chapter 33
Castiel P.O.V.
As I saw those three… beings transforming a chill went down my back. How can they transform a human being in such a group of things?
The first one was the most 'human' if it can even be said that. He got over twenty meters tall and had a skin that looked closer to porcelain. His arms and legs were much too big and every step he took was unsteady and unbalanced, his torso was black while his arms, legs, and head were all white. He exuded a strange aura like he was incomplete right now and his powers were fluctuating a lot. (Writer's note: imagine Giant Akumas from Dgray Man)
The second one was even stranger. He had a head looking like a Buda's statue head, but all golden; his arms were chubby and small, but what should have been his legs actually looked identical to a purple worm of over 30 meters. (Writer's Note: it is based on the bankai of Kurotsuchi Mayuri from bleach)
The final one was… different from the others. He was somewhat close to a human, if you ignore that his body is all golden and that he has grown at least 40 hands with many claws and pincers in the mix. He looked somewhat like one of the Buddha statues you can find in a temple... if you ignore the fact that his head looked like an octopus' head.
How did they manage to turn humans into this?
My dumb folded face must have been very easy to read as that fatso started explaining, not unlike all James Bond villain.
"Impressive, don't you think? I may think my work is superior but this is still an impressive feat of genetic manipulation and alchemy. You must be wondering how did they manage to turn into forms so much bigger than normal, but the explanation is simple. We managed to develop some magical formations that could entrap the biomass that is absorbed so that it can be used in the future for transformation. It is somewhat like a biological internal space that deposits meat for future use." The fat mad scientist said.
This all is interesting and all, but it doesn't change the facts that I am going… to ki-… wait a minute, when he said meat, what did he mean by it?
"What exactly do you mean by meat?" I asked.
"Nothing much, I just emptied some non-Christians swine that was undeserving of God's blessings and turned them into useful tools to our glorious cause." He said with a smile that would not be strange in a saint, but he was as much of a saint as Bluebeard was.
"You killed people, destroyed everything that they were, turned them into mindless slaves AND used them as mere ingredients… you are the monster here. But don't worry, I will rectify the cosmic mistake that is your existence." I said with the purest venom in my eyes.
He is the sort of being that does not deserve to have ever existed. I may not be excessively devotee (I was raised by people that I completely and utterly believe could make most Gods run and hide with a mere glare after all), but anyone can see that this… thing is against any God.
Raising my sword, I felt my blood being drained due to my many wounds. I already used my dose of Phoenix tear, but it was not enough to heal me from all the wounds in my body. Regardless, I would do what I must and that is killing this fat bastard.
Using my speed, I went directly to the one I believe will give me the less headache (his energy levels are the smaller after all), the one that looks like is made out of porcelain. Let's call him Doll as he, sort of, looks like one.
However, before I had the chance of actually getting close another one jumped in my path. It was the one that had many arms and an octopus face, let's call him Squid. I decided to change directions and go for Squid then.
Squid used his many arms to release a barricade of punches, each one with around one ton of pressure. I immediately released my Field once again in the most widespread way so as to identify where those chaotic attacks were coming from exactly. I am so lucky that when my Field is only for detecting it can have a much greater radius.
I evaded his punches as much as I could, but it was not enough as some of them managed to graze me. Normally a graze would not be much, however, when what is grazing you is the equivalent of a truck it can hurt a whole much.
As I advanced towards his body I failed to notice that Doll was moving in a heretic fashion, not unlike a shaman calling for the rain. At the end of those movements a giant magical circle surged on his back and from there a rain of light bullets followed.
SHIT!
I gave up on my attack against Squid as I had something more important to do.
Teleporting to Miku's side I grabbed her hand (why is she flushing a bit?) and then called closer both Jirachi and Umbreon so that I could teleport again.
I need to keep a distance from this rain of bullet so as to keep Miku's safe. And with that, I used Cosmoems to teleport to somewhere on the edges of the arena, here the barriers that Jirachi can use should be plenty enough.
That I just so happened to teleport close to Serenity was merely a coincidence.
After asking for Jirachi to set up his defenses I teleported to close to Doll. I must stop this rain of light as soon as possible.
As my teleportation was above his head I decided to go with hacking his head.
CLANG
Damn this thing is durable. My Kupriotes is incapable of actually breaking his skull, just managing to make a superficial cut instead.
Taking advantage of his face I stepped on it and used it to steady myself for my next action. After getting there I knew I had less than a second to take advantage of this situation or he could beat me away from this spot.
I decided that I should change weapons. Kupriotes, while reliable and easy to use, was simply not enough now. Seeing this I took out Gandiva.
Feeling me on top of his head Doll directed the rain of light on my direction in a concentrated blast. I immediately jumped far from my position and started accumulating energy for an attack most likely to finish him off.
This is the best course of action as I need to eliminate him as soon as possible and get the hell away with teleportation before those other two giants reach here as they are on the way.
Concentrating all energy I have in me right now on my left arm to well beyond my shoulder, to the point that I deactivated some of my blessings to give more energy for this one, I got barely enough to complete this attack. This is just one step down from calling Gandiva's true total power.
"Licht Regen!"
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A devastating volley of light arrows was released by Gandiva. They are individually weak, but are still of much higher concentration than the ones used by Doll, thus they are not affected by his arrows in any way.
All those arrows perforated Doll's large body making him look like a Swiss cheese. As he was falling dead I finally touched the ground and asked Cosmoems to teleport me away from that spot as those other two monstrosities were almost upon me and I too was exhausted after using Litch Regen.
After teleporting I took a moment to breathe. Seeing that they would not arrive close to me that fast I stated absorbing mana from one jewel that Rin made for me to this sort of situations. It will put a strain on my magic circuits and it will hurt like crazy later but it is the best option for this situation. Unfortunately, it will put quite a strain on my magic circuits and I only have two of these gems (Rim is stingy).
"I must warn my brother that the white model still needs some adjustments if they are to move that slowly they may as well be useless. And their firing power still can be worked to make it more practical, this here is far from enough." The doctor was mumbling while taking out something from his pocket. "Now, for the next experiment."
He took out a small vial of a strange purple liquid and started drinking it. I don't know what it is for sure but it looks just like that antidote that they showed Serenity when she was a child.
"Hoh, so you guys DID make an antidote for Serenity's poison. Why did you not give it to her?" I asked, knowing that his type is the one that can't keep himself from gloating any success he has.
Case in point-
"Of course we managed to make an antidote, temporary as it may be. It took a while, but after two weeks we did manage to make an antidote. That unruly and idiotic monkey Cristaldi and his way of acting made it so that we had to work extra hard on it. 'Did you make it yet?', 'You must help that innocent.', 'Make something worth of a servant of God and make the antidote for her'. Bah, altruistic idiot. He didn't even realize that he was trying to destroy what could have been a turning point in our war just because he wanted to 'save' a wrench." He then took a deep breath as if calming down and continued. "However, something good did come out of that altruistic fool. We got a useful tool and some wonderful samples, truly wonderful ones."
A chill went down my back in the next moment as I started hearing the sound of munching. As I turn to see Worm was EATING those dead empty humans as if they were a snack.
It was disgusting.
IT then turned to my direction and started liberating a purple cloud that was encompassing all directions.
"THIS is the result of our research on that wrench's body, we now can produce a much stronger version of her poison to be used by us, the TRUE saints and messengers of God! Hahahahahahaha!" He started to laugh maniacally, probably believing in his superiority and assured victory.
The cloud washed over me and the result was… nothing at fucking all.
"Huh? B-but this should be enough to kill anyone!" He said in an 'almost' hysterical way. And I say almost just to be gentle, he had his eyes so wide that it seemed about to pop out (shame that it didn't).
"I am completely immune against all poisons or anything negative against me. Neet, don't you think." I said with a small smirk.
"G-go and kill him! Kill him NOW!" The fat bastard started screaming towards the two giants.
The one that got closer first was the Squid. I shoot some arrows at him, see the effects and how well they work.
They failed, miserably so.
As I saw my arrows being unable to perforate his body I knew a headache was coming. From my four weapons Kupriotes and Gandiva seemed to be useless for this, Hruting can't be used as well due to its curse effect (if I go berserk here it would be a bad idea), and the final one is a fickle one that refuses to listen to me more often than not.
And so, taking a line from one anime character that is among my favorites and that REALLY needs therapy to control his tendencies of violence, I will 'beat you to death'.
Cladding my hands in Gandr flames I went towards Squid and started fighting him in CQC if it could even be called that. It was more akin to a human trying to squish a tenacious fly that would not be caught no matter how much you wanted to finish it off (kind of reminds me of Saitama vs his worst enemy, a fly).
As I was circumnavigating his attacks that missed more often than not I was punching him back with Gandr, putting as many curses as I could think off in him at the same time.
"Tiredness, Laziness, Cowardice, Slowness, Pain, Unluck, Disaster, Failure, Stupidity, Mistake, Blind, Paralysis" And so I purred all magic I could into those curses. Most would not have a direct influence in his power, as they were mostly mental in nature, but as I piled more and more on top of each other they would make him less of a treat by the second.
I myself am not absolutely sure how I could cast some of those curses, never studied them to be fair, but it was like I had they engrained on my head from the moment I was born.
As I kept using those curses non-stop with each strike it became obvious that Squid was weakening at an alarming rate, it was just a question of time until his death. The only question I had was, how much longer I could go.
Any and all the curses I used were an extra strain on my circuits. They were already hurting like a bitch but I must keep going.
COUGH COUGH
As soon as I heard that weak cough I turned around on sheer instinct to see what happened. I saw that the purple cloud reached Miku and Serenity's location. Fortunately, Eevee was not stupid and decided to change form from Umbreon to Glaceon (his ice form) and so created a wall of ice, but it was not big enough to protect them all.
Serenity was outside of the wall and started coughing blood due to the poison.
That instant I turned cost me, Squid used one of his arms and managed to punch my side, making my left arm bend at an angle that it should not be capable of.
Pain coursed through my body but I forced myself to ignore it and teleported to Serenity's side. I know that it was foolish as saving her life cost my left arm, but if I decided to not let her die I will not let her die.
It is just that simple.
As soon as I teleported close to her I used my left leg spirit bone purity sky king's leg ability Pure Sky to cleanse the area of all the poison. Serenity quickly relaxed as the poison that was infecting her started to leave her body.
Seeing that she was fine I relaxed a bit and then throw her on my shoulders as I teleported to Miku's side.
"Why did you save her? She is your enemy right?" Miku asked, confused by my actions.
"I decided that I wanted to do it and I did just that. I will not let an innocent suffer whenever I can help." I said as I put down Serenity on the ground so that she could recover. Strangely enough, her skin was even a bit paler than before, was it because of Pure Sky?
Before I could continue this train of thought I noticed that my time of thinking was up. The Worm was approaching fast and it was clear to see that the ice wall would NOT be enough.
Feeling frustrated I pulled out Hruting and decided that I must use it, despite the fact that it would make me possibly go berserk.
As soon as I put my hand on the sword I felt a sense of exhilaration and wish for battle, the pure desire to kill the beast in front of me.
Seeing my grimace Miku decided to help by singing a song. It was strangely calming and soothing for my body as if the song was made to calm the heart of others.
"Thanks, Miku, this song was beautiful." I said in an intoxicated tone, before reading myself and teleporting to the front of the ice wall. That her face was flushing a bit worried me, was the strain of using that song that much?
As I saw Worm approaching I decided my next course of action. Using reinforcement on my legs and using some of the blessing centered in speed I sprinted toward Worm in my highest speed possible.
I was nothing more than a blur as I used my blade to cut Worm right from the middle, dividing his body into two perfectly equal halves.
There was so much blood in me that I could not even open my eyes properly, but the bad part came right after.
ANGER
KILL
DESTROY
KILL
ALL
MUST
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Throwing Hruting away before the curse fully consumed me I started to throw up blood. While Hruting was an incredible mighty blade the curse on it is simply too much for me right now.
The only way for me to control it is to use my magic reserves to activate my Skull Spirit Bone. It works up to a certain point, but afterward, it would be useless as I simply do not have enough energy to suppress the mental effect right now.
Now, I am truly fucked. My left arm was broken, magical circuits seemed about to snap and I am losing so much blood that it was a miracle in and of itself that he was even awake. He still has more enemies to face, Squid and about five more empty humans that were protecting that fat bastard, but he could barely move now.
It was at that instant that Miku started singing a new song, one of healing and cure. While she sang I could feel my body recuperating at an amazing pace.
The most important was that my strained circuits were alleviating and recovering in a much faster way than when I use Phoenix Tears. It will not make me recover my mana, but in this condition, I will be capable of using a gem to recover my powers (note to self: ask Rim to not be so cheap and make me more of those).
Now I just need to focus on CQC and continuing the strategy I was using earlier and Squid would certainly die. After him, the others would die just as easily and I will be free from all this shit.
"Tch! It seems like this was a bad day for me." The fat bastard said when he looked at the dead Worm. "Well, that seems to be the only way, initiate self-destruction protocol."
After he said that Squid started to expand in size, turning more and more like a ball in an expansion.
"Hahahahaha. Now this will end you, with this, all the rabble will be eliminated." The fat bastard said as those empty humans purred all their magic in forming a shield and the fat bastard activated a mystic code that reinforced said shield.
Seeing this I noticed that this can be the end, but I will not stop or be defeated. I decided to use that final weapon, the one that hates me more often than not and usually just keeps releasing those red thunders at me.
I DO NOT want to use it, but desperate times call for desperate actions. If it accepts to be used I will win, if not… I hope it accepts for once.
As I put my hand on the space where it was located I felt its pommel against my hand. Strangely enough, I could fell acceptance from the blade, even eagerness if I dare say. It was like it was waiting for this fight and to kill those it decided it must kill.
It was silver in color and had a red base, a sword that was among the most powerful blades of legend. A blade that was regal in nature, made for the one that would be the next king, but never completed its objective.
As I pulled it I positioned myself as I felt the blades effect took place, amplifying my power to many times its' natural capacity. As I put the blade above my head I concentrated my energy I the blade and a beam of concentrated mana was released from it.
And so I called its name.
Miku P.O.V.
Why is it that when I look at Castiel I feel my heart beat a bit faster? No, no I can't do it again. I will not be mistaken and lied to again.
He did not lie.
He is a man; all man cannot be trusted.
He did not lie to me.
He will certainly hurt me in time.
He protected me.
With those thought spiraling on my head I saw he pull out a new sword.
I recognize that one.
It was the blade that that kid that protected me in the forest back then. Now that I try to remember him, he was remarkably like Castiel in appearance, was it possibly him?
And it was at that instant that he put the sword above his head and a red beam of pure magic energy appeared.
Serenity P.O.V.
I have nothing left.
Why is it always me? What did I do wrong to deserve this punishment that is my life.
Why must I be always alone?
"Why did you save her? She is your enemy, right?" the target… no, she was not my target anymore. Miku said the truth. Why must anyone care to save me? I am a filthy killer, someone that hurt others just by existing.
Someone as terrible as me should have died long ago, I should have never been born.
"I decided that I wanted to do it and I did just that. I will not let an innocent suffer whenever I can help."
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Ah, so that is why. I am being saved by a fool that believes in my innocence. In someone that wants me to live.
Such idiocy, I do not deserve it. Never did.
But
Even if for just one more instant
I will let myself believe.
Believe that there is hope even for me.
It may be useless, but if I can believe that for just one more instant it will be enough.
And it was at that instant that I saw he took out a blade. The instant that he had that blade in hands I realized something.
Ah, so he was the one that should lead me.
And at that instant I felt another presence in me, one that always felt alien to me, stop being something than not myself. I understand now.
What I am.
And what I must do for now on.
And with that, a red beam of concentrated magic energy was liberated from the sword.
3° person P.O.V.
The bomb that was about to destroy all was then annihilated together with the empty humans and the fat scientist.
The final words they heard was a name.
The name of a blade known for being the end of a legend.
"CLARENT"