The ability of premonition didn't really mean anything if the body couldn't hold up. Len minimised the damaged by taking it on his shoulder but he didn't have enough time to get away from the whole yard.
Tendrils of fleshy emerged from the cracks like a slime and began to regroup rather quickly into a humanoid form that was of a large r a w Edd's sgnf ZS snbhjmonstrous skeleton. Asghan's armor now completely destroyed.
"Tch. Cockroach"
Len ripped a piece ßof his white uniform and wrapped it around the hole in his shoulder. At the same time, he used mental energy to pull out a bottle from his pocket, drinking it.
"You fools...all fools...do not understand our fate...We will all die...WE WILL ALL DIE" Asghan said maniacally seemingly now insane.
"That boy...that...Is tHe oNly Way...I will kill you....Our hope...Our hope"
Len frowned hearing the mad ravings.
"Why are you after Nier? Clarify yourself"
"HahahahaHahaha.....Haha...haha..He is born now! It doesn't matter! If I die! If we die! So many died! It was all worth it. We are saved!"
"..."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"You have gone insane...huh"
Suddenly, Asghan stopped laughing as a chilling silence ensued.
"@$¥**€$%•`|****#@%"
Asghan suddenly spoke something intelligible in a growling creepy voice that send headaches in Len's head.
"End...I...End...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Asghan's aura began to spike as though he had absorbed energy to his limit. There was no visible source yet he somehow regained all of it.
"What is he saying? What do you mean it doesn't matter?" Len said frustratedly trying to sort everything.
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"It doesn't matter. Our struggle was a success...Now that someone like him is alive... that's all we need...we surrender." The man wearing a monocle answered
"What did you do with Nier?"
"You can find the answers in those documents behind us, but someone of your temprament...I doubt can handle it.
The fat lady said.
"We'd appreciate if you just leave or kill us now. Renley Bolluk" The man with a goatee said calmly
Renley didn't reply and used mental energy to pull the file they mentioned. Directly ripping it's seal, he pulled out the papers and started reading them.
Renley's eyes started widening as he read on. His breath slowed down and his body shook.
"What in the three realms is this?! Why would you even try this madness?" Renley said extremely shook
"Well...We each had our reasons for this. It doesn't really matter though. All of us have succeeded and it doesn't matter now if we die...or you could kill that kid ruining our masterpiece."
The man wearing the monocle said calmly with a smile.
Renley frowned hearing the answer and rubbed his glabella. He seemed to have aged years in a second as he looked up.
'Heavens, why is this happening?'
"I will give you one last chance to speak about your intentions right here... after that- you will be taken to court"
"..."
No one said a word before they began laughing.
"The Golden League...truly think that they are above everyone...hahaha...*sigh" A woman that seemed to be an elf finally said.
"If I said that I thought all elves were pure and good then I'd be lying but I never thought the likes of you would degrade to this" Renley sneered.
"Hmph...you are but an ignorant fool who cannot see what the future holds."
"Then enlighten this fool" Renley said while he noticed that the room seemed to have gotten darker somehow. The air was chillier as well. Something wasn't right.
"They will come for us...We will die...all will perish"
The skin on their face suddenly began to wiggle and suddenly-
*Plop
The monocle wearing man's eye fell off it's socket. Pops began appearing on their faces as their flesh trembled uncontrollably.
"THEY WON'T LET ME GO" All of them said at the same time as there bodies burst into an explosion of flesh and blood. There organs fell on the ground twitching and suddenly began to crawl towards each other.
Renley frowned as he felt a strange headache looking at the abomination and clicked his tongue in disgust seeing the lake of blood.
He had expected to face retaliation when he first came but they suddenly surrendered claiming they had already succeeded and now they all somehow burst. Renley off course wasn't stupid and could see something more strange...bizzare was at play here and simply put it aside for later discussion with Len. Now-
*Swish
Immediately shooting sharp wind slashes, Renley concentrated mana, he offcourse wouldn't allow the amalgamation to complete. Renley could see even without premonition that it better to end this extremely quickly.
The wind sliced through the organs that were moving on there own but it didn't stop the process.
A bloody abomination was going to form and so Renley immediately went for overkill and used his current strongest move by bringing his hands together
• Concept : Sky Shredder
The moment he did, A booming explosion occurred as everything and anything in the room began to be cut as rapidly
Sky Shredder was a concept that ripped apart everything around Renley continuously till the targets were turned into dust and would not stop till they did.
The monstrous abomination began to screech as it began to be slashed continuously. The menacing aura around it increased as Renley's headache increased. A drop of blood escaped his nose.
*Boom
*Boom
The ripping continued as Renley pulled out a matchstick and calmly lit it on fire illuminating his face in the darkened room.
*Tsh
The sound of the match was drowned by the horrible noise made by the creature. Renley paid it no mind and threw the candle on the puddle of slimy flash that was the monster now hacked to oblivion. the flames spread as Renley closed his concept and looked around.
The building was completely wiped off the map together with the abomination. Renley sighed as he looked at the bloodshed he caused and rubbed his glabella.
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*BOOM
Nier, Kyber and Len's eyes widened in surprised as they looked towards the source of the sound. Asghan was still murmuring in madness as Len smiled.
'Renley....judging by the mana output. He used his concept. Now he won't be able to use his mana for some minutes...' Len thought and suddenly grabbed the dragon bone sword with both his hands. Suddenly, the sword began to stretch due to Len's white glove power like a whip after which Len whipped horizontally at Asghan who seemed insane.
"You are good Len Karaki. Even after absorbing energy to the limit. You can still contend against me. I hope your flesh tastes just as great" Asghan suddenly said completely switching his emotions. as though everything he did was an act. Right as he did, the whip reached his skull ready to destroy it completely. At that moment, Asghan simply grabbed his skeleton head and pulled it out out the torso thus avoiding the attack.
'Tch cockroa-'
"!" Len's eyes widened as he jumped back. Right as he did, several tentacles of flesh emerged from the gaps in the ground aiming for him. Undoing the effects of his white glove, Len pulled back as the bone sword returned to normal and slashed the pieces of flesh persuing him.
'Back then when he was reforming after Rubber Quack, he actually left behind some pieces?!'
Len determined as he avoiding the rapidly emerging flesh. At the same time-
*Zooo
A destructive crimson beam shot forward quickly reaching Len who crouched down already having anticipated the attack and used the sword as a whip to attack Asghan again, right then-
"AAGH"
Turning back, he saw Kyber and Nier wrapped by the flesh tentacles unable to move.
"Do not try to fight back or say anything. I can use Lunar Drain remotely to drain your life energy as long as my energy has contact with the target"
Kyber immediately stopped growling as sweat dropped down his face.
'Using my ability to escape these binds wouldn't help as he'd still use Nier as hostage' Kyber grit his teeth in thought
Nier however didn't listen to Asghan as he began to thrash around wildly. The binds barely held him as cracks began to appear in the tentacles.
"I WON'T LET YOU ESCAPE CHILD" Asghan dashed forward specifically towards Nier in mad focus passing by Len not even guarding his back.
Asghan's words somehow triggered Nier as he a bead of sweat dropped down his temple. With terror in his eyes, Nier shook around more.
Len looked towards the insane lich and frowned when a thought came to him. Quickly making a decision, he used mental energy and caught Kyber's attention. Their eyes connected as Len signalled Kyber.
Kyber immediately understood what Len wanted him to do and hesitated for a moment but immediately followed the paladin's advice.
A flash of light emerged from him as he used his ability when-
"AAAAH" Nier screamed as a silver burst of aura emerged from his body utterly destroying Asghan's flesh tentacles. The aura didn't stop as it hit the vanishing Kyber who reappeared near Renley but there was blood on his left hand, the flesh completely scraped off.
Kyber screamed in pain before closing his mouth with a grunt. Renley was pained to see the wound and quickly gave Kyber a healing potion, taking out a bottle of a mint coloured paste.
While Renley was treating Kyber's wounds, Asghan closed in towards Nier completely disregarding Kyber's disappearance.
"Hahahaha! We succeeded! Now you'll be mine kid" Asghan creepily reached Nier as Len moved and grabbed the bone sword like a dagger. His extreme anger was released as he stopped holding back. Nier's situation was something to be discussed later. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to rip Asghan apart.
It was at that moment, the shadows beneath trees suddenly moved towards Nier. They rose from the ground as though hands about to wrap Nier completely. Asghan saw it and his eyes widened furiously.
'NO NO NO...I cannot lose our reward of success! Not before the end'
The mercenary that had previously informed the group of the bounty on Nier, the one who hid in the shadows had attacked.
A light blue aura suddenly surrounded all of them in the shape of a large dome and with it, everyone stopped. Everyone froze.