Chapter 90

[Third Person's PoV]

Cid smirked after getting rejected. "You know it only makes me want you more, right?"

Aurora, standing before the chained double door, sighed while shaking her head with a small smile. She turned towards Cid and gave him a teasing smirk. "Haven't been told no by a woman before?"

Cid smirked and walked up to her, holding her chin to make her look at him in the eyes. "It's more of a if I want something for myself, I'll just take it."

Aurora scoffed, smacking his hand away. She turned her head to the side, hoping he wouldn't notice her blush covering her cheeks. Quickly changing the subject, she started talking about the door in front of them.

Aurora pulled on the chains in front of her, "Hmmm, no good, it won't budge and I'm afraid I can't cut these chains either. There should be a key of sorts around here somewhere"

Before Cid did anything towards the chain Aurora looked around and realized that they were now in a different room,

"Well ain't that convenient" she said, causing Cid to look where she was looking. In front of them stood a golden sword embedded on a stone slab with what appeared to be ancient runes writing on it.

"Only the blood of the hero can pull out the holy sword" Cid read out loud, taking Aurora by surprise.

"You can actually read and understand that at a first glance!" She exclaimed in surprise.

Cid just nodded his head, "They may appear to just be ancient runes but they're actually sophisticated magic runes"

Aurora was shocked once again and knelt down to decipher it. After a minute she looked at Cid in surprise, "You're right, what you just said it's exactly what's written here!"

She then looked at the slab and and then at Cid and asked with a hint of wonder in her tone, "Is it thanks to your dragon eyes? Do they help you translate magic runes?"

"They don't" Cid said shaking his head, "They help me see the flow of magic everywhere, Like I can see the magic flowing through the magic runes but I wouldn't have known what they meant if I didn't study them "

"Amazing," Aurora said, feeling quite jealous of his beautiful eyes.

"Hmph, too bad for you, that door won't open for the likes of you." Nelson said, walking towards them with Olivier walking right beside him.

Aurora and Cid turned around to look at them

Nelson took a step back as sweat began dripping down his back when he saw Cid looking at him coldly with his dragon eyes.

He quickly composed himself and tried to appear confident since he had Olivier with him,

"Since you're here that means you must be the one that summoned Aurora, you must be shadow then. It's good that you're here, that means I finally get a chance to end you" He exclaimed with a large grin.

"You shall die after being led astray by that Witch, Cut them to pieces Olivier!" He shouted with joy.

'She really does look like Alpha… so this is the Hero', "Stand behind me Aurora" Cid calmly said.

Aurora, aware of Cid's strength even without using magic, did as she was told but still looked at Cid's back with worry in her eyes.

Olivier sent a quick flying slash towards Cid, which would have been impossible to see for a normal person.

Cid coated his fist with Armament Haki and smacked the slash away with the back of his fist, sending it flying towards the walls next to him and creating a large cut.

To test the Hero's strength, Cid used a bit of his slime, which he always keeps with him, and created a sword.

Olivier and Cid both disappeared from where they were standing and clashed in the middle, creating a powerful blast of wind due to the force.

Nelson and Aurora had to hold their ground to not be blown away, with hands to their faces to stop the wind from bothering them, and Aurora's hair flowing behind her.

Cid and Olivier's hands blurred as their swords clashed, shocking Nelson and Aurora.

"How! How can he keep up with her!"

'He's not using magic… He's purely using his physical might,' Aurora thought in awe.

Cid side-kicked Olivier, sending her flying back. Cid followed and slashed his sword down.

Olivier quickly regained her footing on the ground and blocked Cid's strike with the side of her blade, causing the ground beneath her to cave in.

She pushed her sword up, forcing Cid's sword away from her, and thrusted her sword forward.

Cid twirled his sword in his hand and blocked Olivier's sword with the side of its blade before their hands blurred once again, with Olivier trying to get a hit on Cid.

They moved throughout the space they were in in a blur, with the occasional sound of their blades striking against each other.

Aurora and Nelson tried to follow their movements, but it was difficult for them to keep track.

Cid then reappeared in front of Aurora while Olivier reappeared next to Nelson, back to the place they were before they started fighting.

The next second, cracks started appearing throughout Olivier's entire body before she shattered like glass.

Nelson was left speechless, unable to comprehend how Cid managed to not only defeat Olivier but did it effortlessly as well.

In a final attempt, Nelson summoned multiple clones of Olivier. "If purely her strength and skill isn't the answer, then numbers should be the solution."

Seeing the numbers of clones, Cid then realized why people liked to preach and explain their powers to their enemies, they liked to see the helplessness in their eyes when they realized they couldn't do anything to win.

Cid started to then chuckled and shook his head, making Nelson nervous, "What's so funny!"

"Hahahaha, The funny thing is that you want to use numbers to try and win against me. Especially in a place like this"

Aurora who seen what Cid was capable of smiled as she understood what he meant, while Nelson looking at Cid like he was an idiot

"What do you mean" Nelson then nervously ask

Cid spread his hands slightly as he gained a massive grin on his face, "You want to fight me, The Monarch of Death and Shadows on a graveyard, a place where the memories of of thousands and thousands of warriors resides"

"Now I know what you might be thinking, what could I possibly do with the memories and resentment stored in this place? Right?" Cid asked, to which Nelson nodded his head, wanting to see what Cid was planning.

"You see, as the Monarch of Death, the power of life and death are simple for a being such as I to wield."

One of Cid's hands gained a golden glow, filled with vitality, while the other one was filled with darkness, as if it was sucking the life out of the air.

"One of the many abilities I wield is to turn the souls of dead beings into my subordinates… My Shadow Soldiers."

Nelson and Aurora looked lost on where Cid was going with this. "What are you talking about? If you don't hurry it up, I'll kill you sooner."

Cid didn't listen to him and continued to explain, "An important question to ask is, what makes a soul? That is something I'm still trying to figure out, but one thing I'm sure of is that memories and strong feelings play a big part in it.

Now, what would happen if I gave life to all these memories and resentment?"

Aurora and Nelson's eyes widened at the implications of what Cid was implying.

"KILL HIM! KILL HIM NOW BEFORE HE DOES ANYTHING!" Nelson shouted in fear.

Cid gave Nelson a twisted grin as he glowed a bright golden color. Nelson covered his eyes to block out the glare, and soon, he was filled with a sense of energy and rejuvenation.

When the golden light faded, Cid's eyes gained a purple hue. All the Olivier clones jumped towards Cid with their swords ready to kill him.

Before they reached him, Cid smirked and said a single word that sent a shiver down Aurora and Nelson's backs.

"Arise."

Multiple beings started forming surrounding Cid, their swords already drawn. Without hesitation, they ran towards the Olivier clones and started slashing and cutting their way through them.

The thousands of shadow soldiers plunged their swords into the clones, destroying them without hesitation.

Nelson turned around and tried to run when suddenly both his legs were cut by a flying slash of a sword. He cried out in pain and looked towards the culprit, his eyes widening in horror – it was a shadow soldier of Olivier herself.

The shadow Olivier didn't do anything else and went on to destroy all of her clones. Cid looked down at the screaming Nelson with a smug expression. "You should be glad; this is the first time I'm actually using this ability on someone. Rejoice, for you were chosen to experience it."

Aurora, hearing this, decided to pay close attention to Cid's every move.

Cid raised his sword in the air as magic power from this world started gathering around the sword.

Cid's deep voice reverberated throughout the entire area in a distorted way.

"I

Am

Atomic."

Cid plunged the sword into the ground, and everything went white for a while before exploding in a giant blast. His magic destroyed the entire area, leaving nothing behind as it obliterated everything in its path, leaving a large hole where the middle of the sanctuary was located.

Meanwhile, Cid and Aurora reappeared in a forest close to the area of the hole.

Aurora sighed, "You are just full of surprises; you never cease to amaze me."

Cid smirked and looked at her, shrugging his shoulders. "What can I say? I'm just that awesome."

Aurora smiled and nodded her head. "Indeed, you are." She then started to feel faint and turned towards Cid.

"Thank you," she said, smiling warmly.

"What for?" Cid asked with a raised brow.

"For destroying the sanctuary and making it disappear from this world, while also giving me a memory for me to enjoy"

As Aurora was disappearing she took a hold of Cid and kissed him on the lips taking him by surprise, "Thanks for one more memory" Aurora smirked.

Cid took a hold of Aurora and stopped her from dissipating, "Did you really believe that you will running away from me after kissing me like that"

Aurora sighed as she her arms were wrapped around Cid's head, "I want to disappear… Please just let me go"

Cid hearing this sighed and took her lips and started kissing her, "Not before giving you one more memory to go"

Aurora smiled, understanding what he was implying, "Okay, just one more memory but afterwards I must disappear and please don't try to stop me then"

Cid pressed his head against Aurora while Aurora started deeply into Cid's eyes.

"Very well then, I guess then I'll make this an unforgettable experience" Cid teased to which Aurora chuckled.

"Please do"

Cid and Aurora started tasting each other's lip and were brought down to the grass where they laid there and started doing the deed, and made love…