C5: Awakening

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"I'll be taking this. You seem like a good target of research." I said with a sadistic smile on my face as he slowly closed his eyes from the pain with a face of regret in his last moments. Oh, how I love the looks of regret on the face of every person I kill!

The thought of killing a boy with this much potential gives me such a rush! This truly is the way a devil should be! The thought that demons like Sirzechs and Ajuka are running around making peace disgusts me! A devil is the incarnation of negative emotions so why are they denying their instincts! Their origin! It infuriates me to no end! They should-

Ohoh? This is interesting! The mere boy I killed with barely a sweat is changing even in death! Nobody I've killed has had such a reaction even among the vampires unless they had magic that activates after their death but I can tell that isn't what's happening.

Black markings are spreading all over his body and horns began forming on his head as his body was lifted into the sky by some unknown force as a black sphere surrounded by lightning encasing him. How intriguing! I, a being with hundreds of years of experience and knowledge, do not know what is happening! How intriguing! How much will you show me Ashera Tepes! How much entertainment will you bring!

After a few minutes of floating in the sky, the black sphere finally crumbled into dust and Ashera Tepes slowly fell from the sky and softly landed on the ground. His descent wasn't like flying, it was similar to gravity helping him down softly, like the world itself is helping him.

Raising his head up to the sky Ashera Tepes let out a loud scream that only a member of the supernatural could hear, a scream that even in a cut of space like this I'm sure the strongest beings outside could hear it just fine, a scream so loud that even I froze for a few seconds from it, seconds Ashera took advantage of.

With a burst of speed that is immeasurable faster than his earlier speed, Ashera slashed down on me with a strange sword onto my outstretched hands making a small slice on my palm. It was a black katana with a neon green blade, making for a strange-looking katana but it was nothing I haven't seen before.

What was interesting though was Ashera himself. He didn't seem to be conscious and seemed to be possessed but it was slightly different, it was almost as if he was acting purely on his desires. If that was the case he is what all devils should aspire to be and something I would definitely research in the future. After all he almost rivals me in our devilish nature.

"Fan out. Asura-Kannon." The emotionless voice of Ashera rang out as dozens of swords were created in a fan shape behind his back with the same pale silver energy surrounding them. The swords were all sent towards me in an instant with an incredibly fast speed and power rivaling Ashera's own.

The swords all simultaneously appeared in front of me in an instant while I created a wall of pitch black energy to deflect them all while creating another barrier on my right side to block Ashera's own attack. He may have gotten stronger but he isn't comparable to me yet.

Creating dozens of magic circles with outstretched hands each magic circle produced a beam of black energy with more power than my first attack, I'm confident that he will not be able to deal with this attack at all and he will die.

"Asura-Kannon: Thousand Blades." Once again the emotionless voice of Ashera rang out as his shadow stretched out beneath my feet and into the surrounding area only stopping at the border of the artificial space. Quickly I noticed that the shadow was not the attack, instead, it was the thousands of blades emerging from the shadow and directly flying toward me.

Creating a barrier stronger than the last surrounding me in a sphere of pitch black I could feel the barrier shaking from the hundreds of swords crashing into it before finally it cracked. After the first crack, it began to spread even with me adding more demonic energy to the barrier, and finally, the swords broke through and some stabbed into my body while I blocked the others I could.

Once the barrier finally broke I was met with Ashera's sword slashing down straight towards me. Quickly raising my hands I created a barrier much stronger than the last having learned my lesson and pushed against his sword with the wind from the attack shattering any remaining buildings in the area that may have survived our earlier clash.

"Asura-Kannon: Ten-Thousand Blades: Knot of Fate." Once again Ashera's voice resounded as hundreds of thousands of swords were created from the floor once again… Does this brat think he can kill me? This brat dares to think he can kill me!? If killing him wasn't once I'll kill him again, fuck the research! Does this brat think he can kill me with his pitiful techniques?! He won't get any rest even in death!

Creating hundreds of thousands of magic circles high in the sky I blotted out the sky and flew up into the sky. "You damn brat! You think you defeat me!? I'm the son of Lucifer! I've surpassed my father! There's no way in hell a brat that's barely lived over a decade will kill me!"

Releasing the beams they fell from the sky like rain as the swords clashed with them with each clash destroying the ground and shaking the entire artificial space as cracks appear on the barrier and some pieces fell apart completely revealing the dimension gap outside.

The dimensional gap began destroying the barrier at an even faster speed and it wouldn't be long until the barrier collapsed completely. I had to retreat now even if I hated the thought of running from a brat like him I don't want to die to something I can avoid, besides there is no way he'll be able to survive in the dimensional gap in his state. In the end, I'll win and remove a threat from all my plans.

Creating the teleport circle to the main Qlippoth base I begin to teleport but before I could escape a floating Ashera with multiple holes in his body was in front of me with his sword already slashed, already cutting through my flesh as my teleportation finally finished.

"DAMN BRAT! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! I'LL KILL YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO! I'LL NEVER LET YOU REST IN PEACE! WAIT FOR ME ASHERA TEPES! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" I shouted out while holding the stub of my shoulder where my left arm used to be.

"Lord Rizevim! Are you alright!" A worried Euclide entered my room in a rush but do I fucking look okay?!

"IT DOESN'T MATTER! FIND THAT BASTARD ASHERA TEPES! FIND HIM AND REPORT IT TO ME IMMEDIATELY! I'LL DEFINITELY KILL HIM!" I shouted out as Euclide left to relay my orders and find a phoenix tear. I'll definitely kill you Ashera Tepes! If you're still alive I'll never give you a moment to rest!