The second Malamn had even gotten a slight whiff of this lesser sin, of this enemy, he had know that he had to take him out of this fight as soon as possible.
Abuse may not have been exactly visible but just like most of the other sins, his presence was noticeable as well as plagued with a very particular vibe to it and Abuse wasn't one to try to conceal himself, it was dubious if he was even aware of his invisible state.
Even though his body had been confiscated by the divine as punishment, the shield charge from the mountainous man still pushed him back, he didn't take any damage but was being led away from his original position.
The towershield was large, too large for Abuse to be able to reach for his aggressor, only his aura was gnawing away at the champion.
It was certainly potent, inflicting the various drawbacks and ills of consuming drugs and alcohol, it was limited to what Abuse had experienced himself in the past but he had done enough to make this aura of his lethal.
But he was facing a pure tank, Malamn had the training and stats to resist this sort of ailment, the simple closeness within his aura wouldn't be enough to get Holy Roadblock, the lesser sin would have to make contact or hope that he stays in his aura for hours on end.
Not that Abuse was really caring about this, his only thoughts were toward getting something good for himself, to get a physical body to resume his endless consumption, his focus was never off of that.
Without any ways to fight back, as is only abilities resided in his sin, Abuse was carried away from the battlefield for a few minutes, before the champion found a suitable place to drop him off, suddenly stopping, he grabbed the bottom of his shield and swung it like club to send the sin flying into the nearby ravine.
The champion fell to his knees, he had been resisting but the effects of being close to the lesser sin were no joke, not many would have been able to come out unscathed from such a prolonged exposure.
He took some time to make sure the effects were truly expelled from his body before starting to run back, it had been easy enough to take care of that one but he hadn't even slightly tried to prevent this from happening, if all the lesser sins could be like this, it would make things much easier.
As if on cue, Malamn rose his head to see the dragon from earlier throw something from the sky with extreme strength, before breathing fire on whatever it was that he had chucked wuth enough force to rustle the leaves with the impact here.
"A pipe dream..." he commented to himself before starting to run back, he was certain that they wouldn't be against more help over there.
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Gregory managed to catch his landing, quite surprised that the burst of wind hadn't converted him into a blood mist.
Just as he was about to run back to go help Iustus, he noticed a sudden shift in weight, coming from right on his face.
It was so sudden and bizarre that it stunned him for a second, unable to comprehend what was happening until something suddenly blocked his vision.
Unable to react in time, the strange figure punched him in the guts, ripping through his stomach but Gregory reflexively managed to step back before his attacker went right through.
Happy that his guts weren't spilling out at least, Gregory felt a bit of blood escaping from his lips as he looked at his opponent, a person that was clearly wearing knight's armor.
He wasn't wearing anything on top of the armor, letting the otherworlder know that he was completely unarmed, if one didn't count his fists as weapons.
The knight with the presence of a sin seemed to be breathing in an exaggerated manner for a moment, taking his time before exclaiming something.
"I had changed myself into a demdex! Dedex? Into a face mite on your face! How does that make you feel that, I, Oath Breaker had been squatting your personal space?" he spoke, sounding very pround about himself as well as seeming like he had been meaning to reveal himself for a while.
"..." Gregory only glared at him, partly because the pain was overwhelming at the moment and also because he had no clue how he felt about this.
Oath Breaker seemed to truly be expecting an answer, this gave Gregory an idea.
'If he likes to talk, then I'll oblige!'
"I don't know how I feel, depends on how long you've been on here I suppose?" he said, prompting the sin to continue his talk as Gregory scanned his surroundings, his newfound abilities were fairly potent but put quite the restrictions, only his superb stealth was freely available at any time but he doubted it would work very well against an enemy of this caliber.
Especially if he did it in front of his face.
"How long you ask? Ever since you ran into Euthanasia and Ingratitude! The main plan was to distract you two so that I could latch onto your face! I will have to thank that guy, it was marvelous idea" spoke Oath Breaker.
It had indeed been a while, the fact that he had managed to hide in plain sight for so long without even Gregory suspecting something was impressive as well as terrifying, he could have killed him in his sleep at any time, everyone for that matter.
"Oh my! I didn't expect that but why didn't you strike at a better time?" Gregory was having quite an easy time making him talk, Oath Breaker seemed quite full of himself as well as the kind to explain everything just to get surprised reactions from people.
"Why? Honestly, it would have been much better, I would have had plenty of occasions to have fun after you guys were out of the picture but even I have to follow through when I make a promise with him" spoke Oath Breaker, putting a strange emphasis on that 'him' before starting to walk forward, seemed like he was done talking.
Thankfully, Gregory had noticed something of interest and also had exactly what was needed to get out of this situation, as Oath Breaker prepared to strike him, Gregory stood up and waited until the last moment to unleash his devastating attack.
'Pocket sand!' he almost yelled out loud, honestly, he hadn't even thought of the possibility that Oath Breaker wouldn't have eyes at all but he did and what mattered was that Gregory got time to hide away and activate his stealth.
Expecting himself to be attacked while he was blinded, Oath Breaker made fakes of the dirt around and brought it around himself in a dome.
"You wormy bastard! You had me monologuing, weren't you?!" shouted the sin out.
Recovering his sight and breaking out of his dirt dome, Oath Breaker looked around.
"I'll show you true terror!"