97 - day(?) 2 part 3

The sky shattered revealing the sunny sky instead of the sunset. Followed by flowing blood red chains, practically filling the sky except for the spot above my head. Looking into the distance, my vision was clouded with sand but I could still "see" him in the distance with my [omni detection tier-6]. Virukrah, one of the 4 heavenly Kings and strongest demon general. His limbs had been binded by [Divine bloody chains], rendering him unable to finish me off.

Struggling to project his voice, he questions. "How... How were you able t-"

- Freezing time with 'wrath', the surroundings were barren land, a void of sand. Everyone and everything was gone. What happen? Searching back in the time line with [Omni detection], it seemed the spear I had thrown at the start had actually destroyed everything. Friends, family, bystanders, buildings and the sea. All of it was gone. Rewinding time with 'wrath', I went back to before the spear was thrown. No need to overkill it, I'll just finish it swiftly.

The whole entire time, I was in an illusion. His illusion skill was similar to [reality displacement] in that it makes things exist or stop existing temporarily. Technically everything was real and fake at the same time, so [omni detection] could not pick up on it until it evolved to tier 6. It had evolved to tier 6 in response to the activation of the illusion curse. I had to lure it in first, or it wouldn't be caught by the [Divine bloody chains], and I would have been killed the moment I woke up.

I see. Everything starting from the water receding had been an illusion. He had called in his 2 other subordinates, their true power was time manipulation. But it did not work on me. They tried to interfere with the illusion, but they were only transported in and killed without hesitation. Virukrah had thought the 2 in the illusion were fakes, but I killed the real ones. So now the only one left was Virukrah.

Breaking from timestop with his prebattle preparations, 9 chains impaled him on the spot. Slowly, erasing away at his soul. They had been set up to activate when a change was detected in his movement.

"GUARGHHGGGHHHGGG AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" (Virukrah)

Except for the region around him and the chains impaling him, I rewinded the time of the rest of the area back to before they got destroyed. From the point of view of others, a strange looking monster has came from the future while being impaled continuously and screaming. It was taking a while... He was quite durable. I guess I could warm up and get my battle senses to 60%. I have a feeling that I would need it.

Forming a dark scythe in my right hand, it was radiating so much energy that my surroundings became darker as well. Magic leaked out, erasing the light and making it hazy and hard to see. Well, I was used to it, considering I was always in the centre of such things. Bending both my knees to the utmost while keeping them off the ground, I exerted mana and energy that launched me forward severalfold.

My hands were a slave to muscle memory for a few seconds before gaining full mastery of my weapon. In an instant, countless lacerations unveil themselves on Virukrah's skin and armour. In the next, they exploded with force, sending chunks of his body into the sea and beach. The chains were still moving through his torso, gouging his soul out and managing to destroy his magic circuits. He could no longer use any skill or magic. Well, that doesn't matter much if he was going to die.

Skillfully maneuvering my fingers around the shaft of the pole, my dexterity was tested to the utmost as my actions became fluid and my attacks increase in quantity several times more. His resistances have held him between life and death for a while now. Using [Divine bloody chains], I turned off his resistances and regeneration. [True death] removed any revival skill he could have.

Releasing the chains, his corpse dissipated into mana. The chains stop filling the sky as time continued to move forward. Every trace had been erased, leaving a strange situation behind. I could pass it off that someone played a prank with illusions on everyone in the beach, and that the pranksters had been dealt with. Hopefully the children who visited the beach don't get traumatised. If anything comes to it, I'll just erase their memories with [Abyss control] sending magic into their brain.

The sand in the area around me had sunk from the pressure that I gave off, occasionally there were glass shards around. Erasing the glass shards with [Abyss control], I proceeded to walk back to my friends. Iyori was still shaking under her beach umbrella, though I don't think pointing it out to her would help anything.

She may get embarrassed even though she was supposedly our 'guardian' even if she was just 16. The rest had also calmed down, so I invited Fez to play in the water. James just continued to watch warmly as he worked on his sand castle. He knows that he cannot infiltrate the 'garden' so he stays behind. It was probably mean to exclude him. Waving over with my palm, a smile spread across his face. He was still just a kid afterall.

Playing for the rest of the afternoon, I think I did a pretty good job of passing myself off as a kid. Maybe I did become a kid after being in this body for this long. Hmm.. How complicated, I'll just roll with it.

"Hmmm, speaking of which. Emily, why do you know so many complicated words? Well, obviously I don't mean now. Back when you were 7 you also said a bunch of things like 'gambling on this decision', 'this is my resolve' and stuff." (Fez)

"EHH?! Why now!? Uhmm.. Uhh.. I just read a lot of books!" And I messed up on the first confrontation. Looking back, maybe I should have introduced myself more properly. Maybe I was afraid at how my classmates would react, but after all of this, I was satisfied.

" You're not satisfied with that answer right?" Putting on a smile, I just continued as if it was normal. Yes, even if this was the last time I get to be with the party, I wouldn't mind.

" The actual reason was that I have memories of my past life."

" Jeez why do you have such a sad smile on? Did you think something like that would surprise us after all this? Cmon, we'll still hang out as always" (Fez) Stretching her palm out towards me, Fez had strangely gone sentimental. She also had a little smile on, trying to calm me down. But too bad that shouldn't be the issue. Speaking with a monotonous voice, I readied my throat and spoke my mind.

" But I was an old man."

"W..! W-hat! Then all those times... And you acting cutesy, all those moments are creepy now!" (Fez)

"Is your love that weak? I for one accept Emily-chan even if she was an old man in her previous life!" (James)

"Isn't what matters is the her now? I'm sure the 12 years of her life had probably made her mind female." (Iyori)

"That was sarcasm! Why would I abandon her now after all those times! We've literally been through life and death together!" (Fez)

"Fufu~ I know, I was just messing with you." (Iyori)

"Haha! It doesn't matter, Emily has eyes for you. Even if you try to run away you can't!"(James)

"Who are you calling creepy!" With that, my hands had gone on Fez and over the point of no return. Though, it was just tickling for now. It is far too early for other stuff.