483 The Epic Battle - Part 4
But something told me these tentacles weren't that small! Having such tentacles might provide an act of defence for the monster here.
Yet against my mighty wave attack, all these tentacles were burnt down. Even the body of that monster started to burn and get wounds.
The wounds looked exactly like the gap that monster created on the water surface; deep, long, and broad.
Black big drops the size of hills started to appear from that body. I knew these were his blood droplets, looking in such a big way for a dwarf race like mine.
"You… Managed to wound him?!!!" Isac gave such useless comments that didn't give any help at all.
So I decided to ignore whatever she said, unless it was out of great importance.
[Your shield needs one million souls to repair itself] just as my shield got all these attacks from all directions, and even before the rocks coming from the depth of the ocean would rise up, I got such a message.
One million souls? [Take them!] I didn't even hesitate to pay such a price. After all, my soul count was rising nonstop and reached a grand figure of tens of millions.
Just during the past desperate act of me, my controlled monsters killed lots, lots beyond what I could count. And this was still rising up as they were killing while advancing towards me.
I didn't forget about my monsters, but I had to wait for a suitable stage to be prepared for them to shine. As for fearing to lose them, I got the feeling that they would all get encompassed under my shield, or at least most of those close by.
I raised my head and could see long and deep cracks appearing at my shield. It was a very grand scene, one that would turn anyone into a panicked chicken, just like Isac here.
But in a flash, the shield got all repaired. All the cracks were gone, and the shield that was on the verge of collapsing got a rebirth.
For one million souls? That was just a great price to have such a magical effect.
As for my pillar, I kept moving it around. I was trying no to only expand the area of damage over this behemoth, but to look for any point of weakness.
I now could tell why Isac and her race never got to know any weak spot about it. How would they and they weren't able to see its true shape and body?
Just from my attack I could tell that dude was really massive, but it wasn't standing erect. It was floating on water, and that made me shocked for many minutes when I realised that.
Just laying on water and having such a high stature, almost a hundred metre higher than my chariot right now? That was scary!
It looked like I was just hitting the side of its body. What if I was fighting it over the ground? How high would it get if it stood on its limbs or tentacles?
Damn! That dude… It was just something way beyond my current power to face.
I threw away all these useless feelings and started to move my chariot higher.
I had to become higher than it, and then I'd aim at its main body and not just its side.
I wanted to locate its head, eyes, or even its heart. Any place that would be vulnerable for me to hit and cause considerable damage was a good target.
As I rose my chariot up, the first wave of rock attack from the depth of the ocean bed came at last.
The rocks weren't just normal. They were big, and had that black lustre around them. I didn't know if they were the way of how its technique worked, or if that layer of energy was there to add more damage or shield the rocks from any counter attacks.
But these rocks were really fierce! Rocks in the size of mountain peaks came crashing from down to above, trying to break through my shield.
My shield reverberated fiercely and its surface showed more turbulence than ever. Faint cracks started to appear all over the contact zone, but the shield still stood tall and mighty.
No matter how many of these rocks came crashing at it, they only caused faint cracks.
These kinds of cracks were able to heal on themselves. I didn't need to spend more souls to fix these.
But what happened next made me positive that I'd bleed more souls to repair the damage.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!
It started when many rocks gathered and stopped by my shield. It looked like being together made a change or triggered something, leading to a massive series of explosions that managed to even tear apart part of my shield.
Thick tongues of black fire fell deep down the gap towards my direction. In fact the gap wasn't in line with me, but I felt there was some sort of will controlling these.
[Do you want to pay three million souls to repair the shield?]
"Pay!" I didn't have any option here anyway. These tongues of dark fire reached me fast enough before my voice would cool down.
That bastard seemed to do all this to just break through my shield and get to me. Least it knew this shield wasn't the only one I had.
*Rumble!"
Having these fierce clashes close up made the sounds of explosions be deafening and terrifying. However no matter how many of these fire thick arms tried to hit me, they were all stopped by my chariot.
Then the bigger shield started to heal, cutting these fire thick pillars from the middle, making them lose all connection with their master and fall down.
I thought they would dissipate in wisps of thick black smoke, but they fell just fine over the surface of the water, not even sinking down.
These… I was now curious about these fiery hardened black pieces. They were treasures, indeed they were!
484 The Epic Battle - Part 5
However I had to wait until I crush that son of b*tch. Just the early clash between us was so intense that it made even the entire world rock and rumble.
Isac stood at her place, grabbing the rim of my chariot with such ashen white face. This girl didn't have enough mental strength to face such a scary monster she was raised on fearing.
In my eyes, it was just a big behemoth, with nothing special about it so far.
As I closed the gap created by its sudden explosion of the rocks, I moved my chariot higher, reaching close to the edge of my shield.
The shield seemed to slowly expand, not as fast as before. It was of course due to the intense and brutal attacks it was getting from different directions.
But at least it was able to expand a little towards the front and upwards to let me see the back of that bastard.
"Let's see how you are going to hide your head from me," I moved my pillar to clash at that gigantic back of that monster.
It was all pitch black, killing all sorts of light. But when my deadly ray of energy clashed with it, all the darkness vanished while a growing flower shaped explosion erupted, illuminating parts of the back.
And like the side, it was covered with ridges and tentacles. Nothing stood in front of my deadly ray. But I knew this wasn't enough.
The ray could only hurt a limited surface of that monster. Not to mention that the monster 's entire body was like a sturdy piece of steel. I felt like scrapping its body like I was peeling an onion, layer by layer, attack per attack.
It was effective, but it was damn slow! At this rate I might take an entire month to just reach deep enough to threaten this monster!
It wasn't logical or practical. So I had to find that point of weakness, and start focusing on it.
"Wow! That… Tickles! Hahahaha!"
Just as I was pointing my pillar everywhere I could reach on its back, such a childish voice came all of sudden, startling me.
"Damn! he…He is awake!"
"What? Was he sleeping all this time?!!" This time I turned to Isac, who had her body shivering out of genuine fear.
Just from looking at her reaction, I could tell how deeply scared she was. And I also got the answer already.
"Damn! All this… What about the abilities it used before?!!"
"They… As long as he was roaring, he was sleeping deeply. Only his body would react according to the situation. But now… the real monster is awake…"
She couldn't continue speaking, as she lowered her head, hiding it in between her shivering legs, and murmuring all the time, "We are dead, we are dead, we are dead…"
Damn girl! We were still alive! Stop cursing us like that!
"Wow! I reached a new world! Amazing!" The childish voice came once more from it, and I could see the colossal body trembling when it spoke.
This dude… Was it really asleep when it came here? Was I fighting against a sleeping monster? And I couldn't even win? Damn!
"Hahaha! Stop it! Stop it! I can't take it anymore! Hahahaha!" Just as I was absorbed in my shock, that voice which belonged to a six or seven years old kid came again amidst his laughter.
To be honest… His laughs were sweet, not any different from any kid.
"So you are a kid?" I finally couldn't help but shout. I didn't know if he would hear me or not in the middle of all this chaos, but I had the feeling that it would.
"Hahaha, stop it first, it tickles, hahaha! I can't take it, please stop it, please!"
Please? Was he acting this courteous to me? damn! A deadly freak looked much weirder when it acted in such a way.
"I'm sorry but I have to keep massaging your body," what else could I say? My strongest attack here did only this! Making that bastard… Laugh!
"Hahaha! Ok, ok, I'm going to give you a gift if you stop, or not I… Hahahah… I will make you stop using force!"
A choice? One with a gift and another with a punishment? Of course the choice here was simple.
However, just before I could open my mouth to answer, a message came out of nowhere.
[Don't accept any offer from him, or else you'll get cursed!]
"S… Sith!" damn! It was Sith! It was my supporting god! He finally showed up, and again at such a delicate and critical moment.
Get cursed? Damn fierce! Dude, I was the one cursing you, not the opposite.
[Just keep attacking, don't stop or listen to anything he would offer you]
"I… Frankly dunno how to kill it," I honestly blurted it out. In front of Sith, my Sith, I held nothing back off him.
[You are doing fine! Just make sure to not accept any of his offers]
"I'm doing terribly! All I did was to make it laugh…" It felt really bitter and greatly disappointing admitting it like this. But I failed. All I did was to give that bastard a massage.
[If so then why did he wake up then? You have to know that kind of monster takes a decade to sleep in deep slumber. Waking him up means only one thing…]
Sith paused, and I got what he wanted to say here.
"He is getting considerable damage and feeling immense pain!" my eyes shone brightly, while looking again at the colossal trembling body of that behemoth.
My shield was still getting fiercely attacked from all its abilities. It felt like true doomsday was happening outside my shield, and I was separated from it by the sturdy shield of mine.
Its body was trembling, and it was just laughing to mask the pain and not let me see through it? Damn fierce! Indeed this monster was… evil and cunning!
I never met something or someone like it before! It was masking its pain and faking laughing, masking his body trembling using laughter.
485 [Bonus chapter] Sith's Advice
How in the world did it come up with such an idea? Damn! I was this close to falling for it. I didn't even want to imagine what would happen if I ever made such a mistake.
"Hahaha! Stop it, please! Hahaha! I can't take it anymore, hahahaha! Tell me what you will choose, hahahaha! Come on, let's make a good deal here, hahahaha!"
I listened to its rubbish talk and couldn't help but inwardly sigh. That dude was really… Convincing!
With its childish voice that would make anyone feel close to it, and its laughs that came in such a natural way… Everything pointed out the opposite of what Sith said.
But I trusted Sith! He stood by my side on more than one deadly occasion. I knew he was here for my sake… Wait, he was here not only to warn me, right?
"Sith… Tell me what do you want from me?" Sith always came and offered help but also would guide me towards doing something crazy.
Last time he stood by my side when I fought desperately against the alien universe creatures. But he also guided me through my cultivation technique and helped me to ride over the deadly star weapons.
So as he was here, didn't it also mean he was trying to give me another valuable advice and help?
[You have a valuable and very rare chance here] As I expected, he came here to give me a pleasant gift, [This monster… You can have it]
"What?!!!" but what he said shocked me. "What are you talking about?!!"
[Just think about it… That monster is a dark realm evolved and mutated beast, one of a kind. But do you know how such a monster came to existence?]
"I… Don't know such a thing!" I was honestly admitting my ignorance here about this. In fact I still saw facing such monsters as a test that I shouldn't be facing at this current stage.
[He got infected from the dark energy of the other universe] Sith started to explain, [The other universe is trying its best to invade and infect us with its energy. Worlds without races are just like good soil for its energy to spread and infect monsters. And as such, this monster and many others were created]
"Do you mean… Are you referring to my shadow world?" I started to link the dots here. And with the Sith's next words, I knew I guessed it right.
[Bingo! Our cultivation base is what we might call a variant, a successful use of that universe energy without getting under their control. That also gives you an advantage here. These monsters stopped growing long ago thanks to the rarity of dark energy in our universe. But inside you shadow world, he can continue growing and maturing in a fast pace]
"That's… Interesting," I slowly muttered while looking at the colossal behemoth in front of me, "should I try to suck it inside my world then? But…"
I paused out of hesitation and pure fear. Last time I tried to do that, it was against an immense amount of dark energy but it was no way near that monster here.
It wasn't just the size, but I felt the quality of dark energy in that monster was way much higher and much purer than anything I ever saw.
Trying to get such a behemoth inside my world? Damn! It would look great and enticing from the surface, but thinking about it gave me goosebumps!
[Even if you forced him in, you won't get it as your pet]
"Pet?!!! This thing?!!! So…"
[If you forcibly took him inside your world and he was still your enemy, it would be a disaster! He would be like a grounded dragon who gained wings! You won't allow him to enter there before being on your side]
"But… I can only do that by contracts… And I'm sure the contract that bastard has is a very high calibre one."
I understood what he wanted me to do here. Forcing the monster to sign a contract was a problem, but breaking the contract it had and making it sign another with me was another and much bigger problem.
[I'll provide the contract for you to use, but you have to force him to sign it]
"What about breaking that contract?"
[Do you think there is truly something in this universe that can bind such monsters?] Sith said such shocking words, [He is just acting docile as he gets what he desperately needs from the Selvators. But in fact, all the big forces in the universe know that such kind of monsters won't be bound by anything born or made in our universe]
"Then… Won't it turn against me once it got what it wanted? Damn! I can't risk doing this!"
[Wrong! If we don't have anything to bind him, you have]
"My shadow world?"
[Wrong! It's not your world, but your cultivation]
I felt at loss once more. Why every time Sith appeared and talked to me, I always had such hard to grasp conversations?! It… Felt quite frustrating!
[You dumbhead… If not for being too damn lucky and gaining such rare chances that I never saw anyone have in such a short amount of time, I'd better go and have fun instead of talking to a thick headed human like you!]
"Don't get me involved in your love affairs," I rolled my eyes, "and stay away from the girls from the love shrine."
[You know nothing! As if they are all girls out there, humph! And before advising others, advise yourself first, womaniser!]
"I learnt from the master."
[Then show more respect to the master and don't waste more of my time! Just use your head for a bit, and stop making me spoon everything to you each time!]
"Sorry, but can you make yourself clearer? Or give me a hint?"
[Damn! Ok, ok… I got my blood pressure off the roof already thanks to… Ahem… Fine… Here is your tip… It's like the last time we did it together]
"A cultivation technique?!!! You don't mean…"
486 Fine! You Ruined My Mood!!
It hit me! He… Wanted me to create a new cultivation technique, one that would act like a contract binding that damn monster to me forever.
But… The real question here was… Would I be able to do it?
The last time he guided me to create a brand new technique that would open a portal linking my shadow world to here. But now things were quite different.
He wanted me to form a technique that would bind the soul of anyone forever to me. It wasn't just the issue of the difference between my strength and that colossal behemoth out there, but it was also a problem in concept.
How did these contracts even work? I always thought it was the magic of the system. But now I was asked to mimic such a thing, a thing that I never got to understand before… It was simply too much to ask for me to do here.
[Dumbass! You are really getting on my nerves more than that great goddess of beauty at that love shrine… You don't get how the loyalty contracts work? Dummy! It's not a contract, it's a pledge between two souls with a higher power overseeing it!]
"That's the system, but I'm not a higher form of power… Sith, come on pal, can't you see I'm just a normal human?"
[Normal my as*! I'm not referring to you, but to the source of energy your base is connected to and using]
"My green spiritual energy?"
[Stupid! Wrong! This form of energy comes from this universe. I just told you, there is no power in this universe that can control such creations!]
"Then… My shadow world is it?"
[Finally we got someone using his little brain! Yes, dumbass! It's your shadow world]
"Cool…" I said it without knowing really how I should do it. I just got tired from getting insulted all the time like I was a naughty stupid kid.
[Don't think… Just do it! If there is anyone in the entire universe who can get it done, then it's you]
"But I still don't get it! Can you explain more about how to do it?"
[Dummy! If I knew such a thing why would I waste my time and breath over you!]
He got me lost again! If he didn't know, then how was he sure this could be done?
[I know because I saw it, saw many strong foes in the other universe do it. So if they can, then you can. The thing is… You are the first in our universe to get such a base, the first to merge the two universes' energies in such a unique way. So I can't give you answers, you have to find them yourself. All I can do is to guide you and give you advice, nothing more]
"Got it!" so he didn't know anything about what he was talking about. That dumbass god! He was just trying to show up and act like the all knowing almighty while he was just a frog in the well.
[Stop cursing me or I swear I'll come to teach you a lesson personally!]
"No… No need… I already got one behemoth on my as*!"
[F*ck you! Who are you calling a behemoth?!! Damn! I won't step in to help you from now on!]
"Mighty god! Mighty Sith! I'm just a rash human kid who knows nothing about your might and wisdom. Please don't punish me like this and forgive me."
I had to kiss his as* to just let this go. I controlled my thoughts for now, hopefully he would leave in peace and let me alone.
[Fine! You already ruined my mood and drove my sexy girl away! Fine! I'll stay here and watch, see how you'll perform till the end. One single word that I don't like and consider yourself dead!]
Damn! He was going to watch! How should I… generously give him the credit he deserved?
I swallowed my saliva, feeling more bitter and sour inside my mouth. "Ok, I'll try my best then," I faked my admiration and veneration for him just to survive.
But in reality… I just wanted… You know…
[Stop trying to think of hideous ways to insult me… I'm reading your mind and seeing your thoughts in front of me… Let's see how you'll insult me next time!]
"Oh the all mighty and venerable and generous god, Sith, I won't dare to insult you."
[Liar!]
"I'm honestly speaking my thoughts and intentions here."
[No need, I know if you aren't that kind of a bastard, I won't have liked you]
"That means…"
[Kid! Are you tired of living or what?]
"Ahem… No sir, of course I like my life," I had to sigh before finally returning to the fight, "so I'll do it like last time, right?"
[It's your cultivation base and world… You are the best to decide, not me]
"Useless… Piece of sh*t this monster is!" I hurriedly corrected the words I wanted to say here. It was really stressful to speak with that Sith when he was in such a bad mood.
Ok, I'd better get to work then.
"Hahahaha! Come on! Let's get it to stop! Hahahaha! I can't take it anymore! Don't you show mercy on kids like me? Hahahaha!"
And now I had another shameless bastard to deal with here.
"Kids should always laugh, what's the big deal about it?" I blurted it out, while trying to not curse that motherf*cker.
After all, I needed it to sign a contract with me, using a technique I didn't know how to execute yet.
So until I could get inspiration here, I continued to lash that monster's back with my pillar.
Its body kept shivering, and I didn't let myself get fooled with its laughs. I kept attacking while the shield around me was getting bombarded with the deadly abilities of it.
What I noticed was that even after all this time talking with Sith and attacking this bastard, the abilities never ceased to stop.
487 Bringing Everyone To Battle
The fiery meteorites kept landing fiercely at me with no intention of stopping. As for the water deep hole created by it, an endless stream of different sized explosive rocks kept rising up and clashing fiercely against my shield.
And in the middle, tsunami waves kept coming from what this bastard did with its shivering body and the aftermath from the clash with my deadly beam.
In brief… The heat of this battle never decreased, in fact I thought it got raised for a little higher.
"Hahahaha! Please, please stop, hahahaha! Let's talk about our deal, please, hahahaha! I'll do anything you want, please stop, hahahaha!"
"Then stop the attacks of yours over my people," I shrugged, "do it and we can start talking about your laughing and massage session."
"So, is this a deal?"
[Don't agree!]
I wasn't a fool indeed to accept or say anything. I just started something for it to consider. I knew it was faking its laughs to mislead me. But words had no value in my eyes.
I had to force it to stop attacks for a period of time. After all, my grand army of monsters was waiting for my signal to attack.
Sending them out in such a deadly world wouldn't make any difference. I wanted to first secure the situation outside, then I'd let them come to fight.
"What do you say? Hahaha! Please stop it, we already are talking, hahahaha!"
No matter what he said or acted, I kept attacking and looking for its point of weakness.
As it was jolted awake from its deep slumber, it meant two things actually. One it was getting tortured, and I was getting so damn near its weak point.
But where was it? Its back was stretching for miles in all directions. I felt like looking for a needle in a haystack or something like that.
As long as I got a result from what I was doing, I didn't think about stopping at all.
I kept firing my skill at its back, ignoring all the laughs and fake pleas it said. In return, it never stopped attacking me back even for a single second!
We both were hitting each other with the largest and strongest weapons we ever had! From my part, I had that seemingly endless dark energy that came from my shadow world.
I didn't know how long it would last, but I was sure it would last for many hours. As for its attacks, I doubted it would last for as much.
After all it came out abruptly from a deep slumber, a move that must come with a price to pay.
In addition to that, I finally got some good news.
[Cursing is complete!]
At last! It took much longer than I expected. It started fast at first, but seemingly since that bastard woke up, it started to slow down and move like a snail.
However, it was done now. And just as I got this message, that colossal body shook, and new changes appeared.
First the attacks coming from everywhere showed a visible weakness. Before, the falling fiery meteorites crashed and fanned their fire to cover a large area of my shield.
Each now and then, new faint cracks would appear. They would take time to get amended on their own, but now the situation has changed.
All the cracks appearing suddenly healed at a rate visible to naked eye. Also the golden fire spreading over my shield became smaller, covering much smaller areas than before.
Even the mighty sound of their explosions became fainters and softer. The same also happened for the rocks ascending from the bottom of the ocean.
As for the tsunami waves, they didn't show any decrease. After all they were a natural response to the behemoth laying on the water surface.
Next change appeared in that bastard's body.
My flower-like explosions would spread and stop at a certain distance, mostly covering up to three hundred metres in radius.
But now they spread faster and exceeded five and six hundred metres. And that wasn't all. I could now see much deeper wounds left over by my attacks.
That bastard… it got weakened and so its defensive body got also weakened. So my attacks would leave behind much fiercer impact than before.
"Roar! Dammit! Dammit! You are a son of b*tch, you know that!"
And at this moment, the show that the bastard used before crumbled under the sudden increase in my attacks' effects on it.
It couldn't endure the pain anymore, and instead of those mighty laughs, mighty roars appeared and it was clear it was in deep pain.
"Come forward now!" At this moment, I had to push with everything I got. It was in such a confused state, lost many of its former strength for no obvious reason, or for a reason it wouldn't be able to amend or reverse.
So I opened my profile page, and gave an order to all the monsters I controlled. I didn't even spare those under the jumper's control, or those fighting the Selvators and their allies at Texas.
At this moment, it was a do or die situation. I had to throw everything I got at the face of that monster, forcing it to comply with my wishes.
"I'm going to f*cking kills you! Do you hear me? I'm going to torture you like never did to you before!" it kept roaring and whining like a little girl, while its voice added more credibility to such a feeling.
However I never stopped my attacks. Even when its rear body started to rise, as if it was trying to stand up.
"Keep your fat as* down there!" In response, I guided my pillar's ray to attack that ascending distant part of it. And it roared in immense pain next while that part slammed back at the ocean surface, creating a mightier wave of tsunami like never before.
*Roar!*
At last! My valiant boys appeared at this moment. I heard their roars coming from the water surface far behind me. "They are… Smart!" I noticed this change in their attitude.
488 You… Are… Crazy…!!!
First they never ventured forward unless inside the zone covered and protected by my shield. I didn't know if those outside got killed, or they just got a gut feeling to evade such imminent death. In the end they just came from the part covered by my shield.
And that wasn't all! First the aquatic monsters came first, forming some sort of a flesh bridge for other ground forces to walk over their backs to that damn monster.
It was really a remarkable scene, one I never expected. And it was pleasant to see. Also my flying monsters came and kept their flying zone inside my shield.
Great! Now my main army was here, it was time to give this damn bastard a true taste of what hell looked like.
"Come forth!" I instantly summoned everything I got. All the fallen gods, dragons, flying monsters, my different warriors… even the soulers… IF summoned all. "Attack!" I didn't hesitate to give the order while taking a pile of that godly essence, "use all, don't spare anything and use all your deadly attacks!"
Just at its weakest moment, I showed my true strength. Tens of thousands of my soulers flashed and jumped over that bastard's colossal body.
My fallen gods attack. My dragons attacked. Even my Bulltors and Shield warriors used grand weapons installed all over my chariot to attack.
I spared nothing in this battle, used almost everything I could muster. And I didn't stop there.
[I know you had gathered lots of soulers by now, send them in. also any race you captured, send everything you got!]
[Now?]
[Hurry!]
[Again you placed yourself in a deadly fight… Tell me, are you a troublemaker or a trouble magnet, or what?]
[No time, lady, just do it!]
[Ok, ok, don't shout!]
That lady nymph seemed to be in a good mood for no reason. I didn't have time, energy, or mind to spare and speak with her.
I had to use another weapon at my disposal.
"Bring all the Albany city monsters here!" That was the last piece I missed here. These monsters weren't just strong, immortal, and fierce… They were also able to stand in water.
I needed to expand that water bridge, as even with such a grand number of my monsters, it stretched for such a narrow space.
I needed to expand it, and with a hundred thousand Albany city monsters, I would be able to at least double its width.
"Go, stand on water and act like a bridge," I pointed in the opposite direction of the monster when the Albany monsters appeared.
As they moved and executed the order, I paid the corresponding price for summoning and using the blessing from the aquatic building back at the city.
Now all my forces were summoned, and I wanted to see how they'd perform.
The fiercest of all were the fallen gods, then dragons. These two were like mass destruction weapons at my side. Next my soulers came. These dudes weren't able to cause any harm to any intact zone.
But at the already present wounds, they worked better. They started to make these wounds deeper, forcing that monster to bleed again from these spots.
During all this time, I left behind lots of scars and deep wounds. So they had many spots to work upon.
*Fwoosh!*
And just at this moment, many portals flashed open. Lots of races came forth, and my soulers appeared in my inventory at the same time.
Of course I paid lots of bones to that lady, but I didn't care about such a thing for now. "Don't stand idle, fight for your lives! Kill or be killed!"
These races, alongside my different origin forces, were standing over the grand body of that monster outside the protection of my shield.
I would never think about expanding the shield to cover up that monster. Or else it would be able to either crush my shield or get inside and cause more harm than needed.
So all of my forces at the back of that monster were exposed to all the attacks coming from everywhere! Just when I summoned all of them, that bastard shifted most of its fiery and rocky attacks towards my forces.
"This…" from the side, the ashen white and all silence out of fear and panic. Isac finally had the courage to speak again, "you are the monster not him!"
"Don't mix me together with such a lowly thing," I said in disdain, "return to your corner. Things are going to be more hectic from now on."
Unlike what I said, she seemed to be attracted by something and went to the edge of the chariot to see the brutal fight outside.
"Your forces… They are getting massacred at a fast pace…"
She was right! Just during the first few minutes, I almost lost one tenth of my entire forces summoned here. That bastard was using its own attacks to kill my boys.
Of course that came at a price to pay. It got deeply wounded, and kept roaring like a little girl. But it was decisive and fierce, showing a will that never suited a kid at all!
"I have to interfere then," I looked at such a messy situation and decided to use my chariot for something better.
"Hold tight," as my chariot was moving at such a slow speed before, I pushed it to flash over that monster. If flashed all back and forth, appearing almost everywhere in the span of a few seconds.
If anyone was watching this from afar, he would see only afterimages of my chariot flashing everywhere. I did so to shelter my forces, letting my powered up shield take most of the attacks landing over the heads of my poor boys.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
"You… Are… Crazy…!!!" from the corner she stood at, Isac fell again on the floor and held the edge with both hands while shouting like this in immense panic.
Well, I gave her the choice to leave more than once, but she was so stubborn to keep staying here.
489 Think About Your Technique!
Now it wasn't time to regret such a decision, girl. You decided to act fierce before, so stick to it and don't blame but yourself for that.
My shield was taking damage from all the fiery meteorite and explosive rocks. Just during my initial attempt to shield my boys, most of the damage was taken out by my chariot, and the left over wasn't enough to threaten my boys like before.
However before I would heave a sigh of relief, these endless small tentacles all over its body started to shine, expand, and began to attack my boys.
In a matter of minutes, the situation turned into a brutal fight against my forces from my side, and those brutal tentacles from another.
It was chaotic down there! Now my soulers have another target to aim at. They flashed, and after a few attempts, these tentacles would wither and grow smaller before looking like rudimentary lumps on the back of that monster.
Comparing the size of these tentacles to my soulers, they were slightly bigger in size. That confirmed my earlier doubts, these tentacles weren't just small or babies like they looked like from far away.
"I will kill you! f*Cking kills you!" and all this time, I never stopped using my pillar deadly ray to burn that bastard.
And in return, it kept screaming, cursing, and threatening me in such a useless way.
What was the use of words? That monster just was a bit unlucky to face someone like me.
The dark energy I was using to hurt it made all the difference. I had to say that no matter which of my forces, none were able to cause considerable damage to make this monster even laugh!
Even my deadly fallen gods, and even when attacking in unison, they failed to cause something close up to half what my pillar's deadly ray caused.
That all was thanks to my dark energy. Without that energy, dealing with that monster would be much more troublesome indeed.
"Keep attacking," even if the situation down below was so messy, and even if my boys didn't cause much harm like my pillar, at least they were trying to cause more damage to that monster.
These tentacles were endless, but they were part of that monster. Killing or making them wither would come at a significant price if a great deal of them were destroyed.
And the good part of it was the new races coming to me from the Bringold impact were in such scary numbers of millions.
Also my army of monsters were in tens of millions, running and gushing without showing an end.
A great part of the losses was compensated by these two. I also kept moving my chariot, acting like a shelter for all of them.
And down below, they kept fighting against these tentacles. After the first loss and chaos, my forces started to get a grasp on what they were doing.
My soulers led the way, clearing a great space off tentacles, followed and aided by the rest. The smartest of all were the races brought over, followed by my soulers, then the monsters I controlled.
"Come forth!" as I had more soulers, I didn't spare any. The air space was filled with many dragons and flying monsters of different kinds. They kept lashing the monster with their breaths and attacks, without much damage to be honest.
"Focus on the wounds I create," after half an hour of such high intensity battle, I had to give in. they had little effect in causing any damage to that monster.
So it was better to focus on the places where I was wounded by my pillar. If they worked together with everyone else, things would end up in better shape for me.
As I expected, once my forces shifted their focus over the exposed areas I created using my pillar, noticeable results appeared.
These wounds started to gush large amounts of blood the size of massive rocks. At the same time, the wounds began to go deeper, and became much wider.
With this, the monster started to show fierce screams and roars, twisting its body in a violent way out of deep pain. Many deadly tsunami waves came to be stopped by the shield of my chariot and the bigger shield of my pillar.
[This is nice, but you shall think about your technique]
As I was trying to get myself immersed in fighting as an escape from this task, Sith's voice rang in my head, to remind me of this annoying task.
"I don't get how to sign a contract using my technique!" I was honest here. I didn't know the way. I didn't know how the contracts I was using worked.
[You just have to try, without trying you won't get the answer]
"That means you don't know the answer, right?"
[Kid, watch out your tongue… my patience has limits]
"…"
That damn barbaric god!
[Don't curse me, or else… I won't show you any tolerance or mercy because you are outstanding]
"Ok," I forgot about his previous threat. Damn! I couldn't curse him even in my thoughts. How would I vent my frustration then?
[Focus on creating this technique and stop whining]
"…"
The technique… The one I had absolutely no idea about how to do… Damn Sith!
[Stop whining and start thinking]
"Give me help at least," I rolled my eyes while waving my pillar to expand the areas of damage over that monster. "Just picking up at me isn't going to work!"
[Hmm… Last time using words helped, so why not try it again?]
"Words?" I paused, while recalling how I created my last technique.
Indeed it happened because I wrote the world portal. If I had to create a contract word, what would be the best suitable word to use?
Seal? Or bind? Or contract? Or… What?
[Stop assuming and start experimenting. Dummy head! How can you determine which will work without even trying?!]
Yes, he got a point here without doubt. So, let me start testing then.
490 [Bonus chapter] It's Hard To Deal With A God!
The first thing I did was to use my glaive and cause a deep wound in my left hand. I kept holding the pillar in my right hand, moved its wave attack and kept it hitting that bastard.
I had to keep it under control until I'd figure out how to form my technique.
The first word I thought of was to use wax Seal. After all, it was the closest one to what I wanted to do here.
I used my blood and started writing in midair. But first I formed the circle to make sure what I'd write wouldn't break down.
I finished forming the circle then started writing the word. In fact I didn't feel anything while writing this Seal word, not like what I got when I did the portal word.
So it wasn't a surprise that after I finished writing it, it floated midair without showing any change. I pushed my left fist into it, but nothing happened. It just kept hovering there without any change at all.
I looked at it, tried to draw random lines connecting the word with the circle, even drew another smaller circle inside to surround the word.
But nothing I did worked. In the end I had to wave my hand and end the technique, considering it a failure.
So the Seal word failed. I thought the success rate of this word was much higher than others. But now I had to test for other words.
I tried Contract, Bind, and even imprison… All failed! I noticed that not a single word caused a resonance when I wrote it down, making me feel I was doing something wrong.
What was it?
[You need to think deeper about how to create it] at this moment, the sound of Sith came to enlighten me about something, [Don't forget you have to use a form of energy that can affect that monster]
"A form of energy that can affect that monster… My spiritual energy won't be enough…" I thought then I moved my eyes involuntarily towards the monster then to my pillar.
It was gushing out its deadly ray that kept assaulting this monster. It was able to do so thanks to the immense higher form of dark energy inside my shadow world.
"So… I won't be able to execute this technique using my energy… I have to use this dark energy… But how?"
The first thing I tried was to make an attempt and such part of the dark energy coming out from my feet. But the moment I did, I felt like my entire body got electrified and paralyzed for an entire minute.
My body got stiffened and luckily my pillar didn't fall off or point away from that monster. But for an entire minute, the ray coming out from it kept digging through the flesh of that monster, creating a really deep hole this time.
The moment I regained control of my body again, I heaved a deep sigh of relief. It was… Such a scary feeling without doubt. Damn! Even when that energy was surrounded by a thin film of mine, it was still able to cause such backlash at me.
I didn't have any hope of using this energy, or else I'd end up dying before anything else.
So… What should I do?
"I'll kill you! I won't stop until you are dead! That damn energy you are using… It's very tasty to eat and much painful to endure… Screw you! Bastard! I'll kill you then take all this energy for myself! I'll eat you up!"
I heard that roaring voice of that monster, coming in such a childish tone that made it so damn funny.
"Keep whining, I won't stop until you are dead," I didn't show any moment of weakness, even if that bastard was threatening with words and its deadly abilities.
Right now I was able to endure everything it threw towards me. Even my forces down below started to grow accustomed to these tentacles of his, and they were killing them at such unparalleled speed.
As for their losses, they started to show an obvious decline. And with the constant arrival of my ground monsters, things became much better for me.
Only that technique was the thing I still had to crack.
"Damn you! Such a weakling of such a nameless homeless race got his hands over such a supreme form of energy… You don't deserve it! I will swallow you whole, take the source of that energy into my body and merge it with me to evolve!"
"Take it? Humph! As if it's…" I suddenly stopped, in much better words I froze. Just responding carefree about what that bastard said made me realise something…
The dark energy… It wasn't located in my body… It wasn't even inside my body at all… It was in the dark shadow world, a world that contained not only the dark energy but also those scary things that came from the portals before closing it up.
My shadow world contained lots of such dark energy in different forms. And I was just trying to use the wisps coming through my feet.
Why would I do that? Why wouldn't I get it done by using the source itself?
But a problem arose when I thought about this… Or two actually. First if I went inside, how would I use the technique to affect this monster here? Also would this energy really listen to my orders and follow my will? Or would it backlash and try to kill me?
Also if I left, what would happen to the fight here? My pillar? My forces? That damn monster?
It seemed stupid to leave such high level and very intense fight and go somewhere else. Especially if it was somewhere not related to this world at all!
[Stupid! I gainend such a stupid human as my follower… How did I end accepting you in my forces? What sorcery did you use to convince me?]
491 The God Nemesis Scissors
"Dude, you are a god, a mighty god, nothing can work on you but the beauty of those sexy goddesses from the love shrine," I said while rolling my eyes.
[And you are disrespectful to the god who is trying his best to help you]
"You are shameless, do you know that?"
[You are the shameless and ungrateful one! I'm here, leaving all my… Ahem, my business and trying to help you. And for what? To hear such impudent words from you all the time]
"It's you who is always speaking ill about me!" I said in defence.
[It's not my problem that I'm a god and you are just a pathetic weak little human kid. Get stronger first before asking to be treated well. Anyway, I was going to help, but now I changed my mind]
"Oh, mighty god Sith… You are the most handsome and the strongest god out there in the entire universe…"
[That flattering words of yours won't work on me this time. Stop using your sorcery with me!]
Damn you! I was trying to give you some courteous words to keep your face. And here you were, repaying this with cold and harsh words.
[Again! You are cursing me again! Damn you bastard!]
"What about this… I'll try to speak well to one of the goddesses of the love shrine. What do you think about that?" I thought about a solution as fast as possible. And without knowing it, I said what came up in my mind.
[As if you have a link with such an aloof shrine, humph! As if I'd buy what you say!]
"I'm not lying," I hurriedly said, "I got many girls on my side. I'll let a few join the love shrine and speak well about you. What do you think? Mighty god, Sith?"
[This… Humph! I won't need any help from such an impudent kid like you. But your honesty touched my heart, so I'll tell you about my idea]
Damn you! My honesty? My as*! I bet you only drooled over what I offered.
[Screw you bastard! Not a second passed and here you are cursing me!]
"I… Was cursing that monster," I hurriedly tried to correct things, "It's the one who made you leave your things and stay behind. I'll make sure to repay you kindly with my sincere efforts at the love shrine."
If things went south with Sith, then using the love shrine name would help.
[Humph! I'll close an eye over such impudence of yours for now. But this is your last warning!]
Yes, it worked!
"So, what should I do now?"
[I believe you should better go to that shadow world of yours. But if you do so, you'll risk losing a lot here. So it's better to bring that world here instead]
"Bring it here? Wait… You don't mean…" It suddenly hit me!
[It's risky, as you will let loose such energy out. But if a change might have occurred there, then it would be less aggressive to you]
"I…" I got what he was saying. He was asking me to open a portal between the two worlds, letting the dark energy and what was inside to come out. But that was risky.
After all, I didn't get into that shadow world of mine. If it was like before, then the scary creatures I trapped with great effort might get freed once more.
Also I engulfed lots of eggs as well. I didn't know if that was a good move or not, but it was definitely better than entirely leaving this battlefield and going into the shadow world.
[You got no other choice here] Sith summed it up in such a perfect statement. Indeed, I had no other choice but to risk this.
"But didn't you say you are going to help to severe the contract binding this monster?" I was about to make a move before suddenly recalling this.
Even if things worked out quite well, in the end the monster was still bound by a contract to the higher ups of the Selvator race.
Despite telling me that this monster couldn't be bound, and it was just feigning it, I knew to force the contract of mine I had to first severe that contract even if it was false.
[I knew it, I knew I got myself a damn stupid human kid to follow me, I knew it. What? Do you want me to have my blood pressure elevated? Kid, only one thing can make my heart race and my pressure go off the roof!]
I didn't mean any of this! Why every time I'd say something, he would pick up on me in such a mean way? Why did I sniff the scent of that jumper bastard in him from time to time?
"Didn't you say you'll help?" I rolled my eyes. This shameless… Kind hearted god said he was going to help. So why was he getting mad?
[I said I'm going to help, but I already gave you something to severe that contract]
"Give me… What? You didn't give me anything today!"
[Dummy! I gave it a long time ago. Damn! Such a godly artefact was left and forgotten! I bet it got covered with dust! Damn careless human!!]
This god… Ok, let me finish this first before expressing my thoughts. "What is it? Say its name and I'll bring it out!"
[That pair of scissors, dummy!]
Scissors! Pair of scissors?!! "You aren't possibly meaning… The god nemesis's scissors?"
[What else? Do you have other scissors other than these?!]
"But…" I was surprised, not for the scissors I never thought about, but because they weren't used in such a way! "They are used to providing good support to anyone, not contracts!"
[Dummy! Do you possibly think anyone, no matter how strong or powerful he is, can try and bind such scary bastards? No, the one who did it was and still is a god!]
"This…" it was really something I never thought about.
492 A Crazy Idea!
Thinking little about it got me convinced. If not a god, then who would try and bind such a behemoth? "So, when should I make my move? And the blessing points… I lack these…"
In fact I got busy working on any quest. I didn't get any more blessings but the ones I claimed before using my scissors.
[Didn't you steal lots of blessings before? Do it again! You have tons of other races here. Use your scissors on them]
"But…"
[Worrying they might die? Let them die! Those useless pieces of sh*t are doing nothing but screaming and shouting without even trying to fight!]
He was right. Most of the work was done by my personal forces. As for these races, they worked first as fodders when the tentacles attacked. But now they were pretty much useless.
So stealing blessing points from these? It was an enticing idea that I wouldn't say no to.
[You need to time it after you complete your technique. If you rashed and used it now, you might alert that annoying god and let him come here]
"As if you won't be able to stop him," I said, trying to tease him.
[Humph! Who can stop against my mighty power? But I'm afraid on you]
"I'm under your protection."
[In name, but I won't bother to spend much of my power to defend such a dummy and ungrateful sharp tongued dude like yourself]
"Come on! I'm one of your brilliant followers!" That was unfair!
[Just time it right and stop whining. I'll watch from the side, hopefully that dude won't be alerted anytime soon]
"You seem afraid of him," I couldn't control myself from laughing.
[Screw you! Let's see how you'll fart against such a god first before speaking!]
He got stirred up, and that meant he was really afraid. "Ok, ok, I'll make sure to attack them after I finish my technique, that is if I manage to survive what I'm going to do."
[Don't worry, with me here, there is nothing to be afraid of]
Yes, tell me about it! I rolled my eyes when I heard what he said. That jerk wasn't reliable at all.
[Hey! Watch out for your thoughts or else…]
"Ok, ok, I'm going to start now…" I couldn't help but start. If I continued thinking like this, things would turn bad as I wouldn't be able to control my curses and mean thoughts.
I started to draw the circle and the star inside it, then I wrote the word portal, letting it be absorbed in the entire drawing.
Then I placed my bleeding fist in the middle. During this, and all the time, that monster kept whining, screaming, cursing, and threatening.
All it did was to increase the rhythm of its attacks. That was nothing for me. My shields were taking away most of the damage. And after it got cursed, its intensity and brutality decreased by a great margin.
So I wasn't worried about it for the time being. It was only the problem of how to force it to become my follower and pet.
I hoped he knew what he was doing. Or else I'd end up risking everything like this for nothing in return.
Once I finished my technique, a portal opened. The last time I tried to surround it all over the creatures to engulf them inside. But this time I wanted to do the opposite.
I only thought about moving energy from the shadow world to here and suddenly thick tongues of black tentacles rose from the portal.
The portal got suddenly elevated and expanded, making me suck in a cold air of breath. The air coming off from these things was really dangerous, cold, and threatening.
I felt like I was getting pressured with the same domineering pressure from before. I couldn't prevent myself from recalling the scary moments where these creatures appeared in this world.
Would they come back again? Was I going to face two scary beings? Deadly threats to be precise?
Damn! Why did I let myself follow the tempting words of Sith! That bastard wasn't here, wasn't the one who was going to face such calamity.
[Hey, stop thinking bad about me! I'm on your side and still, don't you find it weird that not a single creature came from that portal yet?]
His words fell and enlightened me about this point. I looked up, the size of this portal was enough to let a few of those scary creatures pass through.
But all that came out were these thick and fiercely twisting black tentacles. Each was made out from black energy, making me feel threatened.
Just looking at these things made me recall something. "It's like… Threads coming out from my technique…" I couldn't help but link the two together, feeling the similarities in the two.
Well… If these things acted like my threads… Damn!
I didn't feel myself but raising the pillar, fixing it in my mouth while grabbing on it with my teeth. I kept focusing it over a point while taking out my glaive, fixed it on the ground and held it with my feet, before creating a deep wound at my right hand.
I had an idea… A crazy idea in fact. But it was so exciting to neglect it. So I had to try it out, try it out now and see the results!
[You… That's my boy!] Just as I raised my right hand and started drawing with my blood in the air, the shocked voice of Sith came.
I wasn't able to speak, but I thought about how he was looking down at me. Didn't he just ask me to try everything I got and try to make something crazy and new?
This wasn't the contract technique he asked me before to make. I didn't know why but it seemed like I was going to do something big this time!
As my technique was done, I inserted my bloodied fist in its centre. Threads gushed out like usual. But this time I didn't control it towards any enemy, only targeted my first technique.
493 Creating A Badass Technique
Once my threads got the order, they moved fast to surround my entire portal. I saw with my own eyes the threads of mine that looked thin like black hair got entangled and merged with the thick tentacles coming out from that portal.
I didn't know what I was aiming to get here. I was just following a hunch. If the two techniques gave me the same vibe, then why wouldn't I try to merge them together?
I was able to control my threads, but I needed to use my energy all the time to do that. On the other hand, these black and thick twisting tentacles came from the shadow world through my portal.
They used a thick and much purer and higher form of dark energy than mine. I still wasn't sure of what happened inside the shadow world, but it seemed a change happened and those scary creatures weren't there to annoy or threaten me.
Only dark energy remained. And these tentacles were using it. What if… I managed to merge the two techniques together, ending up controlling these thick tentacles as if they were my threads, using the immense dark energy inside my shadow world to fuel these tentacles and lead them to do whatever I wanted.
A crazy idea! But if it succeeded, then many things would change!
Such thick tentacles looked very threatening even to me. If I controlled them, I wouldn't only get myself free from their danger, but also would move them to threaten that big bastard down there.
I watched my thin threads get into the thick thick black tentacles, merging and vanishing inside, while my connection showed a new development.
Before I used to feel the hair-like threads, their expansion, their touch of anything. And now I didn't feel them, instead a new feeling grew.
It was filled with rage, brutality, and bloodlust. It was like I was dealing with a tamed puppy before and now I was dealing with a group of angry wild and hungry tigers.
This… This was how these tentacles felt like… I was… Really controlling them!
My heart raced up when I thought about it. I held my breath for an entire minute while waiting for this merge to be completed. I didn't gush anymore thin threads from my second technique, and waited for the ones I summoned before ending the merge.
And in that minute, such a process was done. I felt everything these thick tentacles felt.
Great! The first process was done smoothly. And now it was time for the second process.
"Move out!" I didn't hurry to attack that monster directly. I just gave the order for these thick tentacles to move and get elongated.
"Damn!" but the moment I did that, a severe backlash happened that even made me gush blood. It felt like my entire body got slammed heavily by a mighty falling of a big mountain.
*Sizzle!*
But before I'd take control of my body, I heard such a loud sizzling noise coming from my front. I hardly stood erect while enduring the pain and watching the miracle happen!
Just when my blood touched the ring of my second technique, it shone brightly before the entire threads also shone. This phenomenon expanded and reached the first technique that I held with my left fist, especially when part of the blood landed on it.
Then weirdly enough, threads started to appear and rise from the two techniques. The new threads were moving on their own, getting attached to the other technique before a pulling force emerged.
Damn! Don't tell me… They both were going to… Merge! Damn! Damn! How didn't I think about doing this before?
I thought about controlling the tentacles using my second technique. But I could simply merge the two techniques together.
By luck things started to work out much better than I hoped for. I didn't resist the pulling force, even moved my two hands with all might to accelerate it.
Once the two rings touched each other, I felt like my connection with my two fists got broken.
"I'll control you with this one," I knew a brand new technique was getting formed now. I took out my two fists, then inserted the left one deep in the middle of this black ball that was formed from the merge.
Before this, my two techniques were in the form of linear circles. But now they were in a three dimensional ball. Once my fist got inside, a brand new connection rose.
And with it, I felt like I got total control over that portal high up there. The portal even changed at these moments, turning from the linear circular pattern to a complete massive dark ball made out of dark energy.
As this happened, many more tentacles started to rise up. Threads that were connecting my technique with the portal before got thicker, broader, and looked much stronger than before.
This time, my connection wasn't as shallow as before. I felt that I got connected with something lying deep, much deeper inside that black ball.
I didn't need to think much about it. I got linked with whatever was gushing that immense supreme black energy out through my portal.
I got connected with the source of my black energy. And now I could move and control the outflux of it according to my will and thoughts.
"Let's test it," intoxicated and lost in my excitement by achieving this, I decided to give it a go and hit that monster.
With a single thought, a single look over that monster, a sudden gush of thick, mighty, and threatening looking pillars of dark energy gushed out from that black ball.
They looked like an explosion occurred, gave birth to tons of such black thick tentacles, and they all moved towards the body of that monster.
"Ahhh!" and the next thing I heard was the fierce roaring of that childish voice, ending up being coarse like it was on the verge of dying.
Each pillar… Each tentacle of mine… they all got inserted into the body of that monster. Each got deeper, much deeper than any depth my deadly beam from my pillar went towards.
494 Even Gods Can't Kill It!!!
I was now holding the pillar with my right hand, covered in my blood. It was still attacking, but comparing the damage caused by my tentacles with it, this pillar looked like a fly.
Even if it was a fly, I didn't think about terminating it for now. Anything that would make that bastard scream was needed.
But my new technique was really domineering! The only drawback of it was the source of its energy.
Would mine reach such a level one day? Damn! It was such an exciting goal for me to dream about achieving in this lifetime.
If I ever reached such a level one day, would that turn me into… A god?! Or would I be on an entirely different level than these gods?
Feeling such power, feeling such mightiness… I wanted to have such a feeling anytime I wanted. I had to start working harder at elevating my energy.
Black energy… My slightly dark green energy would turn into all black energy one day… One day I'd reach this goal for sure!
As my new technique ended up being as offensive and not sealing as I intended, I didn't know what to do next.
The damage caused by my dark pillars was really fierce! That bastard kept screaming in immense pain, not stopping from forming a chorus since my attack landed.
[That's not enough] as if Sith read through my doubts, he said, [This will make it in pain, but not enough to kill it. You are still too weak to do such a feat]
"At least it will realise how strong I am," I thought, "I might get a better chance in securing that contract than before."
[Don't do a deal with him, force him to sign the contract] Sith warned me again, [Doing any dealing with him will end up by you getting cursed]
"That's…" I thought by forcing it over this edge, it would accept any offer I'd make. But from Sith's repeated warnings, it seemed a bit dangerous to adopt such an approach.
I needed to force it to sign, not make a deal with it. "Isn't making it cry and scream out of deep pain enough to force it to sign the contract?"
[Not even close! He knows his perks and knows once you agree on something, you'll be under his mercy]
Damn fierce! Even if it was cornered against a mighty wall, it was still looking at any chance to turn the tables around and shift the tide.
Such an enemy… It was better to be killed than anything else.
[Don't dream about it, even gods like me will find it hard to kill such a thing!]
Even Sith?!!! Damn! I thought to use my dark energy to the last drop before thinking about doing anything else.
But if even a Sith couldn't do it, then how would I dream about achieving such a feat?
[You still have only one option… Form a new technique to bind this beast to you. If you fail, I'll kick you out of my group!]
Dude! If I ever failed, I'd die!
"Ok," I only said that. It was that hard to move me away from the mighty feeling I was having right now.
But as Sith said, it was so damn hard for even gods like him to kill this monster. In fact when I thought about it, it made quite sense.
If there was such a threatening being in the universe and it was out of control, then why didn't they just kill it?
If they could, they'd have done it a long time ago. But it seemed that the bastard was so damn hard to kill.
So it was better to play it safe. But how would I form this damn technique?
I looked at my current new technique and felt that the answer was related to this. I merged two techniques to form such a mighty one, so wouldn't it make more sense to merge more techniques together to form the one I wanted?
But the problem was… I couldn't do it before. But now, would I be able to do it?
"Let's try this out," I was inspired after thinking for a few minutes. I controlled one of the thick hands coming out from that gigantic black ball of mine.
It came smoothly and stood just a few metres away. It was really thick, almost double or triple my body.
"Here," I extended my bleeding right arm and let my blood fall over its broad surface. My blood gathered up and formed a little pond there. "Go!" I controlled it, making it withdraw and bend its tip to dip into my blood as if it was an ink.
Well, my idea was simple. If I couldn't do it myself, then why wouldn't I lend the help from one of these thick pillars? Using it as a giant brush?
"Seal!" I first drew the word in the air. It came in big letters, but it didn't sustain itself, shook and vanished like it was eaten away by fire.
It was within my expectations, yet it felt a little weird. I felt a faint resonance inside that thick brush, as if something there answered the call within my blood.
"Again," this time I first drew out a circle. Making a circle by such a huge brush ended up with one spanning over fifty metres in radius.
"Seal!" I controlled this brush and let it write the word. This time new things happened.
As if this brush acted like my arm, it got attracted instantly to the centre of this word while a fierce resonance appeared.
The surface of this pillar shook and vibrated, changed as if it was raging ocean surface with disturbed waves.
I looked up at this with much anticipation, but as these changes occurred, nothing new happened.
"Weird…" I started to feel the resistance of that brush to my will. I couldn't budge an inch away from that circle. All I could do was to stand idle and watch.
But I got a feeling… I shouldn't just stand by and watch… I had to act!
But… What should I do?!!
495 The Technique Is Ready... Almost!!
[Use another!] the answer came from no one but Sith, [and another, keep using those thick black things until it's done!]
"Ok," I didn't get what was the point actually but I wouldn't lose anything by trying. So the next half an hour I kept bringing those thick pillars, dropping my blood upon, and using these as brushes.
Each pillar experienced the same result. They all got attached to the word, seemingly acting like they wouldn't budge from there.
But when the thirteenth pillar was used, a new change occured.
The shocking surface of all of these vibrated and got suddenly extended. It was like mighty explosions occurred at these pillars, and in no time they turned into a mesh of black liquid that got fused together.
One huge droplet of black liquid formed in front of my eyes. It started fist as a gigantic black carpet, then started to bend its edges to form a big circular shaped droplet.
I didn't know why but seeing this made me think of my blood droplets. This big one engulfed the Seal word inside, hovered up there in the air without moving.
Its surface was calm, not showing any abnormal waves or fluctuation.
"Let's try to connect my technique to it," I mumbled what I felt, thinking about merging what I made with my technique here.
I now have three different sized balls made out of black energy. But the one formed last was the darkest out of the three.
It also was the calmest, giving me the impression of calmness before the storm.
But how would I form this storm? How would I initiate the cascade and launch the mighty power inside this ball thing?
I thought about using one thick pillar to connect the ball with the bigger one above it. But once my pillar touched it, it got severed and absorbed as if this ball was a beast with its own will.
So… What should I do? I felt like I was climbing a hard mountain, reaching the middle with no way to climb up any further.
It was… Quite frustrating actually. But what else would I do? What was in my power to do?
[Do it again!] again, Sith's voice came to save the day, [Do what you did but with different word]
"Different word…" I repeated what he just said as if I was enchanted by it. I was getting a moment of epiphany, as if I was having a glimpse at a very sacred knowledge.
A Seal word caused this, but a single word wasn't enough. I needed more, I needed to write more words to form a complete cycle.
Seal was used to seal this monster's power, but I also needed it to blindly obey me. So, Obey was the second word. Also I needed it to not attack me, so Safe was a needed word.
I also needed it to get linked with me, so a word Link was also needed. What else… Hmm… I needed to strengthen the word Seal. Should I use another word? Or use the same?
Using different words seemed more suitable. So, I thought about Bind, Limit, and Constrain as words that might help.
Once I formed all this, I started my work at once. I didn't even consider Sith's opinion, or wait for him to say anything to me.
I felt at this moment as If what I thought about was true. I was quite sure of what to do, and I didn't need any permission from anyone to do it.
I started to do all I did with different words. What I noticed was that with each word I wrote, the number of pillars I used decreased by one each time.
I started it with Seal word and thirteen pillars. Now I wrote six more words, ending up with seven pillars.
There were still six more missing. I tried to get connected to any of these seven balls, but each time I did, I lost one pillar.
[You need to think about more words] Sith's voice came to cut the path on my hesitation. I had to squeeze my mind and think about six more words to suit this technique.
I had this feeling that by forming the thirteen balls, my technique would be completed. However, how should I do it?
"Contract," I selected a word and started working on it. "Listen," I also selected another word similar to Obey before adding another, "Bodyguard."
Three words were done, but yet I still needed three more. "Subordinate," I said another, before thinking for a few more minutes, "Follower," was a similar word to Subordinate. Now there was only one missing.
[Worship] the last came from Sith.
"Worship? Isn't it a god-related term?" I was a little surprised by this word. Would it even work?
[It's suitable for the relationship between the two of you. Let him see you as a god, treat with you like mortals treat gods]
In fact what he said was quite alluring to me. Be a god to it? That was something cool indeed.
"God," I wrote the last word and this one had one pillar only to attract and merge with it.
As I finished, I looked at the thirteen balls hovering in midair with pride and happiness. My work here was almost done.
Each ball was different in size according to the number of pillars merged with it. So I got thirteen big balls, with different sizes in each one than the other.
But seeing these for the entire five minutes made me feel a totally different feeling than before.
"What's going on?!!" The balls stood in midair, with their smooth and calm surface, without showing a single disturbance or a movement.
They kept hovering up there in such eerie quietness that made me feel quite annoyed.
"Sith?" As I lost any clue about solving this bizarre situation, I tended towards my god.
[I dunno… I thought they would merge together or do some magic once you are done]
Even he got the same feeling. So what went wrong here? What did I miss?
496 What's Missing?
Just looking at these all calm and silent spheres of black energy without having any way to control them was really, really frustrating.
I wanted to complete this technique. I could feel it deep down my bones. I was close, so damn close to get it finished.
But for some reason, there was a thick wall standing between me and seeing the answer.
[They might be missing a circle to join them together] Sith proposed such a solution, which seemed logical in my eyes.
But as I tried to draw a circle with one pillar and my blood, it crumbled down on itself the moment I did it.
It felt like there was something missing, deep inside the balls themselves. "The circle isn't the answer," I muttered, "what is missing from my other techniques?"
I started to recall how I performed my other techniques. The more I thought, the more puzzled I got. "Only my fist getting in the middle of the technique… But I used to do such steps once the technique was done… Or is it done here?"
I held my right fist, moved it against the sharp edge of my glaive to reopen the wound. Then I tried to raise it towards the balls.
At a brief moment, the spheres moved. Their quiet surface got stirred up as if they were responding to some sort of a stimulus.
But as it appeared fast, it ended fast as well. In a blink of an eye, that change disappeared and the balls returned to their calm status.
"That's… Not working…" I muttered.
[Perhaps you are thinking wrong] Sith spoke in such a mysterious way, [You aren't doing a technique, you are mimicking a contract, right? What's missing from any contract you sign?]
As he asked, my mind started to steer in a fast way, thinking about what he just said. I got the conditions stated in any contract in the form of my spheres.
The words inside each represented a condition in any contract. So what was missing? Hmm… Could it be…
"My name," my eyes suddenly flashed in realisation, "I got to sign any contract first with my name before letting others sign with theirs."
[That monster will sign later on, so it's not needed for now to complete your technique, right?]
"Yes… It's missing my signature, my name! It's the missing piece… I found it! I found it!!" As I shouted in a loud tone like a crazy scientist, I started to work fast.
Another pillar came, and I left a large amount of blood on it. I didn't want any room for failure, so I prepared enough beforehand to write down my name and that monster's.
"Hye!" I said my name out loud, in such pride and domineering tone. The moment my pillar wrote it down, a weird thing happened.
Before, at any word I wrote, the pillar writing it would get attracted and merge with it. Even the last word I wrote experienced the same, getting only one pillar to form the black sphere.
But this time the pillar didn't merge, didn't show the familiar reaction and changes like the others. Instead, it got repelled like it was slammed fiercely with a hammer.
Just as I watched that pillar fly away in such a weird way, I saw the thirteen spheres floating and starting to finally move.
Each one started to move into a place, circulating around the central word of mine like my name was the sun and these spheres were planets orbiting it.
The speed of their flying increased remarkably with each passing second until they left behind afterimages then flashed to form a unified wall of blackness.
A much massive black ball appeared in front of my eyes, slowly coalescing together while shielding my name inside.
[Hurry!] as I was absorbed in watching this, the urgent voice of Sith rang in my mind, jolting me awake, [Use your right fist, hurry bind it with your blooded fist]
Yes! That was the last ingredient missing from this recipe. I didn't hesitate to raise my right fist, close it up and let the blood even fall over my face.
It didn't matter! Nothing mattered at this moment except for getting this damn technique done!
The moment I raised my bloody fist high in the air, a great turbulence occurred from that big black ball up there.
A thick black arm extended from there, fell towards my fist in slow motion. Or was I too nervous and excited to feel it this way? I didn't know!
It kept twisting, like a great snake coming towards my fist. Once it got near it, it hurriedly engulfed my fist with such a cold liquid that started to condense over my hand.
A glove appeared there, a dark blue glove that had an external scaly appearance, bright shimmering blue lines in between the scales, and ending up an inch or two above my elbow.
It felt… Amazing! This was the first time any technique of mine left something like this. I felt not only strong and mighty, I also felt a deep connection with a massive source of energy.
I felt like if I wanted, I could move lands and destroy mountains. I could do anything at this moment. I felt… Invincible.
"This…" I raised the glove in front of my eyes. The thick arm of black energy got wasted and vanished when this glove appeared.
I closed my fingers, felt the power circulating in that part of my body. I closed my eyes for a brief moment, examined that arm in contemplation, feeling the changes in it.
The meridians there were filled with dark blue energy that was in the form of a minute sphere. It wasn't like my spiritual energy, not like the energy I absorbed from the bones, not even like the berserk black energy I once channelled through my body.
It wasn't in a unified form. It was formed of a massive number of minute spheres, moving around, vibrating like they were breathing in the middle of my spiritual energy.
They gave me the feeling of blood cells circulating my veins and arteries within plasma.
It was… Such a new experience and a very amazing feeling.
497 The Mighty Dark Blue Glove
Even with their immense number, I was able to see each miniscule sphere as if it was magnified when getting focused on.
Each droplet seemed to have an immense amount of energy, enough to threaten anyone, even myself.
This wasn't a simple binding technique. No way it would be one like this. I opened my eyes and looked at my glove. This glove was proof of how mighty this technique was.
But I had no time to test it except for binding this monster to me. I turned my eyes and looked in such a cold way towards this monster.
At this moment, and while clenching my right fist, I felt like I could do anything. The impossible was a word that felt so low and small in front of me right now.
"You… Will kneel to me," I said in such a strong voice and demeanour that I never showed before. In my eyes, that gigantic monster was nothing but a mere fly.
"F*ck you! I'm going to swallow you whole and eat that damn energy source with your body!" that kid screamed, not knowing it's time to give such threats.
"Go… Bind it and make it scream," I raised my right arm high in the air, giving such order as if I was the sole god in this universe.
*Rumble!*
The world rumbled. It didn't happen at just my place, but I felt like the entire world responded to my order and rumbled in response.
Then the dimly lit world got much dimmer. Comparing that blackness this bastard showed when I first saw it, mine was much terrifying!
I didn't know what exactly happened. All I could see was that gigantic body engulfed inside such deep blackness. It felt like a much more colossal monster just appeared here, opened its massive jaws and was eating up this monster.
"Let me go! Let me free! Damn you, f*king weakling! How the hell did you gain such power? Screw you!" it started screaming in panic and cursing like this while it tried to escape.
The ocean all around got stirred up while that monster seemed to try to swim with all its might as far away as possible from here. But no matter where it went, how fast it swam, it had zero chance to escape.
I was hovering in the air above it. But it seemed like it never moved an inch, or my chariot moved on its own to keep up with its speed. I couldn't tell what happened, but in the end that monster stopped moving as it got all engulfed within that black mouth.
"Ok, ok, I succumb! Let's make a deal, let's sign a contract! I'm willing to do it now!"
"A contract? Indeed I forgot about this," my eyes shone as I stored away the pillar.
It has been great so far. But from now on, it wasn't time for it to be used. I got out the big scissors, which were still heavy as they landed on the floor of my chariot, making it all tremble under its immense weight.
"Come back!" At this moment, my warriors weren't needed anymore. I recalled back everyone, only leaving behind those races I got from the nymph lady.
I also gave them the order to jump and swim away. Also gave the same order to my quest monsters to retreat. I was going to end this fight in such a big move. And if that happened, I got the feeling that none would survive if they stayed on the back of that bastard.
My warriors returned back smoothly. The flying monsters also returned fast. Only the ground monsters kept trying their best to retreat, jump in the waters, or even try to push each other to get away.
It was total chaos. And I didn't get any time to spare here.
[I'll give you blessing points enough to sever that link with the Selvator god] Sith was finally showing a soft side of him. I wanted to ask him about the reason for such change, but decided not to.
It wasn't the time to do it. I held my scissors with my right hand.
And the moment I did, I felt like all the pressure and weight coming from it vanished! It looked like I was another person, a mightier one, when I was having this glove.
Damn! Would I be able to hold that damn heavy glaive now? It would be amazing if I could do so!
I resisted the urge to take that glaive out, jump over that bastard's body, and start hacking it to experience the mightiness of that glaive.
As I got the message to use the scissors, I accepted and the system didn't say anything about me falling short in blessing points count.
Sith did what he promised and supported me with enough blessing points to activate the scissors.
Once activated, it broke free from my hand, flew towards that monster and was inserted deep inside it. Unlike what I expected, it vanished deep within its body without a trace for a minute or so before a massive cry came from that monster.
I experienced lots of such severing processes before. Every single time the ones got severed would be left in immense pain for a few minutes.
Then an overwhelming weakness would assault them.
In the case of this monster, it kept roaring and trembling fiercely for long minutes. It took almost half an hour for it to stop screaming, while my scissors flew back to me.
The blades were shining in much more dangerous light than before. It seemed that these scissors didn't just sever the connection. It seemed to be a delicious meal or so.
"Get inside," it even vibrated under my fist like it was expressing its excitement and happiness. Yet it did its job and it was time to store it away.
All this time, the monster seemed to have some sort of a resistance against my technique. No matter how the black mouth tried to close up on it, it got stopped midway by some sort of a hidden energy.
498 [Bonus chapter] This Apocalypse Is Mine!
I knew it was the energy of the supporting god. After all this was supported by the immense and unfathomable power of the system.
Yet the moment the bond was severed, that resisting force vanished. In the middle of this monster roars, the black mouth closed, and then it started to move back towards my big black sphere.
[Get it inside the portal] at this moment, Sith spoke, [Don't let it just end in that sphere of yours]
"Why?" I didn't get why he said that.
[If you did, he won't leave this world and stay inside. He will always bound to this sphere, only summoned when you summon it]
"Damn!" I got what he wanted to say here. But how would I move that monster into the portal and not into the black sphere fiercely pulling it?
"Get inside," I thought about giving the order for that sphere to throw that monster inside my shadow world as Sith said. But a mysterious, unrestingly feeling rose up in my heart the moment I was about to do so.
So instead of throwing the monster inside that portal of mine, I planned to move the entire sphere into the shadow world.
This way, whatever would happen to that monster, it would still be in my shadow world. As for the process of summoning it again, I'd think of a suitable way later on.
[Are you sure?] Sith was able to see through my thoughts and fears. So he realised what I just felt and thought about, and didn't object about what I was doing.
He just expressed his worries and doubts.
"It's the safest way," I said in a decisive tone, "no matter how hard I'll have later on to summon it here, it's best to make sure I'm sealing it once and for all."
[Cool!] and Sith agreed to what I just thought about.
As I gave the order, I watched the black sphere move in slow speed towards the big portal up there. The thick tentacles coming from the black ball were still fiercely attacking that monster till now. And I didn't plan to give it a rest from such torture even for a brief second.
Not even when I was grabbing its neck and dragging it like a stray street dog!
*Flob!*
The smaller black ball vanished in such a smooth way through the portal like it just fell into the depth of the ocean waters. I still felt the connection with it, the connection with the source of the black energy getting a little stronger.
It was like the ball was separated by a membrane, and now it was directly standing next to that source.
It was expected. After all, that source lied inside my shadow world. I was curious though, curious about this black source. I wanted to go and stay there for a long time to study it after all this would be over.
"Let's speak, let's have a deal, please! I beg you!"
Its cursing and screams turned at this point to be pleasurable. That jerk, it never lost hope of tricking me even when it was this close to its doom.
I wasn't that kind of an idiot to give my enemies what they wanted. So I stood silent, clenching my right arm and feeling the gush of power through the glove.
With that glove, many things could be done. With that glove, I felt like fighting a god wouldn't be a problem.
As I watched that big behemoth get dragged in the middle of such deep blackness, I started to think about something.
Each time I needed to repeat what I did here to summon this ball and glove. I looked at my body, covered with thick dried up layers of my blood.
"Sigh, I lost a lot just to do this… If I repeat it a couple more times, will I get anaemia or something?"
I wasn't joking! I was really concerned about my health. Bleeding in such a way wasn't going to do me any good in the long term.
So it was obvious that this technique of mine had such a limit. I couldn't use it frequently like other techniques. But looking at the thick tongues of black energy assaulting that jerk, I felt more reassured.
It wasn't like I was left without a strong weapon to use in any strong fight. Not to mention I really doubted the presence of any strong being in the current stage of the apocalypse to contend with me.
Paragons? Humph! Let them see how mighty I was right now! All of this started because they grew a bit jealous and got cold feet. They decided to come at my Fang, and use me to kill him.
Destroying everything I worked so hard to build, ending up summoning such a calamity on my world as if they already gave up on it… Those bastards got what they deserved so far.
I didn't see any of them, and didn't know where they were. But I knew they were here watching with shaking legs what I did so far.
Even if they managed to stay alive after all this, their death was the only end awaiting for all of them.
After I'd finished dealing with this monster, I'd resummon my boys once more to tear this part of the ocean apart. I'd summon my krakens to look for these, and wouldn't stop until every inch was searched thoroughly and I got word of their death from Fang.
After that… I would take Fang back under my custody. If any paragon or higher up of the Selvator race had a little sense in their minds, they would hurry to amend the broken relations with Fang.
This way they would be sure to neutralise my threat over their race.
If they didn't move fast to do it, I'd end up being their fiercest enemy here. No matter how they'd do or try to build, I'd always come and crush everything over their heads.
That wasn't for Fang, it was for my future interests that were ruined by their silly decisions and childish actions.
This apocalypse… Was mine!
499 A Mysterious Wound On My Back
"Please… Please consider… Please let me go… Please let me leave… I won't stay in this world anymore. I hated your world! I won't stay here or come here ever again!"
That jerk… It was still trying to lure me with any possible means to let it free or accept a deal with it.
Deals were done by two equal power sides. If any side was stronger, it would force his own conditions over the weaker part.
And here I was the one holding the stick and it had to listen and obey.
I didn't even open my mouth or show a reaction on my face. Putting a cold expression over there, I kept watching the big black fog getting pulled in midair towards the portal without pause.
What I noticed, though, was the size of that black fog. It kept decreasing consistently. At first it was so massive, enough to look like a giant island or something.
But now it gave me the impression of being a little hill. It happened at a slow and constant pace, letting me not notice it until it got really smaller than before.
What was going on here? I could tell from the screams of that bastard that it was trapped in the middle of this fog. But why was it decreasing?
I tried to see through it, but I couldn't. Something looked weird here. But as long as it was working, grabbing that bastard towards my shadow world and sealing it, then I wouldn't comment on anything like this.
Perhaps this technique was forcing this monster to resize itself, to get suited to settle inside the black ball of mine. Anyway, I stood on my chariot like a real warlord, overlooking what was going on without even saying a single word.
By my side, I noticed Isac. she was shaking all the time at the corner of the chariot. Yet in the past few minutes, and with the unceasing screams of pleas coming from that monster, she got the courage to stand up and come to stand by my side and watch.
I turned and saw her ashen white face turned all red out of shock and disbelief. Her eyes were wide open, and her lips were trembling alongside her body.
She was in a state of deep shock and excitement. Seeing this boogey man who terrified her childhood getting treated in such an insulting way was indeed shocking and satisfying.
I left her to experience whatever she was feeling at the moment and returned to check my techniques.
Through my left arm, I could feel the fierce and wild black energy gushing out from my feet. They were coming without any sign of stopping, turning into such big black tentacles that kept assaulting that monster.
As for my right arm, things there looked much different. It was the same kind of black energy, but it behaved in a much different way.
I checked the status of my last technique. It was holding up. The fierceness I felt from it made me silently nod. The energy there looked like hungry wolves waiting for a fat sheep to be delivered to them to eat.
"Please…" at last! That talkative and noisy bastard got sucked through the portal at last!
The size of that black fog now shrunk to be enough to pass through the portal. I became much surer about my earlier guess. My technique was shrinking this bastard forcibly to a smaller size enough to let it pass through the portal and even get sealed in that ball.
As it passed through my portal, the world became suddenly silent and calm. The falling burning meteorites started to decrease in number on a constant pace until they vanished in the next five minutes.
The ocean was left with such a deep scar, and the rocks coming out from its bottom fell all of sudden back to where they came from.
Tsunami waves stopped, and the ocean started to regain its peace once more.
It looked like the world got severe wounds, and it was taking its time to recuperate and heal.
Such quietness… Such peace… Was really treasured after this fierce battle.
"W… Where is it?!!!" As the world grew quiet, Isac asked from my side in such a shaky voice.
I simply shrugged, didn't answer her back as I was closing my eyes and monitoring the changes inside my dark shadow world.
I didn't hurry to close up that portal. I didn't want to do anything to cause unforeseen change or something.
Once that bastard vanished from this world, the tentacles of mine kept twisting in a slow pace, like they entered a dormant state.
As for what was going inside my shadow world, I could only feel the changes inside my technique.
It was still grabbing fiercely that bastard towards the ball until it finally entered there. Once the monster entered that ball, many changes started to happen at the same time.
First I felt the technique to grow intense, circulate the energy inside like it was burning all of the dark energy in the ball. And with this, I felt a stinging burning lash at my back, just close to my right shoulder.
"Ouch!" It was really painful, and I couldn't help but to raise my left arm and touch that place. This ended my portal technique, making the thick tentacles fade away fast into wisps of black smoke.
"This…" I felt my back, and it should be covered with my armour. But at this moment, it felt like I got a blow back there by the fiercest spear ever. All I could feel was a gap in my armour, a thick and sticky warm liquid, plus a mark of a wound.
I was shocked when I touched that part and felt all this. I got my left hand back, and saw the rich red blood of mine covering my fingers in copious amounts.
It was… A really deep wound! But what caused it?! I turned around to check, but there was no one or any sort of weapon back there.
What happened? What caused this wound?!!
[It's your technique, dummy!] the voice of Sith came at this moment to unveil such mystery, [You gained yourself a pet. And it works like a summon for you now. What you got is the deep mark connecting you with your pet]
500 The Boogeyman Is Sealed!
"Is it… Normal?!" I couldn't help but ask.
[Sigh! In fact this is the first time for me to see it in the flesh. I heard a clan in the other universe is covered with such wounds as tattoos. They use these to summon fierce creatures to fight for them. I believe you are experiencing the same thing]
"Oh," I got what he wanted to say here. This wasn't normal at all! But it also wasn't unheard of. At least I knew I didn't get attacked while being busy checking my technique.
"My technique…" I recalled it and instantly closed my eyes to check it. But at this moment, I felt the glove covering my right arm fade away.
And when I tried to sense my technique, it was gone! It was like it wasn't there in the first place! Not a single trace was left behind, making me deeply shocked.
Where would that monster be? Did it work or not? How would I summon that bastard again?
[It's already sealed inside that mark on your back]
Sith always had the answer for anything I couldn't get.
"So… How can I summon it then?" This was the million dollars question.
[There is a way to summon it directly from that seal mark. But let me first research on how those folks used to did it before returning to you]
"Can't I summon it using my technique?"
[Dummy! Your technique to seal and bind, not to summon! You didn't include any summon words inside that technique, remember?]
His words hit me and made me regret not writing summon back there. Damn! I should have thought thoroughly and much deeper about this before finalising the technique.
However… Everything ended in my favour. And now… It was the revenge time.
"What… The hell is that?!!!"
But just as I turned my attention towards the all calm ocean waves, I saw something unexpected down there.
"This…" Isac also got attracted to the spot I was looking at, "isn't this… The main body of that monster?!!"
It was! Down there, I found lots of flesh and bones, floating on the surface of water like the water itself didn't want any of these.
Bones… There were bones… Lots of bones… Damn! I hit the jackpot this time. "Hahahaha!" I couldn't prevent myself from laughing while controlling the chariot to get down there.
"Come forth," I summoned one of my Krakens, "jump there, and let's take a tour," I said amidst my laughs while that big fellow jumped off and I followed.
As I landed on its back, I pointed towards the hill sized pieces of flesh around. "Go there, let's go now, hahaha!" I was really enjoying this!
I left Isac all alone behind, while watching me fervently visiting all the flesh pieces. I touched these, claimed my precious bones, and also stored away the rest.
I was acting like a scrap picker, gathering anything and everything and storing these away.
Aside from my precious bones that I desperately needed for my cultivation base, these flesh and tentacles must be of a very high grade.
Materials, meat, and even blood droplets… I gathered it all! After an hour of fervently moving around, I managed to just clear one tenth of this mess.
And with such harvest alone I kept laughing all the time. I got over two hundred pieces of bones so far, all were dark gold grade or above, with dozens in black and red grade.
That was a big harvest! And it wasn't over yet! Just a single red grade bone let me open my cultivation base. And with these, I was sure to ascend higher and even make a big breakthrough.
"This…" just in the middle of doing this, I met an unexpected surprise. "A diamond grade bone? Damn! Damn! This is… Big!!" I shouted while looking at the message I got about the grade of this bone.
Damn! Every bone I got would be doubled by the blessing of my god. So by this I didn't just get one diamond grade bone, but double! Damn! This was huge!
Getting this bone elevated my expectations for the rest. But it seemed this big dude only got one of such grades. The rest were dark gold or above, black and red grades.
But it wasn't that bad actually. Before getting this diamond bone, I was very thrilled and content with the red and dark grade bones.
[Did you kill them? Really?!!!]
This time, the message didn't come from Wryly, but from Fang himself.
[At last you got time to speak directly with me] I rolled my eyes when I read his words.
[Dude, I was blocked from getting in touch with you!]
[What changed then?] I knew something must have happened. After all, Fang contacted me eight hours after the end of such a big battle.
The news must have spread a long time ago. I didn't just kill paragons, but also that scary boogeyman of the Selvator race.
This was indeed a fierce blow to that race. And as I anticipated, they made their move.
[A ceasefire!]
[Sorry, what?] I faked my ignorance about this request.
[My race is asking for a ceasefire treaty with you, extending for the rest of the apocalypse]
[Not good enough] thought it was enough, who said I wouldn't ask for more from such a wounded race? Who told them to stand against me and act all mighty and such?
[This… Then, what do you want?]
[First you must return to the race of the paragons] I sent out my first condition for such a treaty, [not just as an archlord. They have to reinstate you again in a higher position, and decorate you with what suited your previous achievements]
[If I didn't know you well, I'd have to thank you for your care and concern for me]
[What for then? I'm doing all this for you!]
[Come on! I'm not that simple minded Berserker to make a fool of me! What else? What do you want?]