Clash of Shadows and Coruption 2

"Kid...?" Seeing Temorsth's eyes refocus, Morviayna called out to him.

"Humu?"

"You, are you alright?"

"Yeah, but still it's not kid but Temorsth. Now I know your name too so you should use mine as well, Morvi."

"Um? Morvi?"

"Yeah, you don't like it? Should I use your full name? Sorry, it's a habit of mine."

"Uhm... you...?" Feeling no pretense or faced a slight hesitation appeared in her eyes.

"You really didn't like it? But I thought it was quite cute... Sad..." As Temorsth continued his usual detached way of speaking, which wasn't in line with others, Morvi continued her anxious one.

"Uh, um it's not that."

"Oh? So you like it?"

"Uh? Yeah, but... are you truly alright?"

"Umu, don't worry this is nothing. I have felt worse than this." But finally, as he got his answer he joined back into the conversation she wanted.

"Worse?" Sadly, Morvi got an answer she didn't wish to hear.

"Yeah, ah ah... Sorry for worrying you. And thanks for doing so." Scratching the back of his head with a slightly embarrassed smile, Temorsth bowed a little with appreciation.

"..." Her eyes no longer showed surprise from his way of speech, rather they gave a piercing stare but for another reason.

'Worse... Worse than this...? Who could give pain worse than this?' The manifested form of the energy of law was reflected in her rage-filled eyes.

Giant iron stakes were shot through Temorsth's body, as they twisted and turned they should have given the feeling of his innards being crunched and torn. Yet, as she saw this, she looked up at the boy's unfazed face.

"Hum? Oh?" His eyes widened, making Morvi reflexively look down.

'...!?' As now she saw the energy stakes melt and turn into lava, which slowly flowed down from his body, even hers dilated.

"Now, this is in the top ten," Temorsth called out as he started to feel more of his body being swallowed up in burning pain.

"Top ten?" A hesitant gaze looked at Temorsth's face.

"Yeah, I have a list. This one might have overtaken the 10th spot... Hm... but now that I remembered, that barrel hurt more."

'Barrel?'

"It's true that that was just some fire but still. There I felt even as I lost powers in my arms and legs from them being burned to a crisp, here it's only pain without damage."

'What is he saying...' Still Temorsth way of speech was confusing to everyone, even for those that have already realized his broken world.

"This pain... It might become, but right now this is still not enough."

"What?" She couldn't understand, who would compare pains to ones they felt in their past?

"It's missing a touch of... Consistency? The point and type of pain shifts around every four seconds. I suppose it's to no give a chance to get accustomed to it but as such it doesn't get enough time to sip into the bones."

With his words, the lava stopped flowing. And while still giving off the burning feeling, droplets ascended from it, those drops hung in the air while becoming elongated and forming rather sharp pointy objects.

"Oh? Needles?" Feeling a sharp sting amidst the burning hot, Temorsth called out again.

'...?' Dozens of needles appeared from the energy of law imitating lava, contrary to the previous quick turns now slowly at each of his joints they punctured his skin, muscles, and even nerves. More and more energy needles appeared and followed along.

Now rather than one disappearing both the lava and the needles stayed giving pain that would make anyone go insane in moments with a similar feeling to an itch that never goes away.

"Now, it should stop for a moment, just to give a second of hope that it has vanished..." Right as he spoke the energy ceased its imitating form.

"...!"

"Yes, and now a new one." And still, even after a moment, it followed his advice.

'...!' Even after so many surprises and even as she was thinking she wouldn't get confused by anything Temorsth did, Morviayna's eyes were as wide and perplexed as possible.

'The law... His word are they...?'

"He... He is controlling the law? The one he was punished with? How is this happening?" And now even this uninvited disgusting figure was sizing Temorsth with his eyes.

"Hmh?"

'No... It's not that, he isn't controlling anything.' But very soon in just a moment, Morvi came up with something.

'Corruption probably can't feel it because of my energy surrounding us, but the boy is not using anything except words... There is no energy fluctuation or anything the like.'

'There are only two ways for me to not feel energy. Either the one using energy is much stronger than I, or they are just not using any, here there is only one answer.' The answer was clear in her head so she didn't even question it further.

'Strangely, the law acts according to the words, it might be only because he is telling the truth that it would hurt more this way but then... why would he do this?' Just as she came up with a plausible reason and a new question.

"Yeah, that's it you have gotten quite a bit better. Hey, Morvi do you see this?" Temorsth called out to her.

"Um?"

"Aren't I a good teacher? I have been learning so much for some time now that I wanted to teach some too, isn't this quite cool? I have taught the law how to do some true pain!"

"..." Hearing his words she remembered, the conclusion she had come up with just a few minutes ago. 'Right... he is just crazy.'

But similarly to her one other being was listening, with the only difference being that he did not know Temrosth that well yet.

"Boy, who are you?" The question came from the unfamiliarity of seeing a mortal who could control the actions of law itself.

"Hm? What do you think who?" And hearing the distorted-voiced question, Temorsth turned to the beast who was spreading corruption in the room with a new rather hard and harsh tone.

"Little shithead, watch your tongue, I'm the one who made your mother have you!"

"...?"

"And I'm your Father you disgrace of an Overlord!"

"...!?"

"...?" Both of them were surprised but in different ways.

"You little...!!!" One was enraged.

"Who taught you to speak like this?" The other was concerned. 'Did he hear his word about us being Overlords?'

"Oh no, now I disgrace my lineage... Right, you are just a genetic mutation full of defects, that is why your mother threw you out onto the streets."

"...!!" *Crack...* The floor below the beast cracked as his anger rose.

"Hey, stop!"

"...?"

"Don't you see you're so fat the floor will break under you!?"

*Grk...*

"Kid...?"

"Umu... Yes?" Hearing her call, Tenorsth looked up with a rather innocent look.

"Why are you speaking like this?"

"Hm? Isn't he an enemy? And you too spoke like this to him."

"...! Oh..." She facepalmed as she remembered.

'Right, kids will imitate everything they see... If I meet them, I'll have to apologize to his parents.' Thinking it was her fault such thoughts rose in her mind.

"Shadow, I will gut out this toy of yours if you won't control his mouth!"

"Hey, you should just shut up, you black stinky pudding!"

"...!?"

"Pu-Pudding!!?"

"Yeah, don't like it? Then change this shit-like pudding form of yours because this is a better name for you than Corruption or whatever."

"You... You brat! Just you wait, if I defeat this bitch, I'll crush your bones into dust and use your still conscious slugged-up body as one of my cores of corruption."

"I will await that moment to see which of us will look more like a living shit!"

"Hm? Oh, so you accept that now you look more like a living shit?"

"...?"

"Kekeke, didn't you just say you are looking like one?"

"..." Confused eyes, searched his own words, did he say it?

"...!!!" But this was enough, it happened in the instant as the god questioned itself from the words of a mortal child.

'He... He played him...? His status... It got damaged...'

"I will kill your whole lineage you wide-mouthed brat!!"

[Notice: The Host has won a battle of words against a God-ranked being...]

"Humu?"

[The Host has damaged the status of a God...]

[Re&|•√...]

[Error!]

[Error!!]

[Error!!!]

'Such an irony... I'm so great even this system can't keep up.'

[The rank of the System is not sufficient to register the rewards for the Host... A reward delay has been induced.]

'Reward delay? So it's not completely lost? That's good.'

'This little...' Noticeing that Temorsth didn't even pay attention to him, even more rage was flaring inside him.

"What is it Coruption a child is playing with your title like this?"

"Shadow, you will regret this!"

"Yeah, right... But you remember there is still an 'if' before my defeat. We'll see who regrets what at the end."

"Che..." As Morviayna used the same tactic that Temrosth did, the beast got annoyed and rather shut up instead of losing more of his important status.

'Kid... I think you are mistaken about something.' Using this moment she spoke up in her mind.

'Hm?' Hearing Morvi's voice in his head, Temorsth was taken back for a moment but quickly recovered as he remembered the teaching of his parents about Divine Message and Sense.

'If that thing truly wants to end you, it would be hard for me to stop him, so you shouldn't provoke him more than this.'

"Yeah... But wasn't it you who said, I could use it two or three times?" But instead of answering back through Divine Message, he spoke up out loud to make the beast listen.

"Huh?" As she did not understand the words that came from beside her, she looked down at him.

Seeing this, Temorsth took a rather slow step forward without any words attached.

"...!"

'A step? What is he doing?' Both of them questioned, but one already had the answer.

'Smart... Frighteningly so...' Right until this moment Morvi was in a dilemma. 'How could I hasten this fight?'

She had to begin and end the fight fast to save as much territory and people as possible.

It would have been simple, right? Just attack the enemy in front. Sadly there was a problem.

This beast of corruption, he was not stupid, even before he entered the room he was already preparing to defend himself and counter any oncoming attack.

With this, if Morvaiyna had attacked, it would have been she who most likely have gotten hit and be at a disadvantage from then on.

'It's a bit painful to accept it but right now... It was I who got played.' It's true, this play of his was truly brilliant, at moments making her even think of the idea of running away from the fight.

It would have damaged her status and honor, ultimately weakening her in the long run, but she was willing to make such a sacrifice for her people.

But now...

"Even if he is stupid, just once." She nodded and turned back to look her enemy in the eye.

"Hmh, that's still good." Getting the clarification he needed, Temorsth prepared himself.

"Yes, it is." With one hand raised, she swiftly cast a barrier around Temrosth. A poison-green foggy sphere appeared and swallowed Tem's small body.

"Hey, what are...!" Seeing their strange action, the beast wanted to call out... obviously, an answer didn't arrive, rather an urgent scream from his instinct.

"DIE!" When Temorsth shout resounded, he was standing right beside the beast, and the beast too was already looking at him.

"...!!?" The beast's eyes widened as his magic and defense prepared to counter any attack were activated and raised at the point where Temrosth's left hand reached out at him.

This move was a reflex, an instinct that was raised to the max to be prepared for all unforeseen attacks. He couldn't do anything even if he knew it was bait.

In the first place, this was his mistake, from the moment he recognized the existence of Temrosth as an enemy, his defense recorded him as a possible threat, even more after his status got damaged by him.

"..." A flesh of light passed as his hand touched the barrier, this light made Temorsth close his eyes.

*Bang* And in that time frame, a loud explosion rang, followed by the distorted scream of the beast.

"..." Just a moment later, feeling the heavy and dense air, Temorsth opened his eyes.

"Uh?" Since somehow he was lying on the floor, he quickly jumped up.

*Cough*cough*

"So much dust... Huh?" As he waved away some of the dust from his face, he felt a tension in his left shoulder.

"It got dislocated?" Placeing his other hand on it, with a rather simple move...

*Pop...* "Done! Like when it was new."

"Did a whole mountain get pulverized or something?" In just moments the powder and dust went away, and as he was dusting himself off, logical questions arose.

"Ah... Sad..." Looking around to see the whole room destroyed, its marble tiles crushed and furniture flipped, a rather disheartened tone appeared.

"Hmh?" But this tone did not last long as in the moment his head dropped down, a bright almost blinding light shone up from behind him.

"What the... Ugh!?" Even before he could turn around and say another word, an explosive reverberation passed with such a sound and wind pressure that it brought up the cloud of dust once more.

"...!?" In the moment as the pressure weakened, Temrosth stepped forward...

'The floor...' Feeling no ground beneath his feet, he took a step back.

"..." And as the dust went down again, the view, the expanse the whole scenery laid out before him. As it borough an eerie majesty, tinged with a touch of solemnity, even his words were taken away.

"Fuck... So I was pretty lucky with only a dislocated shoulder..." It was a sight that inspired a sense of respect for the forces that could do such things.

"And... it looks like I was right... About a mountain getting destroyed, that is."

"I only saw it in images, but I suppose this is something like that Grandios Canyon."

Looking forward and down into the distance, Temorsth realized that this whole battle was on a completely different scale from all he ever seen, even those he had imagined.