Chapter 315 War is here(11)

Seeing the wave of ether flames, Colin opened the palm of his hand and a crimson orb of hellfire, along with three smaller orange orbs orbiting the crimson one appeared. He quickly pushed it forward and it collided with the ether flame, causing everything to white for a second, before a huge explosion shook the entire area. A pillar of flames rose into the air, surrounding all of them. When the flames died down, Bartus and Skorn opened their eyes in disbelief, surprised that they were still alive, when they noticed that noticed that they were in the air. Looking down, the entire area was scorched black, with a huge blackened crater in the ground. The [Chaos Territory] became visible as the flames touched the wall, scorching it black as well. The [Chaos Territory] was the only thing that kept the wall from burning to ash.

[Bartus, what the fuck is going on up there?!! And why can't I get through to Colin?!] Lily shouted into Bartus' mind

[Uhm, Colin is...uhm, possessed...maybe.] Bartus said, not acting like his usual self, as he was greatly shaken by the current situation. And Lily could tell.

[Possessed, what the fuck are you...wait, did he transform. Does he look different from before?] Lily asked

[He doesn't just look different, he's acting different too. I think he called himself Mephistopheles.] Bartus said

[Fuck. Bartus, whatever you do, don't let him do anything to you. Don't let him use any strange traits or skills or anything on you.] Lily said hurriedly, almost shouting

[Too late.] Mephistopheles said, entering the telepathic conversation, making Bartus shiver. He looked up to see 'Colin' looking down on him with a grin.

"That's enough talking for now. Time to fight." He said, and launched Bartus towards War. Bartus tried to stop himself midflight, but he was traveling too fast and he could see War readying her scythe.

'Fuck it.' Bartus thought, and created a thick gold barrier infront of him. He crashed into the barrier, which created a dent in the gold barrier. War slashed the golden barrier in two and both halves were burned to ashes by ether flames. Bartus floated midair and rained gold swords at her, but War slashed them apart as she made her way towards him, making him grit his teeth.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Skorn screamed as he soared through the air towards War, and she quickly turned towards him, slashing her scythe. Skorn blocked the attack with the shaft of his glaive, which caused him to be sent crashing into the ground. A harsh battle soon ensued as both Skorn and Bartus battled against War, who seemed to have become even more skilled with her scythe. She was able to block and deflect hundreds of gold swords raining at her while also fighting off Skorn and attacking Bartus with nothing but her scythe. She seemed to use her other abilities more sparingly than before, relying only on her scythe which seemed more than enough to handle two tier 5 demons. She used the butt of the scythe's shaft to hit Bartus in chest, almost crushing his lungs as he struggled to breathe.

'Our bodies are definitely stronger than before, or we would have died already.' Bartus thought as his chest plate quickly regained it's former shape. Skorn's body was also healing from the deep wound that War has just inflicted, and Bartus quickly sent a wave of black miasma towards her. Her body glowed white, before she disappeared and reappeared a distance away, escaping the curses that the miasma contained.

[Is it just me or does she seem more careful about using her abilities and being hit with a curse than before?] Skorn asked Bartus

[No, I've noticed it as well.] Bartus replied

[By the way, what is that bastard doing?] Skorn asked and Bartus glanced over at Colin, and his veins bulged in pure rage at what he saw. Colin was floating in the air, with a myriad of weapons floating around him, as he analysed each one, nodding his head and laughing as if he found something amusing.

'This bastard!!!' Bartus roared in his mind, before dodging a gold sword that was kicked back at him by War. The fight continued like this for five more minutes, before both Skorn were on their knees, panting heavily as they ran out of both stamina and DP. War looked completely fine, like she hasn't broken a sweat despite fighting almost forty minutes now.

"It was fun boys, but it's time we end this." War said, and raised her scythe like a grim reaper, but before she could reap their souls, a powerful blast hit her in the side, pushing her across the ground.

"You two didn't last nearly as long as I thought, but thanks anyway. You served as a good distraction." Colin said and both of them gritted their teeth in pure rage.

"Did you come up with a way to defeat her?" Skorn asked, hoping that his torment was at least worth something.

"Hmm, oh yeah, I found a way about four minutes ago." He replied

"And you let that bitch continue beat the deep out of us!!" Skorn shouted, but Colin simply shrugged and walked forward.

"How touching, having one last conversation with your friends before you die. As expected of an inferior copy." War said, but this time Colin smiled.

"Are you sure that I'm the one that is inferior? The two of us came from the same source, we are both fragments with equal power and knowledge, which makes us equal. The only real way to tell whose inferior is the skin suit we are wearing. Which would mean that I, am the superior one." Colin said and War laughed

"Your vessel is better than mine. Are you Delusional? Blind maybe? You have a mere true demon and I, I possess the body of a creature never seen before. A creature that possesses qualities of both holy and demonic energies. A true specimen that Mephistopheles was never able to create. I possess perfection." War said zealously while holding out her hands.

"If you think perfection is a rotting corpse that's barely being kept alive and held together by a drained fragment, then you are the one who's delusional. That specimen you are possessing, is a ticking bomb. Did you really think that combining holy and demonic energy in the same body and using [Death Affinity] to hold them together was going to work. Did you forget that death is an affinity aligned with chaos? I bet the demonic energy in your body is devouring the holy energy and the over saturated of [Death Affinity] in that body will leave it as nothing but a steaming pile of ash if you even stop concentrating for a moment. Am I right or am I right?" Colin said with a grin, and as he spoke her expression became darker and darker.

"You..." She said, shaking violently, but Colin didn't let her speak and instead fired a shot at her. Orbs of hellfire appeared in the air and guns floated infront of both Skorn and Bartus.

"Shoot that bitch!!" Colin roared enthusiastically before raining hellfire on War. Bartus and Skorn looked at each other before taking the guns and shooting at War. War for her part released a wave of ether flames into the air causing the orbs of hellfire to explode, as she rushed towards the three of them. She deflected the shots from the guns while making her way towards them, and Colin smiled, as a barrel of the gun shone with bright light, before a large beam of hellfire was shot out. She blocked it with the blade of her scythe, which caused her speed to slow, but not by much. The bullets hit her body, tearing away at her flesh and she could feel Bartus' curses ravaging her body, making her grit her teeth.

*Stab*

*Splurt*

A spear stabbed through her back, and she gritted her teeth, resisting the urge to turn around.

*Cough*

A sword stabbed her in the chest, and she coughed up blood before her body was surrounded by a white light.

"No you don't. Tomb of Dark Embrace." Colin said, covering the entire area in darkness.

"Mother fucked!!" War screamed as her ability was forcibly deactivated and she was stabbed again in the chest, only this time, the weapon was enveloped in darkness. Her body exploded with ether flames, pushing the beam back and Colin quickly threw down the gun, which was melted into scrap while flashing his hands as if he was burned by the gun.

"You dropped something." He said casually as War's hand fell to the ground, rotting off her torso, before being enveloped in blue flames and burning to ash.

"Bastard." She said and rushed towards him, but her legs rotted off as well and burst into blue flames, causing her to fall tobtge ground. Her body was slowly enveloped in wisps of blue flames, making her realize that she has lost this battle.

"No need for name calling, I am you you know and it's not like you are going to die. I'll simply absorb you, your fragment and become one." He said as he walked towards her and stood above her.

"Then get it over wi-" War said, but before she could finish, Colin stomped on her head, crushing it.