Chapter 5 part4 Devils and deception

The progress to the Etherious was slow and tedious, the devils refused the fair combat rule and I was basically dead weight considering how weak I currently am.

Yuri was the big gun and no matter how hard I tried the lightning never increased in power.

The mental assault from the devils made you lose your instincts weakening any resolve you had, the result from fighting the peaceful feeling was a much faster response to danger.

The landscape on this world was continuous mirages likely representing the reality of peace, no peace was ever true it always comes at a great sacrifice with people deluding or oppressing themselves.

If I had my full power I could blast away the problems and progress to the Etherious.

The illusions started fading more and more till finally you could see the reality of this foul horrible world, the devils ate each other and did extremely heinous acts to each other.

The bitter reality of peace was on display beyond its illusion, despite all of this we had finally made it to a narrowing valley.

I thought long and hard about what waited inside the valley and in a moment of desperation to progress I realized that I still had a trump card up my sleeve possibly.

I pulled Cronos and Yuri aside and said "Cronos in the valley you will carry me to the door way while I enhance and focus my power through Yuri. I hope you both understand that if this fails we will end up having to fight many times harder this time."

Yuri looked at me with a glum look and said "I don't think I can do it Horas, I will just let you down if you trust me."

I sighed and said "The reason why Cronos has to carry me is because I intend to refine your combat through the white tetrahedron."

Yuri seemed to suddenly have faith and Cronos lifted me on to his back carrying me as I started the intense new experience.

I started concentrating hard and suddenly the entire world around me went blank as I fell unconscious.

We needed to be quick as the field around me would burn away at Cronos the longer I took.

The tetrahedron suddenly appeared and Yuri stood on a wall opposite me as I started to enhance her power.

Yuri didn't snap back to her consciousness instead the rampant wild emotions she was learning to control suddenly flowed into the tetrahedron turning the entire floor beneath her black.

Yuri was unaware of the progression so I reached my consciousness into her berserk body and charged into the valley.

I pushed through my powers and suddenly I released a bright red flame sweeping over the land destroying everything in my path.

I could hear the devils screaming as they melted in the flames and as I looked back Cronos was letting of smoke from his back as if the field around me was burning him like the flames.

We ran down the narrow valley till finally we reached the huge door and as we got to the door hordes of devils descended on us I suddenly pressed hard again and I felt Yuri's body crumbling under the extreme pressure my power let off.

The flames roared out in rage and the devils were all destroyed, I pulled back my consciousness and jumped of Cronos.

Yuri and Cronos were pretty much done for as both their bodies had reached a maximum limit of exertion.

There were 2 options open to me and both were terrifying to imagine, I could open the door and hope for mercy or I could sit out here and defend both Yuri and Cronos till they recovered.

Cronos was healing pretty quickly however he needed at least an hour till he was conscious on the other hand Yuri was totally unconscious and had never experienced this kind of exertion before so there was no telling how long it would take for them to recover.

The door swung open behind me and there stood an Etherious with flames shooting of from his head I remembered Cronos's warning and this being was likely his friend Molgath.

If he attacked us this would be utter chaos since I definitely was no match for him, Cronos and Yuri were in even worse condition.

Molgath spoke up suddenly saying "Do not fear the challenge of my chamber, mercy has been granted to you considering the disaster you just endured. Do not rush yourself to finish these challenges this space you are in is a time pocket of space and in here every 30 days is equal to 1 day on the outside. Master your lessons here in peace till you all recover then we can continue your challenges."

I dragged Cronos and Yuri into the chamber only ever pulling at their clothes, the large door slammed shut and we were finally safe.

Molgath suddenly shifted his smoke form into a human form that was extremely elegant and said "You posses creation as power. We knew 1 day an immortal like you would be born and that we would have a chance to make up for our past sins or to pay for them in death. Etherious may help some humans but many of my kind have been the bane to humanity for extremely long periods of time. The last 5 true Etherious did not deserve to be preserved we should have been destroyed for our sins however Raphael intervened and saved us till our time would come. Horas Ra please do not worry in my palace you are safe here."

4 days had passed and Yuri had not woken up from the exertion I made her body go through.

I had set in meditation concentrating my powers over and over again with almost no true result, Cronos on the other had was enjoying his time with Molgath.

After refining out all the emotions I double checked to see if I was feeling at peace and to be honest I was shocked to find that there was no effect on me.

Inside the tetrahedron Yuri's consciousness was still asleep from the mental strain my power had exerted.

I sat down next to her and for the first time since I had met her I actually had feelings of passion towards her.

Yuri may not have been someone who stole my heart at first sight but undoubtedly she was special in her own way, Yuri was the bravest person I had met and despite her perverted thoughts she was pure in spirit.

I had only felt this way about her in the last day after realizing exactly how I felt about her, the problem was I didn't want her to know this and even with the tetrahedron helping me there was a strong possibility she could see into my thoughts and emotions when we interacted with each other.

I started petting Yuri's consciousness like a cat in your lap and she woke up.

Yuri wasn't tired or exhausted instead my possession of her body had left her unable to resume control of her body till now.

I understood it in that instant while Yuri looked around curiously and then her consciousness asked me "Why do your emotions and thoughts feel so distant from me now?"

The process of refining my emotions had likely been the main cause of the odd barrier she was feeling and soon I would likely return to normal with our emotions flowing through each other without any control.

I took a few minutes to explain the entire situation to which Yuri seemed to adjust to pretty well and then she used the tetrahedron to refine her emotions.

In a matter of minutes Yuri was once more awake and walking about at which point Molgath suddenly spoke up saying "You have all fully recovered so let's get to the challenge!"