The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

Chapter 500 - Hexennacht (END)...

"I am going to make you pay, you bitch. Then I am going to roast your friends while laughing!!" Walburga spat out with gritted teeth and the surroundings were engulfed by Purple Flames. 

This time Sona wasn't fast enough to completely avoid the Holy Flames. She ripped off her blazer and threw it away. The left sleeve of her shirt was slightly charred and she could feel searing pain from her left hand, but it wasn't something unbearable. 

Sona was trained by Yachiru to withstand pain, but she was still a Devil, so the Holy Flames were extremely harmful to her. Sona took a deep breath and several blue Magical Circles appeared around her body. 

Streams of water burst out of the Magical Circles. With a wave of her hand, Sona directed the water towards the Purple Flames. Sona was completely shocked when the Flames burned through the streams of water. 

Walburga started to cackle in mad glee. "My Flames aren't normal! Do you think you can put off my flames by using Water? These are Flames of one of the three Holy Relics, Incinerate Anthem!!" Walburga exclaimed and continued to cackle. 

Sona cursed inside her mind. The Incinerate Anthem is one of the Thirteen Longinus. Walburga started to increase the intensity of her flames and even the other members of her Peerage had to jump away to avoid those Flames. 

Walburga had a maniacal glint in her eyes as she continued to spread the Flames without bothering about the safety of humans residing inside nearby houses. 

The barrier simply stopped the humans from interfering in the fight by accident, but they were still inside the normal world. Sona couldn't find herself to care about the life of a handful of humans. 

"All of you get away from here. She has gone insane… I will be using my own area of effect attacks!!" Sona exclaimed loudly while looking towards Tsubaki.

Tsubaki didn't even try to protest, she immediately turned towards the other Peerage members. "All of you heard her. Let's get out of here" Tsubaki ordered and everyone including Shirone started to retreat. 

Even the Magicians started to back away as Walburga had stopped caring about her own allies. Though the Magicians were stuck between a rock and a hard place. 

If they didn't try to retreat then they would be burned into ash by the flames of Incinerate Anthem and if they tried to retreat then they would be cut down by the Devils. So, the numbers of the Magicians kept decreasing at a steady rate. 

"Aren't we going to help these humans?" Akeno questioned Tsubaki. The bespectacled Queen gave Akeno a strange look. 

"They are done for…  but if you want to help them then you are welcome" Tsubaki answered in a sarcastic tone. Akeno wanted to argue back, but for whatever reason, she stopped herself. 

"Koneko, we are going to have a long chat after everything is over" Rias said with a hard look on her face. 

"So, you want to punish me for insubordination?" Shirone accused with an indifferent look on her face, but before Rias could confirm or deny the accusation, Shirone decided to add some more words. 

"I would suggest against that. My sister is extremely protective of me and you wouldn't want to displease Lady Hela, would you? After all, you came to the Human World without her permission" Shirone said with an indifferent look on her face. 

Asia and Gasper gasped after hearing Shirone's words and Kiba and Akeno looked really worried. Both looked towards their King to see her reaction. Rias's face was etched with fury and her fists were clenched tightly, but she didn't say anything else. She decided to continue glaring at Shirone. 

Shirone simply looked away with a blank look on her face, but internally she felt relieved. She wanted to stop Rias from making a fatal mistake. Right now, Kuroka is much stronger than Rias and the rest of her Peerage combined. 

If Rias had punished her then, Kuroka would have killed Rias and her Peerage… consequences be damned. Kuroka wasn't afraid of Sirzechs as Lady Hela or The Destroyer would destroy the man before he could think about retaliation or revenge… 

A massive explosion shook the whole area. All of the heads whipped towards the direction of the ensuing fight. This time Sona was counter-attacking the Flames with Ice. Rias and Akeno gasped in shock. 

The Sitri family was known for their Water Magic. Only Serafall Leviathan was capable of Ice Magic due to her extremely strong Magical Power. Ice Magic was the signature Magic of the Lucifuge Family, but now Sona was also using Ice Magic. 

Right now, Rias was so frustrated that it was a surprise that she didn't pop a couple of veins. Not only was her control over her own peerage (A/N: Laughing noises…) slipping, Sona had made so much progress in just one month, it wasn't even funny anymore. 

Now, Rias and Akeno were wondering what the fuck they have been doing in their lives… even Kiba was also having similar thoughts and Gasper was busy trying to become invisible, while Shirone was sporting her usual expressions, which was none. 

"Raaahhh!!! How can you possess Ice Magic? I thought only your sister could use Ice Magic??" Walburga screamed in anger as she continued to attack Sona with her Flames. 

"It was very hard… but since my sister can use Ice Magic, there was no reason that I couldn't do the same" Sona answered as she continued to stop the Flames with her Ice Magic. 

Sona might be using the Ice Magic, but she was completely novice with it and she needed a lot of concentration and focus while using Ice Magic. Unlike her sister, her proficiency with Ice Magic was very low, but it was enough to protect herself from those Holy Flames. 

It was a battle of resilience… Walburga was way more experienced than Sona in Magic and she was extremely good with her Sacred Gear too, but Sona was stubborn as a mule. Yachiru's cruel training has seen to that. 

She knew that she couldn't defeat Walburga in combat, especially when her Water Magic was completely useless against those fucked up Holy Flames, but she could drag it out using her Ice Magic. It was hard, but she was determined. 

Walburga might be a strong human, but at the end of the day, she was still a human. The body of a High-class level human would be weaker than the body of a High-class level Devil or Fallen Angel. That is what Sona was trying to exploit. 

It has been a few minutes since Walburga had started to use her Sacred Gear and the woman wasn't holding anything back, so she must be using a considerable amount of power to keep going. Whereas Sona didn't need to use that much power to keep using Ice Magic. 

The signs were already there… Walburga's breaths have become heavier while beads of sweat have started to form on her forehead. Her Flames had also lost some intensity and it was becoming easier for Sona to counter-attack. 

For the first time, Sona started to gain an upper foot in the fight and she couldn't help but feel satisfied. Right now, Walburga was considerably tired. Sona grinned and started to step forward as she continued to attack. 

"How did your attacks suddenly become so strong??!" Walburga screeched in anger and Sona simply chuckled. Sona was tired too, but she was in a way better condition than Walburga. 

"My attacks didn't become strong, but your attacks have become weaker" Sona answered in an amused tone. For a moment, Walburga looked confused, then she finally realized what was happening. 

Even though Sona knew that Walburga had reached the conclusion by herself, she still decided to continue her explanation. She wanted to gloat and show Walburga the error of her ways, she wasn't expecting perverse pleasure from gloating or anything… It was psychological warfare, plain and simple. 

"You see, you are extremely good with your Scared Gear, but at the end of the day, you are still human. I don't understand why only Humans can be born with Sacred Gears, they are still useless with them" Sona said in a mocking tone and Walburga screamed in anger and started to attack frantically. 

Internally Sona almost cheered. "Humans are meant to be stepped on by superior Races, like us. Do you know what I think? Humans are born with Sacred Gears, so we can resurrect them as our kind" Sona continued to gloat. 

Walburga's eyes started to tremble along with her hands. "No! You are lying!! God gifted us the Sacred Gears so that we could destroy beings like you!!" Walburga argued back. Sona was surprised that she didn't cringe at the mention of God. 

"You can try denying as much as you want, but you can't change the truth. You see God was simply playing with you… you see, I can speak God's name without getting hurt. It is because I have realised the truth. God simply wanted to placate his whiny creations" Sona continued with a vicious grin on her face. 

And that was the final nail in the coffin. Walburga gasped as an ice spear pierced through her stomach. She stumbled back and all of her Flames disappeared into thin air. She dropped on her ass as she kept clutching the ice spear with her hands. 

"You lie! You lie!" Walburga kept shaking her head in denial in disbelief. 

"You can ask him yourself, after all, I am sending you to meet your maker" Sona shrugged dismissively and an ice spear pierced Walburga's head. Walburga's plopped to the ground, finally dead and Sona also dropped to her knees due to her tiredness… 

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