Void

"Taken." John exulted as he thrusts his blade, with the bright yellow runes of the holy light engraved into Skiá's chest. Skiá tries to attack John with his free arm but is captured by Allatu's whip, wrapped in John's aura, in this way he is able to touch Skiá. From where the whip and the edge of the sword touched Skiá's body yellow veins began to spread over his smoky body.

'Why doesn't he disappear right away ?! in theory he had to be eliminated already. ' John wonders in his mind.

"Paladin you must be wondering why I haven't disappeared yet, right? It's simple I'm not a normal Void Watcher ... but something much more superior." declares Skiá.

'Void Watcher? what is Aurelion, do you know anything about this being? ' Asteri asks Aurelion.

'Void ... this word, I don't remember but it tells me something, something very dangerous.' Aurelion answers.

"However leaving aside the already hateful Holy Light, this power of yours is strange ... it is a mixture of various cosmic powers that even manage to hurt me ... interesting, today I discovered something very interesting." keeps talking Skiá while still those veins of Holy Light and the power of Asteri continues to pass through her body.

'Wait, now that I'm thinking about it and paying even more attention ... this color is power I think I've already seen it somewhere ...' tries to remember Asteri.

"But don't think you've already defeated me ... not so fast." after saying this, Skiá sent a strange aura out of his body, emanating a hungry feeling, as if he wanted to devour everything and everyone.

'Sure! now I remember that spider ten years ago. ' and and behold, Asteri was reminded of that event that happened to him as a child on the edge of the forest, where that mysterious woman also appeared.

But it wasn't time to remember why that aura was nothing to take lightly. After emanating it, Skiá also released a kind of purple / black smoke screen from her body that flooded the whole area of the duel, not showing anything to the trio and also weakening them both mentally and in magical power.

'What happens? my light is fading. ' thinks John as he sees that the runes on the sword, which previously glowed with a radiant yellow light, were slowly fading. Same thing was happening to Allatu, the aura covering the whip had disappeared permanently causing the release of Skiá's arm, which he immediately swings towards John where his blade collides with his gray armor, which caused the paladin to fly to some meter away leaving also a dent on the thoracic part of the armor.

Only Asteri remained attached to Skiá, the latter annoyed moved his free arm again against Asteri's head, but the boy reacted by waving his free hand too where he still had the charm of electricity, making the blades collide.

"You're incredibly tough, it's weird that my * Void Curtain * doesn't affect you, but it doesn't matter I'll take care of you personally." said Skiá, who was apparently somewhat healed from the wound of John's sword as the veins had retreated a little, but still visible, same thing for the hole caused by the lunge. Instead where before him it was grabbed on his arm there was now no vein or wound.

"You too are very tough, so talk about a challenge of attrition, will your curtain weaken me and then you give me the coup de grace, or will it be my power that will destroy you from within? This is all exciting, isn't it?" Asteri says with a smile of euphoria on her face, as if he is enjoying the moment.

"Oh? So my curtain is actually taking effect, only it's very weak I see, you gave me important information, you know?" Skiá answered.

"It doesn't matter, you'll still be the one to die." Asteri says, having voluntarily given that information. But it was true what Skiá said, the curtain was having its effect on Asteri, but he was resisting as much as possible, while John and Allatu were on their knees very weakened by it.

'What is this power? it is not a normal power that came from a simple minion, it is something superior. ' Allatu was trying to find an answer in his mind, coming from an average world.

"Anyway you said something interesting earlier, mentioning Skiá, what is this 'void' you are talking about?" Asteri asks still clinging to him and swiping with Skiá.

"And something that is beyond your understanding as mortals, one day the Void will bring the end to everyone is everything in the vast universe, we will devour everything is civilization that exists, we have already seen it is something inevitable. So why don't you join us. us, become one with the Void, you won't regret it ... "Skiá said.

"No thanks, I'm fine, very vague as an answer but for now I'll be satisfied with this." Asteri replies, while the first drops of sweat began to appear on his face and his magical power was about to run out.

"I see you in bad shape, hybrid, are you already giving in?" Skiá asks with a hint of mockery, but he too was not in such good shape as those three-colored veins had almost spread all over his body.

"Look who's talking, look how you are." Asteri answers.

The two stopped with the blade dance and looked into each other's eyes, almost at the same height, as Skiá was about 1.90 meters tall, just over Asteri.

'Not now Asteri, don't give up just missing.' urge Aurelion.

'I know, I'll have to unleash all my power again.' Asteri saying it caused a large amount of magical energy to erupt from his body, making his veins color three colors, the same thing happened to his eyes.

"So this is your true potential ... for now." Skiá says this, but the last part he whispered, not being heard by Asteri, committed to harnessing all his energy.

The veins of the three colors in Skiá's body began to grow very fast, and within seconds they expanded throughout his body.

"You won this time, hybrid. But know that I will return, we will not return and then you will have to prepare for the best." says Skiá, lighting up more and more with the light of Asteri's three colors, which eventually blew him up and thinned out his purple / black curtain, releasing John and Allatu as well.