The Hidden Personality Of An Innocent

Zayde leaped off the ground and onto the remnants of the roo. Once bathed by moonlight, his canines grew, poking out of the corner of his lips, his eye colours had reversed– completely black sclera, white iris with a shade of silver at the center shaped like a roughly drawn circle.

Horns extended upwards out of his skull, casting a daunting silhouette over the soldiers below, he tightened his fists around the twin daggers and started warming up while the soldiers charged up the guns in their hands.

Ash on the others hand, grew an inch taller and more muscular, reddish brown horns extending at the side of his forehead, curving backwards with sharp ends. His iris vanished, replaced with a shade of red and black that was similar to Ravena's eyes.

He pushed the door of the house open, basking in the light of the moon, preparing to ravel in the feel of letting loose after a long time. "Hey, Zayde."

"Yeah," He responded gazing down at Ash's inhuman and terrifying form below.

"That Rage of yours, Is it possible to let it out now?"

"You ask that like it's hard," Zayde paused, stretching out his hands to create multiple balls of silver lights around him, "I will so enjoy killing with super human abilities that I have no control over!" he yelled at the top of his voice, releasing the blasts that descended with intense force, causing dust to rise and an opening for them.

Ash charged towards the chaos, alongside Zayde who dropped into the cloud dust and began attacking effortlessly. Ravena stood watching with a bored expression, she was seeking something more interesting because from her perspective, the Hyperion soldiers were boring opponents especially in large numbers.

She wanted a single opponent.

Like her wishes were heard by the universe, The S rank mage appeared before her, holding her sword to Ravena's face, but she froze, hesitating to attack as familiar thoughts clouded her mind.

Before she could make a choice, Ravena's tentacles went around her armed hand, squeezing till the sword dropped to the ground.

"Who are you?" She asked, taking a step closer to masked lady that had a familiar aura emanating from her.

"The question is," She paused and vanished, appearing behind Ravena, whose tentacles once again went around her and held her up against the wall, before she could even react to Ravena's speed. "I am not here for you." She uttered, writhing with gritted teeths, from the pain and burning the tentacles caused her.

Ravena smiled and turned around, "You came last time and he had all the fun, Now I have an opportunity to stretch my limbs after a long time, and now you get to face me, so why limit your attack to just him?"

"Let me go and I will not hurt you."

"Oh no, I am sorry I cannot do that. Stay still and watch the show, then we both won't get hurt, Understood?" Ravena's expression went sinister as a sweet smile found it's way to her face, "I have cookies if you are hungry."

Meanwhile, Outside the house was a chaotic battle ground, blood splattering over every corner nonstop and Ash was trying his best no to make contact with the barriers the soldiers placed around the forest and the house, that would cause a ripple. So to avoid that, he limited his movements to the center of the soldiers.

He stood, surrounded by ten of them, their numbers increasing each time he killed one, he sighed and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt. "I wanted to keep it down a notch, but you annoying cockroaches keep multiplying, so," he paused and began jumping, a red aura forming around him.

Twelve tentacles shot out of his back, twice the length and thickness of Ravena's, he stopped and held out his arms besides him, "Come at me Cockroach..." He trailed off when Zayde landed before him, holding his bleeding eye, his intrusion made Ash frown deeply, "What happened to you?"

Zayde straightened up, his fists clenching around two rods he held, "These bastards keep getting on my nerves," He paused, a sinister smile replacing the scowl on his face, "Heck, they are getting into my nerves and I have had it with them!" He raged, dropping his hands from his eyes, revealing a scar that he healed after receiving a hit from one of the soldiers.

"Zayde," Ash called calmly, holding out his hands to stop him from doing anything insane.

"They ruined my face, they broke my daggers and one of them had the audacity to touch my horns. I am so done with strategic fighting,", He paused and chuckled dryly, clenching his fists around the rods in his hands, his mind imagining a sword that had his initials and designs.

"Zayde, Calm down," Ash uttered, his tentacles, extending towards Zayde in preparation for holding him down, "You can't go rampage now, The flaw, Raven is in there and if you get exhausted..."

"Forget about exhaustion," Zayde said, cutting him off, "I have enough health points, mana and Taint points to keep me going, Besides the battle ends quicker and I can replace the energy I have lost."

"You should worry about yourself, Ash, Those tentacles are terrifying," He added after taking a good look at Ash's tentacles, "Twelve Tentacles, Dozenpus," he mouthed, earning a glare from Ash.

As Ash opened his mouth to speak, his words got replaced with a ear bursting scream from Ravena, her voice echoed around the battle field, followed by another scream that instantly caused the two guys to worry.

"It can't be just be me, right?" Zayde asked, his eyes stayed open as he turned to Ash who instantly felt the pain Ravena was in and clenched his fists.

"One of her tentacles just got cut off," Ash said, answering Zayde's unsaid question. "She can't stay in that form anymore," He added and Zayde lost it.

"Hell no, I won't let anything happen to another one under my watch," He yelled and held out the two swords in his hands, he dashed through the soldiers, cutting every one of them with ease, despite the recklessness.

Ash sighed and rubbed his temples, "The chaos I tried to avoid. Why can't they just let her stay a quiet kid? always trying to bring out the bad side in her," He uttered and stood still, thinking of a plan while his tentacles fought for him.

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Ravena's tentacle dropped to the ground like a rock after she screamed, blood spilled out of the tentacle attached to her body but then she switched to her regular self.

"Sorry about that, Ravena, You were in my way and I had to do what I had to do," The S Rank mage said, crouching beside Ravena who remained silent, letting the pain she was in reduce before she could think of

"Someone is finally quiet," she added before standing to her full height. However as she raised her hand with a sword up ready to land another hit, a white threshold gate opened below Ravena, letting her fall in and close up almost immediately. "No.. Impossible, I am not done with you coward, come out here!"

Ravena's head popped out of another door behind her, seconds later, her hands went around the mage's waist, causing her to flinch slightly, "Kinsey," she whispered and stepped out of the door, sliding her hands under her armour, up her stomach. "It's a shame I will have to take the organs out of this beautiful body."

"H..how do you know my name?" The Mage asked, frozen as Ravena's warm fingers sent chills down her spine. She could feel the cold and dreadful aura that had replaced the warmth of the house despite the cold night and smell of blood.

"Believe me, I just guessed, I bet you thought I was going to surrender just like that, huh?" She replied and leaned closer, inhaling Kinsey's scent. "You fancy my master, right? That is why you want to capture him at all cost."

"No..no I don't," she stammered and slipped out of Ravena's hold, turning around to see Ravena staring sinisterly at her, a blood red horn similar to Ash on her head that made it seem like a crown.

Red crimson eyes that glowed sinisterly under the light of the moon that shot into the opened roof, she cupped her cheeks with her eyes closed and smiled. "It feels so good to use this form again," She moaned and licked her lips with her tongue, the length of a serpent's with a mark on it.

"I feel bad for you Kinsey," She added, the moment a thought and memory flashed through her mind, reminding her of the years before she met the first Zayde.

"What are you talking about?" Kinsey asked, her expression blank as Ravena's smile widened, remembering the last time she saw Ravena like that.

"I mean, I have stayed away from blood and sex for a long time that it helped with my endurance. If not for my master's resistance now, I would have been stronger, but alas I am still a double S rank Succubus."

"The empire would be proud of me, Yet I failed as a succubus, I refused to have a harem and asked father to let you take over while I served where I would be accepted. Master Zayde did a good job while he was alive, but Zayde is definitely doing better than the first," she paused and slowly dropped her hands.

"So, now I'll start by replenishing my lost energy as a result of my abstaining."

"I want revenge and Blood," She stated, seven tentacles extending out behind her, while Kinsey's eyes slowly widened. "Big sister, I apologize for what I am about to do, But please if you walk out of here alive, tell father I did to you what a male could not do, Tear down that untouchable barrier you created around yourself out of jealousy and envy."