Abyssal Awakening

Chapter 318: Stealing Souls

Waiting by the side while Velouria, Solaris and Enris took the lead in commanding their armies, Lumiria simply smiled and watched.

After all, her army is not afraid of death as death is not the end. Once they die, they'll enter her embrace and live a life of eternity after death.

The longevity that they longed for was within arms reach, why would they be afraid of battle?

Even now, her soldiers were the most 'insane' on the battlefield.

Laughing with each stab they receive, fighting back harder than ever with each wound.

Just when everything is going as planned, Lumiria paused. Her face contorted in a mix of anger and confusion as she stood up in shock.

One of her Lords had been killed and their connection to her severed. She will not enter her embrace and Lumiria couldn't do anything about it. It happened too fast and by the time she noticed, her subordinate was gone.

'Impossible… Who is it? Who stole my child from me!?' Lumiria gritted her teeth as for the first time in a long while, the Goddess of the Moon showed a face of pure anger.

The moon that hung above the battlefield began to shimmer as its lustre was dyed in a deep red, unbefitting the gentle moonlight that used to coat its surface.

Beneath this crimson moon, her followers gained a dark aura as they lunged at their opponents without fear!

"Lumi, what's wrong?" Velouria frowned, seeing Lumiria taking action.

"Some b*stard has just stolen one of my children." Lumiria hissed out as all three Gods shivered for a moment seeing the veins on Lumiria's neck.

'She's pissed.' Is what all three of them thought.

"Veli, can you check who did it for me, please? I wish to personally tear their f*cking head off their shoulder and drink wine from their f*cking skull!" Lumiria asked as Velouria scratched her cheek before nodding her head.

Closing her eyes, she began to read the 'history' of the battlefield using Cayla.

Scanning through the fight, she soon saw what had transpired and an awkward expression appeared on her face.

'Aliceeeeee!!!' Velouria cried out in her mind. If Alice had simply killed the Abyss Lord of Duality that belonged to Lumiria, Velouria wouldn't care and in fact would even cheer it on.

But the fact that Alice had 'devoured' her of all things!

"Seems like your Abyss Lord lost her life fighting another Lord. The Will probably interfered and dragged her away." Velouria lied as Lumiria's aura burst forth.

"Is that so? Alright. It wasn't personal before but now it is." She squeezed out through gritted teeth as Velouria could only sigh and massage her eyes.

Each of the Gods didn't care that contracts were made with the Abyss because in the end, faith still flowed towards them. When their followers died, they still 'belonged' to their religion.

But Alice stepped over the line by stealing what belonged to Lumiria.

Devouring a small piece of their soul through blood and so on was fine. Yet Alice chose to devour the Abyss Lord entirely.

Standing by the side, Enris scratched her chin while glancing at Velouria and Lumiria.

Narrowing her gaze, the corners of her lips curled up into a wide grin as a realization appeared in her mind, causing her to burst out in laughter.

"Oi, what are you laughing about you crazy b*tch." Solaris clicked his tongue.

"It's none of your concern sunny boy. I'm going to enjoy myself a little~" Enris waved her hand as she gave an order to all of her followers.

It was a simple command, one that everyone understood clearly.

While Enris may have agreed to help Velouria, so long as it achieved the same desired result, the process in which she reached that result didn't matter.

Therefore, she issued the following order.

[Go wild my children. Let your desires be known, let all falsehoods be stripped away. Show the world your truth.]

Lumiria's wrath, Enris's chaos. With these two issuing orders, the battlefield descended into a bloodbath once more.

Meanwhile, the one who caused all of this was observing Asur who was shocked by the manner in which Esse died. The gruesome violet flames that consumed everything still lingered on his sword.

The foreign feeling that permeated his body remained as it seemed to have taken root within his body.

"Ah~ Delicious. Thank you, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have been able to feel this full after so long." Alyss grinned as Alice had teleported them next to Asur.

Feeling the strength of an Abyss Lord enter her body, Alyss breathed out in satisfaction. Licking her fingers, she tapped her foot against the ground and all traces of Esse disappeared into a mass of shadowy hands.

Across Alyss's body, Sigils started to manifest one by one.

"Now… What to do with you. I did give you a ritual and we've both fulfilled our terms."

Hearing this, a chill went down Asur's spine as he realised his mistake.

She was someone whom he should never have made an agreement with!

Without hesitation, he flooded his body with the power of Corrosion once more as his figure disappeared and slashed down towards Alyss.

*CLANG!!!!

Widening his eyes, he watched as Alyss caught his blade between her fingers while still being relaxed.

*Sigh~

"You know, when I offered you the ritual to kill Esse, what made you think I didn't prepare for you to turn against me?" Alyss asked as she flung Asur away with ease.

"But since you want to fight, we might as well have a little fun."

*BANG!!!

Before Asur could react, Alyss slammed her elbow into his sternum before grabbing him by his hair.

Twisting her body, she slammed his head into the ground and then stomped down with her heel against his head.

A flood of corrosive energy erupted from him in an attempt to devour Alyss but she simply grinned.

The golden chains around her body disappeared in an instant as her aura flipped.

Snapping her finger, Alice created a wall of mirrors that redirected his attack before summoning Void Fang!

Void Flux – Cleave!

"ARG!!!"

A sword slash carved deep into his body as Violet Flames erupted inside him.

Watching his body getting consumed by the very same flames that consumed Esse, fear rooted itself in his heart as he reached out with his hand towards Alice to beg for help.

Yet this time, no voice called out to him.

'It feels a little weird to use but it's not bad. Definitely disorientating though.' Alice frowned as they practised the new type of switch.

It's similar to suddenly being passed a sword and asked to react to 4 different attacks that were thrown at her.

'Well, it needs some work. But obviously, if we keep swapping, we'll get used to it.' Alyss shrugged. She was taking her time to relax after two rather hefty meals.

'Actually, that reminds me. How did you even give them a ritual contract?'

With how Alyss was able to offer Asur a contract so that they could interfere, Alice wanted to know if there were ways where she could do the same. Example being letting Ria use her Violet Flames if the situation calls for it.

'It's instinctual I'll be honest. I just think about it and it happens. It's like… trying to explain what having a tail feels like to someone who's never had a tail. They wouldn't even know where to begin with the sensation.' Alyss frowned.

'Is that so? Oh well. Let's get out of here before someone sees us.' Alice shrugged as she repaired to open a portal back to the cliff.

But just as she was about to do that, her alarm bells went crazy as she immediately jumped to the side.

*BANG!!!

Several pillars of light rained down from above, obliterating everything in its path!

As the beams disappeared, all that remained was charred ground.

Turning her head up, she saw the source of the attack.

'Reaper!' Alyss shouted out in shock.

Creating a rift in the space above them, the Reaper looked down from above as its countless eyes glared at Alice, each ready to fire a beam of pure destruction at her.

Gritting her teeth, Alice created an array of mirrors while running away.

*BANG!!!

Unable to contain the force of the attack, her mirrors shattered apart as Alice was flung against the wall.

'Why the hell is he making a move now?!' Alice shouted out in her mind as she slammed her hand down and created a swirling barrier of Violet Flames to counteract the attack momentarily as she tried to teleport away.

But the Reaper was observing the Void around them so the moment Alice opened a portal, an attack would go her way immediately!

'. . .'

Seeing that Alyss was being silent, Alice clicked her tongue in annoyance.

Several arms rushed down from above as she twisted her body and gathered all of her power into Void Fang.

Void Flux – Cleave!

Creating a myriad of slashes to ward off the arms, Alice found her strength lacking even with the boost of Abyss Lord level blood.

'It… might be my fault.' Alyss muttered meekly as Alice widened her eyes in confusion.

'What do you mean?'

Dodging another grab, Alice activated Tiamat's power along with her own as the colour of the world faded away momentarily.

Gathering into a single spark, Alice fired a Void Flux towards the head of the Reaper who only swatted the strike away as though it was nothing.

'When I… Burned the Abyss Lord of Corrosion. I might've… stolen him away from the Will of the Abyss. As in… most of his soul is with me rather than the Will.' Alyss explained with an awkward cough.

At that moment, Alice understood why the Reaper was angry.

Not only has Alyss pissed of Lumiria, the Goddess of the Moon due to Duality, which Alice doesn't know about just yet. But she had also pissed off the Reaper of the Abyss as its master's belonging was stolen as well!

In one fight, Alyss had angered two god like entities and now Alice had to clean up the mess.

"You've got to be sh*tting me…"