Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

"Hello, Lucifer," Abbadon said with his rather special smile. "Let's go somewhere private, shall we?"

Snapping his fingers, Abbadon muttered the words 'Domain of the Sinners' as the world all around them blinked, transferring him, Maeve, and Violet together with his legion of beasts into a different domain.

The mighty beasts suddenly, as if broken from a trance, started seething and roaring. Without their master's control, they were put on the loose.

"Maeve, would you like to take care of them?" Abbadon asked calmly. 

"Hm, doesn't that mean that you'll be taking Violet for yourself?" She asked while raising her eyebrows. Her old self would have never questioned Abbadon, but now that she has a generous mistress that cares for her, she felt more capable. Additionally, He was no longer her enemy. Now, Abbadon was just her senior, since he was undeniably stronger than her.

"On the contrary," he smiled in response to her question. "I'd like you to take care of all of them, I want to observe your new powers, that's all." He smiled, and it wasn't one of his 'usual' smiles.

"Oh, I see," Maeve was surprised. "Thank you, Abbadon."

"Fufufu! No worries, show me what you got."

Violet who felt death knocking on his door almost regained his vigor once he learned that Maeve was the one that'll be fighting him, and not Abbadon. Remembering how weak she was before, he had no problem smiling with pride again. 'I will strike the moment she is busy with beasts. After all, some of them can easily overpower a demon lord that is as weak as her, and I am Lucifer, the Sin of Pride, there is no way a weakling such as herself can take me down!'

Taking a deep breath, Maeve extended her hand forward. Just as she was about to unleash her attack, a voice came rushing towards her mind. 

[Entity Maeve has not yet received a gift from Pilot.

[Pilot has consented to sharing any of her Special Skills with entity Maeve.

[Entity Maeve is able to choose up to two skills.

[Entity Maeve is advised to take her time since this choice can not be undone.

Understanding that this was a gift from her mistress, Maeve smiled and looked towards Abbadon who seemed to have heard something similar.

'Thank you, mistress…' She thanked her in her heart while browsing through the skills that were available for her. 'Lady Raven wants me to be her Adjudicator, so which of her skills would make me a better one?'

Smiling softly, Maeve took her pick.

[Entity Maeve has made her choice. This will not be undone. Proceed?]

"Yes, please," she said.

[Successful.

[Sharing the skills: Dominator, and True Sight…

[Additional rewards can be gained due to being a higher ranker…

[Calculating…

[Requesting assistant from admin…

[Admin's conditions and demands have been met.

[Absorbing the two skills and integrating a new one.

[Dominator and True Sight have been absorbed and integrated into the new Special Skill Judge's Domain: enables the creation of a massive domain around the caster. Enemies in the designated domain have their wills and bodies under the control of the caster. Additionally, enemies in the domain can not tell lies.]

Reading the description of her new skill, Maeve was astonitioned such a thing was possible, but remembering how powerful her mistress is, she calmed down. 

This skill is not only so powerful, but also matches his own skill set.

"Will you show us your new gift?" Abbadon smiled happily. Seeing his sadistic smile as he hugged himself, Maeve knew he must have also made his choice, and she couldn't be more thankful for being on his good side now. 

"I am having trouble constraining myself from using the power bestowed upon me by our beloved mistress, please hurry and punish the enemies of our mistress before I lose my self control, kfufufufu!"

Biting her lower lip, Maeve took a deep breath and extended her hand forward, again. 'If all he thinks about is killing, I must be a just judge… I must be useful to Lady Raven!'

"O' beasts of the underworld, followers of Voilet," she said while activating her newly acquired skill. "Submit to your new mistress, or die!" 

One of her own skills was mind control, so it was rather easy making sure that they all understood her request. 

Moments later, a massive ring of blue became visible in the sky of this domain. Thoughts and pleas from the beasts were instantly transferred to Maeve's mind. Not too long after, many of the beasts, including massively giant dragons, titans, and more creatures, all landed on the ground and bowed their heads downwards to signal their submission.

Unfortunately, it was but a small faction out of the bunch that were still loyal to Violet. 

"Quite unfortunate," Maeve muttered sadly. "However, I shall respect your choices. Now, die..." 

Without waiting for a second longer, she started closing her open palm, dying the ring in the sky with a deep red colour. Instantly after, the beasts that didn't submit started convulsing unnaturally as Maeve finally and quickly snapped her palm shut. 

Blood splashed in the air as every single monster was turned to paste. 

Watching in horror as the beasts he was so proud of just suddenly vanishing from existence, Violet felt horror taking a hold of his heart. 'HOW?? How did a weakling such as Blue kill more than half of my legion of monsters this easily? They should have been powerful! They should have been impossible to defeat!" 

"Kfufufufufuf!" Abbadin laughed while clapping his hands. "Good job, Maeve!" 

"Ah.. thanks?" She struggled in reading what he wanted, but she had a feeling that she understood. "Do you want to take care of Violet?" In fact, she was really curious as to what his gift was.

"Kfufufuf! Don't mind if I do…" he said as his smile got even more sadistic, which Maeve didn;t think was possible. "I can't resist anymore… I want to test the powers of my beloved mistress! But how do I get the most out of a dead man?

"Violet, how would you like to die? How would you like to fight your last fight?" he asked. "Tell me, and tell me quickly!"

"Stay away from me!" Violet yelled hysterically at the approaching daemon. "I'll kill you! This is just an illusion! I came here to kill you! I was sure I had accumulated more power than you! Yes, this must be an illusion, I can still easily kill you no matter what!!"

Stopping in his tracks, Abbadon seemed to have suddenly lost interest. "I have thought that the demon lord of pride would have been more resilient, but it seems as though I was wrong… 

"Nonetheless, you have destroyed a city that now belongs to my mistress, and for that you shall die."

Snapping his fingers with a bored expression, he watched as Violet's body instantly disappeared. Maeve who watched didn't understand what had happened, but there was one thing that was unmistakable: Violet was dead.

He was killed in a mere fraction of a second. It didn't matter that he was one of the ancient demon lords, one of the Sins… nothing mattered against the Baneful Executioner of her mistress.

[The test has been completed.

[The skills Void Ruler, Dominator, and Plunderer have been absorbed and integrated into the new Special Skill.

[The Special Skill Execution has been created: Utilizing the power of the three offensive skills, the caster can take control of their enemies' minds and souls and choose whether to deprive them of their life force to strengthen theirs or banish them into the depth of the mysterious void. 

[If banishing does not work on a powerful opponent, life siphoning will deprive them of a large portion of their life force and their mana.]

"What a useless test subject…" Abbadon's smile and excitement were long gone. Snapping his fingers, he dismissed his special domain and returned to the real world.

******

"Muahahaha!" Kayla laughed like an evil mastermind. "It finally worked! I found a way to cheat the system!!"

"Eh? What did you find?" Raven asked curiously. 

"I can use my skills on your subordinates!" Kayla said.

"Uhm, and?"

"And you can use their skills!!" Kayla cheered happily. "Well, to some extent… hm… maybe I was too happy for no reason… But no, on." She shook her head.

"Your new skill, the Oasis, can make it so that you can have a 'shared skills pool' where you can use whatever skills your subordinates have…"

"Oh, that sounds pretty good, why are you… err, sad, I guess? Shouldn't that make it good for us?"

"Hm… Well, you see, both of your subordinates are way more powerful than you are." Kayla shook her head. "Maeve is the same rank as you when you use that skill of yours 'Apprentice of the Primordial Light', and Abbadon is even more powerful…

"So, do you think you'd be able to handle their skills?" Kayla asked in disappointment.

"Oh say Kay," Raven said, "do you have this little faith in me? Hehe, I'll surpass them in no time!"

Seeing her smile, Kayla seemed happier. "Hm, I guess so… Also, even if you slack off, I guess they can still protect you, so that's not a huge issue."

"My mistress!" A voice suddenly called out.

"Hm, yes Calcer?" Raven asked while watching the young demon fidget with his fingers.

"Will you be able to make me and Keith your subordinates for good?" he asked, concerned. "You know, just like you did to Abbadon and Maeve."

"Hehe, of course I can!" Raven smiled, cheerfully. "I have also evolved a skill of mine that enables me to summon, instead of just making a contract, so…"

"We can serve you even when you're in the Human Plane?!" He asked happily.

"Uhm," Raven nodded.

"I knew you were going to do it soon! Mistress!" 

Seeing his smile, Raven felt happy inside as she started thinking about her next move.