Astral felt the familiarity of that tendril. "YOU!" Astral hurdled Jaimie as she crouched down to allow this as Astral drop kicked God Emperor who slid back a few hundred feet as the two being finally separated. "Fucker, I've been meaning to kill you." Astral had a new glow about him as he rushed at the shadow standing next to God Emperor as it sent tendrils at him as he flew at him.
Jaimie didn't rest, turning around and closing Valkira's eyes as God Emperor rushed her. "GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER YOU WHORE!" He slashed the saber downward at her as she blocked it with her shield, pushing his attack upward as he pulled back his arm and thrusted forward as Jaimie blocked it with her spear.
"Why team up with him?" Jaimie asked as she shivered. She felt out of her league and outclassed as Astral flew past her flying backwards as the shadow chased after him.
"He told me they were coming eventually. And in order to stop them he had to bond with me and trust me." God Emperor swung down with his saber as hard as he could as Jaimie parried it with her shield with ease.
"We weren't a threat and we both know that." Jaimie took three steps forward as she wanted to get away from her body on the ground and leave it in peace for now.
"Correct." Jaimie was caught off by this answer as the God Emperor sent a flurry of attacks at Jaimie as she focused on blocking them with her spear. Heavily confused he pushed her over his head with his power as she blocked his upward jab, landing softly on the ground as it crunched below her.
Astral blocked each tendril from Overlord. "It's so great to see my favorite toy ever!" Astral just kept focused on this notion as he blocked each attack with ease, pushing his abilities further beyond. "All the others became corrupted by power within days, you are the first to last longer than any of them."
"So you were the voice inside of my heart telling me to give in to the easy route?" Astral clenched his fist up and hit Overlord with a snowstorm as he shattered his arm off as it faded into smoke before reforming.
"Aww, how cute. I am endless and certain to corrupt you." Overlord kept barraging him with more and more tendrils as Astral kept blocking them with ease as he didn't know of any easy and non painful way of dropping him.
"If you weren't afraid of us, why try and engage with us rather than work with us?" Jaimie asked as the saber scratched her armor and slid by as she bashed her shield across his face. Knocking him back.
"He had reasons to contain and corrupt you two. Telling me the only way to stop the seventeen is by that means. Getting you to help us and win. You escaped before we had a chance to, however." He rolled back up as he sent a quick slash with his saber at her shoulder as she blocked it with the armor pad. "We can still work this out for when they come after your alliance."
"That ship has sailed." She became focused. Too sloppy as she felt pulled into each different direction. Pulling herself back in as she cleaved off his chest armor piece as his royal robes were the only thing under them.
God Emperor swung with his saber in a fury as each blow couldn't shatter her resolve and durability. Being able to block every blow of his, pushing back versus his psychic ability in a way he had never seen.
Jaimie played defensively, being constantly caught off guard by the random pull of each direction as his saber grew in speed and strength. She had no way to counter it due to its effects. Best she was doing was locking her suit in a way to freeze that direction of movement. And it worked well as she saw Astral slide into her back.
"Having fun yet dear?" She giggled as the saber tried to pierce her defense as she parried it away once more kicking him a few hundred feet away.
"No, I can't beat him. Our journey ends here." Astral's tone was depressing and negative. "I have no way to snuff his shadow out." An idea clicked for Jaimie as God Emperor stood back up.
"The seventeen know about your alliance and are going to use it against you. Be afraid." God Emperor tried to sink more fear into Astral as he had time to. Astral just wanted to curl into a ball as the shadow slowly crept over to face the two.
"If you want to team up we could become unstoppable." Overlord reached out a hand while looking exactly like Astral as he reached out for it. Jaimie slapped the hand.
"YOU FUCKING QUITTER WE HAVEN'T MADE IT THIS FAR TO GIVE UP NOW!" Jaimie leapt over Astral and hit a critical slice on Overlord with Lone's claymore as it radiated green. The portion that was cut open had a green hue that didn't disappear and froze the wound. "Think pure thoughts." She braced for the retaliation as three tendrils struck her shoulders as the other one thousand were blocked by Astral.
"What drove him away in the fight versus you and Mike!" Jaimie hopped back as she split God Emperor's saber in two, cutting his hand in half as he pulled out a second with his left and slashed downward on her. She blocked it with her wrist gauntlet as God Emperor was furious as the slashes didn't stop.
Astral was caught up in his thoughts as he let Overlord strike him dozens of times. The beating was well deserved as his wounds healed back up quickly due to his focus on them.
"A blinding light of purity. What a way to describe it." Astral had the idea and concept. Created into form.