Granny Kahayag stood up with a mixed emotion on her face. There was a mixture of regret and determination in the glow of her eyes. With gritted teeth, she raised her head and started whispering to the air."Forgive me, my dear. I know you think what I am doing is foolish. But to bring you back to me, I will do anything."
Then the bow and arrow, which was made of light, suddenly immersed in her hands. She pulled the strings to the max and aimed towards the battling monsters from the distance.
Arkhoz and the Envoy continued to crush each other. As much as the Envoy wanted to get rid of Arkhoz, the latter managed to survive each and every soul shock thanks to the ma.s.sive Mech armor he was controlling.
Aside from giving the Arkhan warrior an extraordinary physical defensive ability, the weird silver coating all over its ma.s.sive body seems to provide an increased non-material attack resistance like spiritual shock or mental a.s.saults the Ancient humans would usually use in their offense.
Thus, instead of using pure spiritual attacks, the Envoy decided to switch into its most powerful physical form of a black Python, trying its best to crush the Mech into pieces with brute force.
But try as it may, no matter how hard the Envoy tried to overwhelm the Mech, its swift movement and unfaltering hacks allowed it to survive each and every engagement. There are even more times that Arkhoz actually managed to dominate the battle and the Envoy is forced to retreat for a while just to recover before coming back to fight.
Despite the Envoy"s flexible form, its lack of pure physical edge and inability to destroy its enemy"s spiritual protection allowed Arkhoz to gain the upper hand. With each fight, the Envoys ma.s.sive figure slowly deteriorated with more Spiritual energy getting wasted every second the battle lasted.
Then suddenly the Envoy stopped moving. Instead of going back into a mountain like dark fangs, it chose to slim down into a human form.
Seeing this, Arkhoz smiled mockingly.
THUD~
"So you admit that you can"t defeat me?" He said as he landed the giant Mech to the ground. He waived the two beam swords in each hand, showing off its overwhelming power before adding,
"Now do yourself a favor and f*ck off. I still have a couple of lizards to catch."
But contrary to Arkhoz"s expectation, the Envoy suddenly laughed maniacally.
"Hahahahahaha!~ Actually you have already lost."
Arkhoz suddenly felt his instinct warning him of something coming. He swiftly scanned the surroundings only to see nothing, but then his consciousness suddenly blanked out.
SWOOOOOMB!~
The next thing that Arkhoz realized, is that he could see his physical body flailing uncsiouly inside the giant Mech"s body. A spiritual arrow made of light managed to break through his spiritual barrier due to its unexpected Attribute.
The arrow that Kahayag shoot contained the attribute of light, completely opposite to the dark spiritual attribute that his Mech was capable of withstanding. The arrow was lodged in his spiritual figure and he was pushed out of his physical body, ultimately shutting down the pilot of the almost indestructible Mech.
SWOOOOs.h.!.+~
CRAAAGH~
The Envoy took advantage of this small opening and instantly turned into a ma.s.sive black Python and crushed the defenseless Mech into a crumpled lump of metal. Fortunately, the pod where the Arkhoz"s body was kept safe by an indestructible diamond-like pod.
Now that Arkhoz was defenseless and unable to fight back in the spiritual realm, the Envoy took this quick chance and right after crus.h.i.+ng the Mech, swiftly dived into the Spiritual realm, intending to finish Arkhoz once and for all.
Seeing the horrifying Shadow popping out to destroy Arkhoz"s soul, the latter could only grit his teeth in helplessness. He might have an overwhelmingly powerful body but his soul"s power is just completely no match against an Envoy of the King of the Dark Realm.
If only it was just an ordinary Shadow, Arkhoz still had a couple of tricks to defend himself as his mental and spiritual state was not that weak at all. But facing an Envoy in the Spiritual realm is just completely different.
He might be stronger in the physical realm but not here. This is the Envoy"s domain!
But just when Arkhoz was about to be devoured by the Envoy"s Shadow, another spiritual arrow flashed in, instantly exploding in the Envoy"s face!
"You!!~ How dare you interrupt my fight!" The envoy furiously turned in the direction where the arrow came from. It was from Kahayag who is also in her Spiritual form, wielding the bow made of light, her eyes were glowing in bright orange and together with the third eye in its temple.
She doesn"t look happy at all. Instead, she had an aura of a lion getting pumped up to kill its prey. Her eyes glowed a murderous glare.
"I don"t have time for your games. Now that I did my part, I believe you guys have something that you owe me." Granny Kahayag communicated via telepathy in the spiritual realm.
"That can wait!" The envoy beckoned before facing back at Arkhoz who has actually disappeared!
He only turned around for a bit but his supposed to be dinner suddenly disappeared like a bubble!
"Where is -Ackgh!~" The Envoy was about to burst in anger when another arrow of light exploded behind its head. It furiously glared back at Kahayag with a hostile intention; but seeing the calm and imposing spiritual figure of Kahayag, it quickly held itself and choose to look at the bright side.
Wherever Arkhoz right now, they knew to chase after the Ancients is close to impossible, so they"d rather not waste time and focus whats in the front.
The Envoy was after Elric after all.
That annoying bug could wait. Not to mention, he made sure to turn its giant toy into a useless piece of a metal lump!
"The Ancients took him," Granma explained and the Envoy did not bother replying. They pretty much knew what the Ancient humans are capable of. Coming on the spiritual just to retrieve Arkhoz"s soul is as easy as one-two-three for them.
As much as the Envoy wanted to finish Arkhoz, there is an even more important deal to do right now. And it"s standing right before him.
They both came back to the physical realm, Granny Kahayag is still possessing the body of Elric"s grandma while the Envoy is currently in its horrifying Shadow form. Like a giant black smoke, filled with dark energy.
"Your form doesn"t scare me." Grandma Kahayag commented with an unfazed glance at the Envoy"s ma.s.sive shadow figure.
"You did a good job acting all this time." taking a human form about in his forties and wearing a formal suit, the Envoy complimented.
"Enough of the chit-chat. Where is he?" Kahayag demanded and pointed at the three unconscious bodies of Elric, Long, and Lesse,
"I now have the two last Eastern Dragon and the Perfect vessel. Hurry up and spit him out."
"hahaha!" The Envoy laughed gleefully before stepping closer to Kahayag. Its head moved even closer and whispered.
"Relax. You manage to wait a hundred years just for this day to come. What"s the hurry? You should be happy and excited that you get to serve the one true King!"
Hearing the latter, Kahayag remained a serious look.
"I don"t care about your stupid King. I want what"s mine."
Seeing Kahayag"s undaunted demeanor, the Envoy finally stopped moving. His creepy smile slowly quieted down and turned away as if waiting for something.
Kahayag frowned. Seeing that the other seems to be trying to delay their deal, she started to raise her bow. With a determined look, she aimed at the face of the arrogant Envoy at point-blank range.
WOOOM~
BZZZZT~BZZT!~BZZZT~
With her patience thinning down and her rage getting full, the light arrow in her bow started to grow even stronger with each second pa.s.sing.
The terrifying amount of her Light spiritual energy-charged her next shot, creating an overflowing spark and reverberation on the surrounding air from the sheer weight of its power.
Gulp.
The Envoy knew pretty much that he could end up into a speck of dark dust of the madwoman before he released the arrow.
However, as much as he wanted to live, there was a great problem.
"Ehehe... Calm down, old witch. I know that you are eager to see him. Don"t worry, I a.s.sure you that you will see him pretty soon." The Envoy acted calm and rea.s.sured.
"Then I am afraid your "pretty-soon"; can"t stop this arrow from exploding you out of existence today. Five seconds. Where is it?" Kahayag insisted, she even stretched the arrow further back, increasing the power behind the arrow and inciting fear to the Envoy"s face.
"You don"t have it do you?" Kahayag frowned after deducing the other"s reaction.
With faint nervousness in its voice, the Envoy replied,
"Well, uhm.. you see, I don"t really have it. It"s with the..uhm."
"It"s with the King, right?" Kahayag asked.
They both looked at each other and time seemed to stop.
"Talking to you is useless. I want to talk to the King. Now." Kahayag added with a demanding tone.
"Well, you see, unless the realm gates are opened, the only way for us to call the King at the moment is by sacrificial summoning and-"
"Stop wasting my time," Kahayag interjected with flaring anger.
"Got it. Got it. I will find way to summon the king now." The Envoy said with a quivering voice.
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