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U-ukkh. Blood came out of my mouth with the pain that stabbed my chest.Fuck, it seemed like the hit earlier injured my body worse than I thought. Suddenly the dust and ground lifted as a bright reddish light appeared before me. I was greeted by a giant magic energy ball that emerged from the head of Predator Telos. And not long after, he threw a red laser at me.
DUARR!!!
A tongue wrapped around my stomach, pulling me away from the building. It barely avoided the powerful explosion that flattened the surrounding buildings. The tongue carried me before the man with his hands mutated into a giant tongue.
Dumbfounded me, he. is Subject 893!
“A-What happened to you?” my question was to approach the man, but soon he turned away from me and grabbed his hair with bulging eyes and crying. He seemed to be in pain.
“Aarghh!! T-T-The Reaper is right. H-Our life will only bring suffering to the people around us. But you.. Subject 03, you.. is different.. You are the ideal Chalice...,” said Subject 893 before the bone horns grow in thrust all over his body. It roared in pain as the bones pierced through its body and the flesh grew to form the legs of the spider. But before it changed completely, the man punched his own heart and threw it at me.
“Chrysant... please.. Stop us... before us...become a monster that will... obliterate the world..”.
Crushed into a small butterfly, Subject 893 disappeared from my sight. The red magicite he left behind shook in my hand and in an instant, he darted through my heart. An excruciating pain permeated my body with my entire magic circuit burning hot. But even great power flowed throughout my body, healing all the wounds I had. And with him, a strange piece of memory in my head…
“Wake up, The Warden!”
BUMM!!
The Predator's dragon head hit the building I was hiding in. With his serpent-like amta he searched for my position, but did not realize a lightning spear was fiercely hitting him. The Predator cried out with flesh trying to heal himself, but the lightning of the spear blocked him.
“Chrysaaannnttt!!!! Arrgghhhhh!” the Predator shouted at me who had stood on his head and struck the lightning spear that smashed his head and crept it into a rain of blood.
Strange, I don't know why my body feels so light. And. These lightning magic, just flowed to me. As if he was a natural thing I had a long time ago. And like lightning my body danced the thunderstorm dance that mercilessly scorched the nine dragon heads. I jumped up, collecting a giant lightning spear in my right hand. In front of the Dragon's eyes I can see my reflection…
A monster angel with diamond wings and a sadistic smile.
But that reflection distracts me. Without me realizing the nine heads of Predator Telos had grown back and smashed my body to the ground. And just after that, the Predator Telos collected a black energy ball that sucked all the dust around it.
“... How can you show the way when battered so?” said a man in a black robe. Red eyes look at me with a smile.
“S-Saber... Why—-UUGGHHH!!”
The red of my magic circuit spurted the blood that tormented me. I spewed blood and from the reflection of the blood I saw the diamond wings collapse, along with the loss of the strange power that possessed me earlier. What the hell is going on with me?
“Hmph, that pain is your pay when using Ignition Berserker. Remember that pain.. so that you will never use it again,” said Saber who pulled out her long red sword and put up the horses, “For..
Berserker Ignition? … Humanity, what is that man talking about?
“Why.... are you not with Dagger?!” my shout was trying to rise with the pressure of that magic energy.
“Heh.. The stubborn one rewarded me with a slap, when he knew I left you here. Until the last second it seemed like I was a bad brother. But, because of that too, I will use my lousy life for one good…
“Look at Chrysant.. This is what happens when you lose your humanity. Ignition Berserker!!” shout Saber.
The golden hair of the man burned to a white that emgneras like a stretcher. Diamond crystals grew from his body, forming a terrifying armor of war. The flesh also grew to devour his red sword into a blade with sharp teeth. In an instant, the man before me turned into a monster figure I did not recognize.
Saber then put up horses that gathered wind in her gerigi sword. Its power was so great, comparable to the black sphere that Predator Telos had created. And suddenly, time came to a halt as Saber slashed the sword and shouted,
“Raven Style 03: Dimension Slash!”
A sky shock split the Predator Telos black energy ball, tearing reality apart and plunging the dark space that sucked the ball into it. Before the koyakan was gone, Saber also darted and attacked the Predator telos with a ferocious epdang dance. Because of Saber's rapid slash, my eyes can't catch it.
However, Predator Telos also pounced on the saber and swallowed the Knight... before .. ZRIING!! ZLASSH! SLASHY!
Saber's pouncing head was cut to the smallest of the chips, giving the angel a foothold to dart towards another head. Raising his sword, Saber concentrated all of his concentration. Imagine the fall of leaves over a calm fish pond.
“Raven Style 07: Zetsubou Dove,” whispered Saber right in front of the nine heads of the snake.
For a moment it stopped and with a shrewdness, Saber played her sword through each of those heads. But once that time passed, until only three heads could be cut off before landing on the ground.
Having grown diamonds eating his entire arm. The blur of his eyes rhymed with his tight breathing. But the man was still standing, trying to protect me with all his strength.
“... No, we.. will be back together,” said I who also stood up and shot arrows of light at all three corners of our battle field. With a limp step, I climbed debris by rubble, reaching the highest peak I could reach. With him I also cast a spell,
“Oh Black Company, our life guide. Protect us from the wicked, keep us from the roar of death.”.
When at the top I also direct my hand to form a triangle and say, “Celestial Pyramid!”
A pyramid of light appears, confining the Predator in a stifling prison. Circuits of light were born from the pyramid, connected to eight Magicites that became the axis of the giant magic circle around the Predator, maintaining the integrity of the pyramid of light so that the monster could not escape from his grasp. The preparation I secretly set up last night for my trap against the Predator. And at the highest peak, Chrysant focused all his magic on an arrow.
Three light dragons emerged from Chrysant's arrow, swerving and burning the girl's skin. Chrysant's irises turned red and blood-stained. I also took off her son while shouting,
“Great Gamble!”
Darting like a meteor, the three dragons struck the Pyramid of light below. Severe earthquakes spread throughout the city, cracks appeared on the asphalt road, separating one and the other. Buildings immediately collapsed one by one, breaking into a giant black hole that sucked the surrounding land voraciously.
Saber and Seraphina. With his last strength, Saber carried the girl, jumping over collapsed buildings one by one. Until finally they reached the brink.
The Great Gamble is the strongest magic I have. By concentrating all of my magic energy, I was able to unleash such a devastating attack capable of leveling a single city. But even after using that power, I was unable to use magic for a long time.
My body was weakened and my legs were no longer able to stand. Like a helpless doll, I fell into the dark hole along with the ruins of the city and the road. But right at the bottom, someone caught my body and put it to sleep slowly…
Gentle familar's voice as she said, “.. Don't die just yet, you still owe me one ramen.”