Burning Soul

Although he had found her, the battlefield was not an easy one!

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Shadow realm,

A twisted plane with traps everywhere. It was a plane closer to hell and some believed that there were ways to travel to Hell from this plane.

It was an inhabitant place with no one willing to live there, though even if anyone wanted, no one could freely enter this place.

Theo knew this plane for a few months now, but he also didn’t have much experience when it came to the dangers lurking around in this place. And the difficulty level just got hyped. He was facing a god-level opponent with much more experience than anyone ever lived.

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‘Second skill!’ Theo began preparing to charge an attack.

But the opponent wasn’t going to stay idle and wait around, she charged on him but not directly.

She jumped in one of the vortexes and appeared right behind him making him lose his focus on skill activation. He dodged her attack by doing a roll and looked back to see no one there.

‘Behind you!’ Himari warned him as she appeared on his back yet again. She appeared on his upper back to land a kick on his back, it was a close call yet again.

He somehow managed to escape with a hairline distance.

‘This is bad, at this rate we won’t get to land a hit!’ Theo squinted while dodging her repeating attacks.

‘Let me help you with that!’ Hima replied to his worry.

‘Distract her for a few seconds.’

‘What do you think is happening right now?’ Theo was hardly able to dodge her granitic speed now, with each passing moment she was getting faster and closer on him.

‘This is your domain! Use it!’ She warned him.

‘I know, I know!

Wait for a second!’ Theo looked around and used one of the vortexes to escape, for the time being, now he was running a bit ahead and he managed to gain some distance too.

He got his chance and now it was time for Himari to shine,

‘I thy very creation, command you with my affinity,

Delay!’

A large circle appeared underneath the opponent, in split-second runes started appearing upon her body.

Before she could react, a talisman was placed upon her and her speed decreased dramatically.

‘Now is your chance,

Theo!

I can’t hold her longer!’ The sword in his hand was shaking, showing her struggle to subdue her.

Without wasting any longer Theo began activating the skill again,

‘Accel-Boost-2nd skill,

Soaring Phoenix’

A black flame engulfed both of his swords as he finished activating, taking a step forward he pounced on to her getting engulfed in the flames completely, he looked like a Phoenix with black flames.

At a granitic speed, he went right through her dealing extensive damage, but that wasn’t the end, he jumped in the vortex right behind her and appeared above her head,

‘Vertical slash followed by horizontal slash’ dealing twice the damage,

He jumped yet again pushing his broken ankle to the limits,

‘Rend!’ With beautiful swordsmanship, he beheaded his opponent with a sweep!

The moment he landed behind her, he stepped out of the shadow realm, leaving his opponent lifeless. She turned into a statue of clay and began dissolving.

He had conquered the challenge, leaving both Skadi and Himari in awe with his moves.

‘Crap!’ His domain had been shut off and the pain from before surge yet again, his ankle was in worse condition as it was now completely broken. Those last moves put tremendous strain on his legs causing the damage.

With being unable to bear the pain he collapsed on the ground fainting right away before he could celebrate his victory.

“Hey, kiddo!” Aeneas ran to get him while Lumiere and Skadi were left behind,

“That skill set,

If I’m not wrong, it’s a ‘Myne’ skill!

I won’t ask how or why, but that really is way beyond normal.” Skadi quoted to which he replied, “I know, isn’t it great. For the journey he’s on, he needs to be special, after all, he’s seeking the very truth!”

Saying this he walked past her to get them both, leaving Skadi behind, thinking ‘Truth! What is the truth anyway!’