Infinity: Rising of the Soul Weavers

* Take It Out on Me - Thousand Foot Krutch *

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The feeling she's had was like a bug stuck in a spider's web.

'Sooner or later, the bug would have to fight against the spider, and I'd rather die knowing that I've tried, rather than living my life in fear. I've already experienced it once, and I'm not doing it again.' even though those were her thoughts, she didn't believe in them for a second.

'No, I can't just try... I MUST END THAT B*STARD!' she thought as her eyes glowed with majestic gold.

Noticing her mana spiking up alerted the group instantly, especially with the look of determination and rage she had painted on her face.

"Hey, Raven what's the matter?" Maria said, worry and concern could be felt from her tone.

"Please, leave. Camilla, I'm entrusting everyone to you for the second time, leave now and protect them with your life." Raven said to the group but her eyes were wide and starting at something far in the distance.

Camilla was taken aback by her sincerity and seriousness. She remembered when she had first called her an ally...

"Raven, please answ-" Maria attempted to ask but she stopped the moment she felt the mana explode out of Raven's body.

It made her body ignite with majestic golden aura. Her crimson-purple hair had black and golden lightning bolts running through it as the electric discharge made it almost look as if it has escaped gravity's grasp.

"Go. Now!" Raven said to the group with a stern expression.

BOOBBOOOOMMMM!!

Without waiting for them, she disappeared with a super sonic blast as she exceeded her usual speed.

Raven wasn't thinking much about what she was doing, but rather had one thought; 'destroy that b*stard and save my family.'

On the other hand, Kayla was busy integrating various skills to allow her to perform her best.

The moment Raven reached the battlefield, she saw the monster toying with the present EDA rankers as he killed without discrimination.

Young, old, male, female, black, white... all were killed slowly and painfully.

Raven could tell that the monster had come from a different gate as his trail of destruction extended to the other side of the soccer field ruins.

'It must've felt the presence of strong rankers and came here specifically to kill them...' Raven though to herself as she felt her anger rise to new heights.

Disappearing from her spot made her instantly pop in front of the monster who was looking down at the ranker in his grasp as he was about to squeeze her throat, just like he had done to Axane.

Rage could be felt through Raven's bright golden eyes as the memory passed through her mind.

Her foot extended till it almost hit the bottom of her nape, then without much of a warning she released it like a highly compressed spring and hit the monster directly in the face.

The monster was still looking at the ranker in his grasp that he didn't even realize what had just happened.

Not waiting for time to spin again, Raven's figure flickered again, only for her to materialize behind the monster's back.

Aiming at the back of his neck, she kicked again with all of her might.

Having received two hits in the same exact part of the second, even someone as strong as the monster was confused as he had seemingly suffered from instant injuries that spawned out if nowhere.

Raven however wasn't planning on wasting a split second as she flickered again and reappeared to his side this time, and still kicked with as much vigor as the first time.

This time however, she had her one of her enchanted golden swords in hand as she cut through the monster's left wrist that was holding the ranker.

The great sword passed through half of the monster's wrist before cracking and reverting back to golden strings of mana.

But while it wasn't enough to let him release his poor victim, the three kicks to the head together with their full momentum were enough to loosen his grasp and enabling the ranker from running away in the neck of time.

The scene all lasted exactly a couple of seconds, and since Raven had used mana to cover the noise that generates from breaking the sound barrier, it was as if someone was fast forwarding a video with the volume set to mute.

Looking at the ranker, she saw how her neck was bleeding profoundly from the monster's hold.

Raven's mana situation went from a hundred to almost zero really quick, yet she wasn't in the mood to watching people die, so she used her Angelic Touch, the upgraded version of her special skill Holy Touch, to heal the injured ranker. Or rather speeding her natural healing process.

"Thank you," the ranker said in a rough voice as her throat was still hurting like hell.

Raven didn't acknowledge her thanks however as she was busy watching the monster get up without much of a scratch, having had a moment for his monstrous self-regeneration to take effect.

"Run." It was one word, but it managed to make the ranker's heart sink even deeper.

For a second, she had thought her saviour meant for her to be safe from the upcoming clash, but seeing that the monster was unscathed didn't help at all.

"Not bad," even knowing that no one would understand him, the monster still spoke the two words with a smirk.

Being able to touch him was an achievement many didn't have the luxury to even dream about.

But cutting through his wrist and sending him flying? That was a first in decades. 'I didn't expect to find someone as powerful here, but that's just fine as it should make my job rather entertaining,' he thought as his smirk took a dark turn.

His red pupils sparked for a moment as his night black sclera got a little bit darker. And his fangs spread across his face as if to emphasize that he's enjoying himself.

Without counting to ten, he unleashed his killing intent towards the girl in front of him, cracking the ground in the process.