Alert: Ultimate skill activated

The giant snake slithered over moving off his back launching into the air as its wings unfolded from its back, its long body trailing up behind it as its wing beat creating a massive updraft almost pushing me back. My arm burned. I held it in my right, the flesh burning at the slightest touch. Dammit! How could I be so careless? Snakes and poison, how could I not think about that.

'Error: passive skill antitoxin failed - monster is too high level.'

I let my hand drop down, gripping my sword tightly. I activated my wings jumping high into the sky as the basilisk spat blood at me, the attacks hurtling through the air like canons. I dodged past aiming for the soft underbelly.

'Alert: Skill activated - "Conjure" '

A spear appeared in my right hand as I dropped my sword. I stopped mid air, my wings opening pushing against the wind I had whipped up behind me. As soon as I stopped I dropped my spear. The momentum continuing the spear flew through the air towards the snake's body but its tail thrashed at it, the spear shattering. In the air it was faster, more agile. How could I beat that? I had no time to think. I could only dodge the bullets of blood. I could only hope it had a limit to its wings. No! I can't just hope to outlast this thing. I'm barely holding it together as It is.

'Alert: Skill activated - "Conjure" '

My sword appeared in my hand as I shot forward stabbing at the snake. Its soft yellow underbelly taunting me like a bullseye I just can't get. I thrust forward honing in on my target but just as I was in reach my hopes were dashed by a flash of green scales smashing into my side crushing me down into the ground. Blood spilled out of my mouth as I crashed into the green grass, my entire body slamming into the floor.

I struggled to stand, my arms were broken. Blood leaked from my mouth. My vision was shaky at best. As I looked up I saw the basilisk looming over my limp body, I saw it draw back, I knew what was coming. Dammit! How? I thought I was strong enough. But I'm still just weak. I'm still just pathetic. I couldn't protect her.

My eyes opened with horror staring at the figure in front of me. Staring at Chaaya. She was standing in front of me. Her arms were stretched out wide….

"I won't let you take anyone else from me, never again!"

How?

Why?

Dammit what's she doing?! She needs to run. Why is she doing this. I'm so weak! Why am I so pathetic?

'Alert: There is a way to change.'

'Alert: are you prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice?'

Yes! Anything! Anything at all!

'Alert: Ultimate skill unlocked - "Demon sacrifice" '

'Alert: are you sure you want to activate this? There will be no going back.'

Yes! I will do anything.

'Alert: Ultimate skill activated'

'Alert: system access full'

'Alert: Goodbye'

'Alert: Hp 80/430'

My body is filled with pain. I started to shake, blood splattered everywhere.

'Alert: Hp40/430'

My eyes turned red as I screamed, blood falling from my eyes like tears dropping from my cheeks.

'Alert: Hp 20/430'

Blood spraying everywhere.

'Alert: Hp 10/430'

The pain was crushing.

'Alert: Hp 5/430'

It was insane, death was a picnic compared to this.

'Alert: Hp 1/430'

But it's worth it if I can save her.

'Alert: Hp1/430'

'Alert: antitoxin activated'

I walked forward. My hand touched her shoulder as I pushed in front of her.

My fingers curled into a gun.

'Alert: Skill activated - "Lightning rain" '

I shot a blast of light blue energy from my fingertips shooting through the snake's scales.

"Huh so this is the power of a god."

"Rhy?"

"Perhaps. Who's to say. But I said I'd kill it. So I will. Wait for me."

I turned my back, the snake rushing forward wrapping its tail around me and squeezing.

'Alert: skill activated - "Dual casting" '

'Alert skill activated - "planet crusher" '

The snake's body was pushed away as I picked it over my head. I threw it up into the air, a brilliant set of wings forming behind me.

'Alert: skill activated - "Ultimate sword" '

A pure white sword formed in my hand as I flew up into the air. The basilisk smacked into me with its tail but a simple cut severed the body completely.

'Alert: skill activated - "Ultimate thunderclap strike." '

I was behind the snake severing its body in half the blood showering over the garden.

'Alert: skill activated - "Hell fire" '

Fire shot from around me hunting down every single drop of blood and boiling it.

Somehow its head was still moving, its wings flapping to me its fangs jumping at me crushing me under the giant teeth.

'Alert: skill activated - "Counter slash" '

The mouth blasted open, cracking open the head falling to the ground.

'Alert: skill activated - "shatter" '

The head cracked into thousands of pieces all hunted down by my fire and disintegrated.

I dropped down to the ground, my wings and sword disappearing. The power I had was insane. It was astronomical. It's like nothing I could've ever imagined.

My vision blurred as I stepped forward. My head felt light and the world turned on its side. How could I be so stupid. This couldn't last. This world wasn't that kind. At least….. At least Chaaya is safe.

I've died so many times at this point it feels familiar. My eyes closed and opened. The flash of the sky and sun above me. The familiar sensation of slipping away. I opened my eyes for what seemed like the last time and looked up at Chaaya's face, tears streaming from her eyes as she held me. Dammit! Why did I have to die? Why did I have to die before telling her?

'Alert: skill activated "____" '

'Error: skill unknown, file corrupted''

'Alert: Hp0/430'

'Alert: Hp1/430'

I was dead! How am I back alive? What happened? That's the second time I've seen that skill. That doesn't matter now. I opened my eyes looking up at Chaaya. Her eyes welled with tears.

"Rhy?"

"Yea I'm alive, human."

"Dammit! Why won't you call me by my name? Am I really just another human to you?"

"Of course not, you are my master…. Chaaya."

Her eyes still streamed with tears but she was smiling, her warm kind smile.