"She's still resisting... after three years she won't crack huh..?" Solmund asked as he walked toward the medical machine. He crossed his arms and looked at Atalia.
"Yeah. She's not cracking. We have yet to even reach 1% of power. No matter what we use, she's not breaking." Raiju said.
"How is her resilience this high..? There has to be another way to break her." Solmund said.
Atalia was listening to the conversation and her heart began beating faster. Bubbles began to form in the water. The warning lights began flashing.
{Warning! Warning! Subject Ultima is highly unstable!}
Fujin did everything be could to neutralize Atalia, but each attempt failed. "Dammit! What's going on?!"
The medical machine broke and the door flew open, letting all the water out and the naked Atalia fell out of the machine. Her hair was noticably longer, her eyes shined gold with vengeance, and her back had a symbol on it.
"Subject Ultima!" Solmund yelled.
Atalia stood up and a cloak of raven feathers appeared on her body to cover herself and she formed a mask in her hands then put it on. She stood up and her golden aura surrounded her body.
"This power..? Has she awakened her Goddess Abilities?" Valdana asked in awe.
"What are you all doing standing there?! Get her!" Solmund yelled.
Fujin sprung into action and lunged at Atalia, but she dodged it and countered with a body shot. Fujin groaned and coughed a bit. He went to grab her but Atalia dispersed into raven feathers. He looked surprised and looked back to see Atalia reconstructing back into her human body.
"Where's Dad?" Atalia asked.
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Xander, Estella, and I travelled around then stopped when we noticed a ruined city. Xander's cross necklace began shining and Estella looked at him quickly. Xander looked ahead and noticed a woman in a white cloak. She had long black hair, icy blue eyes, and wearing a white geisha kimono.
"Yuki-Onna." Xander said.
"Wait what? How?" I asked.
A powerful blizzard was summon. The three of us tried to stand our ground, but we were blown away by the blizzard. We crashed onto a hill and noticed an avalanche behind us. I stood up and scoffed.
"Let's ride." I said then began to make my way down the hill.
Xander looked at me then smirked. He followed behind and summoned his Shield of Truth and began shield surfing down the snowy hill. He past by me and looked back. "Try and keep up."
I looked at Xander and my eyes shined a bit. I jumped up and used my Seithr to construct a snowboard of ice and landed. I past Xander and smirked.
Estella watched and sighed. "Men... however, I'm not gonna let them show me up."
Estella used her chains to wrap around a tree and propelled herself forward. She whistled and a dark portal opened and the giggles of children were heard. They tossed up a snowboard and Estella caught it. She landed and began snowboarding down the hill.
"Ahead! Shadows!" I warned. "Follow my lead!"
"Alright!" Xander said.
I used my Seithr to construct ramps. We began tricking off the ramps and the Shadows watched us and chased after us. I drifted and turned the snow into ice blades, taking down a wave of Shadows. Xander rushed ahead and jumped up and fired waves of light blades down at the Shadows. He landed and caused a burst of light to strike down multiple Shadows.
Estella jumped off a ramp and spun around in circles, creating a tornado of light. She landed in the tornado and caused a powerful burst of wind to blow, taking out multiple Shadows.
"If you can't handle them, I'll take them down myself!" Drifa said and began to ski after us.
{Warning! Warning! S+ Rank Valkyrie Approaching!}
I looked back and noticed Drifa. A memory flashed in my head of when I first encountered her. I glared and summoned two orbs of Seithr Energy.
Drifa looked at me and her eyes widened. "He's alive..?" She grunted as she began to avoid the bolts of fire energy I launched at her.
She constructed shields of ice to block the fireballs. She drifted and spun in a circle to create a barrier of esoteric ice around herself. She created two ice cannons and began to fire orbs of icy energy at me.
"No mercy.." I said then transformed into my War God Form. I drifted toward her then jumped up and kicked my snowboard at her barrier.
Drifa noticed it and grunted as she barely evaded my snowboard going through her barrier. "He's even stronger now...what are his stats now..?"
{Acquiring Dante's Stats...}
{Stats Acquired!}
{Dante's Stats}
[Rank: S]
[Strength: S]
[Defense: A]
[Stamina: S+]
[Intelligence: SS+]
[Speed: A]
[Perks: Boost Against Shadows/Jotunn]
[Valkyrie Ability: Freyja/Tyr]
"What the hell..?" Drifa asked and stopped.
"Where's Atalia?!" I asked, demanding an answer.
"Why the hell should I tell you?!" Drifa asked.
I looked at Drifa and glared. I summoned my gauntlets. "Because if you value your life...you would tell me now and save yourself the trouble."
Drifa smirked at me and grabbed her naginata. "Well maybe I like trouble.."
I looked at her and used a burst of speed to appear in front of her while going for a roundhouse kick, knocking her away. I dashed after her and grabbed her leg then pulled her toward me. I struck her stomach then spun around with an elbow strike then an invisible strike hit her and I followed with a crescent kick.
Drifa grunted as she hit the ground then dodged my next strike. She spun in a circle, slashing with her naginata, but noticed I avoided it. She blocked my next strike then kicked my leg then struck me with a backhand. She went for a spinning kick but noticed I caught her leg.
"Enough games.." I said and stood up, still holding her legs. A golden light shined and the battlefield turned golden.
Xander and Estella watched and stared at me in awe. Estella shuddered and looked at Xander. Both of their crosses began to shine brightly. Xander looked at his arms and noticed a few goosebumps.
"You will tell me where my daughter is...or you'll feel my Ultimate Wrath.." I said, coldly.
Drifa glared and took her leg from my hand. "Try me.."
I chuckled darkly and sighed. "Alright. Let's...go."
An invisible strike hit Drifa, knocking her back then another struck her down. I appeared above her then landed on her with my knee. I dragged her upwards then spun around and threw her. Multiple magic circles opened around her then struck her with a barrage of golden blades. The last blade knocked her down.
"Tag me in!~" The voice of Freyja said.
{Freyja is ready to be Summoned!}
I used my ring and a spirit of Freyja appeared. Freyja kicked Drifa upwards then noticed Drifa trying to block the next attack but a golden blade struck Drifa on her back, knocking her down. Freyja followed with a series of kicks then chopped her back and kicked her over toward me.
I palmed Drifa's stomach and followed it with an uppercut then summoned Folkvangr and slashed upwards, knocking her upwards. I used a golden blade to knock her back down then grabbed her neck and raised her up. Dark red energy began to form around my hand and a massive explosion happened.
"Berserker Power.." Xander said. "The Wrath in his heart is something...extraordinary."
"That woman couldn't even get a good hit in. He got stronger and stronger from each ACTION! Whatever power that was...it was no longer Combat Empowerment." Estella said.
I stomped on Drifa's stomach and glared at her. "Are you ready to talk...or do you need another round for you to get the point?"
Drifa coughed up a little blood and panted. "I'm not—"
I got off her stomach and held my hand out at her and used Seithr to slowly drain her life force. "If you don't start talking...I'll kill you and take away your powers."
Drifa groaned loudly in pain and grunted. "Okay! Okay! I'll talk!"
I stopped draining her life force and used my Seithr to raise her up and kept her up with chains. "I can hear your heartbeat. I can smell your pheromones. I can see ever little twitch on your body. I have Precognition and learned how to use Retrocognition. Every time you lie, these chains will drain your life force. You have five chains on you that means your life force will drain away five times as fast."
Drifa stared at me and noticed I was a different man. She gulped a bit and bit her lip to try and control her heartbeat.
"I only have one simple question. Where...is Atalia?" I asked.
Drifa closed her eyes tightly. She grit her teeth and exhaled. "She's in Lonland. District 1. It's heavily guarded by a bunch of giants because they have Loki, Vaja, and Sunna captured and they also have control over Ymir..."
I let her go then struck her face with an invisible strike. Drifa groaned and fell backwards, holding her face.
"What the fuck! I told you what you wanted to know you bastard!" Drifa yelled.
"That's for wasting my time and ruining my mood." I said then walked toward her. I grabbed her by her cloak then rose her up. I slammed her against the wall of the destroyed building. "You're gonna take us there...Like it or not, Valkyrie. I'm your leader now. You and your ice friend with you...are going to do whatever I say. Got it?"
Drifa averted eye contact and loosed her grip on my wrist. "Yeah...whatever. Yuki-Onna! The gig's up!"
"Awe~ I wasn't able to toy with my two favorite Devil Hunters because your friend there stole the spotlight!~" Yuki-Onna giggled.
I dropped Drifa and scoffed. I walked off. "She's not my friend."
{Drifa and Yuki-Onna are now your allies!}
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Atalia hid in a room and finished dressing herself in some clothing she found. She heard the rushing footsteps of a few mercenaries. She put on her gloves and strapped on her scabbard that was holding a katana.
She rushed out of the room. "Heimdall!"
The soldiers heard Atalia and noticed her holding a gunblade. She fired a bolt of energy at them and the bolt scattered and struck down the soldier.
She ran down the hall and took a right. More units began chasing after Atalia and she exhaled and smoke came from her mouth. She used her Seithr to breathe fire and created a wall of flames to block the units. She began to sense Valkyrie Energy and looked back.
"Loki..?" Atalia asked to herself.
Atalia hurried over to the room she sensed the energy at. She noticed she needed a key card. She groaned and conjured lightning around her hand then struck the keypad. The light turned green and she walked into the room.
Loki looked up and noticed Atalia. Her eyes widened. "Atalia..?!"
Vaja and Sunna looked up as well. They got up and hurried over to Atalia. Atalia smiled at them then heard an explosion. They looked out the door.
"It's amazing how you think you could've gotten any further than this!" Solmund said as he walked down the hall. "This is the end of the line, Atalia! Or shall I say, Reincarnation of Embla."
Atalia walked out of the room and looked at Solmund. "Just like my dad, I'm not scared of you! Now tell me where Dad is!"
"He's dead! Ares killed him and he probably already killed off the Valkyries!" Solmund laughed.
"You're a liar! My Moms and Dad aren't ones to die so easily! Now tell me where Dad is!" Atalia yelled.
"I'll tell you when you defeat me in battle, your little runt!" Solmund bellowed and dashed toward Atalia. He slashed down with his sword.
Atalia used her size to her advantage then swiftly dodged Solmund. She unsheathed her katana and slashed at Solmund, but his armor negated the damage. Solmund chuckled and slashed down at Atalia.
Vaja dashed toward Solmund and bellowed as she knocked him away with her hammer. Solmund crashed into a wall and groaned. Solmund dashed toward Vaja and bellowed. He slashed down at her, but Loki swapped places with Vaja and blocked Solmund's slash.
"You're not hurting our little savior, punk." Loki said then pushed Solmund away.
Solmund roared and his fiery aura surged. He ran toward Loki then groaned as a barrage of arrows struck him then each one caused a solar explosion. Solmund stumbled back and looked at Sunna.
Loki took off her Ability Inhibitor choker and regained her abilities. She used her magic to break off Vaja's and Sunna's chokers. She drew a magic circle on the ground and grouped her allies together.
"See ya~" Loki winked and warped everyone away.
Solmund growled and stomped on the floor. "Damn that brat! No way they escape from here...No I will make sure they don't..."
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