt his presence indeed, she had goosebumps. She felt his heart leaking desperation as the clock on his life slowly fleeted before his eyes. Instead of calling him out of hiding, she proceeded with the Carnage battle between Fiend the Hyena and her Gargoyle...
(Rigor) Which habitat will the fight take place??
(BlackBlood) Hmm. Well who is the overwhelming favorite?? You know what? Let's allow your Circle to vote...
The circle members immediately blurted out a single name.... Yeah BlackBlood!! BlackBlood! Aye BlackBlood. Yes BlackBlood. We vote BlackBlood as the favorite....
(Rigor) You're all cowards. But when this is all said and done I'll be the one who stands alone...
(BlackBlood) Now listen I will drop my Blood Prison once we arrive there. If anyone makes an attempt on my life you will die. This is more of a ritual to my Gargoyle and Hyena than any of you would understand...
(Rigor) I understand and I too want them to fight it out. I want you out of here, I don't like being at your mercy. I also don't care for my people being held under your thumb, now let's get going. We can use the Soul Core without Grada being here...
(BlackBlood) Tsk. Tsk. I don't need a Soul Core for teleportation. Grada has you all fooled...
-BlackBlood pulled out the Oni Forest Magus-
She leveled it above her hand and the book whipped open. A Dark Light shined from its pages as if it was a Beacon shooting up to the heavens... Then it engulfed all of them within Blood Prison and along with it came a dead silence... A dark vehement sound bellowed out. A sound never known to them fell upon all of their ears and it was unimaginable...
And a twinkle came forth the size of a mustard seed, but it shone as bright as a fire lit over a night's horizon. It started sparkling from the top of the skyline down to the bottom of their feet like it was a ray of light responding to the beacon of darkness...
A hole ripped into the skyline from the sparkle of light, and a blaze of lightning cracked the sky, blinding everyone. And when they opened their eyes, there was no Blood Prison, the Oasis was all that they still could see...
(BlackBlood) Let's go to the Fighting Habitat...
(Grada) San!! How is this possible??? She moved all of us from the Oasis with just that Magus??! Have you ever witnessed anything of this magnitude from a single entity?
(San'Halo) Grada. Have you??
Astonishing as the teleportation was, the land outside of the Oasis was nothing familiar to any of them, not even to Grada. Everyone stepped out of the canopy of the Oasis and noticed the plot of land she teleported was now infused into this strange place...
(BlackBlood) This is Raxor's Edge!!! You see that Plateau over there? That is the arena for this battle. The entrance is located at the bottom, there's a cave...
The Plateau was made of some kind of sedimentary stone. It was not built but well placed by something bigger. The monolithic arena covered a vast distance in width and on the edges were large spheres of Smooth Rock neatly placed as if they were eggs in the nest of a great bird...
(Rigor) BlackBlood where are you taking us? Why does it look as if this place is set up beforehand?? Where the hell is your Gargoyle?? Fiend is being transported inside this pod but I don't see your damn Gargoyle!! What the hell are you trying to pull? Was this a ploy to get us away from Grada and our home??
(BlackBlood) If I wanted to do that you all would've died on Nova. This is the home of Gargoyles, I sent him straight to the Battlefield. I know he's sleeping right now... Your Fiend really pissed him off, so he came here to slumber and Dream... Kek Kek Kek..
They walked into the cave and it was hollowed out and the bright shine of the day was illuminating the way... Once all were inside the cave, the cave floor suddenly started rising up into the sky and the shine of daylight grew dimmer as they would rise through the cave...
They reached the top of the cave and the floor stayed solid. Their mouths were gaping, restructured in awe at the huge stone eggs placed in swirls among swirls and circular formations stretching across the Plateau...
In the middle of the formation there was an area valley with jagged and steep edges of rock stretching across a huge trench... The place seemed more like an execution location than a battlefield...
One of the Stones on the Plateau cracked open and a Dark Purple Beast stepped out with Gray wings spreading out like a pure demon spawn. And with the Deepest and Mightiest of Roars, he cracked all the other Stones....
To be continued...
Next Chapter 26...
~Blood Oasis~