The One Left Standing (11)

Ashema had felt the express need to rise even higher into the sky.

The battle was growing more and more intense, and he wasn't sure he would be left out of the piling collateral damage catalogue if he kept flirting with the expanding range of the conflict between the two versions of the same individual.

Be that as it may, however, the Carven was thrilled.

"They are monstrous!" he cried with a grin and a swig of the blood from his gourd.

Indeed. He couldn't believe how powerful Skullius and Replicus were, but for the former, it couldn't be overstated just how much of his (Ashema) hand played into it.

"I'm glad to see you are thoroughly abusing the knowledge you got from me. HAHAHAHA!" the Carven laughed maniacally.

Indeed. If not for that fair trick, this might not have been a battle at all.

***

Replicus saw the Noboboyama drift from the black void and fly over Feinheath quite speedily and gracefully.