Chapter 363: Archer VS Televangelist (2)

|Author's note: Got my laptop replacement, the Grammarly on this laptop is somehow worse.|

Lilith POV

Greed winced as the arrow's energy disrupted his protective barrier, revealing his form beneath the shroud of darkness. His form resembled...Perseus?

I seized the opportunity and unleashed a rapid barrage of arrows, each one aimed at weakening his defenses. The clearing filled with the sound of arrows meeting their mark, and Greed howled in pain as the light-infused arrows pierced through the shadowy veil, forcing him to reveal more of his true self.

In response, Greed unleashed a devastating counterattack. He sent waves of dark tendrils snaking toward me again, and I could sense each one imbued with a paralyzing curse. I leaped and spun through the air, narrowly avoiding the dark tendrils as they lashed out.

He sent out a lot of the same spells over and over, but it's probably because of them being the easiest and quickest ones to cast.

I released powerful arrows into the heart of their onslaughts of spells, and the arrow exploded in a brilliant display of light, dispersing the dark tendrils and shattering Greed's shadowy defenses.

He realized that he was on the brink of defeat, and desperation overcame him. With one final, desperate incantation, he summoned a swirling vortex of greed and avarice that formed a gorilla-shaped spell that charged toward us.

I then gathered and imbued light magic into my bow which created the most powerful arrow I've cast till now. The arrow pierced the swirling mass of greed, causing it to shudder and convulse. The gorilla collapsed in on itself, creating a shockwave that sent Greed hurtling backward.

"Before I kill you, tell me why the hell you look like my boyfriend?"

"Us sins look different to everyone, idiot. Did you not do your research?!" he shouted as he was scrambling on the ground while I had an arrow pointed at him, "We look like what the other desire. To some, I even look just like a pile of gold." 

"Ugh...I'm gonna have a heart-to-heart talk about this later." 

Alright, to kill a god...first, you have to channel your godly essence. Almost an equivalent to a mortal using their life force for power and shortening their lifespan in the process. Gods don't have a lifespan, but we'll be weakened within a couple of days.

Mom wanted us to gather them all in one spot and take them out all at once, but that's not happening. We want chaos and killing one now will send a message to the others.

Anyway, I gathered a lot of my godly essence and the process was very painful, my muscles were tightening, and my blood was boiling. My muscles were cramping all over and it felt like my soul was being ripped out of my body.

With each passing moment, the agony intensified, threatening to overwhelm my senses.  It felt as if my very essence was being torn apart, as though I were being stretched and pulled in every direction simultaneously.

My body trembled, and my vision blurred from the sheer intensity of the agony. Beads of sweat formed on my brow, and my breaths came in ragged gasps as I fought to maintain my focus.

Greed saw me taking quick shallow breaths and took that opportunity to run.

But my godly essence formed an arrow on time, I shot it and it flew to the running Greed, and it pierced him through the heart. He fell on his knees, and his body started to slowly crack and turn into dust. Greed was crying as he tried to patch himself back together, but...it didn't work, he soon disappeared and became specks of dust flying with the wind.

Shit, my head's spinning...using my godly essence was a terrible idea...I'm a bit too disoriented to cast a spell...

"Man, Dawn was right, you would end up using too much." a familiar voice said

I turned and saw Perseus who caught me in his arms.

"What will happen to me?" 

"You'll pass out, become a mortal temporarily for a couple of hours, and then return to being a weakened goddess for the next 2-5 days." 

"Damn." 

*****

I slowly blinked my eyes open, I saw Buddy sleeping in front of me. As my consciousness returned, I realized that I was nestled in Perseus' arms. I shifted slightly, feeling his strong arms tighten around me in response. His breath tickled the nape of my neck, sending shivers down my spine. 

I felt him stir beside me. His embrace softened, and he began to kiss the back of my neck and my head affectionately.

"What time is it?" he asked

Right, this bunker doesn't have windows, it's underground after all.

"9 pm." I answered, " Shouldn't you be going to find those so-called extinction classes?"

"Nah, I need them to gather in one place, tomorrow is my date with Maple, so I'll go the day after." 

"Where's the rest?" 

"Hunting for another god, so it's just us 3 for tonight." 

I then told him about the true forms of the sins and how they may look on the inside, Perseus and Ruka saw the same looking women, so that means that there was their actual form underneath, Perseus was probably preoccupied with his inner voice to notice the deceit.

"You've been quite tame recently, you know." he said out of the blue

"What?! Me?! Tame?!" 

"Yep, I slept with your mother, and all it took was a kiss to shut you up. If it was like the beginning, you would have cracked a rib or two before you let me even touch you." 

"Don't remind me."

I tried to get up and walk to the bathroom, but my legs wobbled and I was caught and pulled back into the bed.

"Can't you sense it?" he asked, "You're mortal, you're body's not used to it, so just cuddle here with me." 

"Yeah, I would really love to cuddle with you, but I feel a discomfort in my...nether regions...I need to pee."

"Oh, this is probably the first time you need to pee, right, I'll help you before you can't hold it, Dawn said that you're basically a baby at this point. Walking will be hard too."