False Hero

Walking towards Helm, Grey step made a wet sound every time he took a step. Looking down Helm found a pool of blood under Grey's feet. 

Upon taking a look at the Debris at which Grey was seated earlier, he could see a hand of a body that was buried under the debris. Helm with his eyes wide open, asked "Did---- did you---".

"Didi what?" asked, Turning around Grey looked towards the debris, "Oh right, yikes! sorry about you little brother."

Rage shot up through Helm upon realizing the fact that his dead brother was dead. Being enraged, anger consumed his mind, Helm dashed towards Grey without much thought, Helm drew his blade before intending to swing it at Grey.

A smile curved up Grey's face as he condensed an icicle sword, imbuing divine energy in it. He dashed towards Helm with that sword. 

They both got closer to each, before swinging the sword at each other. But before they could do that, Arae realized the impending danger that was coming at Helm's way. 

Grey was going to use divine frost and Arae didn't have much time to stop Grey, so she used the curse that came first in her mind. 

Arae stretched her hand as his hand glowed violet, along with her Grey's body glowed violet before he felt a sudden surge of pain throughout his body.

"Guh!" Grey groaned before being hit by Helm's sword, but he was able to block it at the last moment. 

Grey was forced to step back, he looked at his hand to find that his icicle sword has disappeared. Grey looked at his palm, then he looked at his body, before saying "My power---"

He tried to condense mana in his hand, but nothing happened. He tried to gather divine and demonic energy in his hand but nothing happened. He tried to use his seal marking, but nothing happened. Even his seal of Minerva stopped working, he wasn't able to see signs of energy around him.

"You got cocky even when you are so weak, I promise that I won't kill you. I will first kill everyone that is close to you and then you, but I will give the hardest death, you will scream and----"

"Shut the fuck up, I can fight you even without my power."

Said Grey as he stretched both of arms sideways, it was a gesture that was pointed towards, the gesture was to Helm to come and fight with Grey.

Setting his sword ablaze, Helm dashed towards Grey before saying "I will love to see dispair in your face,"

But before he could reach out for Grey, a certain person kicked him out of his tracks. Standing in front of Grey, Miles spoke "Your opponent is not him, it's me."

Being knocked away, Helm quickly regained his steps. Nerve poped on his forehead as he said, "You damn Hoffmanns, always getting in my way!!"

Without wasting his time in trash talk, Miles dashed towards Helm, creating an icicle sword he swung at him which Helm barely dodged. But before Helm could regain his composure, Miles struck his feet onto Helm's abdomen, knocking him away.

Without giving Helm chance to get on his feet, Miles dashed forward as he struck his knee into Helm's face.

"Ugh!!!"

Upon hearing Helm's groan, Arae extended his hand to use her power of the curse, but before she could do that she was tackled away by Grey, knocking her back.

She got up from the ground as she looked at the palm of her hands, "It look's like sealing your power also sealed my power's back."

"Then we are on the equal ground it seems."

They didn't attack each other, they just stood their ground without saying anything. Before Grey chose to speak, "Are you aware of the things that Miles had done and been doing."

Arae looked at Grey as she said, "I am aware of everything he does."

Grey dashed forwards before swinging a right hook aiming at the side of the rib cage, connecting the blow, Grey asked "that makes it worse."

In pain, Arae stepped back as she realized that she no more has the durability and strength of a god. With her power, her durability and strength also got locked away.

In an instant Arae dashed towards Grey, she tackled him onto the wall, breaking the wall they crashed on to the room that was on the other side of the wall. 

Arae got up as she said, "I do things for my family as every other mortal does."

Due to both losing their ability, each of the hits took a great toll on their body. as Grey was getting up, Arae tried to drive her feet onto Grey, but Grey was able to dodge it as he readied his fist, hitting her face. 

"That's not your family, that just your delusion, that is just your curse."

Being hit on the face, she stepped back, taking the opportunity, Grey connected another punch to his chin. 

"I don't know for how long are you going to keep lying to yourself."

This time without stepping back, Arae swung her fist, but it was of no use as Grey dodged it, by moving his face away. Taking advantage of her being wide open, Grey tackled her onto the wall, again breaking the wall. 

They both were in a new room, the room that was beside the other room. Grey rushed towards her before she could regain her composure, with a straight to her nose, blood scattered across the floor. 

Grey readied his fist for another right hook to the face, but before he could do that Arae ducked down, striking her feet to Grey's feet, which made him trip and fall to the ground. 

Being on the ground, Arae got over Grey as she rained punches on Grey's face. a punch from the left made Grey's forehead bleed, whereas a punch right only made that bleeding worse. The floor got bloodier than before.

"That's how I live my life. Being between mortals I realized something---"

She drow her elbow onto Grey face as she continued, "I realized the fact that every mortal life in some delusion or other, that's how they survive, that's how they stay happy."

Arae grabbed Grey's collar as she drove another punch onto Grey's face, "Being in touch with reality, being in touch with things around you only makes you sadder. That's how life, that's what reality is, that's what being in touch reality means."

Arae grabbed Grey's collar as she got Grey's bloody face closer to her, she shouted, "What's so wrong with living in delusion!!!???? what's so wrong in choosing to be happy?!!!!"

A smile curved up on Grey's bloody face, as he chuckled, "There is nothing wrong in choosing to be happy, but you are mistaking something, godess of blessing. You just don't want to be sad, you are scared to be sad, you don't want to experience pain again. You could always give life another chance, don't bind yourself down."

Arae's eyes widened up as she looked at Grey, "God of blessing? how do you?"

Grey stretched his leg as he grabbed hold of Arae's right hand into a lock. Arae punched the side of Grey's chest to free herself but Grey refused to let her go.

Arae lifted her hand up in an attempt to free herself, she dashed towards the wall in front of her, crashing on the wall, both of them fell on the yard outside of the church.

Grey coughed up blood on the grass of the yard, before saying, "I saw your memory, that's how I saw it,"

"Do you pity me?"

"No."

"Good, that's how it should be. I won't stop fighting you unless you die, so I expect the same from you."

"That's what I intend to do."

Upon hearing Grey's word, Arae's face tensed as she called out, "Liar, you are lying, from the start of the fight you are trying to save me. You are trying to save your ideology, you are trying to be a hero. You say I live in delusion, but you are the same as me you just live in delusion."

Grey extended his fist as he said, "You are right about that,"

"Know this, I am an existence beyond saving, the only way to save me is to kill me, that's the only way you can truly save me."

Grey and Arae dashed towards each other as they exchanged blows, one after another, they exchanged blows, they fought on equal ground.

It was pure hand-to-hand combat since both of them lacked the power since their power was sealed away. 

being punched on the stomach, Grey crashed onto the tombstone. Arae jumped towards Grey with the intention of crushing him under her feet.

But Grey rolled away in time, Grabbing the big chunk of tombstone, Grey swung it across aiming for Arae's head. But before he could connect, he stopped, he couldn't bring himself to kill her. 

"Like i said, you want to save me, not kill me."