Chapter 80: Chapter 80

Charging at the God again, Eren used his massive wings to chase him down across the hall, the man, and unlike the shadows’ lord who relayed on his massive wings to carry him across the hall, was able to float and move without them, swiftly at that, like an arrow, it must be air, Eren thought, the God was relying on the air element without resorting to another one, using it to carry his body or even press it to form weapons, it was a frightening skill indeed, but Eren knew very well that the God was holding himself back, and it was all for a reason.

He was avoiding to use heavy attacked and even wide-range attacks, instead, he was resorting to physical attacks, which was strange as Eren knew how destructive a second generation God could be, for he had the same power running in his veins.

He didn’t want to mistakenly attack the shrine, as it will cause the energy that accumulated in it after the death of the eighteen Gods to break free, Eren was still trying to wrap his mind on why did the God kill them, but the more he fought him, the more the silver-haired bastard reminded him of another bastard who had the same crazed look in his red eyes with dark ambitions running in the back of them.

Micka.

The though filled his heart with alarm and almost terror, for he knew how crazy and hungry for power the fire lord was, what if this God, who was attacking him with pressed blades, was the same, what if he too wanted ‘Everything!’ and stopped at nothing to get what he wanted.

The bastard must die! Fast, before he could get to use the energy of the dead Gods to do whatever he wanted, all while protecting the soldiers whom the bastard was trying to throw random attacks to distract him.

Groaning in pain, Eren cursed under his breath, his body was still not fully adjusted to the new changes and the new strength he possessed, causing his body to slow own or even freeze for a split second, leaving him open to the God’s assaults.

Nov on the other hand was perplexed, not knowing how this monster was able to see him, he kept on throwing air blades at the monster, air was his favorite element, learned how to press the air around him to suffocate his enemies, crush them under it weight or in this case use it as sharp weapons that can cut through steel, the monster was very strong, stronger than second-generation gods even, he was able to see and evade most of the attacks while they didn't, not all of them though as some pierced his legs and thighs, Nov noticed how unstable the monster movements were, and immediately figured out he was new with this power...

nevertheless, someone else, a demon at that, having such immense powers was beyond alarming, and not just his fighting skills, the monster’s healing speed was faster than his, his senses were absolute, to the point where he could see him, even when he was cloaked by the castle’s illusions, the divine castle was built in a way where the eyes can only see what the mind already know to be there, it was another trick to protect the shrine, the mutts were only able to the body of his beloved Lin because they were able to smell her blood, but this monster, he was able to see him clearly, as if the illusions didn’t affect him at all.

"You have the energy of the banned Goddess, How?" Nov hissed the question, angry that he couldn’t read any answers on the monster’s face, the red and black eyes showed nothing but the intent to kill.

Knowing that he wasn’t going to get any answers, Nov attacked again, this time with more ferocity, using air to strangle, capture, crush and stab the bastard, he threw every single he could thing of at the monster who managed to dodge most, but he wasn’t stoping as he pushed himself through the air like a vengeance arrow, aiming for the heart of the monster, even when he wanted to do nothing but torture the bastard slowly, Nov wasn’t a fighter and he knew it, it was the very first time he used his energy to fight and kill, while the demon was a predator who lived to fight and kill, the longer the battle took, the more he was at a disadvantage.

The battle had to end, fast, with him as the winner, and for that, he planned to use his favorite skill.

Backstabbing.

Eren looked around him, perplexed, for his enemy had suddenly evaporated into nothingness, as if he was nothing but thin air, even his scent was gone, or more like, dispersed, it was everywhere and at the same time no specific where, his ears didn’t pick anything, his nostrils flared and sniffed the air but it was of no use, the man was gone, only to reappear behind him, cutting off all of Eren’s questions as he dug a massive invisible blade in his back, pushing it further in, seeking his the monster’s heart.

Nov smiled like a maniac as he heard the loud pained growl that left the monster’s gap, the satisfaction of hurting someone that strong was maddening, and the God couldn’t help but twist the blade white it was still buried in the monster’s back, causing more flesh and joints to be ruptured, and the wound to enlarge.

From such close proximity, Nov was able to sense the creation energy in the demon’s blood, which confirmed his earlier presumptions, the monster did really take the banned Goddess’s energy, and as much as he was curious to know how did he do that, the real urgent question was how did he manage to sustain the energy without it breaking him apart as it needed the purest genes and thickest blood to carry it, one which was only obtainable through forbidden acts of incest.

It would all be answered soon, Nov thought as he pulled himself out of his thoughts, all he had to do was read the monster’s memories through his blood, but as he thought about that, a terrifying realization hit him and his eyes dropped to where the wound was, the monster wasn’t bleeding.

Nov tried to retrace the sword out of the monster's back urgently, his entire body feeling alarmed, he barely took a second, a single second to think, and the monster managed to perform some trick, but the blade wasn’t coming out, it remained fixed in the monster’s back no matter how hard Nov tried to pull it out as it was a part of his huge body,  but to no use, it felt as if the sword became one with his body, but that wasn’t the only surprise the monster had for him.

Nov panicked when he realized he couldn't let go of the sword either, it was then when he noticed the tiny dark tentacles slowly creeping up his weapon and wrapping themselves on his arm, he glared at the monster who smirked at him while his eyes were fixed at something...

Nov looked at where the demon was looking only for his heart to nearly stop in horror, because what Nov thought to be a growl of pain was, in reality, a sign, Eren gave the soldiers the sign they were waiting for to fulfill Henry's last order, for the last few minutes they remained on edge, waiting for the signal while watching the violent battle happening right above their heads, as the lord fought against something they couldn’t see, the air was heavy and some of the blades occasionally missed it target and fell on one of the unfortunate soldier, the whole situation was intense until they heard the growl they were waiting for.

All at once, not waiting a second more nor leaving one behind, all the soldiers charged toward the shrine, Nov screamed in horror when he saw them hitting the walls with all their might, he tried to free himself from the demon's hold but to no use, Eren's tentacles only got bigger and stronger, now that the God had noticed them, there was no point in hiding them, he planned to swallow this silver-haired idiot while the rest of the army broke the shrine...

The soldiers attacked the crystal pillar with everything they had, swords, spears, fists, without stopping to think for a second, it was then or never, even if the crystal showed no sign of breaking, they kept on hitting it over and over, until the smallest of cracks began to form...

Nov screamed and growled as he tried to free himself from the dark demon, his eyes widened in horror when he noticed the small cracks, once the walls break the creation energy would be spilled and would spread all around the world, once it does there won't be a way to stop it, nor restore it, and his years of planning and working would be waisted, his ambitions, his dreams.

His dreams…he was so close, he was able to taste them on the tip of his tongue, they were there, so close, yet so far, and it kept on getting further with every crack forming on the shrine’s pillar.

It was right in his hand but these bastards showed up and now it is slipping, his dream of being the only God after living for thousands of years like a pet, Nov thought, he was not going to let them take it from him, and without a shred of hesitation, he used his free hand to cut off the one captured by the dark tentacles, amputating it from the shoulder, the urgency of the situation minimizing the pain, not that he cared about the pain, not even a little, what he cared about was stopping the mutts, kill them all, wipe them off the world’s surface, but as he bolted towards them, the monster caught him by surprise, and with his immense body weight, he pushed both of them towards the ground, hitting it with a loud thud that managed to hide the sound of bone cracking, and even when it was equally painful to the monster, he didn’t let it distract him as he straddled the God’s body, holding him in place, making him watch as the pillar came undone.

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