150 - return part 1
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"You..... How did you deflect my attacks... They've gone beyond a trillion..."
"Hmph, perhaps you've forgotten me. How boring, I've always respected you." (?)
Her jet black hair, akin to the night sky fluttered in the shockwaves that engulf the area. Her mint green eyes glowed like that of a cat's, facial features refined to that of a sculpture's. A rough grey cloak was brought down around her neck, the colours giving hints of its age. She was as tall as the average adult woman, however her demeanor seemed like it offered much more than that. It was something similar to a meeting with the divine. An angel, a god. Something had came down to grant humanity salvation and peace. It was an enemy.
".... If you aren't going to answer, that's fine. [DEMONIC ENERGY]!"
Creating portals in the air with [Shadow step-tier 4]'s teleportation ability, destruction shot forth in the form of straight lines. These lines either formed complex structures similar to a spider's Web, or went straight for the enemy. The web's close in like a wall of death. With death coming in from every direction and a similar jamming for teleport action instead of radios, the only result left was defeat.
"[One that survives all
"Tch, that barrier again. What is that skill?!" (Lilith)
With another wave of her hand, more portals appeared, releasing ear piercing destruction into the world. With another battle, her control over [Demonic energy] had once again risen up, causing more possibilities to open up. The capabilities were always there, how it was made use of was up to the user's skill. The air itself heated up to the point where it was just below the point of exploding, creating what could be called a living hell. Of course, the user was oblivious to such a side effect that didn't affect her.
A small wriggling shadow could be observed in the distance behind the unknown assailant. The surrounding rampant [demonic energy] lit up the night sky with explosions, causing visibility to no longer pose a problem. Gradually, the shadow gained more and more mass. No... One could mistake it for multiplication. But it wasn't something so simple as a new bacteria like enemy. It was teleport action. Reinforcements have shown up. Familiar ones too. It was the Queen's assault squad.
Running over, they shot strange devices around, attempting to take control. It was a gauntlet like tool that was embedded into their left hand, camouflaged into their jet black suit. All of them were wearing black combat suits, mistaking them as shadows wasn't a mistake. A low tier optical magic must have been applied. Though the moment they stepped into the preferred range, their disguises wore off from the [demonic energy]. Glowing red threads flew out of their gauntlets, at once 50 of them flew around, slicing through the air faster than bullets or any other human advancement.
The threads wrapped around the mysterious assailant's neck, catching her by surprise.
"TCH?! FEZ, HOW DARE YOU!" (?)
Her black hair floated in response to her anger, as if she could control them.
A quick shockwave pressure blew by from the opposite direction. The green barrier was pretty much automatic on herself, there wasn't any conceivable way for Lilith to kill her. Nor was there any reason to, sure she interrupted her fight. However her grudge lay strictly with the cult members and any other individual who 'works in the shadows' of the capital.
Activating the mint barrier, the red threads were recognised as a threat and vaporised. Turning her neck, she stared blankly at the small crater in front of her. There was no particular meaning of a small crater in a battle field full of larger ones. What about the people she just saved?
The red threads flew at Lilith as well, however her web made quick work of their petty imitation. Raining forth her own threads into the thick of the shadows, smoke blew out as sounds of explosions spread far. The first targets were the 2 elites, the stranger could not protect them if she wasn't paying attention. From what Lilith could tell, [One that survives all
It ignored speed above all else, meaning a similar skill had to be used to circumvent it in an instant. [Demonic energy], though versatile and powerful, it wasn't able to match it. Lilith was able to tell on the instinctual level, her conscious screaming at her to run from it, that it was a skill that operated on the conceptual level.
A skill that has reached the realm of gods. She can't trifle with something like that at the present time. Sending destructive threads at the assault squad as revenge, she made her escape while the stranger stared at the casualties.
The assault squad was the only special one equipped with groundbreaking magic technology. Technology that allowed them to teleport and fight with ease, disguise and hide from logic. It was the 13th secret void walker squad, Black Rose. Major Tredar, the one in charge of the whole 30 men squad, was sitting on his chair back in base. Watching. He knew he was sending his men to certain death, after all, he was forced to monitor her, Lilith. He knew how her power had grown to insane heights. He knew what how minimalistic were her relationships.
A reliable older sister, a sort of rival that would easily be defeated, a classmate with hidden potential, a teacher with ties to authority related power that she needs. If anything, she could easily hid her class and pretended to be an archer with [demonic energy], yet she didn't. What exactly coursed through her mind before she made her decisions was unknown.
Of course, his men weren't oblivious either. They had gone through training in simulation over and over, to the point one could say they shaved off 4 years of their lives. A large mana signature had surfaced 4 years ago, on the orphanage attack. In order to observe this power, they allowed the cultist to continue with their attack, producing casualties. They observed and observed, attempted to decipher and connect the clues. To no avail, this was an entity unknown to humanity. A potential threat to humanity.
Having forseen this, he only sent 3 subordinates, with layers of disguises and bombs strapped to every nook and cranny of their body mass. They did well avoiding the shockwaves, preventing the trigger of the bombs inside their bodies. What they didn't expect was a new variable, the mysterious assailant to appear, and for Lilith to attack in the chaos.
All 3 of them easily perished from the threads she sent. No matter how much testing was done, they could only vaguely deflect the [demonic energy]. However given enough time, the magic itself starts to decompose, leaving a big white gap for the next attack to pass through. Limited time, maximum pressure. Death was all that await them.
Of course, Lilith was now on the run. Another mysterious being had entered the field, flooding with unknown variables. Her level, class and abilities could not be identified. Only the single concept level skill, [One that survives all