Empire Of Souls

She was in a deadlock with the fully covered woman who had just entered the fray. Each held two daggers in their hands and they were currently interlocked with each other. It was clear that they were evenly matched.

"I am the Legendary Night Fury, as for why I am interfering, isn"t that already obvious?" replied the Night Fury in an equally cold and murderous voice.

"All enemies of my master must die!" hissed Nelay as the two went all out against each other.

Unfortunately, Nelay was at somewhat of a disadvantage. Being within the "Lightning domain" of Eneran inhibited her from using her movement abilities. On the other hand, the Night Fury was not restrained in such a way and she was able to blink in and out of the flashes of light from the lightning. Nelay wasn"t sure how she had accomplished this, but she could only a.s.sume it had something to do with an ability related to her cla.s.s.

There was no way for her to know what cla.s.s the Night Fury had exactly, but it was definitely related to an a.s.sa.s.sination cla.s.s of some kind. It seemed to be one which was opposite from hers, or at least was related to a different attribute than what she was proficient in. Whereas Nelay could blink in and out of shadows, the Night Fury seemed to have a similar ability related to the laws of light.

Nelay was on the defensive and she was just able to barely defend against the Night Fury"s attacks. Using her profound detection techniques from her cla.s.s, she could detect which direction the Night Fury"s attacks would come from, but it was difficult for her to counter attack.

"The two of you are outcla.s.sed. That a.s.sa.s.sin friend of yours will not be able to defeat the Night Fury, not when in my "Lightning domain". Surrender now and I can guarantee that the two of you can live. If you serve my G.o.ddess Mythras, the two of you will be well received. My G.o.ddess isn"t only beneficial for Magic Casters, even a melee or rogue cla.s.s can receive many benefits. Her church is very powerful and wealthy and has many believers throughout the G.o.d Nexus." Eneran said with a smug smile.

"Don"t waste your breath. My master… no.. Aleksandros. He is the only one I will ever serve, I am his shield and his guardian. No one can replace him in my heart and in my soul!" Lenia replied firmly.

It was clear there was no room for negotiation of any kind with her firm response and Eneran shook his head with pity.

"Such a shame, it seems the bond between you two is greater than I thought. Is it love? Hahaha, I never met such young and talented Legendary beings as you two. Although it is possible for Legendary beings to retain their youthful appearance, I can tell you two are very young and do not just appear young. I don"t know how you achieved your strengths at such a young age, but it would be a shame for you both to die here. Love is a funny thing, isn"t it?"Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Despite feeling some embarra.s.sment, Lenia readied her shield and blade in the defensive stance she was most familiar in and she stepped forward with grim resolve.

"You made a huge mistake." she said before charging towards Eneran.

Eneran immediately hovered over the ground and began blasting Lenia with lightning from his "Lightning domain". This domain was extremely costly in "Magic Power", but once the domain was established, his attacks were almost endless. Because of the extreme cost in "MP", he was limited in his other spells and could not cast a "Flight" spell. The best he could do was to cast "Glide" which was an inferior type of "Flight" spell and would allow him to glide across the ground, hovering just slightly above it. This gave him great mobility, but he was still vulnerable from ground attacks.

Lenia"s "Valorous Charge" ability allowed her to rapidly close the distance, but Eneran deftly avoided Lenia"s attacks and continued to strike with lightning. The added bonus to AGI from his "Glide" spell allowed him to avoid any negative status effects from Lenia"s charge. A deluge of lightning fell upon Lenia, but she grunted and shrugged them off. Not only was her defensive ability very high, which meant she took little damage from physical attacks, but her Magic Resistance was also extremely high. She was a literal walking behemoth despite her average size.

While both Lenia and Nelay were engaged in battle with their adversaries, Aleks continued to struggle to defend against the attacks of Tihr"s vessel. The dagger of Maa"loch was extremely effective against "Soul" type abilities and Aleks himself had once been afflicted with one of Maa"loch"s curses. Although the Archdevil Maa"loch was no longer as powerful as he once was, his curses were still very effective against Aleks.

"d.a.m.n that cretin. Once this is all finished, I will need to pay that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Devil a visit!" Aleks cursed while defending against Shelise"s swift attacks with the dagger.

Seeing an opening, Aleks struck with tens of "Soul Tendrils" expending quite a bit of his "Soul Potential". Shelise cut through most of them, but one finally struck her sending her flying back. On contact, a light glow emitted from her body which cracked like gla.s.s showing that the attack had broken through her divine defenses. However, it was only minor damage and wasn"t a significant blow.

"Just give it up An-Namrud, you can"t win!" said Tihr through Shelise"s body after steadying herself from Aleks"s attack.

"I don"t need to win, I only need to wear you down until you can no longer inhabit my sister"s body. Your descent requires quite a bit of "Divine Power" and isn"t something which can be maintained indefinitely."

Aleks was breathing heavily for the first time after successfully pushing Shelise back. His words were said with some difficulty and he couldn"t calm his rapidly beating heart.

"Aren"t you the same? How long can you keep up your own attacks? I can see that it is a strain on you. Even if you continue to devour the souls of those dying in battle on the battlefield, can you really keep up? I only need one attack to land on your body, and it is all over for you!"

Aleks stood up straight and calmed his breathing while "Soul Tendrils" continued to grow and extend outwards from his body. Although they were translucent, they were still somewhat visible and Aleks looked like a tentacled monstrosity with all the tendrils appearing from his body.

"That may be so, but you seem to have forgotten something. Lariel, now!"

When she heard his command, Lariel immediately cast a spell she had readied. A deluge of fiery projectiles were fired rapidly towards Shelise who defended against them in a flurry of movements with her dagger. Normally, it wouldn"t be so simple to block or deflect these fiery projectiles, but Shelise was currently a vessel of Tihr and he could use his "Divine Power" to defend against any attack. The dagger aided in this defense which allowed him to consume less of his own power.

"Traitor. You were once my most faithful subordinate. I had given you everything! Power, influence, prestige, what did you not have? How did I ever mistreat you? And yet, you betrayed me in the end!" spat Tihr through Shelise"s mouth.

Lariel ignored his words and continued to attack with powerful spells. Her attacks had taken some of the pressure off of Aleks and the two cooperated in their attacks to drain Tihr"s "Divine Power". Aleks was no longer in immediate danger and now it seemed that Shelise was on the defensive. However, Aleks consumption of "Soul Potential" was almost exceeding the amount of "SP" he was gaining as he devoured the souls of the dead on the nearby battlefield. If he had continued to be on the defensive, his losses would surely have exceeded his gains. Even with Lariel"s help, it was just barely enough.

"Once I deal with Aleks, I will deal with you Lariel! You fallen sc.u.m! You will never see the Heavenly planes again and will be cast down into h.e.l.l to prost.i.tute yourself to Devils and other worms! That is where you belong!"